havnagiggle (u/havnagiggle)

havnagiggle commented on MinIO repository is no longer maintained github.com/minio/minio/co... · Posted by u/psvmcc

I'm the author of another option (https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash) which has a S3 gateway that expose itself as a S3 server but is just a proxy that forward your S3 call onto anything else like SFTP, local FS, FTP, NFS, SMB, IPFS, Sharepoint, Azure, git repo, Dropbox, Google Drive, another S3, ... it's entirely stateless and act as a proxy translating S3 call onto whatever you have connected in the other end

havnagiggle · a month ago

I was looking at running [versitygw](https://github.com/versity/versitygw) but filestash looks pretty sweet! Any chance you're familiar with Versity and how the S3 proxy may differ?

havnagiggle commented on Ask HN: What are the best programmable holiday lights? · Posted by u/sh1mmer

tannedNerd · a year ago

I’ve been super impressed so far with the Govee lights I’ve gotten. The app is pretty easy to use has tons of cool effects, and they have a LAN API (https://app-h5.govee.com/user-manual/wlan-guide) for most of their lights that have WiFi. Don’t have enough time this year to program a custom show but was going to start earlier next year now that I have a couple of these. The new scene stage thing they just released where you can map your lights and have them all work together is pretty slick too.

havnagiggle · a year ago

Is Govee the down-cone style? Or are there also others doing that? There's been a couple of houses that have this and I wasn't sure what they are using, but it's the only one that I would consider doing whole house exterior. Many others look too sharp.

havnagiggle commented on How do I pay the publisher of a web page? sethmlarson.dev/how-to-i-... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

havnagiggle · a year ago

Seems fairly simple to have a smart contract do a DNS validation to unlock funds. For example, someone sends to a contract "$1 to example.com". Then the URL owner publishes either a TXT file or DNS record that has a list of crypto wallet addresses. Contract then forwards the payments. You could even make the keys just the ISO codes for each currency.

It's as good of a proof for TLS certs, but it's susceptible to DNS hijacking, etc. Make the contract immutable to meet tornado.cash standard. There are already oracles for DNS lookups so this contract might already exist somewhere.

Add in a couple of features:

1. Allow tracking per domain so publishers can know that there is a demand to set it up on their end.

2. Allow refunds in case the publisher never opens it up.

havnagiggle commented on How do I pay the publisher of a web page? sethmlarson.dev/how-to-i-... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

grues-dinner · a year ago

This is the one thing that I actually thought cryptocurrency would help - getting small adhoc payments out from under the bootheel of Mastercard and Visa, and especially for international transfers that cross between, say, the MC/Visa duopoly regions into other ones like the Asian ecosystems.

But instead it's slow, inconsistent, inconvenient, balkanised, dripping with scams, criminals and bad actors and still involves substantial transfer fees and volatility on top of that. At this point it's a market for lemons: any new cryptocurrency venture is almost entirely indistinguishable from something that already ended up being at best a non-starter, but often just a scam.

As a vehicle for speculation, arbitrage and scams, it's a masterpiece. As a currency (you know, like in the name), it's, put lightly, not great, especially if you live in the developed world.

havnagiggle · a year ago

There are options, however just saying anything is going to get you labeled as a shill heh. You're right that any new crypto is indistinguishable, but that is part of the risk in trying to outlast the rest. Some crypto that have survived should be worth more for hitting some of these milestones, but unfortunately that still isn't reflected in the top 10/20/100 because people are so desperate they throw cash at anything that moves.

The convenience of the scamming is partly why it _is_ a solution to this problem: people can transfer value as fast as they desire, and it works. There is also just a problem off on and off-boarding where you get hit by Visa/Mastercard level of fees. So is it really solving the problem at that point?

One area I would like to see is some kind of governed/regulated profit sharing. Basically giving your votes to content/production and this puts it on the books for some fraction of payment. You get X shares to distribute to content regularly. It would also be helpful if our government would provide support for independent producers where there's a clear trackable benefit (e.g. open source libraries that a ton of people rely on and a business can say "yes I need this, help them keep doing it").

havnagiggle commented on Cosmopolitan Third Edition justine.lol/cosmo3/... · Posted by u/jart

jart · 2 years ago

Author here. We've got you covered. Search for `MODE=tinylinux` in the https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan#getting-started section of the README. If you use that build mode, then hello world for x86 linux is only 8kb in size. It's very similar to what you'd expect from Musl Libc. All the Windows / BSD / Mac / BIOS stuff gets removed from the compilation.

