samnwa | 5 years ago | on: The Buy Nothing Project
This probably works really well during covid! /s
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samnwa | 5 years ago | on: YouTube is shutting down crowdsourced captions
They will still have captions, just not crowdsourced. The auto captions are better and better these days.
samnwa | 5 years ago | on: Original Bessemer Investment Memos for Shopify, Twilio, LinkedIn, Pinterest
Are these memos redacted in some way? Would there be a separate diligence memo or is this the sort of final summary on why an investment would be made?
samnwa | 5 years ago | on: Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed
You would think so but feel free to try a reset / recovery at live.com and you will see that this is their standard form. That's what is so absurd -- change an email with no verification, but require next-level verification for the original owner to secure the account.
samnwa | 5 years ago | on: Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed
In messaging with support, they advised that the system would 'automatically' identify the account as compromised and eventually block it. This doesn't seem that likely so I will ping them again in a few hours.
samnwa | 5 years ago | on: Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed
That's good news. I will reach out again and try to get it blocked at least but so far they have been unwilling to do so.
samnwa | 5 years ago | on: Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed
Were you worried at all about the culprit using the access to figure out other accounts? My account had a balance so I assume it had some old credit card info in it or something similar.
samnwa | 5 years ago | on: Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed
Unfortunately it appears that the password has changed.
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: Turn a snorkeling mask into a respiratory mask for assisted ventilation [video]
I second this great question...lots of elderly have CPAPs
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: Divesting AdSense might help Google stave off worse regulatory action
Considering that Adsense is 90% of revenue this makes no sense
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: The Light Phone
Well, yes, of course that's what they think. And so far they have been right given that they are currently back ordered and saw 10,700+ backers on Indiegogo raising $3.5MM for the thing.
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free
You are amazing for building and running this program. People like you are what give me hope that we can build a better government! Thanks for all you do!
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: We are clueless about how long things should take
That's because developers shouldn't be making estimates in isolation. They only know what they know about themselves. People who watch developers across many projects can better understand the 'likeness' of similar projects, similar inputs (in terms of developers), and then talk to developers about the differences of a given project to come to a better estimate.
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: WeWork considers IPO valuation of as low as $10B
They recently raised funding at $47 billion though. So it's more than "just a report".
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: What If the Singularity Does Not Happen? (2007) [video]
Great episode of Peter Thiel and Eric Weinstein discussing this slowing of technological progress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM9f0W2KD5s
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: Tumblr the Day After
This is really just shorthand for saying "our employees don't hate working at our company as much as the typical large company because we try to limit bureaucracy and politicking and we value / recognize good ideas and actual execution"
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: Bernie Sanders Promises to Tell Us About Aliens If He's Elected President
Funny to hear him parrot several stats and anecdotes brought up by Andrew Yang in his discussion with Joe Rogan just a couple weeks ago.
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: Cybersecurity Pros Name Their Price as Hacker Attacks Swell
Do you still use excel sheets for security assessment or some platform?
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: Employee happiness and business success are linked
It's the opposite. Business success (e.g. being able to pay people to work less hard and enjoy free lunches, etc) is linked to happiness.
samnwa | 6 years ago | on: Cracking My Windshield and Earning $10k on the Tesla Bug Bounty Program
That was an awesome summary and a good example of the value of bug bounty programs.
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