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treypitt

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back-end python, Java developer
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treypitt··on Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024
PSA is a scam company?
treypitt··on Show HN: Kasama – an IntelliJ plugin to keep track of your coding practices
Holla, swear to my kasamas When I grow up I wanna be just like Yuri Kochiyama.
treypitt··on Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon Dev Kit, refunds all orders
Why non-LTS out of curiosity?
treypitt··on FTC: Vast Surveillance of Users by Social Media and Video Streaming Companies
Are you saying you think more critical government databases than OPM or security clearance rosters are inevitably going to be breached? I'd like to think the government or corporation can effectively protect some databases at least...
treypitt··on Ask HN: Why is Pave legal?
Because hospitals and clinics don't care or record the treatment they provide?
treypitt··on Android 15 may make it harder for sideloaded apps to get sensitive permissions
FWIW the Pixel 8, the newest device offering Advanced Memory Protection, sells for less than $600 brand new right now. You can tune memory tagging & hardened memory allocation on a per-app basis. It's a game changer
treypitt··on Mark Zuckerberg himself appears in the list of direct contributors to Llama 3
it's like in Silicon Valley when Erlich puts on his carpal tunnel gloves and finally starts contributing to the Pied Piper codebase
treypitt··on An introduction to the theory and practice of poker (2020)
Agreed. I think the same strategy also applies to a given table or night: only play hands where you have good cards. It's a good strategy for beginners
treypitt··on Muppet babies will never be available on streaming due to studio copyright claim
Take to the seas!
treypitt··on Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
It's tough when you dogmatically refuse to use lidar! For Elmo, since the human eye doesn't have lidar, camera arrays are sufficient to achieve L3
treypitt··on Let it snow in your terminal
This is awesome...cmatrix is a similar program I like based on The Matrix, available on homebrew
treypitt··on Australia's overuse of antibiotics driving rate of drug-resistant infections
Obviously because that would require people cut back on meat consumption. I was struck by a recent study indicating most men would rather die young than stop eating meat: https://www.menshealth.com/uk/nutrition/a36261605/red-meat-h...
treypitt··on Tuta (formerly Tutanota) denies claim it has intelligence ties
It seems obvious Five Eyes will not tolerate or legitimize any email provider that doesn't allow them access to subpoenas, at the very least - this rules out most of the privacy features touted by protonmail & tutanota (no logs, E2E encryption, etc).

Perhaps what makes the ruse convincing in Tutanota's case is the crappy interface and clear dearth of basic features: search basically doesn't work; it's impossible to select all messages or use shift to select pages of messages. Their excuse is that customers might accidentally delete emails, but it might make more sense that they want to retain as much data as possible: https://www.reddit.com/r/tutanota/comments/nc9jxx/suggestion...

treypitt··on Vela incident (1979)
Here is a good realist take on Iranian proliferation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hjfBGI7qXg
treypitt··on First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled
that's just America, and its not just nuclear, it's civil engineering & construction projects of all kind that have ballooned in complexity and cost due to myriad political and regulatory causes. France can build reactors cheaply and easily due to standardized reactor designs; I'm not sure the US has ever replicated a reactor build (ie, every reactor is built in a different & unique way)
treypitt··on After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads
Chromecast has ads now? I just bought one because it was cheaper to buy a new chromecast 4k plus ethernet adapter, than replace my apple tv remote
treypitt··on Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over 21 century
Tipping points and feedback loops are meaningless to techno-utopians, in their eyes nothing is fundamentally different between climate change and other technical challenges in the past
treypitt··on Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024
Good riddance, what a dumpster fire. The tiny buttons for pause, replay, skip buttons are all right next to each other on the lock screen, so you often skip podcasts when you really want to pause or fast forward. on the other hand, the rewind 10-seconds button has half the real estate of the widget. Downloads arent automatically deleted even after the episode is completed (even if you mark as played or remove from queue). There's no skip intro/outro options.

Frankly, the Overcast app is one of the main things attracting me to iOS at this point, and a dearth of good native podcast clients is hurting the Pixel/Google ecosystem

treypitt··on Archive of novelty answering machine recordings
"Believe it or not, I'm not home!" The length and detail of the jingle makes me nostalgic... The prominence of the answering machine and payphones throughout the show are an underappreciated element of the show's cultural millieau! As well as Jerry's desktop computer getting updated every couple of seasons
treypitt··on Coinbase CEO: we're preparing to go to court with the U.S. SEC
Coinbase and Armstrong tried for months to get the SEC to tell them if their Earn/Staking product constituted a security, and they declined to answer. Serving a Welles Notice makes it clear Gensler is a bad faith regulator

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly91bmNoYWluZWQubGl...

treypitt··on The Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens
I strongly recommend Parker pens, they're not as good for spinning/flipping as Pilot G2s, but they last longer and are higher quality overall
treypitt··on The U.S. military is poisoning Okinawa
source?
treypitt··on Beyond Meat is struggling, and the plant-based meat industry worries
Why am I not surprised the vaunted NYT failed to do basic research that might contradict their narrative. They dont even mention the bombshell story from last week regarding a whistleblower complaint about Beyond factory conditions: mold, bacteria, and string found in the meat. They even lied about being inspected by Pennsylvania state officials but havent faced any punishment. see https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-21/beyond-mea...
treypitt··on Ask HN: Is anyone else trying to opt out of Equifax WorkNumber?
Same experience here. They ignored my initial email a couple weeks ago, and I will have to follow up. What a joke, these byzantine corporate communication standards are meant to frustrate the public into obsequiousness
treypitt··on Ask HN: Is anyone else trying to opt out of Equifax WorkNumber?
Guess you haven't watched much cable TV lately; they have augmented their business model to sell consumers their own credit info. You can even boost your credit score by giving them more payment data. Thanks Equifax!
treypitt··on Java 17 / JDK 17: General Availability
what was the framework, if you don't mind sharing?
treypitt··on Problems with Oracle SQL
Anecdotal, but wanted to mention positive experience with Oracle support. I have posted questions on SO relating to Oracle SQL and SqlDeveloper, and Oracle staff responded quickly with a solution I accepted.

Shoutout to ThatJeffSmith for contributing to the community!

treypitt··on Max Schrems hits Apple with complaints over ad-tracking device
This article doesn't really take iOS14 changes into account. It's unclear to me if the lawsuit will be germane after they take effect
treypitt··on $200k in sales from a $6k advertisement
I wonder how the return would have differed if they had advertised in The Talk Show, Gruber's fantastic podcast, rather than his blog. My guess is there is a lot of overlap between readership and listenership.
treypitt··on U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
Wow. Rising sharply, from what, 0%? Assuming the size of the US public markets is the largest in the world, and that we needed to take action decades ago to prevent climate change's worst effects, these statistics place the blame squarely on large corporations
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