skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Even better sell bluetooth earphones. I have to say I am quite happy with airpods when doing dishes or running. While I am working I still like cable earphones. But all time I see people with wireless ones and it is future.

I still remember buying earphones for my walkman, cheap ones lasted couple weeks because cables broke so often. Don't even get me started on untangling cables after taking those out of pocket. Bluetooth earphones are like magic for me, I don't need hover board I know I live in the future. How do they even fit battery for 3 hours, bluetooth module, antena, charging module (it also is saying how much juice each earphone has), audio playback module.
Long story short, one time TSA incorrectly thought I carried a weapon into security. I didn’t, police were called and they confirmed it was a toy fidget spinner.

A TSA employee who was never given my drivers license looked over one of the cops’ shoulder and jotted my info down. I went on my way but 45 days later I got a fine and a three-year pre-check ban.

I fought the case directly with TSA, inc submitting a letter from LAX PD stating there were no weapons incidences whatsoever on the day in question. They dropped the Notice of Violation immediately.

The pre-check ban, however, is unchallengeable. It should expire this winter but my hopes are not high that I’ll ever get it again.
Cloudflare itself never made sense to me. What possible incentive do they have to stop their primary purpose (DDoS protection) - They have value in promoting the behavior.

Whats worse, is everyone and their dog is using them. What happens when they push a bad config to their core routers, or foobar their anycast?
Part of me (a small part) wants to be OK with this. Because, a person/business/organization should be able to maintain information on interactions with people where "issues" have occurred. Example: "Hey, if this guy comes into the restaurant, he tends to drink too much and cause trouble."

Unfortunately, the TSA's track-record with pretty much everything is terrible. So, I don't see anything good coming from it.

*edit: example in the first paragraph
The current top comment on this story raises the privacy issue without snark: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17199880
Is this standardized/drafted? I am curious how one might implement this.
My concern is that without some form of broad standardized testing, we won't have proper metrics to measure the success of programs and/or teachers against.
> However that is essentially the "price" of ads, and this price is known in advance.

No. The price is absolutely not known in advance by design. There's no way to me to audit which "partners" a site I visit will share my browsing data with. If ad providers were transparent about how my data would be used and who it would be shared with you might have a point. But most current TOSs leave the door open for tracking data to be shared with anyone for just about any purpose in the future.

It's as if I walked into a department store and the price on goods was unknowable - the store just reserved the right to take money out of my account at any point in the future but assured me that amount would be "small" with nothing contractually binding them to that.
Would you raise kids in that same environment if given the option?
The link was changed to point to Habalov's own in-depth article [1].

[1] https://www.evonide.com/side-channel-attacking-browsers-thro...
> Why don’t you get an Android phone, to which I reply: I’m not turning my texts green.

So the author is complaining about proprietary tech on his iPhone (Lightning port analog audio adapter) when open alternatives exist (3.5mm jack), while also claiming other proprietary tech (iMessage) in the face of open alternatives (standard SMS) keeps him using the iPhone.
I have a harder time with the macbook going to all usbc connectors. Sorry, I don't have a usb-c to every-damn-thing-in-the-world connector, and yet I have to get useful work done.

On the phone I can see the motivation. They are down to one connector port, but really they'd like to get to zero ports. And zero physical buttons if possible. Just a seamless wafer-thin card.
Chinese robot boat swarms
Such things are not dead! I still use one for my clock (buici-clock) and another to show battery life (xbattbar).
... so you're saying my data was used without my consent, multiple times per day, without any oversight by an IRB board which is standard for any kind of study involving real people.

i'm writing my complaint letter right now. i only wish there was an angle for a class action lawsuit.
And even if he could override NIMBYs, the number of laws and processes and procedures in place that prevent more building are absolutely staggering. Not to mention, the middle class is leaving. By the time we get rid of all the crazy regulations, the middle class will be gone and there will be no one left to build this stuff up ~ someone's got to wield the hammers (labor cost will be too high).
Economic development during the 1970's and in the run up to the iran-iraq war was promising by the numbers and by considering the nascent industrial centers in places like Baghdad. If you look at those numbers and say "nah, doesn't matter" when considering how American policy destroyed that picture then it's not worth arguing about. Especially the embargo which killed hundreds of thousands (or will you say 'nuh-uh'?). Your dismissive, aggressive tone doesn't exactly invite conversation, does it? Frankly, I don't think you know shit enough about economics to act as authoritatively as you do.

What-if historical arguments are always fluffy, but we have examples of similar sorts of states experiencing similar initial growth that weren't crushed by an empire's geopolitical interests. Where are they today?

Edit: In any case, the point I was going to make is that the reason why it is the way you observed is because the economies in Oklahoma and Iraq serve different purposes within the context of global capital, Iraq being a client state to the United States and primarily serving as a vehicle of resource extraction and exploitation, while in Oklahoma at least some of that economic activity is going towards the well-being of the people there.

