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pmullinson I unwillingly stopped using Firefox

I decided to use Safari for any sites that don't work with Firefox. I'm ignoring Chrome for as long as I can.

pmullinson Ask HN: Have you found a good desk chair?

I bought a Herman Miller Embody for my home office and I love it. Yeah, it's insanely expensive, but it's worth it.

pmullinson Ask HN: What novel tools are you using to write web sites/apps?

I love the overall simplicity of your approach. Any chance of sharing your template rendering crate with us?

pmullinson Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

In an old school bus conversion somewhere in Alaska. I spent some time there once and I've always wanted to go back.

pmullinson Ask HN: Developer/Markdown friendly hosted wiki

Check out Gollum (https://github.com/gollum/gollum).

pmullinson What the death of iTunes says about digital habits

FYI, The column browser interface is back in the Music app as of the 10.15.3 Beta.

pmullinson What the death of iTunes says about digital habits

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what they did. My understanding is that they based the macOS version on the iOS version. Explains quite a bit.

pmullinson BitBar: Put the output of any script on your macOS menu bar

Yet another option: https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden

pmullinson What monthly subscriptions and services do you pay for?

iCloud Storage, YouTube Premium, Apple Music, FastMail, Netflix, CBS All Access, Hulu, Deezer, Last.fm, Minecraft Realms, etc. Hmmm...that's more than I originally thought.

pmullinson Ask HN: Which dev laptop to buy?

The late 2016 and on MacBook Pro uses AMD's Radeon chip set. If you want a Mac you'll have to go for something earlier than that. On the PC front, you might want to check out the Lenovo ThinkPad T580. It has a 15" display, full-size keyboard, and an NVIDIA chip set.

pmullinson Ask HN: How much do you still rely on traditional email and calendar?

At work we're forced to use email and calendar for just about everything. At home, we use the calendar all the time and I use email to keep in contact with a few friends who refuse to use anything else.

pmullinson Ask HN: What is your experience with third party recruiters?

I just landed a great job via a third party recruiter. She was professional, courteous, and most of all, very good at her job. An extremely positive experience overall. Don't give up!

pmullinson Show HN: Shiori – Simple self hosted bookmarks manager

Looks promising. However, I really need a way to browse my bookmarks vs. searching them. Maybe that'll be added in a later update?