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forix··on People sick of being spied on by their smart TV
For those who may not have seen this yet, Gamers Nexus did a series of videos on LG monitors and TVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM

forix··on I built a 500k-domain search engine for makers in a weekend for $10
> pages classified as “portfolio” or “zine” or “software” push their outbound links way up the priority list, pages classified as “corporate” or “docs” push theirs down.

And just like that, you recreated the internet of the 90s - early 00s. Brilliant!

forix··on White House Posts Digitally Altered Image of Woman Arrested After ICE Protest
It's almost certainly Palantir. That's what appears to be the "AI" provider for government and big enterprises.
forix··on Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry
Out of curiosity why do you use both Artifactory and ECR? We're currently considering a switch from Artifactory to ECR for cost savings reasons.
forix··on Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data, demanding $20M ransom
Video response from Coinbase's CEO: https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1922967787309256807
forix··on Tell HN: Salary data is for sale
Same here. If I try other ways to validate it seems to offer email addresses for people at the company (I'm guessing HR).
forix··on Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own open positions?
Can recommend. I followed Josh Doody's advice last time I switched jobs and I did really well in negotiations. Even though in the beginning of my job search I had given a recruiter my preferred salary range (my mistake) and of course the company's offer was at the bottom of that range, I was still able to negotiate and recover quite nicely in the end. Though, having multiple offers on hand helped a lot.
forix··on Ask HN: How did my LastPass master password get leaked?
This. I cringe every time I see a coworker log into some site using LastPass, 1Password, or really any other cloud-hosted password manager.
forix··on Reddit files to go public
Not sure why Viber is on your list of fallen messaging apps. In the past few years I've seen more and more "X has joined Viber. Say hi!" notifications about my contacts (based in the US, which if anything makes me think it's growing).
forix··on Lead poisoning among US children
As a kid (~10-11yo) growing up in Eastern Europe my friends and I would look for old car batteries left by dumpsters. We'd break them, take the lead grids out and clean them up, build a small fire, melt the lead, and then pour it into molds we'd make of wood, usually in the shape of ninja stars to play with. Fun times!
forix··on In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from left turns
Not surprising. Anecdotal, but I was once hit by a cab while crossing the street. They were making a left turn. Yes, it was 2AM and I was wearing dark clothes but still, there was plenty of light at that intersection and it's not like I jumped out of nowhere (I had already walked more than halfway across the street before I was suddenly on the car's hood and then of course on the asphalt). Luckily for me I didn't suffer any injuries (that I know of).
forix··on How my genius roommate changed my perspective
Reminds me of the main character from the movie 3 Idiots (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/3_idiots).
forix··on Facebook-owned sites were down
That would be classic Zuck right there
forix··on GoDaddy moving customers to a new email platform (Microsoft 365)
Received the following email from GoDaddy:

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We're retiring Workspace and moving your email to a new platform. We know change can be hard – but not this one. This update to Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy is going to be smooth, and you don't have to do anything.

For each of the following free accounts, you'll get a two-month free trial* to test drive Microsoft 365 from GoDaddy without paying a thing:

[redacted]@[redacted]

If you currently use catchalls in Workspace, Microsoft 365 doesn't support this functionality, but does have other options.

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I am indeed using a catchall for my domain and forwarding everything to my Gmail account. I have been enjoying free email service with my own domain for years, but it seems that I'll need to start paying for email service moving forward.

forix··on Clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist
Seems like CTemplar (based in Iceland) supports Tor [0] and looks pretty good based on the comparison table they posted on their blog [1].

[0] https://ctemplar.com/how-ctemplar-over-tor-makes-your-email-...

[1] https://ctemplar.com/email-comparison-table/

forix··on Clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist
> A service must be paid for. And if a payment is done, it is connected to a real person. THE END

Unless payment is made in a way that preserves the user's privacy (i.e. using cryptocurrency).

forix··on Clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist
> Something tells me as soon as most people see the name, they will refuse to sign up.

Wouldn't even need to see the name to refuse to sign up. Assuming it's not Switzerland, all the other options seem bad.

forix··on AI movie posters
This was kind of fun for me. Guessed 12 of the movies.
forix··on Asdf – An Extendable Version Manager
Been using it for kubectl, kops, terraform, and a few others. It's really great!
forix··on Firecracker: Start a VM in less than a second
+1 on the ADD about timestamps :) and a +1 for Julia. Following her on Twitter and she's awesome!
forix··on Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?
There are many. Most have been mentioned. Didn't see these mentioned yet: Gladiator, Ip Man, The Last Samurai