How coronavirus could affect software industry?
2 by aearm | 3 comments on Hacker News. Some say after covid-19 more companies will realize their job can be done remotely which will lead to increase the demand for more software engineers. While others say recession is coming and most companies will reduce their IT budget. Do you know how covid19 will affect the software industry?
Ask HN: Could we create a Tor-like system for debit/credit cards?
2 by SimonDorfman | 0 comments on Hacker News. Idea: stop merchants from tracking all your purchases by creating something like the Tor network for credit/debit cards. Maybe it works something like this: create a co-op financial institution that issues credit/debit cards. Each time you use a card from this co-op, it runs the transaction under an alias card number. You still get charged properly on the back end, but the merchant sees a different name and card number. To use Tor-parlance, imagine the different card numbers as different "exit nodes." Would it be possible to create something like this? I'm hoping someone who understand the nuts and bolts of how credit/debit cards work can chime in. Example: Here are five people and their card numbers: | Name | Card Number | |-----------|---------------------| | Donna Doe | 1111 1111 1111 1111 | | Carla Coe | 1111 1111 1111 1112 | | Brett Boe | 1111 1111 1111 1113 | | Ralph Roe | 1111 1111 1111 1114 | | Paula Poe | 1111 1111 1111 1115 | Donna Doe goes to the same supermarket every day for five days. Every day, she uses the same credit card (number 1111 1111 1111 1111). Even though the same card is swiped every day, the merchant sees five different names and card numbers. Example of what cards might randomly come up on those five card swipes: Day 1: Paula Poe - 1111 1111 1111 1115 Day 2: Carla Coe - 1111 1111 1111 1112 Day 3: Donna Doe - 1111 1111 1111 1111 Day 4: Ralph Roe - 1111 1111 1111 1114 Day 5: Brett Boe - 1111 1111 1111 1113 ( I posted the same question to Reddit here: https://ift.tt/2xwHtWv )
Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?
422 by sondog | 410 comments on Hacker News. It seems like most book recommendation threads end up being filled with a load of self improvement type books. Do you have any fiction book recommendations that have positively impacted your life? Maybe a book that helped you through tough times or made you change your outlook on life?
Linking Paul Graham's Essays with RoamResearch
2 by linhub | 0 comments on Hacker News. I'm doing this little experiment on @RoamResearch , uploading and linking all Paul Graham's essays. If you want to play around and help send a DM to @fpetra_ on Twitter with your email and will enable edition for you. Link to essays: https://ift.tt/39t3vXw Link to tweet: https://twitter.com/fpetra_/status/1244404974244823043?s=20 Would love to hear if anyone finds anything new on the future. Stay safe!
Taiwan invites US newspapers expelled by China to move their operations
Taiwan’s foreign minister on Friday invited three U.S. newspapers to move their operations to the island after China expelled journalists stationed in Beijing.