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I've learned the Ian Knot almost 10 years ago and it still gives me a good smile when I use it every day. Feels like a proper life-hack.
I also cannot help myself but look down at people that don't use it, shoelace normies.
Same, although most of the time, at least cops, accept a photo of the actual ID card/driver license where I live (Romania), at least it worked the last time I got pulled over.
One of my dream projects as well, sadly it feels a lot harder to crawl the internet these days, as others have said around here as well.
What are some good practices these days to ensure a good crawl/scrape? Invest in proxies, preferably residential?
I was actually quite surprised when I saw that I could connect my car to HA and that the integration was fully featured, with a lot of stats and entities exposed.
I didn’t have time to make much use of it, but I’m still quite sad to see it go. It was nice to be able to glance at the current range, tire pressure, and overall status right from home.
The same stats will be available in the application but, with this gone, we are again, an internet that is even more closed and fenced.
Google Maps seem like just another ad platform, for companies to pay if they want to be shown in higher zoom levels.
I know, mostly that's my pet peeve as well and I guess I got trained to see through the noise. It is the last Google product that I am struggling to get rid off.
I guess that's country-specific. Over here,
Where is that?
I am slowly trying to get move to OSM backed apps and hoping to put in the effort as a mapper/contributor as well.
I've been trying really hard to get off Google Maps and almost managed to do it, but one thing that Google Maps offers and the others are not even close (at least for me) is discoverability.
For example if I am out riding some trails and then I want to pop out of the wilderness to grab a bite only Google has been able to provide good information of whats nearby (reviews help a lot as well).
Other than that I've been switching between OsmAnd and Gaia GPS (and Garmin built in device maps).
Exactly, I do not have any other experience but with Heroku but I was taken aback how easy was to setup and since then just deploy and almost everything work as expected.
I also love their template gallery of pre-existing projects, managed to setup auxiliary stuff like Plausible and Ghost which I wouldn't have done if it wasn't for the one-click install.
I've been using Dokploy and it is lovely. Solid and stable for the last 12 months running production apps. First time in ages I got the Heroku vibe again.
Torrents yes, if you have access to ... certain websites, usually invite only (or some premium torrent caching services) and obviously, have a decent internet connection combined with the ability to choose where to stream the torrent from (beginning), the movie/tv plays as the information comes in sequentially.
Now I have everything automated, I use Plex as the player, then I have a simple script that listens to when I add a movie to the watch list, in the background it searches for that title and puts it in the download queue, then usually in 1-5 seconds I can hit play.
Biggest problem I encounter is with subtitles, they can be hit or miss, no problem for english shows but can be annoying for non-english ones.
And again, no difference between this and something like Netflix (other than the subs ofc), I can stream 4K, all my family members have access to it, I can stream on my phone, I can download things for offline use, yet I would still pay for this if there was a viable alternative out there.
Coming from a country where piracy was the norm, I was very happy when Spotify and Netflix finally arrived. I even went through the trouble of accessing them via VPN just so I could pay for them.
Unfortunately, that excitement didn't last long. Shows started disappearing from Netflix, so we signed up for another service, then another, and so on. Prices kept going up, and I eventually realized I was paying a lot of money for very little in return.
At the start of the year, I cancelled everything. With the help of a few scripts, I've essentially replaced Netflix and the rest, without any downsides and at virtually no cost. I now have 4K streaming, instant playback, no device limits, offline viewing, and access to what's essentially the world’s entire media library.
The moment a company offers all that at a fair price (I’d even pay $50+ per month), I’ll gladly switch back.
When I first delved into programming, I was under the impression that OSX was necessary because most programming video tutorials were recorded on a Mac. This led to a minor obsession with acquiring one. Unfortunately, financial constraints were a significant barrier, leading me to explore Hackintosh as my sole option. Countless days and nights were invested in making it work properly. Despite the challenges, the learning experience and the satisfaction of eventually getting everything to function smoothly made the entire process immensely rewarding.
10/10 would do again, if I were 14. Now I am way older, 3 macbooks around and wish my job would let me use Linux.
