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cghendrix··on Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
Both can be true.
cghendrix··on I Don't Want to Be on Call Anymore
I have a question. Is this for all environments (dev, qa, staging or whatever the equivalent is at google/fb) or just production?
cghendrix··on Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
Same!
cghendrix··on A framework for grading your performance on programming interview problems
You have a good point overall. However, can you truly reduce the definition of reliable code to something that simple? I think there are a lot more factors that determine if code is reliable or not.
cghendrix··on IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district
Haha when I was searching for printers across the district network the librarian was looking at my screen. She called me out across the room asking why I was looking at printers at a different school. Oof.
cghendrix··on IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district
I thought I was cool being able to modify the ready message on printers across the school network. This is really impressive.
cghendrix··on The naughty username checking system used by Twitch
Reminds me of the black words service at apple that checks for explicit or non printer friendly stuff for iPhone engraving. It was hilarious looking at the advanced linguistic engine they developed to filter out asshole and 30+ variations of it with snarky comments added by devs in the past.
cghendrix··on James Turrell Knocked the Art World Off Its Feet (2013)
That MFA show really was amazing.
cghendrix··on A Facebook engineer abused access to user data to track down woman
That’s pretty disturbing.
cghendrix··on Amazon.com product pages are down
I would legitimately probably cry.
cghendrix··on Amazon.com product pages are down
Nor is the iOS app working either
cghendrix··on Show HN: Print a WiFi Login Card
Very cool and nicely executed! Love it
cghendrix··on New ‘mirror’ fabric can cool wearers by nearly 5°C
Funny seeing all of the comments span multiple years asking to buy or distribute this product.
cghendrix··on Apple Reportedly Storing over 8M Terabytes of iCloud Data on Google Servers
Decathlon?
cghendrix··on Show HN: A fun way to check Bitcoin’s price
I like the UI. It’s truly refreshing. Cool stuff
cghendrix··on As the Pandemic Recedes, Millions of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit'
I feel the absolute same way. I’ve learned to be satisfied rather than passionate/excited about work. It’s much more sustainable in the long run.
cghendrix··on Bash PS1 Generator
Very cool, had no idea!
cghendrix··on Microsoft Ubuntu repositories are broken because of space issues
Not sure why but thought it was: not on my f*cking premises
cghendrix··on Uber's crazy YOLO app rewrite, from the front seat
Can you expand upon the team in Amsterdam locking down Uber for people in Russia?
cghendrix··on Uber's crazy YOLO app rewrite, from the front seat
What about Netflix?
cghendrix··on Inheritance was invented as a performance hack
How to improve your TC with this one trick (other relatives hate this)
cghendrix··on Show HN: I made a 5-key keyboard
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that
cghendrix··on Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refunded or exchanged
Ah makes sense now. Similar to people buying tv’s for the Super Bowl and then return it. Just never thought of that with phones.
cghendrix··on Show HN: I made a 5-key keyboard
Now that is wild. One of the more interesting things I’ve read on hacker news. Would love to learn more about this legend if anyone else knows.
cghendrix··on Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refunded or exchanged
And what would that be?
cghendrix··on Is that ship still stuck?
Wonder how the data for the actual position of the ship is obtained or if it’s estimated and just hard coded on to the map?

I always love sites that are question in the domain with answers in the webpage as the main content.

cghendrix··on CUPID – the back story
+1 on the hyperboles. You see so many articles with titles like “Never use a singleton unless you want to lose your marriage like me”
cghendrix··on Tim Cook may have just ended Facebook
I think the internet is far from perfect in its current state. However, I think implying it is not usable might be pretty hyperbolic.
cghendrix··on Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces
I’ve been hearing about this happen for a long time. Unfortunate that it’s still the case.
cghendrix··on Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies
Yeah the little SIM card face cringed me out
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