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silentfishon Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat (2013)

If the matter is time-sensitive then I need to ask whether the user is available or not to provide an answer.

  u1: Hi, can you switch to the alternate server, the main one is crashing

  [... 12 hours later, when the problem has already been resolved]

  u2: Sure thing, let me do it.

  u1: STOOOOOOOOOP!

silentfishon Ask HN: How did you get rid of your allergies?

No meat, reduced on sweet stuff, pastries.

silentfishon Ask HN: How did you get rid of your allergies?

I had great success by doing intermittent fasting (I don't do it anymore). I had pollen, grass allergies, various food intolerance. I couldn't eat plums, grapes, figs, cherries, even bananas. My throat would get sore and lips swell.

After changing my diet and doing intermittent fasting for about a year I completely cured myself. I haven't grass allergy in more than 5 years. I can eat any fruit without any signs of discomfort.

silentfishon Tesla switching to 24/7 shifts to push for more model 3s by June

> A major source of issues is poor communication between depts. The way to solve this is allow free flow of information between all levels. If, in order to get something done between depts, an individual contributor has to talk to their manager, who talks to a director, who talks to a VP, who talks to another VP, who talks to a director, who talks to a manager, who talks to someone doing the actual work, then super dumb things will happen. It must be ok for people to talk directly and just make the right thing happen.

This is a way to create a clusterfuck. Nothing is worse than having people barging in from other departments going over managers' heads and imposing their own priorities.

silentfishon Ask HN: What’s the oldest software/hardware you still use today?

A CRM working on IBM AS/400, DB2 from the 80s.

silentfishon We Analyzed 100M Flight Searches. Here’s How to Get the Cheapest Flights

Off-topic: what is the deal with articles that have giant GIFs after each paragraph? I get it, it is supposed to be funny, but it becomes annoyance very soon. One or two is fine, but not a myriad. Also, when at work, makes me make close the page faster. /rant

silentfishon Ask HN: How do you decide between startup ideas?

I always hear about this abstract guidance to get ideas but haven't had a chance to find a domain expert willing to spend time on sharing the thoughts. What are good examples of when ideas generated this way formed a startup in the past?

silentfishon Show HN: Bamboo – The freelance marketplace that wants you to stop using it

Also: https://www.bamboohr.com/

silentfishon My first game – Unison, increase the numbers but keep them in the range

Very simple game - click any of three buttons below to increase one of the two numbers. The color of the button corresponds to the number that is going to be increased. Try to make the choice before the timer runs out. The bigger the numbers the faster the timer. In the event the numbers match - Unison! - the timer resets.

My first ever published game. Android only.

silentfishon Ask HN: Elixir in the Wild

http://stackshare.io/elixir/in-stacks

silentfishon Show HN: Sensorize – A memory game

Android version?

silentfishon Show HN: Play Agar.io on Android using the accelerometer

Doesn't work for my old razr - shows white screen on start.

silentfishon Show HN: Twenty

Obligatory "Why didn't I think of that!" Cool game!

silentfishon Surviving Anxiety

Funny. Your weed-smoking stage of life describes current me to a dot. Except I don't smoke. :(