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client4··on Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
Hello from Montana! I'm currently playing with a Lora module and hoping I can cross country ski if there's enough snow next week.
client4··on Ask HN: Which small company engineering team blogs do you follow?
I like to keep up with Placemark.io . It's a single person startup making multiplayer Google Earth (but better).
client4··on Apple’s new iPad only supports the old Apple Pencil – needs an adapter to do so
I'd say Apples use of dongles are a joke at this point, but perhaps the data suggests the number of base model ipads using a (gen1) pencil are small enough to warrant the dongle crutch.
client4··on Ask HN: What problem did Slack solve?
Mobile and desktop chat, synced. Mobile IRC at the time drained batteries and needed a bouncer.
client4··on Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020)
Google Earth is showing its age as well. If you haven't seen it check out https://www.placemark.io/ . Multiple editors, GeoJSON, web based, etc.
client4··on Ask HN: What Happened to Keybase.io?
I still use it daily, but from all external views my account would look inactive.
client4··on Tesla launches virtual powerplant that pays Powerwall owners to end brownouts
Did anyone else notice the 69/420 references in the screenshot? Just little funny details...
client4··on The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. and Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is
https://archive.ph/wVvTp
client4··on The TV that's not: NEC's Pi-powered 55“ Display
I'd love a buy it now option for a display like this. No Manufacturer spyware, no bloat ware, just a panel and Rpi.
client4··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
I think you meant to post in the who is hiring thread.
client4··on My experience getting a tech job with no degree or relevant work experience
WGU is what colleges used to be: a third party validation of knowledge mastery (along with the teaching). Many traditional universities are debt traps for teenagers.
client4··on Placemark: Create, edit, and convert the data that powers maps
I use placemark regularly and love it. Geojson is a remarkable format and being able to collaboratively look at a map with colleagues is a necessity. Google Earth is very tired at this point...it still works, it's just tired. The web version is mediocre and you also have to give you maps to Google.
client4··on Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to buy company
I think the salient point is the impotence of the SEC.
client4··on Investors Are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price
https://archive.ph/GVWJZ
client4··on What's the strangest code you've seen a senior developer write? (2019)
When did Quora start requiring logins to view content?
client4··on Upcoming changes to user limits on Free tier of Gitlab SaaS
While its sad to see gitlab go this path (I've converted two orgs to paid accounts on them) I always look at the silver linings. I've been meaning to move my personal stuff to sourcehut and this is the little shove I needed.
client4··on If you’re not using SSH certificates you’re doing SSH wrong (2019)
Keybase had an elegant solution I use https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-ssh-ca
client4··on Introducing Arc: Outliers Wanted
I'm curious what the terms for the $1m are, though I suspect it's similar to YC.
client4··on Thread: There are no other constitutional rights wo freedom to transact
Every time I open this link it says a problem had occured. Is there an archive.is type service for twitter that just displays the thread?
client4··on Peter Thiel to step down from Meta’s board
Not to mention his investments in Tesla and space x...
client4··on Car companies will charge you monthly fees for add-on features like heated seats
I won't buy a car brand if they add monthly fees, but how do I convey this to the manufacturer? The Toyota car start fee is enough to make me not buy a Toyota anymore but it's not like they know or care.
client4··on Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation
I use here, they are pretty great
client4··on Microsoft posts its own teardown and repair video for the Surface Laptop SE
I'm sure it's been said before by many, but I'd have a few extra mm of thickness to get back replaceable ram, ssd, wifi, etc.

The post yesterday about moving back to an old Thinkpad has me motivated to do something like that for my next computer. A Thinkpad chassis with an updated mainboad, screen, and battery would make me happy.

client4··on Moxie: “I've decided it's a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal”
Why link Twitter when it only contains the blog post? https://signal.org/blog/new-year-new-ceo/
client4··on How does Sourcehut's FOSS business model work?
I'm excited to see the freelance product, though I've always wondered how to best handle reviews of both the contractor and contractee.
client4··on The Teenagers Getting Six Figures to Leave Their High Schools for Basketball
If they get cash up front the time value of money and compounding interest will set them up for a lifetime of higher wage earnings than college -- assuming they don't blow all of it immediately.
client4··on A man who shoots at birds to keep them off a toxic pit [video]
The filtration and pumps in Butte are suprisingly world class.
client4··on Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?
I'd second this; the N64 version still took skill. I also can't place my finger on it but modern version NPCs feel worse as well.
client4··on Microsoft in standoff with AWS after hiring Charlie Bell to lead security group
Non competes generally must pay base salary to be enforceable.
client4··on GitHub Actions checkspelling community workflow GitHub_TOKEN leakage via symlink
Whenever I see ** instead of a password I have a laugh because I know the secret is hunter12.
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