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whatatita··on Show HN: A JavaScript function that looks and behaves like a pipe operator
Thanks for linking Remeda! I also dislike the docs for fp-ts and that's killed adoption.
whatatita··on How mobile apps illegally share personal data
It's not about the format of the data, but the content. Personal Information (PI) can only be shared with consent, and only for clearly specified purposes. That's the Bad Thing they're reporting on, albeit somewhat poorly.

And there's strong(er) privacy laws is California USA, the EU, Switzerland, and the UK. That's just off the top of my head. So not just EU law being broken here.

whatatita··on Paris is about to become one of the only cities to ban e-scooter rentals
London could just require they be left in designated bike parking. The plus side being that London would have to build far more bike parking, which is sorely needed in any case.

Go one step further and require the companies to ensure their bikes/scooters are returned to the corretc spots.

whatatita··on Paris is about to become one of the only cities to ban e-scooter rentals
I can't speak for Paris specifically but we have infrastructure for e-scooters; It's bike lanes. If you have a bike lane available, you must use it. If not, the city has decided that mixing bikes/scooters/et. al. with cars is reasonable to do so at that location.

Failing, inadequate bike infrastructure is the real problem in most cases.

whatatita··on Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out
I know that many smaller therapists use Zoom for exactly the reasons you mentioned above - ease of use. They often don't have the technical know-how to assess the technology they're using.

The UK, for example, has hundreds of private mental health practitioners (therapists, psychologists, etc.) that provice their services directly to clients. They almost universally use off-the-shelf technology for video calling, messaging, and reporting.

whatatita··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
I've had similar experiences with UK recruiters, and heard the same from colleagues and friends in the industry. Recruiters there seem to gather a lot of applicants for a role, promise the world, then drop most of them.

I have had good recruiters in the UK but they're few and far between.

Best to treat them like company contacts. Let them apply for a role or two for you, and contact somebody else for another role. I used a dozen recruiters at any one time when I was last applying in the UK.

whatatita··on Boston mayor announces residential conversion program for office buildings
It would be terrible loss to convert those business spaces into residential. One or two could be changed, as retail needs change over time, but removing possible retail and third space from near people's homes means less walkable neighborhoods.

Where I live, we have short term reuse laws that allow retail spaces to be used for residential, social, or other uses on a fixed basis. Typically a few years. The idea being to review the reassignment when the local needs change.

We get a lot of kindergartens that use these spaces, but also pharmacies, social clubs, and offices. Easy to move in and out.

whatatita··on Show HN: Banger.show – Create colorful visuals for your songs in seconds
Out of all five you've shared here (the three built in and these two), Trip is my favorite. The visualization seems fuller, maybe because it uses the whole width/height. It grabs my attention more than the others.

Cool project.

whatatita··on The Password Game
Exactly same here. I gave him too much food while I searched and returned to a dead paul :(
whatatita··on Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark
There's no issue with a non-free API, the issue is the pricing they've decided on and the timescale they've given to adopt it. 30 days notice isn't long enough to adopt a new pricing strategy, especially one so unreasonably priced.
whatatita··on How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard drive is genuine
Inside the casing, it did use a 2.5" drive.
whatatita··on San Francisco art gallery owner arrested after spraying water on homeless person
Later in the linked article Gwin is quoted as saying he's sorry for what he did and it ws the result of a harsh reaction in the heat of the moment. He seems genuinely apologetic.

That doesn't justify his behavior of course, but it goes a long way to understanding the situation better; he tried to help and lashed out in frustration when it didn't work.

The real focus should be on the total failure of the city (and the US in general) to deal with the rise in homelessness.

whatatita··on Mercedes-Benz workforce to receive record profit-sharing bonus
Nah, 7'300 is a good bonus. I've never heard of a five-figure bonus outside of FAANG or long-standing senior positions in old companies such as law firm or banking.
whatatita··on No Start Menu for You
I use this and love it! It's in my "must have" list of apps I install straight away.

