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Re:I’m the nurse who called 911 for help with staffing on Thursday November 10, 2022 @08:23AM (#33546018)
I have the same feelings about climate change. Nothing's going to change until shit gets much, much worse. Too bad to ignore.
An 'authoritarian' company, that has to follow labor, trade, civil laws made by the actual government. That I can 'emigrate' from whenever I want without having to learn a new language...

Where were you going with this?

I have my ergodox ez setup like this.

asdf and jkl; all have dual functions when held

a/j = ctrl

; = alt

a turns ijkl into arrow keys (like wsad, but I have a left handed mouse)

k + j = copy, k + l = paste

and so on for symbols, brackets, etc.

The goal is to move from the home row as little as possible. I attempted to gather statistics on most used keys when programming at work, which was mildly successful.

Here's my layout, optimized for left handed mouse use: https://configure.zsa.io/ergodox-ez/layouts/JwoW9/latest/0

Re:Ask HN: Do you run apps bare metal? on Friday June 04, 2021 @10:58AM (#27394240)
I think most containers also run "bare metal", they just are more isolated as far as process/memory/fs, etc.

Having worked with and without Docker for various web apps, it removes some dependency management and server setup at the cost of another layer (or two...) of complexity. It's not always worth it to go to containers.

Docker seems to make the most sense in cloud environments that scale horizontally.

What benefits would you get exactly?

They used to target individuals, but have moved to larger institutions with likely big insurance payouts. Schools, companies, government agencies.
Re:Overkill objects for everyday life on Sunday May 30, 2021 @10:31PM (#27339388)
Eh, most aftermarket seats are geared to keeping you in the seat during from lateral momentum. Less comfort than OEM.

OEM GT sedan seats are probably your best bet. Big Lexus, Mercedes, etc. sedans.

No, it's Harperr Odrigue, and they are a fan of Z31s [1].

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_300ZX#Z31

Wow, I looked at the review responses by the developer and assumed from the poor English that it was fake, and reported it.
Re:Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:59AM (#27064214)
If we're going to judge nuclear by its few accidents and not overall safety for the past 70 years compared to, say, mining coal, sure.
Re:Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands on Thursday April 22, 2021 @03:08PM (#26906827)
No, that's buying a domain in the hopes someone will want it in the future. This was "domain sniping".
Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:08AM (#26819991)
That is a problem I'd love to have.
Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:41AM (#26738549)
For my typing SaaS, I found firebase hosting/realtime DB a ginormous time saver.

And since it hasn't taken off (and probably won't ever), it just costs me a pennies a month since I'm under their free limits, plus the domain.

Re:Unbury.me – A Loan Calculator to Become Debt Free on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:04PM (#26655856)
I had forked a fork of this a while ago (unbury.us) -- I don't see any updates on the GitHub repo that links to that domain: https://github.com/duaneking/unburyme

The contact info is also quite vague now, where it previously linked to the creator's twitter and github.

Re:Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:24PM (#26643187)
I remember it. IIRC, the GUI has a button for "CATASTROPHIC EVENT" right next to the one for "Buckle up for safety" or something like that.
Weight lifters can go beyond 50+ lbs, safely, only if the weight is basically in barbell (or dumbbell, or whatever) format. A large 100lb box isn't being lifted by any smart weightlifter alone.
Re:Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:43AM (#26556351)
Yes, I thought either FF or Chrome had implemented this before.
I had wanted to do that, but when I created it I was using a proprietary ThinkPad dock and Windows 7, and I couldn't find an easy way to detect when connected/disconnected. Might be a way now with Win10 and Type-C docks.
No. It's pretty bare-bones. Save before a disconnect, restore after re-connect.

And it's hWnd based, so if the window handle ever changes it won't work. Also won't work for admin windows, unless run as an admin.

But it worked well enough for me.

> One of the things that I’d love to see in this that fancy zones is missing is the ability of windows to remember where they should be after I reconnect to my dock.

When I worked in an office, and had frequent meetings I had to take my laptop to, it irked me enough to come up with my own solution:

https://github.com/nearwood/windmill

Re:Soldat: a 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:05PM (#26059412)
For some reason this reminded me of Cannon Fodder from the early 90s.
Re:USN AN-1 Submarine Aircraft Carrier (2018) on Thursday January 21, 2021 @10:04AM (#25859522)
having worked for multiple dod contractors that did prototypes, lots.

Sad part is lots of the good ideas get culled when some head honcho doesn't like the dpt. it came from, or where the funding came from, because politics.

Lot of warfighters/ppl who are actually going to use the systems/products give us good feedback and then some O-6 comes on and doesn't like it or doesn't understand it.

I created an online typing training site: https://typefast.dev

Granted, it launched at the beginning of this month and I'm only spending minimal amounts advertising it. 200 signups, only a fraction actually bother using the site after signing up.

I created it after using another online typing site, which charged quite a lot, and said to myself: "I can do this, and charge a fraction of what they do". So I did, pretty much my only more-or-less complete project after probably a dozen good-hearted attempts that I gave up on eventually.