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robbyiq999··on A bit more regarding UTM SE on the iPad
The absolute pain of not being hindered by technological capability but by fascist monopoly. Fuck you apple
robbyiq999··on Htmx: Simplicity in an Age of Complicated Solutions
Crazy how rails pjax became an entire JavaScript framework
robbyiq999··on Eight Years of GraphQL
GrahpQL was something that came up heavily in Front-End job ads and maybe even mentioned during my experience interviewing around 2017-2020 I was once even turned down for not having enough "GraphQL Experience" - Whatever that was. This was during a particularly painful 6 month rut for me - job search wise. It's absolutely infuriating that the tide has now changed. GraphQL doesn't matter. Did it ever? What was the point?
robbyiq999··on Follow the Crypto
The government is a well intended representative of the people. The government has a solution to money and currency already. The government makes choices on monetary policy with the best interest of the citizenry in mind. Crypto is not good. The government is good.
robbyiq999··on Follow the Crypto
Crypto!? No thanks. I like my currency constantly inflating and printed on paper IOUs thank you very much.
robbyiq999··on Follow the Crypto
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/money-transfer/currency-conve...
robbyiq999··on The Overengineered Resume with Zola, JSON Resume, Weasyprint, and Nix (2023)
Look at that subtle off white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark.
robbyiq999··on Senators strike bipartisan deal for ban on stock trading by members of Congress
This law isn't classifying anyone as insiders. I don't think there's an intention in the bill to ban trading by doing so.
robbyiq999··on Senators strike bipartisan deal for ban on stock trading by members of Congress
I'd suspect there's loopholes here, the trading will instead be done by a hedge fund on behalf of the congress member(s)
robbyiq999··on US to Criminally Charge Boeing, Seek Guilty Plea, Sources Say
That poor middle manager who will take the fall and get sent to prison
robbyiq999··on Cities need more trees
Would love to see them tear up highways and build forests and not the other way around
robbyiq999··on DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage (2020)
Would this be wire fraud?
robbyiq999··on Show HN: High-frequency trading and market-making backtesting tool with examples
Is all of this just a fancy complex way to lose money? Isn’t impossible to beat the market consistently?
robbyiq999··on Tomorrow people: For a century, it felt like telepathy was around the corner
The premise seems pretty silly, as you’d expect some kind of jumping off point where remote mental telepathy could be possible. But, there is absolutely none. So it’s strange to think that “scientists” were testing for something completely made up and unobserved.
robbyiq999··on British duo arrested for SMS phishing via homemade cell tower
What interests me is the intelligence and innovation of this. You would think these bad actors would fair well doing societal good using their skills and not resort to crime.
robbyiq999··on Turn On, Tune In, Write Code
ai will write the code, now we can finally sit back and drop all this acid!
robbyiq999··on I am sick of LeetCode-style interviews
I totally agree with A and B and have further suspected they use leetcode as a means to support a H1B candidates employment prospects (for those who do pass)
robbyiq999··on Carpenter's AirTags help uncover 'massive' case of stolen tools in Maryland
There’s obviously a use case referencing something like this article. It would be nice to see some kind of officiating this particular use case of protecting your property, perhaps you could register your tag, pay a fee and deposit / signing a waiver to prevent the stalking use case. It would also be nice to see police go after missing items which have been officially tagged. But I’m also not a huge fan of big brother in general. So maybe forget about it
robbyiq999··on After 6 years, I'm over GraphQL
I remember about nearly 6 years ago gql showing up in job postings, I scratched my head a bit because it was so new. And also just a QL, why hire based on it? Shouldn’t you pick techs easy to use AND LEARN. Thereby nullifying must-have-experiences

Perhaps now it might be;

Nice to haves: Enough experience with GraphQL to never suggest nor implement it.

These are the kind of experiences I think which truly matter.

robbyiq999··on 'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek is closer than you think
The ai leaders should come out and say… “Ai advancement is so powerful (as we have been saying and hyping for our shareholders) we now will offer our beloved employees - 4 day workweeks, as the productivity gain has removed 1 days worth of work for the work week” And so will begin our fever dream tech utopia
robbyiq999··on Google Meet rolls out multi-device adaptive audio merging
What if the resulting audio output of the digitally converted human vocalization has an inaudible frequency modulation or signature added to it which operates in a range inaudible to the human ear, you could then detect said signal and filtered out its source or merged / manipulated

Now fixing search, that would be truly mind blowing.

robbyiq999··on Hertz sold a bunch of Teslas and it turns out they're all kinds of trouble
Hertz is above the law. Which other company can print felony arrest warrants?
robbyiq999··on Crypto brothers front-ran the front-runners
This just screams arbitrary application of rules to an entirely new system. How can you enforce rules for something with such a murky definition of the actors and their actions? Sure it “looks like” old finance, but it most certainly isn’t.

This exercise of arbitrary rules on a murky, hardly even legally defined entirely new system, is why I can see the reasoning for something like defi to want to exist.

robbyiq999··on Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant
It would be cool to see some raspi hats you could plug a GPU into, though unsure of how practical or feasible that would be. Todays graphics cards are tomorrows e-waste, perhaps they could get a second life beefing up a diy raspi project like this
robbyiq999··on Protecting your email address via SVG instead of JavaScript
How about posting 2 email addresses, a hidden one, and the actual one. Using the hidden one to filter the actual one
robbyiq999··on Hacking the immune system could slow ageing
…thus delaying the retirement age to 90yrs old - yay!
robbyiq999··on Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'
Waiting the for future disclaimer; “No Bric A Brac was harmed in the making of this ad”
robbyiq999··on Coding interviews are stupid (ish)
It was always just gatekeeping that sweet sweet VC money during the ZIRP era. Games to play and egos to inflate for middle management can-you-even-code-bro? bros for companies with growth stock modus operandi.

Everyone was asleep at the wheel anyways

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292924

robbyiq999··on Google is an 'amazing example' of employing people in 'BS jobs'
If this is true, the 10 rounds of intense interviewing is some beautiful irony
robbyiq999··on New iPad Pro with M4 chip and Apple Pencil Pro
The ipad pro is an absolutely stunning and amazing piece of hardware. The sad part is, to get the most out of it; say as a power user, you'll likely be spending a combined ~$300 a month subscription for any of its 'killer apps' on the app store. The subscription model for me personally has been such a turn off for these locked down apple products.
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