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bbody··on Space Jam (1996)
I am amazed that it is still up, it is a real living time capsule to the web in 1996.

If you wanna make sure it stays alive, follow https://twitter.com/SpaceJamCheck for updates.

bbody··on HTTP 402: Payment Required
I use 402 in one of my web applications at the payment step, but it is kind of just arbitrary as I use the accompanying error message on the frontend.
bbody··on Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834)
For those who want to listen here is a reading by Sir. Ian McKellen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1raSUYAr0s0
bbody··on Show HN: Createresu.me – Client-Side PDF Resume Maker
Wow this design is amazing!

Have you thought about allowed uploading of JSON Resume (https://jsonresume.org/) format?

bbody··on Ask HN: What is the hardest part of self-learning?
For me it is getting distracted with other cool things I would like to learn.
bbody··on Show HN: Create and mail a free postcard
I created a similar (non-free) service for sending emojis via postcards https://www.emojimailer.com/

What service do you use for sending postcards?

bbody··on Gitmoji – Yay or Nay?
I have tried to use Gitmoji and other standards before on a few projects but I have since stopped. The motivation behind it makes a lot of sense but I can count the number of instances where I have used the emojis as a cue to find problematic commits with one hand.

That being said, I never really thought about the point about forcing you to ensure your commit is atomic. I definitely have become better at it but the habit has stuck even after using Gitmoji.

bbody··on Ask HN: How do you build a close support network to help achieve your goals?
I have been doing something similar with a friend. I think consistency is the biggest factor in making it work.
bbody··on Fact: There Is Room for Your Big Software Idea
I don't agree with those statements, I just hear it a fair bit and it irritates me.
bbody··on Shopify's Black Friday Sale shows that Ruby can scale
Definitely agree. None-the-less very interesting Twitter thread with Jeff Atwood, DHH and the Shopify Engineers.
bbody··on Show HN: How we decreased website loading time by 24% with 3 improvements
I am not sure I would consider #2 and #3 as "unusual changes". That being said I didn't realize you could do #1, definitely will give it a try.
bbody··on Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?
Eating too much sugar and not exercising enough.
bbody··on Fact: There Is Room for Your Big Software Idea
I hear a lot from people say "all the low hanging fruit have been taken" or "all the big ideas are already done" with regards to tech businesses. Definitely lacks both foresight and hindsight.
bbody··on Show HN: Fuck Black Friday
I came to say the exact same thing. I say fuck in my life a lot but I feel that here it is not really adding anything, I don't feel shocked when I see it I just feel irritated. A recent blog post that was posted here recently with fuck in the title, I skipped over it immediately. The only time I can think of that using the word fuck actually made me look more favorable on something was https://gofuckingdoit.com/.
bbody··on Show HN: Send emoji-only postcards
Cost to print, no. I don’t see much benefit in charging more for that either.
bbody··on Show HN: A Twitter/Instagram bot that (badly) attempts to caption a random photo
Had a few chuckles, a little disappointing when you see one where it got it right.
bbody··on Show HN: Send emoji-only postcards
Thanks for the feedback! I originally had one there but had to take it out cause of printing problems. Will definitely increase the importance of the ticket.
bbody··on Show HN: How much does my Facebook/Netflix time cost?
Out of curiosity, have you thought of putting an affiliate link there to monetize? Are there plans for extensions for other browsers?
bbody··on Show HN: How much does my Facebook/Netflix time cost?
Neat idea, I like how your ad-space makes a lot of sense.
bbody··on Show HN: Send emoji-only postcards
OP here, EmojiMailer is something I built for a bit of fun, it is an emoji-only postcard service. It was inspired by a friends want to send people violin emojis in the mail and emojli (http://emoj.li/) an emoji only IM messenger. Currently sending to USA, Canada and Australia.
bbody··on Does Your Website Fit on a Floppy?
If you have a chance can you test again? Also do you have the exact version of iOS?
bbody··on Show HN: View Htop over Web
Sounds interesting, but might need a readme?
bbody··on Does Your Website Fit on a Floppy?
Oh it is something to do with the HTML5 History API, I will have a look into it. Sorry for the inconvenience.
bbody··on Does Your Website Fit on a Floppy?
I can't seem to replicate it on iOS 13 Safari, does it fully crash your browser or just the page stops working? Did you specify the protocol in the URL?

I currently use HTML5's URL input, one bit of feedback I get is that it shouldn't require protocol. I will look at changing it.

bbody··on Does Your Website Fit on a Floppy?
Yes and it ignores deferred/async files.
bbody··on Does Your Website Fit on a Floppy?
Creator of Fit on a Floppy here, my apologies there is supposed to be a link as to where I sourced those values as per trcarney. Template has been fixed.
bbody··on I Want to Stop Using Google Adsense
Have you had a look at CodeFund (https://codefund.io/)? I recently started using it (no affiliation), very easy to setup, ethical ads aimed at developers and so far the income I've made seems inline with what I'd expect.
bbody··on Ask HN: How to find a part-time programming job?
I have worked part-time as a dev in the past but I essentially went from full-time to 3 days a week in the same company. I only did it for a short time. A lot of people warned me that sometimes companies and coworkers will expect you to do the same amount of work in the reduced hours, I think it is rarer in places that are used to people working part-time.
bbody··on Staying Focused on Projects
I never thought about switching back from the morning project work, will have to give it a try!
bbody··on Staying Focused on Projects
That is a hard one, one thing I have found getting back into it is doing small tasks to get me back into it. Can be as small as updating the read me, CSS tweaks, comments, etc.
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