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Re:Tell HN: Uptimerobot.com offers a fake free plan on Thursday November 28, 2024 @05:52AM (#42264281)
Here are a lot of alternatives: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1g15gqe/uptimerob...

Why should people use just one tool all the time? There are many alternatives in this world, free as well.

Re:Tell HN: Uptimerobot.com offers a fake free plan on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @11:21AM (#42247004)
Is the custom domain for status pages available on the free plan?
Re:UptimeRobot alternative after their ToS changes on Friday October 11, 2024 @05:38AM (#41807893)
In the last few years, they’ve made a ton of changes to their pricing and terms, and honestly, it’s been pretty frustrating for users.
Tested, it works perfect!
Re:Show HN: Free “Is Website Down” on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @04:21PM (#37757034)
I found this information here: https://help.pulsetic.com/article/195-locations. It worked for me.
Man, you just hit the nail on the head. The tech world these days is like a never-ending maze of tools and plugins. It's like you're in an all-you-can-eat buffet, but you've only got one plate. Choosing what to pile on can be a real brain teaser!

Your plugin is useful, i have checked it and it returns good speed and useful data about my website.

I think it would be more helpful to call it a pre-order on the button. If I click "order now", I'd expect it in 6 weeks, max.
Re:Show HN: A revolutionary no-code email builder and AI on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:54AM (#35989789)
Interesting... I've spent 10 years crafting HTML emails. Your HTML templates look good in dark mode as well. Is there any chance to preview the dark mode without sending a test email?
Re:Parse, Don't Validate (2019) on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @08:01AM (#35054835)
I believe that JSON Schema is a great solution because it is a standardized format and provides helpful error messages for validation issues. If the schema file is well-defined, it should be safe to map the JSON data to a static type DTO and trust that the data types are valid. JSON Schema's ability to validate strings, numbers, integers, and custom objects makes it a powerful tool, and I personally wouldn't want to attempt to implement something similar on my own.
Can you (or Diana) tell us more about the stories behind the illustrations in this collection?
Why would you subject your children to anything that is even remotely related with Elon Musk?
The primary distinction between Pegasus software and other software is that in order to hack a mobile device, the hacker must have direct, physical access to the device. Pegasus software does not provide remote surveillance.
Re:Ted Gioia: The history of music innovation [video] on Monday July 25, 2022 @06:20AM (#32222557)
I really enjoyed listening to this interview! The host asked some excellent questions, and it was obvious that he had done his homework.
Re:Datadog dashboard for the Texas power grid on Monday July 25, 2022 @06:20AM (#32222553)
What kind of information are we, as energy layman, supposed to glean from this? How can one present data in a way that conveys actual significance to the audience? All of this information, yet I still don't feel any wiser.
I would like for more people to read this. leaders and developers. The most challenging aspect of software development is finishing. In contrast, it's incredibly simple to open new projects, features, and issues. Opening numerous tracks simultaneously causes the entire team to work at a crawl, and the traditional solution is to simply put in extra hours or take short cuts, which increases tech debt over time. Battle fire with fire.
Re:The true costs of inflation in small-town Texas on Friday July 22, 2022 @05:02AM (#32190024)
The article only supports one theory, which is that food costs are going up. However, I don't think the article looks at the other side of balancing the books: it could just be that fewer people are going to restaurants, even before prices go up.
Re:Negative incentives in academic research on Friday July 22, 2022 @05:02AM (#32190020)
I'm not sure that science as a whole is less useful than it was in 1900, but I'm sure that the average scientist today isn't as useful as Max Planck (but of course he was above average in his own day as well).
Wow, this really is pretty amazing (I work in the digital health space and have navigated the absolute chaos associated with wearables integration before). I think that Vital has a lot of potential and can't wait to play with it!
Re:I regret my website redesign on Friday July 22, 2022 @05:00AM (#32190010)
The benefit of an agency for most companies is that they don't have to keep hiring new freelancers or contractors every few months. They are outsourcing all of that, and the associated overhead, to the agency. Training and managing a team of specialists is not trivial, especially if they are far removed from the focus of the company so nobody really knows how to go about hiring or managing said specialists.
Re:Henry Ford’s Hemp Cars (2020) on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:34AM (#32177703)
Hemp was campaigned against by "big paper" because it might do what? Big paper would switch to hemp if it was better, so why wouldn't they? Like farmers, they grow trees like they grow corn, but they might easily convert to growing hemp instead.
If I were Apple, I'd sell an open developer phone that allowed users to override the default settings. So that when the inevitable "Apple has been hacked and is no better than Android" media driven hit pieces come out, Apple can point out that this is happening on the open developer phone, not the safe walled garden that most of us normal, non bleeding edge consumers carry in our pockets..

When you just want to use your phone, you don't have to read a 1000-word piece to figure out it's because some man installed some obvious spyware.

Re:Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:33AM (#32177690)
As a Kickstarter backer residing in Europe, I can say that the quality of the product has exceeded my expectations. In the meantime, I've been experimenting with different versions of the firmware and discovered that an attempt to clone my access badge did not succeed, most likely because of the additional security measures in place. The SD card I bought on my way to work necessitated a double-check.
Re:How I Experience the Web Today on Friday July 15, 2022 @05:45AM (#32106406)
You neglected to remember the popup that appears after thirty seconds of inactivity to inform you that new content is available. It appears that certain news websites now have that...
Re:Lessons I wish I had been taught (1996) on Friday July 15, 2022 @05:44AM (#32106401)
The instructors at my elementary school used to make jokes about how they would all eventually contract bronchitis or TB from breathing in so much chalk dust over the course of their careers.