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I run Wireguard in combination with Pi-Hole so I can VPN into my home network to configure anything I need. DuckDNS if you’re on a dynamic DNS provider. It’s also nice to have this since you can get the adblocking when away from home.

> We’re also bolstering our security team, and have hired a new senior security engineer.

Is there a reason why you don’t have any security-specific positions open on your careers site?

Yes, I'm mostly making fun of the fact that this extremely wealthy investor is pointing at the elderly (who likely have a higher percentage of their retirement saved in bonds and less-volatile investments) and distracting everyone from the fact that he benefits massively more if Google decides to make shareholders more money.

> "Another issue with all the 'BS' jobs in large corporations is that it takes profits away from shareholders who are most often the pensioners and retirement accounts of the rest of America," he said. "...they are also taking money away from the rest of the workforce's retirement programs."

Oh no, think of the poor retired shareholders!

In defense of the companies that do this - making native apps is extremely expensive compared to just using Electron. If you want to have a native app for Mac and Windows and a website, that's 3 separate frontends that you have to propagate changes across. This triples all the work that you typically have to do (UX changes, platform-specific bugfixes, etc), and getting some fullstack developers are cheaper than hiring Mac/Windows specialists.

I think HN users are in the minority of users who seriously care about speed/performance. Electron is good enough for pretty much everyone else, and it's clearly working well for for Discord and Slack. It makes more sense IMO to invest time in improving Electron efficiency rather than telling companies to just avoid it.

It also supports exactly 1 external display.

It's funny how the article entirely skips the possibility of traveling by train, which just shows how terrible the typical intercity transit option in Asia/Europe is entirely ignored due to the lack of infrastructure in the US. Amtrak is such a terrible experience most of the time with regular delays that it's almost never a good option for most travel.

For instance, the bus ticket from Boston to New York City is $30-40ish, while an Amtrak ticket is an insane $115, taking an hour longer. Why is Amtrak so expensive and slow here? IIRC the prevailing explanation is that freight/commercial trains have priority over commuter trains, which causes delays. Why is this a thing? Why is it so hard to create dedicated fast trains between major cities on the east coast, with this clear amount of demand?

This is… not true. CS170 specifically teaches about reducing NP problems to SAT (you can find this in the Algorithms textbook linked in the class syllabus). I recall solving one of the projects by using MiniSat after converting a problem to 3-SAT. FWIW, the textbook is excellent and the course was very useful.