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Ibethewalruson Lynn Conway's Story (2000)

Small joke:

- Q: What do you call a group of trans people

- A: The IT team

Yes there are many of us

Ibethewalruson Lynn Conway's Story (2000)

Dating a transfemme, lovely lovely person., she will appreciate if I send this her way to show strength and pioneer paths of previous generations, and that there are no limits to what she can aspire to be!

Ibethewalruson Ask HN: How do you stay consistent in the face of other interesting things?

as mentioned, check if ADHD: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHDmemes/comments/fv42bz/my_life_f...

how to cope: Reduce clutter, organize your life, reduce distractions, simplify steps in everything.

Check book "Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD" by Pinsky

Ibethewalruson Build a Game This November with GitHub Game Off

Idea: a game where you fight DMCA takedowns...

Ibethewalruson Reverse-engineering the problematic tail behavior of Fivethirtyeight forecast

thanks. gave a reread to the comment I replied to and makes sense

Ibethewalruson Reverse-engineering the problematic tail behavior of Fivethirtyeight forecast

nope, you're wrong.

538 gave Hillary a 71.4% chance of winning

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

Ibethewalruson Color Emulation

The Mana looks like two filters, a scan line plus a blur one. Lmk if you’d like me to give it a go to replicate in Photoshop

Ibethewalruson Front-end design, React, and a bridge over the great divide

Great, many thanks!!

Ibethewalruson Front-end design, React, and a bridge over the great divide

Question: do you generate the sketch file from React code??

Ibethewalruson Rent the Backyard (YC S19) wants to build a studio apartment in your yard

Lack of space (SF is quite small) + Tech boon = most expensive city in the world

Ibethewalruson Some business schools are shutting down their on-campus MBA programs

Interested as well about the benefits/downsides of an online MBA by a prestigious vs regular school

Ibethewalruson IQ rates are dropping in many developed countries

I remember reading that a large percentage of US companies are founded by immigrants. About 40-50%? Can’t recall sources , but it was a much larger number than what I thought.

Ibethewalruson Self-Described Bitcoin Creator Craig Wright Sues a Podcaster for Libel

My 2c: its the 2-3 whales controlling 90%, just bouncing coins around. Hoping to build hype again

Ibethewalruson Ikonate – fully customisable and accessible vector icons

Images: istockphoto Adobe stock

Icon sets:

Icomoon

Streamline icons

Iconfinder

Icons8

Ibethewalruson A Crucial Clue the MH370 Investigators Missed

Dumb question: how possible is that the plane landed in a country that wanted to save paying $ millions for one?

Ibethewalruson Listening to music 'significantly impairs' creativity

This. I put a disc on repeat

Ibethewalruson A growing disconnect between consumers and businesses over use of customer data

Sorry but sadly, reviews are gamed, a lot.

Ibethewalruson So you want to be a wizard

There’s a video about copyright and fair use made entirely of Disney’s movie clips, using dialogue from the movies

Ibethewalruson Everything You Need to Know About SVG

Not that I remember. But latest AI has improved opening and exporting the odd ones.

Ibethewalruson Ask HN: How would you teach somebody building a website for a local business?

Depends, what does your friend want to learn? Marketing, Web design, Front end design, SEO?

Throwing a couple more options:

1.- free: GitHub + Hugo template + Netlify Easy to setup, plus it has an admin so he can update and blog as needed. Cons: Hugo and Terminal are hard.

2.- Pick a nice paid Wordpress template, export it as a static website, plus Formspree for the Contact form. Pro: Looks good, quick! Cons: Maintain database somewhere Alternative: paid HTML template

3.- Wordpress.com has a nice paid plan Pro: you and your friend can forget about maintaining everything. Cons: paid, depends on budget.

4.- Kirby is another nice alternative. Just released a new version a couple days ago. No database.

Ibethewalruson Blocking website ads with a hosts file

Install Gas Mask, easy way to paste file

Ibethewalruson Google launches an AI contest for social good

Spec work?

Ibethewalruson A decade-long boom is ending as consumers hang on to devices for longer

Agreed, bought mine 2 years ago, top of the line, extended warranty, etc. instead I’ve been thinking about replacing my iPad...

Ibethewalruson Ask HN: Any good font which shows clear difference of text “oO01lLiI”?

Source

Ibethewalruson Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

Notepad. Then transfer that to Scrivener. Also Google sheets

Ibethewalruson Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive?

Hazel is great for creating rules like this. It also empties trash

Ibethewalruson Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' in Search of More Productive Crops

Reminds me of a story from Tales from the Crypt, about a super-plant, an episode with Stephen King...

Ibethewalruson Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Addicted to Netflix

Firefox has a plugin that shows ratings inside Netflix: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/film-scores-f...

Ibethewalruson What’s next for virtual assistants like Alexa? Maybe buying stuff for you

Autofac v 1.0

Ibethewalruson Technorealism, Alvin Toffler, and the Forgotten Third Wave

they organized rallies supporting both sides, a very well known fact