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Re:Help me vibe code the US flag in ASCII. How hard could it be, right? on Friday July 04, 2025 @10:11AM (#44464740)
I spent an hour trying to vibe code it. This is what I got so far.
Re:Ask HN: Alternative to Firebase FCM on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:20PM (#36436497)
^ Seconding this. I'm a happy user at OneSignal. Great service and the developer experience is top notch. I've been chatting up OneSignal staff to get technical assistance on their Discord chat and via email. As a business, having a reliable technical developer support team who responds quickly is important to me.
Re:U.S. judge blocks Twitter's bid to reveal government surveillance r... on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:38PM (#22910018)
My argument that you missed, is that this is the poster's personal subjective opinion from the POV of someone who doesn't have skin in the game.

My "there are other people who disagree" happen to have skin in the game (US people on US soil who suffered the 9/11 attacks). Look up Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

If you're gonna say that US people's opinions are also subjective personal opinions, then I'd argue that their subjective opinion still has stronger claims that 9/11 is a national security issue, because they have concrete provable injuries. Compared to someone far away who doesn't have skin in the game and didn't lose anything.

Check your biases and conflict of interests, maybe.

p.s. Plenty others here have added well laid out arguments so I didn't want to just add more of the same.

Re:Ask HN: Help 22M people get unemployment and stimulus claim. State/... on Friday April 17, 2020 @05:00PM (#22902929)
Ok, anyone want to help me throw together a better landing page with nice designs, and the same input fields?

Ask HN: Help 22M people get unemployment and stimulus claim. State/IRS needs you

Posted by jayliew on Friday April 17, 2020 @03:31PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Title says all.If you work in tech and want to help the >22M folks in pain (many backlogged due to technical errors), the IRS and state unemployment office could use your help with their software and infrastructure.If you want to step up and offer your help, Google Form here: https://bit.ly/2xrZ0Q9Related post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22901660

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Ask HN: Who has a technical contact at IRS or state unemployment office?

Posted by jayliew on Friday April 17, 2020 @02:42PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Too many people are hurting badly from the backlog of unemployment and stimulus claims hiccups due to software and infrastructure problems.I want to know if there's anything at all that I can do to help alleviate this pressure with my full-stack web dev or devops skills. I'm open to help to learning new things incl. COBOL.Who has a contact at either the IRS or your state's unemployment office...

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Re:Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US on Saturday March 14, 2020 @11:28PM (#22580997)
I'm guessing you have nothing to refute because you don't have an opinion that matters. Have a great day!

/End of pointless conversation with you/

Re:Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US on Saturday March 14, 2020 @11:27PM (#22580988)
Name calling will get you far in life. Have a great day!

/End of pointless conversation with you/

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