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Zelmor··on Cybersecurity is not very important [pdf]
Fuck this person in particular.
Zelmor··on The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf]
^ underrated
Zelmor··on Ask HN: Are there too many people in the world?
Yes.
Zelmor··on Lockdown Mode on the Librem 5: Beyond Hardware Kill Switches
You cannot do that in the EU. Also, phones communicate imei and other sim information, not OS information on the header plane during handshakes with the towers.
Zelmor··on Lockdown Mode on the Librem 5: Beyond Hardware Kill Switches
what ifs
Zelmor··on Lockdown Mode on the Librem 5: Beyond Hardware Kill Switches
I am yet to see actual images of this phone. Sounds like something I would buy, especially if I can install just a plain Debian release on it.
Zelmor··on Wipe and reinstall a running Linux system via SSH (2017)
It's straightforward for me, but to each his own.
Zelmor··on Ask HN: Where should I start as a 34-year-old switching to software as a career?
>interpreters, compilers, memory hierarchy Those are nice if you want to do embedded and C. A complete waste of time for Frontend/Backend, mobile and desktop people in the beginnings.

Tell me why someone picking up Python/JS should learn the above mentioned things, rather than learn basic security principles and not pip/npm install blindly all the packages without checking the source? Change my mind.

Zelmor··on Ask HN: How would you monetize software that runs mostly offline?
Sure, patch your software, but you can keep accumulated feature requests on a separate branch. Then, as time goes on, decide whether you should rather monetize on an updated and more feature rich version, or just push updates and make people happy. I'd say there is more money in the first option, while the second makes me feel better. It's the developer's choice. Check https://www.holdemmanager.com/ how they do it.

For OP's kind of software, I'd say one time license purchase would be the most user friendly. So yeah, sell it like people did in the good old days, before the cancer that is SaaS took over the world.

Zelmor··on Launch HN: Searchlight (YC W19) – Hiring based on past performance, not resumes
This is what references are for.
Zelmor··on YouTube bans comments on all videos of children
Just remove children altogether from Youtube and be done with it. Fallout 1 was better without kids (stealing from you in Arroyo), so will Youtube.
Zelmor··on Pagedraw is shutting down and going open source
Was this like a wysiwyg editor for badly performing web applications?
Zelmor··on Ask HN: How to cope with job hunting and depression?
I'd advice you to start exercising. I recommend kettlebell and weight training, not cardio. This will help with your chemistry and make you more confident in your abilities.
Zelmor··on Ask HN: Looking for ideas
>I’m taking a year off to live off my savings and work on an idea, but I don’t have one

Why take a year if you are clueless as of what you want to do? Do some traveling and air your head. If you still cannot find something you want to do, go back to your 9-5 job.

Zelmor··on Why Google won't let you leave a review for Jiminy Peak
Bombing Steam/Gmaps is not how you should voice your opinion. That is not the intended use of the platform.
Zelmor··on Ask HN: What technology do you think will take off in 2019?
low hanging meme
Zelmor··on Ask HN: Is having an inside connection the biggest factor in landing a next job?
1. yes 2. EU, but no. Companies hire from the EU first, immigrants second.
Zelmor··on Bye, Bye, Google
Switching from one email service to another instead of self-hosting, isn't he just trading a cow for a cattle?
Zelmor··on A Python Interpreter Written in Rust
I'd send you a bottle of wine for saving me the time and effort.
Zelmor··on How do you sue / torpedo your ex-employer's IP after you have left a startup?
Well you got paid for your 8 hours, didn't you? There, welcome to being an employee.
Zelmor··on A Python Interpreter Written in Rust
To make sure the same bootcamp hacks can work on your backend and frontend, neither of which they fully understand.
Zelmor··on A Python Interpreter Written in Rust
It's not.
Zelmor··on Wine 4.0 released
I just bought Heroes of Might and Magic 2. A pirated version came on my first pc, a 133mhz Pentium. Blast from the past, this game.
Zelmor··on The creeping IT apocalypse
Europe does. ;)
Zelmor··on Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your lifetime?
You suggest making my hobby my work. Think about that for a second.
Zelmor··on Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your lifetime?
Now that's what I call a content life.
Zelmor··on Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your lifetime?
I solve my own problems and do not worry about the rest of humanity. You guys will fetch for yourselves.
Zelmor··on Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common
Now I'm talking from an Eastern European perspective, but this writing is pretty one-sided with people working in (liberal) arts fields with 4 kids. HVAC repair folks, plumbers, electrical repairmen have as much an income as a software developer here.

So go get a blue collar job, if your libarts degree isn't paying for it. Welding pays well, sure it's dirty, sure it's hard, but there is zero competition in these fields.

Zelmor··on New Office Hours Aim for Well Rested, More Productive Workers
Been fully remote since mid 2016. I've never received positive comments on my work attitude before this position.

- I am thin and tall, constantly feeling cold in air-conditioned offices.

- The office lights hurt my eyes.

- I prefer music playing instead of people talking, and I do not feel bad for taking an hour long break when I feel exhausted or frustrated.

- I usually wake up around 8, so I get out the door after coffee&breakfast is done, and we get dressed with the wife. We don't leave the house before 9:30 on average.

- I also think commuting longer than a 15 minute walk/bus ride is a waste of my time.

- I am working from a laptop, so I think it should be completely acceptable to send a mail in the morning saying "I'll be working from under a warm blanket & my cat today" when there is no in-person meeting scheduled.

In my current position I'm assigned projects that get done on time and feedback is positive. Work is done, all is well. Noone cares when you start the day, just show up for the calls, which are never scheduled before 9:30 on my request.

We got a junior fired because she couldn't keep up with expectations. I think full-remote wasn't for her. She also had untreated schizophrenia, I bet that didn't help either. When you are a couple screws loose, it helps to have people around to keep you grounded. On winter days I almost exclusively work from cafes, so as to avoid winter depression.

Zelmor··on Rust 2019 and beyond: limits to some growth
>Magnifying inequality: only the most-privileged, available, energetic, well-paid or otherwise well-situated participants can keep up. >privilege this privilege that

Shit like this is why I will never touch this language.

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