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The goal of an interview is to assess talent. AI use gets in the way of that. If the goal were only to produce working code, or to write a quality essay, then sure use AI. But argu…

I never expected I’d come to HN to learn about the study of the occult. TIL indeed.

Monopolist? Fitbit is far from the market leader, where Apple Watch completely dominates the category.

It would seem that way, but I’ve known many people who have had 7- and 8-figure year-end bonuses. The key is that it’s not a one-time thing, it’s a repeated game with many players …

It’s already in use at washingtonpost.com. About 4-6 months ago (IIRC) they had some superbright inline ads that made me doubt my eyes - I couldn’t understand how they were so vivi…

What idiot keeps all their money in a bank instead of securing it themselves? Sometimes it’s preferable to pay the professionals, especially if you’re not an expert. I’ve recommend…

Yes! That, and the gamma-rays being emitted by all the falling matter. That’ll kill the husband way before he gets close. But I love the story. Clever use of time dilation.

If you’re on an iPhone you can power off then on to get to the Lock Screen. iOS will tell you the name and artist of the video that’s playing. I don’t know if there’s a way for the…

Making a product resist damage shouldn’t confer insurance against said damage. Apple also uses Gorilla Glass so you can drop your phone a dozen times without damage. Are people mad…

Lots of car commercials show them performing well in an accident, but nobody expects crash damage to be covered by warranty. Why must phones be held to a different standard?

I’m amazed at how much of early memes were like “hey look I photoshopped these words into a sign somewhere”, whereas now it’s just “here’s a funny picture that I drew words on”. I …

Makes sense, and I agree that is good behavior! Thanks for clarifying.

Can you read favicons from JavaScript or from the server side? I know you can set them from JS, don’t know about reading. If so could you use steganography to encode a unique ID in…

That makes sense, though I’ve never been able to find evidence on that (and I’ve looked). The allegory is too spot on to be accidental.

I love this. I always preferred a “Wicked”-like retelling of LOTR, where Sauron’s side is one of technology and progress. We’re supposed to dislike orcs because they live in dense …

Hey everyone! This is our sandbox to see the code and execution of a pipeline directly in the browser (although typically you would edit your code on your local machine). In this c…

Is this another "Classic Google" move? I was considering a Nest security system a few years ago, and wasn't sure whether it was a plus or a minus that they're part of Google. I gue…

Conducto vs CircleCI: https://www.conducto.com/docs/comparisons/conducto-vs-circle... GitHub Actions is like a better version of CircleCI. They really cloned a lot of it and improv…

Sorry, I'm just coming up to speed on BuildBot in response to your question. There are a lot of tools out there, so apologies if I am misinformed. Okay. From my quick reading, Buil…

Hey everyone, I'd like to announce the launch of Conducto and its CI/CD tool. As a co-founder, I originally developed the technology to do data science at my previous employer, Jum…