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iamjake648 commented on Amazon One palm authentication discontinued   amazonone.aws.com/help... · Posted by u/KerryJones
squokko · a month ago
People don't want to give Amazon their biometrics?
iamjake648 · a month ago
If you trust Amazon, they were never storing images of your actual palm but instead creating and storing unique hashes from that data. Again, if you trust them, they did it in just about the most privacy protecting way possible.
iamjake648 commented on Amazon One palm authentication discontinued   amazonone.aws.com/help... · Posted by u/KerryJones
crazygringo · a month ago
I just scan the QR code from the Whole Foods app on my phone. Then tap the button to pay with the credit card linked to the account.

For security reasons, it makes sense that if you use your phone number rather than the QR code, of course you don't have the option to utilize the linked card.

Meant to register the palm thing but just never got around to it, wasn't even really sure how/where? That was the main blocker for me -- was never prompted to do it as part of checkout, and didn't want to waste time going over to customer service to ask how.

iamjake648 · a month ago
It doesn't seem like a big deal, but this is just so much more annoying than using my palm that not only links my payment method but also prime membership.

Now I need to tap through a stupid app and scan a code.

We always stopped at whole foods on the way home from the gym, and I didn't always have my phone with me or readily accessible. This will definitely cause me to cut back on this quick stop in / impulse purchases.

iamjake648 commented on Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash, then a hacker found it   washingtonpost.com/techno... · Posted by u/clcaev
gwbas1c · 6 months ago
I suspect it's Windows, actually, and I'm pretty sure the UI is some form of C#.

They tried to recruit me for the UI. If I lived closer, I would have jumped on it. Not only was I bit of a Tesla fanboy at the time, I used to work across the street from their office and really liked that area. (Deer Creek Road in Palo Alto.)

iamjake648 · 6 months ago
If this were true, Tesla wouldn't have the only use able car infotainment system in the industry.
iamjake648 commented on Two new PebbleOS watches   ericmigi.com/blog/introdu... · Posted by u/griffinli
iamjake648 · a year ago
What is the sample rate on the barometer?

If it’s sensitive enough, a compelling skydiving altimeter app could be developed. Considering most purpose built altis used worse screens and cost 350+, could be a quite compelling use case.

iamjake648 commented on Designed to Crash: the story of Antonov An-28 HA-LAJ and its demise   admiralcloudberg.medium.c... · Posted by u/sklargh
EdwardDiego · 2 years ago
That's approximately 3000 - 4000m. You're definitely going to feel a difference going from ASL to 4000m in minutes.
iamjake648 · 2 years ago
As someone with thousands of jumps from this altitude, I disagree. The VAST majority of 'first timers' I've taken on tandems don't feel much, if any, difference either going up.

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iamjake648 commented on Visa, Mastercard Agree to Lower Swipe Fees, Settling Long-Running Lawsuit   wsj.com/finance/banking/v... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
_aavaa_ · 2 years ago
debit card?
iamjake648 · 2 years ago
Countless times I've been at the Airport and overhear people complaining about not being able to use their Debit Card with a rental car, or that they don't have enough money in their account to cover would just be a pre-authorization on a credit card.
iamjake648 commented on Governor signs bills creating EV charging station network across Wisconsin   apnews.com/article/wiscon... · Posted by u/toomuchtodo
AtlasBarfed · 2 years ago
Eau Claire is the biggest settlement at the junction point where Minneapolis travelers either go to Wausau and the UP, or to Milwaukee/Chicago.
iamjake648 · 2 years ago
Yea I guess I'm just surprised OP hasn't seen any. The junction point explains the fast chargers, but the Level 2 would presumably be used primarily by locals.

I mean even middle of nowhere cities like Ellsworth are getting DCFC - granted at a dealership, but still it's happening!

https://www.plugshare.com/location/560842

iamjake648 commented on Governor signs bills creating EV charging station network across Wisconsin   apnews.com/article/wiscon... · Posted by u/toomuchtodo
superkuh · 2 years ago
A good first step to the chicken and egg problem. Living in Wisconsin I have never seen an electrical charging station.

>Local government entities and state agencies would not be allowed to operate public charging stations but could run their own stations to charge their vehicles.

I'm confused at why this was included in the regulation. Would companies really refuse to build stations without this stipulation? It reminds me a lot of telecommunications companies lobbying hard against municipal and related telecommunications services.

iamjake648 · 2 years ago
Eau Claire, WI - a pretty small town has at least three DCFC - EA, Tesla & a local electric company plus tons of level 2 all over.

> I'm confused at why this was included in the regulation

The WI GOP. At least you can pay by the kWh in WI now instead of by the minute with this law.

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