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walterlb··on Firefox Release 89.0
They apparently have re-implemented tabs using some sort of tab-by-wire system, since the physical tab-to-content connection is now missing :)
walterlb··on Why interruptions are frustrating to developers
How does this compare with estimating in hours, but having a realistic hourly output for a week, like say 30 hours?

I've been somewhere that did this, and it worked reasonably well.

walterlb··on Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year
A great read :)
walterlb··on Ask HN: I (student) accidentally ran out of AWS credits. What can I do?
Yeah, contact support. I've done this with both Azure and AWS, and they refunded me without much effort.
walterlb··on The Animal Is Tired
David Goggins, not Higgins. I got excited that this was from the rally driver :)
walterlb··on Weary of Work
> with warehouse type jobs, you're always on edge while practically bored/unengaged

This isn't always true. "On edge" might depend on how shitty the management/culture is. And I personally can enjoy my time doing simple labor tasks. It can be a great time to enjoy music, podcasts, or just think.

walterlb··on Court: ‘ghost gun’ plans can be posted online without State Department approval
From your link (https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/homemade-gun...), it appears there is at least this federal limitation on homemade firearms:

"Because the Undetectable Firearms Act makes illegal any firearm that cannot be detected by a metal detector, every firearm must contain some amount of metal. This means that a plastic 3D printed firearm must have a metal plate inserted into the printed body"

walterlb··on DreamWorld (YC W21) MMO raises all red flags
The Kickstarter video gave me the same vibes.
walterlb··on I hope work from home continues
I have my own list of pros and cons about returning to the office, but I had completely forgotten about the dreaded urinal conversation.
walterlb··on “I’ll Finish It This Week” and Other Lies
My manager sometimes makes commitments to stakeholders on the spot when he agrees to take on the work, without consulting with the developer (me, in these cases). Often the requirements are not even clear yet.

It's not comfortable to do, but I will jump in and veto his commitments right there if they are clearly not attainable.

The stakeholders tend to be accepting of the fact that things are more complex to implement than just: "make the software do X", but my (technical) manager always seems a bit baffled. In the long run, I know he values this about me, but it frustrates me to no end.

walterlb··on Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
Yet eBay still lists this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Funny-Cartoon-Chinese-Man-Chopstick...

(And I won't even mention what is in the "similar items" on the page..)

walterlb··on The Framework Laptop
I've been trying out Tridactyl, and like it so far. I believe it's similar to Pentadactyl, though maybe missing some features.

https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl

walterlb··on The Framework Laptop
I am actually (non-sarcastically) interested in the answer. I've always wondered if there was a usable keyboard only browsing experience out there!
walterlb··on The Database Inside Your Codebase
Same. Reading mode in Firefox was a quick fix
walterlb··on Seattle startup to share health data on millions of hospital patients
I'm curious if this is already commonplace. Does it vary across the world, in different healthcare systems?
walterlb··on Seattle-Area Patient With Coronavirus Dies
I agree about avoiding hysteria, but IF "most" people got the virus...

Let's take "most" people to be 50% of the population. The Seattle Metro area had ~3.9 million people in 2017. The virus death rate is currently estimated at 2%.

So just accepting that 3.9m * 0.5 * 0.02 = 39,000 people will die in the the Seattle area alone seems a bit extreme

walterlb··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)
This appears to be the link to the 2nd post: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates/default....
walterlb··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)
2nd link (C++) appears broken, but I'm interested!
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