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qurren 23 hours ago [-]
I don't get it. Is this for your family to message you in emergency (e.g. they lose their phones) without needing credentials to their 2FA-infested apps of sorts that they're locked out of?
Are you not getting a ton of spam from this form being open to public?
I've had similar ideas but I'd probably make it something easy to remember like myname.com/message and it quizzes the user or various things that only my family would know. Things like the color of the bedsheets, which specific IKEA kallax square the cat loves to hang out in, the location in the kitchen where the rice is stored
NewsaHackO 20 hours ago [-]
Yeah, I hope this is just a demo that he is showing. You usually are fine if you have a reverseDNS domain name that you don't advertise + CF, but he is now going to get spammed by genuine human traffic.
apwheele 3 hours ago [-]
I have a contact page on my business website. I get about 2 spam messages a day.
So far I have not taken the effort to better filter them. It is a nice check to make sure the site is still working at the moment given the low volume I get.
I should try to AI inject them though at this point with something silly, like I am more likely to respond if you email as a limerick.
ventana 1 days ago [-]
I would probably suggest switching the link to the GitHub source code and listing the actual page URL in the description; otherwise, I click the link in the article and get a location sharing request and a Send button; after a few seconds I matched that with the title, but I still had my WTF moment.
zamadatix 1 days ago [-]
Before MFA was mandated on every service this was an easy problem to solve. Now when you lose your phone while out and about you lose your ability to log in to even Dave's Speed Cow Milker's Enthusiast Forum unless you're at home with another computer already logged in to various things.
waterproof 21 hours ago [-]
The QR code that you use to transfer TOTP secrets to a new phone, is static. It never changes (unless you add a new service) and it requires no verification.
Do with that information what you will.
zamadatix 21 hours ago [-]
If you can have a copy or deployment of your TOTP code accessible (or memorized) at any time then you've solved the same problem already!
rsync 17 hours ago [-]
"Now when you lose your phone while out and about you lose your ability ..."
Learning my 1Password recovery key took quite a while, but should allow me to do a cold reboot of my digital life.
et-al 24 hours ago [-]
Yubikeys could be cheaper. In addition to the two I have, I bought two more to store offsite with friends and family for redundancy (with access to my password manager + important email accounts).
xtiansimon 5 hours ago [-]
With a usb stick form factor I would think Yubikey would be doing more to convince consumers a yubikey will not fail like a usb stick (randomly and from disuse).
OlivOnTech 21 hours ago [-]
Cheaper than learning a recovery key?
Yubikey redundancy is a great idea though
hod6654 23 hours ago [-]
It's something that you never use on a daily basis. Very easily forgotten...
ge96 24 hours ago [-]
When I was really bad at speeding all the time I had this fear I'd go to jail and my cat would die alone in my apt. So I started working on my own dead man switch, I actually have not finished it but I at least bought him like a self-feeding thing that would last a month or more and he unfortunately drinks out of the toilet too so I leave the top cover off.
I've recently stopped or working on stopping the triple digits driving.
The topic at hand this would be a Twilio thing sending a message like "so and so might be in jail take care of the cat" which is messed up/funny but I do tell them in advance can you be on this list. But at least this phase of my life is over/I have something to look forward to/behave for.
rsyring 24 hours ago [-]
The right thing to do is stop speeding like that. Needlessly endangering others. It's good you are trying to stop. To help you continue in that effort...
Check out HPDE events to get your speed fix and keep it off public roads.
I've ran with Chin Track Days and 10/10ths and can recommend both orgs (USA based because that's what I know).
toast0 23 hours ago [-]
I recently purchased my mid-life crisis car; it's rear-engined, manual transmission, air-cooled, same engine block as a Porsche 914 ... but it's a VW Vanagon.
