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Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?
Do you have any special math books that you hold close to your heart because of the value they delivered specifically to you and your mathematical thinking and skills?
Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using backup codes
I would like to inform the HN community, if your plan to recover your Google account in the event of losing your phone is to use a 2FA backup code, or SMS recovery, to remove the old 2FA setup and set up a new 2FA code, that that may not be possible.<p>My situation:<p>I had 2FA set up with my Google Account through Google Authenticator.<p>I lost my Google Authenticator settings when I broke my phone.<p>I have 2FA backup codes. These successfully log me into my Google Account.<p>In order to disable 2FA, or generate new 2FA backup codes, I need to access the 2FA settings page under the Security tab. When I try to load the Two-factor authentication page, I am forced to re-authenticate with Google.<p>When re-authenticating to access the 2FA page, there is no option to enter a 2FA backup code or SMS verification to pass the 2FA challenge. The only option under "Choose a way to verify" is to enter a 2FA code. Entering a backup code instead of a 2FA code returns an error.<p>What am I supposed to do in this situation?<p>Yes this is a classic "maybe I can get support through public shaming" attempt. Thanks in advance.
Plant-based meat is turning out to be a flop
Photos capture life inside a drop of seawater
Photos capture life inside a drop of seawater
Amazon Closing AmazonSmile
How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way
What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)
Why to start a startup in a bad economy (2008)
Ask HN: Has anyone worked at the US National Labs before?
I have spent the last 10 years working for FAANG companies, but nowadays I find their performance-review and promotion obsessed cultures to be really draining. Worse, those negative feelings seem to be leaking into my personal life and slowly alienating friends and family.<p>Therefore, I've been pondering a change of pace. The classic HN answer is of course "create/join a startup", but I've also been looking at areas more adjacent to scientific research.<p>One option that has come up is the US Department of Energy's national laboratory network[0]. From what I understand, the pay is 33-50% of FAANG, but they do seem to have interesting projects (e.g. the nuclear fusion facility that was recently in the news).<p>Has anyone here worked at one of them before? What is/was the day-to-day like?<p>[0] <a href="https://www.energy.gov/national-laboratories" rel="nofollow">https://www.energy.gov/national-laboratories</a>
Bank of America has lost Zelle transfers for many customers
U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from service members
HC-tree is an experimental high-concurrency database back end for SQLite
No Start Menu for You
Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev
Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records
Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records
Let's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out by Andrej Karpathy [video]
New Mac Mini