anilv

4 ms·

1.
by anilv 4y ago
I work at Meter. It does happen to older models as well with an updated MacOS but not as acutely as with M1/M2 Macs.
2.
by anilv 4y ago
We have updated our post to make it easy to see the full source of the script involved, and we welcome PRs at https://github.com/meterup/awdl_wifi_scripts . We provide the curl command out of convenience, but we underst
3.
by anilv 4y ago
There unfortunately is not a way to disable awdl in the UI apart from disabling bluetooth as well, which most don’t want. An increasing number of Apple services leverage awdl[1], and it’s unlikely they envision anyone wanting to turn it off
4.
by anilv 4y ago
A previous commenter had this replicated live a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31706738 – in the video you can see how it’s triggered.
5.
by anilv 4y ago
Yes, it does impact iOS and iPadOS too.
6.
by anilv 4y ago
We discovered that this very same, oddly specific advice was given in many places for gaming, like in Google Stadia’s troubleshooting page : https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/9595943?hl=en#zippy...
7.
by anilv 4y ago
This is a good point, we’ll make sure to update the post to note that the advice is no longer needed once Apple fixes things on their end. The script will get killed with a simple restart, so the odds of this hanging around are low. For com
8.
by anilv 4y ago
I work at Meter. We’ve seen this repeatedly across different types of spaces and have had teams spend similar amounts of time to get to know what’s going on underneath.
9.
by anilv 8y ago
Yes, I have a solution for this. Email in profile.
10.
by anilv 14y ago
Balanced is awesome. Really helpful people!
11.
by anilv 15y ago
Thank you!
12.
by anilv 15y ago
Yep, that's what I ended up doing a few minutes after reading your comment. Was an oversight by me originally. Thanks again. Try it out now and let me know. Just Read access now, as I put up in the update.
13.
by anilv 15y ago
Yep, a regular login is planned. Also looking into adding in browser calls. Just wanted to get it out of the door quick.
14.
by anilv 15y ago
Read is the bare minimum. I requested write so that people that are helping can send out a tweet from the form to let their followers know that they are taking calls about a certain topic. It doesn't tweet without the user's consent. edit:
15.
by anilv 15y ago
Thanks! I ended up using http://faye.jcoglan.com/ Highly recommend it.
16.
by anilv 15y ago
I was checking out Twilio and wanted to do a weekend project. So I built helplin.com It basically connects a person who needs help with a person who can help on a particular topic. So people that want help with setting up something, progra
17.
Show HN: my weekend project, Helplin. Instant Hotline.(helplin.com)
27 points by anilv 15y ago|11 comments
18.
by anilv 15y ago
For anyone looking for an alternative, I've been using https://venmo.com/ with good success. They have been around for a while.