Now, the upshot is that the relative wealth of normal schmoes in the United States and other nations of similar economic development shows the discrepancy that it does because of the same sort of forces in a less extreme way. Americans are more exploited per capita by the capitalist class than they are in, say, the EU. Other people in these threads have described how, e.g. deregulated healthcare is a manifestation of that exploitation.

But to be honest, after your reply I wanted to yank your chain :^)
The Quintessential Silicon Valley Founder
Skywire to the rescue. Can't wait dor it to go live.
I lost my dongle two weeks ago, haven't bothered to buy a new one yet. My bus rides have been silent. :(
I imagine that you can say that you don't trust Facebook, and then those reviews will be automatically excluded. Or perhaps that will automatically happen because all your friends don't trust Facebook.
Or Git itself
> I despise the removal of the 3.5 mm jack to this day... and I still do not get why Apple removed it. What exactly did it get in the way of and what was made available by its removal? Worst move ever.

Johnny Ive took "worse is better" too literally.
I think this list would look a lot different if the jobs it considered were scoped down to software companies, and excluded the line-of-business development jobs that characterize most of the openings on cities outside the big tech centers.
NIMBYs are a huge problem in Seattle. Depending on how you count, roughly 80% of the city is zoned single family[0]. Construction isn't happening fast enough. In 2016 Seattle only gained 0.4 housing units for every job[1].

[0]https://fancybeans.com/2018/01/24/65-57-35-how-much-seattle-...
[1]http://blog.employmarket.com/2017/03/13/2016-metro-area-empl...
That quote is exemplary of Orwell's personal feud with Stalinism rather than an accurate prediction. Historically, neither in the USA or China, has technological cooperation with the military slowed down technological advance (in fact public moonshots were arguably a driver behind most of the technology we take for granted).

For a thorough criticism of 1984 as a device to explore technology in the future, I recommend Asimov's harsh criticism of the book.

http://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/1984.htm
Udell said that these results agreed with previous studies that have shown that dogs are not as good at independent problem-solving as wolves, and that they get more distracted by social stimulation.

I'm not sure that's true. I think dogs have fantastic problem solving skills. The solutions, however, are typically to use the human to solve their problems.
"Are you willing to give up Google, StackOverflow, and almost every website on the Internet?"

I mean, if enough people are dodging ads, and the site can't make any money, you'd be going without anyway.

"What about Android itself? The entire reason for Android's existence is for Google to make money on advertising."

Then why are you using it?

Let me turn this on you: Why do you feel you shouldn't be paid for your work?
The poor average battery life of in-ear headphones is a huge problem over time.

It doesn't seem possible to be able to use wireless headphones long term, or for long periods - battery life is simply too short for the amount we use digital devices today.

5 hours of continuous use over time, is useless. 10-15 are likely a better goal. I can't just wear in-ear headphones without thinking about having to recharge my headphones. So I own 2 pairs. And then eventually forget to keep them charged too.

I've used bluetooth headphones for about a decade before the first phones lost their headphone jacks. The use case was convenience. Connecting to a laptop and phone at the time with some compromises: battery life, and sound quality (less so now). But, there was always a backup to a wired headset.

Maybe we'll start to see phone cases with a headphone jack, and a lighting/usb-c case integrated into them. Or a way for bluetooth headphones to wirelessly charge. I'd buy one.
The MP is a “regular” film camera. It’s the final Mx in the film line, my understanding being that the ‘P’ stands for ‘Perfection’.

If the ISO dial on the back were metal and not plastic, it may well be perfect. I’ve heard of people switching out the dial from older M4/5/6s.

Source: I have one.
I kept telling Tobias (the head of Tavendo, the company behind WAMP) to change the name years ago but he said he already invested too much in it (registration at IANA, tutorial, the fact this is actually WAMP 2, so there was a WAMP 1...).

Basically, yep, it's bad, but this ship has sailed.
What I don't understand is why you can buy a usb<->lightning cable for like $5 at any gas station, but afaict all lightning-based headphones are stupid expensive. Couldn't some company just start selling $10 lightning headphones?
> I had it too when running one of my own program.

Turn on Developer Mode in "For Developer" Settings.
Just curious, has this ever happened? Were there any cases where github removed someone's repo?
I originally had the title as:

"What's the Best City for Software Engineers?" (Adjusted Salary & Opportunity)

But it was changed by a moderator for some reason...
I wish I lived in a world where that was the more feasible route. Sadly as it is, ad-supported is much more effective than the traditional model of paying for software.
Again, you argue well but I don't buy it.

> The part about fake evidence seems to be firmly within reach of Ukrainian secret service: after all, the original article is about them successfully staging a high-profile crime.

No doubt about that.

And the moon landings could be special effects.

