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MaurizioPz

224 karma · joined March 15, 2009

Senior Consultant at Cluster Reply

Junior amateur blogger at https://codecleane.rs (helping spread software craftmanship)

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MaurizioPz··on The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice
Might not be what you are looking for, but I missed this option for a LONG time, so, in case you don't know, you can enable tabbed ribbon interface in LibreOffice, and I think it looks better. https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-ribbon-interface/
MaurizioPz··on How Trump's second term just made digital sovereignty a European priority
LibreOffice UI can be changed (ribbon style) if you prefer. Just saying because I realized it quite recently
MaurizioPz··on Half-Tato Diet Analysis
TLDR: 4 weeks analysis, significant but small (1.7lbs) weight loss
MaurizioPz··on Average Age of Cars on U.S. Roads Hits 12.5 Years, a Record High
Not OP, but I think is a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
MaurizioPz··on Ask HN: I hate gym. How to stay in shape?
I use https://www.bodbot.com/ to get a workout, can be varied enough not to get boring, you can skip/ban exercises that you don't like and it adapts to your performance and the equipment you have.

I've also heard good things about FitBod, but it has only a pay plan

MaurizioPz··on YouTube Doesn't “Get It”
I did the same, but removed the last rule that hides short videos that might not be shorts
MaurizioPz··on The art and science of spending money
Ramit Sethi has good advice on learning to spend, geared towards those that "made it" but can't escape past habits
MaurizioPz··on Why didn't you buy a Tesla?
I can't afford one
MaurizioPz··on The “je ne sais quoi” of TikTok
I don't know if it would help, but I have this filter for uBlockOrigin to remove shorts from the website, not because I'm additect but because I don't like them https://pastebin.com/kHejdCqC
MaurizioPz··on Show HN: Pomodoro with friends
https://complice.co/rooms is a similar one that I use
MaurizioPz··on Ask HN: What are your “scratch own itch” projects?
I build a quick and dirty blazor app to help me doing RSI prevention exercises https://rsistretching.netlify.app/ than I published it also as an android app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.mauriziopz....
MaurizioPz··on Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?
Read "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk" https://openlibrary.org/books/OL34854132M/How_to_Talk_So_Kid... read it multiple times during your life, try applying what it says even if you think your child is "too young". It will surprise you. It will be hard, but it does help
MaurizioPz··on Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?
Project Hail Mary - https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21745884W/Project_Hail_Mary

Was very intriguing and fun

MaurizioPz··on I’m a productive programmer with a memory of a fruit fly
1. would be better as a function, so you have:

- a nice explanatory name to it

- if the functionality changes then it is more probable that the name would change

- the code is hidden away if you don't care about the why (maybe you are looking for something else)

MaurizioPz··on Our attention span is being robbed
this might help https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/df-youtube/ (just a happy user)
MaurizioPz··on Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox
Something similar happens to me working in angular. I can see the value referencing it as _this.variableName instead of this.variableName
MaurizioPz··on I built an open-source, AI-powered solar panel that's 95% optimal
the solution it's explained in the video
MaurizioPz··on I hate what video games have become
For those that want the free games, but don't like the dark patterns, I feel like I need to mention https://f-droid.org/en/categories/games/index.html where you can find a lot of good games. Most are simple and with basic graphic, but for a quick time waster they are great. I've sunk a lot of time on these:

- https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.shatteredpixel.shattered...

- https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.lonami.klooni/

MaurizioPz··on Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?
I'm not going to say that it was a radical improvement, but following these two courses from the guild of the rose did help.

https://guildoftherose.org/courses/context-and-communication...

https://guildoftherose.org/courses/practical-social-networki...

The material is free online.

MaurizioPz··on Ask HN: Firefox connection problems after enabling DoH?
Many other have already said it, but I want to add my voice too. Thanks!
MaurizioPz··on Ask HN: Nerds of HN, did you overcome loneliness?
I'm hopeful about a course I'm taking (starting next week) that could help me addressing this. Practical Social Networking - https://guildoftherose.org/courses

(it is a "guild" born from the rationality movement and currently in beta, we have just finished today the 3rd course of the beta and I'm quite happy with how they are handling it)

MaurizioPz··on Vaccine effectiveness against Delta/Omicron infection following 2-doses/booster
Posted because this study is making the rounds on twitter [0], as it shows a negative protection after 3 months of two doses. The study briefly mentions it might be related to different behavior patterns between vaccinated and unvaccinated cohorts, twitter mob is obviously ignoring this possibility...

I had to edit the title of the study for being too long, original is: Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection with the Omicron or Delta variants following a two-dose or booster BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 vaccination series: A Danish cohort study

[0] - https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1474106318206255113

MaurizioPz··on Why Carbon Taxes Work
Not OP, but...

> And I am not even touching the matter of exports becoming less competitive on global markets against countries which do not implement such policies. So I don't think that most people magically will be able to invest into green projects en masse.

you tax imports in the same way

>Hitting the poorest most, since rise in energy prices has a cumulative effect on everyday spending

Every person will get the same share, so with no behavior change there's no reason to have a greater impact then current system, but the incentives align to go green, and poor people can definitely act on that

MaurizioPz··on A toaster from 1949 is still smarter than any sold today
there's a movie for that, but I think it would be a spoiler to name it
MaurizioPz··on Two Norwegian journalists arrested after interviewing Qatar World Cup Manager
From what I understand (not native speaker) yes but from different points of view. You are an expat out of a country. You are an immigrant into a country.

So usually you are both.

MaurizioPz··on How death rates from Covid-19 differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated
I found this the data going here https://www.ons.gov.uk/redir/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpbmRleC... but it goes up to the end of september and the rate of the unvaccinated is higher than that of the vaccinated
MaurizioPz··on How death rates from Covid-19 differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated
thanks, but the link doesn't work
MaurizioPz··on How death rates from Covid-19 differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated
Sorry but I can't find a source for this statistic. Could you provide me a pointer to it?
MaurizioPz··on The many gifts of awkward silence
The problem with this is that when they fail to predict you usually end up having to repeat the whole argument, to explain it to them the subtle difference between what you where trying to say and what they thought you where trying to say. Usually wasting more time and infuriating you.
MaurizioPz··on WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly
for me is Visual Studio
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