darkblackcorner's comments

On: Nano98: Windows 98 that boots and runs under 5MB (2003)

[darkblackcorner]

I remember running Winamp in the background along with various games (Diablo, Age of Empires, Red Alert). They would always lag terribly.. but not if you didn't log in first!

win+R before login was pretty useful - albeit insecure!

[rpastuszak → darkblackcorner]

Happy times. With single-digit RAM, every megabyte counts!

On: Librefox, mainstream Firefox with a better privacy and security

[darkblackcorner]

The logo just makes me think "Chrome"...

[ignitionmonkey → darkblackcorner]

It makes me think "AppVeyor". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppVeyor

Looks like it's a placeholder. https://github.com/intika/Librefox/issues/20

On: Facebook Alternatives

[darkblackcorner]

No Mastodon? https://mastodon.social

[Jaruzel → darkblackcorner]

Looks like you can add it yourself - it's a 'wiki' type list.

On: Ask HN: Does anyone use online standup tools?

[darkblackcorner]

I've seen them being used, eg. the /standup command in hipchat, but not a huge fan. Obviously Skype or similar for remote teams.

TBH I always think of standups as being as informal and brief as possible, and physical interaction promotes better comms within the team.

If it's causing real problems, why not suggest a low-tech solution like keeping notes?

[priitmaxx → darkblackcorner]

exactly, its not the problems I am worried about. I do think engineers coming to the standup with some thoughts just make the standup exponentially more useful. Totally agree with the informal-ness

On: VPN Report – Reviews of the top VPNs

[darkblackcorner]

I think you're better off with this for a proper technical feature-set... https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-section/

On: Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

[darkblackcorner]

Also here: http://diversitymemo.com

On: Ask HN: What happened to the ORM?

[darkblackcorner]

What's wrong with ORMs? I tend to use Dapper. I've found that it can solve most of my problems, and it's easy to drop back to raw SQL as needed for the last 5% that need finer control. It's also super easy to extend and customize based on my requirements, and it's almost as fast as raw SQL.

On: Ask HN: Tab or Space

[darkblackcorner]

It really comes down to preference, tooling, and coding standards.

Personally, I use tabs.

On: Ask HN: Tab or Space

[darkblackcorner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoOG6ZeyUI

[King_mansur → darkblackcorner]

Thanks, but i watched Silicon Valley

On: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

[darkblackcorner]

Well that sucks. I was just getting used to using Wunderlist. I guess I'll have to give dead trees another try...