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Re:Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:03AM (#49783534)
> it's built with Ruby on Rails, for those interested. I highly suspect it would have taken me 2 more years to get to this point without Rails!

Lovely. I am working on something on Rails myself, and this framework works really, really well with LLMs!

Re:Another Round of Layoffs at Meta on Friday February 24, 2023 @05:46AM (#34923163)
> I don't know why you feel the need to give people your background/ability/level to bolster

I felt it was justified after you called their opinion a "junior's" rant.

Re:Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life on Sunday January 30, 2022 @12:52PM (#30139328)
Thank you for posting this. I was reconsidering writing a response to that, but you phrased it very well.

An excellent eye opening article I have read about this: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/N2pENnTPB75sfc9kb/outside-th... which discusses scientists believing in religion. The arguments also apply to any rational person who forms beliefs based on evidence which I would say is a necessary property to be intelligent. Hence it irks me when someone says "intelligent people believe in god too"

Re:Things I learned from building a production database on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @05:38AM (#29328684)
Individual Contributor. ICs are not managers, or Team Leads, or any of people leading positions.
Equities are not (marketed as) a USD alternative? This is a bad faith argument.
> Fake reviews are not that hard to spot.

This statement seems very suspect to confirmation bias. How would you get to know if what you think is genuine was actually fake? This part of feedback loop is completely missing, and hence I find your above statement hard to believe.

Although I do not disagree with your comment, I would do a double take befpre accepting the source you cite because they are very much incentived to proclaim the result they proclaim.
Re:How to Live with Dying on Sunday October 25, 2020 @01:16AM (#24884033)
Yes, it states so in the original article.
Re:Anki as Learning Superpower: Computer Science Edition on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:55AM (#24878624)
A sibling comment suggests deleting the card, but I personally like to use the suspend feature.
A better example of a Republic that is not a democracy is Vatican City.
> Can someone explain the downvotes?

Someone may have taken your comment as a defense of the article not publishing year (which is a ridiculous defense) and hence the downvotes.

It is definitely really bad UX if you have to "view source" to find information.

Re:Should I Use a Carousel? on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @12:25AM (#23755687)
I agree with what you are saying.

> Carousels are good for things users should be vaguely aware of but are not likely to click on

Carousels should be used to set the _tone_ of the webpage, and not be meant for content to be clicked on.

For example, all major fashion e-commerce website dedicate large amount of homepage screen-estate to a carousel showing their major brands, current discounts, etc. The user can still use the search or menu functionality to look for what they want (and I think majority do), but now the tone of the business has been set.

Could you recommend a good CBT book?
Re:How to Secure a Linux Server on Saturday February 16, 2019 @09:11AM (#19178618)
I was pleased to notice that the author used DuckDuckGo search link in their article instead of Google.
Re:Uber Joins Lyft in Race to Tap Investors on Saturday December 08, 2018 @12:19AM (#18634053)
AMD, Nvidia

Ask HN: Freelancers/Independent Contractors what is your billing structure?

How much do you charge upfront, before any work is delivered?Is the billing structure different for clients you already have a business relationship with?What is your recourse in case of defaulting clients or disputes over billing milestones especially after delivery?Do you offer any subscription type service, for example, paid support?

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Thanks for the youtube link. Seems interesting. I am going to watch it in full.
This looks interesting. Is there any solution that you are already using?

> especially when someone needs to touch the code

Do you not generally touch the code? Is some kind of WYSIWYG editor used to create an email or is the code human written?