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geekrax··on 18-year-old personal website, built with Frontpage and still updated
(OTOH = On the other hand)
geekrax··on 16-inch MacBook Pro
For m, it's "" ad "" kys.
geekrax··on V8: Workaround for Intel Gemini Lake Processor Bug
Nitpick: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/1803775/2... seems unintentional.
geekrax··on Bill Gates Resume (1974)
Complete image https://i.imgur.com/jZ5bdB6.jpg
geekrax··on Bill Gates Resume (1974)
Complete resume: https://i.imgur.com/jZ5bdB6.jpg
geekrax··on A “FaceApp” to enlarge breasts? It’s here, and there’s more to it than [ ]
Warning: NSFW dataset.
geekrax··on Amazon S3 will no longer support path-style API requests
Agreed. The search could use some love for doing exact match.

The scale at which different libraries, tools, and systems depending on hard-coded S3 urls will break by this change is insane.

geekrax··on Amazon S3 will no longer support path-style API requests
There are millions of results for "https://s3.amazonaws.com/" on GitHub: http://bit.ly/2GUVjDi
geekrax··on Mountain View approves razing rent-controlled units for $1.5M homes
1.5M for a brand new house in Mountain View ? That's a bargain.

/s

geekrax··on Lyft prices IPO at top of range
SNAP. Opened @ 27. Was $5 in December (-81% from open). Now $10 (-63% from open).
geekrax··on USB 3.2 is going to make the current USB branding even worse
Off topic, but this is how I see your quote btw: https://i.imgur.com/dIFTp4Y.png
geekrax··on The Most Reputable Stack Overflow User
The question of their all time top answer is very interesting:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6841333/why-is-subtracti...

geekrax··on Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
The login form on TreasuryDirect is cancer.

- They split the form into two parts: Username/Account-Number and Password.

- The Username field disables autofill.

- The password field on the next page has a virtual keyboard. No autofill, the field is readonly.

I have been using this bookmarklet to "fix" these fields and let the password manager work on these fields:

javascript:document.querySelector("input[autocomplete='off']").removeAttribute('autocomplete');document.querySelector("input[readonly]").removeAttribute('readonly');

geekrax··on LA is using ride-hailing startup Via to shuttle people to public transit
Perhaps this is what Chariot should have pivoted to. Right now, the public transit is not the problem in places like Bay Area and LA if your source and destination are near the public transit stop or if those stops are accessible via a car/bike/scooter.
geekrax··on Apple's New Map
I cannot fail to notice how many # of ads, notifications, various asks, pop-ups, disclaimers, endorsements, contact buttons or share buttons there are on this page compared to what we see in any other piece of content with as much detailed information.

The author definitely enjoys compiling these amazing essays and share this knowledge.

Thank you, Justin!

geekrax··on See all your purchases, subscriptions and reservations
Just one perspective: When it comes to scraping data and storing in single entity (Google servers), it's more about powering the ecosystem than a single client or the UI.

Google doesn't just live in a single client. As a user (by giving up my privacyto Google), I can ask my Google home how my day is while getting ready for work. I can see the status of my flight tomorrow in my Google app (or Google home screen in Android) without a single search - just because it parsed my email with itinerary. Same way, I can see status for my FedEx package right there just because they violeted my privacy and scraped when I purchased something.

Imagine how much friction it'd require to setup such devices if everything was processed on client side or required explicit opt-in before accessing the info.

Of course as a side effect, I get advertisements of standing desk even a month after buying one, but probably the alternative would be to pay for all these AI and assist?

Again, just a user's perspective.

geekrax··on Opera Limited files for a $115M US IPO
Someone please acquire these folks so we don't have to worry about prefixing -o- anymore.
geekrax··on Gitlab 500 error
So now that there's no outage, this post has no significance and no way to see what was happening during the outage. Does anyone have a cached version of the page or a screenshot for some context?
geekrax··on IHOP Becomes IHOb, the International House of Burgers
With "b" also it's a vertical flip.
geekrax··on How to be a Manager – A step-by-step guide to leading a team
I really wish they went easy on the animations.
geekrax··on USCIS Director Cissna’s statement about H-1B requests for evidence (RFEs)
Wish the tweetstorm was properly crafted. Here are the tweets in order:

  Director Cissna’s statement about H-1B requests for evidence (RFEs): Let’s put
  the data in context. We calculate the frequency of issuing RFEs on the basis
  of how many petitions we’ve completed, not on the total number of RFEs issued.

  With that in mind, RFEs have increased slightly, but not markedly, staying
  around 20% of cases. Meanwhile, our approval rate has remained above 90%.
  Increased RFEs reflect our commitment to protecting the integrity of the
  immigration system.

  Sometimes we need to issue more than one RFE for a single petition to ensure
  we’re getting accurate jobs and wages data. Increasing RFEs can cause delays,
  but they provide assurance we’re approving petitions correctly.

  Increasing our confidence in who receives benefits is a hallmark of this
  administration and one of my personal priorities.

  FY15: 20.5% RFE’d, 95.3% approved.
  FY16: 20.6% RFE’d, 93.5% approved.
  FY17: 21.2% RFE’d, 92.5% approved.
geekrax··on Turi Create simplifies the development of custom machine learning models
If one wants to start from zero experience of Neural Networks, but expertise in application development process, what resources would you recommend to start learning?
geekrax··on Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV
Here is what I don't understand:

If Amazon can block Google products from their marketplace, can't Google also block Amazon from showing in the search results?

If blocking Amazon from search results falls under anti-trust laws, why doesn't the first one fall under same laws?

geekrax··on SoundCloud is here to stay
I was holding off on integrating Soundcloud API. I guess there's no excuse now.
geekrax··on Let's crash the integrated browser in Facebook
iOS also provides a way to have similar UX using Safari View Controller. https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2015/504/
geekrax··on PictureSwap: Upload a picture to discover what the last visitor uploaded [nsfw]
Who remembers Facebook's Slingshot?
geekrax··on Answers to your questions about Apple and security
Thing that bugs me most is the url `/customer-letter`. Is this the one and only "Customer Letter" they're ever going to write?
geekrax··on Show HN: Aura, Native OS X Notifications for Gmail and Google Apps
Interesting. Not a huge fan of marketing it as "Absolutely Free" and not mentioning the charge for multiple accounts.

I currently use Checker Plus for Gmail Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/checker-plus-for-g.... Does the job very well.

geekrax··on Show HN: Aura, Native OS X Notifications for Gmail and Google Apps
Does it poll the email servers frequently or it's receiving IMAP notifications directly?
geekrax··on Guide for Technical Development
Even Google knows that it's called "Javascript", not "Java Script": http://i.imgur.com/kEpux5f.jpg
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