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Beefin··on Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness
i genuinely think curiosity is the most important characteristic anybody can possibility have. it helps with sales and engineering, two of the most important skills to starting a business in any vertical.
Beefin··on [dead]
Wow, he decided to end his life through the very product he managed. bizarre.
Beefin··on OneBag: The Art and Science of Travelling Light
I fly with my Osprey 40L pack, and it works ~when it fits in the overhead~ if it doesn't I'm Shit out of luck because checking a backpack SUCKS and completely defeats the purpose.
Beefin··on Don't Waste the Good Days
surfing is just an example, nothing stopping you from doing pushups in your office.
Beefin··on Ask HN: Where are you getting your money's worth?
A quality mountain bike and road bike. Quality hiking/backpacking gear. A stand up paddle board and camper van to lug it all in. Solid hiking shoes, a great foot insole and trekking poles.

Outside of that, over the ear wired headphones are used everyday. Mine are 10 years old and work and sound fantastic.

Beefin··on A Survey of Programmers' Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation
point is, what does it matter how complex the programmatic effort is, cognitively? judge the ability to be high during the tasks by its' earning potential :)
Beefin··on A Survey of Programmers' Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation
caffeine is a drug. i saw your response regarding the illegality of it being the major deterrent. if it weren't, would you change your viewpoint?
Beefin··on This website has 81% battery power remaining
super cool idea, anybody have connects at ICANN?
Beefin··on This website has 81% battery power remaining
encouraging innovation, dont be so negative
Beefin··on Ask HN: Does anybody store files in S3 for their SaaS?
sounds like a great use case tbh, if you ever want to make these searchable for free shoot me an email and we can setup a conversation: info@mixpeek.com
Beefin··on Ask HN: Does anybody store files in S3 for their SaaS?
I think you misunderstand. The non-text files remain in S3, my service just parses them for text, then stores it in a Lucene index to become searchable.
Beefin··on Ask HN: Does anybody store files in S3 for their SaaS?
This seems like an interesting use case, since Bruzu pictures are all text. How are users searching these today?
Beefin··on Ask HN: Does anybody store files in S3 for their SaaS?
Oh good catch !

Thanks for the feedback, you're not actually uploading the file. you're just sending it to be parsed and then the metadata is stored in a Lucene index.

Beefin··on Show HN: Simple CRM and Sales Automation
looks kinda like notion
Beefin··on We began finding a stocks “Hype” window
interesting regarding the 2-4 week window of rumblings, how do i get in on the action?
Beefin··on Show HN: File Search API for Your Software
hey HN, creator of Mixpeek here.

I was overwhelmed with how many multimedia files are rendered unused in my S3 bucket, Google Drive, etc. so I built an engine that I could just into any of my new products moving forward. I decided to offer this as an independent service.

How it works: you send your file to /upload where our server runs a text extraction engine on it (depending on if its pdf, video, audio, image, etc. it's a different engine). the output is then placed inside a lucene search engine where you can search the contents (alongside any of your other files' text) using /search.

What can I use it for: the possibilities are endless but this is a cloud-agnostic API that lets you add file search to your software simply and effectively.

Questions, comments, etc. email: info (at) mixpeek.com

If you'd like to signup, there's a typeform on the page.

Beefin··on Launch HN: Stacksi (YC W21) – Doing Security Questionnaires, So Your Team Isn't
Despise security questionnaires, so a very important problem you're solving.

My company just onboarded RFPIO, which I'm super happy with which addresses everything it seems you're offering.

How is Stacksi different than RFPIO?

Beefin··on DigitalOcean S-1
I will only ever commit to a homework assignment if the employers' commitment level is on par. For example, if they want me to do a homework assignment before meeting the hiring manager, no way. In other words, the assignment CANNOT be the first gate otherwise companies will just spray and pray then find the most desperate candidates.
Beefin··on M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short periods of time
These SSDs are going to be dropping like flies unless Apple produces a firmware update soon... has Apple responded?
Beefin··on M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short periods of time
1 week old M1:

    SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)
    Critical Warning:                   0x00
    Temperature:                        25 Celsius
    Available Spare:                    100%
    Available Spare Threshold:          99%
    Percentage Used:                    0%
    Data Units Read:                    933,459 [477 GB]
    Data Units Written:                 670,152 [343 GB]
    Host Read Commands:                 15,779,474
    Host Write Commands:                7,614,634
    Controller Busy Time:               0
    Power Cycles:                       78
    Power On Hours:                     6
    Unsafe Shutdowns:                   3
    Media and Data Integrity Errors:    0
    Error Information Log Entries:      0
Beefin··on The man who produced Steve Jobs’ keynotes for 20 years (2018)
The keynote that revolutionized the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7qPAY9JqE4
Beefin··on Email from Jeff Bezos to employees
Don't know why you're being downvoted, those interviews were vile. They were just probing for self-incriminating answers and when they didn't moved on.
Beefin··on Apple silicon M1 as-a-Service
Rosetta is pretty effective, I don't see any significant difference in performance.
Beefin··on Launch HN: Arpio (YC W21) – Protect your business from AWS outages, ransomware
How do you handle consistency between nodes within a "cluster"? If I have nodes: A, B, and C and node A goes down triggering a failover to B or C how do you guarantee B & C are up-to-date?
Beefin··on WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money anymore
People have had enough, it's not just WSB anymore. The community of retail investors in GME is far beyond WSB. It's people that are frustrated with the 1% getting bailed out time and time again and them not seeing a dime at their tax dollar expense.
Beefin··on Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberry, Nokia, and GameStop
It's one of the things:

1. SEC is protecting the little guy and being paternalistic

2. Institutional collusion

However, 1. could be likely because this GME frenzy is reducing confidence in the overall market. S&P500 lost 100 pts this week. By stifling buys, they

Beefin··on Show HN: Thruhikes – A list of long distance hikes around the world
Surprised nobody mentioned alltrails.com, it is the gold standard of hiking route discovery. once you discover a hike, then go on caltopo to make a topographic map with waypoints, references, etc. print it out and you're good to go!
Beefin··on Show HN: Thruhikes – A list of long distance hikes around the world
many have towns or outposts every 5-ish days of hiking (~50 miles) to re-up. you can purchase from store or strategically time all your packages on your route.
Beefin··on Show HN: Thruhikes – A list of long distance hikes around the world
> matches ... lighter

just like distributed systems, redundancy is key in wilderness survival. For anything super critical (like staying warm in the cold), always bring a backup option. lighters are more likely to fail than a match IMO.

> cup coozie

Keep tin cup warm after boiling water/removing it from stove.

> Selfie stick ... hiking poles

Yes ! packing cubes are helpful. I have 3 backpacks for different use:

22L - day hike or summer overnight 50L - 2-3 day hike summer 70L - ∞ day hike Winter

> bells

yeppppp learned this the hard way, stumbled on a momma and her cubs in the north cascades, WA while alone and i pissed myself. never surprise them.

Beefin··on Show HN: Thruhikes – A list of long distance hikes around the world
Here's my backpacking list:

https://www.notion.so/backpacking-aaf9b1959c57448ca86b9b481a...

Note: backpacking is ALL about preparation. Make a good list and you'll be good.

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