Co-founder at WonderProxy, taker of pictures, parent to young people way too young to care about social media.
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Last Notes npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1rv4…ft5j but will he be shot by a laser designed to kill a mouse repeatedly? That’s key. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l People like to pretend this is hard. Thousands of companies have nuanced anti-bribery policies in place. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Know what happens more often than you'd think? Hosting providers just sort of dropping off the Internet and not coming back. Tuesday everything works fine. Wednesday their entire subnet isn't working, no DNS, no email, nothing. They just never come back. This is not an uncommon occurrence for us. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l The PHP website for WonderProxy got like 4x faster when we rewrote it. We rewrote it in PHP. Of course the second time we wrote everything we went into it with 100x more knowledge than the first time. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer The Brits aren’t okay. https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/112/565/115/926/010/171/original/03470b5fec5afb87.jpg npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Taking time off the way you enjoy is incredibly powerful. Do you want to go to Vermont, stay in a hotel and just read books near a window? Go for it. Want to meet up with some friends and play video games with the curtains closed? Do that. We’re camping at the moment. We’ve had a few days of hiking and kayaking. This morning? We’re curled up under blankets listening to the rain fall, reading books or playing video games. We’re not wasting time, we’re enjoying ourselves. That’s great. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer My children are currently sitting on a bench in Ontario Canada eating some popsicles. Popsicles that were made in Turkey? I just don’t understand the economics of mixing sugar, water, and color, then ship them across a freaking ocean. How is that cheaper than making them in North America? What was the CO2 impact to save them … not much? Turkey also has a much higher percentage of fossil fuels in their energy mix than Canada. https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/112/542/942/559/806/230/original/efd2eca5c51384b8.jpg npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I think legalizing pot was the right move. That said I wish I could go camping with my kids without the smell of it. My oldest spent about a year thinking pot was the smell of “campfire” after a particularly unlucky campsite assignment. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer This is how most of those "Residential IP" proxy services work: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/us-sanctions-operators-of-free-vpn-that-routed-crime-traffic-through-user-pcs/ Earlier work: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8835239 npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer With the growth of LLMs, and people being to shovel their output unreviewed onto the web, have we already passed peak “you can believe things you read on the internet”? npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer They rescued Archie! (classic internet tool, I got to use it back in the early/mid 90s at a university lab) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/archie-the-internets-first-search-engine-is-rescued-and-running/ npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer This sidewalk reminds me of some CSS problems I’ve had over the years. https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/112/401/822/990/238/777/original/755bdeac8c0166fa.jpg npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I didn't realize it until I came upon it in a podcast. I view people calling twitter "X" without mentioning its former name a negative signal for how much I want to interact with that person. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer This is how threads should work for clients: if I click/tap on any item in the thread, I should be given a view of the entire thread. When I return to timeline view that thread should be filtered out, as I’ve read it already. It should also be trivial to knock an entire thread out of my timeline view if I don’t care about it. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l i think that was the first time she felt confortable enough to pursue something she enjoyed. She was safe, she liked the guy, it wasn’t “cousin stuff”… npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l I could convert it for you later if you’d like. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer So this was my first computer. I used it as a young kid in the 80s, and was entranced by it. I learned how to program on it, then kept going. I ended up doing college computer classes at night while I was still in high school. Since then I've acquired a university degree, written a programming book, and currently work at a tech company I co-founded. https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/112/117/070/493/319/348/original/25cf9a444f6c36f8.jpg npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l I'm not comfortable with how many "Senior Developers" I'm talking to started programming after I had a kid. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer If you're considering attending a Puzzled Pint this month (/cc @npub1jpp…u59l @npub168t…wxpv) the location puzzle is up, you'll need to solve it to find out where to go. (well, not actually, you can skip it, but it's good practice!). Google is a valid tool to use. https://puzzledpint.com/events/march-2024/#location-intro Your local event will exist somewhere on the "RSVP absolutely required" to "no RSVP needed, just show up" continuum. When you go to the actual event bring: pen, pencil, good eraser, scissors, tape, ruler. Good luck! npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Hey Friends, something I enjoy is doing the monthly puzzled pint with friends. It's non-competitive puzzle solving at a place[1]. Logic puzzles, not a picture cut into lots of pieces. It happens around the world, so if this sounds like fun take a look for one near you: https://puzzledpint.com/ I've got no angle here, just a fun thing you might like. [1] During the pandemic it all went online, at this point it's usually somewhere one can acquire a pint of alcohol. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I've read a lot of sci-fi. In many books /where /you were on "the net" mattered, and it would take time to traverse. If you were in an upscale shopping district and needed to drop down to the seedy underbelly it would take time and effort to get there. Part of this creation comes from the real world, and reflects the fact that much was written before the internet existed. Also: a useful literary device. I've often wondered if it would be "good" if the real net was more like this. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Happy Birthday @npub1jpp…u59l, we gotta meet up in person again soon. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l Sorry, my twitter account is mothballed. