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by tyoma 3y ago
Seems bad that the cookies are still valid after password rotation. Relatedly, is this another instance of HN serving as de-facto Google tech support/customer service?
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by tyoma 3y ago
While it would be better for people who would live longer and healthier lives, it would not cost less. The reason is the same reason that smokers actually saved the health system money (source: https://www.nejm.org/doi/
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ETW internals for security research and forensics(blog.trailofbits.com)
2 points by tyoma 3y ago|0 comments
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Claude for Google Sheets(docs.anthropic.com)
1 points by tyoma 3y ago|0 comments
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by tyoma 3y ago
I wish the OP a speedy return of their money but this sounds spot on. This is an edge case the Marcus customer support state machine does not handle and it will need the assistance of someone empowered to make Serious Decisions to resolve.
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by tyoma 3y ago
A credit score is determined by your loan totals/history. Every lender needs to assess credit-worthiness in some way, and they resort to the very similar schemes, with minor procedural differences based on cultural factors and historic
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The Curse of Dialup World(allenpike.com)
185 points by tyoma 3y ago|69 comments
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by tyoma 3y ago
If Solar provides up to 90% of CA’s peak capacity, why is electricity here so monstrously expensive? Shouldn’t it be nearly the lowest cost because there is no need to pay for fuel?
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by tyoma 3y ago
This “ac is bad” seems to be a frequent thing, not just on HN but in general. Why the bias against cooling technology? No one seems to complain about the environmental impact of home heating in cold climates.
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by tyoma 3y ago
Re: fitness standard. The federal government already has the bureaucracy for this in say the DCAA ( https://www.dcaa.mil/ ). I would very much like any universities accepting student loans to be audited and publish audited fi
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by tyoma 3y ago
Chicago public school are extremely effective given the population they have to teach: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/upshot/a-bett... The core problem is poverty, not the school sys
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by tyoma 3y ago
The US and Denmark are the two well known jurisdictions with fixed rates for the loan term (typically 30 years in the US). Refinancing happens when rates go down. Yes, this does mean lenders take a lot of interest rate risk. The whole US go
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by tyoma 3y ago
Yes for credit transactions and yes for pinless debit and it was as simple as a phonecall. In the credit instance they called me and pre-emptively issued a new card. I am sorry you had such a terrible experience, but mine has been completel
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by tyoma 3y ago
This is plainly untrue. The US has an absurdly consumer friendly legal environment; you simply say you didn’t do the transaction and your money is immediately refunded; it is up to the payment infra to eat the losses. The reason mag stripe
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by tyoma 3y ago
They have similar laws in the US too, the problem was that cab drivers would never follow them! They are supposed to take you anywhere you need to go, but I was repeatedly refused transit because my ride was too out of the way and one time
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by tyoma 3y ago
The “killer app” (pun intended) for drone delivery was precision delivery of high explosive munitions to their target. Increasingly, they also deliver supplies. At these tasks, they excel and are in so much demand that both sides of the Rus
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by tyoma 3y ago
I think the core issue is that we expect institutions like schools to do multiple, often conflicting tasks. In the US, schools are expected to: * Provide instruction to the median student. * Provide support services to those with learning o
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by tyoma 3y ago
I never got this either. Residents, from my understanding, are paid poorly. Hospitals charge immense amounts of money. Surely they can squeeze a few residents in there without begging the government for money.
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by tyoma 3y ago
This past summer one of the Trail of Bits interns worked on a project to test BPF programs from userspace, independent of kernel version: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/01/19/ebpf-verifier-harnes... It is
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by tyoma 3y ago
It will absolutely get their attention and get your issue in front of a real person who will have the organizational power to fix it. A cheaper way to do the same thing is to fedex a business letter written in formal english, citing dates a
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by tyoma 3y ago
This is considerably more fair than charging some tenants 100% of a months rent (if they don’t know their rights) and others 0% (if they do). Also the fact the money is gone is stated upfront and agreed to by both parties.
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by tyoma 3y ago
Refusing to return security deposits is absolutely a low income landlord strategy. It was so endemic in Chicago that it was standard practice to withhold last month’s rent and send the landlord a letter saying to take the security deposit a
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by tyoma 3y ago
This used to be true only in the most technical sense, partly because sciences/engineering degrees were still permitted during the cultural revolution —- it was the only option. The newer generation of leaders is mostly lawyers and eco
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by tyoma 3y ago
I once lived next to a woman who did this as her side hustle. She once did pretty much all of a master’s degree for a wealthy middle eastern student, but her clients included plenty of US-raised students as well. This is far from a US-only
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by tyoma 4y ago
Also there is no law preventing publicly funded ambulances. The reason they do not exist in some places is because voters (and this is local voters, as police/fire funding is very local) have chosen not to raise taxes to pay for it .
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by tyoma 4y ago
The tax table only focuses on income tax, but the UK derives a substantial portion of its national budget from VAT, which the US lacks (yes, I know about sales tax — not the same in rates or effect). This does not consider costs. Example:
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by tyoma 4y ago
Thank you! Reading WFH threads always contradicts my lived experience. I am happy to hear that someone else has the same problem and I am not alone.
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by tyoma 4y ago
I’ve worked at an open office and its nothing alike, at least with young kids. There’s screaming and crying, if your help is needed, it needs to be right now , kids wont take no for an answer, etc. When I was in an open office, people gene
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by tyoma 4y ago
I do. But not like its sound proof. And sometimes your partner just needs help. And other times your kids stop by and ask for something. You can say you’re “at work” as much as you want, but you’re still at home. And yes, I am sure once eve
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by tyoma 4y ago
I’ve also been working from home and very glad to have been there for my kids when they are young, but highly productive are not two words I’d use to describe the experience. I guess my time management and prioritization skill have improv

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