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davidd8··on Show HN: Mailfeed – Your reading list, owned by you
Turn your emails into a personalized reading feed with full-text content, semantic search, and smart link extraction. Self-hosted, open source, and private by design.

"If you've ever emailed yourself before, this app is for you."

I got tired of read-it-later apps shutting down, and I tend to email myself everyday... wondering if there are others like me?

How It Works: 1. Email yourself a link (or any email matching your configured query)

2. MailFeed syncs it, extracts the links, and fetches the full article content

3. Browse everything in a clean reading feed with search and filters

davidd8··on Almost hacked I should have read more Hacker News
Props to https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/macos-nimdoor-dprk-threat-a... for analyzing the hack in great detail.
davidd8··on Should You Buy an EV? A calculator to figure it out
I underestimated the delightful power of HN public editing, but rest assured the calculation cells are protected in the sheet :)
davidd8··on Why Web3 Is the Place to Be
Planning to watch the 2hr video, but anything specific to call out?
davidd8··on Oppose the Earn IT Act
My take: The “nothing to hide” argument is a fallacy for two reasons: (1) The connotation that things discussed in private are bad. True, criminals may discuss illegal activity in private, but that does not mean everyone’s private conversations are illegal. (2) The notion of what needs “hiding” is subject to opinion, and changes over time. You may not be breaking any laws today, but if the law changes and governments have access to your past data, you are now vulnerable and have nowhere to hide.

From my post about privacy not too long ago, https://www.davidexmachina.com/2020/02/privacy-matters.html

davidd8··on [dead]
Moving costs include only 3 months of rent and the physical act of moving as described in https://github.com/davidd8/us-electoral-college-balancer#ass.... I tried to match it with what corporations do, which is generally give the employee a flat $10K "relocation bonus."

One could definitely make this more sophisticated and specific to state by state rules, but I didn't have the time. But feel free to play around with the numbers in the notebook, as this is just a starting point.

davidd8··on [dead]
Thanks, I didn't know about that strategy!
davidd8··on Lyft Carpool: A New Way to Commute
Yes
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
Hi Bravura, thanks for the feedback! Sorry about the inaccurate NextMuni times - we had an issue earlier that would sometimes make arrival predictions fail to update, but it should be fixed now. If you have a chance to give it another shot, we'd really appreciate it!
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
Should be back up!
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
Thanks Kalvin, we're as excited as you are to build this out!
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
Glad you like it, we're always working on improving the UI.
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
You can try an in-browser demo at roversf.com - let us know what you think! Would also love to hear about your NextMuni prediction hacking!
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
Thanks for giving Rover a shot! Let me know if you have any feedback.
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
Hey Garthex! Thanks for checking out our app - Rover does support BART (with real-time arrival data), try routing to SFO for example. Let me know if that doesn't work for you - we'll investigate if something is not looking right!
davidd8··on Rover - All Your SF Transit Options In One Place
Good point. You can try a live demo at roversf.com - let us know what you think!