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wollef

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wollef··on Ask HN: What would you do if you could start over?
Coursera, MIT opencourseware, etc are great if you don't need the degree.
wollef··on Functional programming should be the future of software
No, Kotlin/TS do the same thing with different syntax.

See https://kotlinlang.org/docs/null-safety.html#safe-calls (TS is basically the same)

wollef··on AR pioneer warns that metaverse could make “reality disappear”
Firefox on Android has uBlock origin, works well for me.
wollef··on Canada to make online hate speech a crime punishable by fine
Yes? "$GROUP are scum" is absolutely hate speech.
wollef··on Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?
Have you tried shadow? (I haven't, but have heard generally positive things)
wollef··on Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?
You don't need a subscription, it's free to play games you buy. The subscription gives 4k and surround sound + free games.

The current sale matches steam for the games I checked.

Library size is still a concern.

wollef··on Google stops selling Nest Secure, still offers support
Save $X00? I'm an occasional gamer, so it's a bit hard to justify a console, but for the 1-2 games per year I want to play Stadia is great.

Put another way: if Stadia has the games you want (big if now, but improving over time) why shell out for a console?

wollef··on How Did Things Ever Get This Good? (2009)
I've found web to be great: you just need a single file if that's all you want. All the modern frameworks and tooling are complicated, but easy to ignore for a small project.
wollef··on Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?
Isn't youtube without ads exactly the business model we should be encouraging?