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monsterofcookie··on Apple pulls its ads from X after Musk's antisemitic posts
Dear Apple, I do not respect knee-jerk reactions to headlines
monsterofcookie··on Why aren't SW developers working on more important problems?
Why aren't *you* working on more important problems?
monsterofcookie··on The Tech Gold Rush Is Over. Where's the Next One?
It's over people, go home
monsterofcookie··on Turning Suckless into Suckmore
Suckmore sounds like a vacuum brand
monsterofcookie··on [dead]
In my experience, I got more done in less time because I wasn't distracted by 3 different conversations happening right next to me in an "open office"
monsterofcookie··on How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site?
Wait until dark, shine a flashlight around and look for reflection off the glass. Or use a metal detector...
monsterofcookie··on Ask HN: As a developer advocate, what tools do you use in your job?
I use my mouth to tell "managers" not to over-complicate jira
monsterofcookie··on Ruby on Rails as a career choice in 2023
As always, focus on fundamentals instead of frameworks
monsterofcookie··on Where Did All the Laid Off Tech Workers End Up?
ChatGPT failed me today
monsterofcookie··on Why Does America Provide More Space for Storing Cars Than Housing People?
They didn't make space for cars, they made space for people who own cars.
monsterofcookie··on Where Did All the Laid Off Tech Workers End Up?
Other tech companies
monsterofcookie··on World chess federation places restrictions on both trans women and trans men
The one event where this sh*t doesn't matter. Way to go :facepalm:
monsterofcookie··on Can America Age Gracefully?
Hell no, it will be a struggle until the boomers are mostly dead
monsterofcookie··on Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s public memo on Google at 25
DiCaprio: time to find a new search engine...
monsterofcookie··on Return-to-Office Is a $1.3T Problem Few Have Figured Out
Super simple. The office sucks hard. Just don't do offices. Adapt or die.
monsterofcookie··on Lyft Employees Told to Return to Office as New CEO Lays Out Vision
How long before he flips? You'd have to pay me $300k min to move back to the Bay Area
monsterofcookie··on Ask HN: How do I stop card testing attacks on my Stripe account?
Crypto payments only
monsterofcookie··on Overnight 'hotel train' could link San Francisco and Los Angeles
Almost good idea, except no one cares. SF and LA may as well be on different planets
monsterofcookie··on Ask HN: Do you keep wrong code in a comment as a reminder of what doesn't work?
Never. Comments should clarify what code does or why it does what it does. Nothing else.
monsterofcookie··on Insulin is way too expensive. California has a solution: Make its own
What about banning sales of food with artificially added sugar? Lol... Nevermind
monsterofcookie··on Elon Musk Is Said to Have Ordered Job Cuts Across Twitter
I think he is serious about having fair free speech on the internet (esp. opinions you disagree with). Will he follow though is another question.
monsterofcookie··on AI will replace middle management before robots replace hourly workers
LOL
monsterofcookie··on Censored Ethereum Blocks Hit the 51% Threshold over the Past 24 Hours
Glad I sold all my eth last December. Going to zero.
monsterofcookie··on Ask HN: Why do software engineers hate technology?
It's Sofa King annoying! Especially other people's shiddy code!
monsterofcookie··on Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have ever seen. How to fix it?
New company. New code base. Marketers are a dime a dozen
monsterofcookie··on Ask HN: How can your robot protect itself while going on errands for you?
Bear spray
monsterofcookie··on Would you quit a job three months in?
I quit a job 3 weeks in because my coworkers were dead inside. Employers prolly won't ask about such anomalies on your resume unless it looks like a pattern. GTFO. Have a prepared response just in case
monsterofcookie··on CDC warns of diarrheal outbreaks linked to poopy splash pads
Wow, that's sh*tty
monsterofcookie··on Forget “Mad Men.” “Halt and Catch Fire” Is AMC’s Greatest Legacy
Both started strong and finished weird
monsterofcookie··on Texas Attorney General Opens Investigation of Twitter Bots
Dear Texas AG, please don't waste taxpayer money (just assume it's all bots and trolls)
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