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I assume the numbers are made up as an example.
I worry that rational takes like this end up completely lost in the battle between motivated parties who yell far louder, but have minimal investment in actual outcomes for those who will be depending on these technologies. The debate over self-driving vehicles is another example.
One minor off-topic comment, I like the quiz at the bottom of the article. It could be neat to have sites implement something like this to discourage people from commenting without reading and absorbing some of what they've read. It seems it would be fairly straightforward to implement with an LLM summary/questions.
chip bag Italian meta data incident
I’m not familiar with this one and search didn’t get me anything that seemed relevant. Got a link to something describing the incident?
Maybe this is a dumb comment, but couldn’t you just turn the phone off? You’d have to trust that the setting to disable Bluetooth when powered down is reliable and configured correctly, but if your use case is that sensitive even carrying a smartphone seems questionable.
I got this for my dog. It annoys her a bit but I'm hoping she'll get used to it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BF5C9VTY
I don't think the iPhone Air will actually be smaller in the dimensions I care about, just thinner which I assume will compromise battery life.
My mini is holding up ok. Battery needs replacing but I haven't done it. Like mikepurvis, I carry power banks around if I'm doing anything where I'm not going to be able to recharge easily. I use one like this https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-Magnetic-Slim-B2C/dp/...
I use an iphone and have for many years. I was a phone geek who would always use custom ROMs and have everything dialed in just so. I'm sure this has changed over the years but back in the day it seemed like there was always some weird issue with my Android phone. Admittedly, a lot of that could have been my fault for constantly messing with the device. Eventually I got busy and just needed my phone to do the simple stuff and get out of the way.
iOS has a number of really annoying behaviors and general flaws that are never going to be addressed. I don't recall having the same frustrations with Android, but maybe I did.
I'm constantly annoyed that my iPhone can't do simple stuff my Android phone could do 15 years ago. I am also aware that if it could do all those things, I probably wouldn't spend the time to get everything set up, dialed in, and maintained anyway.
The things that keep me on iPhone are unrelated to all of that, though.
1. I like the small form factor. I have a 13 Mini and there's no decent equivalent that I've found in any ecosystem (sadly, even Apple now).
2. I use Facetime with both sets of parents a fair bit. Trying to train them to use whatever app Google currently uses for video calls, and then retraining every time Google kills it off for another almost identical app, sounds like a lot of work and frustration.
3. Real or not, my perception is that privacy in the Apple ecosystem has historically been, and currently is, far better than Google. I don't like the idea of the device I'm constantly relying on to be the product of an ad company, it just feels gross.
4. Proper unlock with FaceID is so damn convenient. I don't know for sure, but suspect going back to a fingerprint would really bug me.
More annoyingly, they'll beep intermittently with no other indicator.
I have a house with ~15 fire alarms and when one is making an intermittent chirp every 30 seconds, it takes forever to figure out which one is low on battery. This could be solved with an LED that is lit when in a good state, and turns off when the battery is running low (or vice versa). For some reason I can't find a fire alarm with such a feature.
There’s an old law school adage that A students become professors
If I were a law school professor, I’d probably also say that.
I had a turbinate reduction, a deviated septum adjusted, and a balloon sinuplasty. I'm unclear on what the drops are specifically but they're sublingual immunotherapy.
Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, among others, were stored in a file. The database also contained credentials for bank and financial accounts, health platforms, and government portals.
I'd love a source that at least gave the full list of compromised services.
I spent my whole life only breathing through half a nostril on a good day. About 10 years ago I got surgery and Sublingual Immunotherapy drops, and the results have been life changing.
I sleep better, my mind is clearer, I feel like an entirely new person. I am not exaggerating when I say that I still occasionally think about how nice it is to be able to breathe clearly.
It's a single player game. Cheat codes are built into it by design.
Putting the (very valid) reasons for not having human-readable game saves aside,
I don't follow. What would the reasons be?
Interesting hypothesis, is it based on anything specific? I think refined/added sugars in general are probably something best avoided, but admittedly still eat plenty. The idea that one sugar is materially worse than another feels off, but I can't quite put my finger on why.
uBO with the following custom filter fixed Reddit for me:
||reddit.com^$document @@||reddit.com/r/*/comments/$document
It allows me to look at individual posts which lets me search and view specific answers, but blocks the lists of posts. I get the benefit of Reddit without getting sucked into the time wasting feed.
I just got 13 rolls of 3 in a row. I think there may be an issue with the RNG
1. Remove state income tax outside of cities >100k people
Every wealthy person (and less wealthy people including myself) would immediately set up (and leave empty to rot) a new primary residence for tax purposes. The cost of 1/4 acre in the middle of nowhere is less than a single year of income tax.
2. Add high import tariffs on all goods
...spiking prices for everyone due to reduced supply, inevitable retaliatory tariffs, and general market inefficiencies.
3. Waive property taxes for farms & factories in towns <25k people
...is this on top of the substantial tax subsidies farms and factories already receive?
4. Move federal spending from military to infrastructure such as rail, roads & internet.
I can get behind this one.
5. Stop all forms of immigration for 8 years
Including the currently illegal forms of immigration that currently support the vast majority of our agricultural output? I was talking to a farm owner in North Carolina a couple months ago and he was complaining how hard it has become to get seasonal labor because nobody wants to work this type of job. You can raise pay rates, but it'll still be tough. This wouldn't bump rural areas, it would kill whatever remaining businesses are left.
Let them spend a weekend in the woods then. There’s no reason to spoil a very rare commodity so that someone with no experience or appreciation can make use of it. There are many, many “close enough” experiences, and very few that haven’t been tainted by improper use. We should preserve these priceless spots, not sacrifice them to the lowest common denominator.
right to privacy
In a public park?
So are cop cars allowed
No, but a thing about rules is that they generally only work if there’s someone who is able and willing to enforce them.
Right thought, but I suspect wrong reason.
You’ve been competing with “light” trucks on the roads for a couple decades that weigh the same or more than your average Tesla. Factor in that they have worse driver visibility, higher bumper height, and make up about 20% of the vehicles on the road and you have a much more concerning threat.
I pay and would still like an alternative client. The official one has several annoying deficiencies that are unlikely to ever be addressed.
From a monetary standpoint, most companies would throw me into a wood chipper were it profitable. Hard to feel any sense of “fair behavior” is warranted when that’s the case.
I would guess about 23 years ago for this person
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38591788
This person seems to explain it well
the most embarrassing bug of my career
Though to be honest, if that’s the most embarrassing bug abra0 is doing great.
It took me almost a full minute to figure out what this is supposed to be.
I think it’s “SoyBoy” for anyone clueless as me.
What an I supposed to be seeing?
That’s actually very close to the excuse they gave! It’s my opinion that if an inspector can’t identify the absence of a critical and primary component of a home, they don’t really provide much value.
Colorado here and that wasn't the case for me.
There were many, and varied things missed in my inspection. The biggest was the entire HVAC system being messed up. The furnace was incorrectly installed, improperly sized for the house, and didn't even have any return ductwork installed.
The air flow seemed really bad in the bedroom and so one day I decided to climb up into the attic and take a look. The problem with the return air missing was immediately obvious. When I called the inspector to ask why they'd miss something so obvious I was given an excuse and pointed toward the part of the contract that states they're not liable. I eventually got them to refund the cost of the inspection, but it was hundreds of dollars back for over ten thousand dollars in missed issues. I was only able to get anything because I worked for a real estate company at the time and knew the right people who could apply pressure.
IMO Home inspections are a total scam.