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paulschreiber

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troublemaker / factotum / smartass.

more at https://paulschreiber.com/

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paulschreiber··on New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
iCloud will sync your contacts, Notes, Keychains, and other data on macOS.
paulschreiber··on ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline
What's weird is that they are still pointing at the Automattic (WordPress VIP) IP address and redirecting via a WP plugin. So the content is likely still there.
paulschreiber··on Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001)
People are _still_ doing this shit. Unsubscribe links. Official government site. Fucking terrible.
paulschreiber··on Google DMARC Policy Changes?
I've seen "DMARC: 'PASS'" on Show Original for a long time (years?).
paulschreiber··on Amazon won't accept written communication
Per https://www.elliott.org/company-contacts/amazon/ you can email cs-escalations@amazon.com or an exec listed there.
paulschreiber··on Ask HN: How do I stop political SMS spam?
How are you answering? Is responding with STOP not working?
paulschreiber··on Show HN: We relaunched the Official MTA App for NYC public transit
This is great! Suggestion: it shows 10 trains per station, which means fewer stations per screen. Perhaps show the first 3 and show the rest under a disclosure? Or add a settings for this?
paulschreiber··on Show HN: We relaunched the Official MTA App for NYC public transit
Nice to see there are humans here!

- Going from the beta to the prod app erases all of my favorites

- many stations (like Atlantic Ave-Barclays) have to be added two or three times under favorites

- under nearby, each bus location is listed twice (one per direction, cluttering up the list)

- would love to see a view that showed me all trains from the nearest N (three? let me pick) stations, so I could decide which one to walk to — currently have to swipe/tap back and forth between multiple screens (which typically lose state/position)

- in settings, two menu items refer to AAR. I am sure 90% of the users don't know that's "Access-a-Ride"; there's also no way to turn that off for the people who don't use it

- contact us isn't integrated into SalesForce, so you have to re-enter your contact info each time, and there's no way to follow up on tickets from the app

- would be nice to have live chat to customer service (like you can via WhatsApp)

- if you enter text into the search field, then shrink the window height by dragging it to the bottom, you lose your search field contents

Product-wise, you are still structuring this around the physical infrastructure (what's at station XYZ) vs the user need (how do I get to place ABC).

Hopefully you'll bundle TrainTime in soon, as well as add OMNY card management.

It is amazing (but not surprising) that MyMTA (which is ≈6 years old) was "unmaintainble" and had to be thrown out. Can't decide if it was because the city only paid $40K/year and couldn't hire anyone good or because they paid some consultant who is friends with DOITT staff $5MM/year.

paulschreiber··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2023)
I’m hiring a mid-level or senior engineer for Terraso at Tech Matters. Principals only (no agencies/recruiters/job shops).

Tech Matters is a tech nonprofit that builds open source software to help solve social problems.

Title: Software Engineer (or Senior Software Engineer)

Company: Tech Matters

Type: Full Time

Location: Remote (Americas)

Salary: $70-120K (based on location/experience)

Apply via https://jobs.lever.co/TechMatters/e7acca51-8ba8-40ea-8b5e-83...

paulschreiber··on Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA
Not requiring security keys for staff in 2023 is inexcusable.
paulschreiber··on Ask HN: LinkedIn sent me a cease and desist for my Chrome extension. Help?
The EFF can help. Send an email to info@eff.org and say you want some Coders Rights advice.
paulschreiber··on Tell HN: Somebody implemented something I wrote a blog about
I ran into a problem formatting numbers in the Italian locale back in 2014: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+...

It turned out to be a low-level bug in glibc: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10797

It got fixed five years later, long after I had worked around it and left the job where I found the bug.

paulschreiber··on Ask HN: IT Security Checklist for Startups?
Mandatory Yubikeys should be on your list.
paulschreiber··on Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
Amounts should be $20-39, $40-69, $70-99 to avoid overlap.
paulschreiber··on Ask HN: Own .com for 7 years, a new company trademarked my name registered .NET
The EFF has a cooperating attorneys list. They can refer you to someone who can help.
paulschreiber··on Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?
Globant was mostly low-paid low-quality folks. Probably not a good fit.
paulschreiber··on Public Apology to Jeremy Howard
This blog post is unsigned. They should have put their names on it.
paulschreiber··on How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’
Pacifist is also handy https://www.charlessoft.com/
paulschreiber··on Show HN: Offline text extractor from screenshots in macOS
There are a number of Chrome extensions to facilitate instagram downloading.
paulschreiber··on An Apology and an Update
I want to see a post-incident analysis, like GitHub published: https://blog.github.com/2018-10-30-oct21-post-incident-analy...
paulschreiber··on What web developers should know about SSL
I've compiled lots of resources for moving to HTTPS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EJKAoa4Hxc4AyH0znuA_AApl...
paulschreiber··on Cookies Lack Integrity: Real-World Implications
Why isn't cert.org using HTTPS by default?
paulschreiber··on Presidential candidate website tech, compared
Nice username.
paulschreiber··on Presidential candidate website tech, compared
CDN origins usually aren't public. I found the Ted Cruz one by checking the DNS history.
paulschreiber··on Presidential candidate website tech, compared
Green check mark means its presence is good (i.e. HTTPS support). Red X means its absence is bad

Footnote [2] explains SNI support (where the red check mark is “bad.”)

paulschreiber··on If you're using YYYY in your JVM service or %G in anything, fix it now
California law requires that you be paid every two weeks.
paulschreiber··on Schwab password policies and two factor authentication
True. I was so confused when I got my token — it didn't come with instructions, and there was no activation link on the site.

I ended up calling support to figure out how to set things up.

paulschreiber··on Schwab password policies and two factor authentication
Schwab does let you enter your token code on a separate screen. If you enter your username and password (without appended token code), you'll get this screen: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul/16079572151/
paulschreiber··on Schwab password policies and two factor authentication
After receiving unsatisfactory responses from my local Schwab rep here in New York and the customer service staff, I complained to Schwab's CISO, Bashar Abouseido <bashar.abouseido@schwab.com>, on September 1.

He never replied.

paulschreiber··on Why Companies Write Terrible Job Posts
A while ago, someone wrote a post comparing a private sector job ad to a government job ad, highlighting the bureaucratic language used.

I can't find it.

Does anyone else have that bookmarked?

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