pkrotich (u/pkrotich)

pkrotich commented on After my dad died, we found the love letters jenn.site/after-my-dad-di... · Posted by u/eatitraw

pkrotich · 4 months ago

Man… the battle between cultural expectations and our true selves is humanity’s oldest conflict. A few people get lucky. Most of us survive in the cracks.

No capitalization was as surprising as the narration itself… not sure how to feel about it! Counter culture?

pkrotich commented on What You Get After Running an SSH Honeypot for 30 Days blog.sofiane.cc/ssh_honey... · Posted by u/SofianeHamlaoui

waingake · 2 years ago

Is it? If you've got `PasswordAuthentication` disabled, only allow public key logins and keep your system up to date. Honest question.

I self host my email ( docker-mailserver ) and host my personal website on an old laptop with a static IP. Have done for years now without issue.

pkrotich · 2 years ago

The keyword is diligently keeping your system up to date! That said you’ll still have exposure to zero day vulnerabilities and DOS attacks.

pkrotich commented on Ask HN: What do you have more than enough of? · Posted by u/throwaway200112

pkrotich · 2 years ago

Drama - but I’m making progress with radical accountability (which I used to think of as self gaslighting). It has helped me cut down my own bullsh*t and I’m happier for it!

pkrotich commented on Ask HN: How do you manage photos, philosophically? · Posted by u/oldsklgdfth

pkrotich · 2 years ago

I’ve been toying with the idea of creating physical coffee table books with accompanying digital / online version (think photo blog) to document both pictures and thoughts for a particular trips for example- I think it’s much better approach than old school albums.

All I need is a mini-press operation

pkrotich commented on Why don’t Americans eat mutton? modernfarmer.com/2023/09/... · Posted by u/elorant

pkrotich · 2 years ago

Am I the only one who went “wtf is mutton?” ;)

Love goat stew - but you have to know how to season and cook it right tho.

pkrotich commented on Ask HN: Helpdesk/ticketing software for small SaaS company · Posted by u/alex_suzuki

pkrotich · 2 years ago

You can try osTicket https://osticket.com

The UI is very dated, but we're working on a rewrite with modern UI.

pkrotich commented on Laid off by Big Tech, then recruited for contract work – at the same place seattletimes.com/business... · Posted by u/mirthlessend

speedgoose · 3 years ago

I’m not a lawyer, but I have a vague idea about my rights and firing people to hire them as contractors instead is illegal in both jurisdictions I know, France and Norway.

Firing people to hire contractors instead is risky because you need a reason to fire people. The reason could be economical, but one could easily argue in court that if the company is hiring contractors instead, well, it was not the real reason.

The other reason could be personal. The employee is incompetent or toxic, for example, but if you get an offer as a contractor after, it sounds trivial to win a trial too.

I know the word is a bit a taboo, but I’m personally in a union, for scientists and engineers, and I would recommend people in USA to start considering thinking about perhaps potentially slowly improving their rights.

pkrotich · 3 years ago

Not when it’s at-will employment. You don’t need a reason to fire anyone in most states in US. Only exceptions are protected things like because of gender or race etc - but that is even blurry to prove it.

Unions are the only protection but companies do everything to burst unions e.g Starbucks and Amazon.

pkrotich commented on Ask HN: How do you turn off your problem solving brain with people you love? · Posted by u/throwaway1358

pkrotich · 3 years ago

I most definitely struggle with this as well - a friend sharing their issues can result in instant solutions streaming out or even sleepless night “solving” their problems!

I haven’t completely gotten away from the habit but I now make sure I ask at least 3-5 questions about how they’re going to address the issue, details or how they feel - it helps me slow down the stream of solutions and more often than not they already have a solution of sort!

pkrotich commented on Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN? · Posted by u/hislaziness

kennethrc · 3 years ago

Huh. Been pronouncing it in my head as "dang!" (like the "expletive") all this time

pkrotich · 3 years ago

Same here - reminds me of a lawyer named “So Sue” - cannot find the reference but I thought it must be interesting seeing her name on legal papers.

pkrotich commented on Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

bradknowles · 3 years ago

For me, the danger is that I don't feel when my blood sugar is off. Or even when it's way off. I can be as high as 300 or as low as 50, and I don't feel the difference.

That's where I need a CGM, preferably like the Freestyle Libre3.

pkrotich · 3 years ago

Mine never drops that low - but it has gone as highly as 500+ and I can definitely feel that something is off.

Question - do you eat meals in regular schedule or just once a day?