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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) on Sunday September 13, 2026 @02:14PM (#49686890)
I am working on real estate management system that do have AI agents https://www.aqaris.ae/. I want to automate mundane day-to-day tasks so managers can have more time
Re:Ask HN: How to Be Alone? on Sunday March 08, 2026 @05:15PM (#47301556)
Ask yourself "Would I like to be friend with <me>". Then invest in things you do not like. Smile. Go to gym. Be friendly with people, but not creepy. Help people. Be good family member and friend. Get yourself good clothes. Find interesting hobby. Cook. Pay whole bill when you go outside occasionally. Do it for yourself, not for others. When you become best version of self, people will start notice you more and more.

Ask HN: How much you can customize iPadOS?

Unfortunately Apple created great piece of hardware, new iPad Pro and keyboard, but decided to keep it crippled with iPadOS. Since under new DMA laws in EU you can install 3rd party software, I am thinking to what extent it is possible to customize iPadOS? Would it be possible, using extensions, open source and other customization, to make iPadOS more general OS like (better FS access, better...

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Ask HN: Any legal way against forced software upgrades and feature removal

It was reported here earlier today that Apple forced OS upgrades for some users without asking (https://www.macintouch.com/post/37381/macos-sonoma-forced-installs/).There is also situation when upgrades remove features. For example 1Password deliberately crippled perfectly fine password sync for users because they wanted to force them to new, cloud (and subscription) based version.Is there any...

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How to best monetize collection of 8bit computers?

Good friend of mine do have great collection of 8bit computers. Apart from usual ones (Commodore, Sinclair…), there are lot of East European and similar model that are not frequent. He was thinking about some kind of museum, but I am looking for better solution, if any. Museums require large investment and usualy bring low revenue. Any idea or advice how to create better business out of it?...

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Re:Ask HN: How do you guys pick your usernames? on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:54AM (#32876208)
My family name starts with Đ, which is transcribed to latin DJ, and other part is my nickname.
Re:Ask HN: Thoughts on Working for Huawei? on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @06:56AM (#28838241)
I work for Huawei in Germany as external contractor. Project I am working on is extremely interesting and payment is correct. Some of colleagues I have are one of smartest people that I met. There is culture clash sometime when I need to collaborate with colleagues in mainland China, but I see them as interesting features of global world. If job is interesting, well paid and progress in your career then go ahead.
When you say "Americans", do you refer to US, North America or both Americas (North and South) ?
This text references external document ("The 25-page document also underlined the urgency of the task ahead. "). Is there a link to that document ?