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Re:Show HN: So Long, and Thanks for All the Veggies on Friday February 14, 2020 @05:08AM (#22325355)
Wow! How can a common vegetable (pomodoro) and a common productivity technique (timeboxing) be combined together and sold as a new product? Who really falls for this "Pomodoro Technique" hype? Can't one just start a timer and focus on their work? Does this simple idea need copyright, trademark, and legal hassles?

I am surprised that Francesco Cirillo has been able to create a business out of this. A very disingenuous business in my opinion.

Re:Show HN: A personal log from the command line on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:41AM (#22318047)
How about plain old Git for backups. The files are text files so git works great.
Re:Vendors who charge extra for single sign-on on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:50PM (#22314932)
What does the unit "u/m" mean?
Re:Why are we so bad at software engineering? on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:31PM (#22314834)
Would Conway's Game of Life be a good example of small rules that lead to complexity?
Re:Conway's game of life (Just funny side project) on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:30PM (#22314829)
Wow! Thanks for the demo page and explaining build pack.
Re:What does /etc/mailname do? on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:37AM (#22306447)
Isn't this link same as OP?
When will we move away from this archaic domain name system? Do we really need a single governing body to manage domain names for us in this age? Can't we have a free and distributed DNS maintained by volunteers?
Re:Conway's game of life (Just funny side project) on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:05PM (#22305092)
A screenshot or a demo page would be nice.

Also, was Node.js necessary for this project? I thought Conway's Game of Life could be implemented entirely as client-side JavaScript.

> productivity skyrocketed

Was the increased productivity due to Awk or was it due to Perl?