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mslev··on Vercel’s pricing page
Funny timing - I was just on a call yesterday about renegotiating our enterprise Vercel contract. The Vercel employees on the call were very friendly, and did share information when prompted, BUT I came away from the call with the understanding that yep, their pricing is intentionally opaque. MIUs are 1 unit = $1, but the rate at which MIU are consumed vary by SKU. Which SKUs do you need, which are you using? Best of luck figuring that out. Cache hit? Fast Data Transfer. Cache miss? Fast Data Transfer _and_ Fast Origin Transfer, so 2x the cost.

For what its worth, they have an internal quoting tool, Copper, which we got a glimpse of on the call. This shows super detailed breakdowns of usage and pricing (for quoting, not actually for billing) and would be really useful to see...but of course they couldn't actually share that information with us.

Anyway, /rant. SaaS pricing being complex and not-exactly-user-friendly is nothing new.

mslev··on Have I Been Pwned 2.0 is Now Live
The new design looks great, and I always love following Troy's updates (although sometimes with semi-morbid curiosity).

I do find the timeline to be a little confusing- it seems to be ordered from earliest breach to most recent, but the dates on the timeline don't match that, as they seem to be when the data was leaked?

Display: breach date Ordering: breach published date?

I think it might be clearer to order + display the published date, and in the cards themselves show the breach date in a standard way.

mslev··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2024)
Complete (YC W22) | SF | Full-Time | https://www.complete.so/ Create, collaborate on, and explain compensation practices from day zero. As part of Complete's founding team, you'll play a key role in delivering on our mission to bring transparency to startup compensation. You'll be responsible for collaborating with product, design, engineers, and even directly with customers to produce world-class products for candidates, employees, and talent teams.

We're hiring full-stack engineers, Chief of Staff, and other roles! https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/complete/jobs

Feel free to reach out directly with questions or to share a resume: michael@complete.so

mslev··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)
Complete (YC W22) | SF | Full-Time | https://www.complete.so/

Create, collaborate on, and explain compensation practices from day zero. As part of Complete's founding team, you'll play a key role in delivering on our mission to bring transparency to startup compensation. You'll be responsible for collaborating with product, design, engineers, and even directly with customers to produce world-class products for candidates, employees, and talent teams.

We're hiring full-stack engineers, Chief of Staff, and other roles! https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/complete/jobs

Feel free to reach out directly with questions or to share a resume: michael@complete.so

mslev··on Wavve: making $76k a month turning podcasts into videos
I spent a day or two last week trying to get ffmpeg.js working and it was nothing but headaches. If you had more luck I'd love to learn some details.

My use case: trim and append multiple (4+) MP4s in the browser into one continuous video.

mslev··on NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Emitters’
Sunnyvale does this! The "Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer Station" (SMaRT Station) is out by the bay, and there is a waste water treatment plant right next door. Methane is captured from "capped" landfills and is used to power the treatment plant. I believe the plant is nearly 100% powered by these captured gases.

Doesn't smell great over there, but it sure is interesting and pretty smart!

mslev··on Stripe to move to South San Francisco
No donuts on the 7:35 from Oakland this morning, tragedy.
mslev··on Hard comp-fi reading list
Semi related:

Does anyone have a good tool for keeping lists of books and links and things to save for later? I always end up bookmarking things and they get lost in the large black hole known as my bookmarks bar.

iOS app and browser integration would be great too.

mslev··on Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?
Not technology, but a great video for absolute beginners who want to get into drifting, or just improve their on-track car control.

"The Drift Bible" with the Drift King, Keiichi Tsuchiya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQyQgyuNMI

mslev··on After 6 months of working fine, Tesla software update drives at barriers again
Watching the video, '2019.5.15 - Try 2' is interesting. You can see the car moving normally, then it starts to follow the black crack in the road and moves to the right- at this moment, the white Nissan in front is blocking the white lines ahead where the lanes actually split.

Does AP use other cars as reference points, or just the road? Ideally in this situation it would be both: "The line has disappeared, and there's a new one now, but that car went over it". Instead it seems to just be following whatever lines it can see. Does that make sense?

