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noonespecialon UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT

Soon some madlad will create a kit with pedals, a shift knob, and some noise makers for under the car plus a sweet software patch that will perfectly replicate the manual petrol experiece.

A bunch of purists with then argue that despite the fact they can't reliably tell the simulated electric from the original in blind a/b testing that the original is still better because it has "soul".

noonespecialon Ask HN: My manager suggested me to start taking Ritalin

"Oh wow, I didn't know you were a Medical Doctor as well! Where'd you go to school?"

noonespecialon Self-driving cars turned out to be harder than expected

It still feels kind of like we're in the "Apple Newton" phase of self driving with the iphone in the indeterminate future.

One day we'll look back and say "aww, they tried so hard with the limited tech they had and got so close but what they needed to make it good just didn't exist yet".

noonespecialon OpenChakra is an open-source visual editor for React

https://github.com/premieroctet/openchakra

noonespecialon Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max

There's a fourth one but its undefined.

noonespecialon Where Have All the Schematics Gone?

In 1992 I got a Swatch "Earth Day" edition self winder. Made from the best modern earth friendly materials. By 95 it had cracked and yellowed to the point it was illegible.

I started wearing my grandfather's '68 Caravelle self winder. I still am.

noonespecialon Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger

I have like this:

Mac Virtualbox runs linux with host only network vbox0.

Docker runs in vbox linux. (now it gets ugly)

Vbox linux brctl's docker0 (set to match vbox0 ip space) into vbox0.

Docker container is reachable by IP from mac host. All is fast and good.

noonespecialon One of biggest frauds in U.S. farm history

If the punishment levied by the government costs less than the gain from the crime, I think its just called taxes.

noonespecialon What DoorDash pays, after expenses, and what’s happening with tips

I do also. As I hand them the cash I say very deliberately, "Thank you. This is for you, not them".

I've been doing it for ubers lately as well.

noonespecialon Ask HN: Ever worked with a service that can never be restarted?

You might try something like this, hoping that the process still has the gone file "open".

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/268247/recover-file...

noonespecialon Soaring SUV sales keep carmakers on collision course with climate policy

Then again, if nobody has kids then who are we saving the planet for ecactly?

noonespecialon Recover HD Using a Magnet

I'd bet on related, but not what you thought. If I had to guess, I'd put my money on the magnet pulling some tiny metal bits into the control board and shorting it.

But one thing is for sure. OnTrack are dicks. Can confirm.

noonespecialon The University Is a Ticking Time Bomb

It can, but the exchange rate is terrible.

“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”

--Stanley Kubrick

noonespecialon Programmers Should Plan for Lower Pay?

I find it more curious that doctors are paid so little than programmers are paid so much.

noonespecialon What happens when your career becomes your whole identity

People tell me that I didn't "live up to my full potential". I say, "I know. That would have been exhausting."

noonespecialon Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't be reused

Sounds like an opportunity to score some decent physical hardware for a song. It could become a brand new hacker brand. "Noson". Fix the device via jag to talk to an open source server like an own cloud plugin.

noonespecialon WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

Find a ham. We go nuts on people polluting the airwaves. Even wifi. Most hams will know exactly how to help.

noonespecialon Valuing Productivity, Not Profession, Could Reduce U.S. Inequality

>Great childcare and elder care is very expensive

It's hard even to find a way to buy "Great childcare and elder care". Mostly you end up paying as much as such a thing should cost but the money just goes to people who "administer" minimum wage workers delivering care that is mediocre at best.

noonespecialon Dog insurer: 'jumping, running, slipping, tripping, playing' not covered (2016)

This tiny sentience (alone in the universe as far as we know) has been given the fantastic wealth of a little planet. Of course we should spend it wisely.

But the only thing more pathetic that a spendthrift foolishly wasting their inheritance is a miser making themselves miserable grasping at every cent.

noonespecialon I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018)

>convince existing talent to accept lower wages.

That seems like lousy marketing. If I'm told that something is constantly in a shortage my first thought isn't exactly to sell it for less.

noonespecialon I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018)

Its not always zero sum. In the best case, a group of workers that could make 1x each on their own, combine and are able to make 1.5x each together, and get paid around 1.2x each.

The additional .3x is the corporate "profit" and is distributed in any number of ways depending on how the company is set up. Its still a rational decision for all of the employees to work there.

noonespecialon Scratch that: Cats film to be 'resupplied' with 'improved visuals'

You don't remember that scene? Oh wait, my copy is Cats v2.0.36, you've still got 2.0.22, just git pull the latest.

I can't friggin wait...

noonespecialon Tech companies will post incoherent ads for open positions in tiny local papers

Or, (somewhat more controversially right now, I know) make that obviously talented and already contributing individual into an American.

noonespecialon Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)

Blender is a perfect example of the ideal compromise between "takes 10 clicks to do anything" and "takes 10 days to learn to do anything".

You can start in blender ploddingly wandering though the gui as you discover features and then streamline your workflow with the keyboard shortcuts as you go. As you do so, it feels a lot like leveling up in a particularly good game.

Very few pieces of software currently do this well these days. Its a breath of fresh air. Especially v2.8.

noonespecialon Cliff Stoll, the mad scientist who invented the art of hunting hackers

Don't miss Cliffs "robotic crawl space warehouse". Take that Amazon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw54zsON4MI

noonespecialon Building a new Windows 3.1 app in 2019: A Slack Client

There is Delphi and Lazarus as open-source clone of it

Shhh! Ixnay on the Lazarusay. If people find out, I'll lose my magical secret weapon for blasting out little windows gui apps.

Seriously though, if you ever find yourself needing a few buttons on a windows desktop that do simple things, Lazarus is amazing for whipping that up in a few minutes and still looking professional.

noonespecialon Calm Technology

I can't help but finally thinking "You've got mail!" was a wrong turn for humanity somehow.

noonespecialon The Startup Side Project Bubble (2013)

Know what I consider a "side project"?

My "full time" job.

My life, wife, kids, and personal interests/growth. That's my real mission.