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Aradalf··on America's new millionaire class: Plumbers and HVAC entrepreneurs
Are they also as bad at reading as you?
Aradalf··on Launch HN: Clearspace (YC W23) – Cut back on screen time
You can pay $40 up front for a "lifetime" license to one-sec. Clearspace's pricing seems egregious in comparison.
Aradalf··on The layoffs at Klarna
It sounds like you were fired, not laid off.
Aradalf··on The Great Suspender: New maintainer is probably malicious
> This work carries no guarantees only to the best of my ability in 2 hours using notepad2 & AstroGrep. I am not a developer and do not intend to spend much time keeping this extension updated.
Aradalf··on The Great Suspender: New maintainer is probably malicious
Yes, a feature that results in the user details of millions of innocent users getting harvested. Remind us your contact details again, so we can forward them to the FBI?
Aradalf··on The Great Suspender: New maintainer is probably malicious
You can enable developer mode on release Chrome (or Edge Chromium, which is what I recommend) and use any extension you wish directly by loading the unpacked source directory.
Aradalf··on Update on the Swift Project Lead
Except that doesn't apply when the "article" is all of 5 sentences.
Aradalf··on Silent Circle is in the midst of a troubled period
Is Telegram not secure?
Aradalf··on Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor
I believe it's for the Preview version only. Afterwards you can opt out.
Aradalf··on Project Fi by Google
...The iPhone 6 is 4.7" and has the best processor on the market.
Aradalf··on No Longer an Inspiration
I don't even know of any tech websites that haven't succumbed to this. The Verge, Ars Technica, they all beat the social justice drum constantly.

Do you know of any good tech news websites that actually cover tech?

Aradalf··on A maths question for Singapore schoolkids
This is interestingly very similar to the Computer Science specific questions on the Oxford Mathematics Admissions Test (MAT).

For examples, look at page 16 of the 2013 exam: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/system/files/attachments/test13.p...

and page 16 of the 2014 exam: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/system/files/attachments/test14.p...

Aradalf··on Ask HN: The rising “Hackathon Hackers” culture
I've gotten to to PennApps multiple times and the only hackathon I've ever won is a Codeday, so this scenario that you're constructing is blatantly false. I'm assuming they look for people that will attract big sponsors to their hackathon, and the idea makes a lot of sense. Hackathons can't expand indefinitely, and the idea of having some consistency still makes more sense to me than random selection, which leads to situations where you're not accepted to a single hackathon in an entire semester. Unless you have a better idea, perhaps you should not mock this one?
Aradalf··on Sir Terry Pratchett has died
Nah, actually being dead isn't that terrible. You hurt the people around you more than yourself when you go. Unless of course you die painfully/violently.
Aradalf··on Sir Terry Pratchett has died
Very applicable actually. He lived a life that impacted millions of people around the world, and made his mark upon the world. RIP Terry Pratchett.
Aradalf··on “Just remove the duck” (2013)
That reminds me of an English paper I had in freshman year of high school. Final grade on the rubric: 6/6 for each category, but 3/6 for "revisions" because I didn't change anything. Final grade B-.
Aradalf··on University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous years' homework
Also the ones who want their code in a public repo so that future employers can review it.
Aradalf··on University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous years' homework
"Use regardless instead."

Direct quote from your link.

Aradalf··on Skeleton 2.0 CSS Framework
I'm curious about this as well.
Aradalf··on Skeleton 2.0 CSS Framework
>Sometimes you see all kinds of complicated workarounds for that, such as detecting an orientation change and temporarily blocking zooming, or detecting an attempt to zoom and then disabling the restriction temporarily so if the user repeatedly tries to pinch-zoom then subsequent ones work.

Chris_Newton's comment seems to have possible workarounds that can fix this issue. I'll trust your decision whatever you go with though, and thanks for Skeleton!

Aradalf··on India's pro-business Modi storms to historic election win
And thus not guilty....
Aradalf··on Coin: A step in the wrong direction
This is a stupid article. Phone paying systems are clunky. I don't want to take out my phone, unlock it, open up an app, enter a PIN, choose a payment device, and then tap my phone to a payment system to pay, when I can just open up my wallet, take out this one card, and swipe it. Maybe you need to press the button a couple times to switch cards, but that's it.
Aradalf··on Protean Echo – Fuse All Your Cards into One
Coin does the exact same thing except with 8 at a time.