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Justin_K··on Car feature subscriptions should be illegal, New Jersey Legislators say
That's what test drives are for. The idea with this law is that heated seats shouldn't be a subscription only option when the hardware is there.
Justin_K··on The first rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t tell anyone you’re good at it
Just send management a docker compose that will auto deploy your perl script!
Justin_K··on San Francisco is spending $1.7M on one public toilet
NIMBY? More like the government wants to control and tax everything.
Justin_K··on Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies
No VPN. The only traffic from the internet to my home is over SSL to the newsgroups servers.
Justin_K··on Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies
What were you using? Nzb / sonarr / radarr / Plex is quite an amazing setup. Very low maint.
Justin_K··on Paramount+ showing ads with premium subscriptions
If they don't offer an ad free option, it just encourages piracy.
Justin_K··on !!Con 2022
Is there a reason they don't have a schedule or speaker topics?
Justin_K··on How roasted almonds become marzipan (2018)
I've made this marzipan that I feel rivals store bought. It is uncooked FYI: https://www.daringgourmet.com/how-to-make-marzipan-almond-pa...
Justin_K··on Elon Musk’s texts shatter the myth of the tech genius
Title should read "Elon Musk’s texts show he talks like everyone else".
Justin_K··on Apple's VP of procurement exiting after off-color comment in viral TikTok video
If you are offended by what he said, I feel sorry for you.
Justin_K··on Hacking Google
Their laws are so terrible it's not worth the trouble. Their citizens need to vote for change.
Justin_K··on Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on
Why don't we just call it what it is: "Microsoft redirects all browser traffic through their servers". At first it sounds great but in two years when the start selling the data or start injecting ads, what will the privacy advocates think then? How long until Microsoft decides they don't like your site, so they're going to block it? Yet another move towards centralization of the internet, NO THANKS.
Justin_K··on Fast Company is shut down after breach
Agree with you. It turned into an "everybody can start a business" magazine to appeal to more readers. In the process, it lost it's luster.
Justin_K··on Why to not use JWT (2021)
If you are using a cookie and managing the session expiration on the server, you can kill it anytime.
Justin_K··on Ask HN: Does Hacker News still do in person meet ups?
I'd be in for LA!
Justin_K··on Musk admits he announced Hyperloop to get California’s high-speed rail canceled
Follow the link
Justin_K··on Musk admits he announced Hyperloop to get California’s high-speed rail canceled
What's your source? Wikipedia cites several sources at a budget of over 100m. The fact is this project is over 4x the initial budget sold to voters. It's a total money pit and political scam.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail#:....

Justin_K··on Ask HN: What do you think when companies ask for gritty people?
Underpaid and overworked with bs promises of upside.
Justin_K··on Not inside trading just 100% winning rate
Its funny that voters will tolerate unethical behavior, as long as their preferred party is doing it.
Justin_K··on The movie Hackers was released 27 years ago
Underworld still tours here and there - I've seen them 3 times now.... such a great act!
Justin_K··on Democratic National Committee Edited Bylaws to Let It Overrule Convention
Blurring the lines between a democracy and centralized fascism.
Justin_K··on Tell HN: Seeing an HN ad for YC company that portends AI-powered blogspam
Hi Ryan - I created an account to give your free trial a shot.... it required me to enter a credit card ... which I reluctantly did. Now I am going to cancel and it won't let me. It asks for my password, which I don't have, because I created my account with SSO. There is no support menu / phone / email anything to request help. What kind of half baked crap is this?
Justin_K··on DoNotPay CEO Investigated by CA Prosecutors for Unauthorized Practice of Law
Since you want to get technical, all aircraft systems are tested and must be approved by the FAA. Pretty much, a license... Try again.
Justin_K··on DoNotPay CEO Investigated by CA Prosecutors for Unauthorized Practice of Law
The tagline on their homepage is "The World's First Robot Lawyer". If you advertise as a lawyer, the lawyers are going to say, where's your license?
Justin_K··on Ask HN: What happened to theregister.com?
I really felt that when Larry the janitor left in 1998 is when the decline started.
Justin_K··on Judge declines to overturn Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict
Wouldn't any criminal have the same right to request this from a judge? How are rich people treated differently?
Justin_K··on FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet
Are you asking them to list off every concern so you are satisfied their list meets your standards?
Justin_K··on California approves bill to punish doctors who spread false information
Who keeps voting for these fascists coming up with these bills.
Justin_K··on Death in Navy SEAL training exposes a culture of brutality, cheating, and drugs
Or to identify individuals who can cope with some of the most difficult, dangerous and impactful decision making on earth.
Justin_K··on Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
Don't be tempted by the Lenovo X series laptops. I have had nothing but trouble with battery life, throttling and cooling. Stick with P.
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