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x13··on Iridium: Open-source customer identity and access management
Why not just go whole hog and name the project Motorola?
x13··on Ask HN: Stripe alternative (We got blocked before starting)
do you sell CBD, etc? post your terms and what they wrote you and let's see what can be improved.
x13··on Tell HN: Google Maps location data is used for GeoIP updates
yes, Settings > Cellular, move the slider to the left to disable cellular for the app
x13··on ‘Perpetual broths’ that simmer for decades
The article mentions keeping it at or above 200 degrees.
x13··on Rackspace Cloud Office suffers security breach
As someone impacted by this, what alternatives do you suggest? I'm all ears.. and a hostage of declining service and support. TIA
x13··on Emergency SOS via satellite
good points. a few things jumped out at me from https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/11/emergency-sos-via-sat...

"A $450 million investment from Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund provides the critical infrastructure that supports Emergency SOS via satellite for iPhone 14 models."

"Once received by a ground station, the message is routed to emergency services that can dispatch help, or a relay center with Apple-trained emergency specialists if local emergency services cannot receive text messages."

"In 2021, Apple announced an acceleration in its US investments, with plans to make new contributions of more than $430 billion over a five-year period."

Apple has probably given this some thought.

x13··on Meta is pulling the plug on its crypto payments wallet, Novi
they could buy Paypal
x13··on Ask HN: Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?
Sir, This is a Wendy's, not TikTok. Please don't call people names.
x13··on Intuit asked Mailchimp employees to pay medical costs out of pocket
fuck intuit
x13··on House passes bill to limit cost of insulin to $35 a month
Despite 193 nay votes from Republicans https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022102
x13··on Newer TP-Link Routers send large volumes of requests to Avira servers
Many US companies publish lists of suppliers. These examples do not show individual components, but may shine some light on things:

https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supp...

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/supply-chain/cisco-s...

x13··on Tell HN: Wyze cam forcing upgrade to keep storing recordings locally
Wyze is shady, unfortunately.
x13··on Walmart unveils low-price analog insulin amid rising diabetes drug costs
No, that's a common misconception. Humans are born with different features and flaws.

While one can increase their chances of developing diabetes later in life with poor diet choices (called Type 2), many people are born with diabetes. (Type 1)

It's wild how diabetes is an epidemic in so many places.

http://main.diabetes.org/dorg/PDFs/Advocacy/burden-of-diabet...

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spam
x13··on Google TV
not that I can tell; I was wondering the same thing.
x13··on Palantir Moves Headquarters to Denver from Silicon Valley
And has offices for Northrop Grumman, L3Harris, Raytheon, United Launch Alliance, Boeing, Intelsat, etc
x13··on Ask HN: Anyone from Apple here? It's impossible to enroll the dev program
Yep, it's a pain; took me weeks to jump through the hoops to enroll.

I really recommend calling them.

https://developer.apple.com/contact/#!/topic/select

Membership and Account --> Program Purchase and Renewal

Choose the phone option.

x13··on I've collected over 600 pitch decks
How can I be notified when this is back? I love it.
x13··on Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz
great time to buy devices supporting Wi-Fi 5, because of Wi-Fi 6 devices arriving in the US market.

But I say that with some sarcasm, because it's actually a bad time to buy Wi-Fi 6 devices, as Wi-Fi 6E was just announced.

Wi-Fi 6E will require new hardware to support the new frequency - as stated by a previous comment.

BTW, The Wi-Fi Alliance's naming schemes are confusing and poorly timed (Cellular carriers are pushing 5G..and they launch 6E??? Will they bring out 6F and 6G next year?)

x13··on Viaweb's First Business Plan (1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMOZ
x13··on Putin signs law making Russian apps mandatory on smartphones, computers
One way to enforce this is through sanctions, or limits placed on what can be brought into a country.

Usually hardware makers like Google and Apple have different sets of software (and hardware) for the different regions they sell to.

For example, why include a GLONASS chip if your users are in China, where BDS is the GPS system of choice?

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50573069

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/10/economic-...

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Pages/def...

x13··on The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790
What about returning a call? do you dial your sip number and input the number you want to be connected to?

I think calling folks back from a number different than what they dialed to reach me.. might defeat the purpose. Thanks for sharing your setup.

x13··on Disney+ streaming uses draconian DRM
Disney is focusing on traditional popular consumer markets.

Linux doesn't have a large enough number of users for their consumer-focused video streaming service at this time.

They'll probably move down-market after nailing the experience on the first few platforms.

side note - I love the number of comments about piracy as the other option, as if Disney is reading this page - or cares much about a small market (linux consumer-users)

x13··on WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO
https://github.com/iamadamdev may help
x13··on Namecheap launches free public DNS
I moved my domains (50) from namecheap to porkbun and cloudflare for these reasons:

* the price of a domain would change after placing it in my cart or purchasing it (the purchase would be refunded, but it was still frustrating.)

* WhoisGaurd renewal messages and "warnings"; I needed a registrar that provides whois privacy - without a fuss.

* namecheap's dashboard only shows 5 domains on the first page, and they are not sorted by soonest to expire.

* slowness experienced when using their website

* their competitors are cheaper

https://tld-list.com/ is pretty nice for comparing pricing.

x13··on Payment gateways for startups: a guide for founders
Disabling right-click is lame.
x13··on Show HN: AIDomainSearch – Find the Perfect Domain with AI
This isn't AI; it adds letters and words...
x13··on Changes to U.S. federal authorities relating to production and marketing of hemp
I've had good luck with TriNet

https://www.trinet.com/company/

x13··on Crowdfunding Backer Patented My Project
this Jill MacKay?

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/dc954b_8c3843e07bea451a8723ab...

x13··on JAB Code – A high-capacity 2D color bar code
Hey on page 29 does anyone see a pattern that resembles.. historical German symbology used by to represent national pride and a government party that rose to power in the 1920's? Am I the only one? Sorry, just popped out at me.
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