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noneTheHacker | 10 years ago | on: Nest Thermostat Glitch Leaves Users in the Cold

My house didn't play nicely with my Nest. I got a new Furnace and AC and had them install a Nest. It started acting weird. We replaced it with a low-tech Honeywell while trying to get it figured out. I then replaced the Nest thinking maybe it was faulty. I took a photo of the wire layout for the Honeywell and made sure I did the proper layout for the new Nest. It worked fine for a few days and then one day I came home to a 110 degree house! The Nest reported that things were 70-whatever. I then replaced it with a Wi-Fi Honeywell (not their Nest competitor) and that one has worked fine since. It was a very scary experience. I won't be trying a Nest again.

noneTheHacker | 10 years ago | on: Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

Yes, Stripe makes it SUPER simple for accounts to change hands.

I bought a small business from a brokerage site.

He transferred the Stripe account to me no problem. It was as simple as me making a Stripe user account and then him adding me to the account he used for the business and then me removing him.

The entire process took minutes. It took about 3 weeks for PayPal.

https://support.stripe.com/questions/change-account-owner

noneTheHacker | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Ditch Black Text to Read Faster, Easier

I really enjoy using this. While people seem to dislike the red and blue default, I enjoy it. I am not a big fan of the colors working together but I feel like it works the best for it's intended functionality of the choices you made available. I think this might make reading some things considerably more enjoyable for me. Thanks!

noneTheHacker | 13 years ago | on: Killing Productivity by Measurement

Is there a way to maybe not worry about productivity measurements? While in school, I didn't need to know how productive I was, I just needed to get stuff done. I either did or I didn't. I was given what was thought as manageable amounts of work but for some, it was too much and for others it wasn't enough.

In work, if I am given what is considered the next most important thing, what will those measurement tools get us? Maybe, at best, an idea if we want more people on the project but those projections can be rudimentary at best. Couldn't we just eyeball it and come to similar conclusions?

Productivity measurement reminds me of stock market analysis. Previous performance isn't indicative of future success. Projects are generally different enough that each one will have new challenges to figure out and learn.

noneTheHacker | 13 years ago | on: The Beginner’s Guide to Quantified Self

AskMeEvery.com is blocked by Trend Micro for me saying "Dangerous Verified fraudulent page or threat source." I assume it is a false positive but I wanted to bring it up in case Mark reads this so that he can look into getting Trend to fix it.

noneTheHacker | 13 years ago | on: In High-Tech Japan, the Fax Machines Roll On

"One of the hottest sellers is a model that is powered by batteries so it will keep working during power failures caused by natural disasters."

I find it interesting that the Japanese feel there is a need to fax during a natural disaster. However, after reading the article and seeing how useful the they still find the fax machine, maybe it is important to be able to fax during a natural disaster.

noneTheHacker | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Address book storage you can trust.

iOS and WP8 both cannot pull in custom phone number fields from Google Contacts.

For example, some people I have a mobile number, but then I also have a "Google Voice" number with them. When pulling that contact in to my iPad, it loses the Google Voice number.

Does Columns keep the custom free text fields? I assume iOS and WP8 don't because they both pull in Google's contacts using Outlook.

noneTheHacker | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: I made a graph to help determine which health insurance is cheapest.

That is true but even if you have to shell out $5000 up front once, you are still paying $2000 less by the end of the year. So it's like your risk is $2000 greater but you save it by the end of the year, even if that risk was actualized.

Also, it's important to look yearly rather than just as separate events because the out of pocket max resets yearly rather than per event.

noneTheHacker | 14 years ago | on: N Reduce opens up as alternative to ultra-elite startup incubators

I don't think it will matter. Google misspelled googol. Flickr misspelled flicker (that one was probably on purpose though). If N Reduce hits it big, no one will care about that and they will recognize it as a company that works.

Edit: I just noticed Chrome doesn't have googol in it's spell checker dictionary. I wonder if that is intentional.

noneTheHacker | 14 years ago | on: Leisure Suit Larry

Why can't something exist that deviates from what society deems as the social norm?

Do you feel that other forms of art and entertainment should also not objectify women? Do you feel porn should be banned?

I personally feel that there should be a clear line between real life and art/entertainment. While I completely agree that we should not objectify women in real life, I feel that an artist or an entertainer should have the liberties to create any imaginary world they want.

noneTheHacker | 14 years ago | on: Cracking WPA in 10 hours or less

I followed that link before I posted. I was unable to determine what 10^4 and 10^3 represented and the link did not explain it in a way for me to understand. Obtu was able to explain it to me.
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