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glennos··on Ask HN: Will Google delete inactive gmail accounts that forward email?
Not sure but sounds like you’ll have time to try avoid the deletion. The warning emails should forward to your main account.

“Before deleting an account, we will send multiple notifications over the months leading up to deletion, to both the account email address and the recovery email (if one has been provided).”

glennos··on Little Snitch Mini
Yes! Does anyone remember BlackICE?
glennos··on Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?
Losing the Signal is a really well written book about RIM/Blackberry. A cautionary tale about losing focus.
glennos··on Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?
+1000 I hate the Spotify interface. Why the f can’t we get a full list of tracks for an artist?
glennos··on Inkscape 1.2 released
If you’re reading this, thank you Inkscape team!
glennos··on Is water always the best choice on a hot day?
The BBC is a great organisation, but on the topic of milk on a hot day, I’m trusting the Channel 4 News team.
glennos··on Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
Couldn’t agree more about the Touch bar, it makes my MacBook worse.
glennos··on Year 2038 Problem
Haha, I hadn’t thought of that. Yes, we are :)
glennos··on Ask HN: Is Chromecast getting worse?
Thanks, will give it a try.
glennos··on Opera is Reborn
I think Vivaldi is a new company started by the ex-Opera CEO.
glennos··on The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been terminated
"We thank all of our licensees for their great support in making mp3 the defacto audio codec in the world". This doesn't make sense. Defacto standard?
glennos··on Found: A Drug Catapult at the U.S.-Mexico Border
10 points for Gryffindor.
glennos··on Boards in Asana
Yeah, I really liked it feature wise, but it was a shocker on performance.
glennos··on Ask HN: Why are SIM cards still a thing?
Super interesting. So the overlay tricks the phone into thinking there's 2 SIMs in the phone?
glennos··on Ask HN: Why are SIM cards still a thing?
I take the point on the security of physical + pin for protection. I guess I'd just love a solution where I could simply switch between accounts without physically swapping something or having a multi-SIM phone.
glennos··on Ask HN: Why are SIM cards still a thing?
I hadn't thought about the security of being a physical token. Feels like you could do 2FA using someone's email (or similar) to protect against some scenarios, but take the point that someone having to steal something physical changes the attack surface.
glennos··on Ask HN: Why are SIM cards still a thing?
Fair assessment. I'd just like to be able to have a few SIMs loaded in software for travelling, given the typically extortionate roaming fees.
glennos··on Webcams used to attack Reddit and Twitter recalled
Agree, seems bizarre but sounds like sloppy device config.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12765265

glennos··on Webcams used to attack Reddit and Twitter recalled
It's disappointing the article doesn't give any actionable detail of the recall. From what I can see, Hangzhou Xiongmai is a components manufacturer, not a retail brand, so there's no practical way to identify an affected device with the information here.
glennos··on Mixcrate shuts down
It's disappointing that, before trying to shut them down with legal threats, record labels don't try to partner and monetise sites like Mixcrate. While I'm making an assumption here, I think it's very likely to be the case.

No one is going to hear a track in a DJ mix, then NOT buy it because they heard it in a mix. It's just not a substitute for anything that labels are selling. In fact, the opposite is true, that people are much more likely to go and buy a track because the mix helped them discover it.

A large number of folks uploading mixes to Mixcrate would be amateur, making no money from whatever promotional value using a track may give them. They do it for the love of it. Some would have been DJs who do mix for profit. I'd suggest some low-cost licensing system, paying a few dollars a month to use licensed tracks would be a decent solution for both.

Sites like Mixcrate closing down kills two revenue streams for labels, 1) referral/discovery purchases and 2) a direct licensing model.

glennos··on Ask HN: Will someone replace Sunrise calendar?
Outlook unlikely to be a good option unfortunately, I just need a calendar for Mac and Android.

It's a shame, I'd pay for it if they kept running it as a standalone product and they might be able to use that as a channel to get me using their other products over time... but alas, I will just stop using their product all together.

glennos··on Nikola Motor Company
I think it has to be.
glennos··on Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
Paid, but I got a lot of this course for learning Ruby/Rails https://www.gotealeaf.com/
glennos··on The Windows Incident – Day 0
I used a Windows 8 machine the other day. I've used OSX the last few years, but used Windows for a couple of decades prior.

I was so confused. It was difficult to work out how to open apps. I also got stuck in the full screen start menu replacement (whatever that's called) and I had to ask for help to get back to the desktop.

Give me XP over 8 any day. Security issues aside, that was a gem of an OS.

Seems like the Microsoft OS team hit the panic button soon after iOS & Android gained traction and have been clawing for innovation without considering actual use cases

glennos··on Stellar
1k sent!
glennos··on Stellar
This is awesome. 'glenn' please! Who's next?
glennos··on Show HN: Learn Web Development for Free with The Odin Project
I disagree with "insanely high". There are junior, mid and senior roles out there on the market. I can't comment specifically on this course, but there are courses which provide the groundwork for a junior role in the space of 4-6 months. I did one, built some projects and got a couple of job offers within two months of finishing.
glennos··on Windows XP support is ending at April 8, 2014
Interesting that these pages avoid any direct reference to Windows 8. It's only referred to as "the new Windows".
glennos··on Show HN: Logarithmic Flappy 2048
Only spent 5 seconds playing, but this is brilliant. Well done :)
glennos··on Introducing OneNote for Mac
Anyone else receiving an error from the App Store?

"Microsoft OneNote failed to download. Use the Purchases page to try again."

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