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2,216 karma · joined November 7, 2009

My name is Srđan Prodanović. I'm a hacker, designer & socialite with 17+ years of experience and good skill acquisition, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Failed at trying an e-commerce SaaS (Fatsell), co-founder of a design studio (Ljudje d.o.o.), contributed to a number of local creative industry initiatives, did engineering and product at Joan (https://getjoan.com) and Radical Motion (https://radicalmotion.com). Exhibited art at ARS Electronica and Cukrarna. Whatever.

HMU:

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  https://srdjan.pro/
GitHub

  https://github.com/Some1Else
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some1else··on Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for startups?
Please don't call people Gurus. I've had at least three lousy experiences working with people who referred to themselves as Gurus. Some of them didn't even know the dictionary definition of the word. I feel I have dodged a number of bullets since then, by developing a healthy prejudice against self-titled Gurus.
some1else··on Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “DeleteUber” campaign
Twitter's absurd character limit played a part in this
some1else··on The Real Name Fallacy
Facebook hate groups are real (anti-immigrant, anti-lgbt, ...). They're getting better at skirting the rules, so there's no way to disband them. I'm seeing dozens of such groups form for a country with a population of ~2 million (Slovenia). I think the mentality those bubbles breed is even more dangerous than Twitter harassment. Instead of manifesting itself in bullying and conflict, it's nurturing the different flavours of toxicity in nicely compartmentalised jars.

I can't agree with the author's statement, that design itself is not primarily responsible for a solution, as it is instrumental in enabling such an environment in the first place.

some1else··on Why Wordpress?
The question should be "what".

Static HTML will often fit the bill

some1else··on Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work
I think rewriting code for style purposes extremely naive. It introduces risk and sabotages `git blame`. Still see a lot of time wasted doing exactly that, as enthusiastic developers try to illuminate the rest of the team, or make things tidy. I recommend against switching to something like "standard.js" in a live project.
some1else··on Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?
I believe there was a way to package and deploy apps with multiple versions of the same deps in the Java world before NodeJS came to be. I remember a buddy candidly explaining those capabilities to me, back when Rails gems were still managed with rake tasks.
some1else··on Ask HN: Are there any systematic and scientific ways to develop a habit?
BJ Fogg has a few insights regarding good habit retention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g56aKi-z05w

Basically if you look at it as a process, making sure not to overwhelm yourself before the habit becomes second nature, you have a better chance of succeeding at it.

some1else··on Cyber Attackers Crash Muni Computer System Across SF
I made software for a few museum exhibitions with multiple interactive terminals (sometimes up to 30). At first we used WinXP/Flash, and later moved to Linux/Opera (to cut licensing fees and shorten development time). That was 6 years ago.
some1else··on Let's Colonize Titan
I'm wondering how contaminated are raw materials on planets without a solid magnetosphere. Could it be that most of the water out there is too radio-active for consumption?
some1else··on Headphones can be hijacked to surreptitiously record audio
I wish there was an easy way to do the opposite in control panel. Having two audio outputs on a laptop comes in handy.
some1else··on Google acquires Qwiklabs to teach developers cloud skills
I thought Qwiklabs was all about Amazon Web Services. They're even mentioned in the official Amazon tutorial videos.
some1else··on Introducing Custom Elements
I don't see the reason for down-votes here guys. It's a legitimate question, isn't it? I was hoping the recipient would understand - once they try to enumerate "the parts" - that it's them managing the state, and that centralized state management and unidirectional data flow are obtainable in Backbone, Custom Elements, or vanilla JavaScript for that matter.
some1else··on Introducing Custom Elements
What part of React "state management" do you find indispensable?
some1else··on Introducing Custom Elements
Use composition. Extract the logic out of your custom element into another class (ie.: Progress). That can parent any compatible presentational custom element (i.e.: ProgressText, ProgressBar)
some1else··on New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just five days
I think 16GB of RAM disappears fast, once you start running clusters of containers with intricate stacks
some1else··on FCC ushers in a troublesome new world for online privacy
Haha. This needs to trend, so I will add to the list of comments my opinion that this is a paid piece. Something a PR firm would churn out for an Internet Service Prov... AOL.
some1else··on H.264 is Magic
Try scrubbing backwards. H264 seeking only works nice if you're fast-forwarding the video. Actually, that is kind of magical.
some1else··on Apple Responds to Dash Controversy
Why won't they admit their system was flawed? They may be right in considering accounts funded with the same payment source as linked accounts, but they never notified both accounts about the impending closure.
some1else··on Show HN: Zombocam – Filters and effects for your webcam
Needs mirror effect in distortions & intensity sliders for color filters.
some1else··on Penny Auctions
Maybe the way forward isn't being a better predator, but a better society.
some1else··on Zume, a new startup trying to make a more profitable pizza through robotics
So, the industrial robot hand, nicknamed Bruno[1], withdraws the pizza from the conveyor belt and places it in the oven.

1: https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i07.f8rTkb8...

some1else··on VPAID ads destroy performance and are still served by major ad networks
We have a real duty to maintain engineering excellence, before all our tech is spaghetti. What happens once the MegaBytes don't count anymore?
some1else··on Ulam Spiral
I used it in one of the Pictur Bale pieces (Christian Bale vs. Mathematics GIFs) http://picbale.tumblr.com
some1else··on Clickbait and Traffic Laundering: How Ad Tech Is Destroying the Web
I find it interesting how the media accepted their large bounce rates, and decided to monetize them with Taboola and Outbrain.
some1else··on Gchat Was the Future of Messaging, but Google Didn’t Know
MSN Messenger was the future of messaging

ICQ was the future of messaging

IRC was the future of messaging

Smoke signals were the future of messaging

some1else··on Show HN: Qwerkey, a better way to play chords
Try to play diagonally, up and to the right. It's easier to grasp the harmonic effect, when you're first trying it out. A bit more info and a gif are in the repository readme[1].

1: https://github.com/Some1Else/qwerkey

some1else··on Does power really corrupt?
It's a vicious cycle. In a world where corruption is rewarded, you are chastised explicitly or implicitly for passing up the opportunity to get ahead by participating in systemic abuse of power. I can't find the precise research that illuminated how identifying a cheater (who is perceived either as part of the community, or an outsider), can influence the rest of the class to cheat at tests or not. But this infographic[1] identifies peer pressure as the #1 reason for cheating in college, and seems to back it up with survey and research evidence.

1: http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/cheating/

some1else··on The Website Obesity Crisis (2015)
There's way more to websites than how they look.
some1else··on Magic mushrooms found to lift severe depression in clinical trial
You mean like micro-dosing and homeopathy? And see if they're not depressed for the next 15 seconds?
some1else··on Why I Haven’t Fixed Your Issue Yet
Tangent: Looking forward to the resurgence of static page generators.
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