Hacker News Reader

aidenscott2016on Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network

I’ve been following that thread very closely. Prepping myself to install cruise control but as I have a cem-b in my car, I have to solder to the board.

What changes have you made?

aidenscott2016on Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network

P2 Volvo?

aidenscott2016on Uh-Oh: A story of SpaghettiOs and forgotten history

> Uh oh! Somebody missed out on some pop culture!

A large percentage of the world is not American

aidenscott2016on Ventoy: Remove BLOBs from the Source Tree

You can cp the image to a block device and it will work

aidenscott2016on Writing good commit messages

git commit -mm works and is a bit quicker

aidenscott2016on Adam Neumann seeks to buy WeWork back 5 years after being ousted as CEO

> maintaining the amenities that tech workers have come to expect.

Such as what? Beer, and coffee table books?

aidenscott2016on The worst users come from referral programs, free trials, coupons

Mentzen is a Polish politician

aidenscott2016on A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run (2020)

The buzzer and its colleagues are being actively jammed as we speak

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z3fgJCJ_daE

aidenscott2016on Looming Groupocalypse: The Google Groupsspaggheddon Cometh

What does bush x mean?

aidenscott2016on More Americans are using ‘buy now, pay later’ services to pay for groceries

I get a 403 from the UK

aidenscott2016on How to start a React Project in 2023

styled-components

aidenscott2016on The developer job market is insane

The point of the question isn’t trivia or mathematics, it’s to demonstrate how you deal with ambiguity

At work you may be asked to spec out and implement a poorly-defined defined request.

They expected you to have asked clarifying questions rather than steaming ahead in the assumption that the Thames is 50m metres wide at all point.

The interviewer stating “actually it’s 100m” shows that they didn’t understand this point either though, and was probably repeating the answer they were told to give if the candidate asks this clarifying question

aidenscott2016on Rovio delists original Angry Birds from PlayStore because it's still too popular

My first experience of Angry Bird was on a Palm Pixi. It was challenging.

aidenscott2016on A Docker footgun led to a vandal deleting NewsBlur's MongoDB database (2021)

>Before the former primary server could be placed into rotation, a snapshot of the server was made to ensure the backup would not delete itself upon reconnection

I don’t understand this. Was the snapshot made of the compromised database or of the old not in use one? Why would the backup (snapshot?) delete itself on reconnection?

aidenscott2016on UK Online Safety Bill threatens encryption, secure communication, and reporting

Thank you.

aidenscott2016on UK Online Safety Bill threatens encryption, secure communication, and reporting

Can you link a source for that food inspector comment?

aidenscott2016on Show HN: APass – password manager based on age encryption

Is there a GitHub page or any place to download this?

aidenscott2016on Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords in 2023?

You can’t make a statement like that without clarifying what you mean and sharing some alternative to gpg

aidenscott2016on A YouTuber purposely crashed his plane in California, FAA says

Do you know what the source of the crash in this video [1] is?

I’ve wanted to know ever since I saw the same clip in a few films, including Airplane 2

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQpQabwf8U

aidenscott2016on Siri, What Time Is It in London?

is it named in capital letters? I've noticed some systems will see capital letters and read it as F-R-O-N-T etc. Maybe try renaming the door to lower case

aidenscott2016on France offers each cyclist €50 for bike repairs once lockdown ends

Is 'air chamber' the literal translation from French? I like it better than 'inner tube'