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asdojasdosadsa··on Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
This is amazing project, thanks for sharing
asdojasdosadsa··on Heroku Free Alternatives
Hey, great list!

Just wanted to give a shoutout to Netlify, great free tier and very easy to use

asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Companies of one, what is your tech stack?
It's a good question. Since they disabled the automatic deployment it has been causing some issues and I'm revalidating using Heroku. The main reason is the ease of use

Would you suggest something alternative? AWS?

asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Companies of one, what is your tech stack?
main language: JavaScript

on top: TypeScript, Node, Express, React, Postgres Other: Webpack, yarn, scss

other: Heroku, GitHub

asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Have you bought I bonds yet? Why not?
Is there something similar for EU citizens?
asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Discord banned me with no recourse
Wow, how can a system be designed like this? There is no warning or notification when creating a new account, the old account just goes to 'limbo' mode...

I still get notifications on my phone from the logged in account, but when trying to access it's asking for phone verification, which obviously doesn't work because there is no phone number tied to the account!

asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: M1 MacBook Pro/Air users, how is it going?
Web developer (React ecosystem) Macbook Pro M1 PRO, 16gb/1tb (I wanted to buy 32gb/1000tb but it was either or)

1. More quiet and less hot than any previous intel macs I have used

2. Nothing missing, there was some discussion in earlier project where some fork/similar of Kubernetes wouldn't work

3. see previous, should be ok; running atm Docker. but i would google your frameworks and see if compatibility issues

4. I would go for 32gb/1tb if it is an option, otherwise 16gb is ok - I haven't felt the need for more (running parallels, some vms, docker, ide, chrome,firefox,safari, chat progrems (discord,slack,other), etc)

Still, nothing compares even remotely to my windows PC at home (32gb ram, m2ssd, i9) - it is so responsive that any mac feels sluggish and slow; but I think this could be because windows prioritises UI processes? Everything feels instant compared to mac (x ms delay opening anything etc)

asdojasdosadsa··on Removal of Heroku free product plans
One of my first touches to web development was to write a small web application and to deploy it Heroku.

Seeing my app live on Heroku made a really lasting effect, and now several years later I am still using Heroku (paid) and I am very happy client.

But - If Heroku didn't have a free tier then, I wouldn't probably have tried Heroku, maybe even knew what Heroku is

From my (client, paid) perspective, this seems very weird move, although maybe needed to save in costs; but maybe an approach like GitLab where you deprecate unused projects would work better?

asdojasdosadsa··on Finland to Become the First EU Country to Test Digital Passports
Why would physical (passport, cash) be excluded if digital option is added?
asdojasdosadsa··on Finland to Become the First EU Country to Test Digital Passports
Pretty much my exact reaction to this article. There actually was a test period (ended 2020) testing a digital drivers license in Finland!

(Finnish) https://www.puhelinvertailu.com/uutiset/2022/02/09/sahkoinen...

asdojasdosadsa··on Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?
Only reason I use Spotify (Premium = no ads) is that I don't have to manage my music anymore and I can find all the music I need / want. But holy moly it is going towards a bad direction, in fact so bad that I am considering moving to Apple Music...

Their desktop app used to have a "search bar" in their Home -view which is now moved to a separate "Search" -view, which is.. one of the most annoying things ever.

I used to boot up Spotify, hit ctrl+f, type the playlist or artist I was looking for and click.

Now it's just a mess.

1/5

edit: remove curse words

asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Please Dark Mode for HN
Here is dang's answer regarding this matter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23197966

edit: Updated comment and link to dang's answer

asdojasdosadsa··on Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help
A year using IntelliJ for React/Node and still trying to find my way around the IDE (IntelliJ). It seems powerful as is, but I feel like I'm not using it to the full extent

Any tips?

asdojasdosadsa··on Google outage – resolved
Seems to work now
asdojasdosadsa··on Google outage – resolved
Can verify - Finland
asdojasdosadsa··on Org Mode's new site
I have always wanted to learn Org Mode, but at the same time I have been trying to learn emacs (spacemacs) and this has been a bit complex and my interested has fallen quickly.

Any ideas or resources on learning org mode? Can it be used with ex. IntelliJ? Should I learn first plain emacs then orgmode? Or should I look into other note taking tools

asdojasdosadsa··on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
I was about to, but I have some issues with battery life and charger plug, so it would be cheaper to buy a lower end iPhone (like the 12 mini) - so I am in a slight dilemma now.

