Hacker News: hereforphone

New comment by hereforphone in "Tell HN: Vim Has Autocomplete"

hereforphone — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:08:20 +0000

HN is degrading quickly thanks to comments like this. I've used vim for a long time, have worked in high-level engineering positions (lead, principal, similar roles) for decades with huge companies you've no doubt heard of as well as the US government. I've published articles and software going back to the 90s. Based on the content of your comment I think it's likely I was programming in vi(m) before you were born.

I have never read the manual for vim, nor for most software that I use. I'm a "learn by doing" type - optimal methods of learning vary and is subjective. There are plenty of people who because of ADHD or another reason simply don't learn best from manuals.

The vitriol belongs on reddit.

New comment by hereforphone in "RF Spectrum Mapping"

hereforphone — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:49:01 +0000

https://www.gammarf.io is (was?) a ground based version of this for local areas. Bought out by https://www.sensorscape.io but afaik nothing has been done with it

New comment by hereforphone in "RF Spectrum Mapping"

hereforphone — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:48:06 +0000

It doesn't quite work like that.

New comment by hereforphone in "FBI agents accuse CIA of 9/11 coverup"

hereforphone — Sat, 13 May 2023 22:04:24 +0000

Excellent analogy, thanks.

New comment by hereforphone in "FBI agents accuse CIA of 9/11 coverup"

hereforphone — Mon, 08 May 2023 20:51:58 +0000

If you think the CIA is one of the most evil and dangerous organizations on earth, you probably haven't had a lot of exposure to organizations around the world. I'm not saying their mission and means of achieving it is necessarily angelic. I'm saying that there are hundreds or thousands of much more evil organizations in this world.

New comment by hereforphone in "FBI agents accuse CIA of 9/11 coverup"

hereforphone — Mon, 08 May 2023 20:33:52 +0000

I agree. I think my point is not that we should invade for humanitarian reasons, but that I don't feel too bad about the Iraq invasion, given what I've seen.

New comment by hereforphone in "FBI agents accuse CIA of 9/11 coverup"

hereforphone — Mon, 08 May 2023 20:26:08 +0000

There are truths on both sides of the argument IMO. It's not black and white. But it's hard to seriously consider the opinions of those who haven't participated in it in any way (government, contractor, military...) and may not even have been born when these things kicked off. Media is a very biased filter.

New comment by hereforphone in "The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendary hackerspace"

hereforphone — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 17:30:32 +0000

I'd like to post my perception since I was a 90s hacker.

Inclusivity is arbitrary here - no one in the scenes that I was familiar with were excluded because of race or sex - it's just that certain demographics weren't attracted to that 'scene'. Those like me, ADHD, awkward, and not extremely socially capable at the time, were however sometimes excluded. There were still the cool nerds and the lame nerds. I was pretty involved in the scene, being a staff writer of 2600 (several articles published under various handles, my name listed in the cover for a couple of years), and spending some time talking to "famous" people.

Later I grew up, spent 4 years in the military, then used money I earned to finally go to college, graduating eventually with an engineering Master's in my 30s. As I grew up I realized that the whole 90s / early 2000s hacker scene was mostly just a social clique. I learned that many people who were revered had marginal skills. I learned that the paranoia and self-aggrandizement ("The FBI totally monitors #2600 to learn our skills") was really just immaturity. The whole thing eventually seemed lame as I grew into an adult. I realized 2600 was really just a money machine and a manipulative scheme. Phrack went downhill quick, sadly (I also published there).

Still, this was a classic and wonderful time. Even I made friends - some that I talk to now, 20+ years later. I learned a lot. I got started on a tech path that took me very far and into regions of tech I'd never learn about otherwise like radio and telephone. I'm still a hacker, but legally. I don't miss the "scene" at all, but I do wish I was more included in it at the time. As this article illustrates it must have been great.

Erik Prince's $10B Plan to Make Weapons and a Private Army in Ukraine

hereforphone — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:55:14 +0000

Article URL: https://time.com/6076035/erik-prince-ukraine-private-army/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34909335

Points: 3

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New comment by hereforphone in "Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services"

hereforphone — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:29:48 +0000

Beware of Vultr. The product works fine but the customer service is horrible. I had three days of downtime and they got sick of me asking for updates, ignored me, and didn't tell me when the service came back up. I switched back to DO and I'm fine with that again.

New comment by hereforphone in "Ask HN: Self-hosting in 2023: Nextcloud on Linode, or...?"

hereforphone — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 21:00:13 +0000

I ended up going back to Digital Ocean and using a custom FreeBSD cloud image I installed cloud-init on. My experience at vultr was that bad, and DO has always been good to me

New comment by hereforphone in "How much can you get out of a $4 VPS?"

hereforphone — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:59:36 +0000

It's been so long I forgot. Formed by former LoD from what I remember.

New comment by hereforphone in "How much can you get out of a $4 VPS?"

hereforphone — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:26:33 +0000

I just had a huge bad experience at vultr with 3 days of downtime and poor customer service. I tried to elevate it to the CTO but he ignored me.

New comment by hereforphone in "How much can you get out of a $4 VPS?"

hereforphone — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:25:53 +0000

As I said above I had a bad customer service experience with them. I've used a lot of hosting providers and Vultr was the most ghetto-feeling by far. Back to Digital Ocean for me, or if they stop hosting custom images, I'll try and find another

New comment by hereforphone in "How much can you get out of a $4 VPS?"

hereforphone — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:25:12 +0000

I used Johnscompanies, Linode, DigitalOcean, then Vultr. Vultr shocked me by how poor their customer service was, after 3 days of downtime, multiple claims of fixing the issue soon, and not bothering to notify me when it finally was fixed. I didn't experience that at any of my previous hosts.

Ask HN: Looking for a VPS Datacenter in Istanbul

hereforphone — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:08:38 +0000

I am using a Turkish company now and the quality is very poor. Is there a reputable company with a DC in Turkey that exists? I am happy with Vultr for Europe and the US, and Digital Ocean was fine for the US. I’ve been unable to locate anything around Turkey however.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34529833

Points: 3

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New comment by hereforphone in "Ask HN: Self-hosting in 2023: Nextcloud on Linode, or...?"

hereforphone — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:32:10 +0000

They took away FreeBSD VPSs so I left. I'm happy at Vultr now.

New comment by hereforphone in "Ask HN: Self-hosting in 2023: Nextcloud on Linode, or...?"

hereforphone — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:31:48 +0000

I just switched away from Digital Ocean after years of using them. Simply because they stopped providing a FreeBSD image. I now use Vultr and they're fine, except that I have to solve two captchas many times a day (maybe because I'm not in the US).

“True accounts of supernatural encounters had while working in tech”

hereforphone — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 17:44:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.anadolu.tel/techhorror/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34208626

Points: 4

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New comment by hereforphone in "Foreign Affairs at 100: A look back at the first issue"

hereforphone — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:48:51 +0000

Do you believe that the views you perceive as ignorant and contradictory, are objectively ignorant and contradictory? Could there be any bias in your perception?