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New comment by gfisher in "A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center"

gfisher — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:08:53 +0000

But that is how deed restrictions are enforced. If you didn't have that mechanism, then they would just not exist upon death, etc.

New comment by gfisher in "Seven.zip"

gfisher — Thu, 18 May 2023 13:16:02 +0000

Thank you for posting this - I couldn't figure out the intent of the initial post without this comment.

New comment by gfisher in "Ask HN: How are you a good dad to your kids?"

gfisher — Tue, 16 May 2023 19:33:15 +0000

I'm there for my kids, and I am consistent. Consistency is something that I felt I never had from my dad, and it's so important to just do what you promise. Kids have good days and bad - they're volatile as they are growing. You just have to be the ever-present dad.

New comment by gfisher in "Ask HN: How do you manage AWS root MFA in a remote work environment?"

gfisher — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 04:05:53 +0000

I hadn't considered outside council. That's a good idea. The issue with everybody being remote is that our corporate safe is difficult to get into (we are on a two-key system), but an outside entity is worth looking into.

New comment by gfisher in "Ask HN: How do you manage AWS root MFA in a remote work environment?"

gfisher — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 04:03:12 +0000

That's an interesting idea, thanks. And I agree- we do not use the root accounts for anything. I'm much more concerned about the bus factor with physical key access.

New comment by gfisher in "Ask HN: How do you manage AWS root MFA in a remote work environment?"

gfisher — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 04:01:39 +0000

Yes, you are totally correct. We don't use our root account now, and we keep our our corporate Yubikeys in a safe with a 2-key access lock. The issue is that fewer and fewer people have access to the safe due to geography. I'm worried about our in-city bus factor.

Ask HN: How do you manage AWS root MFA in a remote work environment?

gfisher — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:14:04 +0000

As offices are going more and more remote, how do you handle your AWS root 2 Factor credentials? We have typically used physical hardware keys that we store in a safe, but with employees leaving the city and the state, we are running low on in-city employees.

Is there a smart solution for multi factor authentication that can be shared between people who are remote?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32956511

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New comment by gfisher in "How H-E-B planned for the pandemic"

gfisher — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:04:47 +0000

What's even more interesting to me is that HEB has a chief medical officer on staff at all times as well.

New comment by gfisher in "Amazon Employees Pledge to Walk Out as Part of Global Climate Strike"

gfisher — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:39:19 +0000

I disagree. If everybody held the opinion that their actions wouldn't amount to anything, nothing would ever change. Climate change is the single largest event that will occur in our lifetimes, and we all need to help pitch in to stop the raise in global temperatures.

New comment by gfisher in "The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet"

gfisher — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:08:35 +0000

On the Reddit post this originated from [0], it says that the motivation from the ex-employee was "help us identifying wifi problems and tracking users in the area around the Managers office". Makes me wonder if it was malicious or just stupidity.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9xveq5/rogue_rasp...

New comment by gfisher in "Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?"

gfisher — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:39:54 +0000

I have really enjoyed reading peoples recommendations on what they have learned and how they have grown, this post on "What has the past 12 months taught you?" is really interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17316120

New comment by gfisher in "Do or undo – there is no VACUUM"

gfisher — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:23:44 +0000

I agree - I know that my organization would see an increase in performance, as 90%+ of our transactions are committed. I am excited to see this in action.

New comment by gfisher in "How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money"

gfisher — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:41:20 +0000

Having been taken for a lot of money by contractors in the past, getting the local DA to issue criminal complaints are near impossible. Recently had a GC on a job fake receipts, fake bank statements, everything you could think of to steal money from us. In the end, the DA wouldn't make it a criminal case, said it was just a civil matter.

New comment by gfisher in "Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid, scientists say"

gfisher — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 01:20:07 +0000

A lot of the power that a fridge consumes is related to the defrost of coils. I don't care when my fridge heats up the coils, so that would be an easy load shift for a fridge that would not change the interior temp one bit.

New comment by gfisher in "Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher than actual consumption"

gfisher — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 21:30:59 +0000

I know that where I live, if the power factor is below .4, the meters can't accurately record the consumption. Kind of rare, but it does happen.

New comment by gfisher in "Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher than actual consumption"

gfisher — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 21:27:19 +0000

Yeah, you are right. I think what they were trying to say is that the transformers are fed on the high side by one of three phases (as is typical), and that the residential step-down is a split phase 120/240.

New comment by gfisher in "Foster father takes in only terminally ill children"

gfisher — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:52:02 +0000

I wish it were that easy. I am an ex-foster parent, and the thought of losing my children when I had them as foster children tore me up. It takes months and months of waiting, courts, CPS visits, parent visits; and, all the while, you (the parent) are living in a limbo. Should you plan the Christmas vacation for 3 people or 4? Should you buy birthday gifts a few months out if a gift is on sale? Every single one of the families in my foster placing agency felt the same way.

I am sorry, but your statement just doesn't hold true at all. I think that when people report facts like those, it makes it that much harder for foster parents, and for the system to recruit parents and volunteers.

New comment by gfisher in "How a group of neighbors created their own Internet service"

gfisher — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:38:13 +0000

I think that you forget that most of the people on Orcas are retired, and don't have the same fears that we have regarding snooping of data. My parents retired to Orcas over a decade ago, and all of their neighbors are 60+. Also, their internet habits are very different than my household - they check emails once per day, and that is really it.

New comment by gfisher in "More Range in Chevy's Volt Means You Hardly Ever Need Gas"

gfisher — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:00:58 +0000

I have had a Volt since 2012, and typically fill it up about once every 4 months.

New comment by gfisher in "Ask HN: How do you get good domain names?"

gfisher — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:03:11 +0000

The one interesting example when I think about domains is Nissan.com. Nissan (the auto manufacturer) was unable to secure nissan.com, but it really hasn't hurt them in terms of searches. Of course, if people go to Nissan.com directly, that doesn't work for them, but it is interesting nonetheless.

Having said that, I do personally find a domain first before any type of branding or naming.