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Ask HN: How do you use email aliases? 3 by Blip-A | 3 comments on Hacker News. For those of you that use a custom domain name for your email address, how (if at all) do you make use of email aliases? I've seen many people recommend to use a unique alias for each account (e.g. github@myname.com, reddit@myname.com, etc.) in order to mitigate spam, but I'm wondering if this is more trouble than it's worth. Are there any unexpected consequences of doing this? I would like to keep things as simple as possible. I'm considering just having one alias for personal/professional correspondence, one alias for "trusted" accounts (i.e. services that I don't think are likely to sell/leak my email address to spammers), and one alias for less trusted accounts. What do you guys use/recommend?

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Ask HN: How can I help my devs solve “combinatorial test case scope creep”? 5 by quacked | 5 comments on Hacker News. I work in between clients and programmers; my job is essentially to decompose client requirements into design documentation to be built by developers. [1] Since I started the job, I've been running into what I'm calling "combinatorial test case scope creep". For instance: > CHALLENGE: RENDER A CUSTOM HTML SCREEN WITH THREE LABELLED BUTTONS AND AN IMAGE. > Browsers: {Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari} > Devices: {iPad 9th Gen, Google Pixel 4, iPhone XR, Macbook Pro, HP EliteBook} > Languages: {English, Spanish, French} In this case, the custom screen must render properly in 4 Browsers x 4 devices x 3 languages = 48 individual test cases. And that's ignoring all of the other possibilities (landscape/portrait, OS version, browser version, etc.) We can quickly find ourselves in 2000+ possible renderings of the screen. I, not being a develope

Ask HN: Help in finding (again) a StackOverflow link :) 2 by wgromit | 0 comments on Hacker News. A bit of an odd request, but I have weird Android issue with an autolinked TextView and came a couple of months ago across a (I believe) StackOverflow discussion where that precise issue was discussed. While I am not sure there was a definitive fix, it was at least being discussed. Unfortunately, regardless of which search terms I use, I can't find it any more. The issue is when you have more than one autolinked TextView with different links, only every odd "click" will open the actual link. Every even "click" will open the previously opened URL. I click TextView A and go to example.com. Then TextView B for cern.ch, but instead it still goes to example.com. Only when I click TextView B again, it goes to the actual URL. It almost seems the StackOverflow posting disappeared or I simply don't remember what I search for :)

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Ask HN: Spotify vs Apple Music? 7 by _august | 6 comments on Hacker News. I thought I'd give Apple Music a try after the recent Spotify-Rogan-Young debacle. Overall, I'm finding the experience to be pretty good, however these small things are really quite annoying when coming from Spotify: * Mac Music app & iPhone App don't sync up what's currently playing. So, I can't control it from my phone while playing from my laptop. * No Liked/Loved Songs playlist that automatically adds songs I've "loved". * Loving songs should be an icon on desktop app, not a 2-click thru a drop-down. --- On the flipside, things I like: * Easily access recently played history * Seemingly better sound quality --- What are your pro / cons?

Ask HN: Programming and dyslexia 3 by erikbye | 1 comments on Hacker News. Any dyslectic programmers here? Is it an issue for you in your daily programming? Did you find learning techniques that helped when you were still teaching yourself? Fonts, colors, screen readers? I am currently teaching a teenager, it is obvious he understands principles fast and has great memory retention, but syntax is a bit of a problem. We obviously use helpful editors and IDEs in this regard, but it is still an issue.

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Ask HN: Why does the Segway look so uncool? 4 by Mockapapella | 4 comments on Hacker News. I know this is a subjective thing, but I think it could spark a good discussion on UX. When someone rides a segway they tend to not look cool, despite the fact that they're actually pretty fun to ride around. Contrast this with hoverboards which are generally cooler looking than a segway while still maintaining the same basic function. There's also other modes of transportation like bikes, roller blades, vehicles, and running that are generally seen as being cooler than riding a segway. One can definitely look uncool while using these other modes of transportation, but it's easier to look uncool on a segway than it is with any of those. So I guess my question boils down to this: What design decisions are a part of the segway that make it so easy to look uncool when compared to other modes of transportation?

What is the best way to learn Python for Bioinformatics? 4 by sam537 | 2 comments on Hacker News. I am having a hard time connecting by biological knowledge with learning to collect, analyze, and especially visualize the data. I am using Biostar Handbook (using Ubuntu) to use the pipelines and clean the data. But how do I analyze and present? This is mainly for whole genome/exome/RNA sequencing.

