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mattcrox

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mattcrox··on Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in US-East-1 Region
It’s at the end, they disabled the DDB DNS automations around this to fix before they re-enable them
mattcrox··on Amazon says email banning TikTok from employee phones was ‘sent in error’
Yes we have cell reimbursement
mattcrox··on Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube
"but it does a lot of the same things and often lies about it"

Can you provide evidence of this? Not that I don't believe you (nor do I have any financial interest in Apple), but I'm not a fan of seeing baseless accusations on HN.

mattcrox··on Show HN: Play poker with friends. No cards or chips needed
Site looks really good. Showed it to my team, I think we'll be experimenting with it this week. I've only tested practice mode so far, but is there a way to increase the blinds after X minutes? Like a Sit-N-Go / tournament mode?
mattcrox··on Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work
Interesting, me too (4 months) - the charge will cut in and out randomly, although looking at the cable it seems to be in perfect condition still. Makes playing music through my car's USB port a challenge, as it's rare to be able to play more than two songs in a row without a disruption. Disappointing.
mattcrox··on Google says it has ‘no pay gap’ and that employees are welcome to share salaries
Is it not widely known that sharing your salary with co-workers is protected by U.S. law? I get the impression that workers in general feel the idea is taboo or will get you in trouble...
mattcrox··on iOS 8.3 Mail.app inject kit
If I need to get a message to a machine or troll someone, I do a psexec -s cmd to their box, then do: msg * "insert message here"
mattcrox··on How much are you worth? This tool can tell you by looking at your CV
Impressive - rated me only 5k (USD) higher than I make now, and nailed down the other types of jobs I'm interested in.
mattcrox··on This Guy Earned $450K Last Year. And He Hasn't Written a Line of Code
Yes, but in a world of about 7.2 billion people, there are only 55 basketball players capable of making 10 million+ a year [1] (I'm assuming there is no foreign league paying a player more than 10M USD per year, someone feel free to check me on this). If you were one of the top 55 "best" programmers or writers in the world, I have a feeling you could figure out how to make 10M/year.

[1] http://espn.go.com/nba/salaries/_/page/2/seasontype/3

mattcrox··on What Coke Contains (2013)
I did a test one year where for a full 365 days, I completely removed all sodas from my diet and changed nothing else, kept my regular doses of exercise the same. Only drank water or tea/lemonade at meals. Easiest 15 pounds I ever lost