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PhrosTT··on Show HN: magick.css – Minimalist CSS for Wizards
You are welcome to use vanilla frameworks for a generic looking site. This is clearly intended as a thematic look.
PhrosTT··on I Ended Up with Just 0.15% of My Own Startup
How does the story end? Is the company worth anything today?
PhrosTT··on A website to spend Elon Musk's fortune
He can't even afford to buy the NBA and NFL. What a loser.
PhrosTT··on Why I believe the US has herd immunity in some states
New Yorkers are only interacting outside, where there is airflow constant supply of fresh air.

Same with the beaches you photo'd.

People in NY/NJ are NOT hanging out together inside. They're not in schools, not in offices, etc.

So YES, they are being more careful.

PhrosTT··on Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?
Do paper towels & toilet paper please :)
PhrosTT··on Death Defying Swimming Pool Boasts 360 Degree Views of London
That pool isn't in the video.
PhrosTT··on Lyft Files for IPO
They hypothetically treat drivers better and have better relationships with them.
PhrosTT··on JAB Code – A high-capacity 2D color bar code
What's the capacity of this thing? Don't see it anywhere obvious.
PhrosTT··on Why Standing Desks Are Overrated
Sitting shortens your hip flexors over time. This causes lower back pain.
PhrosTT··on Show HN: A JavaScript Handbook
This looks pretty legit. Seems like a good "If you know how to code this is where JS is at right now."

Source: I call myself a "Front End Engineer".

PhrosTT··on Stacksort – Searches StackOverflow for sorting functions and runs them (2013)
I'm sure at the very least some of the sorts are incorrect and will brick your browser tab from an infinite loop or something.
PhrosTT··on Jack White bans phones at gigs for “100% human experience”
Comics are doing this as well (Dave Chapelle, Joe Rogan, etc).

Wholly supported.

Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRf36vRAWF8

PhrosTT··on Ask HN: How do I pay taxes on crypto/token trading
This is pretty awesome:

https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7p9a2t/cry...

PhrosTT··on Mark Zuckerberg's personal challenge for 2018
"This year I'll try to destroy the US political system a little less"
PhrosTT··on Excel team considering Python as scripting language: asking for feedback
Wait that "Quartz" monstrosity is still around?
PhrosTT··on The FCC just killed net neutrality
Please push Congress to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to stop the FCC order.

Do whatever you can.

PhrosTT··on Ditch JS For loops
Cool story... until you want to BREAK out of the loop.
PhrosTT··on FCC won’t delay vote, says net neutrality supporters are “desperate”
Are there any tools we should download before half the internet is blocked?

(Can't believe I had to just write that).

PhrosTT··on Nasdaq Plans to Introduce Bitcoin Futures
For the record Coinbase is adding 100k users a day. So people need to dial down the expectations...
PhrosTT··on The Best Monitor for Programming: A Cheap 40" 4K TV
Yep got one too - refurb (buydig via ebay) for $799.

Plays nice with my PC and 2015 macbook pro.

Very happy.

PhrosTT··on Ask HN: Which TypeScript codebase should I study to get better?
I use it for internal admin type apps. Can't really show to it you though sorry.

It is pretty damn thorough tho and the css is relatively minimal if you need to custom skin the components.

Yes I would recommend it highly. Just look through the components they have mostly everything covered.

PhrosTT··on Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
OK.. I just assumed it was the same at staring at the sun... except without the blinding light that normally forces you to look away due to pain.

On further research looks like something about your eye having a specific point to focus on which gets damaged immediately.

Thanks.

PhrosTT··on Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
So how long can I safely look at the eclipse WITHOUT glasses.

Can I take like 5 second glances?

Is there some minimum rest period between them?

(I ordered glasses but will assume they are fake).

PhrosTT··on Bitcoin Cash Soars to $700, Coinbase Customers Threaten to Sue
Yeah except that email to that affect only went out July 27 @ 11pm EST.

So for Coinbase customers not tracking the fork news, this was a total blindside. This gives you 3 days to get all your coins out?

Not to mention if you used the "Coinbase Vault" your coins are subject to a 48 hour holding period before you can them into a usable Wallet. Then you have to wait for what was at some points an 8 hour transaction delay?

Also you need to figure out how securely set up a wallet, potentially order wallet hardware, etc.

No court would say that was sufficient notice.

PhrosTT··on Bitcoin Cash: Why It's Forking the Blockchain and What That Means
What do you think the exchanges will do here (aka Coinbase) [Yes I know you should pull all your BTC off...].

If there is a hard fork, are they just going to wait until the dust settles and then give people access to both coins? I.E. BCC would magically appear in your account. Or do they seriously intend to not support one of the chains and just have all their users holding BTC worth X% less?

PhrosTT··on Dell 38 inch UltraSharp monitor
I'm pretty sure the 38" Acer ultrawide is cooler - same resolution, better refresh rate, $1200.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6S1P2D

PhrosTT··on Ask HN: Which companies are considered to have the best engineers in 2017?
My person & abritrary list of companies I consider to be 'above' the Big 4:

Stripe

Two Sigma

SpaceX

Maybe AirBnb & Netflix?

PhrosTT··on Ask HN: How do you find good doctors?
ZocDoc?
PhrosTT··on TypeScript 2.4
Won't we stop transpiling everything once ES6 support (& modules) are ubiquitous?

I kind of feel like this is when everybody converted codebases to CoffeeScript and are now stuck with having to undo that...

Yes, I get strong typing has merits - but so does writing the native language.

PhrosTT··on Why Bitcoin Isn't Worth More Than Gold
My takeaway is 1 BTC will eventually worth $347,000. :)
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