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Re:The Decline of Usability (2020) on Sunday September 10, 2023 @04:45PM (#37459889)
i think they do it on purpose just to give you the feeling of having a lot of content. Hate it, too.
Re:Launch HN: Twenty.com (YC S23) – Open-source CRM on Thursday July 20, 2023 @02:42AM (#36797498)
tbh - when i noticed, i can't delete my account, i instantly stopped going further.

As an european citizen: it might be interesting for you to cover aspects of GPDR, to attract european users (that are forced to use GPDR-conforming data handling).

Re:Writing down what I do – in Obsidian on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @03:13AM (#33528680)
i found my love in Trilium what has everything i need and if needed, i can still change the code by myself (AGPL) + files are stored as markdown documents (so i am still able to get into my notes, even if the repo would disappear). see https://github.com/zadam/trilium

TLDR; - future proof file format (markdown)

- possible as local standalone + sync to simple cloud storage (like gdrive/dropbox/...)

- gantt charting

- uml diagramming

- task management

- available on github

- active development in the last months and years

- editable

4MB for pure brython_stdlib.js ? :(
As someone working in it-consulting for some big companies in germany, i can't confirm. It's usually the other way around - if a company grows too fast, they're tempted to make some smart engineer a manager. usually they will have a hard time coming from a very detailed world into the high level business world. besides being good problem-analysts, they are confronted with politics, strategy, leadership, ... - so all the skills that really matter at ceo level.

That being said, i can't agree with the statement that sw engineers make the best CEOs. But i tend to agree that a basic knowledge of IT/Software/Hardware is a must.

really nice - would be great if there would be a tufte-style feature (animated info box next to the highlighted text) or sth. similar

Tell HN: I just wanted to say: thank you, Hacker News

a few years ago i posted a question:Ask HN: Chances for Restarting a Career in CS @ 30+ ? ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7997624 )after reading all the answers and recommendations, i decided to study CS in 2015.it was quite challenging in every sense: time/money management, high drop-out rates (~80% fail or stop studying cs at my university), lack of math skills - school was far far...

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Re:There Is No Handbook for Being a Writer on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:52AM (#11999940)
I agree to the topic's message...but...who is a writer? Realeasing a book (and especially in that travel genre) - in my opinion - does not make you a (good/belletristic) writer.

But if it is just about writing for living / journalism and similar stuff, then yes, handbooks exists and do work.

ps: worked as journalist and studied literature, but don't feel like i could write books that come close to what i like to read.

Re:Netflix Is Now Available Around the World on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:22AM (#10856693)
is it just me who is wondering why i can't see netflix' complete movie/series list before i register with my credit card ? Don't tell me, https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix#/all?page=1 is all they offer?
i started a degree in cs last year and i noticed: most cs people i met @ my university have BIG problems with getting their hands dirty by writing some code. excellent in math, but not able to write some simple for-loops. finishing university without being able to code is kind of poor... but i agree - abstraction is very important to handle complexity.
absolutely agree with huuu. if you're somehow forced to use gimp, there is at least a better gui enhancement/tweak that tries to replicate photoshop's gui:

http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/Gimp-2-8-Photoshop-Tweaks...

Re:Ask HN: Chances for Restarting a Career in CS @ 30+ ? on Friday July 11, 2014 @08:38AM (#8019802)
Hey guys, i'm totally surprised and happy about your awesome replies! I read all of your comments and with each post, my motivation raised to jump over my own shadow.

Thanks to your influence, i applied for a cs-study starting in october. I guess within the study i'll have better chances to get job offers in germany (thx @ ThePhysicist).

I really like the strategy, that tinco advised - i'm leaving to a bigger city next month, enhance my coding skills and try to put sth. on github. Managed to get some used versions of "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach" by Kurose, and "Operating System Concepts" by Silberschatz (+ some math books) :) And i appreciate the troels' objection not to study cs just because of being weak in math. lultimouomo, CalRobert, fillskills, qgi and more motivated me to go for cs, even though i have my background in arts.

Ask HN: Chances for Restarting a Career in CS @ 30+ ?

i studied literature and philosophy @ a german university. after my master, i joined an it-startup - and as so many of them, we failed (but i don't regret learning so much within that time). even though, i got some interviews within the last ~7 months, i still can't find an avg. job to be able to finance a small room + living expenses.now, i'm 31. i did some cs certificates offered by...

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ASK HN: Social Media Opportunities: Measurability, ROI and Worth in 2014

Heyho, i'm looking for a good overview about the power of socal media in 2014.How can you measure it, what value do the measurements have, what opportunities are out there?Can you suggest me one or more good & up-to-date overviews (links, blogposts, recently published books...) that are not completely interspersed from pr lobbyists?

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Re:NeoCities on Friday June 21, 2013 @01:40PM (#5919651)
cool idea, but seems the server has some problems uploading (2-8kb) files? or is that the heavy traffic? anyway, get some error messages, but files are uploaded. savings seem to take a while...better keep your code in another editor, too

edit: ps: internal server error

Re:Fargo, online outliner and more with Dropbox storage on Sunday May 26, 2013 @07:35PM (#5772818)
way to aggressive - installing before reading? no thx, no matter how useful it could be or not! BAD PRACTICE