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Comment · 6 years ago
Tab ordering is messed up. Tab scrolling is bugged. Everything from before requires more taps than before. Pages randomly render blank. Normal and private mode gets stuck and next intent tab is opened on whatever mode was explicitly opened before.

I would count the bullshit extension whitelist as the single biggest regression. But it is not new, so its not counted as such anymore?

The worst part, I will still be using Firefox because of my principles. Mozilla knows that userbase like me isn't leaving, and those unlike me aren't staying. It doesn't matter how big of a screwup they cause next time. The writing is already on the wall.

Comment · 6 years ago
Language specific IDEs are less because Language Server Protocol solved this real problem. We converged on a good enough solution.

But unlike IDEs and programming language support, note-taking is inherently personal. There is no one-size fits all. I am more disorganized than otherwise, but I prefer separate tools for separate occasions. I like pen and paper for quick jot-downs and napkin math, notepad++/Sublime for quick copy-pastes, OneNote for $DAYJOB and org-mode for long term knowledge base and blogging.

I am sure real people exist who prefer one over the other on more than one occasion.

Comment · 6 years ago
I mean, why should developers get 70% of the money, right? /s
Comment · 6 years ago
>skin in the game

Thank you so much! I have long felt outside help as lacking in understanding but this just flipped the switch in my brain. This opens many more opportunities to explore.

Comment · 6 years ago
>clearly verifiable by committed contributions

I'm afraid of this part gaining significance over other and its side-effects becoming main effects.

Comment · 6 years ago
way back in 00s, Google felt exactly like grepping the whole internet, including niche blogs, minus the spam (for the most part).

Somewhere in between, Google stopped caring, and we have what we have today.

Comment · 6 years ago
tildes.net is an independent, nonprofit reddit replacement.
Comment · 6 years ago
There sourcehut, but the flow isn't exactly as simple as point and click.

Simple being relative word as once setup, email workflow has proved to be far better for my personal taste.

Comment · 6 years ago
I have a tiny script added to TamperMonkey that redirects every reddit URL old.reddit.com equivalent. Funnily, the redirect ends up loading more comments faster than the redesigned "new" site with 2 comments
Comment · 6 years ago
NixOS and Nixpkgs. They are not instant updates in most cases like Arch, but Unstable has quite a few updated packages, and everything or anything can be updated or held back without fear of breaking, as previous config is a simple reboot away.
Comment · 6 years ago
Non-US, non-Google regular enterprise IT here. There is absolutely zero reason my team needs to be in office. Management has stated multiple time that our productivity has increased. And yet, our official WFH policy keeps getting extended on the last day the government regulates an extension.

Overall it has left a very sour taste in my mouth, it almost feels as if we will be called in office the moment gov removes restrictions. It also tells me my company doesn't want us making any medium term plans. In another words, we are expendable.

Comment · 6 years ago
And I just realised why I prefer to read HN on mobile. The Hews app in particular has fantastic flow to churn giant multi-threaded conversations. The desktop website, in comparison feels like designed for reading every single comment.
Comment · 6 years ago
Yup, that caught my eye as well. This is the loophole that will probably continue the stupid events like app getting removed for a screenshot of reddit app showing the post with ISIS in it.
Comment · 6 years ago
Why is this any different than collusion? This sounds like multiple competitors deciding together to reduce market competition.
Comment · 6 years ago
This looks pretty cool. But I'm having a hard time grasping concept of double-clicking for things like goto definition. Which makes me bring up this question, is acme useable with with 99% keyboard?

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