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by trapexit 3mo ago
My projects have specific build/verify steps as well, and after a certain point Claude forgets to run them. I’m going to try a “No brown M&Ms” hook to halt Claude if it tries to run the default command instead of the instructed com
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by trapexit 11mo ago
You don't need your own rooftop solar. You can time your charges for when power is cheap (i.e. renewables are highly represented in the grid mix). In many locations you can get an electricity tariff that changes by time of day, either
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by trapexit 1y ago
LLMs are not a security barrier. LLMs cannot be a security barrier. They cannot form part of a security barrier. You must place the security barrier between the LLM and the backend systems, the same as you would place it between your web
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by trapexit 3y ago
In American homes, cables are typically stapled to the wood frame construction, not run in conduit. You have to cut open the finished wall surface to change them.
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by trapexit 3y ago
I don’t take on huge IT projects anymore, or ones that have potential to require lots of changes over time. Used to do this as an agency principal and it involved a lot of time spent managing clients and projects and subcontractors. Drove m
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by trapexit 3y ago
Clients for this work have come almost entirely by referral. See my other comments in this thread. For ongoing things I do fixed rate or usage based pricing. For custom one-off stuff, consultancy, and build-out of systems I charge a day rat
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by trapexit 3y ago
I work mostly in the travel industry. First client 10+ years ago came from a friend who worked as a manager in a large company and needed some special software built to improve his unit’s results - the existing contractor was not good and i
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by trapexit 3y ago
I run small outsourced IT systems for SMBs. Web scrapers, reporting, stuff like that. Baisically private bespoke SaaS. About $10k/mo gross revenue and takes a few hours of work a week (unless there’s a downtime event that needs fixing)
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by trapexit 4y ago
Significantly more than $200, but we had motorized external screens & shutters put on the bedroom windows. I flashed Tasmota onto some cheap Sonoff modules to control the motors and integrated via MQTT into Homebridge so we can easily s
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by trapexit 4y ago
Seems to be a lot of stuff flapping right now. I was able to load a client site that was behind Cloudflare, and now not. cloudflare.com was returning Connection Refused, then error 522 cloudflarestatus.com was returning Connection Refused,
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by trapexit 4y ago
Did you file a CA tax return? If not, it sounds like they "estimated" one for you based on your past earnings and when you didn't pay it, they seized the funds. You should be able to sort this out by filing nonresident return
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by trapexit 4y ago
Does anyone know how to tell the FB "pixel" to stop sending the query string to Facebook? Facebook now alerts you if you're sending what looks like PII to them in the query string, e.g. parameters named "first_name"
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by trapexit 4y ago
Your co-founder's code is mostly worthless at this point without the continuing involvement of the co-founder. Developers have their own idiosyncratic coding styles, and without a multi-member dev team providing continuity of design, I
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by trapexit 4y ago
I once negotiated my rent up . In the tight rental market pre-COVID, I needed a place for my family while we waited six months for the purchase of our house to close. Our current living situation was intolerable due to unending constructio
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by trapexit 5y ago
An overboost would have been catastrophic for the mission. JWST has thrusters on only one side, and to correct for an excess of velocity it would have had to rotate such that its instruments faced the sun, ruining them instantly. As such, t
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by trapexit 5y ago
The Netherlands may not be an English-first country, but something like 95% of the Dutch speak English, a higher percentage than in Canada(!). In central Amsterdam, the default language may as well be English. It is also surprisingly easy f
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by trapexit 5y ago
One of our border collies comes from a working line; both of her parents were working sheepdogs on a farm in Ireland. We once walked her through a field in Scotland that had a couple dozen sheep scattered about. Of course we kept her on a s
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by trapexit 5y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not a tax advisor and this is not tax advice. It might not even be correct. Do your own research and consult an attorney about your specific situation. For entertainment purposes only and so on. U.S. citizens must pay t
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by trapexit 5y ago
This is kind of a lazyweb question because the "why marriage?" question has been discussed many times before on HN. https://www.google.com/search?q=marriage+site%3Anews.ycombin... Beyond the social convention that
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by trapexit 5y ago
We opted for a moissanite. Partly because of the ethical problems with diamond mining, and partly because my wife didn't want to carry something with the replacement value of a small car around on her finger. See previous discussions o
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by trapexit 6y ago
Geolocation databases are frequently inaccurate, even at the country level of granularity! I use a ISP in the Netherlands that was founded only recently, I and frequently encounter sites that think I'm in Dubai, which is apparently whe
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by trapexit 8y ago
First Republic's customer service is top notch. My accounts can't possibly generate much revenue for them, but they still treat me like royalty whenever I call/email them or walk into the office. The only thing I have to comp
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by trapexit 8y ago
Bunq was happy to open an account for me (US citizen). They asked for my US SSN and Dutch BSN at the time of account opening.
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by trapexit 10y ago
Major enterprise vulnerability scanner author here (15 years ago). Yes, we scanned the port, and yes, we ran a lot of fingerprinting rules against it until we figured out what it was (or ran out of rules), so that we'd know what vulner
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The New Dictators Rule by Velvet Fist(nytimes.com)
2 points by trapexit 11y ago|1 comments
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How a 15-year-old “hacked” his way into UC Berkeley(sfgate.com)
6 points by trapexit 12y ago|0 comments
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by trapexit 12y ago
Century field? In all likelihood, this is actually a repair to a y2k bug.
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by trapexit 12y ago
Yes. https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=149690
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by trapexit 13y ago
You can (and should) set up an AWS CloudWatch alert on your account that will send you an email or SMS notification when your monthly bill exceeds a set threshold.
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The Unlikely Alliance That Ended Sunday Mail Delivery ... in 1912(theatlantic.com)
1 points by trapexit 13y ago|0 comments

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