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dmtroyer··on Show HN: I ranked news websites by speed
funny, I was very surprised that USA Today was so high in the list. So I typed it into my browser and was greeted *very quickly* by a full page ad modal.
dmtroyer··on Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air, supercharged by the new M2 chip
I really don't understand it. I want HN to explain it to me. Is there a whole team and supply chain for the 13" MBP that was too far along in the M2 upgrade design process to stop or something?
dmtroyer··on Why I'm using Fossil SCM instead of other source control systems (2016)
ahh, right, thanks for the responses. I was confusing not being able to rewrite history on remote branches with not being able to rewrite history at all. I rewrite it locally all the time but almost never remotely.
dmtroyer··on Why I'm using Fossil SCM instead of other source control systems (2016)
What large team workflows require rewriting history? I’m genuinely curious as someone who is always looking for a better team git workflow.
dmtroyer··on Gas stoves are more hazardous than we’ve been led to believe (2020)
::stares nervously at unvented landlord special 1970’s stove with multiple pilot lights that is always warm to the touch::
dmtroyer··on A Visual History of Delicious Bookmarks (2020)
Are we in a post-bookmark world?
dmtroyer··on When everything is important but nothing is getting done
“… a learned helplessness where the only solution seemed to be resignation.”

oof. too real.

dmtroyer··on Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives
no hand gestures or order in which you say them?
dmtroyer··on Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives
My partner is convinced that her cats understand hundreds of english words. Most of the time it seems harmless and I laugh. A small part of the time it drives me to madness.
dmtroyer··on 5G is a joke and the iPhone is the well-timed punchline
Honestly, lately when I’m having poor loading times and latency on cellular data I often look and I am on 5G.
dmtroyer··on You’re muted – or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen when mic is off
PSA: I learned again recently that by default on a new installion, Slack does not mute your audio when connecting to a meeting.
dmtroyer··on AT&T's website raising the price every time I refresh the page
as an AT&T customer, I can confirm that their websites are some of the jankiest I have ever seen. The number of redirects and different loading gifs you get when logging in to your account is comical. I need to capture this sometime.
dmtroyer··on The wild world of non-C operating systems
click-bait title for programmers if I ever saw one.
dmtroyer··on 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning
especially more dangerous when they've been retrofitted with even higher steel off-roading bumpers.
dmtroyer··on Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated?
*very high aperture 50mm lenses.
dmtroyer··on CA crews handle tricky fire at Tesla factory
maximizing cost externalization is the name of the game. smh.
dmtroyer··on CA crews handle tricky fire at Tesla factory
big of you.
dmtroyer··on Does stress impact technical interview performance? (2020) [pdf]
Yes.
dmtroyer··on Bitcoin hits $1T in market value
carbon emissions.
dmtroyer··on The great bicycle boom of 2020
this is a great idea! i really miss my bike commute.
dmtroyer··on SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
I mean, true they detected this but you don't know what you don't know...
dmtroyer··on Turn any camera into a webcam with a $13 USB/HDMI video card
before you run out and use this fact to justify buying a new camera, do some quick research. some cameras will overheat in video mode after a while.
dmtroyer··on AirPods Max
I had a hell of a time with the floppy drive on my IIgs, too.
dmtroyer··on FedEx and UPS hit companies with unexpected holiday shipping limits
it seems very unlikely that you would need to rent a truck for 100 packages of gloves.
dmtroyer··on If All You Have Is a Database, Everything Looks Like a Nail
two years into a job with a dozen applications where sharing databases amongst them is the defacto standard. there aren't even any views. I feel like I'm in a never ending loop of debugging and troubleshooting and never have time to burn it all to the ground. it is time to move on.
dmtroyer··on Simple Password Management with GPG
bitwarden_rs is especially good if you're looking to self host. https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs
dmtroyer··on Simple Password Management with GPG
just dumped pass for the fact that it is extremely unpleasant on windows. it's actually pretty good on ios.
dmtroyer··on hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet
you spend 100% of your life on the internet?
dmtroyer··on A new jailbreak for a new era
doesn't this take you to google instead of ddg(bing)? am I missing something?
dmtroyer··on US Postal Service data suggests significant population decline in San Francisco
Las Vegas? Really? I am so confused.
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