erichurkman
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Comment · 2 years ago
Is that 30,000 limit per extension, or global?
Comment · 3 years ago
A bit like Numi.app for Mac. Neat.
Comment · 4 years ago
Do you mean uBlock Origin is no longer being maintained?
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases shows many recent releases?
Comment · 4 years ago
> As someone who got involved in an open-source version of the Ultima Online server, this is a fun read
Ultima Online emulators were what took small interest for me and blew it up into a career. But for me, it was pre-RunUO: SphereServer (aka GrayServer, I think) and UOX3. C++, with its own scripting engine built in. It wasn't exactly closed or open source. It also got me into Linux: while some emulation servers were run on home PCs, others were run on hosted machines. Debugging often meant the server administrators would give you root access to debug their running server. New Ultima Online releases meant being late for school to try and debug the client code changes to be able to quickly update the server, otherwise no one could log in.
It was incredibly buggy and never, to my knowledge, reached feature parity with the full game. The workarounds individual servers made through the rudimentary scripting language was impressive (many of these hacks were then copied into the core emulation scripts).
For trips down memory lane, these sites are still live -- and being updated? Wow.
Comment · 4 years ago
Floods in Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Thailand_floods#Damages_t...
Comment · 4 years ago
The key is in the 'congratulations' email:
> Please note that, on acceptance of this employment offer, the following equipment will be deliver to you to set up your home office, the funds for the purchase of the equipment will be made available to you prior to purchase and delivery.
They will send you a $15k check, you'll buy the equipment, and Venmo them back the remainder. Meanwhile, the check bounces.
Comment · 4 years ago
I found myself voting against colors more than I was voting for colors. Anything wins against the harshness of chartreuse, except a somehow _worse_ chartreuse.
Comment · 4 years ago
Aside from the JIT change, those all sound like pluses to me!
Comment · 4 years ago
Most startups offer a 90 day window to exercise after you leave. Some companies have extended that to longer (caveat being they convert to NSO grants after 90 days).
Comment · 4 years ago
And still no way to un-block street view from my address. It's the only house on the block that is blurred, which makes it _less_ private. (The previous owner had it blocked.)
Comment · 4 years ago
My most recent one was Google Maps routing me off of interstates onto narrow rural roads to save a few minutes. At dusk. In the midwest.
Clearly no one working on that algorithm has experience driving rural roads at dusk and dodging deer!
Comment · 4 years ago
McBorker, Chaos Monkey's cousin.
Comment · 4 years ago
Google used to allow you to block individual domains right from the search UI. It was discontinued in 2011.
There are numerous extensions to block domains, like uBlacklist: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmi... (not affiliated)
Former CTO at SAY in NYC (acq. Robinhood); modernizing the shareholder franchise.
Former CTO @ Carta; led 60+ engineers from $0 to Series C.
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