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caryd

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caryd··on Ask HN: Software developer looking to do free work
That won't lower costs. Come up with a solution for unions and pensions if you want to lower costs. You will only put other developers out of work.
caryd··on Ask HN: How can I fight climate change by writing code?
If they have a computer, they likely already have stationary and pens.
caryd··on Ask HN: How can I fight climate change by writing code?
This is a very subjective idea and is not always true. Ymmv
caryd··on Ask HN: How can I fight climate change by writing code?
'sudo shutdown now' could save some energy. Unless you can work with the countries causing the real damage, then it's mostly going to make you feel good and not really help.
caryd··on Two teenagers shot in Seattle's Chop autonomous zone
What a horrible article. Doesn't mention the murderer, the reasoning, and the president "threatened to take back the city"? What a joke. They are committing a crime. Serving justice isn't taking anything.
caryd··on Ask HN: How would you design a scalable chat bot for something like Discord?
Docker alone would not add automatic scalability. You'd need to add an orchestration layer.

Seems like your current bot would be fine in multiple servers if you added an additional server argument to each of the i/o's.

Don't overthink it.

caryd··on Isolation tips from a nuclear submarine captain
"with 130 people." "isolated." Not really helpful, but I appreciate it, Captain.
caryd··on Ask HN: How to Get Better at Writing?
Read all types of books, not just what you gravitate towards. Study the language. Understand your audience. Learn new words every day.
caryd··on Ask HN: What drugs do you use to help you program?
Coffee
caryd··on Free for Developers
Nice resource. The list being out of alphabetical order throws me off though.
caryd··on Ask HN: How to build “minimum-value” MVP?
Are you proposing software to automatically detect flaws? I don't think "minimum security solution" sounds great. Security should be tested per case. I can't see a any software detecting everything without having ridiculous levels of access.
caryd··on Ask HN: Can we make this site less annoying on mobile?
I have no problems using the buttons, but they technically aren't accessible.
caryd··on How do you hire developers?
The requirements are meant to discourage people who won't cut it. Everyone else has to make it through the interviews.
caryd··on Ask HN: How do I search through pages linked from HN?
You'd have to use a crawler or make a basic one to curl and grep
caryd··on Ask HN: How you remind yourself to check bookmarks/saved posts/reading lists?
Bookmark organisation is very important. It very quickly gets out of control.

I create categories as needed, but if I'm in the zone I throw the bookmark in a "to sort" folder. Anything that I want to read but likely won't keep I add to a "tmp" folder.

I then spend 5 minutes a day or a half hour every week cleaning up.

caryd··on Ask HN: Would you prefer reading or watching a video about any subject/topic?
I would never want to be exclusive to one or the other. It completely depends on the topic and my current understanding of it.

Videos are great for soft skills or crash courses, but reading is necessary for the fine details.

caryd··on Ask HN: What is the most efficient way to remember something?
Attach the information to previously memorized information. There are countless memory improving techniques, but I find that one to work the best.
caryd··on How much money YouTube pays creators with 4M views
This is an advertisement. Give the details in comments or take it down, please.
caryd··on Ask HN: What makes using new software tough
Not considering UX. Accessibility problems. Getting used to the old way. Do you have a specific example?
caryd··on Ask HN: How Do You Read?
I type notes in a program that allows searching. I dislike digging through 300 pages to find that one quote I liked.
caryd··on [dead]
Link forces play store to open. Yikes do no want
caryd··on We bought a successful app, loaded it with extras and watched it fail
What a completely out-of-touch and borderline unethical experiment.
caryd··on Ask HN: Do you maintain a changelog for your SaaS product?
I like to keep both for developers and separate the external ones for users.
caryd··on Tell HN: I had an idea to mitigate the risk of being framed with a fake video
Your solution implies they don't do anything wrong 24/7. That's not the case with nearly any public figure.
caryd··on Ask HN: How can I make money using available open source technologies?
Make something worth buying and sell it. It will be hard to start a business if you don't have a single idea.
caryd··on It Is Your Responsibility to Follow Up
"This is true even for people you know personally! A story: when I wanted to meet with a really busy friend of mine in SF, I first sent him 2 twitter DMs, then 2 emails, and then 3 text messages, letting him know that I will keep sending one text a day, until an email from him finally landed in my inbox letting me know that he would love to get lunch."

That's pretty creepy. Seems like a good way to get a restraining order

caryd··on Ask HN: How much sleep do you get?
I run a small team. I have to be able to stay 1 page ahead of every type of developer so I can properly check their work. I get about 5 hours every night. I am usually fine but catch up a bit on the weekends and get the normal 8
caryd··on Show HN: Yes or No – Unpopular Opinion App
Why is this marked? I was approving of his app the way his app works.
caryd··on Show HN: Yes or No – Unpopular Opinion App
Yes
caryd··on Ask HN: Is open-sourcing your SaaS a good idea?
Anyone who can read through your source code can make the program themselves. Someone would want to buy the service because they can't program nor read your code. Make it a guarantee if you think it is a selling point.
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