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KoftaBob

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KoftaBob··on Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?
Are you a fisherman or something?
KoftaBob··on We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
> We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo.

Larry Summers? Some odd choices

KoftaBob··on RSS can be used to distribute all sorts of information
See my comment here explaining how Nostr aims to solve this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38346741
KoftaBob··on RSS can be used to distribute all sorts of information
> IIUC, you have to know which relay(s) have what you're looking for, and if you don't, you just have to guess.

This problem is tackled by an improvement to the protocol that was recently introduced called "NIP-65": https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/65.md

The TLDR is that when a Nostr client supports NIP-65, it broadcasts to all known relays (which is continually updated/expanded) the list of relays that User A posts their stuff to.

This means that as long as User B is connected to at least one of those "all known relays", their client now knows what relays User A posts their stuff to, and will specifically fetch things from those relays when it needs to load User A's things.

It's essentially the Nostr take on the Gossip protocol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol

KoftaBob··on Volunteer.gov: Discover volunteer opportunities around the country
Yeah my mistake, I should've said "around the US"
KoftaBob··on Made in China 2025
> To help achieve independence from foreign suppliers, the initiative encourages increased production in high-tech products and services, with its semiconductor industry central to the industrial plan

Based on where SMIC is at right now, they’re not doing too great on this goal.

KoftaBob··on To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
> They spent so much time on one company's green technology, that they could not cut it as electricians. They literally could not wire an electrical panel in a new home.

No, it sounds like them not being well trained on the basics is what made them unemployable. You add on the green tech stuff once you’ve mastered the basics, it shouldn’t be in place of the basics.

KoftaBob··on To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
Unemployed electricians? I have a very hard time believing that, they're in demand pretty much everywhere in the US.

Do you mean electrical engineers? Even then, they'd only have a hard time finding jobs if they insisted on living in places where not much construction is going on.

KoftaBob··on Ex-Kotaku staff go independent and launch Aftermath
That's for in app purchases. If you use Apple pay on your website, they don't charge any fee actually, only the payment processor does. Scroll to the bottom to see more detail: https://www.apple.com/apple-pay/
KoftaBob··on Ex-Kotaku staff go independent and launch Aftermath
Now that Apple Pay and Google Pay are a thing, it’s become incredibly easy for someone to just tap a button, their face unlock does its thing, and payment goes through.

Unless you mean a psychological barrier?

KoftaBob··on Ex-Kotaku staff go independent and launch Aftermath
What is it about news media, newsletters, etc that makes them so bad at pricing their subscriptions? When you consider the fact that the average reader will want to read a variety of publications/newsletters about topics, charging $7/month for JUST your news site is, I'm sorry to say, delusional.

This isn't to single out Aftermath specifically, I see this kind of thing all over the place. Lots of substack newsletters are particularly detached from reality when it comes to what they charge.

Yes, journalists need to be adequately paid of course, but I think this can be done much more effectively by charging a more reasonable monthly rate that will broaden the customer pool.

KoftaBob··on Show HN: Ladder, open source alternative to 12ft.io and 1ft.io
Create a browser book mark and set this as the URL of the bookmark:

javascript:window.location.href="https://archive.is/latest/"+location.href

It will usually open up the archived version of article without the paywall.

KoftaBob··on Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education
Sleep with their wife
KoftaBob··on 12ft.io has been banned by Vercel
For an iOS/Mac alternative:

I made a shortcut called Trebuchet that pulls up the archived version of articles and opens up in reader mode.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0df29c2c9aba44d48de1025fc8e...

KoftaBob··on Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
It hasn't been updated yet, but I believe Executive Orders are listed here for viewing: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/execu...
KoftaBob··on AI.gov
Seems the website has been updated in the last hour or so, probably as a result of the executive order announced this morning:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...

KoftaBob··on FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial
Sounds like an unholy mix of sociopath and incredible levels of autism.
KoftaBob··on Impacts of lack of sleep
> My wife still manages 12+ hours per day

If she didn't start sleeping those number of hours until after having the baby, this sounds like it could be postpartum depression. I'd recommend she gets evaluated by a psychiatrist to confirm, of course.

KoftaBob··on Why Arabs Lose Wars (1999)
This has a lot to do with it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence

KoftaBob··on Why Arabs Lose Wars (1999)
This is referring to modern day Arab nations, not all Arab powers throughout history.
KoftaBob··on Airbnb tenant refuses to leave for more than a year
Don't AirBnB hosts pay tax on their income?
KoftaBob··on Airbnb tenant refuses to leave for more than a year
The Airbnb guest is a woman, just to nitpick
KoftaBob··on Airbnb tenant refuses to leave for more than a year
> It's a real hacker mindset

You seem to have a very loose definition of what a "hacker mindset" is than most people: "the ability to find alternative ways to achieve their goals, bypassing bottlenecks and hurdles and thinking outside the box."

This is someone taking that concept to the extent of criminal behavior.

KoftaBob··on Bitmagnet: A self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, and torrent search
Based on my understanding of how the torrent DHT works, all that’s happening is that youre requesting metadata on various torrent info hashes, but that’s not the same thing as actually downloading/seeding the content in the torrent itself.
KoftaBob··on Pixel 8 Pro
that’s probably to incentivize iphone users to switch over
KoftaBob··on New York employers must include pay rates in job ads under new state law
Nope, it pertains to where the job itself is listed as being based. If the company is HQ'd in NYC, but the listing is for a job based out of their Miami office, then the law doesn't apply.
KoftaBob··on New York employers must include pay rates in job ads under new state law
They do if the job is listed as being based in NY, which is what this law pertains to.
KoftaBob··on New York employers must include pay rates in job ads under new state law
The purpose of this law is salary transparency, not necessarily on salary equality across positions in the company.

It makes it so that applicants can see what all employers are offering up front, which incentivizes the employers to be more competitive on salary offer if they want applicants to choose to apply there.

Salary equality for equivalent positions within the company, as you're describing it, would require companies to publicly list what each of their existing employees are making, which is a completely different thing than what this law is requiring.

KoftaBob··on 0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt
Probably part of the long running (now peaceful) rivalry they have with Israel.
KoftaBob··on Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam
I've had a great experience with AnyDesk.

You'd install the client on your computer:

Windows: https://anydesk.com/en/downloads/windows

Mac: https://anydesk.com/en/downloads/mac-os

and then on your phone:

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anydesk.an...

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/anydesk/id1176131273

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