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I searched Spotify and Apple music top 100 songs and Eddie Dalton is not on either. I think the majority of users do not buy singles on iTunes anymore so this may be an easy chart to manipulate. The source mentions the name of the creator in the second line leading me to believe this is some clever advertising for Dallas Little's AI.

This and the clickbait headlines are why I refuse to click on sfgate links now.

Bonds are considered safer because short of the US losing WWIII there is practically no way the US bonds would not pay out or lose value. US Bonds are safe and predictable, backed up by the immense military and resources of the nation.

Investing in Apple 30 years ago would net a much higher return on $5k but even Apple was considered a unsafe investment in the 90s. On the other hand, Enron was considered a safe investment by many but went bankrupt almost overnight and shares became practically worthless.

Today this would most likely have the same drawbacks as the inflatable kayaks we see for sale. Saves on space (and money?) and could be good as an entry into a hobby but at any intermediate to advanced level there are better options to choose from. With the high barrier to entry to flying I think most pilots would opt for the most reliable option from the start.

I would not want to be caught in inclement weather in an inflatable anything.

It would be cool, especially with advances in plastics you could layer over the steel to protect it from corrosion like what they do with soda cans.

For reference, a steel or aluminum SCUBA tank is usually filled to 3000psi and when I fill steel tanks I can hear and sometimes see the metal start to slightly balloon. This is normal because steel is not brittle but it is very strong.

There is a lot of rules put in place for safety though. A tank has to be visually checked by a professional every year and hydro statically tested every 5. The danger is any rust/corrosion weakening the metal and causing it to rupture. More often seen in aluminum tanks, which is one reason I prefer steel.

A member of my family was applying for jobs about 9 years ago and they had very little adult work experience but needed the income and health insurance.

One of the first "employers" who gave them an interview was extremely kind and willing to pay a decent salary for her to work as a secretary, said she got the job and had her file paperwork including her SSN, full name, current and past addresses, bank information, etc.

Later she had a call from the bank about some suspicious activity, cards were activated, and a pair of expensive shoes was bought under her name. She was not the only one in the waiting room for "interviews" that day and I am sure they stole the identity of plenty of them who were just down on their luck looking for work.

The identity information is still out there in the hands of these crooks. Always vet potential employers.

Yet across America, millions of dining rooms sit empty for months at a spread, screaming to be made into something that more accurately reflects the lifestyles of their owners.

Every day, my money sits in my bank account screaming to be spent on something intangible...

Different people have different incentive structures. Owning or having access to private property is highly appealing. Its more economical and convenient to buy than rent for some things, and until prices and transactional friction decrease this will not change.

I am curious what your background or specialization is, but I can confirm the skills you learn from Linux, backups, and networking will be applicable now and in the future. The only thing they can do is help make you a better engineer.

I liked the new add to playlist feature, at least on my iphone. I press it once to like the song and double press it to add to a playlist using a checkbox on a menu, and I can choose to take the song out of my liked playlist on that menu. This eliminated a few clicks and is easier while driving. Intuitive and easy to use once I recognized what they did.

This is interesting, does anyone know why eels were chosen as a form of currency for paying rent? It would be easier to sell at the market and use the money to pay any rent/debts owed.

They look like they would improve traction while moving, but when braking I could see the chains slipping out from under the tires letting the vehicle slide. Not fun on icy roads.

Seems like a great solution for light snow/mild ice but I would not want to trust my life to these in harsh conditions.

Its fun to see my favorite hobby show up on HN once in a while, I went through the trouble a long time ago to become a Divemaster while helping teach a lot of these concepts in classrooms. I have around 800+ dives. Scuba diving is like entering a alien world and I wish I still had the availability to go as often as I did when studying for my current job.

I still work as an underwater guide on the weekends sometimes, I love taking people out for the first time but I also value the time I spent in the ocean more than ever.

I know a lot of people here live in or frequent the CA Bay Area, if you are interested I cannot encourage you enough to take a SCUBA class and get certified so you can dive in Monterey, CA. It had a massively positive influence on my life and I made many friends and memories through it.

I know some commercial fishermen in California and noticed they like to post on social media while at sea. I asked and it turns out they for the most part can get LTE coverage a good distance offshore, to the point that while dragging nets in water 10,000 ft deep they still can use their phone. The cell signals travel much further over water compared to over land.

I will ask one of them for an idea of how far they get when they lose coverage and edit when I hear back. He is on the boat now.

I hope you did this on purpose....

I think its really cool they left a badge at the bottom of the site to show regular visitors the traffic through an analytics site. https://simpleanalytics.com/istheshipstillstuck.com?utm_sour...