Anyway, my super sweet high performance sports car can really only get up to highway speeds, and it takes a long time to get there. Getting on the highway means at least 20 seconds of full throttle driving, and staying at highway speeds is pretty darn close to full throttle too. It's kind of fun having your foot down the whole time you're driving without endangering others. :)
One of these days, I'm going to take it to the drag strip for fun. I'll get a better value, since I'll be on the strip for at 2-3 times as long as someone in a fast car :)
Really, I got it because I thought it'd be fun to get it running and hopefully keep it running, and it would probably be an easy manual to refresh my skills and teach the kiddo and maybe the spouse on. That and bugs and cuter VW vans were spendy, so I got the Vanagon instead.
dylan604 20 hours ago [-]
> One of these days, I'm going to take it to the drag strip for fun. I'll get a better value, since I'll be on the strip for at 2-3 times as long as someone in a fast car :)
If you're paying for the track time, might as well get your money's worth!
ge96 24 hours ago [-]
I am past it but unless it's Nurburging track doesn't interest me although I am trying to buy a track car eg. Lotus Exige but I have time
I don't do the squeeze benz shit, if it's day time I see a gap in traffic that's when I floor it but yeah, even with a radar detector a lot of cops/troopers don't use their radar so not even helpful... and the tickets which I was dumb and paid... like I said I'm done with it as I want to stay out of jail
It's almost a curse discovering fast cars the thrill of the acceleration... I used to drive like mundane just part of life... and with the RD now I'm just on edge looking for the cops so yeah... I'm glad not speeding now
rsyring 23 hours ago [-]
I agree with your almost a curse sentiment. My interest in fast cars, BMWs in my case, is a blessing and a curse. But HPDE gave me a "safe" (for others) out and I took it.
It's expensive. So, FWIW, buy a car that's really reliable and parts relatively inexpensive so you can spend your money on track time and not the car. I have an F80 M3 dual purpose car and would have got an older dedicated track car (E46 maybe) if I ever got to do it all over again.
I doubt I'll ever get to Nurburging, too far and too expensive, but I've had a lot of fun on some relatively small and simpler tracks. Turns out I like the skill needed and experience of nailing a turn more than I like raw speed on a straight.
ge96 23 hours ago [-]
People's car interests are interesting like for me I'm looking at visuals, I like the 2-door rounded back (Coupe?) design like Porsche 911 or Nissan 370z Nismo, Lotus Exige is not like that but damn what a sexy car 240 S in Chrome Orange. This is not the same car but love this video https://youtu.be/0c9prOTdp_M?si=7q7ffymWuGKZvmaf&t=155 I drive a manual I like downshifting closest thing I can get for now lol.
For Bimmers though my friend wants to get an M4. Oh and one of my friends gutted his old Bimmer, bucket seats inside that was crazy.
dylan604 19 hours ago [-]
As I'm watching videos like this shot with very fast shutter speed cameras, it's really hard for me to get a sense of how fast the car is actually going. Even the static shots of the car driving past, there's just no sense of is that really that fast? I've attached plenty of cameras to cars and have shot at the Indy 500, but the video has just never given me that "wow that's fast" sense.
ge96 19 hours ago [-]
I get that, Barry's videos with the Lotus Elise on the alps are like that, feels like he's going really fast but only like 60mph
For the Exige above just the racking and down shifting sound, blip the throttle damn love that, that's why I'd never get an electric sports car even if it is faster, though the C8 can do a sub 2 second 0-60.
Onavo 23 hours ago [-]
Just get a EV. Your average tesla runs circles around ICE when it comes to acceleration.
rsyring 18 hours ago [-]
Granted. But, on the track, acceleration is only one component.
I've been passed on the track by cars with hundreds of horsepower less with a better track setup, lighter, and with better drivers.
There are reports of people taking EVs to the track but they are usually hampered by charging availability and heat dissipation. I've also heard that braking can be a challenge because you want to use regenerative braking as much as possible but that can make the braking unpredictable. The last thing you want coming in hot on a corner is to have any doubt about how well your heavy EV is going to shed speed.
I don't know for sure, but I'd make an educated guess that the EVs are really hard on tires. Lots of torque and relatively heavy is a bad combination for tire longevity.
The other problem EV owners face is that tracks have banned them due to the fire risk in the case of an accident. The tracks aren't equipped to handle a large LIB fire.
asdff 19 hours ago [-]
This is why people buy miatas. You can wail on the car and still be driving the speed limit.
chaidhat 24 hours ago [-]
please don’t drive that fast (I’m assuming you mean triple digits MPH). It endangers both yourself and others.
loloquwowndueo 22 hours ago [-]
Triple digits kph on residential steeets (limit 30-50kph) would also be dangerous as hell and I’ve seen people do it.
swat535 16 hours ago [-]
The worst part of reckless driving is that you can take away someone else's life or maim them forever by your action.
mikeocool 23 hours ago [-]
Not sure jail is the outcome you need to be worrying about.
