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SevenSigs··on Orlando urges residents to conserve water because of surge in hospitalizations
I solved the problem with this: https://www.amazon.com/Injection-manganese-Removal-Oxidizing... ... works really well and requires little/no maintenance for the first few years. Before that I had a chlorine injection system and it was a nightmare (maintenance-wise).
SevenSigs··on Ask HN: How do you consume stuff on HN while still being productive?
Bonus if you only read the top comments for the top posts... and also skip extra long comments that are off topic.
SevenSigs··on Golang.org will be merged into go.dev
https should be the default so it could get better
SevenSigs··on Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit the company credit card
> they should be on the hook for refunding a significant portion of the cost of the user's Oculus library

If the purchases were < 6 months ago, I would do credit card charge backs...

SevenSigs··on Home Prices Are Now Higher Than the Peak of the 2000s Housing Bubble
> Even people who correctly identify market bubbles and have good timing can lose in the long run because the gains during the run up of the market compound so much it ends up being smarter to ride out the dips.

I tripled my investment when I sold last year, but I would probably have done 3.5x now... lets see what happens next year. The wood prices went back down a lot, at least: https://ns.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/p7rfsq/ever....

SevenSigs··on Claimed AT&T hack of 70M customer records including SSN, name, address
Maybe we need to tell each individual company that our SSN is public when they ask for it and why they rely on it to identify me... another form of ID that they like to use when you apply for credit is previous addresses/cars/etc... as if that isn't public.
SevenSigs··on Amazon Plans to Open Large Retail Locations Akin to Department Stores
If I was amazon, I would just do a virtual reality store... maybe partner with Facebook.
SevenSigs··on Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without user intervention (2019)
If only they could mind their own business...
SevenSigs··on Apple bans the number 8964 in China
Apple usually says the opposite of what it is doing when it comes to privacy, except in the case of the child pornography scanning... not sure why anyone trust them more then Google.
SevenSigs··on Apple bans the number 8964 in China
8964 (i.e. yymd)... Referring to the Tiananmen Square massacre on June Fourth, 1989
SevenSigs··on Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without user intervention (2019)
I had the same issue with Microsoft's email service and Facebook messages. How I dealt with it was to not email private links... I use Element these days or email links to encrypted files in some circumstances. I wish websites would stop using email and phone verifications...
SevenSigs··on F*Ex
Syncthing is also pretty nice
SevenSigs··on Second largest US mortgage lender will accept crypto payments this year
Why so offensive?
SevenSigs··on Second largest US mortgage lender will accept crypto payments this year
Lesson: rent and keep your Bitcoins...
SevenSigs··on Google says geofence warrants make up one-quarter of all US demands
Google knows that it is wrong according to this article, but they still comply.
SevenSigs··on Attack of the Superweeds on American Farms
https://archive.is/9kliy
SevenSigs··on Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Banking target for 2023
And the fine was a joke... less then $1 per person affected.

> Nearly 98 million people were affected, according to the settlement

SevenSigs··on Resigning from the AMP Advisory Committee
even if you are telling the truth, you are being downvoted for talking bad about a specific individual... have my upvote.
SevenSigs··on SEC charges Netflix insider trading ring
lets get the small fish....
SevenSigs··on Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsearch cluster
Where can I get the list? This should definitely public (unless they just put random people on the list).
SevenSigs··on Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Banking target for 2023
> Tangerine

At least they used to have decent interest rates... now what's the point? they don't even have physical banks.

SevenSigs··on Resigning from the AMP Advisory Committee
The main problem with AMP is that everything loads from Google's servers... so it is not worth using even if sometimes it can be faster (Google itself should probably use it instead of their javascript mess that slows down everything for no reason).
SevenSigs··on German parliament wants Tim Cook to reconsider CSAM plans
They have "custom" devices.
SevenSigs··on People Now Spend More at Amazon Than at Walmart
Amazon shows different prices to different people... now that they got you hooked, you better watch out.
SevenSigs··on Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones
I dont think that he is talking about scanning in the cloud which we know that Google is already doing for profit.... he is talking about scanning on your phone from a remote server which is WORST.
SevenSigs··on US Government Launched Probe into Tesla's Autopilot System
I think that the next one will start with the letter K.... for AFK
SevenSigs··on US Government Launched Probe into Tesla's Autopilot System
Hopefully they will prevent them from using terms like: "full auto 100% auto-pilot"

But I think that the next one will start with the letter K.... for AFK (tried to put that comment as a reply to a comment below, but YC would not let me)

SevenSigs··on Microsoft updates its CBL-Mariner Linux distro
Just what I needed... Microsoft on my Linux.
SevenSigs··on Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in landfill
In a capitalist world, If I had a clothes store, I would do the same... to reduce the supply.
SevenSigs··on Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine
For some reason, it reminds me of the passion flower: https://i.imgur.com/Efy2Iq4.png
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