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ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: How to Yubikey

SoloKeys[0] are one alternative

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Secure and simple way for secret/credential management in a startup?

AWS Secrets Manager with strong a strong least-privilege, regularly-reviews IAM configuration has worked well for us

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Apple’s iPhone Passcode Problem WSJ

The journalist interviews a police chief in the video who claims "99% of these cases" involve an iPhone rather than Android

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Symbolic Programming with Clojure [pdf]

I was never able to fit this class into my schedule at UT, thanks for posting

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Good opportunities in the music industry for a software developer?

It was paid, I should’ve clarified the role was as a SWE intern

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: The benefits of ‘Dry January’ last longer than a month, studies show

One thing to note about melatonin is there’s little consistency between the dosage listed on the bottle and the actual dose. Not a problem if it works for you but just something to be aware of, more info on the second heading here [0] if you’re interested

[0] https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2022/10/05/ask-me-anything-ne...

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: The benefits of ‘Dry January’ last longer than a month, studies show

I’m in a similar situation and agree with everything you’ve said. Although I enjoy the ritual aspect of weed I’ve also found that I enjoy the actual effects far less than I used to, and when I take a few weeks off I don’t really miss it.

The worst part is the 3-4 days after quitting falling asleep becomes quite difficult so I need to make a point to go on long runs/bike rides to fall asleep easier

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: The benefits of ‘Dry January’ last longer than a month, studies show

I’ve only started to notice this in the past year or so, it’s a bizarre feeling compared to just a normal hangover. Certainly dissuades me from drinking too much now.

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Good opportunities in the music industry for a software developer?

I interned at a company called Chartmetric one summer that you may find interesting. Happy to chat if you have any questions!

https://chartmetric.com/

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: ‘Too much’ nitrite-cured meat brings clear risk of cancer, say scientists

Do you have any pointers or a guide you followed? I’d be interested in trying this

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: 6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked

We have this in Norway, it’s called allemannsretten “every man’s right”

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Password Requirements: Myths and Madness

sso.tax lists tons of examples of the price increases you’ve mentioned

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups

I think your iPhone is the dedicated Apple hardware in this case

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridge compressor autopsy

I believe they switched from frying them in beef tallow to vegetable oils

ethanzh | 3 years ago | on: Flânerie: The Art of Aimless Strolling

Sounds similar to a Lindy Walk as defined here ([it] isn’t just a beeline from Point A to Point B; there should be no set destination, with turns made at random to stimulate the mind): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/style/lindy.html

ethanzh | 4 years ago | on: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

I spent many hours studying in the map room of the PCL in the basement. Nice to see that they’re all digitized

ethanzh | 4 years ago | on: William Cook has died

Dr. Cook was probably my favorite professor I've had here at UT. I had the opportunity to learn functional programming from him in both Haskell and Agda through the two PL classes he taught here. May he Rest In Peace.

ethanzh | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: How/Where do you store/backup your photos safely?

Primary storage on my MacBook, 182GB backed up to Adobe Creative Cloud (up to 1TB).

ethanzh | 5 years ago | on: On Marketing Haskell

If your alma mater is what I'm thinking of (UT Austin) I can maybe share some insight on the current situation. The introductory courses are all still taught in Java and the lower-division systems courses are taught in C. From what I know about the curriculum it is entirely possible for a student to go their entire undergraduate career without expanding from these two languages (maybe they'll need Python for a class or two). This past semester I took our PL course which was taught in Haskell. I thought it was an interesting course and strengthened my base in FP (my high school taught CS courses in Racket where I started my foundation). However this was not a large class and from discussion with peers there is generally little interest in learning "esoteric" languages such as Haskell.

ethanzh | 6 years ago | on: Tech’s coveted internships are getting canceled due to Covid-19

I got an email from my recruiter at a medium-sized VC-funded startup in Mountain View basically saying “if things don’t change by June we won’t be able to continue move forward with your internship”. I appreciated the transparency and that’s about as good of an an answer as I could’ve expected given the sheer uncertainty of everything going on right now.