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HEHENE··on Trucking 'bloodbath': 4,500 truck drivers lost jobs in August
It's a matter of preference.

M = mega (in metric) = one million

MM = two of the roman numeral M = one thousand thousand = one million.

Both are correct.

HEHENE··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)
The link seems to be broken. Has the position been filled?
HEHENE··on Show HN: Tailwind.run – An Online Playground for Tailwind CSS
We use PurgeCSS[0] as part of our build process to remove all of the Tailwind classes that weren't used. That gives our developers the freedom to work/experiment with everything Tailwind has to offer while spitting out super tiny and optimized CSS files.

I just checked one of our more recent projects and the resulting CSS is 2.4KB, about half of which is actually an SVG that's used in a background.

[0] https://www.purgecss.com/

HEHENE··on Samsung TVs should be regularly virus-checked, the company says
My parents have a high end 90" TV they bought some years back that had smarts built in. Can't remember the brand off the top of my head, but it may have been Vizio.

Almost all of the apps stopped working long ago, and the manufacturer doesn't even push out updates anymore, but somehow the Vudu app keeps trucking along. They still use it as they prefer the built-in Vudu app to the Vudu app offered on their Xbox One.

I suppose props are in order to Vudu for supporting something so long after even the manufacturer has given up on it.

HEHENE··on Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from landlords
This is not true in California. I had a landlord who wanted to enter all apartments to inspect for evidence of pets (someone had seen a cat inside the building) and I told them exactly where they could shove it.

(Paraphrased from CA Civ Code 1954)

A landlord may enter the dwelling unit only in the following cases:

- In case of emergency.

- To make necessary or agreed repairs, exhibit the property, or perform move in/out inspections.

- When the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises.

- Pursuant to court order.

HEHENE··on Dear Client, Here’s Why That Change Took So Long
A day would be incredible. We have a show stopping issue with a vendor's software. Several reports we have to run daily takes 6-12 minutes to run, when it should take seconds at most.

I've been communicating with their lead reports developer. The fix is done, tests are written, QA has given it the rubber stamp, but he's simply not allowed to push it to our instance until their next code release on the 22nd. It makes no sense, and it's certainly not how I run our side of things.

In the meantime, my users will lose 6-12 hours of productivity this month (15 days, 4 reports, 6-12 minutes each.)

HEHENE··on TurboTax and H&R Block Saw Free Tax Filing as a Threat
It's funny how sometimes the best utilities are just really complex Excel sheets. Amazing how versatile Excel can be.

I homebrew beer and use a tool called Bru'n Water to calculate what adjustments I need to make to my source water to match the characteristics of the style of beer. Once again it's just a massive excel file. Water and style information goes in, water additions (calcium sulfate, lactic acid, etc) comes out.

https://sites.google.com/site/brunwater/

HEHENE··on Show HN: Office Hours – Hold office hours by phone anytime, anywhere
I really like this idea. What's the tech stack?
HEHENE··on Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
"Here's a $20 Amazon gift card for taking a survey" vs. "Here's a 1099 for the $1,200 you earned driving food around last year."

One is a consumer, one is a contractor.

HEHENE··on Backplane is shutting down
Backplane the social roller coaster was a different company.
HEHENE··on Backplane is shutting down
No, different people entirely.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/backplane

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/backplane-io

HEHENE··on At least it wasn't Oracle
>On the bright side, now RedHat employees can flash their new IBM business cards at International Brotherhood of Magicians shows in Las Vegas to get in for free, thanks to the terms of a trademark infringement lawsuit settlement from decades ago.

Is this true? I can't find any references anywhere.

HEHENE··on Bitcoin’s ‘First Felon’ Faces More Legal Trouble
Thanks for that link - incredibly insightful.
HEHENE··on Face detection – An overview and comparison of different solutions
I'm actively working on facial recognition in a retail store context, but I also quickly dismissed your product due to a lack of pricing information.

3D-AI looks like it would be a great fit, but "Call for demo" translates to "probably $100,000+ with lengthy on-boarding and extortion-level support contracts"

I don't mind calling or emailing to get a trial license, but I'm not going to waste my time or yours if I don't even know if it'll be in-budget.