replwoacause 12 hours ago [-]
Buy a bicycle and ride that instead until you're mature enough to get behind the wheel. Speeding around endangering people's lives is rotten behavior.
blitzar 24 hours ago [-]
The right thing to do is to use your one call to phone your cat and make sure they are ok - or take them with you when you drive.
ge96 24 hours ago [-]
Yeah I hope I don't find out but the one time I was arrested (too drunk at a bar) I was released ROR or something no bond. That was a scary experience like you just disappear.
felooboolooomba 18 hours ago [-]
This is one of the most bizarre though processes I've read.
gosub100 21 hours ago [-]
Fear you'd go to jail, but not crash and die or be in a coma? I think cats can tolerate a week without food which should be longer than your jail sentence.
ge96 21 hours ago [-]
Yeah fear is funny, I'm/was(?) afraid to talk to women, but no problem with 160mph or whatever, I mean really it's the car if it's solid it rides smooth. But yeah at least I'm pursuing a new thrill now (women). Keep in mind though I'm in the midwest and this is on a big ass highway during the day.
gosub100 20 hours ago [-]
Good luck to you. I also share the fear about approaching women, so you're not alone there. Good luck, I hope you find success in love.
ge96 20 hours ago [-]
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dylan604 19 hours ago [-]
> I think cats can tolerate a week without food
What cat would this be? My cats act like the world is ending because the bottom of the dish is visible. Tolerate is clearly the wrong word here.
gosub100 19 hours ago [-]
oh it would be terrible, I dont think they would die though. I would never do that to any pet!
NuclearPM 17 hours ago [-]
Selfish. Don’t speed.
snazarov92 2 hours ago [-]
I get this error while visiting the site
Sorry, you have been blocked
You are unable to access delduca.org
I'm from Germany
altairprime 1 hours ago [-]
Same error, United States. Oh well!
turtlebits 21 hours ago [-]
A "simple page" but it needs multiple SaaS API keys (Openrouter, Resend, Textbelt) AND requires Temporal? I can't see how this will last/be reliable for an extended period of time.
Also, how do you prevent spam?
adrianwaj 44 minutes ago [-]
Another idea would be to have a chatroom (eg Kraa) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47872083 - and preload a bunch of people into it, and have each one notified when someone posts into it (that feature does not exist.) The 'leaf' could be called "Panic."
The issue is verification - a password seems the most obvious. Something you can remember once your phone is gone.
The other issue from reading comments below - you need to be able to walk up to someone and tell them, "I've lost my phone, do you think I can use your phone briefly." Alternatively, you could walk into a box-store (or library) and use one of their PCs.
Also, a way to get transport quickly would be important - perhaps that is the first thing you do when on another computer.
cbracketdash 1 days ago [-]
Why is it more likely you'll have internet access when you don't have a phone? If you happen to find a computer, what's insufficient about writing an email?
SoftTalker 1 days ago [-]
How will you log into your email from a strange computer without your phone. Gmail has required 2-factor auth for a long time.
LasEspuelas 22 hours ago [-]
You have to set up those backup codes and keep them in your wallet or somewhere independent of your phone and in your person at all times.
306bobby 1 days ago [-]
I get your point, but believe it or not there's more email services than just Gmail
prepend 23 hours ago [-]
Really, because I’ve been working to move off gmail for 5 years and it’s slim pickings.
I’ve tried fastmail, protonmail, outlook and they all suck. Gmail is probably the only google account I still use.
SoftTalker 22 hours ago [-]
I like fastmail but any provider worth using is going to have 2FA mandatory so that will be an issue regardless. Gmail was just a (popular) example.
embedding-shape 24 hours ago [-]
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delduca 1 days ago [-]
My wife doesn't check email frequently, so SMS (or even better, WhatsApp) would be more reliable.
Maybe an alternative is to store the WhatsApp contact information of people who could help behind a password.
Then, if I need help, I can ask to borrow someone's phone on the street. If they don't have WhatsApp, I can just make a regular phone call instead.
ianburrell 20 hours ago [-]
Why hide emergency contact info? Put it in Emergency group on everyone's phone.
The goal should be to send a single message with nature of emergency, what you need from them, and what they do like call police
I could see a private reference page with important info. Including checklist for various scenarios. That's what I thought you did. Then print out a copy and put in binder somewhere at home.
fn-mote 1 days ago [-]
> If they don't have WhatsApp
Is this really likely? I would guess only 70 year olds don't have WhatsApp.
