Apologies for the delay, I haven't seen this until now and I can't find a way for HN to notify me on replies to my comments.
For the prompting to avoid "AI look and feel", I was just insistent and turned down a lot of initial ideas, guiding Claude towards something that I was OK with.
Similarly, Claude helps me with messaging here and there, but never gets it quite right: I always use the generated prose as a guide for me to remember certain points, and end up rewriting 80% of it to be "in my voice". Claude's great, but I never recognize myself in the prose it writes.
Thanks for the math suggestion: yes it's more optimal to do it that way indeed.
Wonderful work by Mr. XKCD (Randall Munroe).
This was published in 2011 when there was "some" misinformation in the U.S. press about the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Based on this chart some proposed to use "bananas" as unit of radition (equivalent to 0.1 uSv).
So (from this chart) one flight from New York to LA exposes you to 400 bananas worth of radiation.
Thanks! Yes, I used Claude Code. It was my first project with AI assistance.
I'll keep Stripe in mind for the future, in case the cost gets too high for me to personally subsidize the hosting.
Here's what has worked for me (in the US), after feeling helpless for so long: Call Screening.
I had no idea this existed on iOS (there may be an equivalent on Android), and I was very skeptical about it, but it has turned spam calls into a non-issue for me.
There are features available for most phone types / plans, with varying levels of effectiveness.
For old-school landline phones, look for "Smart Call Block" or a similar feature. These direct all unknown numbers to voicemail, with numbers in your contacts or allow list ringing directly. The feature is phone-specific, so you'll need a device which supports this capability. Unknown calls don't ring but are screened. Call block can be enabled or disabled if you're expecting a call from an unknown number.
For smartphones, various options:
- Numerous third-party call-blocking apps, such as NoMoRobo, Spamblocker, Saracroche, Sereniphone, and more.
- Carrier-level call filtering. "Call Filter" on Verizon, "ScamShield" on T-Mobile, "ActiveArmor" on AT&T. Many Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) don't offer network-level spam call blocking. (This is companies such as Mint Mobile, Cricket, Boost, H20 Wireleess, Helium Mobile, etc., see: <https://bestmvno.com/mvnos/>.) Carrier-level filtering may work through an app, at the network level directly, or both. App support may be dependent on your specific device and OS.
VOIP services should in theory afford the highest level of capabilities, though this depends on what your provider enables for you. Rather to my surprise, Xfinity/Comcast actually has one of the better network-level spam-blocking systems by description, "Voice Spam Blocker". This is a three-tiered risk-based system with complete rejection, direct-to-voicemail, and CAPTCHA challenge. (Presumably there's also a whitelist option.) See: <https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/change-spam-blocker...>.
Note that I would be careful about using pure tones for too long. Pure tones end up focusing the energy in your cochlea towards a small area of hair cells. Since these cells don't regenerate, it may be wise to avoid overstressing them.
Thanks! I didn't know it was a known phenomenon. Now I know what to google.
My tinnitus is fortunately not super loud; it's only noticeable when it's relatively quiet, or I'm blocking sounds (with ear plugs, or noise cancelling headphones without input, etc.). So it's not like I habitually blast my ears with loud sine waves out of desperation. But I can imagine it may be different for other readers, so that's a good caveat.
They can't do that either with Wallet items. That's kind of the point: you can hand over your phone with a wallet item "unlocked" and visible on the screen, and that's all they'll have access to.
Sure but then you've already given them your phone after which you don't know what happens. Plus it's a lot of leverage for them to have it, e.g. "unlock or you won't get it back".
Doesn't Dominican Republic have like a 50% higher homicide rate than the US? Or do you mean it's just not localized in the spots you'd expect it to be?
Yea that's why I was wondering if GGP was talking about specific areas. There's certainly cities in the US with eyewatering violent crime rates (St Louis, Baltimore, etc). Not sure if OP was specifically talking about a similar localization within the Dominican Republic.
Idk. IMHO the crime exposure here is pretty insignificant if you aren’t going to the tourist hotspots. At the touristy places it’s about like NYC risk wise.
It’s not high for a developing nation. since 2015 the average is about 13/100k. By comparison, Louisiana is 19, New Mexico is 14, Missouri is 13, Maryland is 11, Alaska is 10.
? Not sure what this is supposed to mean. I’ve lived here for over a decade and have seen very few people that don’t have a home of some kind. Family connections obviously play a large role.
There are various explanations about the genesis of the sound for T sufferers, and it obviously depends on the kind of T that one has (this chart [1] helps navigate the variants).
But if you are one of the "common kind", which is typically an insult to your hearing apparatus that damaged your cochlea, then the work from Susan Shore [2] is a reasonable explanation of what could actually be going on (genesis by the fusiform cells of the dorsal cochlear nucleus). You may be interested in checking out her publications listed in the wikipedia article quoted.
For the prompting to avoid "AI look and feel", I was just insistent and turned down a lot of initial ideas, guiding Claude towards something that I was OK with.
Similarly, Claude helps me with messaging here and there, but never gets it quite right: I always use the generated prose as a guide for me to remember certain points, and end up rewriting 80% of it to be "in my voice". Claude's great, but I never recognize myself in the prose it writes.
Thanks for the math suggestion: yes it's more optimal to do it that way indeed.
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