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davidg109··on Stanford prof calls cops on Berkeley prof who exposed her $5K/hr consulting fee
Both sides are behaving like children and it’s hard to believe they represent prestigious schools. I don’t believe she targeted him because he happens to be black. She likely would have threatened the police irrespective of colour.
davidg109··on Ask HN: When did 7 interviews become “normal”?
Ridiculous. That’s what a panel interview is meant for.

I would refuse unless they want to pay for my time.

davidg109··on I have been terminated from Zoom for refusing to remove the following tweets
I agree, Zoom seemed willing to work with the ex-employee.

Unfortunately people often overlook that they are an ambassador for the company they work for. Their employer will usually not tolerate aggravating a (potential) revenue-generating relationship with a third party by any employee.

I believe Zoom did the right thing here, but I’m curious what CA law says.

davidg109··on Google cancels Google Play publisher account and ends family’s source of income
Unfortunately, anytime you depend on a third party whether it be Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc., this is the exact risk you take. Don’t feed the dragon.
davidg109··on Trudeau announces intention to freeze bank accounts of protestors
As a Canadian, I think this is shameful and a despicable act by the "leader" of our country.

But let me get one thing straight, Justin Trudeau is no leader. His actions throughout his leadership have played off as one of legacy and self-preservation. This is the same person who corrected someone from saying "mankind" with "peoplekind" while extending dinner invitations to extremists.

Four Premiers (nearly half of them) have dismissed Justin's invoking of the Act that permits him to do such things as seize personal bank accounts. The opposition parties have essentially shat all over his lack of leadership and handling of this whole mess.

The Convoy is refusing to even speak to Justin and have asked for other leaders to step into his place. That in itself should say it all.

The Emergency Act itself is being invoked inappropriately, and is essentially Justin throwing his hands up in the air saying "I don't know what I'm doing, so let's try this!"

Really the way forward is for Justin to hang his head in shame and resign, and have a more capable leader installed without resorting to the "Emergencies" Act.

Sources: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/caution-must-be-taken-a...

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2002879555581

davidg109··on Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract
Given how low they are already stopping, they likely have a dedicated team for chargebacks that will fight tooth and nail to challenge it.

I am currently dealing with a chargeback team for another company, and the amount of time they’ve dedicated into challenging me likely exceeds the chargeback value itself.

davidg109··on Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
After such a shitty 2020, this is just what we needed. Incredible.
davidg109··on Changes to LastPass Free
Recommend taking a look at MYKI. This is my go to password manager, and no information is stored in the cloud.
davidg109··on Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters
I have empathy for not wanting to be filmed, but then why be a member serving the public if this is the case? There is zero expectation of privacy if I’m performing an act in public on the government’s dime.
davidg109··on Harvard astronomer argues that alien vessel paid us a visit
There's a lot of parallels between this Harvard dude's theory, and some risk management material I've been studying lately.

It goes something like this... yes, anything is possible. It's possible an alien launched a giant dildo-esque probe from 20 billion light years away as a means of wooing the citizens of Earth.

But it's likely improbable to the point that it's near meaningless to even consider it.

So what is the meaningful math behind this that provides a reasonable level of confidence behind the alien probe theory?

davidg109··on How can I get list of textbooks being used in top colleges?
My technique: most have bookstore integrations. Use their bookstore website by plugging in each course code and it should spit out the corresponding books when applicable.
davidg109··on Cyber Security; Beginner Roadmap
Good, but pentesting is just one arm of cybersecurity. I’m in the GRC space myself, and it’s kind of lonely here ;)
davidg109··on Parler Databases Disclosed
Very shoddy development. It sounds that if there was ever a Twilio outage, the same vulnerability could have played out. Not hard to know how Twilio is used either, especially as employees come and go. This was a disaster waiting to happen either way.
davidg109··on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
davidg109··on Show HN: Deckmill – affordable, high quality, language-learning flashcards
Just purchased. Excellent quality!

I wasn’t sure how many sentences were included but bought anyway (you might want to add this to the FAQ unless somehow I missed it elsewhere). Seems to be about 2000 sentences per deck. Learning Spanish so this gives me access to 6000 sentences.

Well done!

davidg109··on Show HN: Deckmill – affordable, high quality, language-learning flashcards
Looks good.

Why these particular words/sentences? Is this based on frequency? Something else?

I was trying to learn Spanish based off of frequency dictionaries at one point, but many didn’t provide conjugations of the verbs which made it questionable to learn.

I was even contemplating creating something myself that would take the top 5000 words and make complete sentences out of them... using conjugations of course.

davidg109··on Setting User-Agent Field? (1996)
We still love you.
davidg109··on The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
Kudos Twitter. Ban this shit.
davidg109··on GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in Iran
How do you manage this kind of risk? Are there other options other than don’t use GitHub to begin with?
davidg109··on Anonymously call out the bad behavior of “ghosting” by recruiters
I don’t think recruiters are oblivious to their bad behaviour. Like someone else said, it’s a numbers game, and candidates are widgets.

I choose not to deal with recruiters. Ever. I’m pretty blunt to them about it, without being rude.

davidg109··on Leaked Government UFO Photo: What Is Hovering Cube-Shaped Object?
Actually, sounds more like Occam’s Razor is being misapplied here.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/occams-r...

davidg109··on H. G. Wells reviews "Metropolis" (1927)
Came here to pretty much say the same thing. Think I saw it on MuchMusic Canada... when they used to play music.

Maybe H.G. would've rocked out to it.

davidg109··on [dead]
What’s ironic is the admin basically initiated the censorship by locking out the 100k members from the group. Way to go.
davidg109··on Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?
The automatic feeder is a dream. I’m no longer aggressively stalked by my cat for food.

I also have several Wyze cams around the home. When I go away, I’m able to have “kitty conferences” to check in how she’s doing and chat with her.

davidg109··on Bitwarden leaks passwords to other subdomains
Sounds like a bug with autocomplete disabled, but I don’t see this as a security issue.

What is the risk with using Bitwarden in this circumstance? That I trust one server of the company but not the other and therefore a bad actor now has my creds?

davidg109··on User's Kindle eBook collection revoked by Amazon (2012)
Disturbing. Sounds like legal enforcement is once again required to spank these companies.
davidg109··on Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th
Bring on those downvotes :) I’m looking forward to an ‘epic’ court ruling siding in Apple’s favour.
davidg109··on Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th
Epic is trying to shine a spotlight on what they think is unfair, and I flat out disagree. They want to now sue the same company that provides them tools to develop, as if it’s some inherent right? Apple owns the Apple store, and they can choose to charge what they want. Epic can choose to raise their pricing if they feel the millions they’re already making isn’t enough.
davidg109··on Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad
Move over Netflix, this Apple vs Epic is the shit worth watching. Your move Apple.
davidg109··on I Invented the iPhone in 1977
I just hand drew a rocket to Uranus. I hereby decree I am now the inventor.
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