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I didn’t read anything on the 30% for apps downloaded this way. Do you still have to offer IAP or is that optional if your app was downloaded from the web?

It only makes sense for businesses to pass on the cost of the platform tax to consumers. It isn't sustainable to take a 30% hit to your margin unless your business was solely built on that given platform from day 1.

So long as we, the consumer, allow this to happen businesses like Apple and Google will continue to do it.

Apple says the Vision's device weight is 600–650 grams and Meta says its Quest 3 is 515 grams. The Vision is between 85-135 grams heavier despite there not being a battery on the part that you wear.

Anecdotally and in my experience, there have been many complaints about fatigue for the Quest, and I wonder if Apple will be able to get away with more premium materials in the future versions. It seems like there will be a big tradeoff between adoption and the materials used.

Vision isn't out, but I am curious what V2 looks like and/or a version that optimizes to comfort.

There is a clear problem, and a good idea here. (i.e. Right to Try) What needs to happen to make this move forward?

I am getting so mentally exhausted learning about a specific problem, and then experiencing the helplessness of not knowing how to push on driving towards some mutually agreeable resolution.

Add in the fact that there is no way to seemingly coordinate the push towards a resolution. Individuals taking action without coordination feels just the same as taking no action at all. Are there any tools to coordinate the push and keep track of progress?

What is the short version that describes what problem this might solve for a user?

They are not exactly trimming 'fat'. This latest round had numerous people who were getting high marks and even AE. There is some meme going around that this was a performance based layoff and it absolutely was not.

Aluminum soda cans are actually lined with plastic. So either way you are going to be consuming soda from plastic.

See this link -> https://interestingengineering.com/science/new-viral-video-r...

And this one about BPA which is quite cringeworthy from Coca-Cola -> https://www.coca-cola.ca/faqs/coca-cola-faqs-health/do-coca-...

AR/VR is inevitable. I find it astonishing that there are so many naysayers on HN, a community that in its early days embraced technology innovation. Today's VR (and even AR via Mobile Phones) is primitive, sure, but the same could be said about desktop computers before the transition to mobile ever was an idea?

I expect more comments on how to influence this technology versus dismissing it as not applicable for the human race.

This is from 2012. Any context as to why it was posted now?

Would be great to have the title updates as well.

What makes you so sure?

Reason for the highlighting this above all is how the bike/bike+ are basically bricked until Peloton is back up and running. I wish these connected devices were not built in such a way that they prevent you from working out.

Is this the future of technology we really want for ourselves?

+1 to this question. I am interested to learn about use cases that go beyond satiating one's own desire to identify the plane.

Anecdotally, many people I know who used an antigen (rapid) test have experienced false negatives. PCR appears to be the only way a positive COVID result is found.

It seems odd that the CDC updated this new recommendation and explicitly called out an antigen test is what one should use after the 5 day period of isolation.

All you need to know about OpenSea and NFT buying/selling can be found here -> https://twitter.com/nfttheft

While the concept is alluring, "own a digital good", the reality is that you still need some authentication mechanism to prove someone has the right to sell the digital good in the first place. This means centralization. I am fascinated that people lack the ability to scrutinize this appropriately.

Keyword here: Neglected.

At this point, my decision to use a particular piece of software or a specific feature within an OS/App/Website/etc based on perceived risk of that software being neglected.

Usually you can make this call based on features being added, but most of the time it's a gamble.

From the article which is more intriguing than the title.

“Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania used a “search” algorithm to find dozens of potential antimicrobial peptides in the human body.”

Journal is linked at the bottom of the article as well.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-021-00801-1

I agree with this sentiment. As with almost everything in life the answer is not to have too much of any one thing. Moderately saying yes and no will help you go further in my humble opinion. The discussion should focus on 1.) Understanding how much you say yes vs. no and 2.) If you say yes far too often or no far too often here are ways to bring you back to balance.

It’s important to point out that Facebook has an Ads library that allows you to research currently running ads for a given Facebook page and for politics, social issue, or election ads there is an API.

While these capabilities do not map 1:1 to how this plugin works it seems like a bit of a middle ground for the researchers to be able to research ads without risking privacy of people or violating terms of service.

(Disclaimer - I work at FB)

See:

https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_t...

https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/api/?source=archive-lan...

