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safeimpon Toolong: Terminal application to view, tail, merge, and search log files

When I have a similar conundrum I typically add it to my calendar at a random time as a helpful popup/reminder.

Usually I don’t even need the reminder, just writing it down is reminder enough.

safeimpon Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop

I was pleasantly pleased to recently learn Airdrop has no file size limitation! I needed to transfer several 7-9 GB files and thought for sure I'd run into issues but everything moved smooth (and quickly!).

safeimpon Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order

The additional weight comes from the front display.

The reports regarding fatigue are consistently related to users wearing only the band, when they add the additional strap that goes directly over the head it's fine. Typical Apple leading with form over function. It ships with the additional strap at least so that should alleviate it for most people. Quest 3 has a similar additional band which helps as well.

safeimpon DigitalOcean Global Networking Major Outage

I could understand the frustration if it was posted here first and they took their time reporting it but in this instance the op linked to their status page. You should subscribe to it to learn about it from the source.

safeimpon RIP Microsoft WordPad

I was a longtime Windows user and used Notepad similarly. When I eventually transitioned to Apple I shifted to Notes, curious why you’d not use this in lieu of TextEdit?

safeimpon Should you add screenshots to documentation?

I always appreciate it when documentation does this. Is there a technical term for this implementation?

safeimpon New York will plant trees using new tech to maximize foliage impact

Something similar was done in New York as well for those curious: https://council.nyc.gov/data/heat/

safeimpon Cats are no match for New York City's rats (2018)

Others appear to agree with your sentiment: https://www.reddit.com/r/istanbul/comments/10sia4d/rats_in_i...

I did some quick searches and nothing shows concretely that this is due to the high cat population, only anecdotally. Regardless, it's certainly a thing.

https://turkeynomad.com/posts/why-cats-istanbul

safeimpon The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be signed

Wouldn’t this be a liability though? In this scenario are you just blindly signing whatever? If yes, that’s obviously not good. The alternative is you have a long review and audit process but in the event something falls through the cracks, this still bites you.

safeimpon 1Password detects "suspicious activity" in its internal Okta account

This has specifics: https://blog.1password.com/okta-incident/

safeimpon Ask HN: Why was Square down for 13 hours?

They posted an update saying it was DNS related:

https://squareup.com/us/en/press/an-update-on-last-weeks-out...

safeimpon Procreate Dreams

I’m a long time Procreate user and am shocked at the value I get out of it for the price. It’s definitely a killer app on the iPad and was the main reason why I picked up the Pencil.

Not to go off on too much of a tangent but thinking about animation on my iPad I was suddenly reminded of one of my favorite “toys” (tools?) from my childhood, The Etcha Sketch Animator:

https://the80sand90s.com/articles/etch-a-sketch-animator?for...

safeimpon Zoom’s CEO thinks Zoom sucks for building trust, leaked audio reveals

I'd say this is nuanced? Heated can certainly mean elevated to a point of being argumentative but the way I interpreted it in this case is more about being impassioned?

I'll regularly get into these types of scenarios with colleagues and find them to be considerably easier to have in person versus over Zoom or Slack. It's very difficult to fully read someones body language or intent when remote but for me it's easier to go have this type of debate in person and then walk away on good terms or maybe just heading out for a walk together to cool off and rebalance.

safeimpon Zoom’s CEO thinks Zoom sucks for building trust, leaked audio reveals

I think the headline is a bit sensational, reading the article and seeing the statement in context made it less of a hot take.

More than the trust factor Yuan highlighted:

> to drive innovation that he claimed results from having more heated conversations and debates that just don't happen as often over Zoom. Yuan said that instead, to the seeming detriment of the company's ability to generate new ideas, "everyone tends to be very friendly when you join a Zoom call."

He's not wrong IMO.

safeimpon Discord is not documentation

The majority of the time they aren’t thinking about the customer, they’re (selfishly, or naively?) thinking about themselves and how they can crowd source their support versus providing real personal solutions.

safeimpon Ask HN: What tech newsletters are you currently subscribing to?

It’s mostly aspirational for me but I still do it and am happy 10% of the time I actually circle back and read the thing.

safeimpon When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed fake data” option

I used to share this sentiment until I offered similar to customers and it was rarely used beyond a quick glance to almost immediate, ‘I really need to see my x here to have a better sense of it…’

I found that people just generally lacked imagination for the most part and screenshots coupled with quick videos and/or demos did enough to incentivize them onto installing/evaluating using their environment.

safeimpon Sony confirms its working on a new Playstation portable, codenamed Project Q

It's still too early to say what it'll be like but the Asus Rog Ally is interesting and sounds like it checks off some of your requirements:

https://rog.asus.com/gaming-handhelds/rog-ally/rog-ally-2023...

