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thebiss··on Introducing Money in Excel, an easier way to manage your finances
A few US banks (e.g. Capital One) provide a separate password for API access.

Unfortunately, it's rare.

thebiss··on IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition or analysis software
Think of this from the perspective of the end consumer of the model: am I willing to buy new high-quality capture hardware for the target production environment, potentially discarding an existing investment?

In my experience, they rarely will even consider it.

Therefore, the training data should have the same technical shortcomings as what will be used in production.

thebiss··on Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC
This exact use case - sharing many GB of raw movies and pictures - is solved really well by Resilio Sync.

https://www.resilio.com/individuals/

thebiss··on IPFS 0.5
> decentralized is something techies obsess about but that has as of yet no business value whatsoever.

Resilio (originally part of BitTorrent) specializes in decentralized storage synchronization for business.

Though we can't see if they are profitable their business use cases seem compelling especially if you're reluctant to otherwise use the cloud.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/resilio#section-over...

https://www.resilio.com/connect/

thebiss··on PayPal and Venmo are still letting SIM swappers hijack accounts
> You even vote without ID which is extremely weird for the rest of the world.

Some states do require identification, but it's up to each state decide what is required. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws_in_the_United_St...

thebiss··on Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear
This will not prevent professionals with strong morals from speaking out. Instead of giving their names, they should carefully proceed as confidential sources or anonymous sources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter%27s_privilege

thebiss··on Samsung Begins Mass Production of 512GB EUFS 3.1
Right now you can buy a 13" MacBook Pro, customized with 16GB memory, 2TB SSD.

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/13-inch-space...

thebiss··on Costco will not allow returns on high-demand items like toilet paper, water
Until you posted this, I thought they required a hot water supply line, and power for other features.

A cold water only bidet would save on bathroom tissue and coffee...

thebiss··on Concentrichron: A clock and calendar made of concentric rings
Or similarly, let SVG animation transforms do it for us:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/ani...

thebiss··on Concentrichron: A clock and calendar made of concentric rings
Fixed. In Firefox, verify the GPU is enabled in `about:support`. In this case, I had to reset `layers.acceleration.force-enabled=true`.
thebiss··on Concentrichron: A clock and calendar made of concentric rings
I have the complete OPPOSITE experience: the motion is jerky and inconsistent, like the seconds are struggling then catch up. (Firefox 74 on Windows 10 18363)
thebiss··on Later school start times are associated with more sleep and better performance
Same schedule still exists here, and we're on the East Coast.
thebiss··on New suction-cup system spins water to stick to rough surfaces
Does the water on the innermost edge of the rotating ring, which is exposed to the vacuum, NOT vaporize because the absolute pressure is still above 10kPa (100kPa atmospheric - 80kPa vacuum)? [0]

Will the seal slowly evaporate away or absorb into a porous surface like concrete?

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phase_diagram_of_water....

thebiss··on The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done
Wikipedia has a good summary of the construction techniques. Only 10% of it is just below street level using cut-and-cover technique.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway#Construct...

thebiss··on The Church of Interruption
Carol needs to raise her hand when Bob moves to topic 3. A raised hand signal seems to transcend cultures, and it lets the speakers and all listeners know you have something important to say but you're being polite and letting them finish.

And if the speaker/chair ignores you, it makes them look rude.

thebiss··on U.S. workers hate ‘open’ office spaces
Bullpens defined by 6 foot segmented movable whiteboard walls allow teams to grow and shrink while projects change, while keeping noise contained.

Individual quiet spaces are still needed for private meetings and client calls.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/25/e5/8c/25e58cb8380ba9d5a9afdb1c1...

thebiss··on Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good
Only takes a few reports like this one, where a 10 y/o and 6 y/o are referred to CPS a half mile from home, for parents to keep kids in.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/M...

thebiss··on Show HN: Sprite. Draw charts in code. Render in real-time. Embed anywhere as png
Works in Chrome. Blank canvas on Firefox 65.
thebiss··on Do your clients use Video Calls with you?
They do not "require it", but I try to honor request when they raise it.
thebiss··on Do your clients use Video Calls with you?
I'm a development program manager, and right now about 20% of my clients request video. None of them are primarily in tech.

The deciding factor is location and not tech savvy: I only make video calls when that client and I are both in professional settings. For example, I won't join a video stream from an airport lounge, or from inside my office where there are multiple client projects on the board behind me.

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