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"We software developers, don't do things that are easy. We do things because we thought they would be easy." - akerro (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12479640)

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sosuke··on Show HN: Brutalist Hacker News – A HN reader inspired by brutalist web design
Hah. Damn our pedantic ways. I was about to come comment the same on brutalist. The author created something they are proud of but weren’t able to accurately describe.

Author; great work! Keep making things and you’ll figure the rest out along the way. No I wouldn’t buy or use it but I see the effort and potential you put in. Don’t stop.

sosuke··on Linux hits nearly 4% desktop user share on Statcounter
I don't expect to buy another Chromebook after I found out mine had planned obsolescence. After a certain date it would no longer update. I didn't realize this would happen when I bought it so it came as a surprise. Still a perfectly fine machine otherwise I just have to make time to figure out how to install some Linux distro.
sosuke··on Binance founder Changpeng Zhao agrees to step down, plead guilty
Fines always feel meaningless. Who gets the money?
sosuke··on Stopbuyingdomainnames
I regret all the domain names I let go.
sosuke··on The Tao of Programming (1987)
Page with all the formatting this page removed: https://web.archive.org/web/20010208180818/http://misspiggy....
sosuke··on Binance is under threat
Love that the charts and several data points are actually about Binance US which has been dying for a while. Binance global though seems to be doing okay.

Binance US is dead no doubts about it. Binance won't be available for US customers.

I'm not sure if the article has a point though. The TLDR seems to be Binance's overall size is reducing because Binance US is closing shop.

sosuke··on The Reddit blackout has left Google barren and full of holes
#2 I still have trouble just renewing my SSL cert every 3 months. I don't want to update my system but they keep moving the goal post.
sosuke··on The Reddit blackout has left Google barren and full of holes
I see this opinion often. I hold it myself. But I don't know how to have individuals hosting zero maintenance secure platforms. The amount to learn how to do a community administration is both difficult and obscure.

The normal used to be hosting a phpbb forum and moving on. Now that doesn't seem feasible to protect from bad actors.

I have a webserver I admin and I found a crypto miner happily running away on it one day. I still have no idea how it got there.

sosuke··on Mastering Monero: The future of private transactions [pdf] (2019)
I didn't check the links and the list is from late 2022 but https://monero.observer/101-things-monero-can-buy

I did confirm at least one store: 3% discount for BTC and XMR https://shopinbit.com/electronics/tablets-smartphones/tablet...

sosuke··on Lately I've been using timers daily
Soooo did you come up with good habits to handle the thoughts causing stress and anxiety? Was the change good or bad?
sosuke··on Americans have never been so unwilling to relocate for a new job
I guess the clause in the contract would mean a leap of faith by the company that they have vetted the candidate and trust the outcome. They just have to evaluate the risk of bad actors against the gain from good actors. Actually I like this as it makes the hiring company put some skin in the game.
sosuke··on BBEdit is 30 years old as a commercial product
I get lost every now and then trying out all the code editors on the market. My current usage in order Webstorm, VSCode, Sublime Text. For a long time I only used SciTE.
sosuke··on Coinbase CEO: we're preparing to go to court with the U.S. SEC
Is the relationship pretty much ICOs or tokens are a security and older options are like gold?

ie: BTC, LTC, Monero are gold but an ERC20 token is a security and Cardano is a security because it was an ICO? I don't know off hand if Ethereum was an ICO.

I keep thinking this but I can't remember seeing anyone suggest that each coin could be categorized differently. Is it possible we ended up splitting the crypto currency market into multiple groups?

sosuke··on Apple Card’s new high-yield Savings account is now available, offering a 4.15 p
Double checked my statement right now "Annual percentage yield earned 0.01%"
sosuke··on Apple Card’s new high-yield Savings account is now available, offering a 4.15 p
My Wells Fargo savings accounts both have a 'generous' 0.01 APY so I agree about it's disruptive potential.