Seems more likely you forget the impoprtant phone numbers because you never enter them manually.
malfist 1 days ago [-]
Nobody in my friend group has a WhatsApp and I'm a millennial.
venzaspa 22 hours ago [-]
Depends where you are, in most European countries, everyone including their grandmas will use Whatsapp.
j45 1 days ago [-]
It doesn’t have to be just for one type of user.
sheept 1 days ago [-]
WhatsApp is not universally used. Line, WeChat, and KakaoTalk are more common in East Asia
NDlurker 1 days ago [-]
In the US, the only people I know who use WhatsApp are immigrants who use it to talk to friends and family back home.
x187463 1 days ago [-]
With iMessage, Discord, and Signal, I can't imagine a use case for me or anyone I know to use WhatsApp.
nerdsniper 1 days ago [-]
The vast majority of the world defaults to whatsapp. But yes, other than convention, any of these could be equivalent.
I don’t see why you would care for Discord over whatsapp except that it’s what you happen to use already.
appreciatorBus 24 hours ago [-]
lol not 70, no Whatsapp.
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m0nit0r 10 hours ago [-]
I really like the idea of trying to solve an existing problem.
You forget your phone but how do you access a webpage in an emergency?
If this works for you and your personal use case, then everything is fine.
But I see a lot of hurdles along the way here.
I would rather think of something like:
If my phone hasen't been moved over an X amount of time (locations based or accelerometer) the phone drops a note to predfined receipients with "My phone hasen't moved in 60 minutes, maybe I forgot it somewhere". You can send a location point, but that is just where the phone is.
At least it would solve the point where you have to do something manually.
throawayonthe 4 hours ago [-]
this seems very streamlined and i don't think it would be that hard to find someone to lend you their phone for like 30 seconds
(or ask them to type a message while they hold their own phone obviously. i once was approached and asked to send an email to a relative because they were locked out and without their phone)
dstroot 20 hours ago [-]
In a wider disaster, such as a fire, earthquake, tornado or hurricane both companies and families want to contact employees or loved ones to make sure that they are OK. Unfortunately, land networks, Internet, links and mobile networks may be compromised by the emergency further, people may be caught away from home. Their laptop or mobile device might run out of power.
I thought a solution might be some type of “check-in” service - especially for employees. Are you OK? How can we reach you? Are you available for work? Do you need assistance? Etc.
Things like slack, teams, etc. can fit the bill so it was not really monetizable.
BaudouinVH 20 hours ago [-]
Or maybe ping their equipment and react in case the ping stops responding on all the devices ?
I even created a generator so people can configure it with their Telegram/Pushover settings and have it generate a static app easy to host on Netlify or Clouflare Pages/Workers.
hod6654 23 hours ago [-]
This is so simple and yet so useful!
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reboot81 22 hours ago [-]
Youre not alone with the problem: if device lost -> difficult to reach family
No matter what solution you choose you will need to remember something. I have two family members who always answer, so their phone numbers are the only two I know. By dialing them manually now and then I make sure my memory is working.
In the age of AI/voice generators I’ve also told them how I will identify myself.
So if being mugged in Kiwiland, and they get a call where I ask them to transfer money they can do so knowing it would only be me making that request as I told them the secret phrase: ”yes, it was me who tipped over the Christmas tree”.
Ofcourse not that, but something none of the inner family will ever forget.
rodolphoarruda 22 hours ago [-]
I'm also from Brazil and share the same fears. I built a family note taking app which has an internal contact form for the same purpose. One can use it to contact family members in situations of having the phone lost/robbed. Now I'm looking forward to implementing an ephemeral web conference room via API so we could have emergency voice chat. I tried with Jitsi, but it didn't work for me.
sixhobbits 1 days ago [-]
I did something similar, just a photo of handwritten phone mumbers and an easy to remember URL that's not indexed.
