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Re:How many of the 170k English words do you know? on Saturday June 20, 2026 @12:10AM (#48606285)
I'm sure everyones scores would be a lot lower if we had to describe each word instead of selecting between silly/smart sounding definitions. As was mentioned before, it needs "I don't know" button, otherwise it's too easy to guess.

This approach could also work for getting more accurate results:

1. Show word without any definitions

2. User clicks "I know" or "I don't know"

3. If user clicked "I know", show actual definition of word

4. User selects "I was correct" or "I was not correct"

Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook on Thursday September 19, 2019 @04:18AM (#21014338)
just do factory reset and immediately put it into flight mode. It can't update if it has no wifi password. If you want to update, just do it via cable.

I have couple kindle paperwhites of different generations, and none of them did any unexpected update for years.

I switched to Firefox once Quantum came out and never looked back, I do tend to use Chrome occasionally when developing web apps, but FF has been my main browser for a while now and I'm perfectly happy with it and the development features it provides. What I'm saying is you can still use Chrome for testing/development and FF for browsing (with respect to your privacy)
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2019) on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @12:46PM (#20096769)
Location: Lithuania (Europe)

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: Not currently

Technologies: Node.JS, Typescript, React, Redux/Mobx, PHP, HTML/CSS, PostgreSQL, Redis

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v1LcC6_Bb-v6fnVmeu5R04eHlf0...

Email: [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-senkus-673058186/

Re:Why I'm still using jQuery on Monday May 27, 2019 @07:58AM (#20021398)
convenience is the primary reason I still sometimes use jQuery. Sure dropping one more dependency always seems rewarding, but jQuery is just a tool which when used properly saves a lot of time.
Re:A guide to useEffect in React on Monday March 11, 2019 @06:41AM (#19357937)
I rewrote my side project (https://robojs.com) from Typescript/Redux/React (class based components) to Typescript/Mobx/React (hooks) in less than a week. The process was really simple (mostly deleting code). In the end the source code is so much smaller (at least 50%), simpler, easier to read and reason about, largely because of Mobx, however hooks is so much nicer to work with compared to class components, and I doubt that I would ever want to go back.
Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:45AM (#15318155)
Sure no problem, here's the larger one https://imgur.com/gallery/Nc2MP
Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month on Friday September 22, 2017 @11:53AM (#15313264)
I've used Omnigraffle for this one, but there are open source alternatives like FreeMind. Or you could use online tool like https://www.draw.io/
Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month on Friday September 22, 2017 @06:17AM (#15310707)
Thanks for great article, I found some good ideas how to optimise my workflow. I think everyone should spend some time adopting these techniques, instead of relying on "autopilot" mode.

Here's my mindmap of this article if anyone is interested: https://imgur.com/a/RnRgV