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impostir

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I am recent college graduate, who is loving debt.
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impostir··on Basic HTTP Authentication in Elixir/Phoenix
I am just learning coding for the web. Security is something that is clearly important, but I am unsure on a lot of specifics. Do you have any suggestions for a beginner?
impostir··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2019)
I am a college senior graduating with a BA in Economics; I also have basic business skill, as well as coding and sysadmin knowledge.

- Location: Currently in Kansas, but will be moving after graduation

- Remote: Preferred, but by no mean required

- Willing to relocate: Yes

- Technologies:

  - Python (Mostly data-related)

  - Elixir (Mostly Phoenix Framework)

  - Linux (Daily driver for +2 years & servers)

  - HTML and CSS

  - SQL

- Résumé/CV: https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/resume-512/2019-03-18r.pdf - Email: working@mail.holdnack.net
impostir··on MIT and Nasa engineers demonstrate a new kind of airplane wing
I wonder on the specific amount this could improve overall efficiency. I can't find the source paper, but I bet is possible that this innovation could make winged drones viable for non-militaries.
impostir··on Why I stuck with Windows for 6 years while developing Discourse
I have been using Linux as my daily driver for a little over 2 years and day to day, I haven't had practically any problems. Every once in a while, I will mess with something and then things break, but I know I can fix it. Knowing I can find a fix to any day to day problem has become absolutely crucial to me; I can't go back to chasing windows error codes.
impostir··on The one-salary experiment, ten years in
With the average labor-leisure curves of most people being an inverted c-shaped, I would be more surprised if it wasn't beneficial for most people to choose improved life over pay.
impostir··on The one-salary experiment, ten years in
They were saying this specific company might have a biased group of devs who are abnormally insensitive to salary, thereby removing its value for a generalized conclusion.
impostir··on Gravity Payments: Seattle company with a minimum salary of $70K
Chik fil a pays minimum wage; they just train better and manage franchises more aggressively than most othe fast food chains.

source: I worked at chik fil a

impostir··on Ask HN: What are your favorite utility desktop apps?
I use dmenu with i3 now, but I have considered switching to rofi for a while. Do you know the advantages over dmenu?
impostir··on F-35: What The Pilots Say
The f-35 is a great example of the practically pathological need for the US military to appear to ne the most technologically advanced military in the world. To be clear, it is, but finally China is making significant improvements. This cold-war hold-over means that instead of making a boring solution for an actual problem, the US made a trillion dollar jack of all trades. The f-35 is worse at each of the individual task than the specialized frames it is supposed to replace. I can't find the link, but I remember an article where f-16 s won every mock dogfight with f-35s.
impostir··on Car campers in beach parking lots
Shit, I have sleeped in at least 15 walmart parking lots over the last year, and I have never had a problem.
impostir··on To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars
I do not hate cars; what I hate is the fact that America is built around the car, not a person. For significant portions of the American population, you must have access to car to survive. That is the problem that I hate, not the simple existence of a car
impostir··on To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars
Why are you assuming that a removal of cars means there will be no mechnism that would replace its functions? Many people benefit from a car's cargo potential and their need for this function wouldn't disappear with the cars. I can't say what the particular method could be, maybe medium-sized autonmous vehicles, but I would be surprised of nothing was created.
impostir··on Studying the demise of historic civilisations
I mostly agree with you, but I have one, albeit a nebulous one, problem. China, as an idea, has been around for ~6000 years. I agree that China, as a distinct political entity, hasn't existed for that time period. The Egyption civilization went through at least 5 significant changes of a political nature, but most would agree that it was still a contiguous civilization.

My guess is that civilization is too nebulous of a term for good discussion, but thats just my 2p.

impostir··on Python Data Science Handbook: Full Text in Jupyter Notebooks
I have just started using jupyter with jupyter lab for notes. I havent gotten as far as making a full wiki system, but I definitely think it is possible. My killer feature is the ability to drop in code from a lot of different languages. I haven't fully tested it, but I am optimistic in its power

Disclaimer: I have used todoist, emacs org-mode, wunderlist and trialled a dozen other task management programs.

impostir··on Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?
Man, I love Wireguard; fast, stable and it doesnt destroy battery life. I only wish nixos didn't mess with configs, but I will fully admit that it is a very niche problem.
impostir··on Librem 5 Hardware Update
I want the Purism 5 to be a good 1st gen phone; I am not expecting Apple-level build quality or the newest hardware. But even with what I consider reasonable expectations, I am very uncertain with purism's ability to reach them. Making even just a decent smartphone is really difficult, and purism appears to be struggling already. I wish them the best, but I won't consider the phone until monthes after laumch.
impostir··on Rise and Demise of RSS
Just wanted to say that many rss feeds come with a legal disclaimer that prohibits filtering. It is without teeth, but it could still cause problems for businesses.
impostir··on Ask HN: How do you organize everything you want to do?
Okay, this won't be the clearest answer here because I didn't have a system I am extremely happy about right now. However, I have tried alot of the other suggestions here. I will try to offer my opinion on a few tools / systems.

1. Getting Things Done: The flow chart he provides is the key feature of the book. Most of the other advice is mediocre, in my opinion. https://lifedev.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/gtd-workflow....

2. org-mode: It is incredibly powerful, honestly, the most powerful productivity / todo app. However, I found that this power slowed down my process, and I find that kills my productivity. If you love powerful, complex tools, org-mode is for you.

3. Todoist: it is an adequate list app; if thats all you need, it works well. Also, it has an open api, but I never used it.

4. Todo.txt / Markor: this is my current setup. Markor is a really nice android app; https://github.com/gsantner/markor . I generally like the philosophy behind todo.txt. It forces you to simplify your todos. My main problem is that notifications aren't a part of the programs at all.

I hope this is useful to someone.

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