Hacker News: itsnot2020

New comment by itsnot2020 in "If you use Carta to manage your cap table, they will spam all your investors"

itsnot2020 — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 03:20:36 +0000

Well I haven't received any spam from Carta so possibly they're only spamming celebrity investors...

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Robinhood is said to draw on bank credit lines amid tumult"

itsnot2020 — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:48:29 +0000

Citadel Securities LLC (market maker) has a relationship with Robinhood, Citadel LLC (hedge fund) the one with the short doesn't. Read into this what you want.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from being developed"

itsnot2020 — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:41:05 +0000

Historically no it's not, my parents still have a lot of IKEA furniture bought in the 1970s made of real wood which gets used every day.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from being developed"

itsnot2020 — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:39:29 +0000

It did used to last a lifetime though, my parents bought some items in the 1970s which they still use today (stools, shelves and the odd table), it still looks good as well.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol"

itsnot2020 — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:31:03 +0000

There are a few CCC talks of interest around this:

https://media.ccc.de/v/ARMP3D https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-11406-spot_the_surveillance

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce"

itsnot2020 — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:08:15 +0000

I'm very happy with Tresorit - https://tresorit.com

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Visa and Plaid Abandon Merger After Antitrust Division’s Suit to Block"

itsnot2020 — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:46:29 +0000

Well as both a Visa card user and Plaid customer I suppose I'm happy about this!

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Azlo Is Closing Down"

itsnot2020 — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:13:21 +0000

I have business accounts with Chase, SVB and Mercury and Mercury is definitely the best experience for what I need. I'm sure you could outgrow its services pretty easily but for now it's perfect.

Plus I like all these challengers snapping at the incumbents, have you seen the SVB app and website, even Chase put them to shame.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Azlo Is Closing Down"

itsnot2020 — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:16:15 +0000

I've been very happy with Mercury, possibly the most basic of offerings here compared to all the others but I haven't had any issues and they're constantly improving.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Poll: Switching from WhatsApp"

itsnot2020 — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:07:38 +0000

You're right, I must have activated that toggle years ago and forgotten about it. Yes the SMS fallback could be painful if you're not paying attention.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Poll: Switching from WhatsApp"

itsnot2020 — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:20:08 +0000

The reason I originally signed-up to WhatsApp was because of spending more and more time in Brazil and realising how ingrained in society it is. Even though a lot of my friends and family there have iPhones, none use iMessage.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app"

itsnot2020 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:25:08 +0000

Out of interest, what do you use instead?

New comment by itsnot2020 in "What I Use Instead of Google"

itsnot2020 — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:25:47 +0000

Well their offering is much simpler than that of AWS, Azure or GCP. I've been using them for over 5 years now without any issues, it's often the case that you get what you pay for but Linode do a very good job for their price point (yes they've had their issues but so have Gandi, Digital Ocean, ... any other competitor).

New comment by itsnot2020 in "81k UK-owned .eu domains suspended as Brexit transition ends"

itsnot2020 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:58:03 +0000

https://hover.com offers telephone support though it's not 24 hours, always been helpful though.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "5M+ Wordpress sites use “Classic Editor” plugin"

itsnot2020 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:50:41 +0000

Of all the Wordress sites I help manage, some pre 'Gutenberg' and the rest post 'Gutenberg' only 2 are using Gutenberg, the rest have either stuck with or gone back to the Classic editor. For most users it's just too confusing.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles"

itsnot2020 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:00:29 +0000

Love the clean look, certainly a break from LinkedIn.

Some minor feedback, it's strange that all the external links in your CV have an arrow next to them apart from the one at the very top of the page under your name [0] where you link to your website.

[0] - https://read.cv/andy

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Working from Bed"

itsnot2020 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:11:27 +0000

I've worked from home pretty much my entire career (over 20 years now, and am fortunate to have a dedicated office) and the last thing I ever want to do is work from bed.

I need some distance between my bedroom and office both physically and mentally.

New comment by itsnot2020 in "The CIA Rebrands with a New Website"

itsnot2020 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:45:49 +0000

Have a read through the section 508 guidelines [0] from the US government, they link off to a couple of good sites detailing what the text should be.

[0] - https://www.section508.gov/content/guide-accessible-web-desi...

New comment by itsnot2020 in "The CIA Rebrands with a New Website"

itsnot2020 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:41:01 +0000

Similar to what Facebook does automatically [0] which was easily visible with an outage they had in 2019 [1].

[0] - https://research.fb.com/videos/automatic-alt-text-for-photos...

[1] - https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/3/20681231/facebook-outage-i...

New comment by itsnot2020 in "Ask HN: How do I get people to find my pre-launch landing page?"

itsnot2020 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:44:16 +0000

I'm been working on the same problem, it's a hard grind though when you're starting from zero.

I've started to get some traction though with constant tweaking of my landing page. Unfortunately unless you get some third-party recommendation you'll most likely have to pay for it at least for now.