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piotrke··on Ask HN: How to make text to look like that?
Thanks! That's cool.
piotrke··on Ask HN: What to build (to get excited again)?
Learn something new. Go to udemy.com, choose one course with a practical effect, buy it on the discount ($9-$12, not more) and just follow it carefully. I can recommend Max Schwarzmueller as a teacher as I like his style and pleasent voice (https://www.udemy.com/user/maximilian-schwarzmuller/) but it's up to you. Take one thing like, CSS or Vue, as that will give you a quick win with a visual result, achievement and fun beside of trying and learning something new. Best!
piotrke··on Ask HN: Does learning coding at university result in a "programming accent"?
That's an interesting idea!

I guess it is less the uni than the first job(s). On the uni for me it was everything from assembler, c, bash to java and matlab so rather no chances for catching an accent.

But later working with some folks and doing much coding on my own could create some style, like naming the methods or the overall way of thinking of and structuring the code.

Also the Clean Code and Thinking in Patterns books could shape that in some way.

piotrke··on IEEE President's Note: Why Students Should Stay with IEEE
The same here. Being a member for ca. 9 years. After they made IEEE Spectrum digital only and even badges digital only, I completly lost my interest due to high expenses and limited overall value. Those two little physical things were a real bond to IEEE.

Maybe it works for specialists in the narrow fields, but as I shifted from electronics to IT, I could not find real benefits for myself there, even in the "Computer" section.

piotrke··on Ask HN: ChatGPT 4o on the app, switches language, references prev. conversation
You were right about the Memories! I found that "Memory updated" thing at one point, so that would explain the Motivation Letter examples.

But...

"Memory is disabled. ChatGPT won't use or create memories."

and nothing is stored there. Weird.

Still, the on-the-fly translation remains a mystery

piotrke··on Ask HN: ChatGPT 4o on the app, switches language, references prev. conversation
Thank you for this hint. I checked both the app and the website and I don't have this feature. Or maybe I do have it in the chat but not yet visible in Settings...? I will keep an eye on this.
piotrke··on Ask HN: What are your must-listen weekly podcasts?
Darknet Diaries:

Now it is monthly, but if you are new to it, you will have much to listen every week for 2 years before you catch up with the latest story...

https://darknetdiaries.com/

piotrke··on Show HN: I made a tool to turn boring GPX files into cool videos
In full HD description there is a typo: change 30 to 60 fps as it is shown in points under.
piotrke··on Show HN: Minimalist Recipie Site
> Recipe sites are convoluted with ads and articles used for search engine optimization. We want a minimalistic way of storing the recipes that we like and want share and to be able to read from my phone while working in the kitchen.

Well... I understand your point of view and good intentions, but... IMO you should read this article first: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40184673 / https://theluddite.org/#!post/google-ads

Cheers!

piotrke··on Ask HN: Treadmill under your desk – gimmick or worth it?
Remember that the treadmill is heavy. Mine is like 35kg. It is compact, foldable, but it is not something you want to play with every day (despite of nice promotional videos showing how easy it is to hide it under the bed). Also consider a rubber mat (like ie. tacx) to put under because of noise and weight distributed on several legs and not the whole surface.
piotrke··on Ask HN: Treadmill under your desk – gimmick or worth it?
Basically I am in a similar situation (my optimal speed was 3km/h) but I gave up as I had no space for treadmill AND the chair. I tried with the gymnastic ball but it take also much space when fully blown.

So what do you do after those 4 hours? You put the treadmill away and sit on the chair, you change the desks, you put a gymnastic ball on top on the treadmill to sit on it?

This question motivates me to rethink the whole operational strategy and to start using it again and maybe your answer would give a fresh idea how to solve my limited space issue. Thanks.

piotrke··on Wrong Map of Europe
Oliwa is a district of Gdansk and not the city itself. Up to 1926 it was indeed independent but way smaller.
piotrke··on Designing a Lego orrery
You paid everyone in life first. Now you pay yourself. Last.
piotrke··on Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
Oh my, you needed chatgpt to check that? ;) Btw, it is a kind of useful to have the date ordered in the obvious minor to major way...
piotrke··on Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
Yeah. Honestly, I would wait those couple of months and fix it on the silver anniversary... :P
piotrke··on Every product that you try to build is already built
> Every product that you try to build is already built

And that is actually a good thing!

piotrke··on Show HN: Generate a tool with half baked ideas in a minute
Error: [GoogleGenerativeAI Error]: Error fetching from https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1/models/gemini-p...: [400 ] User location is not supported for the API use.
piotrke··on Ask HN: What are some words that you learned on Hacker News?
'churn' and 'churn rate'
piotrke··on Ask HN: Please help to understand "Things don't just happen; things happen just"
Thank you for all the answers.

I guess the one saying about things happening for a reason, or going further, the reason why they happen is to give us a chance to act on them in some way, talks to me the most.

piotrke··on Ask HN: How can I get rid of addiction to HN?
I had this issue with another website (a reddit clone). I tried blocking it on the host, on the router etc. and always found a way to go there. That was a moment I realized that was a sick addiction and not fun anymore.

So I started taking an eye on myself, and whenever I went there I closed the browser and reprimended myself vocally (I said: you went there again. Do not go there anymore.)

After some time I stopped typing the address, I stopped choosing it from the browser hints, I stopped choosing it from the search results.

That was hard, but worked. Even today I do not go there, as the addiction may return (I saw that on myself in the past).

Good luck and... goodbye!

piotrke··on Ask HN: Who's Hiring in the EU?
Do you know websites where the European startups put their job offers?

Beside the obvious ones like linkedin, indeed, monster.

Maybe there is a hidden hub like HN I am not aware of?

piotrke··on Ask HN: Show Your Homelab and Home Server Setup for Inspiration
I use Intel NUC. It is small, quiet and you can choose some components as you like. For a homelab, be sure to have a CPU that supports virtualization (VT-x), so you can play with VMs. On top of that Proxmox.

Like someone already mentioned /r/homelab for more ideas.

piotrke··on Ask HN: Is ChatGPT/GPT4 going crazy Today?
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piotrke··on Raspberry Pi 5
Are there any plans for Pi 5 16GB?
piotrke··on Battle of Hodów: When 400 Poles repelled 40,000 Tatars in 1694
Hehe! A good one!
piotrke··on YouTube using antipattern to force people enable history
I was waiting for this feature for years!

I often go to youtube to find explaination to different things, but usually I ended up watching 10 other very interesting videos and even sometimes forgetting what for I came in the first place!

It's either a weak will of mine or great algorithms serving what I would love to watch. Now it's an easy game: only what I came for and no distractions!

Best move ever, YT!