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by vilius 6d ago
It’s 1998, I’m 10, it’s a gloomy autumn morning, in Klaipeda (pop. 200k), Lithuania, eastern Europe. I’m at school. Informatics class. Never touched a computer before. The computer is running windows 95. The teacher starts Logo and I see th
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by vilius 22d ago
In Europe there is ketone-only continuous meter SiBio that goes for 86 EUR for 2 weeks. A healthmaxxer goes with CGM to the left arm; CKM to the right arm and gets his glucose and ketones data for roughly 200-300 EUR per month. I did consid
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by vilius 4mo ago
> "I was born into a poor family but am relatively intelligent and good at learning things, therefore I can find success" Nicely put, unconsciously this was my mindset in my 20s. In my 30s, I started questioning myself how come
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by vilius 9mo ago
My GF was a photographer at a Secret Cinema event with Laura Marling that took place in London. She had to take some promo pictures, so they met in one of the event rooms [1] for the photoshoot. After just a few pictures they were done and
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by vilius 2y ago
It happens to be that another pilot from a plane waiting to take off form the very same runway was filming the approach [1]. Purely by chance we have HD footage. It does make a huge difference and I agree with the sentiment that this would
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by vilius 2y ago
Here’s a deep dive in 6 minutes https://youtu.be/boD0ReK62FI?si=jSXuQn0DHn3riJgd Just JS being JS: setTimeout(()=>{}, Infinity) executes immediately
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by vilius 2y ago
Not sure how I've missed it! Now, I just wish to live long enough to hear the 3rd iteration. Hearing how much shit has happened over the years is so soothing, yet world just keeps on spinning
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by vilius 2y ago
I've always wanted to Billy Joel to re-release his "We Didn't Start The Fire" but with updated events. Well, here it is: https://suno.com/song/b8b33785-271f-48f2-9934-26dabb8e20ed
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by vilius 3y ago
The Lagos video ( https://openai.com/sora?video=lagos ) is very much how my dreams unfold. One moment, I'm with my friends in a bustling marketplace, then suddenly we are no longer at the marketplace, but rather overlook
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by vilius 3y ago
Last winter, I visited Rome for the first time. I walked past this a couple of times. Everything was fenced, and as I continued my journey I just thought of it how inconvenient it is to walk around it. Unbeknownst to me, I was passing a pla
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by vilius 3y ago
Location: Warsaw, Poland Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby, TypeScript, React, React Native, Next.js, Tailwind, AWS Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OyOYEzKUISx3ETkksnCEQqro49N.
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by vilius 4y ago
I’m also curious what’s a good way finding projects for generalists. My contracting experience was that I ended up doing specialized work even though I would able to complete the project from start to finish.
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by vilius 4y ago
Sedition Art | CTO | Full-time | Remote or Onsite | London Hi HN! After 10 years at Sedition I'm moving on to some other ventures and looking for a replacement for my role. It's a great job at a small company that has been selling
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by vilius 4y ago
Depends on the luxury level. At the very top the customer base consists of the most recession-proof people in the World. I assume they just carry on with their habits recession or not.
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by vilius 4y ago
If governments are censoring our internet we need to change the way we're being geolocated. VPN is too much configuration and centralisation. TOR is over the top privacy. I want something as accessible as turning the flight mode on my
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by vilius 4y ago
Sedition | Senior Ruby on Rails Developer | Remote | Full-Time | https://www.seditionart.com/ We started Sedition with a mission to create a platform for publishing and collecting digital artworks. This was in 2011 well bef
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by vilius 4y ago
If you're just starting in programming you may thing that Computer Networks falls into a nice to know category. At least I did as a freshman in CS. At a time I was more interested in gaining practical knowledge: popular programming lan
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by vilius 5y ago
Sedition | Senior Ruby on Rails Developer | Remote | Full-Time | https://www.seditionart.com/ We started Sedition with a mission to create a platform for publishing and collecting digital artworks. This was in 2011 well bef
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by vilius 5y ago
I would not be so quick to dismiss it. Belarus claims that it still is an independent country. If it uses a nuclear weapon then it cannot be treated as if Russians used it directly. At least in Russia it would be easier for propaganda to pu
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by vilius 5y ago
Sedition | Multiple roles | Remote | Full-Time | https://www.seditionart.com/ Sedition is a platform for selling and collecting digital art. Founded in 2011 we have since become one of the industry leaders in terms of conte
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by vilius 5y ago
Bees to this day are very respected in Lithuania. A very close friend can be being called "Bičiulis" which is derived from a word bee. As in "bee honey" = "Bičių medus". For english speakers the pronunciation c
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by vilius 5y ago
I recommend reading Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. It is an elaborate attempt to figure out the reasons behind the collapse. According to the author Chernobyl played a major role. [1] https://en.wikipedia.
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by vilius 5y ago
Sedition | Multiple roles | Remote | Full-Time | https://www.seditionart.com/ Sedition is a platform for selling and collecting digital art. Founded in 2011 we have since become one of the industry leaders in terms of conte
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by vilius 5y ago
Sedition | Full-Stack Developer | Remote | Full-Time | https://www.seditionart.com Sedition is a platform for selling and collecting digital art. We've been doing this for the last 10 years and since have become one of the
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by vilius 6y ago
Makes sense, it is still a very early stage ecosystem. I wonder how this evolves in future: 1. It's a bummer if your NFT URL is bust even if you have a copy. I wonder if there would be a way for owner to append NFT URL information with
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by vilius 6y ago
Sedition | Full-Stack Developer / Generalist | Remote (Europe) | Full-Time | https://www.seditionart.com Sedition is a platform for selling and collecting digital art. We've been doing this for the last 10 years and si
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by vilius 6y ago
When visiting USA for the first time I was surprised how often I would be in a no reception zone. Drove just away from Miami to Everglades National Park - no reception for miles. Drove from SF to LA via Highway 1 - no reception for miles. B
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by vilius 6y ago
Sedition | Senior Front-End Developer | Remote (Europe) | https://www.seditionart.com/ Sedition is a platform for selling and collecting digital artworks. We've been doing this for the last 10 years and since have beco
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by vilius 6y ago
I have IKEA socks (probably illegally made by https://theholeinmysock.com/shop/women/ikea-socks/ ) and tend to wear them in summer. People often compliment me for this odd choice of socks. Others find it confu
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by vilius 6y ago
Sedition | Senior Front-End Developer | Remote (Europe) | https://www.seditionart.com/ Sedition is a platform for selling and collecting digital artworks. We've been doing this for the last 10 years and since have beco

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