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Re:Finding the Best Sleep Tracker on Monday March 31, 2025 @09:47AM (#43535012)
Really surprised that Autosleep performed so poorly. I've been using it for over a year and I'm pretty satisfied, and chose it because it was the only apple watch sleep app I could find that didn't require a monthly subscription. Admittedly I don't look at the 'score' so perhaps that's it, I just look at the overall 'quality sleep' hours and have found that tracks pretty well with how off-my-game I am that day.
Surely they threw in the trowel?

I'll see myself out...

Thanks for this. Going to be much more conscious of who is watching me type my passcode.
Re:Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:33AM (#34427898)
Wow this is really cool. I just tried the example on the homepage, that's magic! No email, username or password. Can someone explain what is happening?
Honestly, cctv is a bit pointless anyway. My bike was stolen and the police had cctv footage from a neighbour but it was no good because they had their faces covered. Unfortunately, the best way to protect a bike is a stronger shed, or a car is fit a steering wheel lock.
Re:Nvidia in the Valley on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:24PM (#32985062)
Is a GPU previously used for mining worth anything in the second hand market? I was under the impression it thoroughly knackered them out.
Re:Things people blamed on bicycles on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @04:44PM (#32585482)
My bike was stolen on Monday and I'm honestly still grieving the loss. A bike is more than just transport, it's freedom, exercise and a million times better at clearing your head than any other mode of commute.
Potentially a dumb question but is it a bad idea to just use port forward 22 and use a (free) dns service? Can then ssh with a key as normal no?
Re:I changed my mind about advertising on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:46PM (#30289841)
I'm no fan of ads either but one undeniable benefit is equality; if Google cost money to use then those in poverty would simply be unable to use it. The service is paid for by the wealthiest (as these are the most valuable eyeballs to advertisers anyway).

Ask HN: Country says no to DNSSEC. What can I do?

I have a .to domain and the country code registrar (tonic) says they will not implement DNSSEC. Is this a big problem? Can I get protection from dns attacks in some other way? My website is for a financial service so I'm concerned it would be targeted.

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Re:Professional maintainers: a wake-up call on Saturday December 11, 2021 @03:55PM (#29524214)
Are the salarys on levels.fyi accurate? Looking at Dublin salaries, they seem very high?
Is he entitled to any compensation?
Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020? on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:01AM (#27748675)
Cone is one of the ideas where you think "How did I not think of that?" Awesome, congratulations!
Sustainability clearly can be done so why isn't it?
Re:Instagram ads Facebook won't show you on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:46PM (#27041268)
Is there a way I can see this for myself? Ie who facebook thinks I am? Is there something similar for google or other ad networks?
Re:LastPass Android app has got 7 trackers in it on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @04:36AM (#26313502)
Eurgh it was so much work to get my parents used to using lastpass. I even pay for premium for the whole family, can't face having to migrate them all.
What do you recommend instead?
Re:“Steven, Bill Gates called. Call him back.” on Monday February 15, 2021 @09:23AM (#26142968)
$100 million (assuming he still has them)!
The fees alone must have been astronomical. I was astounded that it took 4 hours last week for a transfer of mine to confirm (4 confirmations were required for the broker to recognise it as legit). And I'd paid $15 in fees!
Re:Nike's new sneaker innovation? No hands required on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @05:11AM (#25999171)
This is awesome, my wife breaks down the heels on her runners the whole time
Are the skill progress bars really recommended? Why is 'Adaptability' 80% full whereas 'Agile Processes' 100%?
I built an Alexa skill and put a lot of work to take it from hackathon project to polished product but even now it only gets 6-10 unique users a day. I keep chipping away on it but no idea how to market it further.

For the curious - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sharman-What-Animal-Am-I/dp/B081GV8...

Re:We made our SaaS home page cookie-free on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @08:31AM (#24979443)
Naively did not realise using cloudflare as a cdn meant subjecting users to cookies. I don't have a consent banner... Does Netlify?
Hacker News tends to hate IP but I thought the article was very informative, really appreciate the costs breakdown. Maybe worth mentioning the legal up side company but I don't think it changes the advice.
Re:Say goodbye to hold music on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:31AM (#24648725)
We did this at a hackathon once https://devpost.com/software/easydial - Very cool to see this in production!
I was thinking this, $100k for taking on that level of risk?
Re:House Costs Just $20k-But It’s Nicer Than Yours on Friday August 21, 2020 @05:06AM (#24233303)
Why does a mortgage cost the bank $2300?
Re:I Know What You Download on BitTorrent on Monday July 13, 2020 @11:46AM (#23822007)
I have not downloaded any of these, how are these associated with my IP address?
Re:Most-streamed track of the day by country on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:03AM (#23348179)
This is exactly the discussion that occurs every general election in the UK. ie First pass the post vs proportional representation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system

Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @06:08AM (#23177645)
Can you publish your own content alongside the RSS feed articles? Or is it purely aggregation?

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