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658 karma · joined January 24, 2012

Views are my own - Post-sales leader from a variety of startups - pre-series-A to post-IPO.
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jorts··on WhatCable: Know what your USB-C cable can do
I'd recommend a wireless CarPlay adapter. I bought one for my car, and it's a game-changer.
jorts··on U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’
My public high school started at 7:10 a.m.; I assume it was to accommodate bus schedules.
jorts··on Tl;dv: Over 180k meetings left wide open
Some notetakers filter that stuff out automatically.
jorts··on Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips
Their aging population will pose an extremely serious problem in the coming decades.
jorts··on How Kalshi Infects the News
I was taking an Uber from Sonoma back to the Bay, and the driver was one of those people. He wouldn't stop talking about how he was spending thousands a month on rare cards, then reselling them, all the while losing money, his wife, etc.
jorts··on I Fired Google
I threw all my Alexa devices away due to that as well.
jorts··on Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid
I always wondered whether my poor sense of smell dictated my diet. I share your friend's food preferences.
jorts··on Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email
Because America is a lot more than a podcaster put into a position that he has no qualifications for.
jorts··on US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February
No idea who is buying them, but it's dropped the price of buying one by over $100K.
jorts··on US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February
My mom's condo complex in Hawaii used to have many owners from Canada. Over the last year, the number of units for sale has probably 10x'd from previous years.
jorts··on An interactive map of Flock Cams
My vehicle was stolen in an area with Flock cams. It did not help at all.
jorts··on OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine
100% the political campaigns pinging you is endless and you cannot escape it. I have dozens of campaigns pinging me daily and I mark them all as spam as I never signed up for this nonsense. Give me a way to block them all and remove me from their database.
jorts··on People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much
Thanks for articulating exactly how I feel.
jorts··on State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?
I have been using Tahoe since it came out, and I really don't understand all the hate on it. Some of the aesthetics are a little off, but not burdensome. The only thing I really don't like is the large, rounded corners on windows.
jorts··on San Francisco Graffiti
There's Clarion Alley in the heart of the Mission, which I think is open to graffiti, as everything is plastered with it, most of it looking really nice. You can see it on Street View.
jorts··on Data Leak Exposes 149M Logins, Including Gmail, Facebook
Just adding plus signs and the vendor name in the address would do it.
jorts··on ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data
It was probably a decade ago and I recall using something within Google that would tell you about who they thought you were. It profiled me as a middle eastern middle aged man or something like that which was… way off.
jorts··on How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
China is in a bad place long-term with an inevitable population decline.
jorts··on DoGE "cut muscle, not fat"; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts
It was all incredibly reckless.
jorts··on Homeschooling hits record numbers
As the son of a teacher and a friend of several teachers, you're way underestimating their workload.
jorts··on Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp
Yeah, I've had the same number since about 2001. It's nice as I've moved since then so any number that calls from my area code is definitely spam, although that's not really an issue now that my phone doesn't ring for unknown numbers.
jorts··on Being poor vs. being broke
I had a roommate who was taking payday loans to support his brother for a while. I saw how ridiculous the interest was, paid it off for him, then had him pay me back. It got him out of the constant cycle of debt.
jorts··on I Want You to Understand Chicago
I see your post and OPs just fine.
jorts··on Toxic Salton Sea dust triggers changes in lung microbiome after just one week
Not surprising. I have a friend who grew up in El Centro and had asthma his whole childhood. Shortly after moving, he never had respiratory issues.
jorts··on Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI (TUI). Anybody else?
I supported a lumberyard that was like this too. Also, some "modern" laser machines required ancient versions of Windows and required floppy discs. This was about 20 years ago, though.
jorts··on Jeff Bezos says AI is in a bubble but society will get 'gigantic' benefits
In the late 90s to 2001? Many people were still using modems at that time. Cable or DSL wasn't even an option for a considerable percentage of the population.
jorts··on Playball – Watch MLB games from a terminal
I scored for my son's Little League game last weekend, and it was a stressful experience. Mainly because I had never used the app before, it was also somewhat tedious, as I had to update positions every half inning. I wish it were all pre-loaded, as that would have significantly reduced my stress. It was nice being the person everyone asked what the score was all the time, as no one else was paying as close attention to the game.
jorts··on Class-action suit claims Otter AI records private work conversations
That's terrible customer service and irresponsible of them. I find it wild that the bot would join without the user present.
jorts··on Class-action suit claims Otter AI records private work conversations
Most of the ones built into the video conferencing solutions aren't as good.
jorts··on Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
It’s an 85 Toyota Tercel.
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