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pickpuck··on Dank-selfhosted: automated deployment of email, web, DNS, XMPP, ZNC on OpenBSD
Awesome Self-Hosted vs Dank Self-Hosted

Ha. I'm not sure of the intent, but I like this as a naming pattern for different kinds of projects.

Maybe awesome is friendly and optimistic.

Whereas dank is a little more "Really not suited for the general public, no automated password reset, no web GUIs..."

pickpuck··on The genetics of university success
Speaking of motivations:

> These findings suggest young adults select and modify their educational experiences in part based on their genetic propensities and highlight the potential for DNA-based predictions of real-world outcomes, which will continue to increase in predictive power.

pickpuck··on Guidelines for Brutalist Web Design
HN does not follow all these rules but I would wager it is a better experience. For example, if every link were underlined, the page would be very cluttered visually.
pickpuck··on Neanderthal ‘minibrains’ grown in dish
> Several of these differences mirror what Muotri has found studying neuronal development in the brains of children with autism. "I don't want families to conclude that I'm comparing autistic kids to Neanderthals, but it's an important observation," says Muotri, who has a stepson with autism. "In modern humans, these types of changes are linked to defects in brain development that are needed for socialization. If we believe that's one of our advantages over Neanderthals, it's relevant."
pickpuck··on GDPR Version of USA Today Is 500KB Instead of 5.2MB
Looks like this is for all Gannett-owned newspapers, including my local paper :D
pickpuck··on How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper
This is great. Planet Money mentioned how it was/could be used in prison: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/02/10/514577243/epis...
pickpuck··on Traditional TV Is in Trouble
Regular bundled cable has ads. (What IS the point?) HBO is a premium channel you pay for beyond the bundle. It has no ads except lots of self-promo in between shows.
pickpuck··on Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in adults admitted to psychiatric hospital
CDNIC isn’t catchy enough. What’s a better shorthand for “Correlation does not imply causation”?
pickpuck··on YouTube networks drop thousands of creators as YouTube policy shifts
Maybe the most open platform will win if the future is Patreon, Twitch, Brave Browser...
pickpuck··on Don’t let your anger persist
How do I convey my real, justified anger to The Company instead of a person?

It may not be effective (or fair) to get hostile, but by the time I'm yelling, it's because I've realized The Company doesn't care about my emotional state, and this person is another willing participant in a silently abusive system, even if they're just reading the Company-provided script to get the Company-provided paycheck. Perhaps too few humans have perfect emotional regulation, but it's not surprising that some react accordingly.

The people who designed these insensitive systems knew that they would eventually turn all our hearts cold at no cost to The Company. Julian's response is to keep being nice to keep his transactional relations as smooth as possible. The representative's responsive is to vent to their co-workers about how stupid and mean customers are. Mine is to yell when I'm angry. But aren't we all suffering from the same flawed system?

At this point in time, it's no one person's fault, and there's little incentive to fix it, so this probably won't change until emotionally attuned software can replace customer service reps.

pickpuck··on What's up with monomorphism?
Keep the comics!
pickpuck··on Node.js, a popular tool for building modern internet services, has split in two
Please post it. :)
pickpuck··on Only 90s Web Developers Remember This
Zach Holman, present this at DHTML Conf!
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