Ask HN: Where do you go to meet interesting people (not engineers)? 5 by goethes_kind | 4 comments on Hacker News. My social life is lacking and I would gladly make some new friends. But the only place where I can socialize is the workplace which is full of people like me and the conversations always turn back to work. I would gladly meet up with some interesting educated people from other professions. I am just at a complete loss where to go and what to do to accomplish this. This might even be an idea for some kind of new social app, but for now I am asking the question to you, hoping some know good ways to accomplish this.

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Ask HN: Safari only rendering part of pages 2 by replwoacause | 1 comments on Hacker News. I'm baffled and am wondering is anyone else is having this issue. I have a new MacBook Air M1 and a new MacBook Pro M1 and both exhibit this issue. Very often Safari will only render part of the page. I notice it most often when searching Google. When scrolling part way down it just cuts off and I only have 5 tabs open! These are both fresh systems running brand new installs of macOS Monterey Version 12.0.1. How is such a rudimentary function, page rendering, broken on these bad boys?

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Ask HN: Getting started with Web3 ("decentralized web") development 4 by lihaotan | 1 comments on Hacker News. I am completely new to building Web3 applications but am quite experienced with web development, wondering if there are high quality resources around these? I understand there is a lot of negative hype around this but I am trying to learn how things work. Where should I start? Resources I have found so far: https://ift.tt/NJIcOehTo - building decentralized applications on Ethereum https://moralis.io/ - Firebase for Crypto(?) https://thirdweb.com/ - Web3 apps?

Ask HN: Which VM orchestrator do you use? 17 by kosolam | 14 comments on Hacker News. Looking into hashicorp nomad but I wonder if there is a good non commercial alternative?

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Ask HN: How “normal” is for a developer to be on-call? 2 by manuelabeledo | 2 comments on Hacker News. A few years ago, my managers decided that developers should be on call for incidents. We didn't have any sort of first responder or site reliability engineering staff, so almost all incidents, no matter how small, would be handled by developers. Things improved a little bit after some time, but the idea of on-call developers is still very much ingrained in the incident management process. Now, personally, I don't quite understand why a developer would need to be woken up at midnight to diagnose something that cannot be patched by him or her alone. Perhaps the issue is that our process is dysfunctional, but I'm wondering if it is necessary, or just common across the industry.

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Ask HN: Free Google Apps/ G-Suite/ Google Workspace is finally going away 4 by banjoartist | 4 comments on Hacker News. So the free version of Google Apps is finally being retired. I have a custom domain email address with the service. What are some free recommendations for email alternatives that still allow for a custom domain email suffix?

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Ask HN: Best Lead Generation Service? 3 by tlin14 | 1 comments on Hacker News. We are running a B2B sales ops for our talent matching service & HR SaaS (focused in Asia market). Any good recommendation on buying leads?

Ask HN: Have YouTube's recommendations gotten worse? 2 by omgmajk | 3 comments on Hacker News. I watch a lot of YouTube. Most days a few hours, so they have a lot of data on what I watch. My google account is ancient, It's been with me since the start of gmail and became a YT account when they took over. Lately the recommendations that I get are a lot more repetitive than they used to be. I get recommended the same videos over and over, sometimes I even get recommended things I would never have seen in my feed years ago - things that are of no interest that used to be outside of my bubble for the longest time. I also see tons of videos that I know that I have watched being marked as un-watched and recommended again and again. I don't know if this is imagined of if their algorithms have become terrible lately. Anyone else have this feeling?

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Tell HN: Netflix UX Idea 2 by herodoturtle | 0 comments on Hacker News. That “starts in 5 seconds” thing, and that having to confirm that you’re still there thing - they can be annoying at times. What about removing those two features, and implementing one new feature that achieves the same on your end, but which minimises the annoyance on our end, namely: “Starts in 2 minutes” and “Press to skip”. And I invite all UX-passionate HNers who think this is a terrible idea to please elucidate us.

Ask HN: Is there a job board or newsletter for jobs without leetcode interviews? 3 by throwawaynay | 2 comments on Hacker News. It seems that a lot of people(me included) don't like leetcode interviews. Do you know any job board or newsletters for job offers without any leetcode interviews? I'm thinking of making either a job board or a newsletter listing only jobs without leetcode interviews, does that seem like a good idea to you? Thanks

How to prevent health insurance company get hold of private health tests 2 by msapaydin | 0 comments on Hacker News. Today's something very strange happened for me where I live (Turkey). I got a health insurance offer (from Allianz) that precluded certain conditions (thyroid related). I had made a request about 10 months ago from the same provider, and had not had this excluded set of conditions from the insurance policy, but had decided to not proceed. Since then, I have had a private blood test and a private MR for thyroid. I paid for both myself in full, one in cash. When I showed the results of the test and the MR to my doctor last year, he concluded that I had no thyroid related condition to worry about and I decided to get a private health insurance. I wonder how the health insurance provided has heard of this set of tests I had done. I can think of only a clandestine transfer of data from the hospital and lab where the MR and blood test were done which does not adhere to

I am looking for a good Hacker News reader for Mac and Android 2 by zriha | 3 comments on Hacker News. So, this is simple, I am new to Hacker News, and I love this community, what app can you recommend for M1 MBA and Android phone? Thank you!

