Hacker News: tiimbz

New comment by tiimbz in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

tiimbz — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:08:54 +0000

Fastmail is an Australian company, but their servers are located in the US [0]

[0] https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000280221-Ho...

New comment by tiimbz in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

tiimbz — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:52 +0000

I had the same issue, but after contacting support, I was able to re-claim the email address from my trial account and use it as an email alias of my main Fastmail account.

New comment by tiimbz in "What's your favorite RSS feed reader?"

tiimbz — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:06:56 +0000

Feedly [0] (web app and on IOS) has been amazing since Google Reader died. On IOS it makes flipping through items and saving them for later a smooth and relatively fast experience.

[0] https://feedly.com

New comment by tiimbz in "US dismantles laptop farm used by undercover North Korean IT workers"

tiimbz — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:57:36 +0000

Related post from yesterday: We found North Korean engineers in our application pile [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41353079

New comment by tiimbz in "Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer"

tiimbz — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 20:06:12 +0000

Have you tried Blackhole? It’s a loopback device for macOS.

https://github.com/ExistentialAudio/BlackHole

New comment by tiimbz in "Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab"

tiimbz — Sat, 04 May 2024 15:53:45 +0000

Nice! How is this different from Vampr? [0] they use (or at least, used) the same tagline: ‘Tinder, but for musicians to collaborate’

[0] https://vampr.me/

New comment by tiimbz in "ASML dethrones Applied Materials, becomes largest fab tool maker"

tiimbz — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:08:01 +0000

It might be relevant, because labor isn't just about working in a silo. A significant part of work might be done in a team setting, where communication, feedback loops, constant interaction, collaboration, code reviews, team spirit, and more are important.

I'm not suggesting should offer your free time to help cultivate this, but in my experience it does help with building a good work relationship with your colleagues - either outside of work or even at lunch - which then improves the outcome of the labor.

New comment by tiimbz in "Smart binoculars can identify 9k birds"

tiimbz — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:32:45 +0000

I use the IOS app BirdNET for this - also using the same dataset from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Highly recommended.

New comment by tiimbz in "Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1"

tiimbz — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 15:41:59 +0000

From the Q&A [0]:

>> Can I work with the digital nomad visa?

>> No. Travelers visiting under the visa cannot be hired or involved in any profit-making activity during their stay.

Isn’t the point of a digital nomad that you are able to work from anywhere?

[0] https://www.digitalnomadskorea.com/post/everything-you-need-...

New comment by tiimbz in "Toblerone to change design under ‘Swissness’ rules"

tiimbz — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 09:05:11 +0000

Fun fact: One of the most most popular Gouda cheeses sold in The Netherlands is actually made in New Zealand.

New comment by tiimbz in "Running Databases on Kubernetes"

tiimbz — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 07:11:16 +0000

What type of issues did you run into?

We've been running Zalando Postgres Operator for all our prod and dev clusters (around 100 in total) and couldn't be happier.

New comment by tiimbz in "Ask HN: What do you talk about in 1-on-1s with your managers?"

tiimbz — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 06:18:07 +0000

The suggestion would be something to do after the pay is already negotiated. You’d want to leave as much room to grow as possible - both money wise as well as your title.

New comment by tiimbz in "The Old Reader"

tiimbz — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 06:38:20 +0000

There was a thread here a few days ago about Feedly [0], where several self-hosted options were discussed.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31957118

New comment by tiimbz in "Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before Covid-19 Outbreak Disclosed"

tiimbz — Mon, 24 May 2021 13:36:47 +0000

Previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27259953

Real-time 3D ray tracing on the SNES

tiimbz — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 06:55:35 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/superhuman-hack-brings-real-time-3d-ray-tracing-to-the-1845890359

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25453308

Points: 1

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New comment by tiimbz in "Farewell, Periscope"

tiimbz — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:47:58 +0000

What I really liked with Periscope was the map view, where you could see on a world map where a live stream was happening. It was a great way to find random interesting streams around the world.

I didn’t see Twitter Live having that same feature. Is it hidden somewhere?

New comment by tiimbz in "Ask HN: How do you prevent eyestrain with daily computer use?"

tiimbz — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:19:30 +0000

Take breaks and focus your eyes on something further away - for example by looking at something outside.

The app Stretchly (free, open source) can display periodic reminders to take breaks from the screen. [0] I can't recommend it enough. It worked well for my RSI too. Alternative apps are Workrave or Workpace.

[0] https://hovancik.net/stretchly/

New comment by tiimbz in "Apple has copied some of the most popular apps in the App Store"

tiimbz — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 10:57:12 +0000

About the same happened to the F.lux (or Flux) app for iOS, which got removed by Apple[0], only to reappear on IOS as Night Shift, built in to IOS by Apple.

[1] https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apple-removes-flux-app/

New comment by tiimbz in "Was it an invisible attack on U.S. diplomats, or something stranger?"

tiimbz — Sun, 19 May 2019 07:50:26 +0000

There is also a theory by this audio engineer that the sound is caused by the flag poles opposite the embassy building, which can start shaking with the right amount of wind, which could cause a sound with an infrasonic resonance frequency.

Link: https://eelcogrimm.tumblr.com/post/181905499356/cuban-duck

New comment by tiimbz in "800M Email Addresses Leaked Online by Email Verification Service"

tiimbz — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 07:58:05 +0000

I've seen that too. This API for example [0] called "email enrichment" where I got my full name back, based on email address.

Edit: Added main company link providing this API [1]

[0] https://app.livestorm.co/api/v1/utils/email-enrichment/?emai...

[1] https://docs.enrich.email/