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thegabez··on We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles
How are you suppose to cook an over easy egg on anything other than non-stick? Only thing I keep my non-stick around for.
thegabez··on It's getting harder to focus every day
Long walks with no phone help me come back with a lot of focus and less stress.
thegabez··on No Bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard (2024)
I never understood the argument against speculation. Many stocks are losing money or do not yet have a working product, so how is speculating on these kinds of stocks any different from speculating on cryptocurrencies?
thegabez··on Show HN: HackerNews but for research papers
Would be nice to have the journal the paper is published in on the post.
thegabez··on 'Entropy bagels' and other complex structures emerge from simple rules
The bagel looks like a black hole
thegabez··on How to Pick Your Life Partner – Tim Urban
Funny how so few resources exist for the biggest decision of your life.
thegabez··on I Love Ruby
No language is more fun to write in than Ruby.
thegabez··on Deep sleep may be the best defense against Alzheimer’s
Yes, CBD has been proven to be safe in multiple studies. It's non addictive and does not change normal sleep patterns.
thegabez··on Deep sleep may be the best defense against Alzheimer’s
High quality CBD works well
thegabez··on Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94
Haven't done any interviews but did talk to a recruiter who was asking upfront if I was okay with a 6 day work week. Just a single data point, but I would assume employers are also trying to leverage the situation to get more out of their employees.
thegabez··on Why big tech companies need so many people
This is why capitalism evolves into socialism, we are in the beginning stages of this. Marx explains all of this better than I can.
thegabez··on Ask HN: Are tech layoffs related to developments in AI?
The layoffs are due to higher interest rates. Higher interest rates are due to higher inflation. Higher inflation is due to money printing. Money printing is due to covid and other central bank activities.
thegabez··on Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?
Using toilet paper...bidets are easier and more hygienic.
thegabez··on An Elixir/LiveView game written entirely by ChatGPT
Why would you want it to stop there?
thegabez··on Ask HN: Why do some people not communicate clearly?
I've found generally they do not know the answer, but are presumed to know and as a result instead of saying "I don't know" will use the points outlined to seem like they do know.
thegabez··on Tracing HTTP Requests with tcpflow
This assumes you have shell and those tools installed via your Dockerfile. Best practice is to have a multi stage build and just have the working binary, keeping the image as light as possible.

So when do you make a fat image with debug tools and when do you keep it skinny?

thegabez··on Musk orders Twitter to cut infrastructure costs by $1B – sources
Not true, as always it depends.
thegabez··on Brave browser now blocks cookie banners
For one you can disable the popup ads. Additionally you get paid if you do enable the ads. So it's quite a different system where the user is put first in both cases.
thegabez··on Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6133034/

thegabez··on Ask HN: How do you deploy your weekend project in 2022?
Rails, Heroku, and Cloudflare. Very easy, but costs are rising.
thegabez··on I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
The crypto aspect is opt-in
thegabez··on Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?
The entire UX is clunky, how does this even happen?
thegabez··on Joseph Stiglitz: 'We should shut down the cryptocurrencies'
This is from 3 years ago. How is this getting voted up?
thegabez··on Ask HN: Do you rewrite pull requests?
Really depends. If its a simple fix for something I will usually merge and clean up in subsequent PR's. The contributor is helping me out, I want to make it as easy for them as possible, which makes it more likely they will continue to help. As the difficulty and complexity of the PR increases I will proportionately increase the standards for the PR. Obviously there are other factors that would change this approach but in general, I try to make contributing easy as possible.
thegabez··on Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
I've only used DDG and Brave search. I prefer Brave search probably because it mixes in Google results.
thegabez··on Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
Yes it does mix in google results if you want it to, but the search is still anonymous.
thegabez··on Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
Brave and Brave search have been great.
thegabez··on Brave Talk – Privacy-Preserving Video Conferencing
Sure, I've gotten use to them. Having ads enabled also allows for easy donations to Wikipedia, Khan Academy, etc.
thegabez··on Brave Talk – Privacy-Preserving Video Conferencing
Easily the best browser on the market and continues to produce great features. Very bullish on its crypto token BAT which is earned by viewing their ads ($5-10/mo). If you're going to use a browser why wouldn't want to use Brave with rewards turned on, honestly?
thegabez··on Dot Browser – privacy-conscious web browser
The crypto token seems like a way for someone who knows nothing about crypto to get dip their toes, with zero risk.
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