Ask HN: Is Boxabl a Scam? 5 by fullstackchris | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've been following Boxabl's Instagram account for a couple of years now. When I first saw the account, it was peak of the tiny house movement, and I was enamored by the simplicity they seemed to have, and most importantly, the small footprint they take up. The possibilities of affordable housing for thousands seemed to good to be true. I also happen to be on the Starter Story newsletter, where today I saw that Boxabl was the featured story of this month's newsletter. Boxable has apparently hit 10 million in monthly recurring revenue. "Oh wow!", I thought to myself, "they've finally 'made it'! They're finally shipping product!" Heading to their site, I was a bit disappointed that they still have a waiting list (however they make it all too clear you can make a $200 or even $5000 deposit - hope those numbers aren't going into their illustrious 10 million doll

Business ideas don't have to come from seeking out a problem to solve 3 by tbonejonez | 1 comments on Hacker News. Luke-warm take I've been pondering: Business ideas don't have to come from seeking out a specific problem to solve, and they don't have to start out in a niche market. Certain ideas just need to be well executed consistently to be successful. A few examples. General interest content & newsletters like The Skimm, RocaNews, and The Hustle. You could argue they're solving the problem of people needing concise news updates. But I think they were successful more because they were well-written and engaging for a long period of time. Kid's toys, like the Nugget Pillows or basically any trendy new toy that comes onto the market. There is definitely no shortage of kids toys. These succeed more because they're solid products paired with quality marketing. Home goods products. These are usually just nice looking or nice-smelling things that people l

Ask HN: Affordable places in the world with 10G unmetered fiber home Internet? 13 by lostmsu | 19 comments on Hacker News. Asking for a friend ;) If you live in a city, please also narrow down the area.

Ask HN: Best solution for support articles? 3 by kashnote | 2 comments on Hacker News. I run a website for hobbyists that is growing quickly and getting more and more complex. Naturally, people on the Discord server are starting to ask the same questions. It seems like a set of support articles with a good search would help out the community. I'm looking for a super simple solution which doesn't require coding or much setup (open source would be nice, too). I have used Intercom's Help Center product in the past, but it just feels too bulky and also a bit pricey. Any recommendations?

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Did spam filtering on Gmail get worse for everyone? 2 by wojciem | 4 comments on Hacker News. In the past few weeks I am getting few SPAM emails into my GMAIL inbox daily. Is it only me, or spam filtering got worse for everyone?

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Ask HN: What should a student who is already decent at SWE do over the summer? 4 by vsroy | 5 comments on Hacker News. I'm a student majoring in computer science. I'm trying to figure out what to do this summer. I've already ruled out internships at most tech companies b/c 1. I spent a gap year working at a wide range of companies (big company, startup, research lab) 2. I'm a reasonably good programmer with open-source projects and while I'm quite sure I have a lot lot more to learn, I don't think a tech internship is the highest-leverage use of my time 3. (most important reason) I'm not sure I want to be a SWE. I love software engineering / programming, but when I think of the way to make the most impact in the world it's probably creating a (actually meaningful) startup/organization. (I know, I know, every young person says this these days) Given that this is the case, I'm trying to figure out what to do this summer besides a normal tech interns

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Ask HN: How to figure out if you/your children are at risk of lead poisoning? 3 by arikr | 0 comments on Hacker News. Things I’ve heard about Lead blood tests Testing walls, though painting over with many layers may be ok What’s worth doing if you want to ensure you and your kids aren’t at risk?

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Advice on Bridging Cultural Gaps? 4 by Aloha | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've recently moved into a role where I'm having direct contact with peers in Japan, and I'm noticing what I'd call "cultural impedance" issues. Mostly, missteps in communication, mis-set expectations, etc. I also feel like there are a bunch of other rules in play that I should know about, but do not have a good grasp on. I'm wondering if there are any good books or other resources out there I can read about business communications in Japan, and how to improve how I communicate with my Japanese peers (aside from learning Japanese, which I'm pondering, but its a complex language, and seems daunting)?

