WettowelReactor's comments

WettowelReactor | 2 years ago | on: SMS traffic pumping fraud

SMS also comes with no deliverability or latency guarantees, and hard to scale globally as rules and regulations are different in every country. Acquiring IDs is slow and you need multiple for backup routes and different use cases.

WettowelReactor | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Hansei

Privacy Policy leads to a 404. https://hansei.app/privacy-policy

WettowelReactor | 2 years ago | on: Fast machines, slow machines

Is it really indifference or are employees responding to incentives? Few places reward code performance. Companies are getting exactly what they pay for and missing a deadline to improve efficiency is irrational under current comp strategies.

WettowelReactor | 3 years ago | on: It's legal to hit children in school in 19 American states

By this reasoning there is a magical window where a person is old enough to understand the consequences of their actions yet young enough for it not to be abuse. What happens at 18 to say that corporeal punishment is no longer effective and legal? By that reasoning should corpreal punishment be allowed in the workplace?

WettowelReactor | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is GCP not as used as AWS/Azure?

Perhaps things have changed but the old Steve Yegge post speaks directly to developer friendliness: https://steve-yegge.medium.com/dear-google-cloud-your-deprec...

Also: https://killedbygoogle.com/

WettowelReactor | 4 years ago | on: 38% of remote workers work from bed

In my experience typing while walking has not been an issue but using a mouse with moderate to high sensitivity can be challenging. Using a gaming feature such as "sniper" mode to toggle mouse sensitivity when precise clicking is necessary solved the problem.

WettowelReactor | 5 years ago | on: AWS faulty UX cost our business $7k and they refused to do anything about it

The line about

> Messages often took a full month to get a response.

Also does not ring true to my experience with AWS unless the author was not paying for any support tier. If they did not have even developer support on the account, then they got exactly what they paid for.

WettowelReactor | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020)

  Location: MD  
  Remote: Yes  
  Willing to relocate: Probably not  
  Technologies: AWS, Firebase, TS/JS, Dart, SQL, NoSQL  
  Résumé/CV: https://camilleroussel.com/  
  Email: [email protected]

Looking for team lead type role that involve wearing other hats (T shaped roles).

WettowelReactor | 8 years ago | on: Comcast tries to censor pro-net neutrality website calling for investigation

WIPO findings and several court cases have clearly sided with defendants for these types of sites.

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000...

WettowelReactor | 9 years ago | on: Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_landing_fall

WettowelReactor | 9 years ago | on: Left GitLab for GitHub after today's crash

Any time you rely on an outside provider you shift your risks around. Thinking that you eliminate risks by hosting yourself is simply not true. Whether using an outside provider increases your risks requires a case by case analysis.

WettowelReactor | 9 years ago | on: Scammers Game Amazon A-Z Policy By Replacing iPhones With Clay

Why couldn't the post office act as a trusted intermediary and verify what was in the package for a small fee.

WettowelReactor | 10 years ago | on: One Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate

Training for long distance running is not a goal most people have. Discussions about endurance training and improving health of "normal" people are not the same discussion.

WettowelReactor | 10 years ago | on: One Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate

One of the largest challenges for regular people is finding 45-90 minutes to exercise in the first place. Research on shortening the length of time required for effective exercises is a worthwhile pursuit.

WettowelReactor | 11 years ago | on: Grooveshark Shuts Down

>> Doesn't it make sense to open source code when you know the product is dying?

That can depend on how much of the code base is their own. If they integrated any licensed components then they may not have the resources necessary to clean it up for release.

WettowelReactor | 11 years ago | on: Why Young Men Go to War

The situation is quite a bit more complicated and nuanced than how you present it here. The whole mess is made up of a plethora of parties with differing ideologies and priorities. Ascribing the formation of ISIS to the US lacks any real thought on the subject.

WettowelReactor | 11 years ago | on: PaperLike: 13.3″ E Ink Monitor by Dasung Tech

Sony has one that comes close:

https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/show-digitalpaper/resource.sol...

WettowelReactor | 11 years ago | on: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US

Nigeria was able to contain their outbreak and kept the levels to under 20 infected. This is a disease that needs 3rd world sanitation and medical care to thrive.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/health/ebola-outbreak-in-n...

WettowelReactor | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I set up a HIPAA-compliant server?

This is all great advise. I would just strongly emphasize that HIPAA compliance has significantly more to do with the soft guidelines than meeting technical specifications.

Part of what makes HIPAA compliance challenging from a techies perspective is that there are very few proscriptive rules. A lot of implementation is left up to the provider to provide flexibility but the justification for all those decisions needs to be defensible.

A couple last items I would add: Not only do you need a BAA with any service provider you use you will also need one for any contractor who has access to PHI you are responsible for. As of the latest set of rules this also applies to any subcontractors that your contractors may use.

You will also need named privacy and security officers who are responsible for the overall program and will be the first ones HHS and OCR will ask for should you be audited.

WettowelReactor | 11 years ago | on: Home Depot breach bigger than Target at 56M cards

That's the OP's point. If folks cared about security you would expect a backlash from customers because of the breach directly impacting earnings.