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CAPSLOCKSSTUCKon Myths about cooking steak that need to go away (2013)

Beautifully put.

CAPSLOCKSSTUCKon I've been getting paid $80k a year for the last 5 years doing no work

I had a similar experience in a previous role (minus the lack of recovery), and I second this: there is a mental/emotional cost to "getting paid to do nothing". I suspect it's similar to why some people feel driven to work even when they've become "financially independent".

If you don't mind sharing, what did you do after that job?

CAPSLOCKSSTUCKon Ask HN: How do I protect myself against SIM swap attacks?

One answer I haven't seen mentioned yet is to use a carrier who lacks a physical presence (e.g. many MVNOs). I'm not sure if the MVNO security infrastructure can be circumvented by employees at the source network's physical stores, however. E.g. if I use Boost Mobile, can a Verizon store employee override the PIN I've set?

Of course the best answer is to not rely on SMS or voice call 2FA, but as others point out, some services only support these insecure options.

CAPSLOCKSSTUCKon DuckDuckGo's daily search queries surpassed 100M, a 47% increase

I prefer DDG over Google because I seem to encounter less SEO blogspam, but I wonder how long it'll be before such blogspam is tuned for both. Ideally there are conflicting parameters that would make it difficult to game both search engines for any ambiguous query.

Also, this article mentions DuckDuckGo's email protection service, which some (like me) may be unfamiliar with. Seems like a proxy for incoming email that strips trackers, pretty neat: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/20/22576352/duckduckgo-email...