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iask··on ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
Do they have a live draw feature? In recently purchased the Bamboo Slate. The live write is really handy when trying to express something on a Teams/Zoom meeting. I just share my screen and start drawing.
iask··on Show HN: I'm 15 and made a bedtime calculator with React JavaScript
I find it useful and love it! Congrats. Maybe change the button text to Reset after calculation.
iask··on US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
I have two of their drones. Hope I can continue to fly. It’s helped me a lot since this pandemic started, being able to take a fun distraction. I’m able to just zone out from all those meetings, calls, reports, emails, code etc. etc.
iask··on US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
Is DJI on the pending list?
iask··on USPS Plans to Slash Hours at Many Post Offices, Hoping to Save a Buck
Excellent idea. Even if they decide to monetize this, at $12 a year.
iask··on U.S. orders closure of Chinese consulate in Houston, angering Beijing
Hey you! Look over there...woot! Won the election.

Didn’t Mr. Bolton said that China was asked to help with re-election? If that’s the case then this is just another political distraction.

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iask··on The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a naturally evolved virus [pdf]
Well, sadly, the damage is done. And it has certainly exposed our unpreparedness, broken/outdated protocols among agencies and exposed deep divisions in these United States. Just imagine if this is a test case, we’ve really exposed ourselves. I am quite certain our adversaries are watching and learning.
iask··on Twitter hack has profound national security implications
That is also true. I would come across an article that interest me, however, there’s so much fluff that I would scroll 2-3 times and then just move on.
iask··on Twitter hack has profound national security implications
Sadly, I believe it’s too late. Attention span is getting shorter for many. Not many would want to scroll a news article. These days almost everyone I speak with is saying they’re busy, not enough time. So, where would they even find time to watch a 30-60 minute newscast.

Which is why Twitter is probably the GoTo for news.

iask··on Trump suspends H1B, H4 visas till year end
It’s a psychological play that is politically motivated. Nothing else.
iask··on GitHub abandons 'master' and 'slave' terms to avoid row
What about SPI and I2C protocols? In any case I always refer to those devices as nodes...Master and nodes.
iask··on Work-from-home boom leads to more surveillance
It’s old-fashion management. If you don’t understand your employees workload and don’t trust them then either you resign or fire the employees. Simple as that.

I don’t see how this makes any employee productive. This adds more stress imo. An employee gives you 8 of their 12 hour day. Now, you tell me if that works only for you - the management. They’re people just like you. They have a life just like you. They have responsibilities similar to you. They might have a family similar to you. There’s no fucking way they can manage all this, giving you a focused 8 hour. They might need a few mins to pay a bill, lookup a medication, place a personal Online order. And many other activities that come with “living”, being alive.

I am certain most managers that implement this are antisocial fucks. It’s poor management. Uneducated decision making.

Now, it does has its place. For example in highly secured environments or when dealing with highly sensitive documents. But for a small or regular office, no!

HR/Payroll companies such as ADP and Insperity need to start setting ground rules. I know that they’re in favor of the employer, however, it would make good on them.

iask··on Senate Stock Watcher
I love this! Create a widget as well, perhaps one day it will be added to the senate website, or the local senators offices.
iask··on Startups threatened by iOS 14’s new features
I thought it was my phone until I saw your post lol.
iask··on Robinhood reports outage as markets rebound
As of 3:44PM EST. It’s still not back. I then signed out of the app and can’t sign back in. I then thought maybe they reset passwords, so I tried resetting. Even that’s not working. Total outage!
iask··on MirageJS: An API mocking library for frontend development
No fluff! In 2 sec I knew what it was intended to do. I was ready to go in 6 sec. Excellent work.
iask··on Visa Buys Plaid
If you’re referring to the github link, they took it down after several Complaints.

https://github.com/plaid/link/issues/68

iask··on Visa Buys Plaid
Slightly off topic, but worth highlighting. Privacy virtual card use Plaid (well at least the last time I looked at it a few months back). The integration was extremely questionable. They were faking the bank’s login page. So when you enter your credentials, it wasn’t the actual banks page.

There was a github issue opened, and after several followed up complaints they blocked further commenting and the removed then ticket.

Subject of the ticket [plaid/link] privacy/security concerns (#68)

iask··on Algorithm Removes Water from Underwater Images
The change in the shades of the color chart (due to lighting) is probably used as a tolerance in the algorithm.
iask··on Software Architecture Is Overrated, Clear and Simple Design Is Underrated
Thank you for sharing. Same experience here. I felt I was the only one going down this path. Many projects I look at has too many unnecessary layers files etc.

I joined a company recently that has a simple app for end users to take orders over the phone, perform lookup and refunds. Something that can be built in a few days, seriously. When I looked at the code - WTF!!! The previous dev over architected this thing. Unnecessary layers, interfaces etc. one simple change can take hours.

I think developers need a little bit of management experience to understand the impact of these complexity. At the very end, companies just want something usable to stay in the game...a Honda and not a Rolls.

iask··on Shopify Overtakes eBay as Second Biggest Shopping Site After Amazon
Shopify is not enterprise ready. It’s designed for smaller self-managed stores. We recently looked into the platform to run a few large E-commerce stores. Two of the biggest issues are:

1. Payment processing. You’re forced to use their Shopify Payments. There’s no flexibility for managing that via API. Once something goes in there it’s stuck. Our particular requirement entails tokenized card info. And we needed to access the tokenized card for recurring orders. Shopify told us that was impossible. And want us to use one of the handful subscriptions app, which btw, also have no flexibility. We then hired a 3rd party to see if they can extend the cart...nada. So, if you already have an internal recurring/subscription system - trust me, Shopify will not work for your e-commerce platform. Dont waste your time.

2. Most of the apps are shady. We spoke with two regarding upsells and cross-sells, they couldn’t give us a clear answer if our customer data they collect will never be shared or sold.

The platform is for small self managed stores.

It definitely has an A+ front end, but the backend needs to be more flexibility for the enterprise.

iask··on Dark Patterns
I had similar experience. Back then, invoice numbers were short and sequential...I was asked to start it at 100001.
iask··on Now Bigger Than eBay, Shopify Sets Its Sights on Amazon
I don’t know why they don’t support 3rd party payment tokenization.
iask··on Google Is Turning Off the Works-with-Nest API
And there went my love for Nest. I’ve been one of the earliest adopters...love the product. After they got acquired by Google I’ve been expecting this, however, not so soon.

Time to start looking into an alternative - suggestions anyone?

iask··on Why Mailchimp is no longer in the Shopify App Store
I’ve been trying for months to get Info on payment tokenization and keep getting the push around. And the rep keep suggesting I use one of their subscription app.

Their UI is great, but too freaking restrictive.

iask··on Spielberg to push for new Oscars rules that exclude streaming movies
I was saying this to someone just a few days ago. And, if I might add, many of the films from Netflix and Amazon are way better.
iask··on 911 emergency services go down across the US after CenturyLink outage
So, now there is proof that our national emergency 911 system has a possible vulnerability. Hope this will be addressed with some prioritity.
iask··on What I Learned About Upwork from a Bumbling Scammer
How about registering a domain upwrkscammers.com and create a database to highlight fraudulent profiles, F#uck upwork and their ridiculous rules.

Edit - send the link to your post to the CEO of upwork.

iask··on Self-driving cars could function as moving brothels, academics predict
How about getting more sleep in the way to work. I do 2.5 to 3hrs daily. That’s about 15hrs more sleep weekly. Or I could have more me time.
iask··on Fishing for Hackers: Analysis of a Linux Server Attack (2014)
Are there similar windows tools like Sysdig?
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