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It might be coming soon... they've rolled out this terrible screen saver functionality to premium users (sans ads for now).
I did this as well and have liked it for the most part, but would also recommend using an older, established TLD.

I went with `.email` because... it just seemed fitting at the time and it's been depressing how many sites won't allow it because it's "not a valid domain". Or worse, I've been able to register an account successfully only to be blocked by the login form which uses a different validation configuration (looking at you, REI).

All of these aren't quite the same though. Charging to use hardware that is already present in a vehicle and contained to that vehicle (heated seats) is not the same as charging to use an app that requires a network of hardware behind the scenes to start a vehicle remotely.

The latter has continuing costs and it's foolish to believe that would be free forever. Should you be _forced_ to pay this? No. But that's a different problem.

Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:18AM (#31505784)
Command & Conquer (RA2 Yuri's Revenge or Generals style play) + FPS where I start the game in RTS mode and at any time I can click and "assume" a unit on the ground where I'm dropped into an FPS version of the map I was just viewing. If I die, I resume the commander role. Or if at any time I want to command again, AI takes the unit back over and it either stops or resumes doing whatever it was doing before.

I guess Renegade might be what FPS looks like, but I'm unaware of a game that combines both.

Re:Online Confessions, deleted after 200 views on Saturday May 14, 2022 @11:01AM (#31378607)
One I remember was GroupHug or similar name. There were numerous IRC bots at the time that would post stories/confessions from it.
Most of the spam I receive these days comes from DNS registry contact info. I always select the domain privacy option when possible, but certain TLDs like .us do not allow this option.

I’ve been using unique addresses for almost everything for several years now and I don’t get nearly as much spam as I anticipated when I first set it up. There’s one app I used years ago with a custom address and still get consistent spam from different people… I always wonder if the data was sold or stolen.

It is a bit humorous when a sales person asks for an email address and I give them something like [email protected] and they’re unsure if I’m openly blowing them off or that’s my actual address.

Archive of the deleted tweet: https://archive.ph/JWRdH
Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:36PM (#25678631)
I _believe_ this is where that picture originated from https://twitter.com/mikko/status/1346922681158000640?s=21
Re:Raspberry Pi Homelab with Kubernetes on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:00PM (#25062300)
I've found k3s (https://k3s.io/) to be extremely easy to use for setting up and running kubernetes on a group of Raspberry Pis. Specifically, I followed this guide to get my clusters up and running quickly and it's worked out pretty well: https://blog.alexellis.io/test-drive-k3s-on-raspberry-pi/
Perhaps they will call this curated content "YouTube Med"
They also don't give you just read or just write options for photos -- you have to allow read & write or none at all.
Re:In Amazon’s Bookstore, Orwell Gets a Rewrite on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:30PM (#20739769)
Wow I haven't been confident in buying electronics or anything with a battery on Amazon for a while - now I guess I'll add books to the list. Lately even buying the same brand of toilet paper has resulted in differing qualities each time.

Amazon is becoming less reputable than eBay at this point... at least with eBay, the seller has individual ratings and is not hidden behind whatever brand of product they are selling.

Re:Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @05:14PM (#20279024)
Even if there's only one mention of it in the article, I'm glad they included it: alpha-gal syndrome. Not a ton of people seem to know about it and yet I continue to meet more and more people that are affected by it.

For those unaware, it causes a person to develop an allergy to red meat and there's currently no treatment for it other than to wait. Granted, it's not as serious as Lyme Disease, I hope it gets to be well known so there's increased chances of finding a cure for it.

Re:Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi? on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @11:32AM (#20275248)
Nice, I'll have to look into this further!
Re:Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi? on Monday June 24, 2019 @04:55PM (#20268370)
- 1x Raspberry Pi (older, not sure exact model) - exposed to the internet and acts as a bastion host for ssh'ing into other devices on my home network

- 1x Raspberry Pi Zero W - monitors several Wemo Insight Switches around the house and turns them on if they are in an off state (if the power goes out, the Wemo switches do not turn back on so I have to do it manually)

- 6x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B - running in a k8s cluster (1 master, 5 workers) doing nothing until I can find time to continue working on this project... found out I need to build Docker images on an ARM host so my CI/CD first choice did not work :(

Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:57PM (#20045387)
I'm the same way though I have a 5.0 -- but it's because I don't want to lose it! However, I feel as if I'd care less once my score is no longer "perfect"... It's a similar game to me as working on/keeping credit scores at an ideal number.
Re:US military grounds entire fleet of F-35 jets on Thursday October 11, 2018 @02:00PM (#18195672)
I'd take some of it with a grain of salt. He brought up one point about peeling paint and requiring special hangars. But outside of the RT article he linked to, I can't find mention of that elsewhere. I didn't look into all of his points, but that one struck as me a little ridiculous even for this flying bucket of crap... which makes me question some of his other tweets in that stream.
I had never heard of this...but now I can only imagine how exciting this must have been as one of the engineers-- working on a top secret project for the CIA in an abandoned bowling alley: https://electricalstrategies.com/about/in-the-news/spies-in-...

edit: whoops, looks like amatecha beat me to posting more info

Re:Upgrading GitHub from Rails 3.2 to 5.2 on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:23PM (#18094629)
Similar post from Shopify about a year ago on their experience upgrading from Rails 4.2 to 5 https://shopifyengineering.myshopify.com/blogs/engineering/u...
Re:Slack down? on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:37PM (#17776182)
Probably HipChat
Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon on Thursday July 19, 2018 @10:39AM (#17566696)
Once Amazon started charging sales tax in my state, it was a no brainer to go to Best Buy first.

- Same price (or sometimes less)

- No waiting on delivery

- High confidence that I'm getting a genuine product

For me, it's the last point that's most important...especially with more expensive electronics purchases.

Re:Radio Hacker Can Hijack Emergency Sirens to Play Any Sound on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:10PM (#16815034)
I'm curious about this as well.

Though at a previous job, I got on the elevator one day to hear a telemarketer's voice coming from the emergency speaker. I'm guessing it happens, but just very rarely?

Re:Why did we switch from Braintree to Stripe? on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:33PM (#14991538)
I lock my computer habitually even if I'm just walking over to a co-workers desk. I find it funny though, because I was forced into this habit from my days in school where leaving your computer open/unlocked meant coming back to all sorts of pranks.
Re:Crafting a high-performance TV user interface using React on Thursday January 12, 2017 @03:56PM (#13386029)
Someone may choose to not buy a car after test driving it and experiencing the laggy touchscreen...or after reading reviews by people who did already buy the car.
Re:Computer Vision Syndrome on Monday September 26, 2016 @01:08PM (#12583579)
Just staying properly hydrated.
Re:Ask HN: Laptop that doesn't suck on Monday July 18, 2016 @03:54PM (#12117678)
It sounds like abnormal behavior and could probably be fixed.

As to your question, I'd recommend the Surface Book. I got one last December and couldn't be more pleased with it. Hi-res screen, good RAM + HD space, fast processor, keys feel nice to type on...the list goes on and on :)

Re:Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @09:46AM (#11167069)
> I've given up on the NSA not reading my stuff.

This is a scary thought, and I realize I'm increasingly feeling the same way everyday.