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pardner

joined 11/13/2011, 1:27:20 AM has 520 karma

I was born and raised in Texas. Attended Rice, the Naval Academy, and Stanford, BSEE and MSEE, worked in product marketing management in silicon valley before starting and running companies, and have enjoyed two IPOs.

Recent Posts

Does anyone consider DMCA notice/cure policy when selecting a hosting platform?
by pardneron 8/7/2024, 3:11:08 AM with 0 comments
Idrive.com (backup) blocks VPN – without any message
by pardneron 5/19/2023, 2:29:55 AM with 0 comments
Rackspace (non-Exchange) hosted email down now, too
by pardneron 2/18/2023, 10:55:08 PM with 1 comment
Space rock that destroyed ancient city may have inspired Biblical story of Sodom
by pardneron 9/21/2021, 10:40:57 PM with 0 comments
Amazon “conditions of use” now preclude arbitration
by pardneron 7/19/2021, 11:21:36 PM with 1 comment
Oops HBO, using real user data in your software integration tests?
by pardneron 6/18/2021, 12:49:18 AM with 68 comments
Undocumented: Sendgrid now requires using a static IP if your app runs on Heroku
by pardneron 3/28/2021, 10:29:21 PM with 0 comments
Is skipping J&J and waiting (a little while) for Pfizer/Moderna wiser?
by pardneron 3/25/2021, 7:16:31 PM with 1 comment
Describing the worldviews of the new 'tech elite'
by pardneron 1/20/2021, 8:24:03 PM with 0 comments
Researchers report overnight cycle of water movement in trees
by pardneron 1/20/2021, 8:07:56 PM with 0 comments
Target Disk Mode in latter-day Intel Macs finally is reasonably fast
by pardneron 1/1/2021, 12:52:58 AM with 0 comments
Target Disk Mode now “reasonably” fast migrating between 2019/2020 Intel MBP
by pardneron 12/31/2020, 11:46:07 PM with 0 comments
Ask HN: Might Solarwinds hack scuttle US's attempt to thwart strong encyption?
by pardneron 12/20/2020, 3:16:39 AM with 1 comment
Might iOS Mail hiding sending address be leading cause of successful phfishing?
by pardneron 12/1/2020, 4:38:52 AM with 1 comment
Ask HN: Recent AppleCare turnaround time for MacBook repair?
by pardneron 11/9/2020, 8:22:50 PM with 0 comments
Yet another Venmo dark pattern (TL;DR high transaction limits; can't set lower)
by pardneron 10/16/2020, 8:03:14 AM with 0 comments
humor: Evidence Amazon might now use naked photos for MFA?
by pardneron 4/21/2020, 9:41:14 PM with 0 comments
Paypal Still Sending Invoices from Fake Godaddy
by pardneron 11/30/2019, 7:02:37 PM with 1 comment
Apple Watch “Stupid” Links Example
by pardneron 11/1/2019, 7:01:09 AM with 0 comments
Heroku customers: we are sitting ducks for trademark bullies
by pardneron 10/6/2019, 9:32:17 PM with 2 comments
Another great support feature ruined by marketing assholes (GoDaddy text alerts)
by pardneron 10/4/2019, 1:48:16 AM with 0 comments
When you use those cheap overseas web developers, double-down on Testing
by pardneron 9/22/2019, 6:19:17 PM with 0 comments
A Unified Theory of Cutlery Naming
by pardneron 9/3/2019, 6:31:43 AM with 0 comments
Better Alternative? Stripe's 'remember me' PREVENTS alternate (biz) card
by pardneron 6/15/2019, 5:34:37 PM with 0 comments
Google Maps Billing API Down, Breaking Website Relying on Their API
by pardneron 5/2/2019, 3:48:20 PM with 3 comments
Another once-venerable institution ruined by greed: Consumer Reports
by pardneron 4/30/2019, 12:56:08 AM with 2 comments
Google charts no longer will create QR codes
by pardneron 3/18/2019, 11:46:43 PM with 1 comment
Devs: MBP2013/Sierra as Fast as MBP2018/Mohave for Rspec/Docker/Rails
by pardneron 3/4/2019, 3:16:39 AM with 0 comments
4 Most Remarkable Shortcomings of Apple Watch Series 4 (e.g., why I returned it)
by pardneron 1/6/2019, 6:48:03 AM with 3 comments
Why would Apple 'whack-a-mole-UI' its Refurbished store?
by pardneron 12/1/2018, 10:55:19 PM with 1 comment
Amazon S3 consistently displaying 'internal error' fetching pictures
by pardneron 9/14/2017, 6:55:14 PM with 4 comments
Why IMO using FreshSales CRM could be hazardous to your business
by pardneron 5/15/2017, 11:22:27 PM with 0 comments