MobileVet

Came here for this... wasn't disappointed. Thank you for ensuring control stability.

Yep. My play is to buy the physical media to support the artists and then rely on my digital backups for true ‘forever’ access. NAS FTW

‘Power to the people Coz’ - Martin Bishop

Good point. Forgot that they have all the data…

I am curious if any businesses operating with the ‘pay Apple their cut’ on outside sales actually do?

Does Apple have the manpower to chase every developer for that fee? Do they really expect to collect it or is it more of a threat?

Any HN people with first hand knowledge of a business paying that fee?

Tesla is Level 2.

Too many sources to cite but here is Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Autopilot

I absolutely love the “Becker Bottle”. It gives you the ability to truly visualize this concept. Super fun to play with and a great learning aid for chemistry classes.

https://www.flinnsci.com/becker-bottle-one-in-a-million/ap45...

That is the beauty of the scam… plausibility, isolation and sunk cost. They had my wife on the phone for 90 minutes! It was so exhausting and nerve wracking that by the time the crypto request comes, you are too drained to think straight.

It was quite traumatizing… I am very thankful the money (while significant) wasn’t make or break for us.

I am sure for lots of people it can mean missing some payment or something. My 8yo was worried we wouldn’t be able to pay the mortgage. (Thankfully not a concern)

Good point

I posted details in a reply to myself above

This scam is pretty active right now. My brother in law was called 2 days prior and they called my wife again 2 days later…

Rough scam script:

- <background audio of police station> - hello, is this XYZ? - this is Officer Z, do you agree to abide by Judge ABC’s orders? - we have been trying to reach you by mail about this case. It has to do with a minor. - the judge has issued a gag order, do not talk with anyone about this - look up the number from the phone, see I am really calling from the courthouse

== keep you on the phone, my wife actually didn’t pick up when I called in the midst of the scam and followed with a text ==

- someone committed a crime using your name, we don’t think it was you but because you didn’t respond to mail, there is a warrant for your arrest - you need to post bail - go withdraw money from the bank and bring it to the courthouse - where are you? The courthouse is closing - it’s getting late, use a 3rd party processor setup during Covid - go to grocery store, use a CoinStar machine - send money to phone number (using XLM currency)

Shame and pride are such strong motivators.

My wife was taken by a very elaborate and well-crafted scam in November. In retrospect, it all sounds ridiculous... but in the moment, with kids in tow, it was very convincing. It was so traumatizing that when it was over and she finally realized it was a scam, she was relieved! They had convinced her she was going to jail and that was terrifying. Losing the money was less bad than going to jail.

It was also EXTREMELY well scripted with a TON of psychology and clever moments that were well rehearsed. They also had a background track playing with 'police station like' audio and had spoofed the Orange County Sheriff's phone number. One psychological trick that they employed was a very 'stepped' approach to the scam.

If you say it all out loud, it is obvious, but if you go step by step, each one was somewhat plausible. Lastly, by posing as law enforcement, they tugged on a natural tendency to follow orders and avoid being in trouble. My stomach drops when I think I am getting pulled over... being told you have an outstanding warrant was quite a gut punch for her.

Things to remember:

* ALWAYS hang up and call people on a phone number you enter yourself.

* If someone tells you to check the number by looking it up, they are very likely spoofing it. Hang up and call the police.

* The police don't call you if they are trying to serve a warrant, they show up.

* A judge's 'gag order' does not mean you can't talk to a family member or legal counsel.

* NEVER pull money out of an account for someone you don't know without talking to a friend or spouse.

* ANY change in the situation is a red flag - bring the money to the courthouse. - its getting late, we use an after hours processor - you are running out of time, just wire it

Fascinating. I had never considered that. Will definitely be looking more closely when I watch with the family

Frankly I am shocked I got 27 up votes. To your point I expected a net negative score for the comment because

- it was a joke (not typically acceptable on HN)

- it is a dated reference

I decided it was worth it…

So many options… and the data is likely very precious so it is worth the time to review and test what you can.

I tried several different configurations and finally landed on the following.

I have a Synology that I have been running for a couple years now.

- RAID 0 w 2 14TB drives, 400GB is highly critical

The 400GB of highly critical is further backed up:

- external 1 TB SSD that lives at my sisters house and is updated monthly or so using Sync w encrypted EXT4 formatting

- B2 sync with 1 way, encrypted backup and nightly updates (using Backblaze’s encryption because Synology requires your device and if that goes… you are sol)

I friggin love it. I have restored things several times to test the process and it just works.

It only costs me $2/ mo for Backblaze B2 with that amount of data. Well worth it.

Good luck

“Those boards don’t work on water!”

Amazing stuff... duplicated

[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38785699]

[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38779667]

My guess is that the API will return 404… but details are spare as you said.

Clearly personal preference… but I would say the Bolt is a very strong commuter option. I originally thought I would buy an Kia EV6, then a Genesis GV60. In the end I bought a Bolt and I absolutely love it.

It is 85% of the car I wanted for 40% of the price of the others. It isn’t plush, but it has every modern safety system and everything is where you expect it (vs the toys / Tesla)

Highly recommend it for an around town / commuter car.

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I remember learning about ‘jerk’ in undergrad and my still jr high brain thinking, ‘haha, no way that is what it is called.’

The more I thought about it though, the more I realized it was the perfect name. It is definitely what you feel when the acceleration changes!

Yep. I ran into that as well. Had to update the firmware using my laptop first. Less than ideal… but doable.

On the upside, I haven’t touched the device since. In my experience they are fantastic for zero maintenance and ‘just works’ once setup

This is on point.

I purposely didn’t buy a Tesla because I wanted to drive a car, not a toy.

Are touch interfaces all bad? No, but in situations where heavy focus is required and the inputs are dynamically changing, they are a disaster.

Haha. I did the exact same thing to a boss. We all had a good laugh and he stopped leaving his computer unlocked.

Correct. Personal archival is protected under fair use. [1]

1. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/28/2021-23...

Btw, that was 1998. Bill was ahead of his time.

Bill Gross started carsdirect.com with no cars. They made the site and offered the cars for sale.

When people bought them, the team would run out with a credit card and buy a car for real and then sell it to the online user.

True story.

Whoa, I hadn’t heard of DA before this. Amazing! What great reads… rich trip down memory lane.

Loved the Defender of the Crown article too.

Thanks for the recommendation.

Also give her a high five and thank her! FreeTaxUSA is fantastic, even with the limitations.

Right? And that soundtrack! I could listen to Hell March without the game. They actually released the full soundtrack as a CD.

RTS is such a great genre. I know everyone loved StarCraft but I enjoyed Warcraft II and 3 more… along with C&C, Red Alert and Age of Empires. Not sure why.

Warcraft 3 was a great balance between micro and macro management due to the Hero concept. SC always just felt like a game of numbers… but I am sure I just wasn’t as experienced.

Regardless I would love it if the genre stayed alive and I am glad Age is continually updated and stable.