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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/bm5k; my proof: https://keybase.io/bm5k/sigs/mFaDQ8FeP5heqhFpJgsW3OFGFOtcRTqFVLASYFZ2akM ]
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bm5k··on Show HN: What's My Car Worth?
In theory having the vin means not needing to provide any option info? It’s not like a vin is secret. You can see them through the windshield… Or is there some other security / value imbalance that I’m not aware of?
bm5k··on Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad
Yup. Made it to the email gatekeeper and uninstalled. The screenshots look neat though.
bm5k··on Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad
If the in-app purchase allows family sharing (which isn’t even possible until ios14) I’d be much more likely to shell out.

Chances are, if I wind up liking the app enough to pay, my wife would also, and I hate paying full price x2...

bm5k··on Prashanth Chandrasekar Replacing Joel Spolsky as Stack Overflow CEO
as a remote dev currently using a private stack overflow for knowledge base, I'm curious what your team went with
bm5k··on Why is collapsing a Hacker News comment so slow?
is cross-session comment folding really that important/neat?
bm5k··on Minetime.ai – A Calendar for the 21st Century
>Please visit this page from your desktop browser to download MineTime
bm5k··on Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'glitch'
it seems like they only offer SMS 2fa which is a bummer.
bm5k··on Pixelmator Pro released
App bundles are the current "workaround", at least in the iOS store.
bm5k··on GNU Ring 1.0 released
This site isn't called "normal people news".
bm5k··on A Year After ‘Pokémon Go,’ Where Are the Augmented-Reality Hits?
I still play my 3ds almost exclusively with 3D on. My uncorrected vision is bad enough that I have to turn it off if I'm not wearing my glasses.

However the AR of pokémon go actually makes the game harder IMO, so it's only on in the rare instances I feel the need to take an in-game photo.

Also, pokego is a significant battery drain on my primary device. I feel like leaving the camera on all the time would just kill the battery faster. OTOH I don't really care if the 3d effect kills my 3ds faster. My gaming sessions aren't as mission critical as my phone battery.

bm5k··on An iOS Client app for Rollbar
Am I the only one who is reluctant to try api apps like this that aren't released under the name of the primary business?
bm5k··on Stupid security things
Same here.
bm5k··on GitLab Database Incident – Live Report
Gitlab's automagic backup cleaner specifically does not work for S3 backups. To automatically clean up your s3 bucket use S3's built in lifecycle settings.
bm5k··on A security update for the Raspberry Pi
This is for a headless first-boot scenario. - write the file - put the SD card in your pi - it boots with ssh enabled - it deletes the file - SSH in and permanently enable SSH on boot - done

It's a bit of a hassle for anyone who knows their way around linux, but Pis are marketed toward kids & other "normals". This is what happens to products designed for everyone.

bm5k··on Apple's desensitisation of people to fundamental security practices
- It's not really that difficult - If you're really paranoid you can restore your backup into a second device (you aren't really paranoid if you don't have a second device) - See point 1; it's so easy my mom could do it.
bm5k··on Apple's desensitisation of people to fundamental security practices
Anecdata: I've always insisted on wiping devices over providing passcodes/passwords and I've never gotten any negative vibes about it.
bm5k··on Apple's desensitisation of people to fundamental security practices
Just wipe the phone & hand it to them. It doesn't take long to reset all content & settings. Restore it (from the backup you made right before leaving the house. You DID back it up before leaving, right?) as soon as you get home.
bm5k··on Homebrew 1.0.0
Other than "in every way possible"?

The only thing that is as easy in apt as brew is installing packages.

Searching, getting info about a package, updating the list of available packages, are all much easier with homebrew.

bm5k··on Homebrew 1.0.0
The apt user experience is terrible compared with brew.
bm5k··on Homebrew 1.0.0
Still not a good enough reason for analytics to be opt-out.
bm5k··on Homebrew 1.0.0
The fact that analytics are opt-out, not opt-in is my biggest beef with brew.
bm5k··on Research indicates that only about half of perceived friendships are mutual
Put yourself in OP's position: would you rather _not_ know?
bm5k··on Fuck Dropdowns
You have to enter an email address to download the slides?

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bm5k··on The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain
You should never buy one tire anyway. You should always replace at least pairs.
bm5k··on The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain
TL;DR I think this is a reasonable assumption.

Anecdata: Just over 250,000 on my 2007 Honda CRV and with $1k in unscheduled mechanical maintenance and around another $1k in non-mechanical maintenance.

Assuming a 10,000 mile oil change cycle (I only change the oil when the car recommends it, and it seems to avg about 10k miles) that's 25 oil changes so far, for a total of ~$1800 (assuming dealer oil change + full synthetic, which has been all but two of my oil changes so far; does not include tax).

Warning, opinions ahead: In my experience, most people do not follow the recommended preventative maintenance plans for their vehicles, and rely solely on oil, tires, and gas changes, and all three only when necessary.

Here be dragons: At an over-all average MPG (according to the car's own computer) of 25, I've spent more on fuel than the cost of the vehicle, including loan interest, in the 250,000 miles.

Getting waaaaay out there: 32k for car + interest, 35k in fuel, 10k in other scheduled work (I believe in preventative maintenance), upgrades, cleaning, etc for a total cost of ownership of about ~80k means I've paid ~$3/mile driven.

bm5k··on Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics
When it's not opt-in, yes. As developers, we should know better.
bm5k··on 1Password sends your password in clear text across the loopback interface
FTA "the 1Password browser extension protects you from a more typical malware attack of pasteboard/clipboard sniffers."

Clearly, someone at agile bits has given thought to defending against a compromised machine. Therefore, I don't see how you can justify not obfuscating data sent over lo0. I also fail to see how obfuscating the data sent over lo0 would "have unpleasant side effects that risk user data in other ways."

bm5k··on Gem Updater: Update gems in your Gemfile and fetch their changelogs
> Before running your test suite and checking everything is fine, the first thing you do is probably to look for the changelogs of updated gems.

Uh, no, the first thing you do is run the test suite.

bm5k··on Wolfenstein 1-D (2011)
The first thing anyone should do when booting an OS X box for the first time is change this (IMO stupid) keyboard shortcut.
bm5k··on Jeb Bush dumps emails, addresses and social security nums of FL residents online
That’s kind of my point. The original sender compromised the info.
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