I launched https://forwardemail.net out of beta on Nov 23.
Within twelve days had thousands in sales. This is also an open startup at https://forwardemail.net/open-startup.
Hell yeah!
Readit Newsfootballnate29 commented on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? · Posted by u/gajus
I made https://forwardemail.net as an alternative to having to sign up for Google Business (since they no longer offer the free plan).
Congrats on launching!
footballnate29 commented on What it’s like inside your plane’s hidden ‘crew rest’ thepointsguy.co.uk/news/s... · Posted by u/CapitalistCartr
Story time :)
I have a relative who used to work for American, so I had the opportunity to fly on standby for a few years (D2 for anyone who plays the nonrev game). They have reciprocal agreements with a bunch of airlines around the world.
I was flying Iberia from Tel Aviv to Madrid once and just barrrrrrrely managed to squeeze on a flight. It was a 6am flight that I assumed would be empty but happened to get overbooked because of another canceled flight, so all those magical empty seats vanished before my eyes.
They managed to squeeze me on in one of the flight attendant jump seats - not the one in the cockpit, but the super uncomfortable vertical half-seats at the front of the plane. The only other standby passenger was the husband of one of the flight attendants.
Right after we took off, his wife came up to both of us and said “hey it’s 6am, you guys look tired - do you want to sleep in the crew rest?” I mean, why not?
So he took the bottom bunk and I took the top one - I think this was an A330 or 340 — it wasn’t nearly as fancy as the 787 here, but it was damn cozy. Pitch black, full lay flat, and I slept the whole 5 hours like it was 5 minutes.
Later a few friends told me this was absurdly against every regulation and that I basically had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But I guess shrug Iberia Airlines, eh?
Man that's luck!
footballnate29 commented on Be skeptical of Ring's indoor security drone spectrum.ieee.org/automat... · Posted by u/headalgorithm
Anything that gets rid of pointless anxiety for me is good. If I can have someone in the passenger seat search for the cabin keys while I drive back home, or check if I turned off the stove, or that the fridge door is closed, or that I left the tap not running, or the windows closed, or that I left enough food for the itty bitty cataroons.
But I use drugs, so I'm sorry homie, I ain't giving the cops straightline access into the house.
I was like "yeah yeah yeah same" until the drug part haha
This is brilliant! HIGHLY recommend reading the full article for those interested as well.
footballnate29 commented on We Don’t Like Our Underground House dengarden.com/misc/The-Pi... · Posted by u/NoRagrets
I would never get this. what if it snows? you're blocked in for weeks. terrible idea and construct
this is cute, but to be honest, the celebrity ones are pretty bad - they don't really look like the person nor capture their spirit, with a few exceptions: Tim Allen and Gal Gadot are quite good and Will Smith is alright. Some especially bad ones: Leo DiCaprio, Barack Obama, Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, Ryan Gosling, Robert DeNiro
yeah the celeb ones are crap
footballnate29 commented on Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) gnu.org/education/edu-sch... · Posted by u/crazypython
As somebody who teaches in university my opinion on this is:
1) the software you teach them should last them for a while. That means it shouldn't be to limiting (even if that means more user friendly). It should additionally be something where you can assume it will be around for a while in that form.
2) It should make it easy for them to work in the field that they are in.
3) The work they create in that programme should be readable for as long as possible (even when the creators of the software are gone)
4) We the technically educated are supposed to teach the societal ramifications of certain software products as well (privacy, surveillance) and how to guard from those. So software that doesn't spy, isn't creepy and etc gets a plus as well
Students don't have a ton of money, so if there is a free and open source solution that isn't bad on quality compared to the commercial (or data stealing) alternatives, I'd go for that, because it helps with nearly all the points above.
I am however not a friend of teaching people tools they cannot use. So while teaching someone Blender instead of Maya makes a ton of sense, because Blender is great and getting better, teaching someone Cinelerra when Premiere or Avid are a much better choice functionality wise is something I wouldn't do just for the heck of it.
Yeah, wish more educators had this point of view
footballnate29 commented on Google says its carbon footprint is now zero bbc.com/news/technology-5... · Posted by u/blauditore
> do you count secondary services your employees use
I find this question to be a classic ridiculous slippery slope. For example: Do you count the foot print of the plane that takes employees on vacation bought using the company's salary? Or the foot print of the extra child they decided to bear thanks to the finical stability the company offers?
I feel these type of claims should not be taken literally but rather as "We made a substantial dent in our footprint".
Companies can't control their employees and you shouldn't be expecting them too. This is part of the problem. We are finally making headway yet people still complain and find ways to degrade. Just be happy that they kind of care and are trying to better our environment. Maybe instead of roasting them you could use your time wisely and suggest even more ways to reduce carbon foot prints.
>Why is the attack called "Raccoon"?
>Raccoon is not an acronym. Raccoons are just cute animals, and it is well past time that an attack will be named after them :)
Better naming and mascot than the last five TLS security bugs if you ask me
better than heartbleed