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jetpackjoe··on Fastmail is having problems again
What are you switching to?
jetpackjoe··on ConcernedApe's Haunted Chocolatier
From the FAQ on the game's page:

> Is it the same engine as Stardew Valley?

> No, it’s a new engine written in C#/Monogame… however there are some areas where I can reuse code from Stardew Valley, so that is nice

jetpackjoe··on “If You Are Not Drowning in Demand, You Don’t Have Product-Market Fit” (2017)
Sure, but a lot of people would rather own 10% of a billion dollar company than 100% of a 10 million dollar one.
jetpackjoe··on The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots
If your threat vector is someone hacking/infiltrating your phone network, you have bigger problems.
jetpackjoe··on Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?
Am I wrong in thinking that the top third are guaranteed admission to a CSU?
jetpackjoe··on Learn Python by doing fun interactive exercises
Not showing prices anywhere until a user signs up is a dark pattern
jetpackjoe··on Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July
How many emissions and pollutants came from refining the hydrogen and oxygen though?
jetpackjoe··on Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
Especially considering there is a review process, and Apple takes a 30% cut.

If it was an open market (no review process), and they just took enough to cover operations and processing fees, I can see them being blameless, but if you are going to review apps, you need to actually review them.

jetpackjoe··on Complexities of e-mail validation logic
I do the same thing and believe it or not I’ve seen websites reject emails with their own name in the email.
jetpackjoe··on Elixir 1.12
https://elixirschool.com is really good
jetpackjoe··on Why should I put my website to sleep?
B&H is a Jewish electronics store here in NY. From sundown Friday until sundown Saturday you can't place any orders on their site, (though you can still window shop).

https://www.bhphotovideo.com

jetpackjoe··on Show HN: I made a simulator for personal finance
love love love that I can get started without putting in ANY personal information. I agree that making this more obvious is a good thing.
jetpackjoe··on Show HN: I made a simulator for personal finance
Love it. I do have some notes:

For "Financial Goals", allow me to opt set a fixed number, not just a percentage of income (i.e, if I want to max out my 401k).

When inputting investments, instead of having a field for the sum of the different categories, have line items, so I can add my copy/paste my 401k, IRA, etc into the website without having to add them up myself.

Great work!

jetpackjoe··on iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more
tvOS should include the new color balancing feature, correct?
jetpackjoe··on M1 Mac Mini Useless Without USB Keyboard and Mouse
The post says that it is not only first time setup, but after any reboot
jetpackjoe··on A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors (2018-20)
"Green" does mean "new" though. I think a bigger issue is that other admins/OPs/etc don't have colors.
jetpackjoe··on Kallithea – Self-hosted alternative to GitHub
Is there a good git -> fossil tutorial/migration guide?
jetpackjoe··on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
I find it simpler than Heroku. No buildpacks or database addons.
jetpackjoe··on Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency
The real reason to do a monthly unlimited is to not have to reload, especially when you are pressed for time.

Going forward, in NYC, I'm just going to use OMNY, since it's not in all stations.

jetpackjoe··on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
I user https://render.com for my dynamic ($7/month) and static (free) sites.

You specify a build command (ex. `npm run build`), and a directory (ex. `_site/`) and it will build and host it for you. It can automatically deploy on git events, or via web hook, or manually (button push). SSL/custom domains are also free and very easy to setup.

I stan render.

jetpackjoe··on Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
The about section of the Twitch channel says:

> This is pre-recorded dashcam footage from a year of traveling the United States in a campervan. It runs 24/7.

jetpackjoe··on Translating Newton’s Principia
I found the Green Lion Press version on Newton super helpful for distilling his argument so that a modern reader could understand it.

https://greenlion.com/books/NewtonPrincipia.html

jetpackjoe··on Ask HN: How can Twitter be GDRP compliant with this:
Analytics and ads do not fall under that though.
jetpackjoe··on Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet
Is Bitcoin king on security and decentralization because of anything in the protocol, or because it has the most miners?
jetpackjoe··on Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet
I'm not even an amateur cryptographer, let alone an armchair one.

I'm just someone who sees the failed promises made by Bitcoin (fast, cheap transactions) against the horrendous damage it is causing the environment.

There has to be a better way.

jetpackjoe··on Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet
The marketing makes it sounds like higher fees get processed/"confirmed" faster.

The reality is that if your fee isn't high enough, it stays in the mempool until it expires, never being sent.

jetpackjoe··on Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet
> The thing about money is that I can hand it to someone. Possession of the money is possession of the money and third parties don't need to get involved in every transaction. I can hand someone dollars and take a sandwich and walk away, transaction done.

Fiat is also moving in this direction. Credit cards, are just exchanging bits, and in Asia, with Alipay and WeChat pay you are just scanning QR codes. At least with (good) crypto currencies is you can remove the third-party from the equation.

There still remains the problem of having your transaction broadcast to the entire network, but I think that is also a solvable problem.

jetpackjoe··on Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet
Look at Bitcoin.orgs own marketing. https://bitcoin.org/en/faq#what-are-the-advantages-of-bitcoi...

"Payment Freedom" and "Choose your own fees" are both things that no longer apply to Bitcoin.

jetpackjoe··on Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet
This, I find, to be the biggest flaw with crypto in general.
jetpackjoe··on Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet
Proof of stake crypto currencies are just as secure.
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