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truftruf··on Galileo satellites experiencing multiple clock failures
/r/conspiracy: The CIA probably fed them bad components or software for the clocks. Higher levels of positioning accuracy is potentially dangerous and can be misused by third parties, so the argument goes.

/r/conspiracy: #2 The CIA is downvoting this post.

truftruf··on Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine
If the search results had complete JSON responses with all the data (info/magnet, number of peers, ...) that would be really nice.

https://www.skytorrents.in/search/all/ed/1/?q=ubuntu+iso&for...

I don't know if there's a better way, like including all that data in the RSS feed somehow. Otherwise one would have to scrape the HTML to get that data, which would be less reliable.

truftruf··on Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger" (2003)
Startups can "ship" many times before anyone notices. Big companies (like Apple) can do private user testing.

You will know when your product is great because users will have an unmistakable reaction. It's the difference between "oh, that sounds interesting" and "shut up and take my money!"

truftruf··on Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger" (2003)
"Screw the lead times. You don't have a great product yet!" - Steve Jobs

Advice every struggling startup needs to hear. Great products are rare and the best way to succeed is not to settle on product quality.

truftruf··on Easy XMPP: What are we doing here?
Signal is a centralized point of failure and surveillance.

Why can't I run my own signal server? Why doesn't the client support this?

We need something like Signal that that isn't under the control of a single party.

truftruf··on Ask HN: Is it possible to make $200K/year base salary?
Five years of sustained effort is far from easy...

You could create mobile apps, informational web sites that generate Google traffic, niche SaaS services, a YouTube channel in a popular topic, sell physical goods on Amazon, open an Etsy store.

Ideas are the easy part, especially if you already have an expertise in some area. The hard part is the five years of building.

truftruf··on Ask HN: Is it possible to make $200K/year base salary?
Make $140k/yr, be happy, and make a side project that brings in passive income. Build it up over 5 years until it makes $200k/yr reliably..now you're doing better than anyone who has to have a real job.