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may··on Comparing static website hosts (2022)
NearlyFreeSpeech.Net is always my goto.
may··on Show HN: I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning
This is great and shows real promise, do you have a mailing list so we can be subscribed for updates/when you reach 0.5?

also I'm paying my mum rent after I bought property wtf?

may··on Feature Request: Manual Refresh of external calendar feeds
https://www.fastmail.com/
may··on LinkedIn password leak
You can see how long you've been a LinkedIn member by going to your Privacy & Setting page, where it displays at the top.

https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/

may··on Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?
Does anyone have any good books or resources to help someone determine a match between possible niches and their skillset?
may··on Methylphenidate Exposure Induces Dopamine Neuron Loss in Mice
I think this is the money quote -- noting that these effects are noted on neurotypcial, and not on ADHD brains and therefore may or may not be generalizable:

These results can only be interpreted in the context on normal brain structure and function, and thus would have direct implications for the illicit/neurocognitive use of MPH. Since the underlying anatomy and biochemistry of ADHD has not been definitively characterized, our findings may or may not be generalizable to the vast majority of humans who are properly diagnosed with ADHD and are prescribed methylphenidate. Nevertheless, this work supports studies [51], [57], [58], [59] that demonstrate that drugs shown to increase the levels of dopamine in the synaptic cleft can contribute to degenerative changes in the basal ganglia.

may··on Show HN: A Github for writers?
I'm a writer and I'm not sure why I need this.

If I'm doing something collaboratively, I'll either use a DVCS or meet with people in person. Or hack something together via Google Docs. (OK, I'm starting to see how this could be useful).

That said, I use Draft on a daily basis and it's awesome.

may··on Encryption is less secure than we thought
I'd be curious on cperciva's take on this.
may··on Pinode: Raspberry Pi in the Cloud
I so wanted this. :(
may··on A Mutual Fund Master, Too Worried to Rest
https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/vanguard/LifeStrategy...

or

https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/vanguard/TargetRetire...

may··on SpaceX headed to the ISS tomorrow
What is an instantaneous launch window?
may··on Ingo Molnar on what ails the Linux desktop
Igor's point about distros trying to "own" 20K packages is well-taken; it's simply not possible.

In my own life the 'solution' I have found is to use FreeBSD; I get a stable, well-maintained core with a sharp distinction between core, userland and third-party (the ports system).

I have found the ports system to be a lightweight, agile alternative to GNU/Linux package managers:

When you install FreeBSD you are left with a kernel, standard UNIX command-line utilities and everything you need to hammer the system into a finely-honed tool.

Right now, I'm using it exclusively on my servers because I'm willing to accept the trade-offs of Ubuntu (beta 12.04 on my dev box, XUbuntu 11.10 on my netbook) on the desktop; a little instability and fully-automated updates is OK in exchange for not having to fiddle with graphics drivers, sound, Flash, etc.

may··on Ask HN: I have two most basic requirements for a laptop. Why can't I find one?
I like the Lenovo ThinkPad X120E w/ an SSD. However, you could get a better lenovo with longer battery life for more than 500.
may··on Dear Github, please fix the Watch-Button
Or batch all commits into one update. That way it doesn't matter how much you commit, or push, it's a max of one entry per day per repo per user.

Then, make tags the exception -- since they are likely being used for releases.

may··on Git 1.7.7 changes affecting the everyday developer
http://cloudhead.io/toto (Ruby)

http://github.com/may/yabe (Scheme. Barely started.)

may··on Nginx vs Varnish: Test Results of 7 Different Configurations
Can someone explain to me why Nginx is faster than Varnish with static assets?

I am assuming that this is because Nginx is faster at basic HTTP serving than Varnish. However, I am further assuming that if you have dynamic content served from a cache will always be faster than from the webserver; even if your webserver is super-fast you still have to wait for the page to be generated by your CMS, webapp, etc.

I ask because I am working on some blog software (http://github.com/may/yabe) and one feature I'd like to incorporate is super-fast page loads -- implemented via cache.

As the site will be .. "half-dynamic" -- new posts are added every day or so -- I would like to re-generate the HTML on every request, but cache the results for a few hours. I was planning to rely on Varnish, Squid, etc. to keep the load off my webserver.

Thoughts?

may··on Ask PG: What has changed since you wrote Hackers and Painters in 2004?
This.
may··on How to Improve the quality of your software: find an old computer
Use a USB stick?
may··on Ask HN: How do you organize/manage your bookmarks?
Sounds cool. Thanks!
may··on Ask HN: How do you organize/manage your bookmarks?
What didn't you like about Delicious?
may··on Ask HN: How do you organize/manage your bookmarks?
Yeah, I've thought about signing up for pinboard before. Have you released the extension anywhere?
may··on How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps
Step one, stop reading Hacker News. Step two, go do something.
may··on Airbnb Is Soaring Into 2011
Did anyone else misread this headline as "Snoring" into 2011? #justme?
may··on Why rebel groups love the Toyota Hilux
This. I have a '88 Toyota Land Cruiser that still runs like a dream (well-maintained), but still -- with over 240K on it.
may··on Ask HN: How do you backup?
laughs Indeed.
may··on Ask HN: Considering quitting my day job to work on my startups
Exactly. That part was implied, I just forgot to say it. ;)
may··on Ask HN: Considering quitting my day job to work on my startups
As soon as I saw the word "startups" -- plural -- I thought "he's doomed". However, while the popular wisdom is to focus soley on one thing, one startup, I often find that leads to imbalance. Perhaps having two ventures is a good thing.

What I'm doing right now is a 5-6 hours/day job for the bills and working on my projects the rest of the day. Balances out pretty well -- I get physically tired from work and get some social interaction/out of the house/out of my own head. And the rest of my time -- and all of my headspace -- is free to write and code.

But, to get back to you, it sounds to me like you really would rather be working on your projects.

Here's what I'd suggest -- you don't want to leave your boss in the lurch, and you still need some money -- so why not just talk to your boss about working reduced hours, say half-time, so you can help them and have more time for your startups?

may··on Ask HN: How would you spend $1-2K a month in marketing/ads for a web app?
Check out http://www.ProjectWonderful.com It's an auction-style online advertising site, used heavily in webcomics (but you can find ads on all kinds of sites).
may··on Challenge HN: Your company's purpose in a single declarative sentence
We write web-based software to make people's lives better.
may··on Ask HN: Linux from Scratch.. Should I try it?
Thanks!
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