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darkstar_16··on Danish department determined to dump Microsoft
I really want this to happen but sadly have seen a LOT of govt and private companies trying to move to libreoffice (and OpenOffice and StarOffice before that). None really stuck. The office suite is hard to replace and none of the open source suites are a good enough alternative right now. I hope that changes.
darkstar_16··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
maybe you could add link in your HN profile so interested people could atleast take a look?
darkstar_16··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
This is very interesting. Do you think people will trust it enough in terms of security/hardening to let homefree be their main router/firewall/vpn ?
darkstar_16··on A man who visited every country in the world without boarding a plane (2023)
I miss reading Blogs. Old school, detailed blogs written in a plain and simple language. It's easy to follow and almost be invested in the journey.
darkstar_16··on A man who visited every country in the world without boarding a plane (2023)
As an Indian, this was also my immediate thought but then I read the About section, I figured it was easy/ier for him. The not allowed if visited another place rule must have been easier to circumvent with some planning.
darkstar_16··on The great displacement is already well underway?
Most are making up these stats. Don't say 100% improvement, though, unless you can back it up but 30% with a process improvement should be easy to justify in an interview. The point here is to make your resume "skimmable" since no one reads text anymore.
darkstar_16··on LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo
You must be fun at parties :)
darkstar_16··on LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo
who are these people who have 30 minutes in the morning to make a smoothie and learn a foreign language ... :D
darkstar_16··on Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data
Why isn't Russia using a compromised US IP ? That shouldn't be hard to get.
darkstar_16··on How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
they own their factories. Contrary to what you're thinking, they actually only have 3-4 factories across the world.
darkstar_16··on Tailscale has raised $160M
At that scale, you need the "Call us" plan. No one at that scale is paying full price.
darkstar_16··on The average college student today
Well, he has a point about Maths :) But, the difference is that basic Maths skills are enough to live a decent life for someone who doesn't do Maths for a career. Basic programming usually isn't enough to pass job interviews and one needs to know the language for a career, atleast for now. I'm actually learning a lot of basic Maths concepts now that I have a kid I need to teach sometimes and have some money I need to invest and understand about rate of return, compounding etc.
darkstar_16··on File Systems Unfit as Distributed Storage Back Ends (2019)
Isn't the Cassandra file system something like that ?
darkstar_16··on How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life
I'd guess its similar to Danish and hen meant "he" here, Han in Danish
darkstar_16··on Show HN: Time Portal – Get dropped into history, guess where you landed
Loved it. Congratulations on the launch.
darkstar_16··on Telescope – an open-source web-based log viewer for logs stored in ClickHouse
I like how this is mostly based on the Kibana UI. Makes easier to convince other people to move to it.
darkstar_16··on Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants"
I also don't find anything wrong with their stance. Ironic, sure, but I think to judge someone they need to have filters and in this case, the filter is someone who is able to communicate without AI assistance.
darkstar_16··on A 20-Year-Old Small Company
I'd guess that outside the Silicon Valley bubble (and few big names in other countries), most software companies are like this. Small, profitable and without a lot of debt.
darkstar_16··on I am rich and have no idea what to do
He needs therapy is what I'm hearing. And he doesn't know it.
darkstar_16··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
I've come across this before. It's a beautiful site/concept.
darkstar_16··on BYD launches sodium-ion grid-scale BESS product
This is true. So many CNCF projects for example these days have a lot of contributions from Chinese devs or originate from companies like Alibaba/Tencent etc
darkstar_16··on I Didn't Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don't Either
In the managed k8s space, the data is on a PVC in the same availability zone as the node it is being mounted on. If the node dies, the volume is just mounted on to a new node in the same zone. There is no data movement required.
darkstar_16··on The Fastest Redis Ever
You'd be surprised how many engineers make these kinda decisions.
darkstar_16··on Forget CDK and AWS's insane costs. Pulumi and DigitalOcean to the rescue
Ever thought that "Ops" needs a different mindset than the devs are used to ?
darkstar_16··on Trump wins presidency for second time
That's not the only reason in my opinion. It's way easier for European graduates to find a job and cruise on to retirement. The govt takes care of them for life and so the do or die attitude needed to start a company just isn't there in most countries. This is a consequence of the welfare state most of Europe has become.
darkstar_16··on I got everything off the cloud and am paying less
He's an indie developer from the looks of it. $1k is a decent sum of money and maybe the effort is worth it.
darkstar_16··on What excessive screen time does to the adult brain
I am the first one to wake up (with an alarm) in my house on weekdays. I also find the light from the phone actually helps me wake up slowly. If I don't wake up early (get ready myself) and get the kids ready for school, it'll have a cascading effect on the whole day, so screen time works for me for that purpose. And it's usually only 10-15 minutes max. In that time, I don't see or do work stuff. Since, we have family around the world, I usually just go through the family chat messages, some light social etc in that time. I get why it's a bad habit but I also have a reason why it works. On weekends, of course the alarms are off and I wake up when I wake up.
darkstar_16··on What are the best options for Amazon SDEs thinking about leaving over RTO policy
"Amazon" may not, but the manager, VP, SVP etc may. Careers aren't made by having the right skillset. They're made by having the right set of contacts. YMMV
darkstar_16··on Apple must pay 13B euros in back taxes, EU's top court rules
That's not even the same thing. The govt is bankrupt because it keeps printing money to get out of previous debt and other poor choices. The companies are following the rules and taking advantage of loopholes in the system.
darkstar_16··on Low Cost Mini PCs
the data needs a bit of a cleanup. I see N100 showing up with "Intel 100", Intel Alder Lake N100" and just "3.4 GHz" in various places.
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