Hacker News: xfitm3

New comment by xfitm3 in "SSH as a Sudo Replacement"

xfitm3 — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 02:02:25 +0000

Fixing things that aren't broken. Changing things just because they can be changed. Sometimes boring and stagnant is good.

New comment by xfitm3 in "They make USB-C cables with displays now"

xfitm3 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:32:48 +0000

This now has wifi in the elite version. I have one for research purposes.

New comment by xfitm3 in "Gen Z Plumbers and Construction Workers Are Making BlueCollar Cool"

xfitm3 — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:27:13 +0000

When you own your own business you can easily make 6 figures, it just takes years of sweat equity and rough times. A friend of mine has grown his business from 100k/y in sales (and 5-10k profit) to millions per year (~300k profit) installing TVs and stereos in 13 years. He worked his ass off for a long time.

New comment by xfitm3 in "I made an app that runs Mistral 7B 0.2 LLM locally on iPhone Pros"

xfitm3 — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 02:01:55 +0000

Do you recommend any specific external GPU? I had one from Black Magic, it was not that great performance wise.

New comment by xfitm3 in "FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s"

xfitm3 — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 22:19:06 +0000

Alaskan Airlines is notorious for taking maintenance shortcuts, this is likely not an inherent problem with the airframe but rather this operators SOP.

Alaskan Airline flight 261 is one example.

> The subsequent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that inadequate maintenance led to excessive wear and eventual failure of a critical flight control system during flight.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261

New comment by xfitm3 in "Ask HN: Brother printers sending ink data to Amazon?"

xfitm3 — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 22:01:01 +0000

I get an error on https://drs-web.amazon.com/settings – has it been taken down? I also have a Brother printer, which I bought from Amazon.

New comment by xfitm3 in "YouTube's crackdown on ad blockers intensifies"

xfitm3 — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:45:38 +0000

SponsorBlock

New comment by xfitm3 in "YouTube's crackdown on ad blockers intensifies"

xfitm3 — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:43:21 +0000

SponsorBlock is a wonderful tool. I use uBlock origin and have not seen an ad for a long time, perhaps years with one or two exceptions.

New comment by xfitm3 in "MGM losing up to $8.4M a day due to cyberattack, analyist says"

xfitm3 — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 04:06:29 +0000

You're mistaking compliance with a competent security program.

New comment by xfitm3 in "MGM losing up to $8.4M a day due to cyberattack, analyist says"

xfitm3 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:07:40 +0000

Security is a SG&A line item, I am sure they are far more fixated on physical security due to their business vertical and had a gap. There will be many cyber companies chomping at the bit to get a piece of the inevitable (I made this number up) 100m MGM will spend on Cybersecurity over the next 5 years.

They won't make the same mistake twice and will build a comprehensive cybersecurity program, and it will succeed. Up until someone questions this cost and they forgot what they are paying for because everything was so smooth and repeat the cycle.

The objective of security is risk identification and management, not creating an impervious barrier for potential adversaries.

New comment by xfitm3 in "Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit comments"

xfitm3 — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:33:28 +0000

You sacrifice privacy – societal norms change over time and what was once acceptable can no longer be.

New comment by xfitm3 in "Exterminate your desk: How to remove your mouse"

xfitm3 — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:10:04 +0000

CLI will always be superior

New comment by xfitm3 in "YouTube Is Killing Stories"

xfitm3 — Thu, 25 May 2023 22:28:02 +0000

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/452282-youtube-shorts-use-...

New comment by xfitm3 in "YouTube Is Killing Stories"

xfitm3 — Thu, 25 May 2023 19:37:39 +0000

I have a userscript that redirects shorts to watch?v=XXXXXX, the short video id is playable using the regular YT video player. Eliminates all the annoying UI features of shorts.

New comment by xfitm3 in "JPMorgan Chase and Co tracks employees to dystopian extents"

xfitm3 — Tue, 16 May 2023 16:36:26 +0000

This varies by country for sure. At my current company, you do not have this right. The device and all data on it belongs to the company and they can do what they want with it.

New comment by xfitm3 in "JPMorgan Chase and Co tracks employees to dystopian extents"

xfitm3 — Tue, 16 May 2023 13:18:18 +0000

> The only buffering people can get is by reaching C level positions. Director and above is good enough at most orgs, but of course VP is the level where you really start to enjoy privileges.

You can't get to those positions without speaking smoothly and spinning situations. Unless you are completely incompetent you can always find a way out, when given a chance to do so. Being given the chance is a result of how good you are at forging relationships.

New comment by xfitm3 in "JPMorgan Chase and Co tracks employees to dystopian extents"

xfitm3 — Tue, 16 May 2023 13:15:11 +0000

If you ever get popped then your entire laptop is sent off for forensics, and if you delete personal data it will appear as if you were tampering with it and will get fired anyway.

Always use a separate machine for work, and another for personal.

New comment by xfitm3 in "Uncensored Models"

xfitm3 — Mon, 15 May 2023 13:29:07 +0000

This is the new era of tech. The chilling effect is real, and a grave concern. Threatening to get someone fired over information? Pathetic.

We are deeper than ever in an Abilene paradox.

New comment by xfitm3 in "Ask HN: What is the best product documentation you’ve ever seen?"

xfitm3 — Sat, 06 May 2023 21:44:46 +0000

Ironport manual

New comment by xfitm3 in "LTESniffer: An open-source LTE downlink/uplink eavesdropper [pdf]"

xfitm3 — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:14:04 +0000

A lot of people on this site earn a shit ton of money.