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vitalurk··on TikTok goes dark in the US
Nice move. Regulating competitors away while screaming about free markets. Not a meme country at all..
vitalurk··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
This move shouts “you win China, your products are superior than ours”. We hate losing at our own game don’t we?
vitalurk··on Should Sports Betting Be Banned?
Yes, the math understanding is not here at scale. It's strip mining a vulnerable populace. Of course it should be banned.
vitalurk··on Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake
Who is fighting against this veritable scourge? I'd love to join in!
vitalurk··on Tetris shows promise in reducing PTSD symptoms
I respect that. If you change your mind, feel free to comment here. Am infantry vet studying psychology and super interested in the topic!
vitalurk··on Tetris shows promise in reducing PTSD symptoms
Hey, any chance you would be into connecting and talking about healing trough playing games?
vitalurk··on Discussion: Job seekers can't find a job and Employers can't find an employees
It's been tough finding a role as a UX designer who is self-taught and has experience despite a lack of degree. Most of what I can find is hourly or small fee gigs that are devoid of any real value (You cannot hire a 1099 to whip up your UX in a week, sorry.)

It's disheartening, and I'm about to stop looking for work for 4yrs while I use my education benefits to go to school. I can get paid $2k/mo to study, so I think I'll put together a team and spend 4yrs building micro-SaaS products while studying art history, instead of siphoning my energy and soul applying to tinder-algorithm-powered-job-onboardings.

A goddamn waste if you ask me.

A product/UX designer who has worked almost 100% remotely as of yet.

vitalurk··on GPT-4o
Replicants/AI systems, they are everywhere.
vitalurk··on J.G. Ballard predicted the rise of social media (2016)
You should check out the Bitcoin whitepaper.
vitalurk··on Zoho is attracting the attention of African startup founders
"Don't you guys have laptops". Maybe it's about your customers and the devices they use!
vitalurk··on CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred
They split the students to take away their power. They kicked people off Slack, wiping the incriminating message history, and then re-adding students (woopsie), they allowed rampant racism to be posted in the channels. They did so many shady things with arbitration, it was absolutely harmful.
vitalurk··on CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred
Good to see some justice
vitalurk··on Figma removed `window.figma` on view-only pages today
For some reason, 2 of my "*" symbols were truncated.
vitalurk··on Figma removed `window.figma` on view-only pages today
Their collective seems to be thriving: https://kaleidos.net/

But I don't have the expertise to know for sure.

vitalurk··on Figma removed `window.figma` on view-only pages today
Penpot is great, free, and doesn't rat** you. Oh and it's made by a kickass collective. That is where I went when I binned Figma.
vitalurk··on I'm an idiot. I just gave money to kinda-scammers, not the US government
Hey maybe (Definitely.), you aren't and idiot and the UX of these products is sub-par/unacceptably bad. Just my 2c.
vitalurk··on Mustard
It kind of blows my mind that most people around me eat steak without a good Maille or Grey Poupon mustard. Thanks for this list, I'm gonna explore!
vitalurk··on Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard
It's bewildering to me that you're the weird, odd one for doing this.
vitalurk··on Ask HN: Slow thinkers, how do you compensate for your lack of quick-wittedness?
I'm a slow thinker who's quick witted. Odd question bud.
vitalurk··on Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)
Canibus had a cool web player! You could make your own version of his music (Mentioned in https://theoutline.com/post/6977/canibus-internet-mic-club)

Doja Cat has a programmable music video: https://dojacode.com/

vitalurk··on Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims
I'm seeing a bunch of techies use terms normally utilized for TikTok dances, and I'm just saying maybe we should stop. What deeper meaning do you need?

Bombing of Palestinian children is what I'm being critical of.

vitalurk··on Topo magazine uses comics to tell the news to French teens
Yes, why don't we continue letting them watch Fox News/CNN instead, right? Or some cartoon that will teach them to consume.
vitalurk··on Ask HN: How many people on Hacker News live in rural areas?
Loving life in the woods, 1 acre in the sticks, with gigabit fiber and squirrels. It’s peaceful and productive.
vitalurk··on Drugmakers are set to pay 23andMe to access consumer DNA
This was 5yrs ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQDSgBHPfY

We should start caring about stuff.

vitalurk··on Reflect – Multiplayer web app framework with game-style synchronization
Just looking for ways to break things, so that i can help rebuild them stronger. And no, i ate them.
vitalurk··on Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in the last two years
Lots of VC cash stored there?
vitalurk··on How many medical studies are faked or flawed?
I wholeheartedly agree.
vitalurk··on How many medical studies are faked or flawed?
Too easy. Define "valid" though.
vitalurk··on An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
"Pretty sure" is not gonna cut it here. White supremacy is nothing but a threat.
vitalurk··on An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
White supremacy is not protected speech.
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