> I'd hypothesize such organizations have on average less than one Snowden per generation.

Remember: firing the rocket must have been done by the army, not by some NSA like agency. That increases the risk of leaks.

> Then, there is a rather opaque entity: JIT. On the other hand, it is large and international. How do we assess the probability of leak here?

You write like there is a cover up here, but what do those guys have to win by blaming one part instead of the other?

Western Europeans does not generally go around hating Russians trying to find something to blame them for.

> Also, here's the most strange part of this story. Both suggested launch sites are in rather populated areas, so there were a lot of witnesses, both civilian and military (both sides). So, you'd expect some tweets and pictures, like "look wtf these bastards launched" from the other side of conflict? I tried searching. Found none.

This, if true, is also interesting.

Also: here is some reading material that goes into the investigation:

https://www.om.nl/onderwerpen/mh17-crash/

https://www.om.nl/mh17-ezine-juni2016/4-forensic-research-en...

https://www.om.nl/mh17-ezine-juni2016/7-weapon-system-en.htm...
And, with a whiff of irony, git itself.
1. Have you actually read the survey you referenced? It is not just finding random people on the street, it's using "GfK Knowledge Panel® (GfK panel), a recruited internet panel designed to be nationally representative of U.S. households.". You need better argument or evidence to dismiss the survey.

2. The point of the quote is to prove high cost of healthcare overall to the society, not just the employee. In employer's perspective, insurance premium is considered cost of the employee, which has impacts on the employees' wages. So although the statement may not be precise, the point is not wrong.
Vacancy rates are units that are un-rented or unsold. The problem is parking money (using real estate as a bank account and not actually living in the community) - popular in Vancouver and NYC. The condos are literally 50% dark all the time but not 'vacant' as in part of the avaiable housing supply. Drives up prices.
The real consequence would likely be that such buttons could not use iframes anymore. Which would probably be good thing anyhow - in the long run.
Ask HN: Spotify with better ratings UI?
Does anyone know a tool that lets you give iTunes-style ratings to Spotify songs? I'm considering spending a considerable amount of time rebasing my collection on iTunes because I hate Spotify's UI so much :(
For Google it makes sense. The faster you resolve DNS, the more webpages with ads you visit. Small price to pay to increase impressions.
The millions of desktops riddled with adware and viruses running to this day is pretty good evidence that most people cannot effectively manage software on a desktop OS.

Remember when you'd find four different toolbars on IE that your friend/family/neighbor had no idea how they got?

If you're on this site you are not most people. But, if it wasn't for the rules of Apple and Google what kind of things do you think Candy Crush would install on your elderly relative's phone?
I also hate being encouraged to enter my email, because I think they want to connect me up via other places I use that email. But I have various ways that I usually use to create a new email for every website, so they can't track me. I have to do a tiny amount of work to manage this but it is not so hard.

I guess other people aren't aware of how to do this or its too much work. Having an email does help the 'reset automatically' the account, without human intervention (when you still have the email).
They are adjusted by cost of living...
Mods, can you clarify that this is for IoT?
>What exactly did it get in the way of and what was made available by its removal?

They should have sealed the entire phone by moving to wireless charging. Waterproof unibody design would have been an interesting innovation. But instead we lost the jack and now they do stupid stuff like the notch. Also, I don't get the idea of making a personal computing device that is going to get handled a lot and bumped around so thin and fragile. The first thing people do is put a ugly case on their phone and buy a battery pack since it barely has enough charge for a days worth of use.
We've just recently launched a feature to be able to book private lessons from local teachers and coaches through our platform (that's in addition to what our platform already allowed to do which was to be able to find local activity partners on the same level to practice your skills with).

We've already got a few dozens of private teachers signed up, but now it's time to turn to demand side and start bringing clients to them. We're kind of trying different things now with not much success. Any input on the recommended approach is much appreciated!
You can use Edge's engine ChakraCore with Node as well.
Probably not with Apple's licensing rates.
"Bluetooth audio is not that great" -- that used to be true, but not anymore with the modern editions of the standard and its implementations. I can't really tell a difference anymore.

I also have >$100 bluetooth headphones, so that actually is one of the biggest factors in sound quality and lack of cutting out -- the $20 ones off Amazon etc sound not bad, have cutting out issues, etc.
Apple is such an effective cult.

https://medium.com/message/its-kind-of-cheesy-being-green-2c...
Most android phones that are comparable to iPhone (direct monthly security updates) are a very short list.

Google's Pixel is a great phone, but it has a USB-C phone.

I wouldn't go near any other phone for lack of updates, and premature "death" of the phone from lack of updates. The hardware coming from Samsung is excellent, but their software practices are unacceptable when they are at or near the price point of an iPhone.
I know a few property owners in San Francisco and this is the first I've heard of it. Sounds like an urban legend.
Between SF and Detroit? I'm not joking when I say that's a difficult choice.

