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anter··on Microsoft is reportedly killing Skype after 14 years of neglect
If you have some tech skills and want something truly cheap, set it up directly with twillio, they have a basic scripting thing that can allow you to forward calls and such (chatgpt can help there) and the numbers are at something like a dollar a month iirc.
anter··on SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired
I do not claim to have a neutral position, I vote in every election, especially on the local level, where I actually express my non-neutral position.

It is also essentially impossible not to hear about the major things happening in the country, so staying informed is not much of an issue these days.

On the other hand driving yourself mad by doomscrolling and liking dozens and dozens of random posts about some random crap someone did that day does no good for anybody.

anter··on SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired
Very happy with the people doing that, keeps the place sane. If you want a dozen daily hysterical takes on the latest thing that Trump&co did, go on r/politics. I have no interest in seeing any of that here.
anter··on Phind-70B: Closing the code quality gap with GPT-4 Turbo while running 4x faster
You have to click on the "Chat" option at the top left corner, then it'll use the 70B model. I got stuck on that too til I figured that out.
anter··on The case against caffeine
It's probably best to treat the articles like these (and the dietary advice in general) as an invitation to experiment and see how it works for your particular case, not as a definitive statement that "X is good for everyone always, Y is bad for everyone always"
anter··on Kremlin runs disinformation campaign to undermine Zelensky, documents show
Very, very interesting to see all these random accounts immediately showing up in mass to defend the Kremlin. Especially on a post like this, where it is not some outlandish accusation. Those countries are coming up on a third year of a full scale war, it'd be more surprising if they didn't have a disinformation campaign to discredit each other.
anter··on South Pole Medevac (2016)
My favorite story related to the south pole medivacs is the russian scientist that had to be evacuated after he got stabbed by his colleague for supposedly spoiling the endings of books they had at the station:

https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-anarctica-stabbing-bo...

anter··on Wealth shown to a pixel scale (2021)
Yeah, that works wonderfully when it's enforced. That's why the most prosperous countries with the highest quality of life are all communist, just redistribute everything equally from the most productive and everyone becomes rich, simple as that.
anter··on Wealth shown to a pixel scale (2021)
Is it just me or is there a noticeable increase of the "left to far left" comments on HN recently? I don't remember seeing that much of a "eat the evil rich exploiting the poor and virtuous" stuff here before. People migrating from twitter?
anter··on How did Stripe come up with its name? (2015)
Mitsubishi Pajero is another great one:

Mitsubishi marketed the SUV as the Montero in North America, Spain, and Latin America (except for Brazil and Jamaica) due to the term "pajero" being derogatory (meaning "wanker") in Spanish

anter··on The Fall of Stack Overflow
> The correct answer to the question: "How do I use a hammer to tighten a screw" isn't a lengthy description of how to perform some magic with a hammer. The correct answer is: "You don't. Use a screwdriver."

My car broke down in the middle of the desert because of a screw that came loose and all I have is a hammer. You have just condemned me to death because you assume you know better.

anter··on Ask HN: Help – Locked out of 10 years Gmail account
Not necessarily. I've two accounts that I couldn't access for multiple years now, google simply refuses to let me in despite having all of the correct credentials.

For anyone reading this, do not rely on google services, you'll move cities, change your number, or as OP change your password and _you will get locked out_ with no recourse.

anter··on Heuristics that almost always work
If anyone wants to play around with an interactive explanation of the The Kelly criterion: https://explore.paulbutler.org/bet/
anter··on Ask HN: Gmail account security
I'd suggest not to rely on google for anything you wouldn't want to lose.
anter··on Ask HN: Gmail account security
Yep, have had that issue for over a year now, I am completely unable to access my old gmail account despite having the password, recovery email and everything else.

Just says "you can’t sign in" and that's it: https://i.imgur.com/4YrElkJ.png

anter··on Tell HN: Lost then regained access to Google account, with correct credentials
Happened to me as well, except I could never get back the access. This is how it permanently looks like: https://i.imgur.com/4YrElkJ.png
anter··on What Peng Shuai reveals about one-party rule
Mind that some of those mentioned receive money from the CCP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOIrsmjRFxU
anter··on Ask HN: How did you learn math notation?
Related question, does anyone know of any websites/books that have mathematical notation vs the computer code representing the same formula side by side? I find that seeing it in code helps me grasp it very quickly.
anter··on Chile wants to export solar energy to Asia via 15,000km submarine cable
Well, luckily Chile is the largest copper producer in the world
anter··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Thank you!
anter··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Would a startup founder with a history of various fairly popular, but not huge projects have a chance applying for an O-1 visa, or do you have to be a celebrity of some sort (in business/science/etc) to get it?
anter··on Google introduces mandatory 2-Step Verification for Google Accounts
That's already the case. If their algorithms decide that your activity is "unusual", they can disable your ability to login with literally no option to bypass it.

https://i.imgur.com/4YrElkJ.png

Keep that in mind when you e.g. go traveling.

anter··on I made my own garum
There's a great youtube channel called Tasting History that does that sort of thing all the time. His most popular video is also about making garum:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TastingHistory/videos?view=0&sort=...

anter··on Facebook Renames to Meta
Meta for Metastasis
anter··on Ask HN: What news sources do you use to maintain a broad perspective?
The Economist is the most honest and relatively unbiased news source I could find. They do explicitly lean towards classical liberalism, but the reporting still seems objective enough.
anter··on State Department to pay up to $10M for information on foreign cyberattacks
No longer the case. EB5 requires $1,800,000 that can be reduced to $900,000 if it's in the Targeted Employment Area.
anter··on Ask HN: How to Relocate to US as a Foreign/International Startup Founder?
Is that your first startup or have you done any other projects? If you can show some previous achievements O-1 could be an option: https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary...