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electicon My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback

Looks amazing! Would love to know when the weapon is charged and how much each shot takes.

Btw, this game reminds me of BBS door games. Great stuff.

electicon Show HN: Biblos – Semantic Bible Embedded Vector Search and Claude LLM

Very cool project, AI is definitely going to transform religion and make it far more relatable and understandable. If anyone is interested, we released Noah's Bible that has full ChatGPT integration. You can click on any verse and get a full summary and chat about any verse.

One thing we also added is imagery, generated by AI, which gives the Bible imagery that most text based bibles do not have.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noahs-bible-ai-powered-bible/i... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ai.noah

electicon Adobe Account Expiration

I got this email and I went to sign in and my account is gone even though the email said I have 90 days. I guess they deleted everything and all my Behance data as well.

electicon Dragonfly – Performant in-memory data store

There was a great HN post of DragonFly vs. some other databases: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31796311.

I am not sure if the latest version improves performance but those are some bold claims of Dragonfly.

electicon Almost 90M American Adults Struggle to Make Ends Meet, Census Says

most of the federal budget is actually used for entitlement programs.

electicon Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet

This is not what is happening here. It's worse. If you want to send a NFT to another address, you need gas to complete the transaction.

Coinbase does not get gas fees to complete the transaction. This isn't a swap. This isn't an exchange for ETH.

Absurd and I've downvoted you.

electicon FTX’s collapse was a crime, not an accident

FTX isn't DeFi. It is a centralized exchange, similar to a bank or a brokerage. DeFi, ironically, is the complete opposite of this.

electicon FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M

This isn't crypto. This is a centralized exchange with a centralized website, with centralized databases, that is run and controlled by humans. In fact, if you use a centralized exchange there is no use of blockchain for the most part.

There's a literal saying, "Not your keys, not your coins". Only if people would listen.

electicon FTX Token, FTT down by more than 80% in less than 24 hours

You really do not with Bitcoin. If there are local regulations with declaration, sure. But the fees are dramatically lower to move the funds than using banks.

electicon FTX Token, FTT down by more than 80% in less than 24 hours

I am going to go out on a limb here and say you have not moved any significant amount of money around, especially internationally. Trying moving $250,000, between the paperwork, back and forth, fees, it is a nightmare.

electicon FX GBP Futures Halted

[1] https://twitter.com/JokerQuinc/status/1574211454865383424/ph...

electicon I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard

Some quick feedback here. The knob for me is not needed but backlight would be nice. Overall, love it.

electicon Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement

It is quite easy to prove twitter is mostly full of bots. You do not even need a firehose to come to that conclusion.

electicon Thieves in London target digital investors by taking phones

Do not have non-custodial, or custodial, wallets on your phone. It is incredibly not wise.

electicon Nimiq Identicons

There was a lot of discussion about boring avatars last week. This project is unique because it presents identicons as unique cartoon characters. Thought it was interesting and could use community love.

Demo page: https://nimiq.github.io/identicons/

electicon Mexico approves law against right to repair

This law also means that users will not be ale to repair or modify their electronic devices unless they take them directly to the manufacturer. Small repair shops will be illegal or prone to high fees; only the big manufacturers will be allowed to continue repairs. And if any device has a software lock, for example the 2018 MacBook Pro, it will be illegal to bypass it, and it will require you to go only to apple.

wow

electicon San Diego Awarded GE Mass Surveillance Contract Without Oversight

There is a developers guide that shows all the information that is collected [1]. It doesn't look good. There is also full API documentation here which outlines what data is returned [2].

[1] https://developer.gecurrent.com/cityiq/developers-guide

[2] https://docs.cityiq.io/#05-Media%20Planning%20API/API%20Maps...

electicon The Pineapple Fund donated $55M in nonprofit Bitcoin grants

This is a huge problem and most sites that do report the price often report it wrong. If you are interested here is the realtime price segmented via a streaming pool of reputable exchanges that stream their trades directly for tally vs. tickers. So the accuracy is high and by the minute. API is also available. [1]

[1] https://blockmodo.com/quotes/BTC

electicon ‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room

This isn't accurate. In the Bay Area some cities have decided to run their own public utilities instead of relying on PG&E.

For example, Santa Clara runs their own public utility[2]. The average resident pays about 10.4 cents per KWh. That's about 30 percent less than rates PG&E charges.

Also, their energy is greener and their infrastructure is better maintained.

The problem with for profit utilities is that they are incentivized to keep things as lean as possible. They neglect maintenance of their infrastructure and use that money for bonuses and dividends. You can see that played out here [1].

[1] https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-diverted-safety-...

