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omair_inamon We rebuilt the Linux MicroVM stack on Apple Silicon

A suggestion to the author -- don't outsource your writing to AI, or, if you do, go over it with a fine-tooth comb and remove every trace of Claudisms from it.

I read the subtitle: "What it takes to boot the same microVMs on Apple's hypervisor, and the one capability Apple will not let you have." and immediately navigated away.

omair_inamon How to Read a Painting

Oh boy: the AI-isms on this article are so annoying.

omair_inamon Sama-Bajau “sea nomads” people gene mutations allow them to free-dive 13 minutes

https://archive.ph/GY27i

omair_inamon Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app

Anyone have any thoughts on Craft[1] and how it compares to Obsidian as a note-taking tool? My primary work machine is a Mac (I also have an iPad and iPhone). I'm looking primarily for a note-taking app with support for images. I don't necessarily need the more "glamourous" publishing type features that craft has.

Things I like about the app:

* (Generally) good keyboard support

* Syncing (but I'm paying for it)

* Good native apps on mobile

Things that aren't so good

* Editing code blocks

[1] https://www.craft.do/

omair_inamon Tell HN: Pluralsight now available with your ACM subscription

* Is the ACM Professional Membership sufficient to benefit from the Pluralsight[1] (and Skillsoft[2]) courses? Or is the All-Access membership required?

* Do people feel the ACM All-Access Membership (Professional + unlimited access to ACM digital library) is worth the additional $75?

[1] https://learning.acm.org/e-learning/pluralsight

[2] https://learning.acm.org/e-learning/skillsoft

omair_inamon INVALID URL: Shopify to lay off 10% (~1000) of staff

Actual discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32237574

omair_inamon INVALID URL: Shopify to lay off 10% (~1000) of staff

Key takeaways:

* Shopify cutting ~1000 workers: most of the layoffs will occur in recruiting, support and sales units

* First big layoffs the company has announced since Mr. Lütke started the company in 2006.

* Shopify’s shares fall 15% to about $31

* Tobi Lütke: "It’s now clear that bet (that surging e-commerce sales growth would last past the Covid-19 pandemic’s ebb) didn’t pay off... I got this wrong"

* Laid off workers to be offered 16 weeks of severance to the laid-off workers, plus one week for every year of service

omair_inamon Luck Surface Area: How to Get Lucky In Life

For a more detailed take on this topic refer to swyx's article on creating luck: https://www.swyx.io/create-luck

omair_inamon What Bullets do to Bodies – gun violence as seen by a trauma surgeon – 2017

HuffPost - posted April 26, 2017 A deep-dive into the day-to-day life of a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital with it's chair of department of surgery -- a trauma surgeon at Temple for 30+ years. Until 2016, Philadelphia was deadliest of the 10 largest cities in the country according to one analysis [0].

[0] - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/crim...

omair_inamon Building the world’s fastest website analytics

Hey @JackWritesCode. We're eagerly waiting for the 1-year review you promised us when you uttered the legally binding words: "Sure :)" last year[0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26646654

omair_inamon Ask HN: What tech companies/industries will do well in a recession?

Because workers have more time to upskill in a recession, companies that offer services in this area (e.g. SIS systems, etc.) might also do well. From what I can recall, one of my former employers (https://moderncampus.com) has traditionally done well during an economic downturn.

omair_inamon New(ish) command line tools

I do try to submit the logs when I can. tbh, it takes a combination of (In/Out) text filters along with some navigation to trigger the failures. If I re-encounter, I will try to spend some time to reproduce.

You can find the last failure I submitted here[0].

[0] = https://groups.google.com/g/lnav/c/C2uORuyKmy8/m/5Knove9gBQA...

omair_inamon New(ish) command line tools

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omair_inamon New(ish) command line tools

From the PV man page (https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv)

> A more complicated example using numeric output to feed into the dialog(1)

> program for a full-screen progress display: ...

> Frequent use of this third form is not recommended as it may cause the programmer to overheat.

^- is that a wisecrack hidden in an otherwise serious man page?

omair_inamon New(ish) command line tools

Excuse my ignorance, but what does this command do?

omair_inamon New(ish) command line tools

My personal go-to for intelligently tailing files is lnav (https://github.com/tstack/lnav) tho it has crashed a couple of times for me when applying a bunch of filters, etc.

Is anyone aware of any other comparable shell tool for tailing a set of logs?

omair_inamon A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15

What I'd love for someone to share is the MVP Linux machine I can use to run PiHole... Starter Raspberry Pis (e.g. by Canakit) ... are >$150 CAD on amazon.ca which just seems so expensive.

omair_inamon A letter to all the bosses I’ve begged for a job

A Guardian comic from the perspective of a person unemployed during the pandemic addressing the employers they applied to for jobs.

omair_inamon Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

So a quick glance makes it seem fairly similar to Obsidian... as the docs note, it's built on top of VS Code vs Obsidian which is standalone...

What are some reasons Obsidian users would want to switch?