That predefined mode is actually a friendly wrapper around a more generalized platform support system Cosmopolitan offers, which is called `-DSUPPORT_VECTOR` where you can define a bitset of specifically what platforms you want to be supported. Then dead code elimination takes care of the rest. The same concept also generally applies to microarchitecture support, where you can have as much or as little runtime dispatching as you want.

havnagiggle · 2 years ago

Would you consider this a competitive replacement of Busybox? Curious if you've compared, since they also take liberty in cutting out uncommon functionality.

havnagiggle commented on Real-Estate Commissions Could Be the Next Fee on the Chopping Block wsj.com/us-news/law/real-... · Posted by u/DocFeind

tapatio · 2 years ago

Yeah, because lawyers are free.

There is already a marketplace for private sellers: https://www.forsalebyowner.com

havnagiggle · 2 years ago

I've never paid a real estate lawyer anywhere near what an agent demands for a fee.

havnagiggle commented on Google blocked Pixel 8 reviewers and owners from benchmarking the Tensor G3 chip notebookcheck.net/Google-... · Posted by u/josephcsible

josephcsible · 2 years ago

When people using a Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro tried to install benchmark apps from the Play Store, Google blocked the installation and falsely claimed "This app won't work for your device".

havnagiggle · 2 years ago

IMO that's not evidence of anything other than a bug with package manifests and the current Playstore version. I have to side load apps all the time on my kids tablets because of API incompatibilities that don't ultimately matter, and it isn't Google out to get my kids.

According to the 3DMark playstore page, the last update was Sept 21, 2023. Version 2.3.4869. Android 14 came out October 4th, making any incompatibility likely a temporary problem.

Unless there's a quote from 3DMark explaining how everything is dandy in their end, I'm not buying what you are selling.

havnagiggle commented on Google blocked Pixel 8 reviewers and owners from benchmarking the Tensor G3 chip notebookcheck.net/Google-... · Posted by u/josephcsible

havnagiggle · 2 years ago

What exactly did they do here? X linked video is broken for me, and the article just says the performance is bad. My pixel 6 just got Android 14. Possibly just OS/new hardware related?

havnagiggle commented on Ask HN: Conflicted about my FAANG work place · Posted by u/throwaway757

havnagiggle · 2 years ago

A lot of my team switched product areas when they needed to spice things up. They had a wide range of years on my team, from 2 to 10 years, and AFAIK there was no stigma attached to it. Have you considered that? If you are an IC, they might have some small project in mind for you to test the waters that it's a good fit. Maybe your manager is giving you the run around because there is just not much growth available in your area. Generally managers _want_ to promote because it makes them more important.

Do you have meetings with your skip manager? It sounds like your manager is not going to bat for you. I have had to drive my own promotions at various times in my career. I am not interested in leadership though, and that's a pretty different skill set. If that's of interest, you may need to actually cut things that don't better demonstrate that skill as best you can.

Do you have a FIRE number? I won't be leaving this cushy gig until I hit my number, but I do have a number. It has helped me time box my working career. I don't really need to be above-and-beyond satisfied with my job because that's not why I am working. I do get that being interested in the work helps the time pass, but IMO that's a double edged sword. People that care too much tend to get sucked into more responsibilities, which in turn can cause a brittle team dynamic with too much landing on one person. Of course experience and personalities vary.

For me, I would easily get obsessive if I were to start my own company and it would not be in a healthy way. I have also had too many friends try the startup route and really paid the price in a stagnated career. With a clear path to FIRE it's just not worth the risk IMO. I have family and plenty of hobbies to enjoy my time until then.

Good luck!

havnagiggle commented on Ask HN: Is it a bad time to take a sabbatical? · Posted by u/neofrommatrix

dieselgate · 2 years ago

I think this is good advice but curious on the specifics of this - what is the benefit of the legal designation of an LLC (or whatever corp) instead of "self study"-type of thing?

LLC is good for legitimacy but is it supposed to look good on a resume or something?

Edit: Specifically curious if the LLC is supposed to fill-in as legit taxable paid work in-event-of-emergency or just gap-filler

havnagiggle · 2 years ago

A resume is for kicking off talking points with the potential employer. Employment gaps can be misconstrued and not easily explainable on a resume. LLC adds some plausible deniability in any way you want it to, protecting your work history, similar to it protecting your liability.

Maybe you just did self study, but you did it as RealWork™ that your future employer will understand because they want SeriousPeople. It just allows you to drive the conversation the way you want to in a more controlled way. You could say Sole Proprietorship or Self Study, but I've found having an LLC is more receptive.