Anyone will hopefully lend you a phone if you're in a pinch but I realized that I don't know very numbers to actually call and it's kinda weird to start using email/Whatsapp whatever on a strangers phone compared to asking to visit one site and make one call
FractalParadigm 23 hours ago [-]
> Anyone will hopefully lend you a phone if you're in a pinch
I honestly wouldn't count on it, at least not where I'm from, not anymore anyways. IME, having been in that situation (and knowing the numbers I need to call) it's rare for someone to let a stranger use their personal device for something as mundane as a phone call due to risk of theft, scams, or other criminal behaviour, not just on the part of the person borrowing the phone, but the person on the other end being contacted from an unknown number. While the chances of something like that realistically happening are incredibly low, it's a surprisingly easy social engineering method that's got people wary of trusting others to handle effectively their entire life in one device. A lot of businesses don't even let customers make personal phone calls from their landline for the same reason.
sixhobbits 22 hours ago [-]
Yeah with AI voice cloning I'd definitely be default suspicious now but at this stage I know close friends and relatives well enough to be able to ask one question to establish identity
sailfast 23 hours ago [-]
Why did you let me send you a message? That’s what came up when I hit this page.
Diti 23 hours ago [-]
I thought the unlabeled `<textarea>` was part of the prominent Cloudflare captcha that’s on the page. I sent intense swearing as a result. I’m sorry. But your UI could be made slightly better (by adding a label)!
autoexec 1 days ago [-]
This isn't a terrible idea, but I'd password protect it and share the password with the people you want to be able to contact you. That'll help avoid spam/scams. "I'm your family member in trouble please send money now to X immediately no time to explain further" is a very common scam and a page like this would make it very easy.
NewEntryHN 1 days ago [-]
Hmm I'm not sure why in an emergency situation accessing a webpage would be easier than making a phone call.
tracker1 24 hours ago [-]
You remember the URL but not a phone number.
QuercusMax 19 hours ago [-]
...then put the phone number at the URL
tracker1 1 hours ago [-]
Exactly the point in the conversation... in this case it's a webform to notify directly.. I think a simple password prompt and including an actual list of emergency contacts would be prudent.
delduca 24 hours ago [-]
The problem is to remember numbers.
andrewstuart 21 hours ago [-]
Why did it ask my location.
mrdw 1 days ago [-]
"LLM-summarized" lmao
cdot2 24 hours ago [-]
I'm not especially anti-LLM but emergency messages seems like a terrible use case. If you're typing out a detailed emergency message then I would think you would need all of your details to be sent or you could simply type a shorter message.
delduca 1 days ago [-]
Do you know another way to fit a 3000 long message into a 160ish SMS?
ianburrell 20 hours ago [-]
Don't write long messages in an emergency. If it can't fit in one message, it probably doesn't matter. Instead of trying to predict everything, allow communication. Let them figure it out, don't command them.
Also, you might consider using existing messaging app. Then you can interact if have them install the app. Matrix might work. I think Matrix can do SMS.
MSFT_Edging 1 days ago [-]
19 SMS messages.
Does anyone still pay per text?
flexagoon 1 days ago [-]
> Does anyone still pay per text?
It makes much more sense outside the US than to pay for a text bundle. My phone plan includes 0 SMS messages, and I don't know what was the last time when I've had to send one was. It's only useful when someone doesn't have internet, which only happens once every few months at most.
account42 5 hours ago [-]
You are generalizing quite a bit here, not everywhere "outside the US" is the same. Here almost all phone plans that aren't data only come with unlimited SMS - and we never paid for receiving them anyway.
philipwhiuk 1 days ago [-]
Why 3000 ? Set a character limit. If the detail is important they can just send 2.. or 10.
ForHackernews 1 days ago [-]
write a shorter emergency message?
"I was in a car accident, come to general hospital downtown"
TZubiri 1 days ago [-]
Ok I understand the usecase now.
I would have used two textboxes, Title and description, but this works as well.
hk1337 24 hours ago [-]
I was trying to figure out if the bad gateway page was the page or an error
delduca 24 hours ago [-]
I was deploying a new version. For some reason sometimes I do not get zero down deployments with Dokku, probably missing the healthcheck.
I will confirm if it is not a bug on my code first, thank you very much!
comrade1234 1 days ago [-]
Did you get my request for help?
delduca 1 days ago [-]
I got ~300 requests :)
So far...
philipwhiuk 1 days ago [-]
I... I would not trust my emergency page to an LLM.
delduca 24 hours ago [-]
The LLM is just to make the message short for the SMS. The entire message is sent by mail without any AI.
QuercusMax 20 hours ago [-]
That makes no sense. Why don't you just set a char-limit on the input and reject anything that's too long?
delduca 19 hours ago [-]
If I trim I may lost important context. I understand the concern here.
tracker1 1 hours ago [-]
Have two inputs a summary and a longer text field... kind of like an email subject.
