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This question makes me wonder if you one shot each pelican or do you run it a few times to get the best one?

nickmccannon Microsoft will give the FBI a Windows PC data encryption key if ordered

If you have advanced data protection enabled, Apple claims: “No one else can access your end-to-end encrypted data — not even Apple — and this data remains secure even in the case of a data breach in the cloud.”

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651

nickmccannon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2022)

EAT Club | Software Engineers | Remote (US time zones) | Full-time

EAT Club is on a mission to transform the office lunch industry through tech-driven logistics, bringing a superior food experience via virtual cafeterias to the workplace. EAT Club was recently acquired by Compass Group, a global leader in food service, and is now expanding operations across North America and beyond.

As an experienced Python or Dev/Ops engineer, you will be joining a close-knit team of passionate software engineers. Open communication is a must! - We leverage high-trust and goal-oriented foundations to create a culture of high performance and great work-life balance. Your day-to-day will include a short morning stand-up, focused time for Python/Django/React development, and the occasional group meeting.

More information can be found here: https://careers.compassgroupcareers.com/sr-software-engineer...

Reach out to me directly with any questions: nick at eat.club

nickmccannon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)

EAT Club | Sr. Software Engineer | Remote | Full-time

EAT Club is part of Compass Digital Labs, the innovation branch of Compass Group, who serves over 3 billion meals per year in award winning restaurants, corporate cafes, hospitals, schools, arenas, museums, and more.

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our journey as we scale from the SF Bay Area to the rest of the United States and beyond! This is a unique chance to have a big impact on our product, architecture, coding standards, efficiency, and reliability. You will:

- Work with React, React Native, AngularJS, Python/Django backend, MySQL, and AWS

- Build consumer experiences, as well as the internal tools powering our logistics pipeline

- Work closely with product, engineering and logistics teams across the company

- Help define our process and technology architecture as we scale nationwide

https://careers.compassgroupcareers.com/main/jobs/554749?lan...

Email me at nick at eatclub.com if you would like to learn more.

nickmccannon Doodles, stickers, and censorship circumvention for Signal Android

I found this quick read describing domain fronting interesting: http://blog.attackzero.net/2015/11/domain-fronting-and-you.h...

nickmccannon Charge, a phone company with features for nerds

https://charge.co/data-only

About midway down the page it says: "Your data never expires, so stock up!"

nickmccannon Building AI

How do you articulate a technical AI project to a Mark Zuckerberg sized audience? I'm anxious these posts will lack the detail I was looking forward to.

nickmccannon All Systems Go for NASA's Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa

Does anyone know how this radiation affects the chance of life on the moon?

nickmccannon Google's XSS game

The second question disallows the script tag.

nickmccannon Los Angeles Cops Argue All Cars in LA Are Under Investigation

Anyone familiar with license plate rules in California? I haven't put a license plate on my car for 10 years. I've been given a "fix it" ticket, but nothing worse. Am I just getting nice officers or is that the full extent of what the officers can do? (The car is always registered with insurance)

nickmccannon TU-95MS – Soviet Bomber

"The plane was manufactured in 1987 and has been flown 454 hours and 24 Minutes of the estimated 5000 hours it is capable off."

Anyone know why there is a 5000 hour limit?

nickmccannon Partial Tesla Model S recall

"We do not wish to cause undue alarm, so it is perhaps worth clarifying that:

The weld has not actually detached on any car There have been no customer complaints"

Hmmm, I know someone who had this fail and brought it back to Tesla with a complaint. She was told this would be the beginning of the first Tesla recall.

nickmccannon The greatest Google Mail feature you may not be using

Thank you for pointing out that you were able to turn this off!