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hkjayakumaron Project Svalbard: The Future of Have I Been Pwned

> I'll remain a part of HIBP. I fully intend to be part of the acquisition, that is some company gets me along with the project. HIBP's brand is intrinsically tied to mine and at present, it needs me to go along with it.

He's made it pretty clear in the blog post that he intends to stay on and has acknowledged that his reputation plays an important part in making HIBP what it is.

hkjayakumaron Security Update

Possibly StackOverflow Careers data?

hkjayakumaron Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting

It still gives the same warning if you remove the phone number while TOTP is enabled. But I was able to remove and then set up TOTP based 2FA without a phone number.

I should add that removing the phone number didn't actually delete the number from my profile (who could have known?). You have to go into the Mobile tab and remove the phone number again.

All this despite me reluctantly adding my phone number just for 2FA. Dark patterns throughout the website.

hkjayakumaron Amazon Pitches Facial Recognition to Monitor Immigrants

> Sure and while you're at it why not implement cameras all over every roadway to automatically ticket you every time you break the speed limit.

This actually exists in many cities around the world like Dubai. Probably not every roadway, but almost all major ones.

hkjayakumaron Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros

Here's [0] a nice article from Vice which discusses the Tractor-Hacking movement and the wider push for right-to-repair.

[0] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzp7ny/tractor-ha...

hkjayakumaron I created the exact same app in React and Vue

Relevant xkcd [0]

[0] https://xkcd.com/927/

hkjayakumaron Toronto adds more tech jobs than Silicon Valley in past 5 years

Uber does. They run an ATG division in Toronto.

hkjayakumaron The Impact of Listening to Music on Cognitive Performance (2013)

I can relate to this. Music only serves as a distraction and prevents me from getting actual work done.

I also only tend to listen to music occasionally, when I 'feel' like it.

hkjayakumaron A new grad SDE makes 2x more in SF than Toronto after tax and COL

Well, companies also prefer higher margins to lower margin i.e. if they can get away with paying lesser compensation, then that's exactly what they will do.

hkjayakumaron A difficult experience with Autopilot in the mountains of Canada

For those who are unaware, it's called the Sea-to-sky highway [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_99

hkjayakumaron Airline revenue from extra fees increases

You're right, I was completely unaware of that. I read these 'rumours' on other forums as well, but I didn't bother to verify them.

hkjayakumaron Airline revenue from extra fees increases

ITA's Matrix[1] shows the actual price, but rumours are that Google will shut them down in the near future in favour of Google Flights following their shutdown of the QPX Express API[2]

[1] http://matrix.itasoftware.com/

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15594975

hkjayakumaron We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made

The author elaborates a bit more on how management unsuccessfully tried to reach out to Rick, resulting in their departure before Rick's in response to a comment[1]. This post is obviously just one side of the story, so take it with a grain of salt I guess.

[1] https://medium.com/@peachpie/thanks-for-the-insightful-respo...

hkjayakumaron Privacy

Apparently Google is also ditching the headphone jack[1] on the new Pixel line

[1] http://bgr.com/2017/07/27/pixel-2-rumors-no-3-5mm-headphone-...

hkjayakumaron Slack Closes $250M Funding Round at $5B Valuation

Mattermost[1] is an existing open-source[2] Slack alternative.

[1] https://about.mattermost.com/

[2] https://github.com/mattermost

hkjayakumaron Google Chrome to stop autoplaying content with sound

The extension is no longer being actively worked on [1]. It works on some websites for now, but will probably be circumvented in the future.

[1] https://github.com/Eloston/disable-html5-autoplay/blob/maste...

hkjayakumaron Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

Yes, I do. As a university student, it's really useful to be able to view different course webpages, schedules, important dates, etc - all links that I would access frequently (almost every day)

Apart from that, I also use browser bookmarks for links I want to (or have to) view in the near future. It acts as a constant reminder since it's always visually present.

I use Pocket for articles/links I can afford to view during my free time.

hkjayakumaron Formula 1: Building the world’s fastest cars

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections on F1 [1] is a great watch for some of the technical details.

It is however a bit dated; there have been changes to the rules and the cars themselves since the video was made. The Reddit guide [2] to F1 is more up to date.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_gpr2xAjk

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/wiki/newtof1

hkjayakumaron Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3

Here's a slightly unrelated question -

What happens if you plug in 4 power cords into the new MacBooks ?

hkjayakumaron Video Games Are Changing the Way Soccer Is Played

The article also talks about Football Manager(FM) which is a completely different thing. A lot of clubs use the scouting database from FM, and many managers play the game as well.

hkjayakumaron Apple Responds to Dash Controversy

Here's the developer's side of the story (includes a recording of a phone call between him and Apple)

https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-and-apple-my-side-of-the-story