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Ir0nMan

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Ir0nMan··on Tell HN: I think there are major issues with Google –> Squarespace domains
This. Separate the tasks. Always use one provider as your domain registrar (ex: NameSilo) and another provider for your DNS (ex: Cloudflare).
Ir0nMan··on Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret
Yep. This.
Ir0nMan··on Show HN: Daily price tracking for Trader Joe's
At the current price of $0.01 for 9ft, you could buy enough Trader Joe's Felted Wool Garland to wrap around the earth for just $146,000. Not bad!
Ir0nMan··on After self-hosting email for 23 years I have thrown in the towel (2022)
Take a look at Migadu.com and their low volume plan.
Ir0nMan··on After self-hosting email for 23 years I have thrown in the towel (2022)
While you may not have liked the way it was said, this users reply is actually responding with correct information.

While setting up your own mail server is fun, rewarding, and pretty easy, there are serious problems that anyone considers it needs to be made aware of. Over any serious period of time, the odds that not all your mail is getting delivered approaches and equals 100%. It's a sad reality but a true one unfortunately. If you okay with the fact that some percentage of your email will never make it to your destination (and in many cases you won't know that's happening) then it might be for you. Most people are not okay with that for obvious reasons.

Ir0nMan··on After self-hosting email for 23 years I have thrown in the towel (2022)
Look into Migadu.com, a service out of Switzerland with very reasonable pricing. You get a set amount of storage space and inbound/outbound limits and everything else like how many inboxes you create is up to you.
Ir0nMan··on Microsoft Outlook Blocking All Email from Tutanota.com Domain as Spam
>enable a mailbox to receive those reports

Thanks for mentioning this. Have set DMARC preferences in DNS for ages but never configured a mailbox to receive the reports. Will try it out.

Ir0nMan··on Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs
>What amazes me is how quick they transitioned to Google Chrome when it released

I'm not sure how old you were at the time but do you really remember that history well and did you compare the two browsers yourself at the time? I was a die hard Firefox user from the beginning until Chrome came out. I remember trying Chrome for the first time and being amazed at how much faster it was. Not just a little faster, way faster and how it could handle more tabs without slowing down. It was so far superior performance wise and that is what got me and many others to switch.

Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: What photo sharing solution should we use for our destination wedding?
While not perfect, you may want to consider Dropbox request links.

You first create a file request link and share this link with everyone. They can go to this link using their phone browser (or a browser on any device) and upload files (full high resolution files). Files automatically go into this "request" folder on your account. You can then share this folder out and have it viewable at another link.

You may want to set up couple URL redirections to these two link like mywedding.com/upload and mywedding.com/shared to make things easier and not have people asking for the link 100 times.

Ir0nMan··on Open Source does not win by being cheaper
The Net Income you report on your Schedule C is your businesses profit whether you like to think of it that way or not. The opposite of this would be a loss where your business generates negative Net Income.
Ir0nMan··on Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce
Unless they lied in their statement, yes.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it?
WSJ and signup with a privacy.com virtual credit card that you can easily pause/cancel/limit anytime.
Ir0nMan··on Mitochondria and the origin of eukaryotes
Mitochondria: more than just the powerhouse of the cell.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: Do You Buy Servers?
Automation built on top of ipmitool? I could see some people liking this.
Ir0nMan··on [dead]
https://archive.ph/nFmQ3
Ir0nMan··on The PalmOS powered wristwatch from Fossil
Pebble shutdown almost 8 years ago now and there does still not to be a replacement or alternative that can: last up to a week of battery life, do basic things like allow you to get and read notifications, and be a watch.
Ir0nMan··on Why is GIMP still so bad?
This. It amazes me how bad GIMP is and yet how great Photopea is given it's a project by one guy that runs 100% in client side JS. When I need to edit a photo on a machine without PS installed Photopea is the way to go. I can't image why I'd ever resort to GIMP.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: What to do about Gmail blocking my email?
This is the answer. It's really unfortunate but it's no longer worth while to do a roll-you-own email solution unless you are willing to accept some delivery issues. The big players control the game and you have no say in the matter.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: Migrate from G Suite, keep email addresses?
+1 Migadu has been a great find.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: Migrate from G Suite, keep email addresses?
Check out Migadu.

You pay for a plan based on your usage and are then not limited by number of domains or number of accounts.

Ir0nMan··on The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages
https://archive.ph/fRyEl
Ir0nMan··on Tailscale’s human-scale networks are still controlled by Google and Microsoft
I have not tried ZeroTier yet but have come across it quite a bit lately. What advantages if any would you say it has compared to just running a simple Wireguard VPN into your remote network?
Ir0nMan··on What Is Unraid?
I have been an UNRAID user for years now and I have been very satisfied with he product.
Ir0nMan··on Vimeo: “We are a B2B solution, not the indie version of YouTube.”
Self hosting is a fairly straight forward option: A simple VPS (linode, digital ocean, etc) and upload your .mp4 videos. If your videos are in a weird format all it takes is a single pass through Handbrake to make them stream-able friendly. You will have native HTML5 playback in the browser and have full control of your files and links.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: Looking for a Backup Email Relay
migadu.com may be of interest to you. They are known for inexpensive low volume email for your domain.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: How much do you earn? (feel free to use throwaway account)
Go to levels.fyi and you can see pay bands for the different levels at the big tech companies.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell
This is the same way Bill Gates got his start.
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell
How much did the initial connection for yourself cost?
Ir0nMan··on Ask HN: What’s your goto website for finding work?
Just a matter of adjusting the privacy settings.
Ir0nMan··on Is college worth it? A return-on-investment analysis
It has nothing to do with the institution, it is about the major. A Gender Studies degree from Harvard has a negative ROI.
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