Hacker News: SpacemanSpiff

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Discover the world of microcontrollers through Rust"

SpacemanSpiff — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 21:29:11 +0000

Hey, any chance your hardware developer friend could spare a few minutes to talk about his/her work? I'm a freelance hardware+software developer and there's not many of us out there it seems. It would be great to get some feedback on some long-term business goals. You can reach me at contact5m4t@peakdata.io Thanks!

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Show HN: Nim in Action"

SpacemanSpiff — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 04:18:36 +0000

I just ordered my book. Here's a 37% off discount code: fccpicheta courtesey of /r/nim and /u/psychotic_primes

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used?"

SpacemanSpiff — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:14:07 +0000

HP 32SII scientific calculator. I had one in high school (not sure what happened to it), recently picked one up on ebay and haven't regretted it!

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac"

SpacemanSpiff — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 22:11:00 +0000

I've recently started using Syncthing to synchronize files between different machines. I'm super impressed at the quality of the application, its stability, and the documentation. Syncthing is written in go and open source. https://syncthing.net/

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "An account of a serious medical emergency on a transoceanic flight"

SpacemanSpiff — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 03:07:47 +0000

This article was linked on HN last fall I believe: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/airplane-maintenance-... Basically the airlines are outsourcing maintenance to places like El Salvador, Mexico, and China. The FAA has very little capacity for providing the same level of oversight previously conducted in US-based maintenance facilities. Scary.

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "The “Internet of Things” Needs a Fix"

SpacemanSpiff — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 22:27:56 +0000

wow, with all due respect, to me this vision of the future sounds horrifying. My refrigerator on Facebook? No thank you.

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "The U.S. has ‘worst elections of any long-established democracy,’ report finds"

SpacemanSpiff — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 16:36:11 +0000

About Mises

The Mises Institute, founded in 1982, teaches the scholarship of Austrian economics, freedom, and peace. The liberal intellectual tradition of Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) guides us. Accordingly, we seek a profound and radical shift in the intellectual climate: away from statism and toward a private property order. We encourage critical historical research, and stand against political correctness. The institute serves students, academics, business leaders, and anyone seeking better understanding of the Austrian school of economics and libertarian political theory.

EDIT: Source: https://mises.org/about-mises They are based here: 518 West Magnolia Avenue Auburn, Alabama 36832-4501

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Scientist Engineers Bacterium That Inhales CO2, Produces Energy"

SpacemanSpiff — Mon, 30 May 2016 16:54:57 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9yruQM1ggc

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Why Erlang Matters"

SpacemanSpiff — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 09:24:44 +0000

Hi, I'm quite new to the community myself, so I don't have any established contacts to share at the moment. I recommend checking here: http://www.meetup.com/Elixir-Berlin/ This company also has an office in Berlin now: https://www.erlang-solutions.com/contact.html

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Why Erlang Matters"

SpacemanSpiff — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:11:27 +0000

Embedded systems programmer here. I'm learning Elixir and am very excited about the nerves project: http://nerves-project.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpzQrFC55q4 Edit: There also seems to be a good Elixir/Erlang community here in Berlin Germany where I live at the moment.

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Hacker Monthly Shuts Down"

SpacemanSpiff — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 11:36:29 +0000

I've been a print subscriber since May 2011 and I just wanted to say that my monthly issue of Hacker Monthly has consistently been a wonderful experience. The articles, the art, everything was very enjoyable. Thanks so much for having offered this service!

Ask HN: Financial startup asks for private info via email. Where do I complain?

SpacemanSpiff — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:30:55 +0000

I've been using the services of TransferWise (http://transferwise.com) to send money to Europe from the US. Their service has work out really well so far, but I'm worried about their approach to obtaining additional information for their fraud detection/customer verification service.

Recently after initiating a transfer, I was asked via email for "... a screenshot from online banking, a bank statement or a check showing both names of the account holders" and "... a screenshot from your online banking or a payslip, we would need to see your bank account number, the date, amount and TransferWise as the recipient...". All of this via email!

When I responded to their customer support with my concerns about the safety of supplying banking information such as statements and account numbers by email my concerns were ignored. I don't think that I need to explain to anyone here how dangerous it is to ask for this kind of information by email, and how this sets up expectations from your customers which could be easy exploited by Phishers.

So my question is, where is the best place to complain? It looks like they are registered in the UK: https://transferwise.com/terms-of-use-us Is it illegal for a financial institution to ask for their customer's financial information by email?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10235215

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "FAA records detail hundreds of close calls between airplanes and drones"

SpacemanSpiff — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:17:04 +0000

I totally agree. It seems birds are not dumb enough to do this: https://youtu.be/F4ml61jI5ow?t=207 (at 3:42)

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "FAA records detail hundreds of close calls between airplanes and drones"

SpacemanSpiff — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:33:43 +0000

This is simply not true in my experience. I have personally seen birds perform significant aerial maneuvers to avoid collision with my aircraft, going very close to 130MPH. By the time I see the bird it is often in a very steep dive, the bird saw my plane long before I saw the bird.

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "FAA records detail hundreds of close calls between airplanes and drones"

SpacemanSpiff — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:30:17 +0000

Birds are very different from drones in the sense that birds often practice active collision avoidance, at least in the case of encounters with a small aircraft. I have often seen birds take evasive maneuvers when a collision is imminent, much more quickly than I could have as the pilot of the aircraft. Drones at this point have no sense of self preservation when faced with a collision with an aircraft and are therefore in my opinion much more dangerous.

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Watch me layout a 4-layer gyro+accelerometer+AVR sensor circuit board"

SpacemanSpiff — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:30:43 +0000

The accelerometer/gyroscope IC I am using is this one: http://www.murata.com/en-global/products/sensor/gyro/scc2000

It is an avionics-grade 3-axis accelerometer + Z axis gyro.

Watch me layout a 4-layer gyro+accelerometer+AVR sensor circuit board

SpacemanSpiff — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:01:12 +0000

Article URL: https://livestream.com/accounts/14573229/events/4246946

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10011156

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Rent my private airport for your hardware startup"

SpacemanSpiff — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 01:29:37 +0000

We're thinking approximately $2500/month for basic use of the hangar and house. Please contact me directly for more details.

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Rent my private airport for your hardware startup"

SpacemanSpiff — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 01:00:40 +0000

The Paradise Valley generally receives less snow than other places in Montana. My wife and I drive a Prius year round and typically a grocery store trip is ~40 minutes round trip. We're able to take the Prius on 95% of our winter drives. This last winter was quite warm, we were flying kites outside over Thanksgiving with our extended family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Valley_%28Montana%29

Some photos of the harsh winter conditions experienced here :)

http://imgur.com/OwmFVok http://imgur.com/CcnJjFV http://imgur.com/I3pfkxO

New comment by SpacemanSpiff in "Rent my private airport for your hardware startup"

SpacemanSpiff — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:57:05 +0000

Hello, thanks for your feedback. I posted this because I feel like it is a very unique space/opportunity and is in the spirit of fostering startup progress. I guess many Show HN posts could be considered to be an advertisement. Usually it is an advertisement for an individual's skills or awesome ability. In this case, my wife's and my awesome ability is restoring a run-down airport facility and trying to make it into something more modern. A lot of hard work has gone into this space and I believe that this opportunity is a reflection of our hard work, just like a lot of the software projects out there. I apologize if you feel like my intent is too commercial for the subject line chosen.