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wesapien··on Ask HN: Treadmill under your desk – gimmick or worth it?
Worth it IMO as a treadmill desker since 2014. Still using the same Lifespan treadmill and the same Uplift desk from the same time. Its good to switch from sit to stand to walk.
wesapien··on State actor blamed for cyberattack on B.C. government systems
Anytime states point a boogeyman, there must be a power grab lurking.
wesapien··on The dire state of NixOS's moderation culture
These people want to steer away projects from being involved in the military but these people are also always at war with whoever that does not agree with whatever they currently think.
wesapien··on When do we stop finding new music?
Maybe there's "Dunbar number" for things we can keep liking
wesapien··on Crypto mining company loses bid to force B.C. Hydro to provide power
Can you provide examples of productive stuff
wesapien··on FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines
You can live a healthy lifestyle and have obstructive sleep apnea. Do you know anything about this at all?
wesapien··on Real estate giant China Evergrande will be liquidated
Nice stats but people want housing condition to improve not degenerate to other countries lows. Should we thank our western overlords for sparing us from those conditions? No.
wesapien··on The missing apex of Maslow's hierarchy: self-transcendence
Well atheists say they have no gods but behave in ways that is similar to pagan worship. Like their property, technologies, celebrities, CEOs, identitties, wealth, fictional characters, themselves...
wesapien··on The missing apex of Maslow's hierarchy: self-transcendence
Noreligion practitioners conduct themselves similar to people with trad religions. They developed their own cultures and communities. They have new gods. Their enemies are everyone else worshipping old gods.
wesapien··on Stunned devs left scrambling for livelihoods in wake of layoff bloodbath
The brilliant engineers laid off would simply form new companies or join existing ones to drive competition and innovation! Which in turn will provide better choices and prices for customers and consumers! The marketplace is working. /s
wesapien··on How America's economy keeps defying expectations
The interest rate is still doing it's job. Slowly but surely. The chances of rate cuts are even less now.
wesapien··on Oh My Zsh
Just pull down the extensions from the source repo and source them in your zshrc.
wesapien··on Nix Home Manager Option Search
it's a way to configure and generate your apps dotfiles declaratively using nix (expression) language
wesapien··on Hertz to sell 20k EVs in shift back to gas-powered cars
If only we gave as much thought into the energy production and transmission before the energy consuming devices.
wesapien··on Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC
First it giveth, then it taketh away.....Well it's all relative to where and when. From the perspective of someone in PRC, participating in markets and having some form of capitalism helped. Deng literally lifted China out from Up the Mountains down to the Countryside into the cities and into everyones homes. We've just lived long enough to see things deteriorate. Nothing goes straight up forever, life is stochastic.
wesapien··on Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC
I thought it was the reverse. Satoshi is the unit at the code level and Bitcoin is just a representation for UX reasons.
wesapien··on In 2024, please switch to Firefox
We could have a great browser in Firefox but it's been infiltrated by the same corporate virus we see everywhere. They need to just stick to creating a browser first before other initiatives. They need to listen to their users.
wesapien··on Google agrees to pay $700M in antitrust settlement reached with states
If they take the bait, them warning signs are useless. You're giving a novice a choice between removing the viruses on their phone and the dangers of installing third party software. Do you think the prey will be like: wait a minute, I see what this malware is doing? Ha! lmao
wesapien··on Google agrees to pay $700M in antitrust settlement reached with states
If the mark/prey believes they are talking to a legitimate tech support person, their mostly screwed. The warning sign isn't there to stop a con artist or social engineering.
wesapien··on Google agrees to pay $700M in antitrust settlement reached with states
I just don't see many supposed grandma's (or prey people) make tweaks or go out and seek software outside of the playstore. The only reason my dad uses Newpipe is because of me. Someone knowledgeable has to introduce it to them. The most adventurous thing these people will do on their own is download apps on the playstore by themselves and sign in their app.
wesapien··on Simple Mobile Tools suite to be acquired by Israeli adware company
This also compounded by getting users to buy his "pR0" version that he says will be free ads and your data private forever
wesapien··on Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%
Put a cost to unwanted behavior and make people think twice with siding with Moloch
wesapien··on The Fediverse is an opportunity learned societies can't ignore
You got it. Talk about the outcomes. It's like saying this thing is inclusive but only if you're one of us. We're willing to have the hard conversation but not at my expense.
wesapien··on Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
If I had to choose a lesser evil it would be Facebook
wesapien··on 75% of Software Engineers Faced Retaliation Last Time They Reported Wrongdoing
Not surprised at all. The behavior of the shitheads is downstream of the assholes at the top.
wesapien··on 75% of Software Engineers Faced Retaliation Last Time They Reported Wrongdoing
For reference, this is the Future Fossils podcast 181. The leadership thing is in the first minute.
wesapien··on 75% of Software Engineers Faced Retaliation Last Time They Reported Wrongdoing
Depends on the leadership style. Trad, Molochian behavior is unconstrained. Jim Rutt, Molochian behavior is scrutinized.
wesapien··on 75% of Software Engineers Faced Retaliation Last Time They Reported Wrongdoing
I was listening to a podcast with Jim Rutt and he said that he encouraged people to give "bad news" and to not shoot the messenger. He was also against office politics and fired people for it. I wish more companies had this culture.
wesapien··on B.C. looks to standardize multiplex designs as latest fix to housing crisis
There is a hidden function, a plausibly deniable function of increasing house prices to benefit a few. A housing crisis is predictable slow moving problem that is ignored.
wesapien··on Update on the OpenAI drama: Altman and the board had till 5pm to reach a truce
We are already living a modern day oligarchic feudalism. Just lords owning land and cyberspace rent seeking from everyone.
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