Ask HN: Can you get away with “by using this site you accept cookies” 4 by hwers | 3 comments on Hacker News. Can you get away with a "by using this site you accept that cookies will be stored on your device" rather than explicitly asking for consent?

Ask HN: Where within Europe should we incorporate? 4 by jpdpeters | 3 comments on Hacker News. My co-founder and I are based in Germany and are currently evaluating in which European country we should incorporate. Maybe someone here can weigh in. We are not super happy with the process in Germany (having to go to the notary, long waiting times etc.) and taxes are so-so. Do alternatives like Ireland (low taxes) or Estonia (easy process) make sense when we would never actually move to those countries? Especially considering we might scale up, have employees etc.? I am curious about incorporating in the UK, but I assume that Brexit made operating there a lot more difficult. Any shared experiences would be much appreciated!

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Ask HN: What's Russia's Endgame in Ukraine? 7 by anm89 | 10 comments on Hacker News. What is Russia's ultimate plan in Ukraine? Are they just trying to stir things up to create headaches for Nato to gain leverage? Do they want to Annex part or all of Ukraine? Something more targeted. Looking for neutral geo-political analysis.

Confluence modifies page Author to whom last moved that page 2 by lastdong | 0 comments on Hacker News. Confluence fixed an issue in 2009, and I suspect it may have introduced another bug. Moving a page in Confluence modifies the page Author to the user who last moved it. https://ift.tt/3FXyevZ

Xfinity Data breach detected through email alias service 2 by encryptluks2 | 2 comments on Hacker News. This is a warning to Xfinity customers. Today, I got a sophisticated spam email to an email address that was only ever provided to Xfinity. Note I am no longer an Xfinity customer since a few months ago, but my account still exists with Xfinity. I am using SimpleLogin to generate unique email addresses for every service that I signup for. Due to the way SimpleLogin forwards emails, I only have limited email header information. The email appears to be an invoice from Quickbooks for Norton AntiVirus suggesting I have a balance due of 256.89 for 5 copies of AntiVirus. The phone number provided, 1 (850) 806-2408, has a live person answer when called immediately suggested that I provide my credit card to cancel the order. The email appears to have been sent from Teamnort@saless.cc. Interestingly enough when trying a WHOIS on saless.cc it appears the domain is not registered. However, a

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Ask HN: How was your interviewing experience this cycle? 4 by aditya_rs | 1 comments on Hacker News. With this being the most one of the most "hottest" season for changing jobs, how has been your experience with interviewing? More specifically a. How many companies did you apply for? b. How many companies reached out to you? c. How many interviews did you typically go through for a company? d. What were the type of interviews? (Have the number of companies asking leet code questions decreased? haha) d. How many offers did you get? e. And finally how did you manage your time with all those interviews and companies?

Ask HN: What if submitting a story cost 1 karma? 55 by karmakaze | 73 comments on Hacker News. Could this have the desired effect of reducing low-quality posts that the poster considers as such when posting? My habit is already only to post something that I personally want others to hear about, rather than 'maybe this will get a vote'. It could potentially reverse the problem of so many stories being posted that so many don't even get to be seen and voted upon. It would also be great if some focus was brought back, tech is so much a part of everyday life that the intersection of tech and X is largely a general news feed.

Ask HN: Is the Tech Bubble Crashing? 53 by tempsy | 42 comments on Hacker News. I’m looking in awe of the total carnage in a lot of tech stocks over the past year or so, and accelerating in the last few weeks/months. While the FAANGs have so far held up ok (ex-Netflix), there’s a lot of small or mid cap tech stocks that are down 50% or more in just a few weeks. ARKK and related ETFs are down more than 50% since Feb 2021 highs. I understand a lot of this is due to the Fed’s new hawkish stance which disproportionately impacts high p/e stocks like many public tech companies due to rising rates and asset purchase tapering. But how long is this trend away from tech going to last?

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Ask HN: Why hasn’t music been disrupted in the same ways movies have been? 5 by goopthink | 4 comments on Hacker News. When Netflix first started out, it was an aggregator of movies and shows not unlike Spotify for music is today. Originally, the biggest challenge was the technology parts of the business. But today, most of Netflix’s (and all of the competitors) challenges are not technology problems, but media creation problems - creating hit media. Meanwhile, all of the other production companies (HBO, Peacock, Disney) have caught up, while other technology entrants (Hulu, Apple TV) are likewise focusing on production of original content to stay competitive. This is also starting to happen with Podcasts (Spotify as the leading example). But why hasn’t it happened for music, proper? I think Jay-Z’s Tidal tried this but they weren’t successful. But Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, etc all have huge catalogs of music, and there is a trend of artists selling their catalogs to

