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dalacvon The day I discovered that Apple Maps is Kind of Good now

thank goodness. maybe my family will lay off of the "why do you use Apple maps?"

dalacvon What went wrong with the Texas power grid?

I'm 46. I've never owned a backup generator. Even here with rolling outages, I'm not sure I will every buy one. I don't think I am crazy.

dalacvon Ask HN: Do we need a Google Customers Union? Could it work?

The answer to many of our modern problems with technology, society, health: just unplug.

dalacvon Addressing the threat from investments that finance CCP military (2020)

beginning 9:30 a.m. eastern standard time on January 11, 2021, any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or are designed to provide investment exposure to such securities, of any Communist Chinese military company as defined in section 4(a)(i) of this order, by any United States person; and

dalacvon Powerful Life Skills for the New Decade

Never heard the term listickle before. Thanks for introducing it :)

dalacvon Ask HN: What low-code “dashboarding“ SaaS would you recommend in 2021?

Bubble.io

dalacvon Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1

Question, is there persistence with that? Or are changes lost once it is closed?

dalacvon Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1

Can this run a container of windows on Mac M1?

dalacvon Glucose metabolism responds to perceived sugar intake more than actual intake

I have a theory that it isn't actually the water causing the ache, but rather the air that you drink while drinking the water. I've tried it and it works. See for youself: you have to drink a little bit differently (turn the water bottle upside down and be careful when drinking not to get air in. if you do, turn your head up and make sure you are only swallowing water.)

dalacvon Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on software?

A few that come to mind:

FullConvert - for automating database conversions Beyond Compare - for comparing Folders, Files, Tabular Data

dalacvon The modern web makes me want to throw up (2016)

considering that Google no longer owns it, it actually might be around for a while longer.

dalacvon Don't Mess with Texas

the word texas means friend:

“The name Texas derives from táyshaʔ, a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai, which means "friends" or "allies".”

dalacvon Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call

ah, i’m reminded of an old comedy classic https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bVBYaTwMtmY

dalacvon Japanese woman confirmed as coronavirus case for second time

forced quarantine. imagine trying that in the US

dalacvon Ask HN: Haven't worked for a while, best guide/advice to start a hobby project?

Try using bubble to build your prototype. https://bubble.io/

It might be something that helps you

dalacvon Deploy-your-own-SaaS: “only yours” cloud services for everyday needs

Maxapex

dalacvon Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

and a pencil to right on the peace of paper with.

dalacvon This TRS-80

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dungeons-of-daggorath/9nbl...

dalacvon Fiverr IPO’s at $700M valuation

Fiverr is awesome. Where else can you pay someone to dress up like Jesus and record a personalized Happy Birthday video?

dalacvon Automagica: Open-Source Robotic Process Automation

sikuli ís nice

dalacvon You’re never going to have a legacy, so give up trying

I've often thought: "What if I bought a nice big piece of land somewhere, along with a digging machine and spent the rest of my days making a hole in the earth. That is my current thought on how to make the biggest, lasting impact on this earth.

dalacvon FCC Plan for Orderly Shutdown December 2018

list of govt shutdowns in the past

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_...

dalacvon Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2018?

I created two udemy courses a few years ago. Been generating money ever since.

https://image.ibb.co/b75uVL/B77-D6-BA2-7-EBB-4645-8946-C5-C8...

dalacvon Ask HN: Fastest way to build a crud app?

Oracle APEX. Hosting via MaxApex

dalacvon Show HN: Retool – build internal tools faster

any chance you will implement a tree structure?

dalacvon Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech companies

But he mentioned just the list of board-member-related restaurants.