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Re:Ask HN: What would you do if you could start over? on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:16PM (#39022348)
Coursera, MIT opencourseware, etc are great if you don't need the degree.
Re:Why Functional Programming Should Be the Future of Software on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:06PM (#33438082)
No, Kotlin/TS do the same thing with different syntax.

See https://kotlinlang.org/docs/null-safety.html#safe-calls (TS is basically the same)

Firefox on Android has uBlock origin, works well for me.
Yes? "$GROUP are scum" is absolutely hate speech.
Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? on Thursday December 24, 2020 @06:20PM (#25532492)
Have you tried shadow? (I haven't, but have heard generally positive things)
Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:14PM (#25531486)
You don't need a subscription, it's free to play games you buy. The subscription gives 4k and surround sound + free games.

The current sale matches steam for the games I checked.

Library size is still a concern.

Re:Google stops selling Nest Secure, still offers support on Thursday October 29, 2020 @12:11AM (#24927115)
Save $X00? I'm an occasional gamer, so it's a bit hard to justify a console, but for the 1-2 games per year I want to play Stadia is great.

Put another way: if Stadia has the games you want (big if now, but improving over time) why shell out for a console?

Re:How Did Things Ever Get This Good? (2009) on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:05PM (#24925184)
I've found web to be great: you just need a single file if that's all you want. All the modern frameworks and tooling are complicated, but easy to ignore for a small project.
Isn't youtube without ads exactly the business model we should be encouraging?