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Re:In-N-Out managers earn triple the industry average on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:02AM (#16212562)
I have a part time job at Burger King right now. We have bags of fresh onions in the walk-in fridge that we peal and cut ourselves.

Same with tomatoes.

The lettuce, tho, the lettuce comes out of plastic bags and tastes oddly sweet.

Pass has QTPass, if you want to use it with a GUI!
My phone can play FM radio by plugging in a pair of wired headphones. And while most young people don't have cars, pretty much everyone around here has one of those.
Re:Waterfox – Firefox fork retaining XUL support on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:31AM (#15807009)
I did not like Saka Key (some weird behavior sometimes), but Vim Vixen comes close to VimFx.
Hm, omegle sort of has that. Put in interests and find anonymous strangers with those interests.

I met a guy to play Dota 2 with in 2012 and we've been friends since.

Re:F.lux v4 on Saturday October 14, 2017 @02:03PM (#15473342)
I used to get incredible headaches when sitting in front of my monitor at night.

When I found f.lux, those went away immediately.

Re:Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords (2013) on Friday September 15, 2017 @08:44AM (#15256629)
What if we did something like a mix of password + finger print, by using multiple fingers in a pattern?

Like, say, middle - index - ring.

It would be doubly unique.

Re:Ask HN: How does an online game with AIs manage so many AIs? on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @06:38AM (#15237031)
And like someone said, with "real" AI, players would have a lot less fun.

OpenAI created a bot for the Dota 2 tournament and it makes the professional gamers look like beginners sometimes.

https://openai.com/the-international/

After I accidentally killed my Poker II (no more iced tea near my desk, I learned my lesson), I decided to buy a kit. Very excited to put it all together.
Re:Video Games Satisfy Basic Human Needs on Thursday January 05, 2017 @08:20AM (#13326861)
There should be more degrees of morality, most games make you choose "kill this person" vs "let them live", but there's more than murder to be a villainous character.
Re:Basics of Making a Rootkit – From syscall to hook on Sunday December 25, 2016 @07:01PM (#13256121)
Maybe so people don't spam a link, hoping more people see it. At least that's my guess.
Re:Why are browsers so slow? on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @05:30AM (#13228102)
I'd love to know how. My Firefox, with 4 tabs open, will use up a gig of memory.
Re:Show HN: Personal Storage System with a PI on Thursday November 10, 2016 @12:34PM (#12922393)
This is a problem I solved with a piece of paper and pencil (or a note keeping app on my phone) :)

"I'm low on ketchup, better write that down."

I like the project, don't get me wrong, but for me personally it would just add a layer of complexity.

Re:Ask HN: What do you regret in life? on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:54AM (#12836674)
Leaving strings class (or orchestra, whatever you wanna call it) after just 2 years. I was pretty good at it, but hated practicing as a teen.

A decade later and I wish I could play an instrument, still.

Re:Elementary OS on Sunday October 30, 2016 @03:47PM (#12831831)
There are plenty of posts for DE's and I think there's filters in the sidebar for whatever you might be looking for.
Re:Nootropics on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:52AM (#12548668)
I don't know whether or not it helps me fall asleep, but I've been using f.lux or redshift for years now and it completely stopped my headaches from looking at the monitor at night.

Anecdotal, yes, but it worked for me.

Re:Distro Chooser on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:48PM (#12521812)
It seems a bit odd to me to ask whether the user has ever used a Linux system before, then ask which package manager they'd prefer (without an "I don't care" option).

I chose pacman, as I'm already using Arch, yet the best match for me was Debian with 87%.

Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games” on Thursday August 11, 2016 @06:41AM (#12267193)
Not him, but I live in a little village in Bavaria. My mother frequently leaves the doors of her car unlocked at night.

Sure it's different when you're in the city, but out here it's mostly older folks.

Re:Facebook is wrong, text is deathless on Saturday June 18, 2016 @09:56AM (#11928611)
EdX does that, I just started a course on it.
FWIW, if I get a link to YouTube while on my phone, I watch it in Firefox which also has uBlock origin installed. I just kinda ignore the app.