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mrpotato··on On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Years
> Like "do I win more often or not when Queens are traded?".

Could you point me to where/how I can do this? It is definitely something I'd like to see! Thanks

mrpotato··on Brown M&Ms, or Why No One Reads the Manual
What would I bingle for if I was looking for a template for such an agreement/contract? It seems like the kind of thing you would want to have prepared in advance (in case of emergency, break glass).
mrpotato··on JavaScript for Impatient Programmers
Yeah, I'm in the same boat, I'm still struggling to figure out how to write a library in typescript and then use it as a browser library. I have a feeling that I just need a better understanding of the core concepts (modules, bundlers, etc..)
mrpotato··on I built a Hacker News clone for Coronavirus in less than a day
I would expect a clone to also have comments and voting. This looks more like an RSS feed w/ HN layout.
mrpotato··on Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
Interesting, they went a totally different route.

> The ballast in our application is a large allocation of memory that provides stability to the heap.

> As noted earlier, the GC will trigger every time the heap size doubles. The heap size is the total size of allocations on the heap. Therefore, if a ballast of 10 GiB is allocated, the next GC will only trigger when the heap size grows to 20 GiB. At that point, there will be roughly 10 GiB of ballast + 10 GiB of other allocations.

mrpotato··on Tell HN: Mailgun lowers free-tier API from 10k to 625 emails per month
I would be curious to know how many of their free tier users will be converted to paying customers. Is the bulk of their free tier users over the 625 mark or below?
mrpotato··on GitHub ripped off Octobox for their new notifications UI
I don't know, they both look like gmail to me. I wouldn't be surprised if this is some Material UI pattern.

edit: typo

mrpotato··on Design Tips for Developers
No one said it had to be an owl.

Facebook: F on squarish background

HackerNews: Y on orange square

Google: Google with coloured letters (or multicoloured G in white circle)

LinkedIn: blue `in` text

You get the idea... they don't need to be complicated and could be as simple as just text.

mrpotato··on What happened to Mint?
> Just going to post a great alternative

To clarify, personal capital is for US residents

From their support page:

>Although you can access the Personal Capital application from any location, we currently only support U.S based financial institutions (currency, USD) for linking accounts. Note that for security reasons, you will need a valid U.S. phone number to sign up for Personal Capital.

https://support.personalcapital.com/hc/en-us/articles/201169...

mrpotato··on Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
Fiction:

* Jack Reacher: I've read all but the latest one. I would recommend it if you liked the story in both movies.

* Discworld: I'm currently on The Truth. These books have been really entertaining and witty.

Non-Fiction:

* The Doors to Perception by Aldous Huxley: The book covers Aldous' thought about his experience while under the influence of mescaline.

edit: formatting

mrpotato··on Ask HN: What home or herbal remedies have worked for you?
I've used a brand of herbal tea called Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat which worked great at reducing my symptoms of a soar throat and/or itchy throat (not sure on the medical name for itchy throat...)

Also, fisherman's friend.

mrpotato··on A Scheduler for the Internet
I would think that Quartz is more of a competitor than cron or Windows Scheduler to Prefect Scheduler.

How does Prefect Scheduler compare to something like Quartz?

mrpotato··on Blender 2.80
It works pretty well. I've used it in the past to make youtube videos (i no longer do anymore). That being said, I ran into 2 bugs back in 2015 that haven't been fixed. The first was that videos > 3hrs long don't work with VSE. The video cannot be viewed/edited past the 3hr mark. The second issue is that the imported video will only keep the video and the first audio track it finds. This can cause issues if you say have the video audio on 1 track and the voice over audio on a second track.

With that being said, it is still a great tool for making videos.

*edit fixed some sentences

mrpotato··on Ask HN: Stuck with an unpronounceable product name
> Approach this as a UX problem. Is the name negatively affecting people's ability to approach or remember the brand? Do people actually need to know the exact spelling of your company name in order to discover your product?

Reminds me of the STIHL commercial from a couple of years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSynIB68rE

tl;dw people are interviewed and each person says the company name differently. The video starts the sales pitch with "No matter how you say STIHL..."

mrpotato··on Ask HN: How do I make sure my kids are safe online?
Using technology is a good tool for this kind of problem and lets face it, we're here because we love playing with tech. However, I would encourage you to sit down and talk to your children about what it means to be safe online, steps they can take to stay safe, and to reinforce the idea that if they are unsure, it's ok for them to ask you or your spouse for guidance or support.
mrpotato··on Gaming worth more than video and music combined
To a certain extent, ars has an article about "issues" with DRM in video games.

>One of the biggest arguments against anti-piracy checks built into video games (commonly known as "digital rights management," or DRM) is that they punish paying customers with stuttering, loading times, and other detractive gameplay issues. While leading DRM vendor Denuvo has long claimed that its tools don't hamper video games, the stats keep piling up to suggest otherwise.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/12/evidence-continues-to...

mrpotato··on Why Mashable flamed out
This resembles what happens to tv channels, like History, Discovery, TLC, OLN, etc.

I'm not sure why the trend is to start off with strong good content and then eventually just end up with superficial, low quality garbage.

mrpotato··on EA removes Battlefront 2 refund option as gamers mass-cancel pre-orders
Wait, 10 hours of gameplay to unlock Vader? That's actually not too bad. I was under the impression that it was 10x that. Not that I'm going to buy this game, but 10hrs is easily attainable in 1 weekend. Especially if the game is fun.
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