Most likely if this phones battery gets any worse, I will upgrade to the new iPhone 12 max (or current flag ship) and hope it will last years to come. My iPhone is I think now 5 years old, where the average phone life seems to be 2-3 years, so I am quite happy with the quality and don't mind the upgrade, when it is necessary

edit: For reference, replacing the glass is 200€

asdojasdosadsa··on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
This is pretty much my exact situation. The new iPhones have been so underwhelming and so highly priced that I haven't felt the need or want to upgrade.

Now previously this year, I dropped my phone and the glass broke - but it still works. So I am on the verge of upgrading, but iPhone 12 still doesn't really... make me want to upgrade - if I can put it like that.

So I am rolling with a cracked screen iPhone 6S+ until I can find the motivation to upgrade. Maybe my battery life is becoming one and the problem with charging.

asdojasdosadsa··on Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routines and Joys
You can get a note which has the reason for your travel. If it checks out you are free to travel IIRC.

Reasons to travel might be ex. work

asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Tracking down fake Airbnb owner
Well, I have seen quite many phishing pages and scams, and this was not that low effort scam - probably setting up all the domains and phishing pages etc has taken a bit of work and technical skills
asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Tracking down fake Airbnb owner
Thanks, I forwarded this
asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Tracking down fake Airbnb owner
Yes, reported to :

- The police

- https://reportphishing.net/airbnb/

- Airbnb report on the listing page - but now to think about it, we can't be sure the listing itself is connected to the scam. The host of the listing is a superhost (whatever that means)

Also the police said, there's not much they can do

asdojasdosadsa··on Space Engine
Wish there was some screenshots so I'd get an image before downloading
asdojasdosadsa··on How is it like to be a dev in Iran
Wow. Reading this felt like a continuous nightmare, can't image living in such a restricted country. Very enlightening read, thanks for sharing!
asdojasdosadsa··on Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
I believe around the world doesn't imply visiting all countries, or did I misunderstand?
asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: Best things in your bash_profile/aliases?
I have many, but one above all:

I've tried several different, SimpleNote, KeepNote, EverNote... and so on. I have come to a conclusion, that using the default iOS note app is enough for me. Using paper notes while @lectures and rewriting them sometimes to Notes. I'm also using another method of note taking, which I prefer more, but which is not always accessible on the go. I stumbled upon a script here and modified it a little. (changed vim to nano and added some other):

    #! /bin/bash
    fpath=$HOME/notes.md

    if [ "$1" == "cat" ]; then
        cat "$fpath"
        exit 0
    elif [ "$1" == "rg" ]; then
        rg "$2" "$fpath"
    elif [ "$1" == "nano" ]; then
        nano "$fpath"
    elif [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
        printf 'Commands: \n-----------------------------------------------\n
        $ notes \n
        $ notes --help\t\t--\tdisplay this help\n
        $ notes date\t\t--\tadd date row to notes\n
        $ notes <text>\t\t--\tadd new entry \n
        $ notes cat\t\t--\tprint notes using cat\n
        $ notes rg <pattern>\t--\tripgrep notes\n
        Remember to use #tags (for easier grepping)!\n\n'
    elif [ "$1" == "date" ]; then
        {
        echo ''
        echo '# '"$(date +"%m-%d-%Y-%T")"
        echo '-'
        } >> "$fpath"
    elif [ "$1" == "" ]; then
        less +G "$fpath"
    else
        {
            echo ''
            echo "$@"
            echo ''
        } >>"$fpath"
    fi

In short, writing $ notes prints out displays the notes and writing $ notes <text> appends a new line. This is extremely powerful because of it's simplicity and easy accessibility in terminal (where I spend most of the time anyway)

From thread: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17532094

asdojasdosadsa··on Ask HN: What are some hacks of real founders who did things that don't scale?
AirBnB:

'Let's send emails, teach [users] professional photography, and test them. "We said, 'Screw that.'" [4] Instead, they rented a $5,000 camera and went door to door, taking professional pictures of as many New York listings as possible. [1]

https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies/airbnb

asdojasdosadsa··on Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)
"Fun fact": I just noticed that he is using an old email address, after that I believe it was changed to @cs.helsinki.fi and after @helsinki.fi

" At the moment, the City of Helsinki uses the address Hel.fi, while the address Helsinki.fi belongs to the University of Helsinki."[1]

[1] https://www.hel.fi/helsinki/en/administration/information/in...

asdojasdosadsa··on We Removed jQuery
External libraries often introduce unused methods, thus expanding the size of your size, which could be problematic on high traffic size.

So, if your site is small and has medium to low traffic, there's not really a "good" reason.

But if you have high traffic you might want to really squeeze every saving you can

asdojasdosadsa··on Show HN: Day of the Dead website with 12 Free illustrations
For me, the images on the page won't load

edit: 50% of them load, 50% give 504

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