dcreemer

I too have a child with Ushers (1F). We told him at age 10, though obviously it didn't really register until some years later. Please feel free to reach out to me.

I worked on that project from the Palm side. Visited Olathe a couple times too. That was one of the more fun integrations.

I've used soundiiz.com for importing likes & playlists (though from different source and target services). Works well enough.

not the first at all, but still a good step forward -- see the commercially available Argus II -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_retinal_prosthesis

* though it might be the first to work for those with optic nerve damage, or with this pathway

I have an (adult) child with Usher Syndrome, and have lots of connections and resources that I'd be happy to share. There is a a decent amount of research going on right now. If you like, feel free to reach me at my username at gmail.

I worked there until very close to the end, and the collapse of GO/Eo provided me with a priceless instant network of friends at dozens of companies around the SF Bay Area.

I met my spouse and some of my best friends through GO/Eo, and to this day still greatly value the connections made there for my personal and professional networks. Silver linings.

and it supports RSS feeds -- paste the link into the search box

I'm also an MCC alum - I worked in the Software Technology Program. My code there had a surprisingly long life - transitioning to a spin out startup and then other companies. (See gIBIS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compendium_(software)#Histor... ). I too learned Lisp (and Emacs!) there - two tools that have stuck with me ever since. Many of us also started to learn Japanese there.

How badly would you have to fuck up to be considered a poor imitation of MongoDB?

I literally laughed out loud at this. Thanks for the humor.

You are correct - that's the main reason I wrote the 1pass wrapper mentioned above. It mirrors the data locally (in a gpg-encrypeted cache).

I use 1Password via the CLI (https://support.1password.com/command-line/) on Linux (well -- FreeBSD) Desktop all the time. I wrote a wrapper for the CLI (https://github.com/dcreemer/1pass) to make it a bit more ergonomic to use with things like FZF.

I used to use "pass" like others here, but did not like the Android experience.

*edited to add: and we use the 1Password team account at my day job -- and are satisfied customers. I'm sure other products work well too -- just my one data point.

thanks -- now I know about `brew bundle` and `mas`

The article mentions Canadian carriers too.

I'm also using Netlify (with Hugo). Their service is simple to use, and send to work quite well.

This is brilliant information. Thanks for sharing it.

true -- it's more complicated. However I wanted encrypted at rest documents (and that's hard with Dropbox), and I need backup - not just sync, so Dropbox can only provide half the solution.

There's an opportunity for someone here...

This isn’t high art, but perhaps it will be useful to others. Getting my family data reasonably well backed up and synchronized between our many devices was a harder problem that I expected it to be.

the beta cli is available now, though it's more of an API than CLI. [1]

I've written a simple wrapper [2] to make it easy to use.

[1] https://support.1password.com/command-line-getting-started/

[2] https://github.com/dcreemer/1pass

I built wsup [1] so that I could keep my dotfiles in multiple independent git repos -- some public on github for sharing (e.g. my emacs config [2]), and some private. It works similarly to stow, but is written in bash.

[1] https://github.com/dcreemer/wsup

[2] https://github.com/dcreemer/dotemacs

Like others, I wrote a tool to manage "layers" of configuration and personalization files (https://github.com/dcreemer/wsup). "wsup" lets me compose various work configurations, personal dotfiles (https://github.com/dcreemer/dotfiles), dot-emacs files (https://github.com/dcreemer/dotemacs) and others from multiple git repositories. The project was born from my need to manage multiple changing personal and work environments. Now I can go from zero to full environment with a couple of commands.

The Kobo Aura [1] (and Aura HD) may work for you.

[1]https://www.kobo.com/koboaura

We fixed it earlier today. Interesting wrinkle was that our SSL cert provider's web site was also vulnerable. We had to wait for them to update before reissuing the SSL certs.

Thanks for this. There's a broken link from "newsletter" to www.readevalprintlove.org

I have been using ZFS on Linux[1] for about six months now, on both Debian and Ubuntu. Installation is trivial and it seems to work quite well, though I do not stress it very much.

[1] http://zfsonlinux.org/

disclosure: I work at Flipboard.

I've looked, but cannot find a way to hide my email for app purchases through the Play store. There doesn't seem to be anything in either the Play store settings of the Wallet settings. Do you know if this feature still exists?

I think you can set Ghostery to block by default: see Ghostery prefs > Advanced > Auto Update > Block new elements by default.

This is very interesting -- my son uses cochlear implants, which currently use external batteries and induction to provide power to the internal components. I wonder if there is enough power available to enable fully implantable hearing?

Palo Alto, CA; (or potentially New York, NY).

Flipboard [1] is hiring. We have specific openings listed on our jobs page [1], but are always looking for great engineers of all sorts, and can sponsor H1B visas if needed. We're located in downtown Palo Alto, just a short distance from Stanford University and Caltrain. IMHO we have an ambitious, clear vision that we have been executing against since the beginning, and we have an amazing, diverse, honest and passionate team. Not a day goes by that I don't learn here -- it's really an amazing place to work.

[1] http://flipboard.com

[2] http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qB89Vfwx&...

Sorry to be a bit confrontational, but can you please substantiate your claim of "Most areas of Silicon Valley are militantly opposed to anything that looks like high-density construction" with data? Are you involved in a local Bay Area government? Are you working to change the things you don't like?

The article, and this response is very frustrating to me. The notion that the government is broken and that our policies are insane and that politicians don't care just does not match my personal experience. Yes, there are many, many problems -- from the garden variety to the wickedly complex. I can however comfortably say that Palo Alto is generally run by decent, intelligent people responsible to an engaged, accessible city council.

Available and affordable housing for example, is and has been part of the city plan, done in coordination with the Association of Bay Area Governments[1], who develop regional growth projections and plans[2] that cities are required to incorporate into their general plans. These plans are created in concert with regional transportation, environmental, etc. plans. How the growth is managed within each city is up to the city of course -- and that's where the NIMBY and rich vs. poor issues are played out on the ground. I find it absolutely challenging and amazing to see (and be part of) the balancing of the various factors to actually govern. There are winners and losers in every decision, and it's important to remember that we're not playing a one-round, zero-sum game.

I can't say anything about the state and federal governments -- but it's easy to get involved and make a contribution at the city level, and absolutely will be enlightening. The first step in conquering the "denial of reality" problem you complain about seems to me to be understanding how cities actually work, and then working to make some constructive improvements.

  [1] http://www.abag.ca.gov/housing-top.html
  [2] http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/pdfs/SFHousingNeedsPlan.pdf [PDF]