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l We do not. We worked on an alerting service, but spun it down when really internalized how big a product it would be to do well. It has a cute logo though: https://observ.io/ npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I spent much of the night up with my daughter who is unwell. This morning at about 5:30am as I snuggled her in the "grown up bed" she sincerely told me "i love you daddy... but I love mommy more". She then went on "I love you fifteen. I love mommy eight-hundred-million". #parenting npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l It's not sarcasm! Just your clarification that you weren't suggesting that they shouldn't pay creators. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l Thank you for correcting me! npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l @npub168t…wxpv @npub1f6a…pnql I dunno man. I'm pretty far on the other side. Giving model builders free range to train their stuff on things humans have built seems like a large transfer of wealth from the creative class to the technology class. Also, if my kid's school wants to teach my kids music. They need to pay for that music. Even though it's just for training! Why give these model building billionaires a free ride? npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer We shipped a new location selector @npub1wpu…9hpc today! https://testlocal.ly/ Trying to help users find the locations they want, when you have 250+ is a challenge. The unregistered version of the site only has a few locations, but if you make a free account you'll see them all. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer We took the kids to a board game cafe this evening, it was fun. While we were there, someone walked in, past the “please wait to be seated” sign, and started trying to claim tables. A server intercepted them, and asked what was up. They explained they were a group of 20, they hadn’t been able to make a reservation online, but were there now. They then seemed very confused that they couldn’t be seated, even as two groups of 10. I.. just don’t understand how they got to there. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l Nice, love that! Maybe get some web rings on there? npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I kind of want to move my blog to <domain> /cgi-bin/blog.pl Just kick it old school for a while. Maybe throw up a hit counter, a construction worker gif, and a few chuck norris-isms. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l and the individual who decided to email abuse@ to try and sell us candidates can just fuck right off. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer We posted a job, I've gotten a fair number of emails/linkedin messages from recruiters offering to help with my job posting, or send me candidates. The ones contacting me asking for a detailed job description though. They kill me. The link to it is everywhere I've posted the job. This just feels like foreshadowing for what working together would be like. I give them details, they ignore them, ask me to fill out a form. nope. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Hey Folks We're Hiring at WonderProxy! We're looking for a Senior Software Developer, our stack is mostly PHP & React. We have a slight preference for candidates in Ontario, Canada (that's where our company is). But are willing to work with other folks as a contractor. Lots more details in the posting: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wonderproxy/b5135fd7-ae9c-4c7d-ba13-8f1e75aa6980 #hiring #WeAreHiring #RemoteJobs npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Parades are weird. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l I almost doubled my salary moving to Ruby. They interviewed me in my language of choice. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I made reference to “a modest proposal” this evening, and Allison was initially confused, thinking that I was referring to some sort of modern day proposal from a US politician. That’s how far we’ve come folks, satire from 1729 mistaken for modern US politics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Apart from having content that's been ripped to train models (I've written a book, and blogged for years, the latter is confirmed to be in at least one model). This feels like a huge transfer of wealth from the creative class to the tech class. The creative class wasn't doing so great to begin with, for every Taylor Swift there's 10,000 people grinding it out on Deviant Art, Tumblr, and a small Etsy/Ko-Fi/Band Camp presence. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer Have we just moved right past "maybe people training models should pay for the content they use to train" and directly into "tech companies can scrape the world to make more money, and there's absolutely nothing anyone can do about it"? npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l Maybe. My success rate on contacting abuse@ addresses is abysmal. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer As people who run proxy servers on the internet, I feel an obligation to keep an open abuse@ email address. I'm not sure we've ever received an abuse complaint from it (we have received them other ways.) But I do feel like it sort of needs to be there. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I made my wife a desk. The top is hard maple, finished with Rubio Monocoat. It’s huge, bigger than our kitchen table. (To her exact specifications) #woodworking #woodworkingbeginner https://media.phpc.social/media_attachments/files/111/179/077/821/467/461/original/e13702008f218162.jpg npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer I've ranted a bunch about how much we dislike Google Analytics (GA), and how things are made a bit harder by the privacy focused space not having much focus on external certifications. You know what we decided? We're just going to rip out GA. Not we're going to replace GA with $tool. We're just ripping out GA. We've got other metrics we can use. We'll figure it out. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l Makes sense, thanks! Though, i will say, those big tomes also have some appeal if you've got the right spot in your house for them. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l Can you tell me more about why you've subscribed to a dictionary? I'm not questioning your choice. It's both never occurred to me that it was possible, or to do it. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer The ability of door-to-door salespeople to make you feel like the asshole for not wanting to talk to them is intense. Living in a house does not confer a permanent responsibility on the part of the resident to hear any and all sales pitches. npub1u9sdujne4x67w8qnvyz3ctjvtppwd8jk70ryhnd0sg6r67yl6d7qxtsg8p Paul Reinheimer @npub1jpp…u59l someone used my gmail for hotel reservations. I eventually forwarded it to the hotel, and asked them to check with the guest upon checkin, and pointed out that the link would let me cancel future reservations. Stopped then. If it happens again maybe they can stick a note on the receipt on delivery? Or reply and ask for extra anchovies and pineapple. Your move :)