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Re: Are the 5 Best Credit Cards for Groceries in Your Wallet?

Jacob — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:51:07 -0000

There is also the American Express Blue Cash Everyday card. For No Annual Fee, it provides 3% on groceries, 2% on gas, and 1% on everything else. It works like the Amex Blue Cash Preferred card described in the article, but you trade some of the rewards percentages for the no annual fee.

Re: USPS reveals new stamps planned for May and June

Jacob — Mon, 23 May 2016 11:11:55 -0000

I just wish I knew a release date for Henry James. I use the 3-ounce rate stamp all the time for my business and I need to stock up.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 Review Roundup: Here’s What Critics Have To Say 2 Months After Launch

Jacob — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:49:30 -0000

I would hardly call Open Source Tizen "Samsung's proprietary operating system"

Re: Costco Black Friday 2015: Who Are the Winners of the Costco Ad?

Jacob — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:03:36 -0000

If you live in a state with sales tax, you should be aware that Costco will charge sales tax on the total BEFORE the discount is applied. For some of the items with big discounts, this could easy add up to tens of dollars more.

For example the Nikon camera has a $300 discount off of $800. You would pay tax on the full $800. At a 7% tax rate, it would cost you $21 more than if you bought the camera somewhere else for a flat $500.

Re: Rumor: Amazon To Test Drive-Up Grocery Stores in Silicon Valley

Jacob — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:12:09 -0000

I still think that Amazon should buy Costco.

Re: Cloud9 Blog

Jacob — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:23:12 -0000

Thanks. That looks to be exactly what I was looking for.

Re: Cloud9 Blog

Jacob — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:10:43 -0000

Public projects are awesome (especially because they are free) and coding in a way that anyone can look at and run my work pressures me to always do my best work.

The one problem I have with public projects is that often I'm writing code that connects to an external API, and so I have a set of API keys, or passwords, or some secret tokens. I don't want to publish my personal API keys, but I do want to be able to run my public code that uses those keys. And I want to enable others to see and run my code with their own set of API keys. Is there any good way to do this without having to paste key strings onto the command line each time I run the project manually?

Re: Giveaway: Win a 200GB SanDisk MicroSD Card!

Jacob — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:20:28 -0000

I'd put it in one of my cheap burner phones that I use as a security camera.

Re: How To Cut Vehicle Emissions 90 Percent: Get Rid Of Human Drivers

Jacob — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:56:10 -0000

But what this doesn't account for is that people would tend to drive farther distances if they didn't have to be at the wheel. A road trip this weekend? No biggie, I can let the car drive all night while I sleep. Triple my commute wouldn't be a big deal if I can work in the car on the way to work.

Self-driving cars would only encourage people to drive more, not less. More driving means more vehicles on the road means more emissions. Whether or the benefits listed in this article could overcome this downside is yet to be determined.

Re: Students make a working miniature Hyperloop, proves it’s feasible on small scale

Jacob — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:12:58 -0000

Yes, but even if the hyperloop was only initially used to move freight, it could have a huge impact on society.

Re: My year in cities, 2014

Jacob — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:47:41 -0000

I've very boring:
Orem, Utah
Hillsboro, Oregon
Seaside, Oregon
Fort Collins, Colorado
Middle of Nowhere, Colorado (x4)
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Re: President Barack Obama to speak near Tappan Zee Bridge

Jacob — Wed, 14 May 2014 12:26:26 -0000

No. It is simply $302B divided by total U.S. population.

That means that someone is paying $950 for myself. Another $950 for my wife. Another $1900 for my kids. If I'm not paying it, then someone else is paying it for me. Either way, it is a big cost.

Is it worth it? I don't know. My point is that we like to focus on getting what we want, and ignoring what it costs.

Re: President Barack Obama to speak near Tappan Zee Bridge

Jacob — Wed, 14 May 2014 11:50:06 -0000

Everyone likes having things we want. That usually means spending money. Where does that money come from? In the case of government spending that comes from taxes, which comes from people like you and me. $302 billion? That averages out to about $950 for every man woman and child in the U.S. That seems like a pretty big cost.

Re: Troy Creates ‘Do Not Knock’ Registry To Keep Pesky Solicitors At Bay

Jacob — Fri, 02 May 2014 15:32:49 -0000

We've had something like this in Fort Collins, Colorado for a couple of years now. It works pretty OK. In addition to the No-Solicitation list, we also have laws requiring solicitors to have background checks and wear city-issued identifcation. Solicitors must respect "No Solicitation" signs and only knock on doors between 9am and sunset. There are exemptions to some of the rules for non-commercial entities.

Re: It's Go Time on Linux | CloudFlare Blog

Jacob — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:13:59 -0000

"Determininig" is misspelled in the first paragraph.

Re: CloudFlare fights off massive NTP reflection DDoS attack

Jacob — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:02:30 -0000

Unless specifically configured against NTP reflection, NTP servers earlier than 4.2.7 are susceptible to being used in these types of DDoS attacks. The problem is that the latest "stable" version of NTP is 4.2.6p5. I suspect that system administrators are hesitant against upgrading to 4.2.7 which is labeled as a "development" release.

Typically NTP is one of those "set up and forget about it" services. Getting system administrators to specifically address this problem through upgrade or reconfiguration will be difficult.

Re: Google Reader Bites the Dust. Who's Next?

Jacob — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:35:46 -0000

Earlier today I wrote a blog post about the 10 Google products most likely to be cut next:
http://squaregalaxy.com/tec...

Re: Google Maps Street View ads panoramic imagery from Grand Canyon

Jacob — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:41:51 -0000

The title should use "adds," as in addition, not "ads," as in advertisements.

Re: Raspbmc: 512MB support, more improvements

Jacob — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:20:33 -0000

So if I understand right, if I have both 256MB and 512MB devices, I can take my SD card and swap it back and forth between them with no problem?

Re: Yet another Raspbmc update

Jacob — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:55:01 -0000

I SSH'ed into the Raspberry Pi, and ran "sudo apt-get update" followed by "sudo apt-get upgrade" which upgraded these packages: dbus insserv libdbus-1-3 libmysqlclient18 libsdl-mixer1.2 libtiff4 mysql-common rsyslog xml-core

After I did that, I rebooted and I could control XBMC through CEC/Remote control again.

Re: Yet another Raspbmc update

Jacob — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:32:13 -0000

It just auto updated on me, but after the update I can't control XBMC at all. Not with a CEC remote, not with a connected keyboard. I can control it through the remote control on the XBMC web interface.

Re: Samsung Opens New Apple Store in Australia

Jacob — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:03:05 -0000

Looks more like a Sony Style store than an Apple store, and Sony Style stores have been around a lot longer.

Re: The time for NoSQL standards is now

Jacob — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:46:45 -0000

I tried jumping on the NoSQL bandwagon, writing a web app that used MongoDB for its storage, and I found it difficult to work with in regard to data aggregations. NoSQL databases have their place and relational databases have a separate place.

Re: Update on 1st gen iPod nano replacements

Jacob — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:28:54 -0000

Hey, I just got an email from Apple telling me that they are shipping me my replacement Nano. They provided the serial number of the replacement, and when I looked it up, it came up as a 6th Gen Nano.

Re: Buying Hulu is a Bad Idea for any Company

Jacob — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:39:55 -0000

Hulu's success is directly dependent on it continuing to receive an inflow of new shows. That inflow is very delicate and could dry up quickly on the whims of the four aforementioned networks. Buying something so fragil is not worth it.