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ihaveajob··on Tell HN: Bash.org is no more
The intended goal was to get the other person to reply :) by inverting the mouth. Instead, the whole "frown face" was inverted.
ihaveajob··on Norway Joins Denmark in Swedish Tesla Strike/Blockade
The point of solidarity strikes is that there may not be a specific point. It's simply a way for workers from unrelated industries to show support. Apparently, even trash collectors and mail delivery personnel are skipping Tesla.
ihaveajob··on Globalisation is a far, far bigger deal than you think
The cost of shipping overseas at scale (thanks to containerization, automated ports and gigantic ships) is lower than doing so locally with less efficient means (i.e. your chicken farmer's diesel van). Given that, even if the price of oil goes up, the math doesn't change because costs rise uniformly.
ihaveajob··on Sally Ignore Previous Instructions
XKCD is such a gem that it's embedded in geek culture much like The Simpsons is in pop culture.
ihaveajob··on Gmail, Yahoo announce new 2024 authentication requirements for bulk senders
The worst offenders are those without a link to unsubscribe, and who instead ask you to "reply unsubscribe", which happily for them is also a signal to the email provider that you've interacted with them and therefore are not spam.
ihaveajob··on Why cloud bandwidth is so obscenely expensive and what you can do about that
Put simply: There's no incentive for most organizations to implement this like this.
ihaveajob··on Sweetgreen Hires Kale-Shooting Robots to Speed Up Service
Paywalled, but intriguing.
ihaveajob··on Generating chess puzzles with generic algorithms (2022)
Yes, I found this very confusing at first. Thanks for confirming.
ihaveajob··on FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power
I understand the point is you can do two, but not three of them functions.
ihaveajob··on FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power
In my opinion, Amazon needs to be split into at least 4 independent entities:

  - Online marketplace
  - Consumer products
  - Internet infrastructure
  - Delivery logistics
Similar to the three-tier distribution system for beer in most states (a brewer cannot be a wholesaler or a retailer). This makes it easier for smaller players can compete with the big ones on quality at least, if not price or recognition.

(Edit: format)

ihaveajob··on Harvard: Student Use Cases for AI
A similar, more passive approach is to tell the AI to conjure 3 or 4 personas representing the main points of view about a particular topic (i.e. "universal basic income"). Each persona is an eloquent expert in the field with a strong opinion aligned with each of the PoVs. Then I ask them to debate the topic. Really insightful stuff.
ihaveajob··on Spain cancels Pegasus spyware investigation because Israel is not co-operating
Precisely this. Other commenters are pointing out that the Spanish government doesn't want to lose the option to investigate secessionist leaders, but given the current good relationships between the socialist party and Puigdemont's, that makes no sense. More likely they're trying to gloss over the obvious blackmailing incident at the first opportunity to blame someone else for the lack of success of any investigation.
ihaveajob··on Cisco Acquires Splunk
I was at Intel when they bought McAfee, whose HQ was essentially across the street. The running joke was similar.
ihaveajob··on Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
There's past evidence of that. Some link the 2003 Columbia disaster to a slide-based presentation format with insufficient/unclear information.

https://mcdreeamiemusings.com/blog/2019/4/13/gsux1h6bnt8lqjd...

ihaveajob··on Show HN: WatchMySSL – Automated SSL Certificate Monitoring
Thanks! Yes, Let's Encrypt does email you, and they provide extensive documentation for automatic renewals as you say. But even with that, I've had some WordPress instances go dark a few times because of some hard to debug problems with the cron job while running inside a Docker instance. Also, it's nice having everything in the same dashboard if you manage several sites. Peace of mind.

Regarding the signup email, thanks for the heads-up. I just fixed the issue and if you want to give it another try, you can just register once more.

Much appreciated!

ihaveajob··on Show HN: Host a Website in the URL
This is hilarious, but I think it may have some practical applications. Watch out for hackers though.
ihaveajob··on Organic Maps
Exactly this. I'm sent down Sacramento or San Pablo regularly, instead of the California or King st boulevards. Most people who ride around don't need the directions, but now and then you see someone you can tell is following them, not realizing there's a far safer option around the block.
ihaveajob··on Organic Maps
I feel like nobody in the Google Maps uses a bike for commuting or other daily life purposes. If they did, they wouldn't route me through the most dangerous, fast traffic street in my neighborhood, and instead they would choose the adjacent bike boulevard. Apple Maps does this much better, even though they've sent me to the wrong side of town a few times.

From my early tests, Organic Maps also sends you down dangerous routes, so I'll use cautiously.

ihaveajob··on Is ChatGPT a Bit Unsporting?
Pen-test! Just write pen-test and you don't elicit the same innuendo. This is especially true for human-to-human communications.
ihaveajob··on Painting the Eiffel Tower
I suppose the risk of pollution would be too high, but it'd make for a cool demo.

Once on a bike ride, I met a guy who worked painting the GGB. He said he was about 50, but look 65, so it seemed plausible. He wasn't wearing a helmet even on descents, which I asked him about, and his answer was that he spends all day in a harness with hard helmet, so the last thing he wanted was more helmet time in the weekend.

ihaveajob··on Painting the Eiffel Tower
The Golden Gate Bridge is constantly being painted. The conditions are harsher, I suppose. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/is-the-golden-gate-bridg...
ihaveajob··on Washington, DC, avoided the worst price rises that have plagued American cities
There's a table that shows the clear inverse correlation between number of added homes and price increases.
ihaveajob··on A beetle that heads for the ‘back door’ when eaten by a frog (2020)
Inspiration for The Human Centipede?
ihaveajob··on Ask HN: Visiting SF on a Budget?
Others disagree: https://sfstandard.com/2023/01/13/what-is-cerebral-valley-sa...
ihaveajob··on Google Sidewiki
Didn't one of the most recent versions of Explorer integrate something like this natively? I remember thinking it's neat, but it's hard to reach critical mass, and without reaching it, it's not very useful.
ihaveajob··on Recovering secret keys from devices using video footage of their power LED
This idea is straight out of Cryptonomicon. I remember being fascinated by my first modem's LEDs, and being mindblown when I realized that what seemed like different levels of green were actually the shape of a pseudo-random binary step function.
ihaveajob··on Intel is all-in on backside power delivery
I worked at Intel for 3 years and I felt similarly. I was in a group writing software to help the R&D physicists figure out the kinks of the low-level devices (next-gen transistors) way before going to silicon. The day-to-day work was relatively mundane, but talking to these people about their problems and needs made me feel like I was doing my little bit to move humankind forward.
ihaveajob··on Ruff: A Fast Python Linter
I'm very happy with ruff after coming from using flake8. I have it integrated in my pre-commit scripts, and it catches a lot of small stuff that would cause trouble down the pipeline. Best of all, it's really fast, as advertised, so it's much more practical than flake8 for that. All said, I'd still add heavier linters to a CI/CD process.
ihaveajob··on Distcc: A fast, free distributed C/C++ compiler
Oh yeah, I think I may have found distcc by way of trying out Gentoo. It makes sense. It's been a while since I heard about them!
ihaveajob··on Distcc: A fast, free distributed C/C++ compiler
So many memories. Back in grad school I would run this on a handful of workstations to speed up compilations. Really neat tool, and a clever setup.
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