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FloayYerBoat··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
I released my free 1-4 player card playing app:

https://cards4play.com

...and I am working on adding Euchre and hopefully (eventually) Bridge, after I learn how to play myself.

FloayYerBoat··on Lead Mines of Galena, Kansas
80% of their customers were car battery companies, and I think Johnson? makes most car batteries in america (under different brands). Ammunition is the other big customer.
FloayYerBoat··on Lead Mines of Galena, Kansas
I consulted in IT for ~10 years, and tried to take interesting jobs in interesting industries, after burning out in big healthcare. One of the more interesting gigs I took was working for a lead smelter!

They smelted all their lead from recycled materials, mostly batteries. That is why you get a relatively lot of money back for your used battery. They have ~15 customers and a LINE of more waiting if they could support the capacity.

Was a fun job, loved walking through the plant.

FloayYerBoat··on Stop the Apple Music app from launching
I hope this is a joke. You cannot delete it. It's considered "system" software.
FloayYerBoat··on Building a High-Performance Rotating Bloom Filter in Java
Looks like an interesting article, with complex problems and solutions. My problem is I have no idea what a "rotating bloom filter" would be used for in a real-world system.
FloayYerBoat··on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
Similar necklace in Daemon / Freedom by Daniel Swarez.
FloayYerBoat··on The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later
...and he's the (real) bad guy in the Theranos story. [Bad Blood, by John Carrerou]
FloayYerBoat··on Jailer – Data Browsing
What databases does it support? What OS's? Documentation is anemic.
FloayYerBoat··on Why does anyone use Angular in production?
Can you trust the opinion of anyone using that design / layout?
FloayYerBoat··on Elizabeth Holmes urged employees to hide Theranos’ lab equipment from inspectors
...and he details how the Wall Street Journal was pressured by very powerful people / organizations and they fully stood by their journalists. Very surprising and encouraging.
FloayYerBoat··on “They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
I disagree. The text of their paper and their emails show a firm grasp of english.
FloayYerBoat··on Malware on My Android Phone
"the lesson here is that restricting people to the OS vendor's software repository doesn't prevent malware"

This was a side-loaded app on an unlocked phone. What am I missing?

FloayYerBoat··on Kaspersky in the Middle – what could possibly go wrong?
...and to build on your comment: Incentive to not slow down the performance of the OS while protecting it.
FloayYerBoat··on Benjamin Button Reviews the New MacBook Pro (2016)
They won't, they're too 'courageous'.
FloayYerBoat··on Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve it?
...for a few years until the money runs out and your skills have atrophied.
FloayYerBoat··on Dave Kleiman's estate sues Craig Wright for $10B
No, It validates the theory that Craig is a conman.
FloayYerBoat··on Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017 – Show and tell
https://www.planeol.com

I wrote a subscription service that notifies IT administrators when software they have purchased is coming up on End of Life. Helps plan and manage budget and for security reasons.

FloayYerBoat··on Koch group, Craigslist founder come to Techdirt's aid
I think my reading comprehension is fine.

"...writing about a powerful or well-resourced person out of fear of a lawsuit — which some have called the Gawker Effect."

"This sends a message that there are wealthy Americans or their proxies willing to push back on a trend toward litigation over negative news stories driven by some of their peers. Venture capitalist Peter Thiel, for example, funded the lawsuit against Gawker;"

This article is clearly hinting that the Gawker lawsuit had a poor outcome, and fails to mention Gawker's actual liability in the case and why they lost a trial. They also mention that Gawker was just writing "news stories" twice and that is why they were sued. I stand by my original comment.

FloayYerBoat··on Koch group, Craigslist founder come to Techdirt's aid
It never ceases to amaze me how many "journalists" still deride the Gawker lawsuit. Are they offended that they cannot publish anyone's personal sex tape without permission?

Keep in mind, a celebrity did not have enough money to take on a shittly little website in a lawsuit, so even he had to find another backer. Imagine if Gawker decided to publish your private info. Would you have enough money to defend your privacy?