ctrlaltdev's comments

On: Ask HN: Stay productive while commuting offline

[ctrlaltdev]

I would say: don't be productive. Use that time to read books you never took time to, watch shows you didn't either.

In my opinion, being productive is not about squeezing as much as we can in our days, but being in the right mindset and taking breaks.

On: Discord's OAuth permission prompt has joke permissions creating a confusing UX

[ctrlaltdev]

I don't agree with the tweet. I think that on the contrary, it brings attention to the permissions that are granted.

Way too many people blindly accept those without reading.

Putting a joke there might draw their attention so they actually read what's in it..

On: Ask HN: Why Is Gmail Spam Filtering .gov?

[ctrlaltdev]

Gmail filters way more than it is supposed to do. You can have a valid DKIM and DMARC and still be filtered out if your mail server doesn't rank high enough in their list.

And I'd like to specify that I'm talking about inter-personal casual communication - nothing commercial, not link, no attachments.

I have to request a proof of reading to be sure my emails get through with GMail.

On: Ask HN: What's the Best Non-Apple Web Dev Computer?

[ctrlaltdev]

I'm really pleased with the Dell XPS line - and in term of OS I would recommend Fedora or Debian.

[russianator → ctrlaltdev]

Another vote for the XPS, I have a 9360 with bare metal Ubuntu.

Works flawlessly and the screen is very nice.

On: Ask HN: How Is My Company Blocking Clojars.org and Maven.org Downloads?

[ctrlaltdev]

I believe that your CLI tools are not set up to use your personal VPN - so they default to your company one and get MITM attacked.

On: Putsack – Anonymous Paste and Encryption Tool

[ctrlaltdev]

Thank - you - so - much.

I was precisely looking for a better service than pastebin - specifically when it comes to APIs

Does it have a public repo though?

[stavros → ctrlaltdev]

You can also try https://www.pastery.net/, my favorite pastebin (full disclosure, I made it).

On: Steamosaic: Generate a mosaic of your steam account

[ctrlaltdev]

Hey - it fails:

Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at https://us-central1-steamosaic.cloudfunctions.net/mosaic. (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing).

On: Pretend Climate Change Is Caused by Aliens

[ctrlaltdev]

I knew it! I KNEW IT!

Aliens are terraforming (or rather exoplanetforming) earth to make it habitable for them!

[zunzun → ctrlaltdev]

So... if we eat the aliens, then climate change would stop? Now that sounds entirely reasonable to me.

On: What happens when Google says “we aren’t going to pay your fines”?

[ctrlaltdev]

That would be the best thing that could ever happen.

Refusal of service?

I don't know anything that would make people run to another service faster.

[longstaff2009 → ctrlaltdev]

for consumers maybe, but if you don't have access to your data its problematic. for business and government departments it could be crippling

[longstaff2009 → longstaff2009]

I did a few migration projects when I worked at the Discovery Channel and they took months of planning to ensure continuation of services.

[avmich → longstaff2009]

So is Google promising continuation of services before turning them off?

[longstaff2009 → avmich]

in the hypothetical scenario where France tries to enforce a huge fine and Google says no thanks, France pushes and then Google turns off service it would be crippling. Google has a lot of power in that sort of negotiation.

Which is why I think it was only a token 0.05% of global revenue for the fine rather than 4%

[avmich → longstaff2009]

I'd expect law signatories to raise an eyebrow. The purpose of the law is different.

On: What would you do if a company recently rejected you contacted you for an offer?

[ctrlaltdev]

Hey, yes, you should totally tell them you're waiting to hear from another company and will gladly get back to them as soon as possible.

That might even push them to step up their offer.

[kennethwty → ctrlaltdev]

Thank you!

The manager's email just asks me whether I'm still looking for a job and whether I would want to work for them, but without actually attaching an official offer in the email yet.

If I follow what you said, should I also ask for an official offer right now and tell them I will get back to them asap? Something like this: "Yes, I would love to work at XYZ but I'm currently waiting to hear from company JFK and will gladly get back to you as soon as possible, at the meantime, could you please provide an official offer via email?"

What do you think?

Thank you once again.

[rossdavidh → kennethwty]

That sounds ok (although you're not necessarily obligated to mention who JFK is). Also, it is possible that you might want to tell JFK you've just gotten an offer, and want to know how long it would be before you hear a decision. Respectfully and politely, of course.

Frankly, the fact that XYZ actually was honest with you about how things went puts them above average. They could have left you on the line without any news at all until they saw if the other candidate worked out.

[kennethwty → rossdavidh]

Thank you! That's what I thought too. They could have kept me waiting while the other candidate was deciding. I do feel a bit offended at first because this is basically telling me I am the second or even the third choice...Anyway, I feel like continuing the interview with the other company seems like a better move than straight up accepting this job.

[rossdavidh → kennethwty]

I get why you would feel this way, but perhaps the other person was something amazing. I'm sure you would admit that you are not the absolute #1 programmer in the world, and without knowing who the other candidate is, you don't know what it says about their regard for you. Maybe they just had two amazing candidates. But, I understand why one would feel that way.