In the very least it will educate many uninformed folks like myself they are getting shafted at their current banks.

sosuke··on Apple Card’s new high-yield Savings account is now available, offering a 4.15 p
I feel somewhat confused; my current Wells Fargo saving account APY is 0.01% where did I go wrong? Seems like I might be shifting my money to a new home.

Edit: In the very least it will educate many uninformed folks like myself they are getting shafted at their current banks. Double edit: Thank you for all the helpful links and information!

sosuke··on Bittrex to Cease Operations in the US
Yes please. I wasn't surprised they were closing the US access but I was absolutely floored to think they were closing everything.
sosuke··on Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts
I love the time estimates. 2 hours after spending 3 weeks figuring out how to get everything playing nicely together.
sosuke··on Man worth $7.48B says Google should cut 28,000 more people after layoffs
I do see that as odd given what he proports to be but what do you get out of it? I was thinking that this guy goes with his gut feeling and happens to get lucky from time to time.
sosuke··on Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run the Content Moderation Learning Curve
It all starts with images and video? Over simplification of course but leave off images, videos and make links not href. Would you be safer from this complicated mess? Then third party apps would probably come out enriching things. But not on our servers or under our moderation. Use a non-mono space font to cut down on ACSII art (^_^)b
sosuke··on I got fired from Twitter the day before Thanksgiving. I was pro-Musk
This reads like a non-story. He was pro-Musk and excited about the new Twitter hardcore mode. He was fired and holds no grudges. He got lots of job offers after announcing his job status. The end.

Supporting someone doesn't mean they will support you.

sosuke··on Wet/Dry Vacuum Buying Guide (2019)
There are some teardowns on YouTube that show exactly that. AvE I believe has one or two for Makita. I really enjoy his channel. Warning he can be a little crass.
sosuke··on Has the world become less colourful?
I feel you've got the thrust of it. I see our manufacturing and boom of middle class ownership starting off with wild color choices only to then find out that it makes resale harder. Every house resold in my neighborhood paints the brick house white.

Also color fades more noticeably adding to upkeep cost. This is my two cents.

sosuke··on The Upper Middle Class Is Getting Squeezed
I think trying to define class by income isn't possible. It should be defined by quality of life I think. That allows for relative lower middle and upper classes. Being a land owner and employer in a tiny town makes you relative upper class even if you're making 75k a year. While as someone else pointed out 127k a year in NYC qualifies you for rent-stabilized apartments, obviously not upper class.
sosuke··on The Upper Middle Class Is Getting Squeezed
Upper class: makes money with money

Upper middle class: has a job and alternate income source, doesn't even consider not taking a family vacation

Middle class: has a job, doesn't worry about root canal or car repair, saves money for a family vacation

Lower middle class: has a job with healthcare, barely past paycheck to paycheck

Below that: has multiple part time jobs or full time hourly position, each check is already spent

sosuke··on I watched a friend of mine pump a shitcoin on Binance by buying billboards
I wonder if a bot limited exchange would be able to succeed?
sosuke··on I'm an addict
OP shoot me an email if you want a sounding board from someone who is just a step or two ahead on the same path. Email is in profile.
sosuke··on I'm an addict
Short answer, prescription drugs can reliably fill in the spot of cocaine. You'll save money, stress and also these drugs can cover much more of the day.

No joke; shoot me an email if you want a detailed solution. I can easily chew your ear off with my own tale and anecdotes. Email on my profile page.

sosuke··on Ask HN: Is anyone else glad the crypto market is crashing?
I always assume it was that, speculators and ridiculously rich folks making impulse buys.
sosuke··on Pronounce GIF · the Correct Way, Without Question
Probably because I was a Peter Pan kid but I loathed the Jiff commercials. No joke I was angry about the slogan because I loved my mom and Peter Pan PB.

I'm going to keep calling it GIFT (with no T) because no one has ever misunderstood me. And I'm not about to start putting Giff in my PB sandwiches. Jiff or GIF is also such a small thing. Like alu-mi-nium or alu-mi-ni-um perhaps?

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