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0x54MUR41on Ask HN: When do you have to use your mouse?

I use my mouse when:

* Playing a game (it requires keyboard for movement and pointer to pick things)

* Editing images

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder?

There is a HN user called "whoisbuilding" who makes a post like this every months. These are the posts in the last two months:

* Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder? (July 2021) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27748680

* Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder? (August 2021) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28036070

Hopefully, that helps.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: How to safely share passwords with normal users online

Bitwarden [0] released a product called Bitwarden Send [1] a couple months ago. Basically, this product helps you to send sensitive information directly to anyone. The information is encrypted end-to-end. Beside that, you can specify expiry time, deletion date, and a password to open your information. It fits with your use case.

[0]: https://bitwarden.com

[1]: https://bitwarden.com/products/send/

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News

I use Materialistic - Hacker News on Android [0]. It's suitable for my needs, reading the stories and comments. This is an open source app. You can find the source code here [1].

[0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr...

[1]: https://github.com/hidroh/materialistic

0x54MUR41on What are your go to places to find the best resources on design or technology?

Clickable link https://www.designernews.co/

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: Is there an HN clone but for stocks/investing?

I would recommend Bogleheads [0] and r/investing [1]. But, these sites don't have the same format like HN. You can see if the design is different.

[0]: https://www.bogleheads.org

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/investing

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: Anybody Using UML in 2021?

Yes, I still use UML diagrams. But, it's mostly a sequence diagram. A sequence diagram helps you to explain the interaction between objects using messages. I always put this diagram whenever I document a system design.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: Who are the database experts I should follow on Twitter?

Markus Winand [0].

He is the creator behind "Use the index, Luke!" [1] and "Modern SQL" [2].

[0]: https://twitter.com/MarkusWinand

[1]: https://use-the-index-luke.com/

[2]: https://modern-sql.com/

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What Linux distro do you use on your workstation?

I am currently using Manjaro Linux with KDE Plasma as dekstop environment. It runs flawlessly on my laptop.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What games do you play with co-workers?

We usually play Skribbl.io, Among Us, Mafia, and Poker.

0x54MUR41on Google outage – resolved

Yes, I can confirm this. I got an error when accessing Google Docs, Google Meet, and Gmail.

0x54MUR41on A UI Visual Programming Tool for React JavaScript, but No More Hand Coding

Congratulations on the launch!

I recommend you to post this with "Show HN" tag. This guidelines should help you. Thanks.

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: How do you find new music?

I use YouTube to find new music. Their recommendation usually knows what my music interest is. The other thing is watching a fashion show in YouTube. Some fashion shows have a nice background music. It depends on the message or story that the designer wants to tell to us. The beat could be fast or slow.

If I find the music is nice, I will try to find the music title in video description or comment. "Helpless" by Federico Martelli [0] and "Time" by Arca [1] are the examples that I love.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2b0sQmSRuc

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6-svj5HK9o

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What are some good books to read?

You can also use this website [0] to get a list of top books that mentioned in Hacker News all time. If you're interested in business books, I recommend this list [1].

[0] https://hackernewsbooks.com/top-books-on-hacker-news

[1]: https://hackernewsbooks.com/top-business-books-from-intervie...

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: How to Learn SQL?

Recently, somebody shared resources to start learning deep learning [0]. It includes learning SQL. These are some recommendations:

1. Book "Head First SQL: Your Brain on SQL - A Learner's Guide" by Lynn Beighley

2. Book "Learning SQL: Generate, Manipulate, and Retrieve Data" by Alan Beaulieu

3. "Learn SQL" course from Codecademy.

You can see the full recommendation here [1].

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24817630

[1]: https://awesomedataengineering.com/

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

There were the same questions previously:

- Ask HN: What do you use MS Excel for? (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18130552

- Ask HN: What do you use Google Sheet or Excel for? (2020) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24261447

I recommend you to check these out. Hopefully, it can give you the idea/inspiration.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What tech companies allow all employees to be remote?

There was a similar question a month ago. You can check this,

Ask HN: What companies are truly remote-first? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23648528

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: How to stop Hacker News addiction?

I second advice from fsflover. "nonprocast" option should help you.

Another idea from me, maybe you can try to focus on daily or weekly of highest-rated posts and ignore other posts. These are the examples (created by Colin Percival):

Daily stories https://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/

Weekly Ask HN https://www.daemonology.net/hn-weekly-ask/

Weekly Show HN https://www.daemonology.net/hn-weekly-show/

The highest-rated posts usually have interesting comments from HN users.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: Why do browsers include developer tools?

Sorry, OOT, I think you have posted the same question before in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23671196. That question gets more attention (the point) than this submission.

If dang reads this, I hope this submission will be merged.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What companies are truly remote-first?

There are GitLab, Automattic, Zapier, and Mozilla according to Amur Software [0]. They define the companies that are on the list with this method.

> To qualify as a distributed company work must be done primarily online and in a remote-first, remote-friendly fashion. Periodic employee meet-ups or corporate retreats are okay, and having office location(s) is okay, but leadership and corporate decision-making cannot run out of a centralized face-to-face headquarters while some percentage of employees opt-in to working remotely.

Recently, they released a new list of distributed companies for 2020 [1].

[0]: https://www.amursoftware.com/blog/what-are-the-biggest-distr...

[1]: https://www.amursoftware.com/biggest-distributed-companies

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: Learn Python coming from C# background

I would recommend two books from No Starch Press:

1. Python Crash Course https://nostarch.com/pythoncrashcourse2e

2. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python https://nostarch.com/automatestuff2

The first book will help you to understand the basic concept of programming with Python. It also contains some projects that you can follow in the last chapters. The second book is about automating stuff that are done manually. Let's say, you usually do something over and over again. You can try to automate them using Python. The key of learning programming is practice. If you are curious about other book, you can check https://nostarch.com/catalog/python.

I heard good stuff about Learn Python The Hard Way. But, I've never tried the course. It's a paid course. You can take a look on https://learnpythonthehardway.org/python3/.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What do you use Google Sheets for?

Currently, I use Google Sheets for tracking expenses and investments. There are two files, one for tracking expenses and the other is for investments.

I track my daily expenses in a sheet. A sheet is indicated the month and the year. Once I spend the money I input the expense soon to prevent from forgetting. It's simple. A table with a category expense, detail expense, and the amount. This is something that I want to do because this habit can make me understand how I spend my money. I mean do I appreciate the money?

For investments, a sheet is indicated a category of investments. Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, for example. I also use a simple table to track what I buy or sell. By the way, Google Sheets has a GOOGLEFINANCE formula [0] that is very usefull for getting the price of a stock.

[0]: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093281?hl=fr

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What is authenticator app you recommend?

Nice. Thanks for suggestion.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What is authenticator app you recommend?

Wow. This app has a nice UI and design. Thanks for suggestion.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What is authenticator app you recommend?

Thank you for suggestion. I will take a look.

0x54MUR41on Ask HN: What is a good alternative to Google Adsense?

I suggest to check some previous discussions below:

- Ask HN: Google Adsense Alternative? (54 comments) [0]

- Ask HN: Google AdSense Still Bans Ajax. What are the Alternatives? (34 comments) [1]

- What are the best Google adsense alternatives? (9 comments) [2]