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hans-moleman··on Facebook Has 47 Data Centers Under Construction
“You’re opinion isn’t valid if you aren’t willing to spend money it.”

This way of thinking is so out of touch it hurts. Not everyone is some tech bro making bank and spending their free time doing crypto and option trades. The commenter has a valid belief that doesn’t need to be belittled just because you may not agree with it.

hans-moleman··on Reflections on E-Bikes
You would rather this type of person drive a 2 ton vehicle? “Well people are going to have poor judgement” isn’t really a good argument against anything.
hans-moleman··on Every search bar looks like a URL bar to users
I don’t understand what exactly you’re mad at the guy about? He made an ultra-usable textbox… millions of people use it every day instinctively because it’s a great tool. You can’t crucify him because of your own personal qualms and completely ignore the flip side of the coin.
hans-moleman··on Statement from Mark Zuckerberg
Your argument is the same as “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people”. It’s still something with potential to cause a great deal of harm and should be regulated.

> Why would Zuckerberg intentionally want to fail at this task and have people hate his company?

Nobody wants to fail at anything. Doesn’t stop people from failing all the time. Nobody wants to get fired but if you suck at your job you get fired all the same.

You’re approaching this way too logically without considering the social aspects. Stop trying to think like a robot.

hans-moleman··on E-Ink Magic Calendar that runs off a battery powered Raspberry Pi
You should take a picture with better lighting. Really makes your product look bad on first impression.
hans-moleman··on Black Former Tesla Worker Awarded More Than $130M in Damages
No. It’s theoretical vs actual.
hans-moleman··on The Buffett Indicator
9 out of 5 readers cringe at this type of comment.

(I’ve never heard of the expression before so I found it amusing)

hans-moleman··on Carvana’s success rides on used-car loans
Most dealerships will deliver a car if you ask.
hans-moleman··on Starting in 2023, Windows 11 will require new laptops to have a front webcam
This website is an echo chamber many times more niche than other social websites. It’s mainly tech nerds with very similar beliefs and backgrounds. Opinons here, as with most websites, should be taken with a grain of salt.
hans-moleman··on Peak non-creepy dating pool
Very insensitive comment
hans-moleman··on The global chip shortage is starting to have consequences
I think this year has proven that TSMC does have a very dominant position in the industry.
hans-moleman··on Putting an Ultra-Tiny Linux Board in a Phone Charger Eventually
“ I will ignore the “powered from mains” requirement for this round of the board and feed in 5V elsewhere.”

I feel this will be a challenge. The wall wart is the size it is because that’s the size of a transformer/rectifier for 120/240 to 5v. Trying to add a Linux machine to that but keep the same size is the tricky part.

hans-moleman··on Generating more interesting image previews using imagemagick
Anyone that buys art assets online will tell you this is a bad idea. You’re obscuring the subject of the image and changing the feel of the picture. Watermarks and low res previews make sense because they will just make the image look worse while still being 100% recognizable. In his examples I cannot tell anymore that it’s an image of two men fighting.. so why would I buy that picture if I can’t tell what I’m looking at?
hans-moleman··on Ask HN: What are the three most expensive tools/services that you use?
Rent, phone, internet.
hans-moleman··on Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
All of Apple’s prior ARM experience comes from iOS devices. They had no need to develop io capabilities for iPhones and iPads with a single port. Now they put the chips in computers but most likely haven’t fully yet developed extended io capabilities.
hans-moleman··on Italian ‘king of absentees’ allegedly skipped work for 15 years
The mafia was vouching for him for 15 years. Now he pissed someone off so they don’t protect his job anymore.
hans-moleman··on All-new iMac features the M1 chip
Pretty sure that the USB dongle was a solution to have the mice work on all computers because at the time, pretty much all desktops had no Bluetooth connectivity. The next step for them is going all in on Bluetooth (at least for the casual user products).
hans-moleman··on A top-grossing scam on the App Store
A big issue I see is from the switch to Face ID from Touch ID. With Touch ID you actually had to put your finger on the sensor to confirm payment. Now with Face ID that dialog just becomes another OK you accidentally press and your face gets scanned before you even realize what’s happening.
hans-moleman··on Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut
BBQ Pepsi Burgers.

The future is beautiful.

hans-moleman··on How to be more productive without forcing yourself
I think this leans into the cookie cutter self help trends too much. Especially in the tech demographic, there seems to be this idea of a one way path to productivity. Things like meal prepping, a strict workout regimen and a generally strict structured routine are being pitched as the quick and simple remedy to being “unproductive”.

To me, turning yourself into an efficiency robot is a recipe for disaster. I think instilling this need to always reach a higher level of output is going to have an opposite effect that makes people more stressed, especially with this idea that fun=bad.

Also I don’t think people can work solely using external motivation as the author seems to suggest.

“When something is boring, ask yourself: Why do I need to do this? Find and reinforce the why behind the work.”

If you consistently don’t enjoy doing something, it might be a sign you should be doing something else.