Based on your question I think we have different core beliefs about what's important in raising a child.
They are adjusted for cost of living, and you should speak for yourself.
That doesn't seem to take in account cost of living.
This is amazing. The web badly needed a proper standard for this backed by big industry players.
Modeling Formulas with Recursive Discriminators
No. If you can't pay your employees a living wage, that's your failure, and you shouldn't be in business.
I'd like to be smug about Android, except that the Pixel 2 removed the headphone jack as well. There are other Android phones, but now that Apple's removed it from the iPhone, the rest of market is free to copy them. See also: user inaccessible battery, floppy drives, USB (over serial) ports...
Film has a particular look and feel to it that I’ve absolutely never seen replicated in digital.

I’m confident that one day it probably will be; maybe ML will be up to the task where filters and transforms just can’t do the right job?

Besides that, the process of taking photographs is surprisingly different. You don’t spray and pray - a shutter costs you more than a dollar so you spend more time looking, and learn to hunt with your eyes more. It’s impossible to check your photos on the LCD, so you just get on with photography, and have an element of suspense to find out what you captured. Also, no batteries to go flat. There’s also a forced creativity when working with basic controls like aperture and shutter speed, instead of hundreds of different settings and knobs to get caught up in.

Of course, if I were a profession photographer these would in no way make up for the downsides, so hand me that 5d/d600/M-P, but they’re reasons you may still shoot film and translate to digital to share/store.
See this thread with one of the authors of the RFC: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16728600
I love places that don't block throwaway mail providers, cause I really don't want to enter a real email address at every random site. But if I had a site that had a lot of users, I'd probably want that because it would automate many account maintenance issues. I have started thinking my main privacy issue is the phone company tracking my location all the time and then selling it to anybody in the world, and me not being able to do anything to block that is the real issue (short of getting rid of my phone).
I kind of resent these attempts at optimally cherry-picking "the right" candidates using data.

Hiring is _intrinsically_ a subjective act.

People are very much a moving target. They change over time. Work experiences, even bad ones, shape one's skills and ability to cope in organizations. Almost everybody has a bad-fit job at one time or another. The experience of a bad-fit is actually important to the growth of the individual and, I think, their coworkers and employers.
Did exactly the same (6s #3 is waiting in storage). And preparing myself psychologically to have to retrain my muscle memory when switching to android. Samsung doesn't seem to have given up. The audio jack is just one of many problems. A highly dysfunctional iTunes (critical to sync my mp3), constant nagging for apple paid services, etc.

I have more of a problem with the ipad. If they also ditch the audio jack on the ipad, I don't think there is a decent competitor to the ipad pro 10.5 (i.e. bigger, high refresh rate screen).
Yes, which is why Google was aiming to build nearly 10k homes in Mountain View - which was mostly opposed by local homeowners.
I suspect its a multi-fold corporate strategy move.
A) It pushes people to buy Airpods.
B) It helps push the image that Apple is avant garde.
C) It will make the transition easier when they remove head phone jacks on their laptops.

That being said, I agree its not very consumer friendly. There is no reason they couldn't have done this in multiple steps.
Puerto Rico is part of the United States. People there have been waiting for electricity to be restored for months.

Flint, Michigan is part of the United States. People there have been waiting for clean water to be restored for years.
MyAnimeList Passes Third Day of Unexpected Downtime
Kings don't have to work.
Wow- really appreciate you sharing your story (and thanks for the kind words). The main reason we started Modern Fertility was to give women the tools to start the conversation about our reproductive futures.

I think it is so important for stories like this to be shared and to start a transparent dialogue. We see celebrity pregnancies on the cover of magazines but typically no backstory about what went into them. Thank you.
An EV sig on .exe automatically whitelists any it with SmartScreen. It still shows a message, but a far less scary one.

Edit - hmm, it sounds like the dev got an EV cert though, because regular ones don’t require storing keys on a token. So I’m not sure what’s going on here...
Yes, I'm curious on this too.
My guess is that most everyone at Apple has Airpods and that's why they think it's an improvement worth pushing people towards.

I stuck with my wired earbuds for quite a while because I didn't imagine the Airpods were much better than the various bluetooth options I had tried. It turns out that they're much better in terms of range, quality, battery life, etc. They improve the experience of using an iPhone dramatically.

Apple should include Airpods with every new iPhone even it means raising the price of the phone by $50-$100. It's the best improvement since high resolution displays and making it non-standard means most people won't even try it.

Going back to using a wired earbuds after using the Airpods is a stark reminder of the many small annoyances, like untangling the cable, having the earbuds yanked out of your ear when the cable gets caught, not being able to leave your phone on your desk while you use the phone, etc.

I would never choose to go back to wired earbuds after using Airpods and I expect most people would have the same experience.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11028831

2M annual revenue...