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Aco-··on Tell HN: Ublock Origin stopped working with Youtube
yep, that fixed it -- thx
Aco-··on Genie 3: A new frontier for world models
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
Aco-··on RyujinX – Open Source Nintendo Switch Emulator
There are three types of ADD[1]. That which you describe here sounds a lot like the "Inattentive" type.

[1] https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/three-types-adhd

Aco-··on Ryuichi Sakamoto has died
Couldn't agree more with this comment. I came here to share these, too. Some of his best work, imo.

Here's the full album ("Casa") for those interested: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kD_LK3RoPwL6UNzGT2...

Aco-··on The End of the Redis Adventure
outside of social media, inside our IDEs
Aco-··on Facebook announces policy changes ahead of 2020 elections
you seemed to have missed the part where they said 'rather than a psychologist-engineered addiction engine'
Aco-··on Bob Iger to step down as Disney CEO, effective immediately
This happened surprisingly fast. Replacing Iger with Chapek, unfortunately makes perfect sense, and has been whispered about for a couple of years now.

Nearly every decision Chapek has made in his past leadership roles at Disney has made them significantly more profitable. At the same time, nearly every decision he's made has made the customer experience for their end users worse. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

Aco-··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)
Bizly | Front-End Engineering Lead | New York, NY | Full-time | Competitive Salary + Bonus + EQUITY | ONSITE and/or REMOTE

We're looking for a passionate Front-End Engineer to join our team and help shape the future of our product. You will be working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, where you'll work closely with the product & design teams to build and launch the next phase of our product!

Bizly is the events platform that's built for the whole company to use. Our innovative technology enables anyone on the team to easily build, manage, and measure events. We support enterprise customers through built-in compliance, comparison and reporting tools.

Benefits:

* Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage

* Company-funded travel to conferences & professional development events

* Access to Bizly spaces for creative events

* Fun work environment and company culture with an upbeat, first-class team

* Regular in-office social events, including happy hours, team outings and more

* Unlimited vacation policy

https://bizly-inc.breezy.hr/p/c67bde108f0d-fullstack-enginee...

Aco-··on Ask HN: Over 60 = no engineering jobs?
Hey Joe, I'm actually making my next move and would appreciate any help you can provide with my resume. What is the best way to reach you?
Aco-··on Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B
same
Aco-··on Apple will attempt to jam Facebook's web-tracking tools
I'm curious.. Can you please provide more information or sources on these concepts? I've always had a hunch this was the case
Aco-··on I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore
You mention UT99/2003/2004, did you play competitively by chance? I miss the good old days of gaming, clans, ladders, forums & IRC.

If it weren't for UT's modding & hacking community I wouldn't have got in to this industry. A lot of people I know have similar stories.

Aco-··on Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online
just curious what the name of his shop is? I'm always looking for good neopolitan pizza in this town.
Aco-··on Zuck's live grilling on Facebook Live
just wait for aftermarket hours
Aco-··on Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI
You say MTA, so is this booth in NYC? Where exactly is this Lay's spying machine so I can steer clear.
Aco-··on Workplace by Facebook opens to sell enterprise social networking to the masses
if you think for one minute that FB isn't going to be able to link this back to your personal FB account you're a fool
Aco-··on Introducing FBLearner Flow: Facebook's AI Backbone
There are definitely pockets of this out there, smaller communities/channels on IRC still have this feel.
Aco-··on How the 'Quiet Eye' Technique Makes Athletes More Coordinated
As an avid golfer may I say that this was exactly what I was looking for when coming to the comments. Thanks for posting these resources.
Aco-··on Etsy I.P.O. Tests a Corporate Commitment to Social Issues
Etsy has over 150 engineers, all living and working in NYC; of course they are 'EXTREMELY' well paid.
Aco-··on Why Programming is Difficult
because labor laws.

He's talking about work experience and that requires a work environment. Not the semblance of one.

Aco-··on Nightwatch.js
is there a video of this presentation by any chance? I can't seem to find the JS tests in that repo either.
Aco-··on Restaurant Payment is an Awful Experience
what if they fail to intercept you? free lunch?
Aco-··on Start-up NY: 100% Tax-Free for 10 Years?
and this is bad, why?
Aco-··on Falcon 9 GEO Transfer Mission [video]
argh, so nerve-wracking
Aco-··on Winning at Candy Crush
were you part of any communities? mpc, ogc, game-deception?
Aco-··on What Do Cats See?
For the lazy programmers who don't want to write some quick JS to simulate what a dichromat perceives as green:

http://ill.cc/colorz.html

click on the page, toggle between red & green with any keypress

Aco-··on You Can't JavaScript Under Pressure
A lot of people posted their results to twitter, you can get an idea of where you fall in avg by giving this a glance over:

https://twitter.com/search?q=I%20completed%20%22You%20Can't%...

Aco-··on The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life
thank you for posting this, I am also asthmatic and would like a better preventative measure instead of depending on having a dose left in my inhaler. I will be sure to give this a try to see if it helps any.
Aco-··on One Second on the Internet
> $('div.info-graphic').each(function(i) { console.log($(this).data('image')+' = '+$(this).data('count')); });

/img/reddit.gif = 197

/img/instagram.gif = 463

/img/tumblr.gif = 833

/img/skype.gif = 1024

/img/twitter.gif = 3935

/img/dropbox.gif = 11574

/img/google.gif = 33333

/img/youtube.gif = 46333

/img/facebook.gif = 52083

/img/email.gif = 1666666

Those are the number of actions per second per each service. I am surprised that for an audience such as hackernews that no one knew to read the source

Aco-··on Meetup Golf - a game I play to keep myself from networking wrong
Sure thing, thought I haven't had a reason to go to Utah before, but you never know
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