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Re:Ask HN: Which domain name registrar do you use? on Monday December 08, 2025 @01:19PM (#46195729)
Porkbun. Been using them for years and I'm fairly happy with them.
Re:CVC acquires majority stake in Namecheap for $1.5B on Sunday September 14, 2025 @06:15PM (#45243804)
I’m happy with Porkbun.
Re:A vibe-coding tool for serious developers on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @02:33PM (#45043280)
Funny, reading that, made me think of Bill Gates' book, Business at the Speed of Thought: https://www.amazon.com/Business-Speed-Thought-Succeeding-Dig...
This is an incredibly weird view to me. If I borrow a hammer from my neighbor, although I don’t own the hammer, it doesn’t suddenly make the hammer not a tool. Associating a tool with the concept of ownership feels like an odd argument to make.
Maybe I am misunderstanding something here but I’ve seen ads for at least two different companies aimed specifically at this problem. Never used them so I don’t know if it’s a one click resolution or not but the surfacing subscriptions you’re paying for and aren’t aware of is the main part of their advertising.
Re:More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @01:51PM (#43016664)
I watch almost everything on my computer or smartphone but we have young kids at home and the TV is constantly streaming Youtube content throughout the day. By that measure, it clocks more watch time than anything I would stream on my devices.
Re:Getting to Two Million Users as a One Woman Dev Team on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @11:00AM (#42442418)
Eric Barone as a one man team built, designed, animated, wrote, and composed the entire game of Stardew Valley by himself.

The game sold over 30 million copies and had an all time high of over 230K concurrent players at one point earlier this year.

Re:AMC movie theater calls FBI to arrest a Google Glass user on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @12:24AM (#7093645)
I use to be huge into listening to music in the 90s. Gradually at the turn of the century, I practically stopped and almost never listen to music these days.

I can't speak for others but for me it was a couple of things... When working, I zone out quite a bit to the point that it's like not hearing music anyway so what's the point. If anything music can be distracting. Unfortunately unlike others, I prefer absence of sound aside from stuff like keyboard typing when I'm working.

Outside of work related stuff, I gradually faded out listening to music altogether in the car or while running as well. I generally prefer instead to ride in silence thinking (zoning out again) or if I listen to stuff, stand up comedy somehow became a thing to replace music

Edit: It is worth noting most of my music exposure these days if at all (and if you can call it that) is coming across stuff on YouTube or while watching a movie and music enhances the film lol. It did a major 180 in my life.

Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to HN on Thursday June 06, 2013 @11:23PM (#5836997)
steven.truong [at] gmail

thanks

Re:The hardest question on the Y Combinator application on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @06:11AM (#5291745)
I partially agree with Pytrin. While its true not everyone quits their job to dive into a startup immediately, its arguable whether or not those are even startups yet or just projects.

That said, if you aren't at the stage where you can commit to doing a startup, you probably shouldn't be applying to YC.

Re:$100 in Google Adwords Credits on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @01:16AM (#5290972)
Could you send one my way, thanks
Re:Ask HN: Why do tech companies demo using Macs? on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @02:58AM (#5284522)
I can't speak with any statistic but in the few years I've lived in the Bay Area, the number of Mac users is insanely dominating. Its quite rare to see a PC in my own experience
Re:College Degree Required. But Why? on Sunday February 24, 2013 @07:17AM (#5273954)
One possible answer is a degree is not indicative of whether or not a person can perform a job well. Unless its a legally obligated position (practicing law or medicine for example), this could alienate talent that might otherwise do well.
Re:Ask HN: How do you find out about startup parties/events? on Friday February 22, 2013 @05:09PM (#5267207)
Its almost impossible to miss if you live in SF. There are way too many everywhere. Especially if you have friends in the area who are into tech. Also people list events all the time.
Re:Ask HN: Python vs Ruby, syntactic sugar? on Sunday February 17, 2013 @04:59AM (#5234772)
No, definitely not the only diff
Re:Ask HN: How many tech conferences a year do you go to? on Friday February 15, 2013 @02:02AM (#5224925)
One, maybe two. Self employed and self pay.
Re:Ask HN: HTML 4.01 or HTML5? on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @09:21PM (#5217253)
HTML 4.01, then HTML5. Do both. It's good to know and helpful in the transition.
Re:Draft, easy version control and collaboration for writers on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @05:12AM (#5212310)
No details, just a signup field. No thanks.
Re:What if Mark Zuckerberg invented Twitter? on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @12:19AM (#5175002)
Partially correct. SMS is limited up to 160. The 20 difference was to account for the username and various other possible things I believe.
Re:Ask HN: How do you get someone away from affiliate marketing? on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @05:44AM (#5170035)
You're missing his point. That's like saying if someone steals, everyone steals. Affiliate marketing itself isn't bad. It's the type and what an individual does.
Re:Ask HN: Why do so many people hate Ruby? on Sunday February 03, 2013 @09:25PM (#5162119)
All this was in the Bay Area
Re:Ask HN: Do you click on ads as a donation? on Sunday February 03, 2013 @07:50AM (#5159505)
No
Nice. How do you get the diamonds out that are stuck in the rocks if your only controls are the arrow keys?
Re:Ask HN: Why do so many people hate Ruby? on Saturday February 02, 2013 @08:25PM (#5158110)
This. I think in all the years of talking to folks in the rails community, only 2 people were decent. Literally hundreds of arrogant assholes otherwise.

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