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dynamohk··on Impact to DigitalOcean customers resulting from Mailchimp security incident
You would think Digital Ocean being a cloud hosting provider they could do email themselves, secure customer data and not provide it to third parties. Great write up though.
dynamohk··on Netflix loses 970k subscribers, says ads and new fees are key to recovery
Didn’t cable have a similar business model. Charge + Ads. They’ve probably modelled out the amount they would $ gain vs customer loss from adding ads.
dynamohk··on Xbox Series X|S Has Outsold PS5 in Japan Again
> appears to be more of a supply-based anomaly rather than a sudden, genuine change in consumer interest.
dynamohk··on Missing link between Alzheimer’s and vascular disease found?
For what it’s worth in regards to good sleep, a good mattress goes a long way not expensive but one right for you. There’s many types.
dynamohk··on ‘Biodegradable’ drinking straws contain PFAS
You can buy stainless steel straws. Reusable too.
dynamohk··on Inside the longest Atlassian outage
Rely on a SaaS, complain then don’t have BCP/DR yourself . Huh
dynamohk··on Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times
Mobs have been around forever before computers. Throughout all of human history. Looking at it from a positive view, at least people aren’t stoned to death anymore.
dynamohk··on I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer
To scale whole population could just do ultra-sound for colon Polyps + CRP blood test. Then go from there.
dynamohk··on Duck DNS – free dynamic DNS hosted on AWS
to avoid reverse proxy, dynamic dns to access servers at home, maybe try tailscale to achieve same thing
dynamohk··on Class Bullshitters
For most using HN, the standard of living is likely better than all the pharaohs and kings of the past by a considerable margin. Gratitude is important, all the rest is relative.
dynamohk··on Russian central bank confirms block on foreign bids to sell Russian securities
potential scenario would be savings over ~$100k in a bank account would be seized.
dynamohk··on Ask HN: Why do my online accounts keep getting banned?
Maybe: - Password manager compromised - Personal details - mobile, email, flagged with third party fraud checker - IP flagged (access via vpn, same network something happening)
dynamohk··on Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work
Not great from google, but you need a basic bcp/dr plan for common scenarios especially if service provider goes down for whatever reason.
dynamohk··on Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline
Could look at pihole or nextdns (cloud version of pihole)
dynamohk··on Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?
DNS block twitter, news and all other social. Give it a week and you will probably feel much better mentally.
dynamohk··on Ten Years of ThinkPadding
Personally felt the quality go down. Had one around 2010 was great. Maybe should look into dells.
dynamohk··on Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study
This is chicken or the egg causality dilemma. Might be wise to think the other way around too. X causes Y, Y causes X.
dynamohk··on Ask HN: Eating and coocking is so inneficient, better way?
Recently just got an air fryer for cheap. Turns out super useful. Steaks just press a button and leave for 20min.
dynamohk··on We purchased a machine from China and it came with malware preinstalled
got a usb on ebay with malware for windows.
dynamohk··on Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile
red alert 2 vibes
dynamohk··on Wg-access-server: WireGuard VPN server and web UI for device management
I find tailscale simple and setup exit node easy
dynamohk··on Ask HN: Gmail account security
Password reset functions for most providers often make 2FA hardware/software tokens useless. They fall back to email/sms to reset forgotten password/tokens. I guess it’s usability for majority over security that would lock out users.
dynamohk··on Set up Pi-hole with your own recursive DNS server using DNSSEC
Limited usefulness without ESNI.
dynamohk··on Ask HN: What websites do you use to find cutting edge information?
Any specific accounts to follow?
dynamohk··on Dendron: A personal knowledge management solution built on VS Code
Why not use something like notion or Evernote and be done with it.
dynamohk··on Chrome Banned “YouTube Rabbit Hole” Extension
Simpler to use ublock and delete the parts of the page you don't want to see.

Example to clean up the homepage:

! 2021-11-26 https://www.youtube.com www.youtube.com##.ytd-button-renderer.style-scope.yt-simple-endpoint > .size-small.style-suggestive.ytd-button-renderer.style-scope