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maxk42

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I like to lurk. Interview me at https://interviewme.now/@max
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maxk42··on Essential security for Linux servers (2013)
That was explicitly mentioned in the article, as was disabling password-based logins entirely.
maxk42··on Ask HN: Why is everything changing too fast?
Same. Now I organize my Trello projects in a series of markdown files and subdirectories in my home directory. Went from being a paid user of a service to just making text files because of how badly they fucked-up that product.
maxk42··on Tell HN: Can't Leave Canada After Nov 30th, If Not Vaccinated
Can you still walk across the southern border? Perhaps at one of the areas which is unguarded?
maxk42··on Ask HN: Are Indeed, LinkedIn the go-to places for exploring new jobs?
Generally speaking, if you want to search for a job, Indeed is the better tool. If, however, you'd rather have recruiters hit you up then use LinkedIn.
maxk42··on Ask HN: I’d like to hire a personal/executive assistant – any tips or advice?
And yet both can be too much for some people.
maxk42··on Rust Moderation Team Resigns
I do wonder whether there's not some implicit benefit to this kind of management. Is it possible that by dissuading all but the most confident committers the project's contribution team self-selected for stronger devs? That would probably be bad for small OSS projects and good for kernels.
maxk42··on The Greedy Doctor Problem
> Or the doctor only takes on healthy patients, and refuses to take on anyone with pre-existing conditions.

Only if they cannot help you. In which case you have the same medical outcome but save your cash.

maxk42··on The Greedy Doctor Problem
> How can you design a payment scheme for the medical professional so that you actually get the ideal treatment?

Draw up a contract whereby you are only obligated to pay the doctor while healthy. The doctor loses money as long as your health is suboptimal and therefore it is in the greedy doctor's best interest to do everything they can to keep you healthy.

maxk42··on Microsoft blocks EdgeDeflector to force Windows 11 users into Edge
Invest the time into figuring out Linux. It's really a breath of fresh air!
maxk42··on The Concept of the Ruliad
Congratulations, Mr. Wolfram - you've invented the Universe.
maxk42··on Mailgun doesn't validate the email headers of email sent through their system
Are you using linux, by chance? Recently I've noticed Amazon, Google, and others reporting my logins from linux as "suspicious activity". I've never logged-in from another OS, so I'm wondering if they're all relying on some third-party service that automatically equates linux with "suspicious".
maxk42··on Amazon recruiter invites CTO of Azure to apply for SDE II
Rejected for not answering the interviewer's comp sci 101 brainteaser using their pet technique.
maxk42··on An Engineer's View of Venture Capitalists (2001)
How many poor ones?
maxk42··on The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones”
They're not labeling things that are particularly known to be harmful. CA Prop 65 warnings are on all rice, coffee, and multi-tenant garages. When you begin labeling things that common and benign as "cancer-causing" people learn to tune it out. Pretty sure rice, coffee, and/or multi-tenant garages are found pretty much everywhere.
maxk42··on How to fold an origami cat: Lexus takumi challenge (2020)
This reads a lot like "Invert a binary tree on a whiteboard" to me.
maxk42··on Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs
Your customers are telling you they want and you're making excuses for why you won't give it to them. I don't foresee this going well.
maxk42··on Covid vaxx efficacy after 8 months
> breakthrough infection increased risk of death

Can someone explain this to me? What is "breakthrough infection"?

maxk42··on Batavia shipwreck reveals a key to Dutch success in 17th-century world trade
Hey redis_mic - don't know why but it looks like all your comments after this one have been auto-deleted. May want to bring that up with moderators.
maxk42··on Google introduces mandatory 2-Step Verification for Google Accounts
Your solution for not needing a phone to log in is to use Google Authenticator which is a phone app that would've been on the smashed phone?

I recently went through this exact scenario: Old phone broke. Bought a new one, restored backup. Guess which app doesn't restore its data from the old phone? Google Authenticator. Lost access to all my TOTP logins.

maxk42··on Google introduces mandatory 2-Step Verification for Google Accounts
Recently my cell phone suffered a catastrophic failure and had to be replaced. "No problem", I thought "I'll just restore my data from Android's automatic backups onto my new device."

Google's Authenticator app's data is not restored. I have no way of logging into half a dozen apps that require 2FA now. Good going, Google. I'll never use your shitty 2FA again.

maxk42··on Microsoft Loop brings back Google Wave?
Are you talking about Microsoft Teams? Because I hate Microsoft but Teams blows Slack out of the water by a country mile in terms of usability, reliability, and resource usage. I can't get a basic voice call working in Slack for longer than 45 seconds Teams conversely has smooth, reliable video delivery.

All in all I think Discord is better than either of them but I'll take Teams over Slack any day.

maxk42··on Ask HN: How would you get in touch with startup founders to share your product?
You could try reaching out to founders on AngelList and Crunchbase. You might also wish to announce your product on BetaList and Product Hunt if you haven't already.
maxk42··on ct.css – Take a look inside your <head>
Clever use of CSS!
maxk42··on Windows 11 Pro: about 11% slower than Linux on Intel Core i9 11900K
Try cinnamon. It's better than the current generation of Windows UIs.
maxk42··on Star Labs StarLite Mk IV – 11" Linux laptop with Coreboot
Yes, the AMD A-series would be comparable. However, they also have ultra-low-power Ryzen Embedded series. [0] Their embedded machines get down to as low as 6W.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/15554/amd-launches-ultralowpo...

maxk42··on Star Labs StarLite Mk IV – 11" Linux laptop with Coreboot
Would love to see this in AMD. It's also just a little bit pricier than I typically pay for my to-go linux netbooks, but I'm always happy to pay a bit more to support a company that's supporting linux.
maxk42··on [dead]
They aren't.

Also why is this thread about dating from 2010 on the front page of Hacker News?

maxk42··on Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations
> Allowing stacking over 2 high is only useful if you have the equipment to stack over 2 high. A place that just stacks empty containers 2 high probably only has large forklifts. The special equipment for high stacking is far more expensive, and only bought if you need it.

This begs the question: If container storage were the only bottleneck, wouldn't operators merely lease space further afield? There's plenty of space in Corona, San Bernardino, and environs that wouldn't take more than a 30 minute commute each way.

I can't help but feel like there are other confounding factors at play.

maxk42··on Trader Joe Wrote a Memoir
Am I missing something? This reads like the introduction to an article. Is there more somewhere?
maxk42··on ISO3103 Tea Preparation [pdf]
This is not used for tea sourcing. The document explicitly states its purpose as being for the preparation of tea for sensory tests. It has nothing to do with brewing tea for enjoyment.
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