Same. Costco doesn’t get much press on how trusted they are imho. It’s fun to shop there and see what new things they are bringing in as well as to keep getting the goods that you need regularly. Their web experience is interesting is that I rarely see free shipping to home or even store.

Would we ever see legislation that would require companies to not increase the cost of digital goods after a tax is instituted? Alternatively, could we not just have a fixed tax contribution on goods each year rather than making it piecemeal per digital good sold? I find it weird to tax goods unless the existence of the tax is to change behavior. (not sure if that is the goal here?)

It is unfortunate that we cannot accept the kindness and generosity from those who have been blessed with wealth and whom wishes to share it with others. Rather we ridicule them and surmise that they have some hidden agenda behind their desire to share.

Here is an article refuting the concept that Facebook should pay the people that use it.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/08/16/the-econo...

I do not see anything wrong with Facebook or Google for setting false P3P policies. As a developer of Facebook applications, and user of Google Analytics the reality is that without this P3P headers hack in place, you will A.) eliminate a gigantic portion of your IE users from using your site, and B.) eliminate a gigantic portion of metrics data for those users.

In the case of A, I utilize the Facebook SDK which relies on the Third-Party Facebook cookie passed into my application when it is loaded in a Facebook.com iframe. Could I build my application a little different to not need this? Yes, but this way is a little more reliable and secure. B.) Google Analytics breaks for IE users when your application lives within any iframe. It relies on Third-Party cookies to correctly track the users actions, and browser information.

I am a big user advocate when it comes to protection of personal information, but I really believe that unless users stop using IE (which is not going to happen any time soon), or P3P is depreciated by Microsoft then for now it is a useful hack to get around yet another IE pitfall.

Having a finger on the pulse of the world is why Facebook has a value of $70 Billion.

I wonder if there is any increase or decrease on memory efficiency when using tab groups. Anyone with some technical specs or analysis on this who would like share. I think it would be great to know.

I too struggle with the idea of what Facebook has become and currently is, just like many others. However, I cannot help but feel that anyone who speaks against Facebook is simply jealous that they could not fit 500 million+ users into their own representation of social interactions taken online. Facebook just like many of it's predecessors (hotOrNot.com,addictinggames.com, forumns, aol instant messenger) has combined the best features of these already existent sites into a single trustworthy one. You no longer have to scour the internet to obtain the pleasure that these type of sites produced.

It is this concept of entertainment that makes Facebook what it is today. A single source of entertainment, and a place to peak deeper into the lives of those around you with or without participating in those lives. As with many different forms of entertainment if you indulge too deeply you are consumed by your indulgence.

For the time being Facebook has a place on the internet. Will it be a main stay for years to come? Well that is very hard to predict. I truly believe Facebook's biggest internet value add will come in the form of an online digital pass. I feel those leading Facebook's directions also believe that too. If they can satisfy the majority of its users basic desire for entertainment, continue to build out the graph API, and keep giving more reasons for businesses to utilize the graph API then soon enough Facebook will will realize what Microsoft never was able to with the Microsoft Passport from the Internets early days.

I just tried this out and it is awesome.

I would say that the rule one should live by is to utilize the talents and physical attributes God gave you to the best of your ability, but use them in the most humble of ways. At the end of the day you will taste true success.

It is so funny that this has been posted on HN. A friend of mine was recently spoken to at his place of work for this exact same thing. When being confronted, his boss spoke to him about how he is being "perceived" by everyone as someone who doesn't do any work even though he gets all of his work done and then some. When he asked his boss back if his boss thinks he doesn't get his work done his boss was unable to say he didn't and finally confessed how it was his manager questioning my friend's work

I am starting to believe that if you have a web company ALL your employees should have some sort of programming experience before they are hired for non-programming jobs. I know this may be untrainable to do, but it might be the best thing a business does for itself.

I think that the part of your comment regarding "producing stuff which doesn't explode" is very unnecessary. Your level of bias is clearly evident here. Instead of trying to pull both sides together through the positiveness of such news you add fuel to the conflict. Having family in the region does not make your statement any more authoritative then it would for someone with family in Palestine.

I hope you rethink your intentions here and in future posts about this terrible conflict attempt to be more evenly considerate. Remember there are always two sides to every story.

Thank you.