Then limit the text input to like 100 chars, giving another 60 for general "... continued in email to you@..."
Send the summary as the subject, and the full text in the email. easy peasy.
I'd also add a simple text auth/password prompt as well as list the contacts and their respective email and phone numbers too, so you can call easier.
QuercusMax 19 hours ago [-]
Who said anything about trimming?
Make your text box only hold as much data as you can transmit. Or send two messages if you need to. Do you think someone is going to paste a novel in there or something? This is a VERY stupid reason to use an LLM.
Are you not getting a ton of spam from this form being open to public?
I've had similar ideas but I'd probably make it something easy to remember like myname.com/message and it quizzes the user or various things that only my family would know. Things like the color of the bedsheets, which specific IKEA kallax square the cat loves to hang out in, the location in the kitchen where the rice is stored
So far I have not taken the effort to better filter them. It is a nice check to make sure the site is still working at the moment given the low volume I get.
I should try to AI inject them though at this point with something silly, like I am more likely to respond if you email as a limerick.
Do with that information what you will.
2FA Mule:
https://kozubik.com/items/2famule/
Yubikey redundancy is a great idea though
I've recently stopped or working on stopping the triple digits driving.
The topic at hand this would be a Twilio thing sending a message like "so and so might be in jail take care of the cat" which is messed up/funny but I do tell them in advance can you be on this list. But at least this phase of my life is over/I have something to look forward to/behave for.
Check out HPDE events to get your speed fix and keep it off public roads.
I've ran with Chin Track Days and 10/10ths and can recommend both orgs (USA based because that's what I know).
Anyway, my super sweet high performance sports car can really only get up to highway speeds, and it takes a long time to get there. Getting on the highway means at least 20 seconds of full throttle driving, and staying at highway speeds is pretty darn close to full throttle too. It's kind of fun having your foot down the whole time you're driving without endangering others. :)
One of these days, I'm going to take it to the drag strip for fun. I'll get a better value, since I'll be on the strip for at 2-3 times as long as someone in a fast car :)
Really, I got it because I thought it'd be fun to get it running and hopefully keep it running, and it would probably be an easy manual to refresh my skills and teach the kiddo and maybe the spouse on. That and bugs and cuter VW vans were spendy, so I got the Vanagon instead.
If you're paying for the track time, might as well get your money's worth!
I don't do the squeeze benz shit, if it's day time I see a gap in traffic that's when I floor it but yeah, even with a radar detector a lot of cops/troopers don't use their radar so not even helpful... and the tickets which I was dumb and paid... like I said I'm done with it as I want to stay out of jail
It's almost a curse discovering fast cars the thrill of the acceleration... I used to drive like mundane just part of life... and with the RD now I'm just on edge looking for the cops so yeah... I'm glad not speeding now
It's expensive. So, FWIW, buy a car that's really reliable and parts relatively inexpensive so you can spend your money on track time and not the car. I have an F80 M3 dual purpose car and would have got an older dedicated track car (E46 maybe) if I ever got to do it all over again.
I doubt I'll ever get to Nurburging, too far and too expensive, but I've had a lot of fun on some relatively small and simpler tracks. Turns out I like the skill needed and experience of nailing a turn more than I like raw speed on a straight.
For Bimmers though my friend wants to get an M4. Oh and one of my friends gutted his old Bimmer, bucket seats inside that was crazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5vF7ApxbAg
For the Exige above just the racking and down shifting sound, blip the throttle damn love that, that's why I'd never get an electric sports car even if it is faster, though the C8 can do a sub 2 second 0-60.
I've been passed on the track by cars with hundreds of horsepower less with a better track setup, lighter, and with better drivers.
There are reports of people taking EVs to the track but they are usually hampered by charging availability and heat dissipation. I've also heard that braking can be a challenge because you want to use regenerative braking as much as possible but that can make the braking unpredictable. The last thing you want coming in hot on a corner is to have any doubt about how well your heavy EV is going to shed speed.
I don't know for sure, but I'd make an educated guess that the EVs are really hard on tires. Lots of torque and relatively heavy is a bad combination for tire longevity.
The other problem EV owners face is that tracks have banned them due to the fire risk in the case of an accident. The tracks aren't equipped to handle a large LIB fire.
What cat would this be? My cats act like the world is ending because the bottom of the dish is visible. Tolerate is clearly the wrong word here.
