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jakabia··on Ask HN: What's a Purchase You Regret?
What mini PCs do you like, and which cooling system have you found nice to have?
jakabia··on Ask HN: Are you / should we be preparing for "cyberattack"
Very good summary, thank you!
jakabia··on Ask HN: How do you convince people to use privacy respecting technologies
I'm not sure how private and secure Telegram is, but I convinced many people to switch. The main reason behind every switch was not the better privacy, but the greater product: features, that the mainstream alternative did not have.
jakabia··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
I'm building a website to integrate flashcards for memorization and LLMs for active learning.
jakabia··on Ask HN: How can I raise $8k to build a classroom in rural Tajikistan?
The pictures on the gofundme look AI generated to me.
jakabia··on How does YouTube unmute ads? Can this be disabled?
Why are you laughing on this?
jakabia··on How do you find side projects?
Why aren't side projects worth it if they're just for the money?
jakabia··on Ask HN: Have you ever had a "middle-out epiphany"?
So you mean a Eureka moment? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect
jakabia··on Ask HN: Have you ever had a "middle-out epiphany"?
I can imagine that your brain was developing those neuron paths for a while, but on that bus, in that moment, the paths related to these topics have finally met!
jakabia··on Ask HN: What is going on with Anna's Archive?
For me, it works. By the way, I did not know about it, how is it different than https://libgen.is/ or https://www.gutenberg.org/?
jakabia··on Ask HN: What games could you spend a lifetime playing?
Oxygen Not Included, Don't Starve Together, Factorio, Age of Empires 3, BF3. I don't play that much anymore, but I love these games. Oh and chess, of course.
jakabia··on Ask HN: What games could you spend a lifetime playing?
I love that game, was about to mention it, glad somebody else already did it.
jakabia··on Ask HN: What software do you pay for monthly?
First I obtained the trial, for one month. At the end of the trial, I cancelled it. Then they were bombarding me that how good it is, please come back, but I did not react for a few weeks. Then, out of nowhere, they told me that if I re-subscribe again, they'll give me 50% discount for the first two months. I don't know if I will cancel it again at the end of the two months, I'll see.
jakabia··on Ask HN: How is your job search going?
Can I ask where are you based? Generally speaking I haven't really encountered with leetcode or design pattern type of questions, but I was mostly interviewed by Tier 1 and 2 [1] companies, and for junior-mid positions, and I live in Denmark.

[1]: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...

jakabia··on Ask HN: What software do you pay for monthly?
ChatGPT, LinkedIn Premium (purchased at a 50% discount), Infinity for browsing Reddit on Android, Spotify, and YouTube Premium.

Among these, Spotify seems the least worthwhile to me. However, since YouTube Premium does the job and both are cheap, I keep subscriptions to both.

jakabia··on Ask HN: What did you do or read this weekend that wasn't related to the OpenAI?
Would you recommend that book for non-C++ programmers too?
jakabia··on Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
How would you compare plant-based diet to the meat-based diet? Like the side effects, how did you experience it?
jakabia··on Ask HN: What is one thing that has improved your energy the most?
Why no water after 8pm? That sounds so bizarre to me, especially, if I hit the bed at around 11pm.
jakabia··on Ask HN: What Do Recruiters Do?
On LinkedIn, whom should we contact? I'm genuinely curious because I'm looking for a new job as well. Sometimes there are contact in the job description, but sometimes not, in that case whom should I hit up?
jakabia··on Ask HN: Tech Forecasts for 2024 – Any Surprises on the Horizon?
What do you mean by "defensibility"?
jakabia··on Ask HN: Which headset do you use for work?
How comparable it is with MacOS?
jakabia··on Ask HN: Seeking Advice – Relocating to Canada as a Software Engineer
It may be a long shot, but do you know anything like this for the USA?
jakabia··on Ask HN: Seeking Advice – Relocating to Canada as a Software Engineer
Thanks for the insight, but I have to ask: how does one get into the USA? It's far easier to enter Canada through the Express Entry program. On the other hand, to enter the USA, you'd need a work visa, a spouse, or be extremely lucky and win the green card lottery.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

If I'm right, my next question is: What would you recommend for securing a position with an American company while being overseas? I live in Denmark, Europe, and would need to find that job online, which adds to the challenge.

jakabia··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
I made this graph, and it started to kill my browser :D Do you know why?

https://alex.miller.garden/sonic-circuit/?3.3.E3.m.2.1.3.1.1...

jakabia··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
Yes, please, it's a pain in the ass to use this website on Windows.
jakabia··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
I created a Wordle Solver app: https://best-wordle-solver.vercel.app/

Code: https://github.com/rbjakab/wordle-solver

If you get stuck with solving Wordle, just type-in the words that you've already tried, set the statuses and on the right you can see recommended words to try out.

What to add: I want to put a backend behind it, so I can list the words for you not just randomly, but sorted by their information value. The more a word could narrow down the list of words after it was used, the higher its rank.

jakabia··on Tell HN: Please stop sending AI-generated job applications (whoishiring threads)
This, exactly this! I've been looking for a job for a while now, and of course I automated it... genuinely asking, who reads the 100s of cover letters anyway?
jakabia··on Ask HN: How to find potentials users for my startup
Oh my god, I didn't know about this website, it's amazing!
jakabia··on Has the Reddit boycott lead to any result?
I still use Reddit, but not their official app, no way. I subscribed for Infinity, I like it so I use it
jakabia··on Ask HN: What phone model do you currently own?
Samsung A52. It was not the fastest or the best model on the market when I purchased it, but it gets the job done. Also I like its great camera.
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