Ask HN: Why aren't there any USB-C hubs with only USB-C connectors? 3 by epistasis | 1 comments on Hacker News. Since the introduction of USB-C, I have looked for the USB-C analog of the venerable USB-A hub: multiple expansion ports with a single connector back to the host computer. My application is being able to plug in multiple USB devices with USB-C cables. I can find guns with USB-C to multiple USB-A ports, but then I lose the benefit of being able to plug in the connector on the first try, without trying three orientations. The only USB-C "hubs" I can find are expensive docking stations that have Ethernet, HDMI, etc. but do not significantly expand the number of USB-C ports. Is there a technical reason for this, or is it just a product marketing choice by manufacturers?

Ask HN: Any self hosted CI/CD for mobile apps suggestions? 2 by mateioprea | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN, I have 2 spare macs and I want to use them as CI/CD platform for my projects. Do you have any suggestions for open source CI/CD projects? I've seen Tekton is cool but I don't have that much experience with Kubernetes. Edit: it needs to be Mac friendly since I want to test iOS apps on it.

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New RCE found for Dark Souls 3 2 by wbc | 0 comments on Hacker News. There's a multiplayer mode (invasions?) that lets other players join your game. This RCE exploit can happen then. Elden Ring, from the same devs, also has this vuln: https://ift.tt/3IvnmqK Apparently, there was an old exploit: https://ift.tt/3fKnRBc This one is new and not "official" yet. Already happened on twitch: https://ift.tt/35fn9tG

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Ask HN: Do you avoid movies with computer plots/experts? And if so, why? 2 by amichail | 3 comments on Hacker News.

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Ask HN: What was the turning point in your meditation journey? 3 by Fervicus | 1 comments on Hacker News. A book you read, a video you watched, or an experience you had? Please share.

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Ask HN: Where do I find people to market my SaaS? 3 by jordiburgos | 1 comments on Hacker News. I am creating an SaaS product as a solo technical founder. What I struggle the most is to create a plan or list of tasks to do to share the product with the world and start marketing it. I am just interested in the coding part and I would like to find somebody as a contractor to create the landing page, start the mailing list, create social accounts, etc... Edit: Obviously, paying for their work.

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Ask HN: Software Debugging Papers? 3 by tayllan | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN, Software Debugging is to me the funnest part of software development, and it occurred to me to write a book on it, adding some of my experience to the area. As an entry point to the book, I thought of writing a Review Paper on the subject, and as such, I have to read as many papers as I can find to review. So my question is: do you have a paper recommendation on Software Debugging that's not in the list below? Any other tips or advice on writing a paper are also welcome. Thanks much. BIG LIST FOLLOWS: Application of Dynamic Slicing in Program Debugging Automatic Debugging Approaches: A Literature Review Debugging and the the Experience of Immediacy Debugging Scandal: The Next Generation Designing the Whyline: A debugging interface for asking questions about program behavior Generalized Algorithmic Debugging and Testing Fostering Debugging Communities on the Web If I Only Changed the Software, Wh

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Ask HN: Alternative to Google Translate? 9 by ewuhic | 4 comments on Hacker News. Are there any better alternatives to google translate? It doesn't matter that much if the solution is FOSS and does not rely on 3rd-party APIs, but such a thing would be highly appreciated too.

Ask HN: Are Covid vaccines an instance of the trolley problem? 4 by low_tech_love | 0 comments on Hacker News. Disclaimer: I don’t have any hidden ideological goal with this question (I’m personally very much pro-vaccine). Considering that the people who are adversely affected by a COVID vaccine are not the same as those who might die from the virus, are we simply pulling the lever?

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Ask HN: Gsuite legacy users have to pay – what is a better option for a family? 3 by thunderbong | 1 comments on Hacker News. Just saw this HN submission[0], about 'G Suite legacy free' users have to start paying. I've been using this for so many years now for our family of five members. To move away from this would be quite an effort. However, I've been contemplating moving away from Gmail for quite some time now and this might be just the push I needed. We hardly use Google drive or any of the other services so it should not be too painful. For all of our other services, we have been using Microsoft Office 365, which comes with Word, Excel, etc. Since this is a personal (family) plan [1] which we subscribe to, Microsoft does give an option for custom domains but only via GoDaddy [2]. Since the domain isn't registered with GoDaddy, this isn't an option. And the Microsoft 365 Business Basic Plan at $5/user/month doesn't give any offline office products, s

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Ask HN: How to buy a house as a 20 year old in the USA? 2 by marto1 | 2 comments on Hacker News. I'm especially asking older people. If you were 20 and wanted to buy a house how would you do it in 2022 ?