I should have mentioned in the original post, my number was not disclosed in the breach.

I received 10 spam calls in 3 hours yesterday from "Chase Bank" about verifying a purchase in Ohio. All came from my area code and matched the same 3 digits of my phone number. I sometimes receive spam calls but never more than one or two in an afternoon. I was wondering what changed recently or how I got onto a new list.

Now I realize, two days ago I used this website.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? I am not assigning blame here but pointing out a coincidence. It would be great to hear if others going through the same thing.

I am very excited for the results of the urchin culling experiment Fish and Wildlife has allowed in Monterey. There is debate in the scientific community if allowing the public to kill urchins will hurt or help the cause.

Many divers in the area (mostly from out of town) think they can help the kelp forests by smashing them with whatever tools they can. I have even found a lost hammer while diving a popular site in Monterey.

While smashing effectively ends the life of the urchins, it also releases their spawn and can cause a even worse environmental disaster. It is also not an effective solution for the whole coast and will only work to clear areas frequented by divers.

We should be considered lucky he shares his work with us at all.

HN likes to hate youtube (rightfully) but there is no better platform for discovery, sharing, and analytics.

Counterculture will never die, it always adapts. While it is hard to find there are aspects of counterculture ideas on mainstream platforms like Instagram but they are obstructed.

How do you define counterculture? It is outside the mainstream, yes, but it does not need to be hidden. There are still individuals and groups who are "against the grain" in our society and always will be.

In my experience these people are relatively private when it comes to their digital life (not absent!) but can be amazing storytellers in other mediums, through song, dance, writing, etc.

I think the biggest misconstruction is that the counterculture is a single shared idea or that it is freely accessible to the masses.

You would be surprised the unrestrained access given to sales and support employees at most small SAAS companies.

They are careful about privacy when you are careful of your own. There are millions of users who do not change the default settings.

This is a greater issue with the extension/app ecosystem.

This morning I wanted to find a android app which would help me time exercises, specifically planking.

It should be simple, set up countdown times for front and each side with 5 second breaks in between, playing a tone to let me know when I can move on or I am done with the exercise.

I looked through at least the top 20 apps on the play store and all of them require at least full network access and to run at startup. Many were so invasive as to request location and to be able to record audio and take pictures.

Being able to monetize these apps is an important thing for developers but it is becoming a real problem I do not see getting any better soon.

While I agree on some of his points, I cannot get past how the author focuses on how the web functions. The mainstream internet is absolutely less "fun" but it is also more accessible to the common person. Look at Reddit for an example, with its UI and policy changes it is starting to remind people of Facebook, and that is what they want. The web (and computers) are no longer exclusive to those with an education or the creativity to use them.

However, the more fun aspects are still there. You can still make a app or service yourself to complete tasks and it may take some fun out of it but there are libraries full of tools to make it easier. If this is a "CRUD SaaS app" you should look around for another service which has the features you want. If you can't find one, there is probably a market for it.

The hard part for me has been knowing where to look to find the fun. Some of the smaller reddit communities I used to frequent have grown and no longer look the same. Discord has proven itself many times over, there are public channels for virtually any hobby.

That diver did not have the ship sneak up on him, he was diving in a shipping channel and knew there would be a ship coming up. He prepared by staying next to the large chain on the bottom and holding onto it so he would not be sucked into the propeller. In addition, the reason the ship did not sound "loud" to you is the way gopro records audio. Had this been recorded with a calibrated hydrophone the noise would have been off the charts.

I agree with you the bigger problem is sonar but I hold my opinion the whale in the video swims how it does because it is avoiding the sound of these ships, it is not acting on sight or attracted to wakes/ plankton.

I was trying to think of an analogy and came up with this: imagine trying to complete grocery shopping in a large store except all the other shoppers are blasting air horns constantly. Of course, you avoid them but it does not matter which aisle you escape to, another shopper will enter and you will need to find another place to avoid the sound. Its a weird analogy but is the closest to normal life I can come up with.

Disclaimer: Not a marine biologist by trade but took several classes and have close friends in the profession.

What people do not realize is that these whales communicate by sound and have very sensitive hearing. Boats, especially the larger ones you see being used for fishing/shipping generate a lot of noise due to powerful engines and underwater cavitation caused by their propeller spinning. This can drown out whales communications between pods. Researchers are not sure what the long term ramifications of this will be but have observed whales avoiding shipping lanes[0]. It worries me how other marine life, which we do not have the same resources or public support to track, reacts to this.

Lastly, here is a video of a scuba diver underneath a freighter to give an idea of what goes on underwater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIPMfHUIVvk

[0]https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/shipping-lanes-are-getti...