Again, it isn't even out yet and I imagine it'll take a few months to iron out bugs but I'm curious how this will be.

safeimpon Why does a plastic-wrapped turkey sandwich cost $15 at the NYC airport?

Absolutely. I always buffer my time to the airport so I can stop off somewhere like a Whole Foods and load up on some food prior to the flight. Salad bar is typically my go-to.

A. It’s less expensive

B. It tastes 100% better

safeimpon Starbucks CEO will work a shift at the company’s cafes once a month

What’s the contradiction?

I did a quick search and see a Starbucks shift consists of:

> Evening shifts are around 3pm - 7pm or 4pm - 8pm. Morning Shifts 4 a.m. - 1 p.m. Midday Shifts 8 a.m. - 4 p.m

safeimpon Sleep habits may have long-term benefits

I purchased four different mattresses until I settled on one. Most major brands have very easy return policies so shop around and try out a few before settling.

safeimpon UBS offers to buy Credit Suisse for up to $1B

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/principal-shareholder.a...

Pasting the key takeaways portion:

> - A principal shareholder is a person or entity that owns 10% or more of a company's voting shares.

> - Principal shareholders have significant influence over a company, allowing them to vote on appointing the (CEO) and board of directors.

> - A principal shareholder is different from a majority shareholder, which is a person or entity that owns 50% or more of a company's shares. Principal shareholders are subject to special Securities and Exchange

> - Commission (SEC) filing rules that pertain to insider trading.

safeimpon Sleep habits may have long-term benefits

I’m always baffled that so many people don’t make new or comfortable beds, sheets, pillows, etc. a critical priority. Generally speaking, a third of your life will be spent there, invest in the best you can afford.

safeimpon Ask HN: Is Hacker News slow for anyone else?

Same. First assumption is AWS but not seeing related reports.

safeimpon United Airlines 777 dives after departure

First time seeing this one. Indeed, quite scary:

> FlightRadar24 tracking data shows that, after taking off at 2am, the Qatar Boeing 787 started losing altitude only a minute later, when the plane was at 1,850ft.

> The aircraft then suddenly dropped 1,000ft in 24 seconds.

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/qatar-p...

safeimpon Passenger Uses AirTags, Discovers Airline Donated Their Bags to Charity

> I think people that take suitcases as carry-on are one of the biggest annoyances of flying domestically in the US. Delays everyone getting on and off the plane and leaves no space for items people genuinely need on the plane.

I imagine you're a casual flyer? As someone who has traveled a lot for work I can't agree. I'm someone who needs to move from A->B quickly and can't be bothered worrying about luggage being lost or dealing with delays at the carrousel.

> Delays everyone getting on and off the plane and leaves no space for items people genuinely need on the plane.

Like what? If it's your laptop/similar it can be in a backpack/small bag under the seat. If it's a jacket it can rest behind you on the seat or if you have a bit of space in your bag (under seat or overhead luggage) toss it in there prior to boarding, it's what I always did.

safeimpon Photography for geeks

Any specific recommendations?

safeimpon The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

No need to by sensational... Shortly after your quote the author wrote:

> After thinking about it for a bit, Godsey agreed to let me tell that story. Here’s a transcript of a Zoom conversation I had with him a few days ago, edited for length and clarity.

safeimpon Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

The Art of Flight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Flight

I saw it when it was first released and agree, it's gorgeous footage. I forgot the name too and only looked it up because you made me curious if it's considered a documentary or some other classification. The wiki lists it as a documentary.

safeimpon How to structure your sales compensation plan to deliberately undersell

> In reality, 'land and expand' is almost universally hated by customers

Honest question but do you have any source for this or is it primarily your personal experience?

In my experience land and experience has been leveraged to help get a foot in the door sooner than later, it was never anything more than that. If we had the ability to walk into a shop and start with 100% of the clients environment we'd have done that but the problem was typically tied to the customer not being ready to rollout from 0-100 overnight. For us the best approach was to start small and work with the customer on gradually rolling out as they were comfortable.

Regarding your other point:

> How about neither of these - how about selling solutions that you honestly believe are right-sized, being transparent about the sizing/requirements assumptions you have made, and then being flexible contractually if reality turns out different? This is how you actually build trust and consumer satisfaction, not by deliberately underquoting.

I'm in complete agreement, this is the best case scenario and is certainly the best way to build long-term trust and relationships but universally it doesn't happen or when it does it's not transparent. The customer really has to push to make this happen only leading to anxiety, relationship damage, etc.