You can install it with brew too: `brew install --cask rectangle`

whatatita··on I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and give it to you
I'd hardly call that an attack. It's emotional and raw, and definitely not vindictive. I really enjoyed the honest writing. All too often people hide their feelings so they don't get misunderstood or misrepresented.
whatatita··on Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain?
Nah, they don't hurt anyone.
whatatita··on Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain?
The always relevant CGP Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10

Skip to 5:00 for a beautiful diagram outlining the mess.

whatatita··on Is it time to retire the .gb top level domain?
Did you read the article? It says right at the beginning that only one domain was ever registered, and it's been inacite for over thirty years.

Whilst I agree with the sentiment that TLDs shouldn't be pulled out from under people, replies without reading the article are just noise.

whatatita··on Ask HN: Programming without a build system?
> actually using Next.js

In the browser too, using: <script type="module">

whatatita··on Ask HN: Programming without a build system?
I tried Deno out extensively last year and found it wasn't really ready for production yet. There's a lof of packages missing to be able to address common use cases, and the node -> deno converters were really hit or miss.

Have you had a good experience with it?

whatatita··on Ask HN: Have you set up a procedure to disclose your passwords in case of death?
> A credit report will identify any open credit accounts

In the US, for most traditional assets, sure, but not necessarily elsewhere. If you have accounts your spouse/partner/next of kin doesn't know about, then you should list them somewhere and include that list in your end-of-life paperwork.

whatatita··on Ask HN: Have you set up a procedure to disclose your passwords in case of death?
I believe, when you set this up, they re-encrypt your data with the other user's keys so it's never accessible by Lastpass.
whatatita··on Ask HN: Have you set up a procedure to disclose your passwords in case of death?
> How do you protect against government

In general; you don't. If the gov. wants to make you do something, you're going to have to do it. In many western countries, that's only a vague threat, an many others it's a lot more real.

Theoretically, you could have two components to the password: something long and random that is written down, and something easily remembered and personal. A special moment, a place, an anniversary only the two of you would know, etc.

whatatita··on Integrating with Fastmail
I always hear good things about Fastmail but I've not had a chance to use it yet. I set up a Proton / Protonmail accounts years ago and have been happy as a clam with them ever since.

Work uses Gmail, though hopefully we can convince them to drop that in the future. May be a time to try fastmail then. It's a hard sell though; businesses get a lot out of the box with GSuite.

whatatita··on Ask HN: How do you solve the domain registration, custom email circular problem
If you decide to use a webmail site, you can use the default email they provide as the registration email for the domain. Then, use the same webmail with the custom email too.

I use Protonmail for both and it works perfectly.

whatatita··on Some WFH employees now live in another country
> People's attempts to hide their remote lifestyle are mostly laughable

That can depend on how/where they're staying. If they're at "home" abroad, with a similar time zone, then there's often no way to tell except technically.

I have a team mate who often spends time across the border for weeks at a time. We wouldn't know if she didn't mention it.

We are in the EU though, so working from other EU countries is fine, within limits.

whatatita··on Why does everything on Netflix look like that?
I really got the sense that this was written by and for film geeks. That said, as a minor film geek, I enjoyed the piece and agree with their message.

I think the example image at the top of the article does a perfectly fine job of showing the "something" they're refering to, but it's only going to help those few who have already noticed that something, and haven't put their finger on what it actualy is. For readers who haven't noticed the effect, a few comparison images wouldn't hurt.

whatatita··on Venetians fear ‘museum relic’ status as population drops below 50k
> The reality is that most people want to live in suburbs

Maybe. But there's plenty of people (literally billions) that would prefer to live in a dense, walkabe city. The atmosphere, culture, and freedom that brings is beloved by many, including myself.

Venice is having trouble because the city is ful of tourists, who don't buy "normal every-day things", don't use/need residential infrasturcture, and don't work in the city. Coupled with the thousands of AirBnB's that take revenue away from the city, the poorly developed local economic sectors, and the lack of modern residential infrastucture, you have a city in rapid decline.

whatatita··on Mobile Electronics Workbench (2017)
Thanks for the links! That tiny USB-C power supply is wonderful. I think I'm going to have to build something like this now. Maybe with a case that can be mounted into a portable workstation.

Ricardo - the builder of the linked power supply - also linked this DC6006L [1] by FNIRSI if a non-DIY route is more appealing.

[1]: http://www.fnirsi.cn/productinfo/556155.html

whatatita··on Show HN: I created a browser automation tool
Looks like you can register without CC details, and the majority of the homepage is a video example.
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