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oliverjudge··on Ask HN: What stage of grief are you at regarding climate change?
I was a lot more jaded than I currently am. I recently switched jobs to a food eco calculation app [1], and while yes there are problems there's much better advice out there now for how you can contribute, rather than just "switch off your lights". We've been working on recipe swaps so you can see kgs off your daily habits.

Also speaking with clients, corporations want to help. Yes there is some marketing and tax incentive, but we've seen more interest in making permanent change beyond just a PR stunt.

[1] https://klimato.co

oliverjudge··on Full WireGuard Support in ProtonVPN for Android
It’s nice to see one of these providers upgrading their protocols away from openvpn and the like, but it still doesn’t solve the problem of these commercial VPN’s are still just someone else’s computer.
oliverjudge··on Ask HN: Which would you choose? Elixir/Phoenix or Crystal/Lucky?
For now Elixir/Phoenix as the ecosystem has a little more support (even if some packages have been abandoned). Elixir has also started to get first class status in places like Fly.io and Render which makes releasing a little less painless.

I've only just discovered Lucky, but definitely one to keep an eye on to see who puts something into production with it.

oliverjudge··on Ask HN: What LinkedIn alternatives don't suck?
I only had 10, sorry looks like they've all been taken.
oliverjudge··on Ask HN: What LinkedIn alternatives don't suck?
I've moved over to Polywork. Which has a bit more of a tongue in cheek feel, but definitely feels better thank Linked in does, with a better community.

Invite link for the curious https://www.polywork.com/invite/olliejudge-hypno

oliverjudge··on Next.js 10.2
Just checked this out, looks promising, unlimited bandwidth is nice too.
oliverjudge··on Next.js 10.2
Sort of Next related, but I was looking into these frameworks today and it seems all of the easy hosting services jump from free to $20 for what seems to be elaborate static hosting. Is there a middle ground for hobbyists that are running commercial software without spinning up your own VPS (Vercel doesn't look kindly on commercial on their free plan).
oliverjudge··on Ask HN: Google support is the worst, good alternatives to G-Suite?
Question, does Office online integrate into Azure user management like Gsuite does with GCP?
oliverjudge··on Ask HN: What are this year's buzzwords?
I know it's not new but my corporate/banking clients can't stop themselves saying "Cloud Native".

On the other side of things I think we'll see a lot of mixed reality/metaverse type terminology come to the forefront this year.

oliverjudge··on Ask HN: What Blogging Platform or Technology?
If it's something you're occasionally going to post to and you're more into the tech behind the site than writing go for a static site generator.

If you'd like an easy to use system, with a decent ecosystem I'd take a look at Ghost.

If you are looking to take things seriously, writing often, thinking about extended features and want to be up and running quickly Wordpress still reigns here. So long as you keep it lean it's the most batteries included system out there and you can run it on your own machines.

oliverjudge··on Ask HN: What do you use for your cloud VPN?
Thanks for the heads up on this, just switched over from a manual Wireguard install.
oliverjudge··on DigitalOcean S-1
Out of curiosity where did you move to?
oliverjudge··on Tech firms seek to frustrate internet history log law
The scariest line was this:

"Terrorists and serious criminals will always seek to avoid detection."

The fact that in the public eye they're going to be claiming they are doing this under terrorism, will give a lot of weight with non-technical people.

oliverjudge··on Tips for Making It Small in Hollywood
There's a great interview from a few years back that explores this well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY
oliverjudge··on Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Yes, buy this. Maniac Mansion is included as an extra inside the game.
oliverjudge··on Ask HN: What are the latest and greatest books on your favorite language?
I'd be interested to see what people currently think are the best books for iOS Development.
oliverjudge··on Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29
Is there any word on Windows 10 pricing outside of the upgrade program yet?