The reason new social networks rarely adopt domain-based handles is that usernames are one of the few forms of “currency” they have.

Scarce handles create urgency. People rush to sign up and claim their first name, etc. With domain-based handles, that lever disappears.

It’s one of the most common growth tactics I see by social networks launching on BetaList.

I’ve had this idea for many years, but never found the time to build it. Now, with AI, it only took about an hour to build.

The objective of the game is to put all arrows in alignment. Point them the same way.

When you click an arrow, it rotates 90° clockwise. It also rotates all neighboring arrows.

All puzzles are solvable, but as you increase the grid size and difficulty level it will become progressively harder.

Please give it a try and let me know what you think. I’d also love to hear any strategies you come up with.

OpenAI doesn’t take security seriously.

I reported a vulnerability to them that allowed you to get IP addresses of their paying customers.

OpenAI responded “Not applicable” indicating they don’t think it was a serious issue.

The PoC was very easy to understand and simple to replicate.

Edit: I guess I might as well disclose it here since they don’t consider it an issue. They were/are(?) hot linking logo images of third-party plugins. When you open their plugin store it loads a couple dozen of them instantly. This allows those plugin developers (of which there are many) to track the IP addresses and possibly more of who made these requests. It’s straight forward to become a plugin developer and get included. IP tracking is invisible to the user and OpenAI. A simple fix is to proxy these images and/or cache them on the OpenAI server.

What do they take seriously?

lobbying to get their business model protected

Can you share more about your OpenObserve setup?

I’d love to know:

1) How it compares to Sentry in terms of insights you get 2) How you set it up as an accessory

I’ve used various (hosted) APM services for my Rails apps but they all are stupendously expensive so your approach sounds intriguing.

Its definitely is an 'is pepsi ok' experience. Not as polished as Sentry.

I set it up as an accessory with this config:

  openobserve:
    proxy:
      ssl: true
      host: openobserve.cardstocktcg.com
      app_port: 5080
      healthcheck:
        path: /
        interval: 1
        timeout: 5
    image: public.ecr.aws/zinclabs/openobserve:latest
    host: 178.156.134.191
    port: "5080:5080"
    env:
      clear:
        ZO_DATA_DIR: "/openobserve_data"
      secret:
        - ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL
        - ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD
    directories:
      - openobserve_data:/openobserve_data

IMO, pepsi is totally ok when its essentially free

Hope it’s okay I shared it here. Saw it in my RSS reader and figured HN would enjoy it.

Glad to hear it served as inspiration. The video looks promising!

I had my Apple Pro Display XDR stolen from the office in Lisbon, Portugal.

They also stole my AirPods Max which has Find My technology built in.

It happened over the weekend and when I found out about the burglary about 2 days later I checked the Find My app. I saw my AirPods Max was in a small town about 3 hours away from my office.

I informed the police and they said there’s nothing they could do about it due to privacy concerns. Ugh.

I considered going there myself, but it being in a foreign country, not knowing the language, having no transportation, and not knowing what or who I’d find when I arrive, I ultimately decided to not risk it and never ended up going.

A few days later the signal went offline. Months after that it showed up on the map again. It was in Moldova at a shopping mall known for selling electronic parts.

I don’t know what happened to my Apple Pro Display XDR, but if you ever see one for sale in Portugal please send me a message :D

BTW, interesting side story: They didn’t just steal my display and headphones, but also many computers from other offices. Multiple floors except one. I guess they didn’t have time for that one. A week later they came back to rob that other floor as well.

I discovered emoji .to domains ~7 years ago and put up a site listing all the available ones [1]

Within a few days almost all of them sold and made a couple grand in affiliate commissions.

I wrote about it here: https://marc.io/emoji-domains

Email forwarding is also a clever use! Nice to get that recurring revenue.

[1] https://xn--f28h.to/

I don't have a Vision Pro yet (I'm outside US), was curious to see what apps are being developed. So I made a list!

I spend a lot of time on making it easy to navigate and if you add it your home screen it almost feels like a native app.

Tech stack: Ruby on Rails + Tailwind CSS + Hotwire

Last year I made the first Stable Diffusion app [1] to redesign your interior (upload a picture of your room, and it restyles it to a different design style).

Last week, GPT-4 Vision was released [2]. It allows developers to upload a picture and ask questions about it.

I figured it would be be a compelling product to get a interior design consultation, by AI.

The feedback is surprisingly detailed and useful. It understand the layout of the room and can give actionable recommendations on how to improve the flow, overall aesthetics, etc.

For people on a budget, it might be a great starting point.

The next step will be to visualize the recommendations with AI (Stable Diffusion) so you get a better sense of what your room could look like.

Curious to get your thoughts!

[1] https://roomai.com [2] https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/vision

Arnold kept inspiring people from all walks of life that through hard work you can, in the case of body building quite literally, shape your own reality.

I’d call that being useful.

Bodybuilding is something where you cannot shape your reality - no matter how hard you work - if you don't have the right build for it (genetics). Any elite BB will tell you as much (I've heard multiple give advice to guys that don't have the right built to not even bother with the sport).

It also built a fitness industry that sells steroid gains as "hard work". I was shocked recently talking to my coworkers about Arnold, they didn't know he was on roids... The perception of what an average person thinks is achievable with "hard work" is highly distorted in this regard.

Realizing just how much of Hollywood is the result of pharmacology genuinely depressed me as a male for a bit, knowing those results are actually unattainable naturally

As GP said, you need the genetics, and to get the sort of body that Arnold or other top bodybuilders have you can't do it naturally.

However none of those things stops you from lifting weights for strength training, which is good for your body, your skeleton, your appearance, and your mental health. If your goal is to get strong, that is attainable naturally by anyone. You just need to do it.

If the physique is all you are after then it shouldn't be depressing since the solution is easily attainable (unlike many other physical attributes)

> Bodybuilding is something where you cannot shape your reality - no matter how hard you work - if you don't have the right build for it (genetics).

I am a tall, very thin male who struggles to gain weight. I can eat 5,000 calories a day while working out hard and barely gain a pound every month. I was made fun of in highschool and university for my body, and that made me very self conscious and shy. Typical "computer nerd" stuff.

From about age 20 onwards I've enjoyed and benefited from Bodybuilding immensely. It has changed how I view myself, how I view the world and changed my personality. I gained a lot of confidence, and I gained a perspective on the world I never had - doing difficult tasks and slow and steady improvements were important lessons for early 20s me.

I'll never compete, I'm not "huge" and was rarely even "big". (A few times people asked if I compete...) but I got stronger, fitter and for sure my body became a lot nicer to look at.

I'm 41 now and I'll never stop. I don't have incredible genentics, but I didn't let that stop or even slow me down.

Yes, you absolutely can shape your reality through bodybuilding.

Don't know what we're talking about here tho :

- Lifting for fitness/looks - 100% agree - best bang for buck for self-improvement, and as you say it's about sustained incremental progress that translates well to other things.

- Rec PED use - health risks, illegal substances (not that big of a deal in terms of use, but since you can't get it legally you're basically injecting yourself with shit that's been mixed in some dudes bathroom), further downsides once you get off. This one highly depends on what you want.

- Bodybuilding as a competitive thing - here you'll get nowhere without genetics

In context of Arnolds success I'm talking about the last definition, where his success in competitive BB lead to other opportunities.