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MikeKusold

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MikeKusold··on DIY Onewheel – open-source self balancing skateboard
Your One Wheel can't be classified as a Class 1 bike because it isn't pedal assist. So at best it would be a Class 2. Across the state of CO, Class 2 bikes aren't allowed on MTB trails. All E-Bikes are not allowed on National Forest MTB trails. So unless you are riding private land or 4x4 trails, you are taking a motorized vehicle on non-motorized trails.

Your disrespect for public land deserves to be called out.

MikeKusold··on DIY Onewheel – open-source self balancing skateboard
E-Bikes are classified as motorized vehicles in the context of the National Forest.

> E-bikes are not allowed on trails designated for non-motorized use. Non-motorized trails include trails like hiker, horse, or mountain bike trails. E-bikes, like other motorized transportation, also are not allowed to travel cross-country off trail. There are no exceptions.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/psicc/recreation/bicycling

MikeKusold··on DIY Onewheel – open-source self balancing skateboard
> I ride mine on mountain bike trails here in Colorado.

You shouldn't be. Those are motorized vehicles and are not allowed on non-motorized trails.

MikeKusold··on Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Virginia since last night
A sleeping bag that is stored compressed loses it's insulation properties: https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/how-to-store-a-sleep...

I keep a Harbor Freight moving blanket in my trunk. It's thick for insulation, and also cheap in case you need to protect your seats after a muddy activity. I also wouldn't feel torn up about laying it down on ice if I need some traction.

MikeKusold··on Is Bluetooth holding back Apple's AirPods? We asked the man who made them
Are you using AirPods? I think that is the only Bluetooth accessory that I’ve never had connection problems with.
MikeKusold··on Log4Shell update: second Log4j vulnerability published
Restarting an operating system is completely different than restarting an application after you enable a plug-in.
MikeKusold··on A Website for Learning Vim
VSCode, Visual Studio, and IntelliJ all support vim bindings.

For me, the most useful part of vim is that once you learn how to use it, you can switch text editors without needing to relearn most of their shortcuts.

MikeKusold··on Tech investors can’t get enough of Europe’s fizzing startup scene
Swedish Klarna is privately valued at 45.6B.

US Affirm is publicly valued at 34.55B.

AUS Afterpay is publicly valued at 31.19.

I don’t think it is a bold statement. All the major competitors are pretty close.

MikeKusold··on Adults who microdose psychedelics report lower levels of depression and anxiety [pdf]
And famously there was the Iterable CEO that was fired for microdosing: https://fortune.com/2021/04/28/justin-zhu-iterable-lsd-micro...
MikeKusold··on Ask HN: What is the best privacy-focused video doorbell?
I work from home and also live in a neighborhood with lots of door to door salesmen. I use a video doorbell to prevent hopping off a meeting just to tell someone I don’t need new windows.

It’s also useful if we are out of town and need a neighbor to grab a delivery.

MikeKusold··on 3½ years on my custom emperor mattress – a retrospective
Purple is carried by some mattress stores. When I laid on it, I immediately didn't like it. It has an unstable feel to it because of the grids.
MikeKusold··on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
Ubuntu has a 10 year LTS support cycle and Debian has only 5 years.

While I often rebuild my servers much more frequently than that, it is nice to know that I could neglect things for a decade.

MikeKusold··on Mobile LTE Coverage Map
There is nothing wrong with using your phone for GPS. You just need to also use a mapping program that is optimized for offline usage such as OnX [0].

[0]: https://www.onxmaps.com/

MikeKusold··on Launch HN: RescueTime (YC W08) – Redesigned for wellness, balance, remote work
I tried out RescueTime in the past (~2010-12 or so) but I was never comfortable sending my tracking data to a remote server. I since found Qbserve[0] which is a similar product, but it keeps all your data local. If I find myself distracted on any given day, then I turn on focus.app [1] to kill those distractions.

It's not as elegant of a solution as what RescueTime offers, but all my data stays on my machine which is worth the trade off to me.

[0]: https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/

[1]: https://heyfocus.com/

MikeKusold··on Trinidadian fishers film ‘half-hearted’ oil spill clean-up
Oil is used for so much more than gasoline. Plastics are made from oil as well.
MikeKusold··on Apple Makes Magic Keyboard with Touch ID Available for Purchase
I would love a Bluetooth or usb TouchID only accessory. I mainly use my work laptop with an external monitor and keyboard, but I have to keep the laptop open to quickly access my password vault.
MikeKusold··on Malicious PyPI packages stealing credit cards and injecting code
On Mac, you could store the master key in the Keychain. I've been off of Windows for almost a decade so I'm not sure if they have a similar feature.

