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New comment by mtwshngtn in "A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”"

mtwshngtn — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:31:31 +0000

Counterpoint, Kagi is profitable and it achieved that milestone solely via user subscriptions, so its incentives are aligned with users, and not advertisers.

And I've found it so good that I haven't used Google, except by accident, in the past 18 months.

New comment by mtwshngtn in "Awakening Bell"

mtwshngtn — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:42:48 +0000

find a carillon[0] near you[1]!

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillon

[1]: http://towerbells.org/

New comment by mtwshngtn in "IMG_0416"

mtwshngtn — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:50:14 +0000

If you remember the account details to log in to the account which uploaded that video, you can go to https://studio.youtube.com, click "Content", and under the 3-dot menu for each video you can click "Download" to get Youtube's copy of your video.

Hoping that helps. Otherwise, you might try something like https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.

New comment by mtwshngtn in "A road safety plan that will lead to cars communicating with each other"

mtwshngtn — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:02:33 +0000

Drivers need to do a better job following the conventions and laws of the road. The number of times that a driver has merged into my bike lane to make a right hand turn without checking over their shoulder (or merging into me on purpose, if they're in a killing mood) is (metaphorically) uncountable. And no, only checking your mirror doesn't count! You reduce your blind spot if you actually turn your head, which is why you have to turn your head in your driver's license exam!

I have been pushed off the road by a Tesla merging into a right turn lane -- a vehicle with a million sensors that should have been screaming at its driver. My friend, who was on a bicycle and following the conventions and laws of the road, was killed by a driver making a right hand turn.

Many states (in the US) have minimum safe passing distances required for drivers to adhere to when passing a bicycle. Maybe 90% of the time (anecdotally, in very liberal-leaning, bike-heavy areas of the Bay Area in California!) they don't. And so in return, we take the lane (as we are permitted to do, by law), and pissed-off motorists try to kill us.

New comment by mtwshngtn in "Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US"

mtwshngtn — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 06:15:06 +0000

To be fair, you're comparing the amount of CO2 "produced" by the electricity generation of 1 kWh but your 2.37kg figure of CO2 from gasoline does not include CO2 generated from production of the gasoline in the first place, which would be necessary to do an apples-to-apples comparison (of just the "energy source generation/consumption" CO2) [0]

[0]: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/fi...

Terraform Linux repositories GPG key mismatch

mtwshngtn — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:19:33 +0000

I was trying to install Terraform on Ubuntu with the official instructions [0].

When trying to verify Hashicorp's GPG signing key I see this command

  gpg --no-default-keyring \
      --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg \
      --fingerprint

should have the expected output of

  /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
  -------------------------------------------------
  pub   rsa4096 2020-05-07 [SC]
        E8A0 32E0 94D8 EB4E A189  D270 DA41 8C88 A321 9F7B
  uid           [ unknown] HashiCorp Security (HashiCorp Package Signing) 
  sub   rsa4096 2020-05-07 [E]

as of the posting of this question. This also matches Hashicorp's Security page [1] under the heading Linux Package Checksum Verification.

However, I see a new key created 2023-01-10 instead:

  /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
  -------------------------------------------------
  pub   rsa4096 2023-01-10 [SC] [expires: 2028-01-09]
        798A EC65 4E5C 1542 8C8E  42EE AA16 FCBC A621 E701
  uid           [ unknown] HashiCorp Security (HashiCorp Package Signing) 
  sub   rsa4096 2023-01-10 [S] [expires: 2028-01-09]

Am I correct in not trusting this key, as until Hashicorp fixes their documentation, this could be a compromised key? I assume it's related to their response to the CircleCI incident [2] but considering that their response links to their security page...don't they need to update their documentation to reflect the rotated key?

