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just-tom··on ProtonMail Rewrites Your Emails
That's a bit scary to me, that we count on technology so much that we doubt our mental health when the tech goes sideways.
just-tom··on Ask HN: Do you still “need” the .com in 2023?
I agree, but I'm not sure his family members are his target audience. Are you?
just-tom··on AI and the Future of Humanity – Yuval Noah Harari at the Frontiers Forum
Computing power is one thing, I think the real issue for basement hackers is the training data. They can never have the same amount of data as the big players.
just-tom··on We should ‘lift heavy’ as we get older
I'm curious, what's American to you in their reply?
just-tom··on Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm
Actually, that's a refreshing take.

(No).

just-tom··on Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
Is it possible to take the optimistic approach and update the UI before getting response from the back end? Obviously for simple things, like counters, that need an immediate update to the UI.
just-tom··on Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
I went to the button component page [1] and to the section of the counter and two increment and decrement buttons. Clicking on either takes something like 0.5 seconds for the counter to update it's value.

Using Android and Samsung internet.

Edit: I took a video screenshot https://voicer.com/v/HSpS9

[1] https://pynecone.io/docs/library/forms/button

just-tom··on Microsoft Designer
I agree, but MS Paint did so because it was available to anyone who opened up Windows, not because it's a great piece of software.
just-tom··on Ask HN: How to get an accessibility tester job as a blind programmer?
Whoever downvoted you clearly didn't read the whole post and thought you we're referring to the post as the joke, not the actual joke inside it.
just-tom··on My favourite 3 lines of CSS
I think that this sort of CSS is smart being put in some kind of reset.css, being a base for the design, rather than being used occasionally while developing. In both cases, it would be smart to have explicit comments describing what the snippets do.
just-tom··on ChatGPT Extension for VSCode
Isn't gh copilot better at these tasks? What are the differences and/or similarities? The downsides and/or upsides? I haven't used any, just considered subscribing to copilot.
just-tom··on Dwarf Fortress has sold half a million copies
You seem to be confusing between loss and expenses. Salaries are expenses of the business, while loss is the fiscal bottom line every period X.
just-tom··on AutoHotKey V2 (Breaking Upgrade)
I was never able to make AHK to have 3 keys combinations, like Win+K+O to do something. Has anyone succeeded? Is it now possible on V2?
just-tom··on Ask HN: One of our Azure accounts was hacked – how to negotiate the bill?
I'm quite surprised that there isn't some kind of monthly budget control. For every new project I set the budget to be 4-5x my expected expense.
just-tom··on “I was an intern at SpaceX years ago”
He says that steve was a tech ceo, but that you don't need a tech ceo for the twitter situation, but a financial ceo instead.
just-tom··on Show HN: I solved my New Tab page
I love how fast everything works! And the fact that you implemented themes are also a big respect.

I had this idea a few years ago when I was a much worse programmer and gave it a try with https://widget-board.com

just-tom··on I've said it all before but here we go again
Why wouldn't Einstein think that his thought experiments are that useful?
just-tom··on Show HN: A Little Tool to Visualize Guitar Chords
I came to say this, it also got me confused a little.
just-tom··on Samplebrain: A custom sample mashing app designed by Aphex Twin
I have to try this, see if it fits my work. Just tattooed Aphex Twin logo a couple of months ago.
just-tom··on After 50 years, Michael Heizer is finally ready to unveil City, his life's work
I like it. It's big, abstract, depressing. I imagine walking there alone at night, must be something.

Edit: also, i dont think 50 years of one person is a lot of time. 50 persons startup working for one year and then closing is also a waste of 50 years, not yet talking about the vc money.

just-tom··on Subreply
Learned a new thing, thanks. What about overflow: overlay? It can also solve the problem by being on top of layout and not part of it. Browsers still support it, although it is deprecated (never understood why).
just-tom··on Subreply
But in which language?
just-tom··on Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]
Yes, they paid him to promote Coke on HN comment section.
just-tom··on Shortsightedness has become an epidemic
As I suggested in the past, it would be helpful to add [PAYWALL] before or after titles for links that have a paywall.
just-tom··on The Kia Instrument
I couldn't see whats more in it than a super basic synth with nature samples as a background layer. What am I missing? They have like 5-6 seconds in the video pitching envelope components such as sustain and decay, so it gives me the impression that there isn't much innovation here.
just-tom··on Ask HN: What's the most stable form of digital storage?
Perhaps I simplified your question, but for me, every important digital "thing" I have is stored in my paid Dropbox account (2TB). I believe that as a rule of thumb, private tech companies invent and upgrade new technologies to make their product better, and a company like Dropbox is surely thinking of this. In my Dropbox account, I have EXE files of small programs I wrote in Visual Basic 20 years ago, and they still work after being stored there for at least 12 years. Good luck.
just-tom··on Miniclip to Discontinue Desktop Site and Transition Exclusively to Mobile Games
This should have been the link, not the app store link that informs nothing.
just-tom··on Qt Creator 7 Released
Just heard of QT. Has anyone tried it? It sounds too good to be true. What are the caviats?
just-tom··on Master Styles – The First Virtual CSS Engine
It's hilarious. The schema is "when you only think about X, I have already finished implementing it - that's how fast the engine is"
just-tom··on Master Styles – The First Virtual CSS Engine
It always seemed unproductive to me to write this kind of HTML: <div class="margin-top:10 padding:15">

What's the point? It looks exactly like: <div style="margin-top:10px; padding:15px">

In my opinion, using classes like that is unuseful. And it's not happening in this CSS library alone, it happens in a lot of them.

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