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kr2··on Guid Smash
> However, the overall takeaway was: Don’t use the MongoDB Increment value as a Unique Identifier.

However, the overall takeaway should be, as always: don't use MongoDB. Period. Every time I learn something new about it I'm baffled about why people continue to use it.

kr2··on YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
> The still frame ads are always NSFW games or ads for viagra-like products. In shorts, the ads are always scams of some kind. Usually deepfakes of elon musk “giving investment advice” but also “medical experts” recommending likely dangerous scams

WHAT?? This (and similar anecdote in parent comments) is completely shocking, I had no idea this was a thing. All ads I get on YouTube are blue chip companies or (big budget) movie trailers...seeing a porn still in an ad on YouTube would floor me

kr2··on What makes a good engineer also makes a good engineering organization (2024)
in case it’s helpful for you, what i do when i find an article i really enjoy and want to keep to maybe revisit: i have a folder in my google drive for these with some sub-directories for light categorization, and then save a pdf copy of the article in there. don’t have to worry about a website going away in the future, and you get searchability
kr2··on Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes
Chiming in from Los Angeles, USA to say wow, must be nice living in a modern society that prioritizes public transit and peoples' ease of movement. I know, I know, it comes with trade offs of living in an authoritarian state, but the absolute abysmal state of infrastructure in this country is maddening. Ever been on a train in Denmark or Japan or Switzerland?
kr2··on Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
This is still used today by Jews for Hebrew names. "Bar", the Aramaic word for "son", has in Hebrew its counterpart "ben" ("bat" for women). So your Hebrew name is eg "David ben Benjamin", David son of Benjamin. This is used anywhere to address you in Hebrew, eg for bar/bat mitzvahs, calling up to give blessings in synagogue, headstones, on your ketubah (Jewish marriage license), etc
kr2··on Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more
In Farsi / Persian we have "-zadeh" which means child of (born from). Last names were not instituted in Persia / Iran until early 1900s and everyone got to pick their own, so there are a lot of *zadehs as it was an easy choice. So eg Hassanzadeh is child of Hassan
kr2··on The Elegance of the ASCII Table
I was going to ask you to please explain as I didn't understand, but I am guessing you are talking about the same thing as this comment[1] right? That's super cool

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41042570

kr2··on Postzegelcode
You massively underestimate the care or thought some Americans give to anything including legibly writing an address; very cool look into how USPS handles that situation (link free to read without subscription)

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/us/where-mail-with-illegi...

kr2··on "AI-powered" has become a red flag
The same hype cycle as with anything else, as noted in the article. I too am wary of the badge - what's your actual product doing man?

Remember when everything was on the blockchain?

kr2··on Ask HN: Is there a new habit you cultivated recently that is really paying off?
Started waking up at the same time every morning (during the week). Builds a foundation for consistency and helps start getting the rest of your day (and the things you want to get done in a day) in order/on track