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jhenkens··on Docker to rate limit image pulls
Agreed. Third party package repositories has been a weak point in our CI, and we put all of them behind a self-hosted proxy that we can manage in our own HA fasion. Turns out we get faster pulls from it, as well as being a good internet-citizen.
jhenkens··on Redfin: Vacation real-estate ‘toast’ as Airbnb owners rush to offload homes
We need minimum owner-occupancy rules for vacation rentals.
jhenkens··on Apple Pay on pace to account for 10% of global card transactions
I have actually started preferring 76 stations because they all support the 76 app which lets me pay without credit card. My card was skimmed (and recreated into a new physical card!) earlier this year, which almost certainly happened at a gas station.
jhenkens··on Microsoft 4-day week boosts productivity and sales
Which is the problem. We're trying to say we've generally exhausted our productive capabilities after 4 days of work per week, which is what this article was saying as well.

If I've contributed my maximum amount in 4 days rather than 5, it should not be called part time. Part time should be reserved for instances where you are indeed contributing less than a full amount per week, such that you could hold two part time jobs.

jhenkens··on Keeping master green at scale
Microsoft uses it for Windows as well, which was so large they wrote their own git filesystem to power it.
jhenkens··on Less Pizza, More Yoga: E-Sports Embraces Traditional Training Methods
I believe the initial argument is that "pivoting" of the players is inevitable, due to the relatively short shelf-life of a video game's popularity. Whereas a professional athlete in traditional sports can typically play one sport from childhood till retirement (be it 20, 30, 40, or 50), an e-sport professional may have to switch games after 3 years, and every 3 years, to remain relevant.
jhenkens··on Facebook’s Clear History privacy feature is still months from launching
The amount of data they collect surely they stream much of it directly to log files. Those log files are not by user. You try reading and rewriting petabytes of data out of S3 to remove lines matching a specified ID.
jhenkens··on SpaceX Launches 19th Rocket in a Year, a Company Record
This was the first time that SpaceX has launched-and-landed the same rocket on three separate missions.

https://mashable.com/article/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launch-r...

jhenkens··on Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25
With it taped to the back, you don't get blowback, but there is significantly reduced airflow out the front. I used a filter of this type for ~2 weeks during the Thomas fire. Worked very well, though the proper filter I received from Amazon a week after I built this worked better. Two is better than one, though!
jhenkens··on Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B
Is it not still shown as "Fullfilled by Amazon" but all grouped under the same product page? I presumed "Sold by Amazon.com" meant procured, shelved, and shipped directly via Amazon.com, none of this third party fulfillment crap.
jhenkens··on Apple Releases iOS 11.4 with Messages in iCloud and AirPlay 2
Maybe it's just fond memories from a long-ago era, but didn't the original Airport Express have multi-room audio? I remember it working quite well.

How is this a feature, 15 years later?

jhenkens··on Apple delaying HomePod smart speaker launch until next year
I have a first-gen echo, and I will say, hands down, my iphone 7+ with "hey siri" can hear and understand me better. It's also faster at performing actions on my philips HUE hub.
jhenkens··on Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It?
I did reasearch during my MS as well. Tuition + Healthcare + Stipend. Still lost out on 1.5 years of $100k+ a year to slowly lose money (whatever the stipend didn't cover in my living expenses) and get a MS, but I'm happy in the end.
jhenkens··on Ask HN: How to leave a startup when you own a third of it?
These are some of my favorite sorts of threads on HN. Love thinking about this sort of thing for any future endeavours.
jhenkens··on Amazon Cash
Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe if you want a smaller denominatioin? I think gift cards start at $25.
jhenkens··on VPAID ads destroy performance and are still served by major ad networks
I work in industry, and while I haven't explored the Guardian's player, I do use MailOnline's plugins extensively, and they work better than any other tester I've found. Fantastic stuff, and its open source.
jhenkens··on iPhone SE
Depends on how much you prefer the experience of an iPhone versus an Android. There's a reason someone might choose an Audi versus a similarly equipped (engine wise) Volkwagen - it's a different experience, at a price, that some prefer.
jhenkens··on AdNauseam Browser Extension: Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To
Click fraud hasn't been a user choice thus far.
jhenkens··on Microsoft to Close Microsoft Research Lab in Silicon Valley
I'm just starting my sixth year at UCSB (undergrad + MS), and I never knew about this, but apparently there is an MSR office inside of UCSB's campus! http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/stationq/

That said, I wasn't sure if your comment was saying they were just confused at to where Santa Barbara is located, or if there was only labs in Santa Clara, not in Santa Barbara. That said, I find it very strange to close the SV MSR office. Lot's of California-only folks who don't want to move to the tourist-city of SB/don't fit into the MSR-StationQ at UCSB now are off the market.

jhenkens··on Google I/O 2014
I can't use iOS7 without reduced animated. I'm very happy they have that feature.
jhenkens··on Show HN: We open-sourced our anime discovery application
You register and login over HTTP. I would bet they just store it in plaintext. But does it really matter with the first piece of information, how they store your password?
jhenkens··on $10 Of Free Bitcoin For College Students
@cs.ucsb.edu doesn't work either. I've never used Coinbase before in my life.
jhenkens··on The latest chapter for the self-driving car: mastering city street driving
Perhaps it could be due to the fact that you are legally required to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk? Not to say that people do yield often, but once a pedestrian is in a crosswalk, not yielding is a great way to get a quick ticket.
jhenkens··on Stripe Open-Source Retreat
I like to think that your brain was just prioritizing more important concepts :)

Sounds like an awesome idea - I look forward to seeing which projects get selected.

jhenkens··on Stripe Open-Source Retreat
Is there a reason this article is future dated by 5 days?

"Greg Brockman, April 29, 2014"

jhenkens··on Update on Linksys WRT1900AC support for OpenWRT
I wish it had more than 4MB flash, but it is an awesome little box! The 4MB of flash just means you pretty much need to roll your own OpenWRT image if you want to change anything. A friend has one, and I have an MR3040 (3020 + 2000mAh battery) arriving today to hack around on to make it the perfect travel router for me.
jhenkens··on Show HN: I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge
Microsoft employee's get a discount of about 7% iirc by showing their Microsoft Prime card, which is just a 'Passport' card. Many credit unions and other business provide 'Passport' discounts as well.
jhenkens··on Show HN: I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge
Intern's get Blue as well, but are, for most intents and purposes, considered FTE's.
jhenkens··on How to Save 90% on your S3 Bill
Great point! I have never heard that, but it makes perfect sense. Hopefully I will remember in the future.
jhenkens··on Google Ventures Puts $258M Into Uber, Its Largest Deal Ever
In many US cities, you can get UberX for about the price of a cab, Uber about 1.25-1.5 that. However, when you call a cab, it often takes 5-20 minutes, you have no idea who is picking you up, and often times they wont even show up if you aren't at a hotel. Uber you know exactly how long and who will be picking you up, and you can track them.
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