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fswdon Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets that have been deleted

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element#em...

fswdon Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it

Ask them for an administrative hearing. 99% chance they won't and will just remove it.

fswdon Ask HN: My Google account was hacked, Google says they can't help

Somehow there's a Google service (I am guessing mobile) that allow you to register firstl.ast@gmail or f.irstlast@gmail, and then they will both get each other's email. Fundamentally if you allow any account to be created with a dot and without a dot (two accounts), but filter out the dot in the email received, it will cause a problem. The dot is one to one with the account, but filtered out becomes one to many with the email. Nobody seems to notice this logical issue.

fswdon Ask HN: My Google account was hacked, Google says they can't help

This happened to a friend. His life was destroyed. The only person he could talk to was the FBI. They told him they get dozens of calls about this a week. On top of that, there's a exploit that allows anyone with a dot in their email to receieve any other person email it's been active for 19 years. Google doesn't care what so ever. Google has the worst infrastructure support. There probably needs to be regulation that if your a company making over 1B a year in revenue, you need to have a basic escalation procedure and human decency... or you can't make any tax deductions, and it claws back 10 years, and it applies to all share holders who own more than $1M in stock. Suddenly, they might answer the phone!

fswdon SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense and overcoming signal jamming

for a brief period, it might even work as an ICBM defence shield for the whole planet. Imagine every single rocket aborting due to debris for 1-2 years( a guess)

fswdon Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear

It's the original cancel culture. Once google got customers to accept it, it became the new norm.

fswdon Reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation

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fswdon What happened to my career after 2010? (2021)

This doesn't sound like Narcolepsy? A narcolepic person will suddenly fall asleep during a conversation, and 5-10 minutes later wake up and continue talking as if nothing happened. I was giving a ride to somebody in NYC once from Florida and getting directions was difficult. Several times I had to drive around the block for 20 minutes or so, and she would wake up angry that we were going to wrong way. Eventually we got her home and she got her medication (modifinil).

fswdon Ask HN: Should I give up and get a job?

As an engineer, I would say this problem is already solved with connection pooling, but that's not why I'm reaching out.

I'm still at an early stage, but I made the same mistake of assuming I could overcome product fit, marketing, sales with technology. I made the assumption I could overwhelmingly overcome these things with great tech. This isn't the reality of the situation.

What you need to do is engage your potential customers and get feedback, then simplify or specialize, and pivot your idea or solution. Getting feedback is critical. After doing this my ideas went from highly specialized and hard to explain to flexible and easy to understand. Eventually I was able to find a fit, but I'm still operating under this feedback loop.

I would get a job just for a break and then double back.

fswdon Updating software so Starlink can be powered from car cigarette lighter

very low information post. Cigarette lighters can be up to 180w. Even more with nominal voltage of 13.4v. Starlink is already just around 180watts. But it depends on what you ahve, rev1, rev2, rev3. And then there's proto1 proto2,3,4. Each one draws different watts from 35w-250w. There's no information about which version of the hardware and what it was and what it is suppose to be. I just wish starlink would send an email with details instead of a tweet.

fswdon China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, Biden officials say

Reuter's isn't a very reliable source of information given they fell for another Sam Hyde hoax Feb 28th, and it's still up..

/s Hyde

https://www.reuters.com/world/americans-canadians-answer-ukr...

fswdon IPFS Backed by Decentralized Storage

I am unable to reach the site.

fswdon Soybean oil affects hypothalamus, causes genetic changes in mice: study (2020)

I've been eating beef tallow past three weeks. Not strictly carnivore, but using the broth and oil from my cooking pots. Wow I feel great. The best part is that the beef tallow is free. I went to the butcher and asked for some fat trimmings, they laughed and asked me what for. To render tallow. I got a 5lb bag for free.

Also I discovered I can use Rosemary in the fat, for flavor and memory improvement.

fswdon Please make a dumb car

every month I'm breaking a sensor in my 2004 dodge. It's been about $300 every other month in mechanic fees. I've got two new ones right now. They got rid of relays and are using some kind of FET for some sensors, lights, switches. Some of the sensors are catastrophic (won't drive or drives extremely dangerous). For whatever reason dodge decided to get rid of the throttle cable and go with a two sensor and servo. If it fails, no mechanic will touch it. I took it out and cleaned it, and it just started working. Ghost in the machine.