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huntermeyeron Show HN: I made a site that aggregates entry-level positions

I built https://www.jrdevjobs.com

Shoot me an email if you want to chat. I can share with you how we overcame some similar challenges.

huntermeyeron Amazon warehouse workers test Covid-19 positive at facilities in six states

As a precaution, I've been spraying my packages with diluted bleach and letting them sit for 48-hours before opening.

huntermeyeron Body Camera Once Again Catches an NYPD Officer Planting Drugs in Someone's Car

The plan? Become a prosecutor and go after cops.

huntermeyeron Launch HN: Cotter (YC W20) – Secure One-Click Phone Number Login

How do you address the issue of device sharing?

When I was overseas I worked with prepaid phone cards. The locals would share the same phone, plug in their card code, make their calls, then pass the phone on. As I understood it, the phone owner reaped the benefits of acquiring the unused minutes.

Not sure if this is still an issue. But even a "budget" Android phone (sub $100) is a luxury in developing countries. So I'm sure device sharing is still something to consider.

huntermeyeron To create a new category, name a new game

He mentions that in the last paragraphs. It's part of his point about orthodoxy and loyalty. People hold strong opinions on either side of that debate.

huntermeyeron Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data

"Show me the man and I'll show you the crime."

- Lavrentiy Beria

(Most influential of Stalin’s secret police chiefs)

huntermeyeron Firefox 72.0

How many logos does Firefox have?

huntermeyeron How to stay private when using Android

What do you mean by, "no 3rd party apps"?

You can use F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/) in place of the Play Store.

huntermeyeron PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this weekend due to fire risk

Yep. That's what they do.

huntermeyeron Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

Is Waze still on their app store?

Police/Gov't can use apps/devices to spy on citizens, but how dare we reciprocate. Dark times.

huntermeyeron Identifying a person through walls from video footage, using only WiFi

> For instance, consider a scenario in which law enforcement has a video footage of a robbery. They suspect that the robber is hiding inside a house. Can a pair of WiFi transceivers outside the house determine if the person inside the house is the same as the one in the robbery video? Questions such as this have motivated this new technology.

Goodbye 4th Amendment.

Would be cool if these intelligent folks but their efforts towards improving privacy.

huntermeyeron Best Smartphones That Still Have a Headphone Jack

LG V30+

> LG has crafted the best-sounding headphone audio in any smartphone yet. The V30’s quad-DAC audio system is a legitimate technological advancement that delivers real joy

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/16/16481024/lg-v30-headphon...

huntermeyeron Google’s GDPR Workaround

FTC fined Facebook $5 billion this year for mishandling users’ personal information. The SEC fined them $100 million.

huntermeyeron Facebook Transcription Opt-In Says Nothing About Human Listeners

`SELECT * FROM technologies;`

Internet, radio, electricity, solar panels, lawn mowers...

huntermeyeron Chrome hides www and https:// in the address bar again

Brave (https://brave.com/download/) is a good alternative too. It doesn't have the terrible UX (IMHO) that Firefox has. But it is built with Chromium (TMK).

huntermeyeron Facebook Is Dying

And people who do cross-fit.

huntermeyeron Robinhood Stored Passwords in Plaintext

Filtering those parameters should be a fundamental practice.

huntermeyeron King's College London breached GDPR sharing list of activist students with cops

According to the article the administration knew there were privacy concerns.

> In response to a request for the dates of birth of the protesters from the Met Police, an email from KCL read: "We've taken their details from our card security which does not have DoB. I would have to go to student services which would raise flags and cause chatter so would rather not as this is a sensitive around student freedosm!!! [sic]"

huntermeyeron Apple Pro Display XDR

https://youtu.be/0Nk538OH5xQ

huntermeyeron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)

Listen360 | Frontend Software Engineer | Alpharetta, GA | REMOTE OK | https://www.listen360.com/career/frontend-software-developer...

Looking for someone with:

* ~3 years real world experience

* An eye for UI

* UX and user-flow experience

* Client-side JS experience (ideally Vue.js)

* Some backend knowledge (ideally Ruby on Rails)

Some perks:

* Unmonitored vacation, flexible hours, and casual dress

* Snacks, drinks, lunch, and fun activities

* Robust medical and parenting benefits & 401(k)

* Gym stipend

* Budget for conventions, education, and tools

Let's chat: hunter.meyer@listen360.com

huntermeyeron Source for CARBANAK backdoor leaked and placed on GitHub

Translated some RU sentences to EN. It's in the README.

huntermeyeron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)

We do customer feedback management. Great company. Unlimited vacation. Great benefits. Weekly lunches. Focus and budget for continuous learning. Check us out.

huntermeyeron When police kill, what seems obvious on video rarely leads to convictions

I wish they'd publish the transcripts of grand jury proceedings. At minimum, the jury instructions.

huntermeyeron Show HN: ICONSVG – Customize and Generate Common SVG Icons

Awesome! Thank you.

huntermeyeron Show HN: Create Chart Images from a URL

https://www.image-charts.com is a drop-in replacement for Google Image Charts.

huntermeyeron Show HN: ICONSVG – Customize and Generate Common SVG Icons

This is great. Would love to see a map marker/pin icon.

huntermeyeron The Next Wave of ‘Unicorn’ Startups

No Paywall: https://outline.com/qp6P8w

huntermeyeron AT&T says it’ll stop selling location data amid calls for federal investigation

While I agree with you in part, social media isn't a "boogie man". Their data brokering behavior is harmful. ISPs data brokering behavior is harmful. Both things can be true.