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breakerbox commented on Ask HN: How can I find a bicoastal roommate?    · Posted by u/frankhorrigan
Kommu · 3 years ago
Hi! That's what we are building for at Kommu!

Kommu is a mobile-first social network that allows users to (1) discover and coordinate travel with friends and connections, and (2) propose home exchanges within their personal trusted circles to travel more affordably.

We are prepping to launch by EOY, but if you sign up for the waitlist (gokommu.com) then you can apply to join the members Slack group where friends of friends are actively listing places for swaps and exchanges.

breakerbox · 3 years ago
Hah, I thought of Kommu when I saw this post! I've used their slack to stay in NYC and had someone stay at my place in Austin. Would (and have) recommend to a friend
breakerbox commented on Congressman's phone password is 111111   gfycat.com/uncommonacclai... · Posted by u/breadandcrumbel
breakerbox · 6 years ago
If I were giving a security recommendation to famous people and congresspeople I would recommend using a password like this. You might think it’s incredibly insecure, but imagine this GIF contained that 6 digit number that the congressman uses for all of his accounts. Suddenly, a ton of other services and passwords are vulnerable to an attacker.

In reality a lot of iPhones now require authentication at the app level for apps that have sensitive data.

To each his own, but knowing how public you are and how many people would want your passcode, I think the best practice is to use something dumb like 6 of the same keys.

breakerbox commented on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?    · Posted by u/gajus
justinchen · 6 years ago
Awesome! Happy updown.io customer here. We use it for https://www.pickfu.com Always happy to support fellow entrepreneurs.
breakerbox · 6 years ago
Ironically, your pricing page is down. Starting an updown competitor now!
breakerbox commented on Ask HN: Why Can't I Downvote Submissions?    · Posted by u/jerhewet
breakerbox · 6 years ago
I think you need 500 karma or so.
breakerbox commented on U.S. Supreme Court rejects Amazon warehouse worker wage appeal   reuters.com/article/us-us... · Posted by u/SolaceQuantum
FPGAhacker · 6 years ago
It seems eminently reasonable and obvious that workers should be compensated for performing the Duties of their job while at work or in premises. Clearly submitting to a security check before being allowed to leave work is an obligation they incur as an employee.

They should not be able to “clock out” until after such security checks.

breakerbox · 6 years ago
Amazon gets all the attention because it's Amazon. Work a retail job anywhere and you will discover that MILLIONS of retail workers must do similar checks.

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breakerbox commented on Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all users   in.reuters.com/article/ub... · Posted by u/prostoalex
breakerbox · 6 years ago
The additional revenue from this stream is a drop in the bucket to Uber. I could be off here, but this seems like they will likely use these type of things just as advertisements and branding.
breakerbox commented on Ask HN: Where do you get your cheap servers?    · Posted by u/Smithalicious
breakerbox · 6 years ago
Great experience with Amazon Lightsail. The smallest instance is only $3.50 a month, and you can add a swap file if you need a bit more than 512 MB of RAM.

Lightsail is like swimming in the shallow end of the AWS pool. Doesn’t have a drop down with 50 services like AWS, but has enough to run a small or medium sized web app.

u/breakerbox

KarmaCake day48September 19, 2019View Original