Hacker News: newhotelowner

New comment by newhotelowner in "Visa, Mastercard, major banks facing new litigation over 'anticompetitive' fees"

newhotelowner — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:45:31 +0000

2 years ago, you needed Indian number to use UPI.

Took me 2 visit to fully setup. First visit to India, they are like I need a debit card. I hate debit cards, but I got it. Which got delivered to my US address. When I got there, they are like I need Indian number and I have to do KYC to update. 3rd visit, I got everything working. At that point, they also let you use US number. But I wouldn't recommend US number as roaming is expensive if you have ATT.

You also have to disable developer mode and can't root the device.

New comment by newhotelowner in "Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech"

newhotelowner — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:22:55 +0000

Where can I get text to speech audio easily?

New comment by newhotelowner in "US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut"

newhotelowner — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:54:35 +0000

All these cable/internet service companies are incompetent as it gets.

I am paying, $1000, $1800 & $1900 for the same service at 3 different location (20 mins from each other).

Two locations, I also have old coax lines that are still active, but not paying for it.

When I bought two businesses, I learned that they were paying for a dedicated fiber but using coax service.

At one of the location, we had fiber, and paying for backup coax and wireless. But if you turn off fiber box, it wont fail over to either one.

I wouldn't surprise it was down for weeks and no one bothered about it.

New comment by newhotelowner in "Show HN: Hacking a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device"

newhotelowner — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:02:29 +0000

How do you check sms/OTP/text using web interface on your laptop?

New comment by newhotelowner in "Waymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun""

newhotelowner — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:45:27 +0000

I have an option not to use Waymo. I don't have an option not to get screwed by Flock.

New comment by newhotelowner in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

newhotelowner — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:42:58 +0000

Almost all new hotel/hospital TVs have access to the internet, and more than half are LG TVs, and other half are Samsung.

New comment by newhotelowner in "France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026"

newhotelowner — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:33:31 +0000

Previous admin allocated a good chunk to upgrade to fiber network. Provider can claim 25% of installation cost. Frontier has been using it. I heard it's about to run out.

Their workers were staying at my hotel, and putting fiber in my community. It was fascinating how frontier practically hires contractor to lay down pipes, and another contractor to pull the fiber, and another contractor to splice it and another contractor to run fiber to the house, and another contractor to come and install in the house.

New comment by newhotelowner in "Delta"

newhotelowner — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:45:03 +0000

It mostly looks good on Mac!

New comment by newhotelowner in "People who grew up with high economic connectedness earn more"

newhotelowner — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:11:52 +0000

Hard working helps but not enough. Connection helps more. At least in my career.

I couldn't get a job after graduation (post dot com bust). I started master, and in one of the class, I did the group project myself. One of the member of the group project was manager who got me the interview at her company and hired me.

New comment by newhotelowner in "Turning a Dumb AC Unit Smart (Without Losing My Security Deposit)"

newhotelowner — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:10:40 +0000

30 years old PTAC has wired thermostat terminals. But I dolike OPs solution.

New comment by newhotelowner in "Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop"

newhotelowner — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:27:25 +0000

And it works in the browser. https://web.localsend.org/

From windows to android to iOS.

New comment by newhotelowner in "US Job Market Visualizer"

newhotelowner — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:08:59 +0000

Their data may not be the latest but isn't it's more reliable. I used to participate in the BLS, and this numbers are submitted by employer every two weeks.

No one can predict everything perfectly. This is just the guidance based on the data that was reported. AI is advancing faster than anyone can imagine and no one knows the impact - good or bad.

New comment by newhotelowner in "Pretty soon, heat pumps will be able to store and distribute heat as needed"

newhotelowner — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:07:17 +0000

They marketing like it's an expensive tech, but it's pretty cheap.

We have been buying heat pump PTAC for the hotels for last 20 years, and price difference is usually 5% between with and without heat pump.

Seems like all companies are colluding with each other for marking up prices.

New comment by newhotelowner in "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros"

newhotelowner — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:03:59 +0000

Netflix is buying WB for "friends". That show will be on air for another 50 years.

New comment by newhotelowner in "We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance"

newhotelowner — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 15:06:55 +0000

Yes, You can in America. Video recording is permitted without consent in the public places. Example CCTVs.

New comment by newhotelowner in "We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance"

newhotelowner — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:32:55 +0000

Do you need 2 party consent for recording in a public space?

New comment by newhotelowner in "Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong?"

newhotelowner — Tue, 13 May 2025 19:31:44 +0000

Our hotel franchise requires us to change the password every month. We can't use the last 6-8 passwords.

New comment by newhotelowner in "U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida's new anti-immigration law"

newhotelowner — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 02:10:50 +0000

I think florida recently passed the law thata why

New comment by newhotelowner in "How dairy robots are changing work for cows and farmers"

newhotelowner — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:50:29 +0000

Very small % of our workforce works in the farm.

Also I think we manufactured a lot more things/value with a same number of people like 10 years ago but with mostly automated.

New comment by newhotelowner in "My 16-month theanine self-experiment"

newhotelowner — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 21:12:54 +0000

Is there a reason to get this over a waterproof bed bug protector? Which you can wash.