[0]: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/docker-get-started/install-cli [1]: https://www.hashicorp.com/security [2]: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-01-hashicorp-response-to-circleci-security-alert/48842/2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34493575

Points: 5

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New comment by mtwshngtn in "Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)"

mtwshngtn — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:59:13 +0000

can you not just click 'subscriptions' in the left sidebar on the homepage? Or direct?: https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions

New comment by mtwshngtn in "WeWork’s once robust cash reserves have dwindled, raising chances of default"

mtwshngtn — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 21:02:51 +0000

Charles Schwab Pledged Asset Line [0]? equities as collateral, gain a line of credit.

Fidelity Fully Paid Lending Program [1]? not quite what you're looking for, but still generate cashflow from owned equities.

[0]: https://www.schwab.com/pledged-asset-line [1]: https://www.fidelity.com/trading/fully-paid-lending

Disclaimer: i am not a fiduciary, nor a financial professional. this is not financial advice.

New comment by mtwshngtn in "The first minute of every phone call is torture now"

mtwshngtn — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:29:28 +0000

default android feature as well [0]

[0]: https://support.google.com/android/answer/9069335?hl=en#zipp...

New comment by mtwshngtn in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)"

mtwshngtn — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:02:30 +0000

Loft Orbital | San Francisco, Denver, Toulouse, Remote (US, EU, CA) | Full-time | Backend Software Engineers, Flight Software Engineers, Embedded Software Engineers, FPGA, Electrical & more | https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

Loft Orbital deploys space infrastructure as a service, providing rapid, reliable, and simplified access to space. We have two satellites currently in orbit, with many more slated to launch in the next couple of years. With satellite buses in inventory and quarterly launches booked, we deliver customer missions to space in months, not years. We shield our customers from the complexity of a space mission by handling the mission as a service.

Come help develop satellite ground software (mission control software! exciting!), satellite flight software, or payload software! Build the space and ground segments of what is truly an industry-first space-infrastructure-as-a-service offering.

We love: Python, GraphQL, Kubernetes, gRPC, Django, Cue, C++, Rust, Linux, device driver writers, firmware authors, ARM / RISC-V / PowerPC / LEON folks, kernel contributors, & people who want to simplify the complex problem that is space infrastructure. Prior space experience helpful but not necessary!

We are: $140 million Series B led by BlackRock, a space startup with proven flight heritage, thoughtful, experienced, friendly, eager, and driven.

We have: other open roles if you've got something else in mind--Electrical Test Engineer, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Satellite Program Manager, Senior Systems Engineer, and more!

Backend Software Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/f333f930-26b5-4655-85a0-a2...

Flight Software Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/aea3de6e-31df-458a-b6f4-ee...

Embedded Software Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/8bd76b7c-0b66-477b-ab22-23...

Firmware Engineer (FPGA, SoC, VHDL): https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/13f43952-c031-4225-892d-cb...

All job openings: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

More information: https://www.loftorbital.com/whatwedo

New comment by mtwshngtn in "I help seniors with technology issues"

mtwshngtn — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:44:36 +0000

Spotlight indexing (for Spotlight search: ⌘+Space). In System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy, you can add folders or disks to prevent Spotlight from indexing them.

New comment by mtwshngtn in "Show HN: I built a site that lets users find playlists by songs they contain"

mtwshngtn — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:40:41 +0000

Melodic contours might help you[0]--you only need to remember if the tune goes up or down.

[0]: https://www.musipedia.org/melodic_contour.html

New comment by mtwshngtn in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2022)"

mtwshngtn — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:53:32 +0000

Loft Orbital | San Francisco, Denver, Toulouse, Remote (US, EU, CA) | Full-time | Flight Software Engineers, Embedded Software Engineers, FPGA, Electrical & more | https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

Come help develop satellite flight software and payload software! Build the space segment of what is truly an industry-first space-infrastructure-as-a-service offering.

We love: C++, Rust, Linux, device driver writers, firmware authors, ARM / RISC-V / PowerPC / LEON folks, kernel contributors, & people who want to simplify the complex problem that is space infrastructure. Prior space experience helpful but not necessary!

We are: $140 million Series B led by BlackRock, a space startup with proven flight heritage, thoughtful, experienced, friendly, eager, and driven.

