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throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish you'd done much earlier?

"Build it and they come" works, for example Hotmail and Google did not invest into marketing initially. But it works in non saturated market with a few players.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Android 13 virtualization lets Pixel 6 run Windows 11, Linux distributions

I use phone as a wifi hotspot and file server with Termux (sshd, ftpd). Works pretty well.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Does the human lifespan have a limit?

or maybe they used lunar calendar, 900 years are actually months...

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: The Crypto Backlash Is Booming

NFT is not a bubble or scam, but money laundering scheme for tax evasion.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?

I am in similar position, but 45, negative net worth and alimony. I had two problems: environment (it should motivate better), and health (not 20 anymore, but still have shitty habits).

If you have $500, I would suggest to take 6 months sabbatical and just unplug from tech.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Active ingredient in cannabis protects aging brain cells, researchers find

This feels like doctors recommending smoking in 1950ties! Maybe it is a survivor bias, weak cells die sooner, so only measured brain cells are super strong :)

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: How the World Went from Post-Politics to Hyper-Politics

"world" did not went anywhere. Most countries are still normal and do not do politics over Twitter.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Finnish diplomats’ phones infected with NSO Group Pegasus spyware

Someone who has access to Pegasus is not going after finances. I had modest amount of ethereum on my PC, was hacked, but I still had control over my wallet.

If you have $1M+ it should not be tied to your sim card, GMail account etc... If you use the same device to access your bank accounts, and to browse internet or receive messages, you are like an idiot who does not do backups!

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: I write about America’s health care system, and I got caught up in it

No, cash list price of insulin in most countries is around $30. As uninsured person you can still buy insulin for this price in Mexico or order it from India.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: I write about America’s health care system, and I got caught up in it

> The price of my prescription without insurance was $339 per vial of insulin

In most countries insulin price is around $30. I remember it was cheap in US too.

Seems like another problem created by US kleptocracy. Make something prohibitively expensive, and "solve" problem by providing handouts to cover costs.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead poisoning

It is VERY expensive problem to fix. Cleaning environment, replacing old pipes... Other issues like smoking can be milked on taxes.

EU went quite far, even banning lead from solder.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: Do I need an umbrella today?

I used meteo radar when working in Ireland. It shows incoming rain clouds, good enough for 20 minutes or so it takes to get to/from work.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: LogJ4 Security Inquiry – Response Required

A already have enough work on $X/day. If they need to be compliant and treat me like their corporate drone, I am happy to comply. I can charge X*5 and spend one week working on my opensource project.

This is basic marketing. Airbnb, Facebook, Amazon etc are allowed to do shady stuff, but single contractor should be clean as lilium?

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: LogJ4 Security Inquiry – Response Required

Opensource license is a form of contract. I provide free 5 minute support to new users. And good luck suing me if I am not even US/EU based.

Departments (small managers) are authorized to spend small money without approval, lets say up to 200 euro/month. If they send this type of emails, someone ass is on fire. They will DO spend it just to get legal green light.

Anyway, I do not see reason to hold back, just because I am open source developer.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: LogJ4 Security Inquiry – Response Required

Better to reply "yes, we are affected. Your support contract has expired, please renew at XYZ".

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

Sure. Trivial stuff like disabling automated updates on Linux takes single command. On Windows you have to find tutorials on some shady sites, dig into binary registry. And a few months latter this settings gets reversed anyway, because Microsoft knows better.

Last solid Windows very Win Server 2003.

PS: I prefer to update once a month in controlled mode.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: I got pwned by my cloud costs

Not really, on site makes sense for Facebook or Google. Or for extra privacy.

Mid-sized companies can get cracking deals (like 10% cost) on major cloud providers.

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Shell’s carbon capture plant is emitting more than it’s capturing

And? My country produces electricity mostly from coal, ICE uses way less energy, but everyone will argue tooth and nail electric vehicles are CO2 neutral and green!

Why this creative statistics should not be used in this plant? For example carbon capture could be in one country, while energy production and negative externalities in second! Boom, we captured N millions tons of CO2!

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Is compensation stagnation to blame for the great resignation?

Yes, he may infect someone over video chat. Can you imagine some people are upset when I ask them to wear a mask? Horrible!

throw8932894 | 4 years ago | on: Is compensation stagnation to blame for the great resignation?

If we anchor inflation in some stable asset, like gold, data are very different. Gold is remarkably stable indicator, per hour salary of shoemakers in 15th and 20th century in gold are very similar.