aerialcombat
Re:Stop abusing GitHub stars
on Monday July 29, 2019 @11:38PM (#20561951)
This open source project has been in development for about 5 years by SKT (SK Telecom), the biggest telecommunications company. (think Verizon) They launched a marketing event giving people a Starbucks gifticon, a mobile voucher to use at Starbucks, for starring their Github project.
A bunch of people(developers) lashed back, while hoping that maybe it was just a mishap by their marketing department.
Then the lead developer of the project, kyungtaak, posted a comment saying that he would do it again if he had to because he "loves" the project so much. And that people just need to cut him some slack.
The developers got furious by the comment, and it's going semi-viral among developers in Korea.
The company shut down the event, and posted an apology.
Re:One man, eight years, nearly 20k cat videos, and not a single viral...
on Sunday July 28, 2019 @02:13PM (#20548957)
Maybe he's just using YouTube as a giant backup machine.
Re:Remote Work Is the Future
on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:08AM (#19529445)
It’s easier to fake it when you’re working onsite. How do you tell if someone is really working? Just by seeing them at their desk? It’s is absurd to think that someone is working hard because they sit long hours at their desk. Get some tools.
Ask HN: What’s the state of Bitcoin/Alt coins?
How are they doing now? And where do you see them going in the near future? I purposely kept the question as general as possible.
Re:Microsoft completes GitHub acquisition
on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:26AM (#18308936)
Crossing fingers...
Re:Ask HN: What do you think about HN's comment thread system?
on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:23PM (#17530934)
Yeah it's a tough problem. Maybe it's a problem without a clear answer. I do think it's more intuitive when reading a tree structure until it breaks somewhere in the middle and starts again. Then I'm lost. But I think about a flat system where I have to connect all the dots myself in the head, and it's not so pleasant either. It'll probably have to be some type of hybrid system where it takes the best of both worlds and combine nicely into one. I have yet to see such system, personally.
Ask HN: What do you think about HN's comment thread system?
I'm talking about the tree structure and how it gets nested into certain depth.Do you think it serves the purpose well, or do you think there's a better way?
Re:Guidelines for Brutalist Web Design
on Sunday July 08, 2018 @02:19AM (#17482429)
Keep it functional and beautiful. If you had to choose one, choose functionality over design. I believe that’s what this article is essentially saying. Bad design hurts functionality, in that case it’s better to have little to no design at all. If you can keep it functional while applying beautiful design do it by all means.
Re:How Reddit plans to make money through advertising
on Friday July 06, 2018 @03:04AM (#17469531)
How good of a job are they doing at advertising? Advertising is tough since it has to satisfy both the ad buyers and the users. It’s very easy to turn off one or the other side.
Re:Japan's older hikikomori live in isolation, shunning society for years
on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:19PM (#16641974)
Personally the sad part is that I wouldn’t mind living like him given my current life situations.
Re:The Lottery Hackers
on Sunday March 04, 2018 @12:02PM (#16515385)
A question to self: Would I have done the same had I noticed the same kind of exploit? Probably not. I need to get off my ass.
Re:Why Don't More Female Figure Skaters Wear Pants?
on Saturday February 17, 2018 @10:08PM (#16404231)
Why don't girls wear pants to the prom?
Re:Ask HN: As an adult introvertish nerd what makes you happy?
on Saturday January 13, 2018 @07:03AM (#16139262)
Almost every night! wow. Gotta try this.
Re:The Door Problem (2014)
on Thursday December 28, 2017 @12:03PM (#16023235)
Ahhhh... This article was so therapeutic.
Re:Google claims near-human accuracy at imitating a person speaking fr...
on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:07PM (#16018454)
I'd say it's pretty damn close.
Re:Ask HN: How do you get your motivation?
on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:06AM (#15464865)
I watch TED videos.
Re:MongoDB has filed to go public
on Thursday September 21, 2017 @11:43PM (#15309250)
I would rather want to see Redis go public
Ask HN: What free/paid app marketing strategy has worked best?
I've tried Facebook ads, Google Adwords Install ads, Fiverr gigs, etc.It seems almost impossible to post on communities without being annoying. I would write a blog post, but without any regular subscribers, my posts won't be read at all.I wouldn't mind spending money for REAL users, but it seems hard to get quality users.Regardless of the type of apps, what has worked the best for your app?
Re:Samsung chief staves off arrest, prosecutor keeps chasing
on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:49PM (#13438355)
The judge is known to have received scholarship from Samsung in the old days.
Re:Moving persistent data out of Redis
on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @06:20PM (#13370214)
I love Redis!
Re:Amazon Polly – Lifelike Text-To-Speech
on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @11:33AM (#13123766)
I'm sorry, but lifelike? Not yet. More like better robot.
Ask HN: Do you read through mobile app intros?
Upon an installation of a mobile app you will often see a series of pages "welcoming" you to the app. Maybe throw a few descriptions about the app, etc.Do you read through them? Or do you just fly through them to get to the real stuff?Is there a better/best solution to this?
Re:Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos
on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:19PM (#12763695)
Typical Samsung
Re:“Why do you work in security instead of something more lasting?”
on Saturday October 01, 2016 @11:20AM (#12618202)
I think the answer to the question went a bit off-tangent. IMO, what the original questioner had in mind was, "Why do you (or some people) take less challenging and/or mundane computer jobs over something that seems more "exciting" or something that will make a lasting impact?" And "Security" in this question was just an example of a mundane job that most people have in mind.
Sure, security can be/and is very challenging, exciting and lasting, but that's besides the point of the question.
The question was not whether security is challenging to the brains or "lasting", but more like "why do some programmers settle for less challenging jobs when they can do a lot more with their brains?"
Re:Super Mario Wallpaper Maker
on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:21PM (#11015562)
My kind of playground!
Re:The Akrasia Effect: Why We Don’t Follow Through on What We Set Out ...
on Thursday January 14, 2016 @03:28PM (#10904206)
Maybe we need to find the answer to 'how to fight procrastination even when knowing the answer to fighting procrastination'
Re:Facebook made its Android app crash to test user loyalty?
on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @07:51PM (#10855161)
Very sneaky but clever.