We have: other open roles if you've got something else in mind--Electrical Test Engineer, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Satellite Program Manager, Senior Systems Engineer, and more!

Flight Software Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/aea3de6e-31df-458a-b6f4-ee...

Embedded Software Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/8bd76b7c-0b66-477b-ab22-23...

Firmware Engineer (FPGA): https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/13f43952-c031-4225-892d-cb...

All job openings: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

More information: https://www.loftorbital.com/whatwedo

New comment by mtwshngtn in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)"

mtwshngtn — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:56:42 +0000

Loft Orbital | San Francisco, Denver, Toulouse, Remote (US, EU, CA) | Full-time | Backend Software Engineers & more | https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

Come help develop Cockpit, our innovative mission control system which enables us to automate all aspects of satellite operations, end to end.

We love: Python, GraphQL, Kubernetes, gRPC, Django, Cue, C++, people who want to simplify the complex problem that is space infrastructure. Prior space experience helpful but not necessary!

We are: $140 million Series B led by BlackRock, a space startup with proven flight heritage, thoughtful, experienced, friendly, eager, and driven.

We have: other open roles if you've got something else in mind--Data Engineer, DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer, DevSecOps Engineer, Machine Learning Developer (flight software), Flight Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineers, Electrical Engineers, and more!

Backend Software Engineer (early career): https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/31cde3d8-4950-4edd-862c-e9...

Backend Software Engineer (senior): https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/edd1c443-7b48-49b4-a5bf-f0...

All job openings: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

More information: https://www.loftorbital.com/whatwedo

New comment by mtwshngtn in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)"

mtwshngtn — Fri, 06 May 2022 03:47:54 +0000

Loft Orbital | San Francisco, Denver, Toulouse, Remote (US, EU, CA) | Full-time | Backend Software Engineers & more | https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

Come help develop Cockpit, our innovative mission control system which enables us to automate satellite operations, from a desire for data to data delivery, end to end.

We love: Python, GraphQL, Kubernetes, gRPC, Django, Cue, C++, people who want to simplify the complex problem that is space infrastructure. Prior space experience helpful but not necessary!

We are: $140 million Series B led by BlackRock, a space startup with proven flight heritage, thoughtful, experienced, friendly, eager, and driven.

Backend Software Engineer (early career): https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/31cde3d8-4950-4edd-862c-e9...

Backend Software Engineer (senior): https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/edd1c443-7b48-49b4-a5bf-f0...

Software Integration Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/fce0e0a4-e22c-4257-b2a1-84...

All job openings: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital?lever-via=sSO6TBtCCG

More information: https://www.loftorbital.com/whatwedo

New comment by mtwshngtn in "How we’ve built the World’s Most Experienced Urban Driver"

mtwshngtn — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 21:37:03 +0000

Was it a Jaguar you saw? because those vehicles are electric.

Cheap Computers for Remote Learning

mtwshngtn — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 22:50:00 +0000

Article URL: https://albatrossian.xyz/letter/2020/08/01/covid-computing.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24024606

Points: 1

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New comment by mtwshngtn in "The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers"

mtwshngtn — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:22:36 +0000

We pay $50/mo for (up to) 10 Mb/s down, 1 Mb/s up (that's megabits, so just over 1 MB/s down, and 0.125 MB/s up). Our only alternative is bundled service from Comcast that's $130/mo not including fees (at up to 300 Mb/s, with a 1TB data cap).

New comment by mtwshngtn in "To Remember Everything You Learn, Surrender to This Algorithm (2008)"

mtwshngtn — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 17:30:48 +0000

Play very slowly through the piece at least a couple times every time you practice. So slowly that it's hard to discern what piece is being played.

Repeat the same process when you have your piece memorized. Then play your piece from memory but hands alone. You will build up the muscle memory required to keep the piece in your fingers, rather than your head.

Microsoft Edge bug changes text in printed print-to-PDFs

mtwshngtn — Wed, 10 May 2017 20:25:11 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/microsoft-advises-use-of-xerox-copiers-to-mitigate-major-edge-bug/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14311321

Points: 3

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