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voska

816 karma · joined February 23, 2014

Chief Operating Officer, Bannerman

Formerly: Founder, Flytenow | Software engineer, Carbonite

https://www.voska.org

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/voska; my proof: https://keybase.io/voska/sigs/MFKL9Fjpj53-CbYE62JhSRqGIKpo0FfXS9WYqeNsi_U ]

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voska··on Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI
So it uses less RAM now, right? ... right??
voska··on Show HN: Apple Health MCP Server
We built https://sensai.fit to solve this problem for ourselves. Hope it can be helpful for some of you as well.
voska··on Libations: Tailscale on the Rocks
Bar Assistant is great for this too: https://github.com/karlomikus/bar-assistant
voska··on OpenAI Committed to Buying $51M of AI Chips from a Startup Backed by Sam Altman
Letter of intent != committed to buying
voska··on Show HN: Debatable – Reddit with Results
Debate of the Day: "Is YC still a good deal?"

I'm curious how this one turns out.

voska··on New York is using cameras with microphones to ticket loud cars
They don't give you a discount for a better helmet because it's cheaper for them if you're dead vs paying the hospital bills for your injuries.
voska··on iOS 14 is available today
I was of the understanding that the accelerometers are actually inside the AirPods - so that shouldn't prevent them from working with Macs.

Maybe it comes with Big Sur?

voska··on Regional Air Mobility: Why we don’t plan to operate flights under 20km
If you think building apartments in SF is hard, you should try getting a heliport approved! Their plan for SF based routes will be near impossible.

It took UCSF 5 years to get their helipad. They had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on noise studies.... for exclusively emergency flights

voska··on Show HN: Top US cities ranked by pop. growth, tax rate, and cost of living
HN,

I was looking for a place to buy property and I figured this data would help SF'ers and NY'ers who are looking to move elsewhere.

Let me know if you have any feedback

voska··on Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash
After have using GnuCash, Mint, and about 100 other finance tracking apps, I'm convinced that Tiller Money is the best. Highly recommend checking it out.

https://www.tillerhq.com

Easy to set up and requires the least amount of ongoing work to accurately categorize transactions.

voska··on Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped the WannaCry attack
If you fellow HN'ers feel as compelled to thank Marcus as much as I did, I recommend supporting his Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/MalwareTech/

voska··on Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
I'm stuck on a small island in St. Vincent & the Grenadines after narrowing escaping the nationwide lockdown in Venezuela, so I've been learning to kitesurf.

I'm also rebuilding my website with Hugo. Feedback welcomed: https://www.voska.org

voska··on Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
voska··on Vine founder launches TikTok competitor
They named the competitor to Bytedance's TikTok..... Byte?
voska··on 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?
I'm looking into this thanks to all the recommendations from HN :)
voska··on 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?
Thanks for the response. I'll send you an email.

I'd like to see AgileBits continue supporting the old 1P extension (i.e. fix the crashing problem) or bring that functionality (Desktop link, only sign in once across multiple Chrome profiles, etc) into the 1PX extension.

voska··on 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?
Oops. I can't edit anymore. Good to know for the future.
voska··on 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?
It also changes the risk profile. AgileBits is a big target, my local machines are not.
voska··on 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?
I'm still using 1P for myself, but looking for alternatives. For non-tech-savvy friends and family, I'm recommending iCloud.
voska··on 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?
AgileBits has been pushing people to the 1Password subscription model for a long time now by neglecting their "lifetime" desktop customers.

The 1Password chrome extension (not 1Password X) used to work great, then it started crashing about daily for me after one of the updates, forcing me to quit Chrome to fix it. The final straw was when they "updated" the extension to a design that looks 2 years old and is far less functional.

I finally gave in and tried out the subscription model. Here's why it's worse:

    - The 1Password X extension is standalone (doesn't need the desktop app) so when you have three different Chrome profiles as I do, you have to sign in to 1Password 3 times. Super annoying.
    - They force me to store my data with them. Sure they're the most trusted in the industry and do their security audits, but if they get breached, I'm fucked. 
    - The Command + \ shortcut to autofill and login doesn't work on 1Password X
    - They could have just said that their current business model wasn't achieving the goals and that they needed to charge more (I would have paid more/for a subscription) but instead, they beat around the bush by creating a new product that is inferior.
I no longer recommend them to others for password management. I tell friends and family to use iCloud now.
voska··on Superhuman embeds tracking pixels in user emails
Same with Superhuman. They get location from the IP address, so using a VPN would "mask" your real location.

Disclosure: SH user.

voska··on Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?
1) Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling.

This book really changed my perception of the world and how I look at market dynamics. It's also a Bill Gates must read.

2) High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil

This is supposed to be released next week and looks really good. Some of our investors have been raving about it online.

voska··on Ask HN: If you were to create a new Joel Test, what would look like?
It is when your CI process will prevent any breaking changes.
voska··on Ask HN: What should I ask Elon Musk for HTBTF?
Elon, you are known for taking over projects within your companies when you feel they are not executing well enough (autopilot, manufacturing process, etc).

There are often several broken projects in a startup; how do you decide when to take over a project and fix it personally?

voska··on US Court of Appeals Takes on Ridesharing in Aviation
We ask verified pilots on Flytenow how often they have been flying, you can see their total hours and previous 30 & 90 day hours as well. We don't let pilots post who haven't flown regularly, recently.
voska··on US Court of Appeals Takes on Ridesharing in Aviation
Speaking of crash data - we made a viewer for it. It's pretty hacked together right now, but we'd love to get some feedback on it: https://github.com/flytenow/icarus
voska··on ADP intentionally broke its Zenefits integration
Why not buy up some other domains and setup forwarding to your Zenefits employees. This way ADP can't block you and your customers still get the benefit!
voska··on Tell HN: Hacker News Profile Leak (Fixed)
This is a perfect example of how security venerabilities should be disclosed.

• Quickly • Transparently • With a fix already in place

voska··on Ask HN: How do I set up a HIPAA-compliant server?
If you want a HIPAA-compliant server setup for you: https://www.aptible.com/ (S14)
voska··on Missed Approach: FAA Says Flytenow Go-around (YC S14)
They referenced AirPooler's interpretation in our response. http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc...
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