badrchoubai's comments

On: Australia to make Facebook, Google pay for news

[badrchoubai]

I hope other countries follow suit.

On: KiwiCo Eureka Crate: Monthly Science Kit Subscript...

[badrchoubai]

My kid brother has received a few boxes through a Summer program at his school. They’re form the Atlas line and are pretty fun. We did one just this morning and it’s a good bonding experience.

On: Ask HN: Startup/Software Scene in Boulder?

[badrchoubai]

Hello there! I recommend https://denverdevs.org.

It’s a slack channel for everything tech in Denver/Boulder primarily (but members are from all over) and has served to be a huge asset to me as a student and as a professional.

[vasinl → badrchoubai]

thanks, for sharing this I just joined !

On: Ask HN: What notes do you keep if not a student or...

[badrchoubai]

Lately, I've been using GitHub Wiki pages to keep notes on random topics I find interesting. Books I read, articles that I want to refer back to, a weird mathematical equation that helped me solve a problem, etc...

[soheyl → badrchoubai]

So your notes on books for example, are they more like a collection of highlights, or like an essay summarizing or reviewing it?

[badrchoubai → soheyl]

It depends on the book, and subject matter. I might turn notes on The DevOps Handbook into more of a technical format but a book like The Lean Startup might have just Chapter titles with bullet points. I don’t think I’d use it to review books though.

On: Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

[badrchoubai]

This is code for an extension I run locally.

const getAttributes = () => {

  let head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];

  return {
    head,
  };

};

const changeStyles = (targetElement) => {

style = document.createElement("style");

  // set style.innerHTML to darker colors, append to head
  style.type = "text/css";
  style.innerHTML = ` 
    body, #hnmain { background: #272822; }
    a.storylink, a.morelink, span.commtext { color: #fff; }
    a.storylink:visited { color: #444444; }
  `;
  targetElement.appendChild(style);

};

(function main() { const { ...attributes } = getAttributes(); changeStyles(attributes.head); })();

[fermienrico → badrchoubai]

NOOOO! Why not a check box in the profile page? There is already a place for changing the colors. Can we please not add any javascript? The server remembers my topbar color. It can remember a boolean flag too.

[jypepin → fermienrico]

I think he shared this in case others want to use this to update their hn theme locally, not for hn to implement this...

[badrchoubai → fermienrico]

Actually I wonder if I could implement that with the extension, that would be nice.

On: Yale Students Demand Automatic 'Pass' Due to Covid...

[badrchoubai]

People in privileged positions tend to take opportunity for granted.

On: Things you can do with a browser in 2020

[badrchoubai]

I hadn’t known exactly what srcset did until reading this, thank you!

On: Charter prohibits working from home despite spread...

[badrchoubai]

Glad to know this happened in Colorado, one less TeleCom to worry about (as if I was ever worried...)

On: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2020)

[badrchoubai]

Location: Denver, CO Remote: Yes, with strong mentor / mentee culture. Willing to relocate: No, currently a part time student. Technologies: JavaScript (Vue.js, node.js), Python Resumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/badrchoubai Email: badrchoubai (at) outlook (dot) com

I am a passionate self-taught developer, who is looking to work for a mid-size company with opportunities to build strong mentor / mentee relationships with my co-workers.