Note- not at all defending the AP behavior here. Just thinking out loud.

mslev··on We hired a Japanese moving company [video]
AFAIK many times it's a requirement of the platform/sponsor/etc that it must be disclosed. I appreciate it as well.
mslev··on First .dev Domains Go Live
Me: "Wow [myfirstname].dev is available! I gotta get it!"

Aaaaaaand its $11,500.

mslev··on Uber self-driving crash: Footage shows moment before impact [video]
I'm not sure how closely we should analyze this footage. Its relatively low-quality dashcam footage, and I highly doubt its representative of what the car "sees" and what a human would see in similar conditions.

That being said, Uber's LIDAR should've seen the woman in the road, right? Does the range not go beyond the lane ahead?

mslev··on Launch HN: Feather (YC S17), painless furniture rental for people who move a lot
This is pretty similar to saying, "I don't rent cars, I just steal them." You're buying things, keeping them for <1 year, then returning them for the full value?

Even if this is allowed/legal, it isn't exactly moral.

mslev··on Launch HN: Sudden Coffee (YC W17) – Instant coffee that doesn't suck
Honestly I'm mostly interested in the centrifugal brewing system. 85-90C doesn't seem very low to me, maybe just below my brewing range across methods (192-204). Sounds like your current method would be similar to an Aeropress.

You said you'd spent 12 hours a day pulling shots- were you using espresso for the coffee? Is this freeze dried espresso, with more water added to it (like an Americano)?

I'd truly love to know more about your brew technique and process.

mslev··on Racket v6.8
I used Racket in my Programming Languages class at Cal Poly. Took a while (a long while) to get my head around it, but it ended up being pretty fun. Haven't been able to convince myself to use it after that though ;)

Shoutout to Prof Clements and his excellent sideburns.

mslev··on AirPods are now available
Shure SE215s. Not all that expensive, but for the price they're an amazing IEM. You can also get a cable that has a mic/remote in it.
mslev··on Updating my plane’s very old GPS data in a very modern way
I love stuff like this! Similar to the "Restoring Y Combinator's Xerox Alto", the mix of software and hardware hacking is just awesome.

Anyone have any suggestions/recommendations of similar material?

mslev··on Firefox disables loophole that allows sites to track users via battery status
Every piece of available information can be used to track users. Why not just give the option to disable it? I can see valid use cases for a site knowing your battery % (e.g. having a "low power mode" on your site).
mslev··on Web fonts, boy, I don't know
Only your fourth? ;)

Definitely my favorite show.

mslev··on Web fonts, boy, I don't know
For anyone missing the WW reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvr1T1sFvEg
mslev··on I Fooled the World into Thinking I Was a Successful EDM DJ–For an Art Project
I don't see this as an "art project" as much as a fun experiment. This just shows that good producers and promoters, and having an "in" can often get you on the same level as legitimately talented musicians.
mslev··on Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012)
Is there a difference between a conscious being and a being who has been programmed to believe it has a conscience?
mslev··on Decades-Old Mystery Put to Rest: Why Are There X's in the Desert?
I love stuff like this, I just think its so cool. Similar to this are the large cement arrows across the US:

http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2013-06-17/transcontinenta...

mslev··on Hosting My Static Site
I use it to host my personal site, and I'm currently hosting a Django project on NFS as well. Paying less than $1/mo for both.
mslev··on Hosting My Static Site
I use nearlyfreespeech for most of my hosting.
mslev··on Mountain Man
> Though most villagers taunted me at first, there were quite a few who lent me support later by giving me food and helping me buy my tools

I mean they could've helped him cut through the rock...

mslev··on Even – Get your average pay, every payday
Seems to be fixed now.
mslev··on Homejoy says goodbye
"Unfortunately, we cannot process any refunds or credits at this time."

Ouch. What would cause them to not be able to offer refunds?

mslev··on Legends in D3
I can't be the only one who thought this article would be about people who will be known throughout history for their amazing work in D3- champions, heroes, front-end developers!
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