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Ask HN: How do you record and edit (programming) videos on Linux? 5 by strzibny | 4 comments on Hacker News. Hi all, I am thinking of recording some videos. One thing that always made me to stay away from video editing is that I believed there no good enough tools for Linux. If you are producing videos on Linux, please share what you use :)

Ask HN: Any experienced engineers took a lower position as a “vacation”? 8 by Justsignedup | 6 comments on Hacker News. Have any experienced (10+ years) engineers gone down to say working as a mid-level engineer at a FAANG company just to keep getting paid but work at a lower responsibility, as a 1-2 year break? Was it beneficial? Was it just tedious? Did it hurt your career? Figured I'd ask as I can't be the only person who thought of this as a way to still earn but handle the burnout from working a tough engineering job.

Ask HN: How to secure Ubuntu VPS in 2022? 7 by lukaszwojtow | 4 comments on Hacker News. So obvious things spring to mind: 1. Uninstall what's not needed 2. Firewall 3. Strong root's and main user's passwords What else?

Ask HN: Why the $200 Overhead on Dell XPS Laptops with Linux? 47 by MikeBVaughn | 61 comments on Hacker News. I'm not complaining, I'm just genuinely curious. When speccing out an XPS 13 Developer Edition, switching the OS from Windows to Linux bumps the price up by $200. Is it subsidizing whatever work had to go into validating that the OS works as expected on that model?

Ask HN: Does anyone know of the whereabouts of the source code of FlexOS/386? 23 by andrewstuart | 8 comments on Hacker News. My goal is to get FlexOS open sourced. - Does anyone know of a copy of the source code? I contacted the designer and author of much of FlexOS and he does not know where the source code is.I think it would be fun to see if FlexOS/386 can be brought back to life. FlexOS was a powerful and innovative operating system from Digital Research, the early 1990's. Here is a Byte Magazine review of it from back then: https://ift.tt/3nCYFkq Here's the Wikipedia article: https://ift.tt/33uYhxw Maybe someone at WindRiver knows where the source code of FlexOS is? The wikipedia article above says: >>>>When Novell decided to abandon further development of the various Digital Research operating systems such as Multiuser DOS (a successor to Concurrent DOS) and Novell DOS (a successor to DR DOS), they sold FlexOS off to the Santa Clara, California-based Integ

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Chinese surveillance and censorship tool required of Olympians 6 by rdtennent | 3 comments on Hacker News. The Globe and Mail reports that the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto has analyzed the My2022 app that Olympians are required to install on their device and found that encryption protecting users' audio and file transfers can be sidestepped and that keywords such as Tiananmen can easily be censored. These flaws violate Google and Apple's App store guidelines as well as China's laws and standards. The Canadian Olympic organizers have advised olympians to leave their devices at home but apparently olympians are being required to install the My2022 app on their devices.

Ask HN: Why are we so at the mercy of Google and Mozilla for web browsers? 29 by mattwilsonn888 | 34 comments on Hacker News. I hear what seems many a valid complaint about Google's conflicts of interest in managing Google Chrome and how it has down-stream effects on Mozilla and other web browsers. What exactly is keeping developers from making a fully featured open source web browser not at the mercy of Google or the browser's developers?

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Ask HN: How do I get in touch with US/EU developers? (attempting to network) 2 by e-pelaza | 3 comments on Hacker News. Is there such a thing as a social media for developers? A little about me, I'm from Madagascar. After learning English, I am now learning how to program, with the help of various free online courses from top US/EU universities, and a specialization in web development. I'd like to get in touch with developers, from US or EU as I'd like to get a remote job there and maybe in the long run move out. Most devs here work for so called "freelance companies" that takes care of teaching and finding contract for them, but in the end keeps all the money, while the devs gets just a little above minimum wages to keep them happy. If you didn't know already, my country is really really really poor (yes that poor). If someone is looking for a mentee also, I would love to have someone more experienced guide me through this journey. Kind of a long shot, I k

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Ask HN: Does unchecking “send me future marketing updates” do anything? 2 by skrillhouse | 0 comments on Hacker News. I think I can safely say I have never once created an account and opted in to receiving marketing emails. Yet it seems like every site sends them to me anyway, forcing me to deliberately unsubscribe. For those who have worked on such sites: does the box actually do anything? I assume including it is some legal requirement that’s just rarely (if ever) actually enforced?

