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lukashed

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cofounder @datacake

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/lukasklein; my proof: https://keybase.io/lukasklein/sigs/nLll71viAC8aFKoFIesVGVNtoXNhcJN1uebaPbxzCuo ]

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lukashed··on Busy Status Bar
This is giving me Dropbox vibes [0].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

lukashed··on Show HN: Nothingly – The gift of nothing
I was a bit surprised how much metadata Apple includes for this shared picture (in some of the XHR responses). Not only your email address (the same that's on your HN profile so I assume that doesn't hurt) but also what seems to be your device's name ("i" followed by a part of your last name) as well as what looks to be a unique ID of your device and your timezone (are you GMT-6?).
lukashed··on WhatsApp whitepaper removed sentence about never having access to private keys
I'm not sure if the title of this post changed, but now it only says "might have access" which is not untrue
lukashed··on SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices
That must've been an interesting calculation. Now they're paying dozens of employees that literally aren't able to work three months worth of salary.
lukashed··on SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices
I wonder why they decided to remove them from GitHub already [1] when they were given a 90 days notice [2].

[1] https://twitter.com/pje_txt/status/882983954059595776 [2] https://twitter.com/pje_txt/status/882981765064871937

lukashed··on Ask HN: How was your experience with AWS Lambda in production?
> I don't see why the node_modules folder should be uploaded.

Exactly! Especially if you're using modules that include some sort of binary and build your function on macOS it's a pain -- I ended up using a Docker-based workflow to get the correct binaries into the node_modules.

lukashed··on Show HN: hnlive.tk – A tool to estimate activity on HN before posting
The scammers here [0] used a .tk domain as well. Might be because there's hardly any identification needed for the registration if I see it correctly.

[0] http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-hackers-broke-into-john...

lukashed··on The ESP32 has been released
It looks like it still only has 2.4GHz wifi. Is there a reason?
lukashed··on If You Can’t Break Crypto, Break the Client: Recovery of Plaintext iMessage Data
Does anyone know how they managed to open the console / inspector inside iMessage.app?
lukashed··on If You Can’t Break Crypto, Break the Client: Recovery of Plaintext iMessage Data
I thought so too but a quick test showed that the code from Capira does indeed work
lukashed··on If a Soyuz capsule lands in front of you, follow these instructions [pdf]
Though,

> There are three tools safety-wired to the outside edge of the bottom of the capsule. They can be easily removed in both upright and side landing scenarios

lukashed··on Access Denied to Apple.com
If you consider their store an important service, then yes.
lukashed··on Show HN: Make a programmable mirror
This would be rather creepy if we're talking about a bathroom mirror.
lukashed··on Bit.ly and Viglink Adding Affiliate Cookies on Shortened Links
> to steal revenue from other affiliates

would it be legal(ish) if you left affiliate links intact, i.e. only adding your ID to links that aren't affiliate links already?

lukashed··on Ask HN: What do you use for online backup?
I'm quite happy with CrashPlan [0]. Though I fortunately didn't need it a single time in the 2 years I've been using it, I've heard good words from friends. The downside is that it's an ugly-as-hell Java app, which is an upside at the same time, since it's running basically everywhere.

[0] http://www.code42.com/crashplan/

lukashed··on Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users' own movies
I think it's only a matter of time until projectors get "dumb-smart" as well, unfortunately. So yeah, you'd better get a projector now.
lukashed··on Scroll Slow. Have Fun
Mine doesn't (Retina without ghosting).

Though, when scrolling on the site, _something_ (it's not the screen) is making weird noises, almost like the sound when accessing a HDD. I have an SSD though.

I had the same issues with other sites / applications when scrolling in general as well. Even more noticeable with the MacBook Air I had before. Is there any rational explanation for this?

lukashed··on Skiplagged sued by United and Orbitz
I've heard and experienced many times that most flights are overbooked by default to compensate passengers that are not showing up. On the other hand this often results in changed seats or even rebookings to other classes (I got an upgrade to Business class "for free") or even other flights.
lukashed··on TMSU is a tool for tagging your files
You seem to have a typo on the pricing page: On the 100GB plan it says "50c/GB for space over 50GB"
lukashed··on Facebook is down
For me it's now returning a 500 and an empty body.
lukashed··on Watch This Tesla Drive Itself at the Press of a Button [video]
They did a good job with the lighting effects. Especially in the tunnel it seems a lot faster than it actually is I think.
lukashed··on Wanna know what product your competitor is working on? Try Slack
Even if they fixed this flaw, you could still reverse this technique by using a dictionary attack against {{ name }}.slack.com (e.g. eng.slack.com), and parse out the given domain name.
lukashed··on Shellshock Test
Whoops, blame it on me for some missing basic error handling. It's fixed now, sorry for that.
lukashed··on Dropbox Pro – 1 TB for $99/year
Is there a way for me as a German user to pay in USD? On the German site it says it's 99€/year, which is ~25% more than $99.
lukashed··on How the Napa Earthquake Affected Bay Area Sleepers
> Maybe I'm the only one that sets my alarm on the hour though.

I assume most of the UP-wearers will use the "smart alarm" function on their wristband that will wake them at the "optimal moment" in their sleep cycle.

lukashed··on Why does Numbers hide a huge PNG file in exported Excel sheets?
I'm not sure why it's including this in the export, but this is one of the default "Image Fills".

http://f.cl.ly/items/1X0M2o0V0f3A463c0a2H/Untitled_numbers.p...

lukashed··on Domoticz – Open source Home Automation System
Also, if you're not able to hide thick XLR cables in your home, there are tons of cheap DMX-over-wireless solutions out there, though I don't know how reliable these are in practice.
lukashed··on Why 9:41 AM is always the time displayed on iPhones and iPads
I love these little details. I remember walking past the billboard in front of a not-yet-opened Samsung store that showed the Galaxy Gear and some other Galaxy Smartphones. All devices had different times on them.
lukashed··on Coinbase design allows for mass, targeted phishing of its users
On the screenshow of Humayun Khan's tweet it says "Click here to create an account". Does this mean that every email address that's not signed up with Coinbase yet will also get an email?
lukashed··on Hack: a new programming language for HHVM
Off topic: Can anyone else see a trend to name projects so that they're impossible to google? Hack, Go, Celery, Fig, Cucumber, Lettuce, you name it.

E.g. the only way how I could find useful resources on how to run celery with fig was to exclude -gorgonzola.

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