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devonnull··on Mataroa - Blogging Platform for Minimalists
You'd have to ask the developer; I just use Mataroa. Somehow, though, I get that API would push the boundaries of the minimalist philosophy behind the service.
devonnull··on Ask HN: Why do companies pay millions for Servicenow?
Why do you care about what companies do with their money? Are there better options? I'm sure there are. But it's no concern of mine or yours. Unless, of course, you're doing market research for a competitor ...
devonnull··on Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking
What's next? Implanting RFID chips in employees to track them? Maybe I shouldn't give Dell's management any ideas ...
devonnull··on Ask HN: FOSS notes offline app with navigation tree, ideally cross platform?
Surprised no one has suggested Emacs + org-mode yet. Not that I am -- I use QOwnNotes.
devonnull··on Why Can't We Have a 'Discuss' Button for Hiring Posts on HN?
> Is there a specific reason such a feature doesn't exist

Maybe no one has, or not many people have, asked for it? And I'm not sure what, if any resources YC would be willing to devote to adding something like that.

devonnull··on The Sense Common
The Sense Common is a place where people and organizations that foster common sense, mindset, self-reliance, and breaking with the norms are aggregated and shared.
devonnull··on Memento Mori
"Making kin with AI at the end of the world"
devonnull··on The McDonalds app for Android has been opening on its own for months
What? Not Jack in the Box???
devonnull··on Use Plaintext Email (2019)
A response to the site in question:

https://kevquirk.com/use-plaintext-email

While the tone is (overly) snarky, it does make a few good points.

devonnull··on The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection
While an old guitar is all I can afford, I definitely can't afford any of those old guitars :-)
devonnull··on Ask HN: Why is HN not PWA yet?
As someone pointed out in another thread, Y Combinator probably doesn't put a lot of resources (money or human) into HN, so I doubt this a high priority. If it's a priority at all.
devonnull··on The Un-Brie-Lievable History of Tyromancy
Something to lighten the mood: a look at divining the future with cheese. Really!
devonnull··on Tennessee after-school Satan club holds first meeting despite protests
> All After School Satan Clubs … emphasize a scientific, rationalist, non-superstitious world view

And the people protesting the club can't have that, can they?

devonnull··on BBEdit 15 Release Notes
Nice release notes, though I could do without all the quotation marks used for emphasis.
devonnull··on About Your Handle on HN
My (admittedly lame) homage to /dev/null
devonnull··on Ask HN: Does anyone write HTML anymore?
The shell scripts used by the people I know are pretty simple, encapsulating the string of pandoc commands and pointing to an HTML template. Nothing fancy -- just a convenience when running a tool that they don't use very often.
devonnull··on Ask HN: Does anyone write HTML anymore?
There definitely are more than a few people who hand code the HTML for their sites. Often, it's people who need something simple -- no scripting, no database back end, none of that stuff. Just HTML and maybe some simple CSS.

I know a couple of people who build their (infrequently updated) sites using Markdown, pandoc, a custom HTML template, and a simple shell script.

devonnull··on Ask HN: Is anyone else sick of remote work?
I haven't been in the office for over two years. I don't miss it one bit. I'm in constant contact (maybe too constant at times) with the teams I work with via email, Teams chats, video calls, and all of that sort of thing.

Being remote works for me. It works for many people. If it doesn't for you, then that's the way it is.

devonnull··on Ask HN: Why is my web server being attacked?
Probably because the attackers can. Sometimes people don't need a deep reason for doing anything. They just want to watch bits of the web burn.
devonnull··on Ask HN: What are your predictions for the world in 2024?
Other than saying it's going to be a weird and wild ride, I'm holding back on any specific predictions mainly because my crystal ball has never been right in the past!
devonnull··on Ask HN: Why is there no dark theme?
I get the impression that a dark mode/dark theme isn't a priority for YC, even though it seems to be a priority for more than a few users of HN. I doubt YC puts a ton of resources into this site, which could be another reason a dark mode/theme is taking a long time to appear.
devonnull··on Ask HN: Former employer still shows me as an employee. Do I have rights?
Try sending them an invoice for what you should have been paid for the last 4.5 years and see how quickly they take you off the books.
devonnull··on Dune: Part Two – Official Trailer 3 [video]
On the other hand, this film is based on a well-known and widely-read novel that's had two adaptations already. For a lot of people, there are going to be no surprises. The trailer is just a visual treat.
devonnull··on Is there a way that I can do programming on my phone?
I'm sure there is. Probably more than one way. But why would someone want to code using their phone? As someone once pointed out, just because you can doesn't mean you should.
devonnull··on Using your iPhone to start your car is about to get a lot easier
Until it gets really complex when something at one end fails. I'll stick to using keys, thanks.
devonnull··on Nikki Haley calls social media anonymity a "national security threat"
I doubt she's read much beyond the Fox News website ...
devonnull··on Proof (almost noone) reads EULAs
You could be a little more polite ...
devonnull··on Can Humans Control the Weather? Japanese Scientists Think They Can
Weren't there rumors of the Soviets trying to do something like this back in the 1970s? An acquaintance who grew up in those days occasionally jokes about how a couple of particularly bad winters were caused by those experiments ...
devonnull··on Tell HN: LinkedIn suspended my account for engaging with a spam recruiter
Seems like a false equivalence. As another commenter pointed out, it's more likely your account was suspended because of the number of failed login attempts.
devonnull··on What Happened to Wiki2Map?
Do you mean https://wiki2map.org/? Or is that something different?
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