Ask HN: Career options for technical ex-founder? 2 by inc0gnit0 | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've been on my entrepreneurship journey for the last 3 years and started 2 startups. The first one was with a co-founder (didn't work) and the 2nd one as a solo-founder (currently bootstrapping as an indie hacker). Before that, I was a full-stack developer for 4 years or so. Throughout the journey, I've acquired many important skills apart from development like a sense for good design, product, hiring, marketing, talking to customers, etc. Even though I could keep building my startup, I've realized that building a startup takes lots of stress, day doesn't end at 5 pm, and I end up working most of the weekends. This means very little time for other activities/hobbies/relationships. Long story short, I'm now looking for a less stressful role where working hours are defined and pay is decent so I could afford an exciting life outside work. I'm not sure what kind of

Ask HN: How and Where to Donate Bandwidth 2 by BrandoElFollito | 1 comments on Hacker News. I have a 1000/400 Mbps fibre connection at home that is and will not ever be loaded. Is there a project I could donate it to? Some kind of shared-something where the missing medium would be bandwidth? I already bittorent some Linux distros but the load is insignificant.

Ask HN: How to track SD card theft? 4 by giantg2 | 0 comments on Hacker News. If someone stole an SD from a security cam, is there a way to track it or identify the person, besides using a second hidden camera? I was thinking of things like a fake card that's a tracker (GPS, network/IP connection, etc), or a card that contains software that can transmit it's location (is that even legal?). Alternatively, I could replace the camera with something network connected. There's no wifi or ethernet. Cell could be acceptable, but would prefer a more localized type network, like LoRan or something (maybe 500yd range with trees in the way).

Ask HN: Google Store support does not investigate order issue 2 by gtest | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hello, I ordered 2 pixel 6 pros from google store. This was on Dec 9th, 2021. The order was delivered on Dec 22nd. However, they only delivered 1 phone. But they claim that they delivered both phones. I contacted support, and created a ticket on Dec 22nd (or Dec 23rd, I don't recall). And since then, I keep receiving the same message from them: > Thanks for reaching out to the Google Support team. > Please accept my sincere apologies as it is taking more time than expected. > I can completely understand how inconvenient it is not to have your issue resolved soon. However, let me assure you that we're trying our best to resolve it as soon as possible. > Furthermore, I've shared the details with our higher end support team. Rest assured, I'll notify you as soon as they reply. > I really appreciate your continued patience and cooperation as we work to res

Why not anchor earnings into homesteading? 2 by Thebothersuman | 3 comments on Hacker News. Why aren't tech/coders anchoring earnings into agroforestry/agriculture/homesteading? often youthful, financially stable and exhausted from screen activities it seems the ideal marriage.

Ask HN: What are the downsides of working at FAANG? 2 by lh15 | 6 comments on Hacker News. The comp packages at “Big Tech” sometimes seem too good to be true. Are there any reasons not to try and work for big tech? Why isn’t every talented developer trying to work there? Is it just that they don’t want to take the time to study Leet Code? Or are there other reasons. Thanks

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Ask HN: Where do you buy electronic cables/wires/peripherals 2 by yeeetz | 0 comments on Hacker News. For stuff like cables, adapters, and general electronic stuff, all I see on Amazon all I see are random made in China brands with a suspicious amount of 5 star reviews. Are stores like Best Buy/Micro Center or purchasing direct from Apple/Microsoft/Sony/etc. the best bet, or are there still some high quality brands to be found on Amazon and other stores.

Ask HN: Any useful ways to either donate or monetize idle CPU time? 2 by krm01 | 3 comments on Hacker News. asside from mining crypto, what are other ways to usefully occupy my idle CPU time?

Ask HN: I want to move around Europe frequently while being employed. How? 2 by dj_mc_merlin | 2 comments on Hacker News. I'm a European developer based in Germany, employed by a German company. I'd like to go around living in airbnbs and hotels for a while, but I'm concerned about my residency status since that is a requirement for employment (under favorable tax law). Setting up a business would be an option, and I have an address somewhere else in Europe available. To other people doing this: how are you doing it?

Ask HN: A good and thoughtful place to discuss cryptocurrencies? 2 by marto1 | 1 comments on Hacker News. In light of a recent comment: https://ift.tt/33hfHxF - is there a place on the Web where meaningful conversation happens with decently technical people about crypto ? A well moderated place where at least common scams and "just buy $X" crypto threads are removed so some actual technical talk can happen or are we just lacking a "HN for crypto" ? The only one I know so far is Vitalik's blog: https://vitalik.ca/ but not much else.

