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ozfive··on Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers
The value comes from the value of selling ads and knowing everything about the product. In this case the viewer. Value prop for building the ability to still have insight into your product is there. It captures all the people who think they are clever by not connecting through WiFi and not understanding that it can be done over HDMI.
ozfive··on Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers
I ripped my GPS out of the head unit of a 2020 Toyota Corolla. Still alive to tell the tale.
ozfive··on Ask HN: Is there any software you only made for your own use but nobody else?
I brute forced the IR codes for my Cambridge Audio CXA81 amp, wrote a web server in go that has endpoints to correspond with the actions, wired up a Raspberry Pi Zero W with an IR transmitter, and wrote a Android app as a virtual remote control that connects over WiFi to the webserver on the Raspberry Pi Zero W. I wanted to control my amp from anywhere in my house and Cambridge Audio didn't make that Amp controllable through their app.
ozfive··on EasyOS: An experimental Linux distribution
https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/
ozfive··on The Theory That There Is Only One Electron in the Universe
This article makes Richard Feynman seem like a thieving asshole. Like Edison to Tesla.
ozfive··on Software freelancers, how did you land your 1st, 2nd, and Nth jobs?
Who you know is king. Networking and showing up to meetups is the best way to get a job in this industry.
ozfive··on "If this one guy got hit by a bus, the software would fall apart."
> What happens when that person gets bored with the project... or decides to do something malicious (as in the case with a recent backdoor in the XZ compression tool)...

The maintainer of the xz compression tool didn't do anything malicious. This statement is incorrect and damaging.

ozfive··on Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy
This is wiretap level.
ozfive··on Cloud host Vultr rips user data ownership clause from ToS after web outrage
And this should never be ignored.
ozfive··on One of world’s smallest fish found to make sound as loud as a gunshot
All I want to know is, can you keep them in fish tanks without the glass shattering?
ozfive··on Apple reportedly scraps multibillion-dollar plan to build electric car
What!?!? So pouring billions into a project for alternative (to fossil fuel vehicles) transportation for the last decade is getting trumped by Generative AI development? Make this make sense? The legal ramifications of incorrect responses from generative AI will cost more than finishing something that has far more reaching implications in the long term than what they will develop with such a late start in the other industry. Please inform me of my ignorance and I will take it in stride.
ozfive··on Blind, Alone, and Confused for 24 Hours Challenge (2020)
I was born in Germany and was informed by my mother about conscientious objection but don't fully understand how caring for disabled people equates to an alternative to violence and war. Shouldn't we inherently care for elderly and disabled regardless of military service and a military industrial complex? How is this a 1-1 comparison. Genuinely trying to be informed here.
ozfive··on Blind, Alone, and Confused for 24 Hours Challenge (2020)
I bet they have no idea how nicotine can be a hallucinogen when taking MAOI inhibitors.
ozfive··on Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
I feel a class action lawsuit is incoming. Potentially with FTC support...
ozfive··on Show HN: Real-time image generation with SDXL Lightning
It's so fast I question the quality of all other models that cost money.
ozfive··on Automated license plate readers: the greatest trick big brother ever pulled
What exactly is the purpose of having space-within a patchwork of incompatible systems?
ozfive··on The business of check cashing
I find it ironic that your truth is delivered with the cowardice of a throwaway account. Essentially don't write a check with your mouth your rear-end can't cash. CashApp me at my username if you agree. All proceeds go to student loan repayment.
ozfive··on Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name
San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Miami, Austin. Pick one I live there. Being in these environments really makes you wonder what sort of intellectual and ultimately evolutionary advancements have we made by constantly just volleying a ball over a net for so long with decisions that are made without our reach, oversight and generally care.
ozfive··on Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name
To describe it succinctly I and many others are a captive audience in these agreements to labor/income. I'm not necessarily attracted to you just because you are in my vicinity.
ozfive··on Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name
As a former male server I experienced women hitting on me in ways that I thought only men did and it didn't feel great at all. I'm sure there will be guys out there saying that's a good problem to have, but it really isn't. Especially if you have a wife already.
ozfive··on Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name
I'm sorry, what world do you live in? As a server, women were extremely crass and inappropriate with me all of the time and it wasn't nice at all for me. I am also not the type to be that kind of guy so it was very jarring for me to experience.
ozfive··on Short sellers lost more betting against Tesla than any other company last year
I'm assuming here: It was a hunch where he probably was thinking that the incumbent auto-makers would catch up and squash the new guy. People make these decisions all of the time based on what they know and how history has played out.
ozfive··on Ants recognise infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics
I turned the volume up expecting to hear war drums at least. I've seen this video before. Makes me think of police and mafia.
ozfive··on Ants recognise infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics
Dang does an amazing job of moderating but I am sure it's near impossible to keep up at this point. At least the overly political article submissions aren't making it through. I've been reprimanded and have learned the error of my ways in comments. Sometimes people just need the reminder. No matter what you are going through in life it's not ok to take it out on others.
ozfive··on Much of North America may face electricity shortages starting in 2024
Thank you!
ozfive··on Endurain: Self-hosted Strava like service
Why not just submit your project to Hacker News yourself in it's own thread? Whenever I come across these sorts of posts I think exactly what you say in your first sentence.
ozfive··on Teen Hacked GTA VI Company from Hotel TV
Just download UserLAnd from the app store.
ozfive··on Elon Musk says letting workers unionize creates 'lords and peasants'. What?
Are they pulling out the double-speak again?
ozfive··on Astronomers detect almost 100 new extremely metal-poor galaxies
Entropy.
ozfive··on Astronomers detect almost 100 new extremely metal-poor galaxies
The treasures are built from the mind and I suppose hierarchical structures of the mind based on scarcity.

I didn't downvote you. Just want to remind people that it isn't an absolute.

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