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here-for-karmaon Freeing the Web from the Browser

Could maybe try some machine learning for moderation. I'd imagine the non-contributors share some amount of the same communication patterns.

Every time I see a problem that requires a lot of repetitive work that most people would not like to spend a lot of time doing, I always try to think of how it could be automated with computers that don't get tired

here-for-karmaon How old is your work laptop?

If we're talking Windows vs OSX, I would definitely say I'm more productive when programming on a Macbook.

If we're talking a two-year-old Macbook vs the latest Macbook, I don't think there's much of a noticeable difference in productivity

here-for-karmaon Ask HN: What would you do with Gigabit internet?

I game, watch youtube, stream movies/shows. You don't really notice that you have gigabit until you need to download a game or something (if you torrent, I'm sure you'll notice it a lot).

With streaming, I honestly can't remember the last time it had to pause for buffering, even on WiFi; so that's nice

here-for-karmaon Ask HN: How did you come to grips with your own mediocrity?

I also renounced Facebook, Twitter, etc. (for reasons different than yours, though) and I don't regret it one bit.

Now I spend my time learning new things instead of scrolling for hours through a repetitive feed of clickbait and people just looking for attention

here-for-karmaon Ask HN: Have you adopted standardjs?

Yep. We didn't have a style standard and all had different opinions. One day we just stopped splitting hairs and went with StandardJS.

Over a year later and haven't looked back. Codebase consistency is far more important than whatever particular style you use

here-for-karmaon California law requires businesses to let you cancel your subscription online

Gym memberships are particularly terrible at this in my experience

here-for-karmaon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)

Just a bug report: Closing the modal for the promo video on your site should pause the video

here-for-karmaon Ask HN: Have you built a personal chatbot for yourself? What does it do?

I am super intrigued by this. In case any others are curious like I was, here's a tutorial for building a Google Assistant bot: https://www.gupshup.io/developer/docs/bot-platform/guide/how...

here-for-karmaon Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant

No reason to stop improving though

here-for-karmaon Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant

Honestly, I hope he gets competitors. How great would fast food be if it was all made exactly the same way every time, with high quality ingredients?