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stevenhubertron··on GitHub, fuck your name change
I'm a white middle class American so I realize I don't have much of a voice here but I do want to say that this change is so minimal compared to all the other various BS I have to put up with in my job that that who cares if its virtue signaling or not.

MSFT decided to make the change, we deal with it and move on. Things change, and things change that are out of your control. Complaining about it won't change anything. Be more accepting that there are things in this world that you cannot change. Especially as something as simple as this.

stevenhubertron··on M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short periods of time
Stats for my heavily used MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)

  SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)  
  Critical Warning:                   0x00  
  Temperature:                        37 Celsius  
  Available Spare:                    100%  
  Available Spare Threshold:          99%  
  Percentage Used:                    2%  
  Data Units Read:                    45,932,352 [23.5 TB]  
  Data Units Written:                 48,394,214 [24.7 TB]  
  Host Read Commands:                 1,069,241,760  
  Host Write Commands:                698,888,162  
  Controller Busy Time:               0  
  Power Cycles:                       137  
  Power On Hours:                     661  
  Unsafe Shutdowns:                   48  
  Media and Data Integrity Errors:    0  
  Error Information Log Entries:      0

Now my battery health is a different story...
stevenhubertron··on Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast
I use https://www.goatcounter.com/ on my personal site. No where near the feature set of GA but more than enough for my needs and super lightweight.
stevenhubertron··on Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh has died at age 70
It will certainly be interesting how history plays out on the last 20 years in America. So much has happened both good and evil. I wonder who/what will make the cut in the history books.
stevenhubertron··on Are tech workers 'fleeing' Silicon Valley? Here's what the data shows
I live in NW Denver and on my one very short block I have had 3 familes move in from California all buying homes via FaceTime for ~$20K over asking. Certainly not hard data but I bet many others in Colorado are having similar experiences.
stevenhubertron··on Backblaze down again due to DNS issues
What lesson is that? Seriously I don't know.
stevenhubertron··on Comma.ai, self-driving cars and indefinite optimism
Bingo. Liability is a huge risk here and they are using their "customers" as alpha testers that are playing Russian roulette with their lives and those around them. I want Comma to succeed but not by shipping alpha-products to the general public that doesn't understand the risks.
stevenhubertron··on Comma AI, open source, less then 10M funding and profitable
Profitable until they lose a lawsuit due to a car accident their death caused. They TOS "may" make their driver of their ineligible to sue but the car/driver, pedestrian or cyclist they hit sure can and will sue. They in no way should be selling a product at this time.
stevenhubertron··on Delicious back online in read-only mode
It's actually blank. (I also think my date joined is off but I can't remember) username is: skuba
stevenhubertron··on Delicious back online in read-only mode
I was able to log right in! Amazing.

I can go back 500 links but beyond that it is blank. I don't know if its because a bug or that is all I had.

My first bookmark there: https://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ which was for events in SF. Link is dead and athe site is quite different now.

Another classic is Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music. Site is still up, but Flash isn't/

Some old school rave videos: http://angeladam.com/video/OldRavesAndPartiesVideoIndex.html

I am really surprised at how little total link rot I have in here.

stevenhubertron··on Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
and even if you didn't think that was enough. The fact that if they would have been successful it would have meant a certain civil war which would have been bad for Facebook's business. So even from a completely revenue based view it is good business for Facebook to do this at this time.
stevenhubertron··on No More Google
I moved to DuckDuckGo years ago, Firefox a year ago, from GA to Goat Counter for my personal sites and recently from GMail to Fastmail. It has been slow, but certainly deliberate.
stevenhubertron··on 'Zoom towns' are exploding in the West
I live and own a home in Denver but have been trying to move to Golden for 2 years now to have more room for my family and access to green space. I have bid on more than a dozen houses all over asking, 50%, waiving all kinds of inspection fixes and I have lost every time to all cash offers from out of state. While my experience may not be indicative of the market as a whole it certainly speaks to some sort of migration happening and "Golden" being on the list of these out of state people.
stevenhubertron··on Bongo Cat
I use https://umbrellajs.com/ whenever I can get away with it. Lesser overhead than jQuery but much of the convenience I need for my prototypes.
stevenhubertron··on Bongo Cat
This is great fun. The code may not be perfect, nor translated into 100 languages, nor built with microservices on an instantly scalable architecture, and not even leveraging AI, but that's why it's so awesome. Thank you for posting this today. After the week we had here in Colorado I needed it.
stevenhubertron··on Building your own air pollution monitor with a Raspberry Pi
A little summer project brought on by constant horrible air quality in Denver due to the fires this summer. The good news is my air filter in the house has done a remarkable job of keeping the air quality good.
stevenhubertron··on Ask HN: How to find “senior” jack of all trades jobs?
Everything I have heard about consulting is the hours and the travel are brutal if you have a family. Gone 6-9 months of every 12 would be a long time to be away from my children. Is that your experience?
stevenhubertron··on Ask HN: How to find “senior” jack of all trades jobs?
Exactly this, but if you look at my Github you will see flurry of activity for a few months, than nothing for a few months (because I am working in sketch or working with my team directly on a new product that doesn't need any real front end work) so at best a recruiter would see inconsistency.
stevenhubertron··on Ask HN: How to find “senior” jack of all trades jobs?
Your experience truly does mirror my own. I have actually been able to successfully hire that trait however. Part of it is luck, but my interview questions usually entail a question or two as to how you would solve a problem outside of the role they are applying for. You can get alot of information about the person if they answer: "Create a ticket for that department to do" vs "contact that PM, discuss the problem found, brainstorm solutions and then create a ticket".
stevenhubertron··on Show HN: MyDeskTour – Show off your desk setup
The images didn’t load until I disabled my PiHole. Seems it’s relying on GTM to load images. Just FYI
stevenhubertron··on Friendsweekly – A weekly newsletter to stay in touch with people you care about
As others have said. The idea is good but without a privacy policy that is a lot of PII to be forking over.
stevenhubertron··on U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisition of Musical.ly
I tried to find it but failed. Do you happen to remember the date it aired?
stevenhubertron··on Firefox 70
as an english only speaker I have no need for a feature like this to be built in. I get much more out of monitor. So perhaps neither should be built in by default?
stevenhubertron··on Electric bikes are the future of transportation
I have had an e-bike for about 2 years. It’s faster than driving and I am not a sweaty mess when I get to or from work. It’s been great. Some ebikers are jerks and just use throttle to pass people at 24mph but they are few and far between.
stevenhubertron··on Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911
I'd also consider trail running. I sometimes run after work. I don't carry alot, and on the trails at sunset I hardly see anyone. I could see myself taking a tumble and needing help. I once encountered a wolf out there and sprinted like never before to get out of the area. I could have easily fell.
stevenhubertron··on Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan
Not saying you are wrong, but I would love a source for this statement.
stevenhubertron··on New saltwater electrical generation could power submarines or medical devices
Silent operation is always a big plus for subs that want to stay hidden.
stevenhubertron··on 16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines
He likely is worried about the printed paper and tree cut down. I don’t agree that should be a worry here but I think that is what he is getting at.
stevenhubertron··on Where will ‘garage orphans’ charge electric cars?
So when you get to that edge edge case they drive a mini-van. No one is saying ban cars, just use them less.
stevenhubertron··on Where will ‘garage orphans’ charge electric cars?
Agree. I have an ebike and commute 8 miles each way. It's been fantastic and I arrive home in the afternoon feeling fresh despite it being 95F out.
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