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jachacon Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API?

https://www.listennotes.com/blog/how-i-accidentally-built-a-...

@wenbin posts on here about it

jachacon Lianas are taking over the rainforests, and it's visible from space

I'm also just about visible from space at 30cm resolution

https://microsites.maxar.com/30cm/

Their support will eventually just end the conversation and block replies if you are unsatisfied. TOS bind you to arbitration but they'll probably kick it to small claims. Overall if you end up on the wrong side of a bad support response it's a shitty experience.

jachacon When a Crystal Ball Isn't Enough to Make You Rich

Relatively defined events yes, i.e probably wouldn't try to click through FOMC (is number better/worse than FedWatch) but take something like BTC ETF getting approval:

- you aren't sure where the announcement will come from first, i.e will it leak via journalist

- there will be plenty of false announcements

- the official SEC twitter account got hacked and posted it was approved (Phone number taken over, no 2FA enabled lolol)

- there will be volatility around fake announcements as others are running bots

- LLMs interpretation of "BTC ETF approved" vs "With BTC ETF approval" can cause you to start eating lot of transaction costs

You can still (presently...) come out on top as a bag of meat. Is it worth the hours and cortisol vs half decent tech job? going to say entirely dependent on the scorecard afterwards and if you value doing something with actual purpose.

jachacon Crystal Ball Trading Game

I know people that trade headlines full time that also at one point had a step count that averaged less than 200 steps a day. They do make good returns though.

jachacon Ask HN: Is privacy a premium feature with cursor.ai?

ok my bad! I misunderstood from the pricing page

jachacon Ask HN: Is privacy a premium feature with cursor.ai?

Only shows under the Business pricing header "Everything in Pro, plus [...] Enforce privacy mode [...]" on the pricing page for me

jachacon Ask HN: Is privacy a premium feature with cursor.ai?

bah, I meant cursor.sh/.com

jachacon Forewarn gives realtors access to buyers' histories with a phone number

Hilarious how it's terror and/or think of the children nearly every time a privacy busting product or law is being pushed through or justified.

Attacks on Real Estate Agents: Be Prepared

Last month, the attack on a real estate agent in Encino, California, was brought to light as the incident was caught on camera. While we have all heard stories regarding the increase in attacks on agents, seeing it happen live on video made it very real for many and greatly impacted the agent community. No one wants to go to work afraid, not knowing who they will encounter each day.

Above is from Forewarn's blog https://www.forewarn.com/blog/attacks-on-real-estate-agents-...

jachacon The man who bought Pine Bluff, Arkansas (2022)

https://twitter.com/pontifier

He tweets pretty frequently about the on-going drama

jachacon Ask HN: How do you securely develop in Node or Python?

ah, you've mentioned both of the things I was installing right now that I hoped might avert this