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AJMaxwell

94 karma · joined December 2, 2010

30 year-old Web Designer and Developer from San Diego. Interested in all things tech, from programming to startups. Always learning. Keep the mind young and the body will follow
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AJMaxwell··on I wanna live an NPC life
I feel like we aren't reading the same thing.
AJMaxwell··on Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
No, we really should hate the players. They are keeping the game from changing.
AJMaxwell··on Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years
The lack of animals to domesticate meant fewer zoonotic diseases in Native American populations, so they were ill equipped when those diseases appeared.

IIRC, there was a massive plague in North America a decade or so before Columbus arrived.

AJMaxwell··on Messing with scraper bots
That's a simple and effective way to block a lot of bots, gonna implement that on my sites. Thanks!
AJMaxwell··on Caffeinated coffee consumption or abstinence to reduce atrial fibrillation
It's probably whatever "1 cup" means to the patient. The researchers would want them to stick to their status quo for the best results.

For example, 1 cup of coffee for my wife involves a blend of coffee and espresso beans with no adders, but 1 cup to her dad means lighter roast bean with milk. Both options have different caffeine contents and nutritional values.

AJMaxwell··on Posting your property on Airbnb is now punishable offense in Sausalito, Bay Area
No. It's not considered interstate commerce when one purchases goods or services in a state one is visiting. No goods or services crossed state lines.
AJMaxwell··on Let me pay for Firefox
Like what?
AJMaxwell··on Open source Google Analytics replacement
I have been using Matomo along side GA4 for a month now. The amount of useful data coming from Matomo, even anonymized, is more expansive and easier to access than GA4. Plus self-hosting was pretty easy and it keeps the data on our servers, which just feels right.
AJMaxwell··on Show HN: I built an app to get daily wisdom from Mr. Worldwide
And amazing
AJMaxwell··on Anyone can push updates to the doge.gov website
Any time the government tries to do something for The People, the wealthy and their mouthpieces get a portion of the population to believe the much needed help is actually evil socialism/communism and will destroy their way of life.

America has been propagandized to by the wealthy for a century and this is the end result. The world's richest person reforming the government for profit.

AJMaxwell··on Ask HN: Alternatives to Bitwarden?
Made the switch from BitWarden to ProtonPass a few months ago. I'm very happy with the switch despite Proton Pass missing some android functionality BitWarden has.
AJMaxwell··on How does DNS work? (2002)
I learned more about DNS from a cat than I've learned in 15 years of web dev and devops
AJMaxwell··on How to copy a file between devices? (2022)
Been using KDE Connect for years and it can do exactly that, along with clipboard sharing, SMS, and device notifications.

https://kdeconnect.kde.org/

AJMaxwell··on NSA's Warrantless Wiretaps (2012)
To be fair, the US government has been able to monitor who communicates with whom and how many pages their conversation is through the postal service since the beginning. Today it's much easier to track those physical with technology and automation.
AJMaxwell··on Genetic modification could protect soldiers from chemical weapons
Gettin some real Rogue Trooper vibes
AJMaxwell··on Who has the fastest website in F1?
This is one of the metrics I use when voting
AJMaxwell··on How to Find Hidden Cameras and Spy Gear
Wouldn't be too difficult to run it on a Raspberry Pi
AJMaxwell··on Ask HN: What is your favorite programming font?
Roboto Mono. I use the Roboto family as my default font in Ubuntu and Windows.
AJMaxwell··on A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript
I'm overly excited about this. Winamp was a huge part of my early computer experience, even went so far as to (poorly) design my own. Can't wait to start using this!
AJMaxwell··on Dog sits on the editorial boards of seven international medical journals
This is funny.... and concerning.