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hactually

1,270 karma · joined June 30, 2011

Software/Product leader based in Australia. Good at web, likes embedded, loves Linux, builds for time to value but always securely as used to train for Linux Foundation.

Builder of Jogly, Tagmail, QuickaPay, FeeWise and now GreenThread

find me as `nick` at curiola.com and see my stuff at http://www.github.com/17twenty

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hactually··on EU Police Chiefs want an end to end-to-end encryption
they may be adjusting for cameras per capita which it does lead on
hactually··on Show HN: OpenOrb, a curated search engine for Atom and RSS feeds
I started a submission based platform ( bao.social but not currently resolving) as a side project because I missed the accessibility for RSS. would be keen on the list or even just connecting with you and OP
hactually··on I Put 4M Suns in a Black Hole over New York [video]
Absolutely spectacular. I feel my dumb human brains limits when looking at the scale of the natural universe
hactually··on First year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit
It doesn't look good does it? Lots of folk still seem to be in the denial stage -- some are now in the outright "alternative facts" camp and all while conditions deteriorate.

Slowly at first, then suddenly all at once.

hactually··on Show HN: dextk - Android dex file parser in Go
oracle's litigious nature?
hactually··on Ask HN: How does MS-Teams, Meets and Zoom virtual background works?
I spent a few minutes on the site and it all looks like it's aimed at someone who's not me.

You've suggested it for enhancing/image processing on the client-side and yet, a cursory look at the landing and docs and there's nothing I could see that would help me do this.

Are there any blog/howto guides that are better than your landing page?

hactually··on Is this radical redesign of GIMP possible now?
so, similar to another human telling you?
hactually··on GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure
Legitimately great news. I look forward to a day where I can buy my Gnome powered laptop without the wipe/ install dance that's currently required.
hactually··on Bare-metal Rust in Android
I disagree - working with CGo is really easy and predictable in behaviour.

Cross compilation for Go is no more difficult than cross compiling Rust + .so / .a files

hactually··on X.org Hit by New Security Vulnerabilities – Two Date Back to 1988 with X11R2
Can you be more specific - what did you try doing specifically?

OBS works fine from what I've heard but must admit I don't use it myself.

hactually··on X.org Hit by New Security Vulnerabilities – Two Date Back to 1988 with X11R2
running wayland here - zero issues. What are you struggling with, I might be able to help?
hactually··on Most Americans comfortable with solar panels, turbines in their communities
I think you're being downvoted because of your comment about the "low frequency sounds".

That's myth[0] that's typically shared by anti-renewables/NIMBYs.

[0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-17/wind-farms-david-leyo...

hactually··on Gnome 45
so many of these comments without any examples, bug reports. Just feels :(
hactually··on Gnome 45
Looks really good, will be updating soon. It's crazy there's a free, open source desktop that showcases the latest tech ... and yet we choose to constrain ourselves to MacOS and Windows by default.
hactually··on Ask HN: What method do you use to send a link from smartphone to laptop?
I didn't know that worked on Apple.

For me, I click Share > Send to other devices and pick either my desktop or my Pixel depending on which way it's going.

Pretty simple.

hactually··on “X” Didn’t Pay Severance. Now It’s Facing 2,200 Cases – and Big Fees
Surely there's a "change of control" clause in their contractuals?
hactually··on Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on
https://www.bestlms.co

Working on this while working my main role. This is the missing piece I needed for my previous startup so been working to complete the suite.

Would love to connect with any lending/finance guys about this.

hactually··on TeamTopologies
You get the feeling ol Martin has been out of the game too long?

It feels like he's only catching up with what many have been doing for decades building high performance teams.

hactually··on Rethinking Window Management
what's missing that was removed in 2->3?
hactually··on Ask HN: Anyone else notice that HN isn’t full of JavaScript frameworks lately?
Did react win? Or did it become the foundation for Next.js?

We're using Vue here and missed the memo about it being an also run :)

hactually··on A FactoryFactoryFactory in Production (2017)
Ive worked at a lot of places with no Java. I do tend to avoid the larger enterprisey environments tho
hactually··on Public web unravels in AI-driven storm
I mean, it's known that GPT3 was trained on Reddit data with 3 or more upvotes. The training data is still available to download.
hactually··on Ask HN: Why are most Startups asking for US Remote instead of just Remote?
You're asking why businesses aren't employing people working across timezones AND deploying a second payroll system AND ignoring the cultural/benefits package incl. gov based subsidies the business misses out on due to hiring internationally AND the tax complications...

Have you ever started a business and run it with a team of folk from across the world on a budget (not including just contracting people via UpWork etc)?

hactually··on Ask HN: Why are most Startups asking for US Remote instead of just Remote?
Well then they're not employees, they're contractors.

The difference is that in the former, they're a representative of my business, in the latter, they're providing a service to further their own business.

hactually··on Ask HN: Are You Fasting?
I've been doing it a while and was previously doing Sunday to Tues morning. Me and my partner did Sunday to Friday a few months ago for a wedding and have been sticking with 72 pretty well.

I hit age 40 soon and I think my metabolism has slowed a lot, I still weightlift and run but there's definitely been a shift in what I can eat and stay comfortable with

hactually··on Ask HN: Are You Fasting?
No food. Limited to diet soda, water and black coffee!
hactually··on I will start support Linux, where to start
The two most interesting, and with most overlap, are probably Gnome and Wayland a and both have roadmaps online. Good luck
hactually··on Ask HN: Are You Fasting?
I do 72hrs from Sunday to Weds night (I finished 10 mins ago!).

Instead of food I hit the gym or walk the dog. My work is improved IMO - I'm faster, more alert and find it easier to problem solve and focus. I'm a CTPO for a finance and payments company so if it was a negative, I'd know pretty quickly.

Happy to connect/chat about it -- even if it's for accountability

hactually··on 60M Americans have taxes so simple the IRS could do them automatically
what do you mean? outside of the US, this is the standard operating model.

Gov says we think you owe this much, you say "sure" or you do your own from prefill.

are you guys ok?

hactually··on Cal.com: Open Scheduling Infrastructure
Hey Peer_Rich - do you have a contact email? I've got something I want to run by you as a niche payments provider.
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