Uber lays off 3700 employees via Zoom 6 years ago
That is one horrible website, I can't believe that garbage was posted on HN.
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My issue is that they still have not sorted out suspend and resume. Half the time when I reopen my laptop lid my keyboard no longer works. Had the same issue on 18.04.
This is why I love HN. I get to see wonderful new ideas and great tools being developed and also feel a sense of community when the creators that enable the creators also get involved!
I know this is a low quality/value comment to the overall discussion, but I could not help myself!
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I think their holy grail would be to become part of our genome like many others have:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/science/ancient-viruses-d...
Google Maps has speed limits, police and other warnings. Been there for at least a few months now. Not sure how accurate they are as I doubt they have as much engagement/reporting as Waze.
An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience 6 years ago
The article touched upon the C. elegans connectome. There are a few interesting projects attempting to simulate the creature.
While from the articles Lynk is doing interesting and perhaps technically impressive work, I think they are going to struggle with competing with the deep pockets of the likes SpaceX, OneWeb, Blue Origin and now Apple and others.
I see from the articles linked and their site that their business model is different, but I doubt they could sell enough service to cover the cost of launching and maintaining their own constellation. Their best hope (and plan) might be to get absorbed by one of the bigger players.
It is hard to compete against a well-funded company that makes its own rockets and payloads and has access to hundreds of experienced engineers in their own and sister companies.
I am not even that convinced that Lynk's idea would work from a technological point of view. A quick look at Wikipedia states that: "A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 mi) "
I don't think you're getting a cell-signal to remain above the noise threshold/detectable level that far, especially under unfavorable atmospheric conditions. Yes, the satellite could have some impressive high-gain antenna, but the average cell phone is not going to transmit enough power to go more than 50 miles, let alone over a 1000. I'd genuinely love to see some data that contradicts me as I find the concept intriguing.
No need to wipe anything if you build it yourself. Plenty of online guides show you how with cheap Chinese parts. This is for a racing drone, but you get the idea:
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music 7 years ago
From the stuff I like, he hates Trip Hop, is somewhat OK (but amusing) about Synthwave and seems to like Dark Ambient.
I'm assuming it was leather soles, not wood. Wood sounds like a terrible sole material.
Maybe they didn't want people poking about inside a live lamp fitting with a pin. A small button would be nice though.
Google Cloud Is Down 7 years ago
Nest is down too, not surprising given they are part of Google. What I don't understand is why I can't still control my devices over my local network. Why does the system even require access to Google servers?
I very much doubt Rust is going to get much traction in embedded. C++ is barely being used and even when it is, it is usually "C with classes" being written by C programmers forced to switch.
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There are other companies trying to put cell towers in space so you can use a regular cell phone.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/ubiquitilink-advance-means...
I don't buy that a cell phone has the power transmit to LEO even with clear skies and line of sight, but seems interesting.
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It would be nicer to link directly to the article in question without making me go through a Twitter page first.
They also already have a London-DC A380 flight almost daily.
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My first instinct was that this was bad and designed to spread misinformation. However, on second thoughts, science is not religion and can stand up to sincere challenges and questions. In fact, if these people are serious and dedicated to truth, perhaps they will advance science by challenging assumptions and asking new questions.
I think we should welcome it.
Every annual physical and every work-related health exam I have had here in the US has included some kind of fasting glucose test.
Larger drones tend to be more quiet, or at the very least are perceived to be so due to the lower pitch sound made by larger, more slowly rotating propellers.
ANSI what? They have overseen many many standards.