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nestlequ1k··on Show HN: Make spaced-repetition flashcards
Will it be able at some point to export the newly created flashcards to ANKI?
nestlequ1k··on Ethereum London Mainnet Announcement
I understand some of the upgrades going into the London fork, including EIP-1559, but I don't understand "the merge". Does it mean that some kind of sharding will be in place, and the currently useless PoS chain will be able to communicate with the PoW chain?
nestlequ1k··on Robinhood for real estate. Invest with $5 and $0 commission fee
Real estate has a lot of room to be more efficient for sure. I am curious to know if there is any way to sell my shares after investing? Also, how do they securitize these assets? Seems like such a new model. Super interesting, though. Curious to try them out.
nestlequ1k··on After big hack of U.S. government, Biden enlists world class cybersecurity team
Seems like there is not talk of bringing back Krebs? I was really hoping there would be an attempt to rehire all these people unfairly fired by Trump... Vindman, etc..
nestlequ1k··on Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” flying alongside them
It’s like the Liar Liar scene but with a jet pack.
nestlequ1k··on [dead]
Looking at performance regularly is a necessity because it helps team members have a clear understanding of how they're doing. Instead of having to wait for 6-12 months for a performance review, under this format we don't have "surprises" and team members benefit from shorter feedback loops.

Nice, seems like a way to replace the traditional performance review - set clear expectations and document performance highlights in each 1:1. I just wonder how you can then incorporate promotions, raises, bonuses, etc.

nestlequ1k··on Instagram no longer allows people without an account to view photos on computers
What about on their smartphones?
nestlequ1k··on Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befalling Covid-19 patients
It's not "mysterious". Myocarditis is a common result of viral infections of any kind, and can persist for weeks after recovering from the virus itself.
nestlequ1k··on Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close
More than 900 cases of infection have been confirmed. Damn, that's alarming.
nestlequ1k··on Nature will publish peer review reports as a trial
They've also announced two days ago that they will have a new journal dedicated to aging. This is big news for those of us who want longer, healthier lives.
nestlequ1k··on Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death
Amazing how millions of dollars just disappear and no one knows where it went.
nestlequ1k··on No evidence that testosterone reduces cognitive empathy
I'm really glad this stuff is being researched, male stereotypes like that have never held true in my experience.
nestlequ1k··on How do I know if I'm good at programming?
One way of many: if your applications work and are reliable, your clients are happy and you're getting paid, you are a good programmer.
nestlequ1k··on [dead]
Definitely reading this. Thank you!
nestlequ1k··on Why Juicero’s Press Is So Expensive
To me, cold pressed orange juice I buy tastes 3X better than any other orange juice I've tried at the store. To me, that's worth 3X more. Some people value taste more than others, to each his own.
nestlequ1k··on Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console
How many devices do you actually want to carry around?
nestlequ1k··on The Macintosh Endgame
Probably using Visual Studio on a Windows machine.
nestlequ1k··on Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week
I feel the same way. I stopped using Twitter after that betrayal and never bothered to come back to it. Don't know if it made the difference to hurting their business, but I feel they missed out on something big by losing developer mindshare.
nestlequ1k··on Chipotle Eats Itself
Chipotle's problems seem directly related to the Chipotle worker lawsuit. They are deliberately trying to underpay their employees, and shockingly, the product suffers.
nestlequ1k··on Body fat link to bacteria in feces
That's assuming that slim people are always people who eat perfectly healthy. Yet seems we all know that one skinny person who eats the worst food ever, and never gets fat.
nestlequ1k··on Mac CLI – OS X command line tools for developers
As an open source library, don't worry about it. If Apple causes a big stink about it (unlikely), then you can rename it.

What you have is a great, simple, direct name for a utility script. Better to ignore the trademark / brand FUD.

nestlequ1k··on Mac CLI – OS X command line tools for developers
Most people don't memorize the commands for all of these, and googling for them everytime gets old.
nestlequ1k··on Saudi Arabia travel guide
Another one of the many horrifying things I saw in the article was the concept of an "Exit Visa" which I hadn't heard of before. I just read up on it a little here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_(document)#Exit_visas

So foreign workers need their employers consent to allow them to to go home. Easy recipe for slavery.

nestlequ1k··on Saudi Arabia travel guide
This travel guide can be summed up with a simple word: "Don't".
nestlequ1k··on Our Team Won Startup Weekend and All We Got Was a Shitty New Boss
From what I understood, Billy didn't pay Bobby $200 for the code, he just paid out a portion of the prize money they received from Startup Weekend. From the tone of the emails, I'm almost certain Bobby didn't sign over his rights in exchange for that $200.

He still owns all the code he wrote. If Billy uses that code in his own business that would be unauthorized and legal action can be taken.

nestlequ1k··on Envelope – Postgres database to web app with just HTML and SQL
Spent some time browsing around the demo. Sorry to be critical. This doesn't seem to be a web app that anyone in their right mind would want to use.

It's all fun and games until your DB administrator gives you an Envelope built app that you have to use every day.

nestlequ1k··on Even – Get your average pay, every payday
I don't understand the financials on this. Unless this is a non-profit charity (and funded by donations), I can't see how Even stays in business.

The key point as I understand it from reading:

- if I make more money than the average, i get the savings and Even does not make any money off of it

- if I make less money than the average, Even will give me an interest free loan that I don't have to pay back

Seems fairly easy for someone to game this system so they get more $$ than they pay in, how do you protect against that? Freelance works on Uber / Lyft / etc can set the amount of hours they work easily. And then stop using Even when they've earned more than they've paid in.

To be clear: I like the idea a lot, I'm just looking for more info about how it intends to stay operational.

nestlequ1k··on Fonticons (YC S15) Is A Subscription Icon Service From The Maker Of Font Awesome
check out fontastic.me which i've been using for 2yrs and its amazing.
nestlequ1k··on The Really Big One
Idea is fascinating. Aside from the political unfeasibility (people won't be convinced an earthquake will ever happen here), I'd be worried about technical execution.

Could we really cause an earthquake? How many nukes would it take? How much would the operation cost? What if someone steals a nuke while they are installing it (add some more to security cost)? What if we can't predict how it will react and end up causing more damage?

Could go on and on with these questions for an hour. And each of these questions means more time / money to come up with solutions.

The easy, stupid, and probably correct answer is... let nature sort it out. Our species is great at surviving and rebuilding. Better to worry about stuff we can control and fix than try to attempt to control things wildly beyond our means.

nestlequ1k··on Using Magic on the Apple Watch
"Use services that don't scale" --no one
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