> Keychain items can be shared only between apps from the same developer.

https://support.apple.com/guide/security/keychain-data-prote...

MikeKusold··on Linus Torvalds on mRNA Vaccines
They are not "obviously safe". The mRNA vaccines just had an article today that exposed a link to heart inflammation. The AstraZeneca vaccine also has some side effects that didn't show up in their abbreviated trials. I understand why someone would be hesitant to get a vaccine that only has Emergency Use Authorization.

That said, I personally believe that the benefits outweigh the potential side-effects. If I weren't already vaccinated this news would not have have changed my decision to get a mRNA vaccine.

"Heart inflammation in young men higher than expected after Pfizer, Moderna vaccines -U.S. CDC" - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cdc-heart-inflammation-case...

MikeKusold··on Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B
> I found my answers in API docs and GitHub issues most of the time.

I noticed this a few years ago and I think it is more about experience than language. As a beginner, your code doesn't work and you aren't sure why. As an experienced engineer, your code doesn't work, you tracked it to a specific section, that section calls into X framework so you go to those API docs to learn how it works.

MikeKusold··on Three things to never build yourself: auth, notifications, payments
> Auth providers cant help you because the passwords are hashed... You need the same algo or you cant authenticate using the data they have.

You absolutely can migrate away from Auth providers. Auth0 (disclaimer: former employer) hashes passwords with Bcrypt, which is most likely the same exact algorithm you would choose. Bcrypt stores salts & rounds as part of the hash making those hashes fairly portable.

Even if you wanted to change algorithms, there are ways to do this so that it is transparent to the user, such as running the plaintext password through a new algorithm after a successful authentication and storing it in a new column.

MikeKusold··on Neighbour manages to pollute the 2.4 ghz spectrum with his 120 IoT devices
Cat6a supports 10gbps. That should be good enough for the foreseeable future. Fiber is significantly more difficult to pull through the wall since it is more fragile.
MikeKusold··on The S in IoT is for Security
Electronics require lots of metals that are sourced through mining. Mining is an essential but dirty business that often leaves pools of toxic heavy metal water behind. These pools are damned up, but inevitably leak out into the surrounding environment.

It’s important that everyone Reduce, Reuse, Recycle properly in order to reduce our impact to the environment.

MikeKusold··on Turntable.fm is back from the dead – and now there are two
Even better is that tomorrow is Friday, and that room gets down on Friday (for better or for worse).
MikeKusold··on WhatsApp delays privacy changes following backlash
Donations, or an interest free $100 million 50 year loan from the founder of WhatsApp.
MikeKusold··on Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support
If people are required to upload official identification before posting, why would you not want this site up? It seems like a low-effort honeypot by the FBI. Let all the radicalized people come, easily tie their online & offline identities together, then monitor them.
MikeKusold··on A Polar Vortex collapse sequence has begun
Kahtoola micro spikes are great for hiking on ice. Infinitely better than Yak Tracks on a trail.
MikeKusold··on Facebook's attempt to vilify Apple looks like sour grapes
LinkedIn is a terrible example of a premium social network. The main reason that people pay for LinkedIn is for recruiting. So LinkedIn is selling their (free) users to recruiters and by doing so it completely destroys the experience. I always have tons of InMail and Friend Requests whenever I open LinkedIn, however they are rarely from ex-coworkers or friends. It is just a steady stream of low-effort "You'd be a perfect fit" messages.
MikeKusold··on Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature
I'm making the assumption that your small business is the one linked in your profile.

Does your advertising NEED to target individuals? What if you instead targeted Facebook groups for new parents, Youtube videos titled "How to Potty Train", Instagram posts with relevant hashtags.

There is a big lie that Facebook and Google keep selling people. Advertisements do not need to be targeted at individuals, they need to be targeted to content. You don't need to advertise to 20-30 y/o female college graduates. You just need to target content that new parents would look for.

MikeKusold··on The Ampere Altra Review: 2x 80 Cores Arm Server Performance Monster
Just like with xeon server hardware, you will need to wait 4-6 years for companies to retire their fleets. r730s are currently reasonably priced (under $1K) but those were released new in 2014. R740s are still a few thousand dollars.
MikeKusold··on Changes to Code Search Indexing
A hypothetical conversation:

Eng: "Our elasticsearch database has been growing exponentially for years, and in order to keep search alive we need to completely rearchitect it. We estimate it will take a team of 8 people, 1 year to launch a stable alternative."

Product: "What if we just reduce the size of the index by removing inactive repositories? This will allow the team to focus on revenue generating features."

Eng: "Yeah, that should keep our current solution running for the foreseeable future without significant impact to our customers."

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