Hacker News Reader

m0ckon Ask HN: How old are you (optional) and what was the last thing that you learned?

This thread helped to reduce my inferiority complex from reading HN, when I learnt that most of you are almost twice as old as me (20) and some even older than that :)

To answer OP question, I learnt a lot about Spring Test configuration today and how messy it can get at times.

m0ckon 4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager

wow, this is an example of some horrible, horrible journalism.

I could tell after first two paragraphs, that the author did not spend more than 15 minutes on the site itself and most of her "facts" come from lazily googled trivia.

I spent more time, than I'd like to admit on this and similiar imageboards. I still visit it semi-regulary (only fitness board nowadays), but this description as place where only edgy teenagers go to bully other people is plain wrong and misdirecting. Will you be judging Reddit next, solely by /r/politics, or /r/The_Donald, which both are terrible communities? Because that's what you did, with mentioning only /b/ and /pol/ as the core of 4chan.

My advice for the author: LURK MOAR :)

m0ckon Ask HN: What websites do you check everyday?

Is /dpt/ of any value? From what I remember it used to be full of fizzbuzz, people arguing about which languages are best and which suck and tons of anime and offtopic. What added value do you see there?

m0ckon Finland's cities are havens for library lovers

What a coincidence, Seinäjoki happens to be the only Finnish city I know (besides Helsinki), because The Dudesons were born there :)

m0ckon Ask HN: Any Tip ( without side effects ) for healthy life?

As a relatively big person, doing heavy exercise several times a week, I simply cannot image how would I get all proteins I get from eating meat, eggs and dairy products (I can,but it involves eating huge amounts of expensive vegan food).

m0ckon Ask HN: Any Tip ( without side effects ) for healthy life?

Few things I started to do, which I can't recommend enough.

- Sleep well. If it's possible, you should never have to use alarm clock for waking up for school, or work, instead you should wake up naturally (because you went to sleep early enough).

- Dumb down your phone [1]. I recently purged all time-sinking apps from my phone, including the "supposedly useful" ones, like Hacker News, or local newspapers. You will feel way better, without the endless overwhelming flood of information coming at you everywhere you go.

- Eat clean and drink only water. Trick that works best for me, is that I do all my shopping on Monday and I plan every breakfast and dinner for the whole week in advance, so when I have cravings, there is simply nothing in my kitchen I can binge on (I realize this solution does not work for everyone, especially if you are not living alone). Of course, I still buy ice cream or some other sweet after lunch ~ once a week, or go for couple of beers with my friends time to time, but it feels a lot better, when it is really a treat and not ordinary, everyday thing.

[1] https://nomasters.io/posts/dumber-phone/

m0ckon Ask HN: What makes 4Chan Unique? Why people love it?

>Moderators/janitors are pulled from the userbase

Just a technical note, I believe this is not true. AFAIK only janitors are recruited from users, the moderators (those with real power) were all personal friends of m00t (at least not so long ago). Maybe it changed since hiroyuki took over, but I have not read anything about it.

m0ckon Ask HN: What is the best technology privacy guide?

https://www.privacytools.io/ is worth reading

m0ckon TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van

He is a schizo autistic programmer who is convinced God told him to make an OS, so he is working on it constantly for 15 years, doing nothing else (it kind of resembles Noah's Ark). He used to livestream regularly on Youtube and became popular on technology boards on 4chan, 8chan etc., for his rants about God and "CIA niggers" and generally "being a living meme". Some people there genuinely like him and even bought him that drum set he wanted, but others (given *chans reputation) just liked to screw with him to induce more rants. But he is really suffering from mental illness and should got professional treatment.

m0ckon Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017

Effective Java, 3rd edition is coming 28th of December!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Effective-Java-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0134...

m0ckon YouTube monetization analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3H8D2LrLHc&feature=youtu.be

This a video from the author with some commentary.

m0ckon Stacks-cli: Analyze a website’s stack from the terminal

It is the same reason, why I don't like when companies use buzzwords like "code ninjas" instead of "developers" in their job listings. This gives me an impression, that you think I'm incapable of understanding basic words and terms and you need to describe it with images and pop references for me, which is weird because these kind of articles are usually oriented towards tech savvy people and not general public. And/Or you are trying to look very "hip" and "cool", which is not a bad thing, but I find it a little bit annoying. This is job offer/github app, not your Tinder bio.

Finally, in this specific case the use of emojis is so over the top it distracts me from the actual content.

I'm generally all for fun, but this feels like insulting the reader's intelligence to me.

m0ckon Stacks-cli: Analyze a website’s stack from the terminal

What is with the trend to stuff emojis everywhere? It looks childish and does not improve readability at all.

m0ckon Ask HN: Where do you go for political discussion with a somewhat good discourse?

Unironically anonymous imageboards (not 4chan, 4chan is overcrowded at this point). Sure, you will get called names, but at least you won't get censored and/or downvoted into oblivion as it happens on Reddit (or HN) if you express opinion, that goes againt majority's belief. Your comment will be as visible as theirs. Another big advantage is complete anonymity - nobody knows anything about you, they only see the content of your post and nothing else.

I have had some of the best thought-provoking discussion about politics or life in general on anonymous imageboards.

m0ckon Ask HN: How to find better clients as a two-person remote dev team?

Sorry for unrelated comment, but I'm curious, because I'm from Central Europe too, wanting to be freelancer one day. When you say you make 7.5k$/month, what is your net income after you pay every insurance, tax etc (I haven't really looked into the details of freelancing yet)? Because income like that would put you into top 1% in this area. Or am I wrong?

BTW. Small Central European country => fellow Slovak? :)

m0ckon Ask HN: What are some good books you have read lately?

I'm reading "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" by Eliezer Yudkowsky right now. Never thought I would be interested in fanfic, but this is just brilliant, give it a chance. You can get a free ebook on hpmor.com, or create your own paperback version with https://github.com/ianstormtaylor/hpmor (it cannot be sold, due to copyright issues)