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Yup and in my opinion it is a great use case for it. Faster to generate my own extension than to trust something already in the store. Not critical enough to matter if it failed an…

I had to write a Chrome extensions to hide Shorts. it has been working great for me. https://github.com/mcotton/remove_yt_shorts

This could potentially have very interesting consequences for ML models. It will depend if their training data is considered part of the source code. If there was a loss prevention…

Backblaze is great for cloud backups. They do not backup network connected drives but will backup drives connected locally. I'm not pretending a network drive is local, but actuall…

The best thing I did was get a hobby that got me out of the house. For me it is drone racing, but it could be jogging, swimming, or even go fly a kite. Once I get back into the hou…

HUVRData | Austin, TX | Full-Time | REMOTE | Software Engineer HUVRdata is looking for an experienced python/full stack developer to join our team. HUVR is expanding its data and a…

Insomnia seems to be stuck in an "Install update" loop. Each time it opens I get prompted to update and restart. I update and restart and then get updated again. The cycle continue…

Congratulations on making something great.

As an Austin resident I think the real lesson to learn is how poor of a job Uber did of gaining supporters. I went from being a vocal supporter to an almost hostile opponent based …

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I didn't see a link to the code, do you mind sharing?

I'd be happy to go through some of your options even if you don't use us. We're a startup that does cloud based security video hosting. https://eagleeyenetworks.com Let me know if …

I've never heard of that and unless you are happy with the worst-case base salary I would renegotiate. Having been a part of many bonus systems, I never plan on the bonus money to …

I know a startup who spent 18 months and all their investment capital on outsourced development. When the code wasn't up to standards they used expensive consultants to fix the cod…

I have done similar projects in the past. I would recommend you look at phidgets.com for easy sensors that connect via USB. If you want wireless I would checkout synapse-wireless.c…

If you really wanted to, you could spin up a windows machine and use VMWare's P2V software to create a VM of the running machine. Then downloaded it and run it on your laptop (VMWa…

I just want to see that they can write code and that it isn't awful. When looking at their code you can get a feeling if you would want that person mucking around on your project. …

I was in a similar situation and gave a month notice. It was awkward to stay that long. I would give them two weeks of your normal work along with one week of training for your rep…

Python has a great community and Github makes it super easy to contribute. Step 1: Create a github account Step 2: Look at other projects you find interesting, clone them and try t…

Leave as fast as you can. I just got out of a similar situation and it was killing me. Leaving will suck, and you'll feel like a jerk, but its your life to live and you have to do …

I just got finished up with the last day of my four weeks notice. It was horrible to give that much time. My pervious boss didn't respect the extra time I gave them and my new boss…

You have done a great job of stating your case and responding to comments from the employee side. I have no doubt that your next programmer will benefit from this. Thank you for st…

I'm in a very strange situation with my boss. Things have been rough for some time now and he is not going to change. He has put incredible pressure on me to give him 6-12 months n…

I have a side project doing exactly this. My wife and I use it as our home phone, I've also replaced the phone system at my day job with it. Contact me through my HN profile if you…