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slindz··on Why Yaak is not open source
That is incredibly awesome and noble of them.

That does not mean it becomes the benchmark for everybody.

slindz··on Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?
There is development joy found in both, but Elixir and the underlying erlang definitely has it's own idioms.

You can know enough to get going quickly, but there's a healthy layer of power that will only come with time.

slindz··on Ruby concurrency is hard: how I became a Ruby on Rails contributor
Strong disagree.

Elixir has been my primary language since 2016 because it makes concurrency so easy.

I'm also a little confused how it's not functional enough for you.

slindz··on The truffle industry is a scam
They touched on such ideas in Nic Cage's movie 'Pig'.

It was a surprisingly decent flick.

slindz··on Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an Offline State?
A school teacher might explain it to be "The Frickin Article".
slindz··on Jurassic Cloud
Sounds a lot like erlang.

Elixir has been my daily driver since 2016; still loving it.

slindz··on Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen
All of my comments have focused on how Apple is not above promotion by default.

My use of the word 'hunting' was very casual and completely secondary.

slindz··on Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen
I would take the over on 50% of people seeing it.

Apple sends notifications for those news stories on your Today screen ;)

slindz··on Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen
I agree, removing it was easy enough.

My contention is that Apple is not above using your screen real estate for promotion by default.

slindz··on Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen
OK, but it's still an attention grab that's there by default?
slindz··on Quebec Sovereignty Movement
English is not a foreign language in Canada.

The rest of Canada goes to great lengths to provide bilingual support.

It's awful to see English being systematically demonized in Canada.

slindz··on Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen
I'm not sure Apple deserves that much benefit of the doubt.

I've found myself hunting through iOS settings to hide News on that slide screen to the left.

It was definitely put there by Apple and I'm confident they were paid to put it there by those chasing advertising dollars.

slindz··on Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?
Would love to have you take a look but I couldn't find any contact info for you.

I've been nudging test users towards my Discord server for ongoing support.

Consider this an open invite to anybody (for now); I'll disable this link if/when I need to.

https://discord.gg/TcMHrtxanh

slindz··on Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?
Just sent you an email
slindz··on Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?
Just sent you an email!
slindz··on Ask HN: What’s your favorite tool for planning your day?
I've been building my own thing for a while.

It blends the hierarchical navigation of Workflowy (to figure out your priorities) with task management and routine building.

Throughout this process, I discovered a whole lot about ADHD. It turns out that's why I've chased this with such reckless abandon.

Between the internal pressure and balancing the side effects of medication, I burnt out. I'm _slowly_ climbing my way out of that hole.

Three days ago, I found a handful of test users by leaving a Reddit comment; I figured I could build on that by trying again here.

If you're interested to try/test the software I call 'My Second Brain' (the one that works), lemme know.

slindz··on Pavel Durov: Most studies show humanity is now less free than several years ago
From where I'm standing, it sure looks like buying off both sides is a pretty easy/predictable way to protect the status quo.
slindz··on For developers, Safari is crap and outdated
A decision came down in January to drop ongoing support. This included removing previously working functionality.

Here was a discussion from January: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25589177

slindz··on For developers, Safari is crap and outdated
Web push notifications would only apply to PWA's, which you have to deliberately install by seeking out the add to home screen menu item.

They are not the nuisance you are making them out to be.

slindz··on For developers, Safari is crap and outdated
Can you appreciate how a memory challenged/privacy conscious person might find it helpful to opt in to web push notifications?
slindz··on For developers, Safari is crap and outdated
So true.

I have this uneasy reliance on Chrome for supporting PWA's properly since Mozilla lost interest.

It's a life/routine manager for people with horrible memories. Chrome stands alone in supporting web push notifications :S

slindz··on Ask HN: As a solo founder, what are the reasons not to use Docker?
Some languages definitely benefit from portable environments, others don't really need it.

My anecdata is that horsing around with Docker was still needed and when things went wrong, they went REALLY wrong.

As with all things, figure out what you need, pick the right tool for the job, and all that good stuff.

slindz··on CEOs made 299 times more than their average workers last year
My concern is that they're aware of this and have paid plenty of attention to encouraging a docile population.

Yes, I'm about to resume scrolling through my phone.

slindz··on The Most Dangerous Censorship
For me, it's less about having things I need to say and more about endlessly analyzing what I'm about to say.

There is little, if any, forgiveness for the well-intentioned mistakes.

slindz··on 'Remember the Internet': An Encyclopedia of Online Life
That is a fascinating insight to me. (the temporary social media thing)

Does such a thing exist?

I'm sitting here fighting urges to build a prototype.

slindz··on Bitcoin not for me, says Bill Gates
I am in that minority.

It breaks my heart the way Blockstream was brought in to intentionally kneecap Bitcoin.

slindz··on Gleam 0.14 – Type-safe language for the Erlang VM
Terseness.
slindz··on Jeff Bezos Doesn’t Have Time to Be CEO of Amazon
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

I think it's *likely a motivated mega-billionaire would be far more effective with 100B than a self-interested bureaucracy.

slindz··on 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
From my perspective, it costs an awful lot of money to run for office. If the only way to reach office is to convince wealthy people to fund your campaign, it shouldn't be a surprise if their interests wind up getting preferred treatment.
slindz··on Fleeing New Yorkers resulted in an estimated $34B in lost income – study
I recall a comment suggesting financing terms can be impacted once a drop in rental rate is realized.

An apartment with an assumed rental value of $X can sit empty and still be assumed to pull $X.

As soon as they start renting it out for $Y, the financials might have to be re-evaluated, which might prompt extra collateral from the borrower.

I have no idea how reliable this comment may have been, but it's an idea...

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