[2] http://www.siliconvalleypower.com/

electicon Cryptocurrency Startup School

There will never be a singular killer app for crypto. Just like there isn't a killer app for USD or Gold. It is the aggregate adoption, as a transfer of value, across numerous use cases that makes any currency valued.

electicon America’s Great Climate Exodus Is Starting in the Florida Keys

I'm not referring to frequency but the water content in each storm. There are a lot of sources, but here is a preliminary data report that was put together by NOAA[1]. There is commentary by scientists at NOAA[2].

Overall this isn't rocket science. You have warmer temperatures over the ocean, which yields more water in the air to get caught up in passing hurricanes. The net result is more rainfall when it hits land. It is what it is.

[1] https://w2.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?date=&wfo=lix&...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/climate/hurricane-tropica...

electicon America’s Great Climate Exodus Is Starting in the Florida Keys

The issue isn't the hurricanes or the strength that is associated with them, it is the water content. In the past, hurricanes main threat was the wind. With wind, you can mitigate that with stronger building techniques and since the flooding was minimal, it was easy to recover from.

The new issue with these hurricanes is that they are bringing significantly more water with them because of global warming. The net result is you are seeing once in 1500 year floods happening every year.

It is very hard to recover from those. Especially if you find yourself doing it every year. At some point, you have to move.

The net loss is property and economic activity to name a couple.

electicon Show HN: Stack – Use all your apps at the same time on 1 screen

All these apps have nasty side effects when it comes to privacy. For example, most of them want access to system events which means they want access to your documents and other data.

No thanks.

electicon WeWork’s List of Potential Conflicts Adds to Questions Ahead of IPO

I did know some friend who were tenants five years ago but today....no one.

Why? Because here are so many co-working spaces that have popped up over the last few years. There is no moat or barrier to entry other than the capital to lease a place and set it up. These new co-working places also tend to be cheaper.

You can see the net effect on their S-1 filing where their per-desk revenue is slowing and their growth rate is slowing in markets where they have existing locations. The only way they can grow at a decent pace is to open new locations in new markets and that is very very capital intensive.

electicon How to clean your Apple Card

I have looked at many cards. But most of them have annual fees, have categories that don't give the same percentage cash back on certain purchases, or they have limits.

For example, most cards have a 2% cash back limit up to $6,000 dollars. There is the Citi Double cash card that does have unlimited but really it is 1.98 percent because you get 1% on every dollar spent and 1% on every dollar paid. However, if you apply it to your statement you have not paid the balance so it really is a bit lower than 2%. Not to mention, you need at least 25 dollars in cash back before you can use it and it expires.

Apple gives the cash back the next day. Which is insane. While Citi takes 1.5 months to give it to you. It is easy to forget about it and one of the reasons why so many people forget and it expires out.

The only exception is travel cards. If you travel a lot it might make sense to get one of those cards for the perks because your usage will offset the annual fee. In that department, Apple does provide no foreign transactions fees and I think that is good enough for me.

electicon How to clean your Apple Card

I have been using Apple Card now for about two weeks and I have to say the physical card is nothing short of marketing genius by Apple.

The 2% unlimited cash back now has me using Apple Pay everywhere. At places that don't have it, I have to pull out the titanium card. Almost every place I go to people ask what is this card? Am I an Apple employee? Keep in mind, most places have never seen a titanium card before because they are typically given to extremely high net work individuals by AMEX and Visa.

After explaining what the card is. They invariably ask what is the benefit of the card. Being a nice guy, I explain them the benefits of the card.

The card is a conversation starter. It serves as an advertisement for people to sign up and it also serves as a way to get the establishment that you used the card to start accepting NFC payments.

None of this would be possible if the card was a crappy plastic material.

electicon Apple Card launches today for all US customers

The way the Citi Double Cash Card works is you get 1% for every dollar spent and 1% for every dollar paid.

- It is actually 1.98% because when you apply it to a statement credit you are not really paying off the full total. You get a straight 2% back, daily, with Apple Card.

- There is also a redemption minimum with Citi, in this case there needs to be at least $25 dollars in cash back before you can claim it. Apple doesn't have that.

- Citi card has foreign transaction fees. Apple Card does not.

- The rewards "expire" with Citi. Apple's doesn't.

- Citi's rewards are given to you after your first statement is paid off and higher than 25 dollars. Apple's is given daily, and you can do what you want with those cash rewards.

electicon Apple Card launches today for all US customers

Not to mention the 2% and 3% cash back are for certain categories and there are limits to how much you can get back in a given year with other cards.

For example, most cards will allow you to get a 2% cash back up to $6,000 per year. I have yet to find a card that has unlimited 2% cash back on ALL purchases.

Apple Card is unlimited 2% back, no category restrictions, as long as you use Apple Pay. That's quite a deal.