The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers
3 by brycehalley | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020
Thursday, February 27, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: CoronaNotify – Get Notified When the Coronavirus Is Near
CoronaNotify – Get Notified When the Coronavirus Is Near
8 by carterharrison | 6 comments on Hacker News.
8 by carterharrison | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you do home surveillance?
Ask HN: How do you do home surveillance?
9 by teniutza | 4 comments on Hacker News.
In this age of IoT where devices are being taken over by strangers and (service) companies are storing clear-text passwords, how do you manage your home security? I'm talking less about motion sensors and door/window open/close sensors, and more about video surveillance. I want to add a couple of IP cameras but I'm completely petrified by the thought of someone getting access to a live feed from my house, due to the negligence of the service provider. I've looked around and there are plenty of options for IP/Wi-Fi cameras with a tone of cool features, which can be accessed through a smartphone app, which, of course, is handled by the manufacturer (feed goes through its servers). What I'd like is an IP camera that provides an API to which I can connect from my home server and let me see the feed only trough it. Motion sensing is also a cool, and useful feature, as it would allow me to send notifications. How would you solve this or better yet, did you have this issue and already solved it?
9 by teniutza | 4 comments on Hacker News.
In this age of IoT where devices are being taken over by strangers and (service) companies are storing clear-text passwords, how do you manage your home security? I'm talking less about motion sensors and door/window open/close sensors, and more about video surveillance. I want to add a couple of IP cameras but I'm completely petrified by the thought of someone getting access to a live feed from my house, due to the negligence of the service provider. I've looked around and there are plenty of options for IP/Wi-Fi cameras with a tone of cool features, which can be accessed through a smartphone app, which, of course, is handled by the manufacturer (feed goes through its servers). What I'd like is an IP camera that provides an API to which I can connect from my home server and let me see the feed only trough it. Motion sensing is also a cool, and useful feature, as it would allow me to send notifications. How would you solve this or better yet, did you have this issue and already solved it?
Monday, February 24, 2020
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Saturday, February 22, 2020
Friday, February 21, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Can a PEO rightfully expose your income to other employers?
Ask HN: Can a PEO rightfully expose your income to other employers?
5 by amevo | 2 comments on Hacker News.
In 2019 I worked for two companies that made use of the same professional employer organization (PEO). This PEO generated a single W-2 for 2019, combining my income from the two companies. Both companies can view this combined income W-2. Simple W-2 less payroll math would reveal to each company what the other paid. This doesn't sit well with me for myriad reasons, and I can't imagine this is entirely legal. While the PEO reps are empathetic in correspondence on this issue, no resolution/progress on the matter has been made whatsoever over the last few weeks. Any advice/counsel is appreciated.
5 by amevo | 2 comments on Hacker News.
In 2019 I worked for two companies that made use of the same professional employer organization (PEO). This PEO generated a single W-2 for 2019, combining my income from the two companies. Both companies can view this combined income W-2. Simple W-2 less payroll math would reveal to each company what the other paid. This doesn't sit well with me for myriad reasons, and I can't imagine this is entirely legal. While the PEO reps are empathetic in correspondence on this issue, no resolution/progress on the matter has been made whatsoever over the last few weeks. Any advice/counsel is appreciated.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do I learn JavaScript?
Ask HN: How do I learn JavaScript?
4 by qwerty456127 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I feel like I would like to learn modern JavaScript (as supported by the most recent version of V8) from the very basic to the perfect and complete level (which make the whole point of the question, ways to mediocre proficiency are countless and obvious). I believe this is possible (and maybe not even hard) as I only mean the language itself - no browser APIs, no frameworks/libraries/tooling, no patterns and practices beyond those necessary to understand the features and the quirks of the language itself, what they can be used for and how to deal with them correctly. Where do I go and how hard is this actually going to be?
4 by qwerty456127 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I feel like I would like to learn modern JavaScript (as supported by the most recent version of V8) from the very basic to the perfect and complete level (which make the whole point of the question, ways to mediocre proficiency are countless and obvious). I believe this is possible (and maybe not even hard) as I only mean the language itself - no browser APIs, no frameworks/libraries/tooling, no patterns and practices beyond those necessary to understand the features and the quirks of the language itself, what they can be used for and how to deal with them correctly. Where do I go and how hard is this actually going to be?
New top story on Hacker News: No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
20 by shekhardesigner | 6 comments on Hacker News.
20 by shekhardesigner | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: A major USA bank is storing passwords in cleartext – what to do?
Ask HN: A major USA bank is storing passwords in cleartext – what to do?
26 by plsdonthack | 10 comments on Hacker News.
I was having trouble accessing my account, so I gave a call to customer service. The service rep proceeded to (accurately) describe my own password to me. Should I report this somewhere? I'm not really sure what to do.
26 by plsdonthack | 10 comments on Hacker News.
I was having trouble accessing my account, so I gave a call to customer service. The service rep proceeded to (accurately) describe my own password to me. Should I report this somewhere? I'm not really sure what to do.
Monday, February 17, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mundane activities?
Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mundane activities?
17 by beatthatflight | 7 comments on Hacker News.
For my travel site side hustle (beatthatflight.com.au/), I find and publish cheap flights for Australians. Sounds simple, but even if say, someone gave me the flights each day, there's posting the, sometimes to deals sites, as well as then editing it and posting it on my site, and out to social media, and then to specific mailing lists on mailchimp, depending on the source city of the deal, or type of post. A LOT of that becomes tedious. Mailchimp can auto post to FB/twitter/instagram etc, but even converting the blog post into mailchimp emails gets tiring, as you need to choose a feature photo, the specific mailing list etc. I'm a selenium guy, so have built some scripts to minimise some of it, but the rush each time of finding a deal still pains me when I think of the tedium ahead of publishing it. Ideally, my goal would be to submit [to][from][when] to a script and the whole process would be automatic. I can see that selenium could do it, but my goodness, it'd be slow and potentially flaky all via the web UI for those sites. I'd love suggestions, examples of automation you've done, and tools used?
17 by beatthatflight | 7 comments on Hacker News.
For my travel site side hustle (beatthatflight.com.au/), I find and publish cheap flights for Australians. Sounds simple, but even if say, someone gave me the flights each day, there's posting the, sometimes to deals sites, as well as then editing it and posting it on my site, and out to social media, and then to specific mailing lists on mailchimp, depending on the source city of the deal, or type of post. A LOT of that becomes tedious. Mailchimp can auto post to FB/twitter/instagram etc, but even converting the blog post into mailchimp emails gets tiring, as you need to choose a feature photo, the specific mailing list etc. I'm a selenium guy, so have built some scripts to minimise some of it, but the rush each time of finding a deal still pains me when I think of the tedium ahead of publishing it. Ideally, my goal would be to submit [to][from][when] to a script and the whole process would be automatic. I can see that selenium could do it, but my goodness, it'd be slow and potentially flaky all via the web UI for those sites. I'd love suggestions, examples of automation you've done, and tools used?
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Saturday, February 15, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: I stopped watching TV, how about you?
I stopped watching TV, how about you?
15 by widea | 15 comments on Hacker News.
I stopped watching TV for a few weeks now. Triggers: advertisements, advertisements and lack of interest in the tv programs Effects: more time, more peacefulness
15 by widea | 15 comments on Hacker News.
I stopped watching TV for a few weeks now. Triggers: advertisements, advertisements and lack of interest in the tv programs Effects: more time, more peacefulness
Friday, February 14, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
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