Opinions on Not Having a Degree 3 by typetheorist | 4 comments on Hacker News. Hey, I've been a software engineer for around 6 years now and am a tech lead. I sometimes have anxiety about not having a degree, worrying that the day may come where I will get stuck in terms of advancement or changes in the market will not allow me to get the jobs I want. I'm an autodidact and dislike formal learning environments, and also don't want to put my life on hold to go do a degree, but sometimes I feel a bit like Mike Ross in Suits and become worried that my future isn't stable. What are your opinions on this?

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How do people learn how to do anything related to coding on their own 2 by paulpauper | 2 comments on Hacker News. This may seme like a vague question, but how do people figure out anything related to computer science, such as coding or command line, on their own. It's just so unbelievably hard doing the simplest of things. I get tons of error messages or nothing works, even with following a tutorial exactly. The problem is not following the instructions, it is that when you follow the instructions it still does not work. This happens so often. The problem is made worse by unique system setting, having a different versions of windows, etc. How do people actually learn this or get things done? How is anything done when the guides are so infective? At the pace things are going, I cannot imagine ever actually doing anything useful.

Ask HN: How to make more than $1mn+/yr as a software engineer? (2022 Edition) 16 by bchainbwayne | 4 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: How do I explain to my boss the real reason I want to move away? 6 by mustafa_pasi | 4 comments on Hacker News. I have a very cool research job at a university. I am good at my job, productive and have results. My boss likes me and I like my research group, and the topic is the intersection of all the things I love and am good at, and because it is an applied project, the salary is also not very bad. And my boss likes me so much he wants me to undertake a big project i.e. apply for funding for a multiyear contract. There is only one minor problem. The location is horrible. It is a tiny city, with only a few big engineering campuses. I hate living here primarily because there are very few social opportunities. I am 30 soon and am thinking hard about my future. I like my job, but I do not live to work. I work to live and my life here is making me depressed. I don't know if I should spell it out further, but here goes: I want to settle down and there are basically no women

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Ask HN: Can anyone remember a Classic macOS-like desktop for Linux? 3 by lproven | 3 comments on Hacker News. I am fairly sure I remember a Linux desktop back in the 1990s with a moderately-complete classic MacOS look and feel. I think it was called "Sparta" or something like that. I can't find a trace with Google. Not just a window manager like MLVWM. Not just a skin or theme for an existing desktop (like Platinum on Xfce). Functionally, more like Ben Szymanski's "Classic Finder" for OS X.

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Ask HN: Biggest FOSS reward without ruining the project? 2 by harryvederci | 0 comments on Hacker News. This year I intend to launch one of my side projects. If it becomes successful, I want to give the people who made the FOSS projects it depends on a proper reward. That made me think. Let's take an unrealistic, extreme scenario: My app turns me into a Jeff Bezos with a conscience. One of the dependencies for my app is made by a single developer. I give them a million dollars. That would probably change their life so much that it may even hurt the project, right? What if they decide to travel the world, and forget about the project? So my question to you: what would be a good reward, both for the creator and their project?

Ask HN: What the hell happened to Reddit on Firefox? 3 by nicolas-siplis | 1 comments on Hacker News. Even though the issue has been resolved now, I'd like to start a discussion where we can maybe try to figure out exactly what the hell went wrong. User Agent spoofing did nothing to fix the issue, and there are several reports of people managing to make a cURL/Postman request with the exact same headers Firefox used without any problems. HTTP3 also seemed like an easy suspect because of the recent bug, but AFAIK it's not used for requests to Reddit and I also tried disabling it to no avail. All I can think of at the moment is a problem between Reddit and Firefox's Root Certificate Store, which is different from the one used by the OS. That could explain the 403 errors seen in the browser and also why requests worked fine via other programs. However, I'd like to see what the people here think, so... discuss?

Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox 237 by kzrdude | 137 comments on Hacker News. Reddit returns a 403 page with content "Blocked" right now for many firefox users. Apparently not with Chromium. Probably a blocking mishap ongoing (as of this posting) at reddit.

Notam: Radio Altimeter Unreliable Due to 5G C-Band Interference 2 by c1yd3i | 1 comments on Hacker News. !PHL 01/165 PHL AD AP RDO ALTIMETER UNREL. AUTOLAND, HUD TO TOUCHDOWN, ENHANCED FLT VISION SYSTEMS TO TOUCHDOWN, HEL OPS REQUIRING RDO ALTIMETER DATA TO INCLUDE HOVER AUTOPILOT MODES AND CAT A/B/PERFORMANCE CLASS TKOF AND LDG NOT AUTHORIZED EXC FOR ACFT USING APPROVED ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF COMPLIANCE DUE TO 5G C-BAND INTERFERENCE PLUS SEE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES 2021-23-12, 2021-23-13 2201190501-2401190501

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