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binaryblitzon Atuin Desktop: Runbooks That Run

Your playground says the login is "Only used for verification against abuse."

Immediately after signing in, I get an email from you. Serious uncool and an instant "nope" from me after that.

If this was 2016, I'd think there could be a possibility. Given that the candidates for the election are almost 100% a foregone conclusion at this point, what purpose would it serve?

binaryblitzon Meta outage

What platforms have anywhere near the reach and services that Meta does for a marketplace/advertising?

I'm not personally a fan of most social media, but saying "they could go somewhere else" is a pretty naieve/ignorant response.

binaryblitzon Meta outage

Blaming an outage on DEI... Man that's a new one for me.

Could you let us know where you work? I want to make sure I never apply there.

binaryblitzon Only VIPs will be allowed to drink alcohol inside Paris 2024 Olympics venues

This is kinda my thought too.

You can also look at it as a "perk" of the more expensive ticket. First class passengers on an airplane are the only ones that get a full meal on most domestic air travel. How is this different?

binaryblitzon Falcon Heavy Launch [video]

As far as I'm aware, the cheering is outside of the main control room (which is where the broadcasters are).

Also: there are no people on board. If it blows up, it's "only" money that's lost.

binaryblitzon Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle

Really fun game! I'd love more :)

SEIZURE WARNING: Once you win, there is a lot of flickering.

binaryblitzon Show HN: Doxx Me – See how doxxable your phone number is

So while some of my info was there, there was DRASTICALLY more data listed that has nothing to do with me. I've had this phone number since ~2001, any idea why that would happen?

binaryblitzon Show HN: Meadowrun automates the tedious details of running Python on AWS/Azure

This is an awesome idea!

Any plans to implement Fargate as an option? You mention the limitations of Lambda and Fargate pretty much takes care of all of those, without needing to provision EC2.

binaryblitzon Rare real colour photos of WWII

Wow, I had no idea something like that exists. Happen to have a link to the one you did? I'd be really interested in trying something like that.

binaryblitzon Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates

A massive global coverup of the vaccine being bad, or conspiracy theorists using facebook to spread their narrative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

binaryblitzon Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Virginia since last night

https://abetterrouteplanner.com/

It's designed for electric cars, but it does include weather info in its routes. I'm not 100% sure how it works, but it is there.

binaryblitzon Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Virginia since last night

Those are great to have. I will say that 3100mAh is pretty low and wouldn't even fully charge most smartphones. 20kmAh batteries can be purchased for less than $100, and 10k-15k mAh for less than $50.

A good idea to have just in case. :)

binaryblitzon Does anyone else get really bored while they're on vacation?

Holy shit. That is one hell of a rough start to ~2021~ 2022. As others have said, talking to someone can really help - when you're ready.

Only other advice would be to hug your dogs. Sometimes they're better than therapy.

binaryblitzon Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?

Yes, your coworkers know. I for one am generally very vocal about it to my manager. People that aren't pulling their weight make my life harder.

You could be doing more and making your teammates live's better.

Be better.

binaryblitzon Code to flood Kellogg with bogus job applications after strikers sacked

Some of the resume screening service charge per application though, so it might at least cost Kellog a little bit of money.

Though they'll probably use that as an excuse to not provide insurance or pay a living wage... :(

binaryblitzon A couple of bees opening a bottle

Not sure this is HN content.

binaryblitzon AWS us-east-1 outage

How are those better than using AWS/Azure/GCP/etc? I'd say the correct way to handle situations is to have things in multiple regions, and potentially multiple clouds if possible. Obviously, things like databases would be harder to keep in sync on multi cloud, but not impossible.

binaryblitzon AWS us-east-1 outage

I don't think you can run SSO in multiple regions on the same AWS account.

binaryblitzon AWS us-east-1 outage

TIL Amazon owns IMDB

binaryblitzon Marriott refused to host Uyghur conference, citing “political neutrality”

This is actually true for a lot of hotel brands. It's more of a franchise situation.

binaryblitzon Business Essentials

I agree and disagree. For my gaming desktop, I'd just reinstall apps to get a fresh start.

I started my own software consulting/contracting thing this summer and if my machine crashed, every hour I'm not working is costing me money. So setting up all my apps again to get a fresh start isn't worth it. With TimeMachine on my NAS, I just get the replacement computer and let it restore while I sleep. Then I'm good to go the next morning.

binaryblitzon Business Essentials

JAMF is Apple only.

binaryblitzon Business Essentials

Depending on the size of your business, it's easier just to have a few (or even one if you're really small) spare machines for when one breaks or is having issues. Just turn it on, restore from the latest backup and give it to the user. Then send the old one off for repair if needed.

binaryblitzon macOS Monterey

100% It actually let the fans spin down when plugged into a monitor.

binaryblitzon Ask HN: Why don’t you use Linux as your daily driver OS?

No, they run MacOS (or OSX for older versions), a version of Unix. The M1s still run MacOS, just on a different type of processor hardware.

binaryblitzon 1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee

Not just consistency, but customer service. It's gone down a bit in recent years, but Amazon is still amazing at it. I can actually chat with someone, almost instantly, if I'm having a problem. Having had to deal with flight delays on American Airlines recently, it's insane how much of a difference there is.

binaryblitzon 1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee

Having had to get a passport recently, yes. At least better in the sense that you are actually receiving a service you've paid for.

It is virtually impossible to get an appointment at the passport office in the US right now. Not a local passport office, ANY passport office. There were people outside the one I went to offering a Nintendo Switch to people to trade for a time slot. The shortest wait time I had on the phone was three hours, and I called one minute after they opened.

binaryblitzon Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app

It's sad that Christians don't use historical context when interpreting verses.

binaryblitzon Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on municipal broadband

Because politicians in the US exist to accept bribes for personal gain. Very few of them seem to give two shits about anyone besides themselves. Especially on the right side of the aisle.