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edlebert··on Stripe's Knowledge AI Platform
I worked there. All the internal tools are amazingly polished. I’ve never seen anything like it.
edlebert··on Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Supercharger network
It’s confusing, but the “salvage” label here has nothing to do with the title, which is clean in this case. It’s a label used is by Tesla - which means it’s not allowed to use super chargers due to safety concerns. They don’t want a janky Tesla causing serious injury. Honestly it’s a good policy by Tesla and will help incentivize owners to get quality repair work.
edlebert··on Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud unlawful
The difference is that buying a ticket isn't marketed as "opt-in".
edlebert··on ASCII Delimited Text – Not CSV or Tab Delimited Text
And equally as important, you can cat a CSV file and easily understand it.
edlebert··on My Time Working at Stripe
I quit Stripe after only six months because the pace, stress, and anxiety were not worth the paycheck.
edlebert··on The deskilling of web dev is harming us all
This is sarcasm, right?
edlebert··on Intel Finds Bug in AMD's Spectre Mitigation – AMD Issues Fix
Ironic.
edlebert··on Delayed Job vs. Sidekiq
If all you need is lightweight jobs like transactional email, I highly recommend suckerpunch.
edlebert··on Covid vaxx efficacy after 8 months
What, from this article, led you to this conclusion?
edlebert··on Apple, Mozilla, Google, Microsoft form group to standardize browser plug-ins
Also, the engine has little-to-nothing to do with the plugin system.
edlebert··on GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine
Also the borrow fee for shorts is insane now, like 23%.
edlebert··on Need advice or assistance for son who is in prison
It’s prison, I’m sure there are lots of bibles.
edlebert··on Open Letter from Laura Poitras
Yes. IIRC they were going to let him publish the story, he just had to remove everything about Joe Biden, lol.
edlebert··on Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0
Safari content blockers do not have access to your browsing history. It’s a declared list of patterns to block.
edlebert··on Ticketmaster changes policy, no longer offering refunds on postponed shows
I've heard from some large event organizers that EventBrite is taking similar measures: delaying payouts to event organizers until the event has concluded. I heard from one organizer that they were told by EventBrite that they were not going to see a payout until 2021 for their Labor Day 2020 event.
edlebert··on We do not use foreign keys (2016)
Also, to be noted, Github was a Rails app since long before there was native support for adding foreign keys. I've worked on a lot of large monorails that were created in Rails' early days and none of them have foreign keys.
edlebert··on iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
I could be wrong, but I think it's the same internals of a 6S. I have a 6S and it still feels plenty capable.
edlebert··on Fixing the MacBook Pro
I would add: the trackpad is way too big. I accidentally touch it all the time when I am typing, which causes my cursor to move.
edlebert··on MailChimp vs. Amazon SES – How I Reduced My Monthly Bill
Aaaaaand that's why I no longer use Amazon SES for transactional mail for signupforms.com. It is frequently used by mass-marketers, which means my transactional email was frequently being dropped by some email providers because of SES's poor deliverability.
edlebert··on What Kind of Dog Is It – Using TensorFlow on Mobile Device (2016)
hot dog
edlebert··on Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft drivers
I can't stomach using them anymore.
edlebert··on Ruby 2.3.0 Released
I couldn't find any actual examples on how to use the new frozen string literals. Lots of discussion in the link provided, but that's it.
edlebert··on Ask HN : What side project are you working on?
https://signupforms.com - event registration/management
edlebert··on Libsqlfs: A POSIX-style file system on top of an SQLite database
Time to put a SQLite database on this new filesystem!
edlebert··on F.C.C. Chairman Ponders Net Neutrality
Gee, I wonder how it will all go down. I mean, all those people supported comcast by _not_ sending comments to the FCC, right?
edlebert··on Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (1985)
All these things show that it really is coming down to just Apple and IBM. If for some reason, we make some giant mistakes and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going to enter sort of a computer Dark Ages for about 20 years. Once IBM gains control of a market sector, they almost always stop innovation. They prevent innovation from happening.
edlebert··on Drop Dropbox
Keep those torches lit for everyone in the current administration too, right? Torture, war, and mass-surveillance continue to this day, 5 years after she stopped being Secretary of State. In addition, many in the current administration were involved in the Iraq war as well.
edlebert··on Dynatable.js: HTML5+JSON interactive table plugin
The first thing I usually look for on projects like these is a "Click here for demo"
edlebert··on What 4chan thinks of HN
Wow, it's actually super funny, and accurate. Well done.
edlebert··on Use different DNS servers for specific domains
It is not RIGHT. The NFL has the _right_ to sell their content however they like, and they coordinate their blackout rules with the cable channels who pay for them. If you don't like it, the RIGHT action is to pay for cable, buy tickets, or do what I do and go without.
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