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barake··on Emergency bridge loan for SVB customers
I'm surprised that Stripe Capital hasn't extended a similar offer for customers of SVB.
barake··on Indirect Prompt Injection on Bing Chat
Dog harnesses that attach to seat belts are sold at most pet supply stores in the US. There are also short leash like tethers they connect to seat belts and hook to a typical walking harness.
barake··on Is this poison ivy?
I have a very severe poison ivy allergy. The techniques in that video are the only way to stay out of trouble.

Three things work for me, in order of escalation:

1. Rubbing alcohol 2. Dawn dishwashing soap and scrubbing 3. Mean Green hand cleaner and more scrubbing

barake··on Cloudflare Calls
Talk to your account rep, think they can help you out with that
barake··on PS5 Refresh: Oberon Plus
Tax varies widely in the US down to a very local level.

Sales tax is likely between 0% and 13.5% for a PS5, but there may be localities with higher rates for electronics.

It's a mess: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_St...

barake··on Show HN: SMS Interface for Stable Diffusion
This is a joy to play with! It's the perfect UX for making this tech more accessible.

Everyone in my house has been thinking up silly prompts to see what comes back. Thanks for setting this up.

barake··on Apple Business Essentials now available for small businesses
There is probably a market for being a trusted second contact for systems like this. Wonder if that would pass muster for Apple.
barake··on Migrating from Netlify to Cloudflare Workers Sites for 2x Performance (2020)
Yeah, the totally managed deployment for Pages is great to get started, but not being able to run through our regular CI tool is a major bummer and has us also sticking with Worker sites.
barake··on An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
UWB can measure distance within 10 cm/4 inches. In ideal scenarios it doesn't take much movement to locate a target, even without a vision component.
barake··on Inflation rises 7.5% over past year, more than expected and highest since 1982
Check out sub-prime car loans. Carvana and the like will finance anything with a pulse, so people with poor credit buy used instead of new.
barake··on Facebook Has 47 Data Centers Under Construction
Many Facebook media processing services reach capacity every week. Video uploads, live ingestion, etc are a mess during peak times.
barake··on Israeli Study: Natural Immunity Is 13x Stronger Than Pfizer Covid Shots
We don't know the long term effects of COVID either. How many decades are between chicken pox and shingles?
barake··on TimeTrack Raspberry Pi
Worked in Higher Ed for years, we had a home grown time keeping system. Cost less for us to source and hack together physical time clocks and a web app than paying ADP, no question.
barake··on An iOS app update that annoys me
It's incredibly difficult to migrate even engaged users to the new, different app. Apple should really provide a better route for major version upgrades, especially on the Mac App Store.
barake··on NSFW Server Designation
You are correct, in my experience. Stating that Apple is mandating a change is grounds for rejection and maybe even a phone call.
barake··on ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Mafia extortion'
They tell you to add IAPs that are to their liking, or you're out of the store for violations of the App Store Review Guidelines.
barake··on Roof blows off new Tesla Model Y
When compared to dimensionally similar (but certainly not similarly priced!) sedans, the Model 3 ranks well but doesn't really have more cargo space.

Dimensions are in cubic feet.

BMW 330: 17

Kia Forte: 15.3

Honda Civic (sedan): 15.1

Telsa Model 3: 15.0 (combined front and rear trunk)

Hyundai Elantra: 14.4

Volkswagen Jetta: 14.1

Mercedes CLA-250: 13.1

Toyota Corolla: 13.1

Audi A3: 12.3

Subaru WRX: 12

No doubt Tesla vehicles have amazing crash ratings, they've really put together some structurally sound vehicles.

barake··on Designing a scalable API on AWS spot instances
Provisioning of new Spaces was recently disabled in some regions while they add capacity. Vaguely concerning IMO and has caused me to seriously reconsider using DO Spaces for a new product I'm building.

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/release-notes/upcoming/spa...

barake··on Tensorflow on edge, or – Building a “smart” security camera with a Raspberry Pi
Curious what you found limiting about zeromq? Just not enough throughput for high FPS?

So far I’ve found it to be the sanest multicast solution since clients pull.

barake··on Google Fiber: All in on a Gig
“All in” as long as they don’t micro-trench in an area with freeze/thaw cycles. Yes, I’m still salty they pulled out of Louisville KY.

At least they left $3MM to pave the roads they tore up. Get real points on that one.

barake··on Tesla is raising up to $1.5B through convertible note and share sale
In the US, Hyundai sells the Ioniq with ICE, hybrid, and EV drive trains:

https://www.hyundaiusa.com/ioniq/

Hyundai is taking a smart approach, making sure new platforms support electrification to varying levels. Take the Kona for example, it was introduced as an ICE vehicle and is shaping up to be an intriguing EV.

Unfortunately they're limiting EV model sales to certain states. Hoping they expand beyond compliance car status soon. The Kona EV is _actually on lots_, around $40k before any rebates/credits/incentives, and has a ~250 mile range.

barake··on Amazon Timestream – Fast, scalable, fully managed time series database
The pricing lines up with CloudWatch Logs, 50 cents/GB, 3 cents/GB/month.

Curious to see what the query language is for this, wonder if they're just exposing the backing store for CloudWatch as a service now.

barake··on New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
Any Crostini supported device works fine. Obviously more RAM and better CPU means a better experience.

I have a basic Acer with a Celeron and 4GB of RAM. Been running VS Code and node to develop React Native apps. Can even load the Expo Android app from the Play Store, no separate Android device required!

Some Crostini info: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/c...

barake··on How we solved our office Wi-Fi problems
As a counterpoint, we run Ubiquiti gear at large conferences (NAB in Vegas, IBC in Amsterdam). Thousands of people, hundreds of WiFi networks - pretty much a nightmare.

At NAB we're often the only booth with functional WiFi. Not using anything special really, just well configured UniFi mesh APs.

barake··on Cherry MX History
There is also this 3x3 one on Amazon, it works fine: https://www.amazon.com/Cherry-Switch-Tester-keyboard-Sampler...

Comes with "9 Different Cherry MX Switches: Cherry MX Red(1), MX Black(1), MX Blue(1), MX Brown(1), MX Green(1), MX Gray-brown(1), MX Gray-black(1), MX Clear(1), MX White(1)".

barake··on MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros
The feel of the keyboard is certainly a matter of preference, but the reliability issues are prevalent enough Apple has a special repair program (again): https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-m...
barake··on How to Pay Remote Employees
The first few years the health insurance exchanges were open, getting insurance on your own was a breeze. I purchased insurance for my family for a few years that way, paying perfectly reasonable premiums for the benefits offered.

In my state, Kentucky, there is now only one insurer per county offering plans and they're HMO garbage accepted almost nowhere. Additionally, large insurers like Humana (that are based here!) aren't really offering private insurance plans.

Kentucky is just about W2 or bust for health coverage :(

barake··on All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election
Here's an article that talks a out two events, a protest and counter-protest: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/26/media/russia-trolls-facebook...
barake··on Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone
Someone has already done that: https://chicago.eater.com/2018/3/5/17078210/opentable-reserv...
barake··on Ask HN: Anyone else suddenly lose access to FB's API?
You're going to need to do some reading:

1. https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2018/04/04/faceboo... 2. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/changelog/bre...

There is no easy way to get access re-enabled right now. If you have a direct relationship with FB, now is the time to reach out and let them know what you need.

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