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stakedon Ask HN: Best neobank with great API / Marketplace

Incredibly generous of you. I’m staked (at) gmail.

Klutch looks to be what I didn’t realize I’ve been wanting every bank I’ve bounced to since Simple was a flash I the pan all those years ago.

stakedon Google collects cell tower info even if location services are disabled

You can call AppleCare and have your Apple ID deleted any time you want.

stakedon Bibliomania: the strange history of compulsive book buying

Nicholas Basbanes' A Gentle Madness (https://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Madness-Bibliophiles-Biblioman...) is a wonderful book on bibliophiles if anyone is inclined to read more on the subject.

stakedon Why I switched from Vim to Emacs

Even though I've been happy with Vi/Vim for 15+ years I've always been intrigued by all of the "extras" Emacs can do.

Any recommendations on guides integrating email/IRC/RSS into an Emacs workflow?

stakedon Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS

This is certainly more in my price range for personal stuff (family sites, etc). Definitely going to take advantage of the free 30 days to kick the tires. Curious to see what sort of server monitoring is included.

stakedon Geocities Cage at the Exodus Datacenter

I love seeing stuff like this. Though I'd be a happy man if I never had to see the words "Veritas Volume Manager" again. Definitely one of my least favorite pieces of software from that era.

I worked for a company around this same time that had servers in the NJ Exodus data center. Used to have to head up there once a month to swap out tapes in the Sun L11000.

stakedon Amazon Prime To Cost $99 A Year

Ditto. Sure, price increases suck, but a quick perusal of how many Prime-eligible items I've ordered in the last year would still put me way ahead even at $99/yr.

stakedon Gmail was down

It's down for my (paid) Google Apps account as well. Which is nice since it means I'll get to start the weekend even earlier than planned!

stakedon DigitalOcean Sucks. Use DigitalOcean

It's because DO only offers internal/private networking in their NYC2 datacenter and thus not available in the AMS center.

stakedon DigitalOcean Sucks. Use DigitalOcean

I used RamNode for a bit last year, but left them for DO after dealing with RamNode's servers getting DDoS'd constantly.

While I'm sure it happens with DO as well, at least there I don't feel like they're active participants in the various VPS provider feuds that you see all the time over at LowEndBox.