Sorry, you have been blocked You are unable to access delduca.org
I'm from Germany
Also, how do you prevent spam?
The issue is verification - a password seems the most obvious. Something you can remember once your phone is gone.
The other issue from reading comments below - you need to be able to walk up to someone and tell them, "I've lost my phone, do you think I can use your phone briefly." Alternatively, you could walk into a box-store (or library) and use one of their PCs.
Also, a way to get transport quickly would be important - perhaps that is the first thing you do when on another computer.
I’ve tried fastmail, protonmail, outlook and they all suck. Gmail is probably the only google account I still use.
Maybe an alternative is to store the WhatsApp contact information of people who could help behind a password.
Then, if I need help, I can ask to borrow someone's phone on the street. If they don't have WhatsApp, I can just make a regular phone call instead.
The goal should be to send a single message with nature of emergency, what you need from them, and what they do like call police
I could see a private reference page with important info. Including checklist for various scenarios. That's what I thought you did. Then print out a copy and put in binder somewhere at home.
Is this really likely? I would guess only 70 year olds don't have WhatsApp.
Seems more likely you forget the impoprtant phone numbers because you never enter them manually.
I don’t see why you would care for Discord over whatsapp except that it’s what you happen to use already.
You forget your phone but how do you access a webpage in an emergency?
If this works for you and your personal use case, then everything is fine. But I see a lot of hurdles along the way here.
I would rather think of something like: If my phone hasen't been moved over an X amount of time (locations based or accelerometer) the phone drops a note to predfined receipients with "My phone hasen't moved in 60 minutes, maybe I forgot it somewhere". You can send a location point, but that is just where the phone is.
At least it would solve the point where you have to do something manually.
(or ask them to type a message while they hold their own phone obviously. i once was approached and asked to send an email to a relative because they were locked out and without their phone)
I thought a solution might be some type of “check-in” service - especially for employees. Are you OK? How can we reach you? Are you available for work? Do you need assistance? Etc.
Things like slack, teams, etc. can fit the bill so it was not really monetizable.
I even created a generator so people can configure it with their Telegram/Pushover settings and have it generate a static app easy to host on Netlify or Clouflare Pages/Workers.
No matter what solution you choose you will need to remember something. I have two family members who always answer, so their phone numbers are the only two I know. By dialing them manually now and then I make sure my memory is working.
In the age of AI/voice generators I’ve also told them how I will identify myself. So if being mugged in Kiwiland, and they get a call where I ask them to transfer money they can do so knowing it would only be me making that request as I told them the secret phrase: ”yes, it was me who tipped over the Christmas tree”. Ofcourse not that, but something none of the inner family will ever forget.
Anyone will hopefully lend you a phone if you're in a pinch but I realized that I don't know very numbers to actually call and it's kinda weird to start using email/Whatsapp whatever on a strangers phone compared to asking to visit one site and make one call
I honestly wouldn't count on it, at least not where I'm from, not anymore anyways. IME, having been in that situation (and knowing the numbers I need to call) it's rare for someone to let a stranger use their personal device for something as mundane as a phone call due to risk of theft, scams, or other criminal behaviour, not just on the part of the person borrowing the phone, but the person on the other end being contacted from an unknown number. While the chances of something like that realistically happening are incredibly low, it's a surprisingly easy social engineering method that's got people wary of trusting others to handle effectively their entire life in one device. A lot of businesses don't even let customers make personal phone calls from their landline for the same reason.
Also, you might consider using existing messaging app. Then you can interact if have them install the app. Matrix might work. I think Matrix can do SMS.
Does anyone still pay per text?
It makes much more sense outside the US than to pay for a text bundle. My phone plan includes 0 SMS messages, and I don't know what was the last time when I've had to send one was. It's only useful when someone doesn't have internet, which only happens once every few months at most.
"I was in a car accident, come to general hospital downtown"
I would have used two textboxes, Title and description, but this works as well.
So far...
Then limit the text input to like 100 chars, giving another 60 for general "... continued in email to you@..."
Send the summary as the subject, and the full text in the email. easy peasy.
I'd also add a simple text auth/password prompt as well as list the contacts and their respective email and phone numbers too, so you can call easier.
Make your text box only hold as much data as you can transmit. Or send two messages if you need to. Do you think someone is going to paste a novel in there or something? This is a VERY stupid reason to use an LLM.