When sitting at the desk the Sennheiser are a lot more comfortable and have way better audio, also there's no need to charge them. But if I am on the go (laptop) I only take the AirPods with me.
1. My motorcycle (BMW R1250GS) - Hoping on and going in any random directions you want, far away or close, on whatever road you choose, paved or not, it's the ultimate sense of freedom.
2. My Camera(s) (Fuji XT2/X-E4) - With my favorite prime lenses. I usually always carry one with me wherever I go, capturing moments with them beats any phone camera, and not just in terms of quality, but in terms of intent, it feels that there's a stronger connection with the photo.
3. My keyboard (HHKB Professional Hybrid (type-s)) - It is just so nice to type on (I've tried and have a bunch of other mechanical keyboards but I've always came back to it, 10+ years now)
4. Neovim/vim (+ tmux)- So fast and smooth and customizable (Although I think I finally stopped changing my config), I've been using it for more than 15 years now, still cannot let it go.
5. Airpods Pro - It took me a long time to press the buy button, initially I felt that they looked stupid and it was just another overpriced Apple product, but I bit the bullet and I've _always_ had them in my pocket. Just being able to pop them in when doing random chores, on quick walks, it has become a must have.
6. Sennheiser HD650 - for when I am in front of my computer, had them for so many years I don't even remember what I used before.
I have been hovering the buy button for a while now, the only thing that's keeping me to buy yet is that I really like Extralight/Thin fonts. I hope they add such a version.
This looks like a really nice and polished product, I am in the same space, I've been working for a while on a similar project, pretty much feature parity but with one caveat, it's pay-once and use forever (1 year of free updates), self-hosted, no dependencies, one binary.
I'll be keeping a closed eye to you guys, it's pretty much what I wanted when I started my project.
I do not think I have, thank you for the suggestion! Will give it a spin
One of my 2 favourite fonts. I constantly switch between Fira Code and Iosevka.
I just wish Fira Code had an Extra Light option, sometimes, depending on the terminal/OS I find Fira Code too chunky.
Ah sorry, most likely that number doesn't apply to Canada, everything is cheaper there :).But lets wait for someone that has some better numbers and enlighten us.
Don't take it as granted but here's an older thread where $15k-$20k is speculated http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2397020.
I am in your exact situation, I plan to leave everything I've behind and hit the states or Canada in one year or so and as far as I know there shouldn't be any problem for any kind of startup to get you in(legal wise), of course there's the money problem, the startup has to choose if you are worth the money they are going to spend on lawyers and other expenses (~$10k as I've heard) but nothing that a good resume can't beat, also you can offer to pay for the expenses as I am willing to do.
Indeed, I really love the use of Maps API.
Indeed, that forum thread dosen't give much info. But judging by what it seems a new box and a little searching it seems that there's a joint between C= Commodore USA and Disney to bring C64 back.
Such comments always make my day, and I am always with an eye looking for them. Most of the time I feel like someone that's stuck in a jungle and finds marks of previous ... activity, "Hey, I am not alone".
I look forward to the SFTP feature, a zone where Vim isn't confortable.
Great little app. But you should move the text above the graph and make it more visible. It took me some time to find what happend, and where.
For apps like this it's worth to buy an iPad.
Yes, the risks are high for the employer especially if it comes to such high fees, so I assume by letting the employee to make the pay, there won't be any (high) risks. Of course this might not be possible for everyone but would be good to have it as an option.
Will just assume that getting the Visa won't be a problem. At least in my country not.
Hopefully will have the _pleasure_ to try the system soon.
I am also interested on more information on this matter. I see some companies specify in the job post that they are willing to help you relocate but haven't heard much talk about this.
I know this process is not really cheap (+20k) for the company and surely not a walk in the park but would it be more appealing for the company if the job applicant would agree to pay all the expenses related? Possibly this way it will (I think) be treated as any other local applicant.
Are there any other road blocks beside the costs involved? How long would the process take (without the interview)?
I find that having the "guts" to leave the school to pursue a personal goal is more important than staying in and wait for thinks to happen.