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newhotelowner··on Evidence of a spying operation by ICE against left-wing social movements
Indian government is banning 1000s of posts and accounts everyday on Insta/FB/Reddit/X in India. They used to notify the user and let them know that this is a government requested tack down. Now, they just say, their automated system flagged the content.
newhotelowner··on Dayjob: Tax – evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments
Not related but I hope QuickBooks learn something and make their software better.

I downloaded 1700 of my transactions and use AI to build an app for it, so I can analyze the transactions and make sure that everything is properly categorized. It used to take me whole day because of the Quickbooks. It took me less than an hour to go through all the transactions.

newhotelowner··on Legal experts warn Meta's new terms still grant broad scraping permissions
And they spend huge resource so that we can't scrap Facebook - our own feed.
newhotelowner··on I would like the value of my home to rise, while my property taxes fall
Landlords charge what the market will bear and economical for them to own the rental.

I don't think anyone I know will own a business that is not profitable.

newhotelowner··on Visa, Mastercard, major banks facing new litigation over 'anticompetitive' fees
2 years ago, you needed Indian number to use UPI.

Took me 2 visit to fully setup. First visit to India, they are like I need a debit card. I hate debit cards, but I got it. Which got delivered to my US address. When I got there, they are like I need Indian number and I have to do KYC to update. 3rd visit, I got everything working. At that point, they also let you use US number. But I wouldn't recommend US number as roaming is expensive if you have ATT.

You also have to disable developer mode and can't root the device.

newhotelowner··on Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech
Where can I get text to speech audio easily?
newhotelowner··on US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut
All these cable/internet service companies are incompetent as it gets.

I am paying, $1000, $1800 & $1900 for the same service at 3 different location (20 mins from each other).

Two locations, I also have old coax lines that are still active, but not paying for it.

When I bought two businesses, I learned that they were paying for a dedicated fiber but using coax service.

At one of the location, we had fiber, and paying for backup coax and wireless. But if you turn off fiber box, it wont fail over to either one.

I wouldn't surprise it was down for weeks and no one bothered about it.

newhotelowner··on Show HN: Hacking a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device
How do you check sms/OTP/text using web interface on your laptop?
newhotelowner··on Waymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun"
I have an option not to use Waymo. I don't have an option not to get screwed by Flock.
newhotelowner··on 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]
Almost all new hotel/hospital TVs have access to the internet, and more than half are LG TVs, and other half are Samsung.
newhotelowner··on France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026
Previous admin allocated a good chunk to upgrade to fiber network. Provider can claim 25% of installation cost. Frontier has been using it. I heard it's about to run out.

Their workers were staying at my hotel, and putting fiber in my community. It was fascinating how frontier practically hires contractor to lay down pipes, and another contractor to pull the fiber, and another contractor to splice it and another contractor to run fiber to the house, and another contractor to come and install in the house.

newhotelowner··on Delta
It mostly looks good on Mac!
newhotelowner··on People who grew up with high economic connectedness earn more
Hard working helps but not enough. Connection helps more. At least in my career.

I couldn't get a job after graduation (post dot com bust). I started master, and in one of the class, I did the group project myself. One of the member of the group project was manager who got me the interview at her company and hired me.

newhotelowner··on Turning a Dumb AC Unit Smart (Without Losing My Security Deposit)
30 years old PTAC has wired thermostat terminals. But I dolike OPs solution.
newhotelowner··on Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
And it works in the browser. https://web.localsend.org/

From windows to android to iOS.

newhotelowner··on US Job Market Visualizer
Their data may not be the latest but isn't it's more reliable. I used to participate in the BLS, and this numbers are submitted by employer every two weeks.

No one can predict everything perfectly. This is just the guidance based on the data that was reported. AI is advancing faster than anyone can imagine and no one knows the impact - good or bad.

newhotelowner··on Pretty soon, heat pumps will be able to store and distribute heat as needed
They marketing like it's an expensive tech, but it's pretty cheap.

We have been buying heat pump PTAC for the hotels for last 20 years, and price difference is usually 5% between with and without heat pump.

Seems like all companies are colluding with each other for marking up prices.

newhotelowner··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
Netflix is buying WB for "friends". That show will be on air for another 50 years.
newhotelowner··on We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance
Yes, You can in America. Video recording is permitted without consent in the public places. Example CCTVs.
newhotelowner··on We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance
Do you need 2 party consent for recording in a public space?
newhotelowner··on Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong?
Our hotel franchise requires us to change the password every month. We can't use the last 6-8 passwords.
newhotelowner··on U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida's new anti-immigration law
I think florida recently passed the law thata why
newhotelowner··on How dairy robots are changing work for cows and farmers
Very small % of our workforce works in the farm.

Also I think we manufactured a lot more things/value with a same number of people like 10 years ago but with mostly automated.

newhotelowner··on My 16-month theanine self-experiment
Is there a reason to get this over a waterproof bed bug protector? Which you can wash.
newhotelowner··on US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s
All my employees are Trump supporters and Trump got 75% of the vote in my county.

They want the 70s-80s economy back, but they don't want to support unions.

They think they deserve to receive government benefits. But others are moochers, and they don't deserve it.

They think Trump is deporting criminal / drug cartel illegal immigrants.

My state is red (State houses & governor have been conservatives for the last 30 years). Yet they blame all the issues on democrates. When my state signed the carry law, they thought Biden was the one who signed the law.

If you are in the deep trump territory, listen to conservative/religious radio stations. You will know how much hate they are spreading against liberal, trans, gays, and immigrants.

newhotelowner··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
Isn't it heavy weaponry is mostly the junk that US military didn't want to use. Mostly expired weapons.
newhotelowner··on Hotel booking sites overcharge Bay Area customers
Their(hotel) tech is 5 years behind.
newhotelowner··on Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
my employees have no problem doordashing Chipotle or tim Horton or Starbucks.

It's 5 mins of driving. It's also not having any financial sense.

newhotelowner··on Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
You are not wrong. By February 2025, 90% of Republicans will start believing that the economy is thriving.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/briefing/economy-inflatio...

newhotelowner··on Wait Until 8th
Our school says that every single time a kid gets a notification or call, everyone gets distracted, and that's why they are not allowing any one carry phone/smart watch.

Which I totally agree with.

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