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pomnia··on Ask HN: I implemented the life I designed: perfect but I feel lost. What now?
Have you discovered Mathematics? One can lose many joyful lives just studying and understanding, especially when there's no pressure for achievement.
pomnia··on Ask HN: Do you still use RSS?
Yes. My only web interface to the www. I successfully blocked everything and everyone. VPN, filtering DNS, blacklist - you name it I have it. I live in a text world for a decade and I love it. RSS is how I got this.
pomnia··on Ask HN: What do top engineers you know do that others don't?
Top engineers understand. The hardware, the OS, the protocols.They use that understanding to solve problems. The comprehension is the differentiator between top and anyone else.
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
When you add recipient your message is (decrypted using your id) copied and the copy is encrypted with the recipient email. Once the recipient logs in (their OAuth id becomes available) the email (verified by the OAuth) is used to decrypt the message copy and encrypted again this time with his/her id. That temporary email encrypted message is decryptable of course although there is no utility or UI for us to do so. I guess we'd better store the owner Id and don't make copies, since it doesn't change anything security wise ... Yes, rogue admin can do harm ...
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
We do have budget and will be paying once quota is depleted (can't wait for that moment) but so far (and in case of our disappearance) free should sustain the minimum viable service levels (aka delete account).
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
That shouldn't be possible, everything is encrypted with the OAuth provider ids that are not stored and available only through the login ... then again SSH was broken ...
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
We can and we do. Just the cycle is month not a year cause we think your friends and family won't like to wait a year ...
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
It really comes down to "we need to know you are around". Month is acceptable cycle, email or card it's up to you. The email assumes you are the only one with access to that email.
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
What else can detect your disappearance? Other than email pings. We use stripe so your card expiration should be covered ... still valid point there.
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
All valid. Then again envelops tend to get lost, misplaced or simply forgotten ...
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
You are not cheap (cause I think the same) so there is the email option. If you value your one click a month less than $1 then that should work? Thanks!
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
Yes, lawyers ... good or nothing for those. Thing is, your friends and family must know where that document is and then who gets to read it first?
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
Close but not really storage. I guess more of detection and notification although Google and Merlifeinfinity very close ...
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
Yeah you are right. I think we are safe for now in the cloud wars ... maybe.
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
Good one. Although not available for me using custom domain : getting "Inactive Account Manager is not available for your account. We are sorry, Inactive Account Manager is not available for your account."
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
You will need to lose access to all (3) of your social accounts and your email, highly unlikely. One of the reasons why we don't have our own account management ...
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
You will get 3 emails before it happens or you can use email only but then you will need to click on a link every month, whichever works for you.
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
Ugh it's not the browser but the resolution ... right between. Thanks for the screenshots!
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
great, thanks!
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
It's comfortably running within GAE free quota so even if we disappear it should be up and running ... Gotta pay that domain for max years though ;) Good question, thanks!
pomnia··on Show HN: What happens if you disappear
Device/browser? Will fix, Thanks!
pomnia··on Is dyndns still relevant?
link http://www.5dollardns.com