HEHENE··on Anyone on the same itenerary as a person with TSA Precheck also gets Precheck
I have a friend who is ineligible for PreCheck due to prior criminal history, and he has had the same thing happen to him. His wife got PreCheck and suddenly every time he flew with her he got it also.

Having known him and his family for years, he's not a security risk at all but it still seems like that probably shouldn't happen. Especially if the individual is already disqualified for PreCheck.

HEHENE··on Vaping 'can damage vital immune system cells'
I'm currently stuck on 3mg, and have been for over a year. I followed almost the exact same steps as you, but found as soon as I switched to 0mg I hated it and quit vaping all together.... then went back to smoking a month later.

I like the chewing gum idea. I'm not necessarily an anxious person, but I always need to be doing something. E.g. if I don't have my vape in my hand, I'm chewing my nails. Really sucks.

HEHENE··on Ask HN: Were you happy moving your API from REST to GraphQL?
I'll be the voice of someone who is actively implementing GraphQL for the first time.

We were mid-way through our project before realizing GraphQL might be a better fit for our use case so we paused for a week to play around with it and see if we could stand up something inside of our project that made sense.

GraphQL felt very "plug and play" to us. Aside from having to re-work some validation to fit into GraphQL's idea of mutations, we were mostly able to drop our existing models and logic directly in and see it working right away.

Having built very well defined REST APIs (and SOAP before that) for years, the flexibility that GraphQL offers made me feel a bit "uneasy" at first but I have come around to appreciating how much freedom it gives the front-end to only request the data they need.

I'm usually the type to shy away from flashy new doodads and stick with what I know is safe+reliable, especially in an enterprise environment, but as the project continues I'm feeling more and more confident in our choice. I suppose only time will tell though.

HEHENE··on Privacy API: Programmable Payments
This is wildly cool. I signed up when I saw your original post here on HN and have used it occasionally. In the last week or so I have started using it religiously for every online purchase. Now I'm in the process of moving all my recurring charges to Privacy.

You have absolutely delighted this user, and your API is just the icing on the cake. Keep up the great work.

HEHENE··on Show HN: Material Dashboard – Free Admin for Bootstrap 4, React, Angular, Vue.js
Wow, thanks for the link to Clarity. That looks like something we could get a lot of use out of.

We're currently using Looper[0], but even that is a little too opinionated and visually "heavy" for business apps where productivity and clarity are paramount.

[0] https://themes.getbootstrap.com/product/looper-responsive-ad...

HEHENE··on Sing App – Open Source Admin Dashboard Template with Stylish Design
While the documentation could use some work, Looper[0][1] has been working very well for us. There's not an obscene amount of wasted space, the fonts are legible, and it does a good job of adding useful features to Bootstrap without going overboard.

[0] http://uselooper.com/ [1] https://themes.getbootstrap.com/product/looper-responsive-ad...

HEHENE··on Amazon Charges Couple More Than $1,000 to Ship Paper Plates
I experienced the same thing. Here is my chat transcript:

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Me: I placed a 1­Click order and was charged more than the advertised price.

Prashant: Hi, I’m Prashant, I’ll be glad to help you from here

Prashant: May I've the last four digits of the order ID?

Me: 5844 For the Scalpmaster Shampoo Brush

Prashant: I see the item is being sold and shipped by a third party seller HEHENE who is charging

Me: The listing said “$0.01 & FREE Shipping” but I was charged $9.81

Prashant: $9.80 as shipping and handling.

Me: But the listing says “FREE Shipping” specifically

Prashant: Let me quickly check this for you.

Prashant: In this case, what best we can do is to refund the shipping and charges once the item is delivered.

Me: Ok, because I feel like this is false advertising. I clicked the “buy with one click” button expecting to be charged exactly what was shown (“$0.01 & FREE Shipping) but I was not.

Me: So you’re saying I should file a complaint once it shows up?

Prashant: I certainly understand your concern.

Prashant: You just need to contact us here and we will refund the shipping charges.

Me: Haven’t I just contacted you?

Prashant: We can refund the amount once the item is delivered.

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