skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This isn't much of a solution. I had a G-Suite account with them when I had an issue with Payments. I ended up with a suspended payments account all the same and no support via the G Suite support package (let's be honest, at $5 you get what you pay for). G Suite support will help you with things like problems with your email, but the Payments team is totally separate. Take a look at the support page - https://gsuite.google.com/support/ - it's pretty clear that they aren't going to help you clear things up outside of their specific area.

Same for Google Play store as a developer; didn't matter that I had a $5 account, different department so back to robo-emails you go.
PRs are welcome! :D
We definitely have a planning process, I do write things down into design docs, and do keep track of things in some spreadsheets, docs and tickets. But I don't find it an excessive, oppressive or impractical process, which is probably what the parent post is hinting to.
But, I wasn't talking about your parents.
Just switched to Google Fi, and while I haven't had any issues to the extent to which the author did, the I do agree that the support experience is not great. It's in line with most Google products.
I am dual-botting my MBP 2014 and I absolutely recommend doing that. Not sure about more recent ones though.
Let’s remember this when the down rounds come
I asked a neuroscientist specializing in eyes I know on Twitter. His opinion is that it's not quite so simple as "it's safe".

https://twitter.com/BWJones/status/1083847128663769088

> That energy longer than 1400nm is generally absorbed by the cornea and lens, but it is still energy, and it is not a hard bandpass filter per se. Safety is relative at higher wattages.
Chromecast Audio has jack which doubles as optical (same as Macbook's audio jack). And mine is connected to good quality amplifier via optical cable. For a price it would be difficult to replace.
But it'd be interesting to see a LOT more small-claims court suits... a million paper cuts to bring some humility and service to the beast.
I just went to western Europe (Germany specifically), and spend 15 Euros for phone service there. It's simple: I just bought a SIM card at a shop (O2) and put it in my Verizon phone. I got a prepaid card that had unlimited text/calls (within Germany only), and 3GB of data, which was far more than enough for my 2 weeks there.

Cellular service is much cheaper in Europe than in the US, so you might as well take advantage of it. International calling plans for American phones are horrendously overpriced.

Of course, the downside is that I couldn't call or text anyone in the States, but who cares? That's what apps are for. I was able to talk to and message friends/family in the US using Facebook messenger and LINE. While on my hotel's free WiFi, my VoIP calls cost me nothing.
This is the kind of discussion the book focuses on, you should try to read it. RCTs are not the only way to answer these questions and observational data can be used in some cases (but note that the validity of the inference is conditional on the model being correctly specified).
Throughout years Google showed that if you make any of their products essential for you, there is big chance you are going to be screwed. In the end all they care is web search.
Got a link about the LinkedIn clawback? I hadn’t heard of this and google is not turning anything up. Has it been whitewashed?
HPKP was underdesigned; it was a protocol evolution of something Google was already doing semi-manually. There was a competing initiative inside Google --- certificate transparency --- and that won out.

There's validity in the approach and I hope it comes back sometime, maybe with additional mechanism around managing pins.
> Most programmers hate leaving their editors and dealing with text entry boxes on browsers.

The "Edit with Emacs" extension was a game-changer for me.
https://github.com/stsquad/emacs_chrome
How are you certain that no one at these conferences makes these sorts of judgments?

One of the examples from the article is:

> When she was a graduate student looking for a job, Medici was especially aware of the conclusions that people might draw from her choices. She's married, and she didn't want people to assume that because she was without a drink, she might be pregnant. A mentor advised her that people could make that assumption, and passed along the club-soda trick.

I can how someone might infer that if a woman is not drinking then she is likely pregnant. I also know that pregnancy discrimination in hiring is a thing - illegal in the US, but still a real thing.

This seems like the sort of judgement that you says doesn't happen. I can't see how you can be sure that no one at academic conferences makes this sort of inference.
No, but she used to work for Google and Facebook.
Both DNS and TLS PKI (nothing uses SSL) are decentralized by design.
> Google Fi won’t restore service or allow your number to be ported out until the bill is paid, so around and around we go.

I'm surprised this is legal. Number portability isn't something phone companies offer out of the kindness of their heart; it's required by law. Does the law really allow them to hold the number hostage as part of a payment dispute?

EDIT: Nope, this is illegal:

> Once you request service from a new company, your old company cannot refuse to port your number, even if you owe money for an outstanding balance or termination fee

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/porting-keeping-your-ph...

I looks like the OP should file a complaint (and if necessary sue?) over this point.

Indeed, this is so clear cut it makes me doubt the OP's story. Does Google Fi say they do this anywhere?
I don't generally get a response back, but more often than not, a negative tweet on twitter gets a resolution within a day or two.
I do agree with your point, however, I think Swift is in a unique situation since they intentionally deferred on making concurrency first-class. Now the language is in a much better position to implement a modern system.

What about the proposal is horrendously complex? The target audience is meant to be language designers, not the average developer. The actual suggested API changes looked to be a few added keywords and some new classes/protocols to use.
Yep, it's the food. I took up running four years ago, but saw no real effect on my weight. (Def helped me from getting winded and made hiking fun, etc. — so exercise is cool, no doubt).

I had a medical emergency early last year that caused me to cut my food intake (I feared too large of a meal would cause another medical emergency). So I looked at the plate of food in front of me, measured out what I thought was a "reasonable amount", and ate only that. No seconds.

Within two or three months I dropped 20 pounds.

Had surgery at that point. After surgery I no longer worried about medical emergencies so I resumed my original eating habits.

And steadily put the 20 pounds back on.
Why wouldn't I abandon MSFT? There is google docs, chromebooks and mac os already. Only a small power user use case needs to stick with office specifically nowadays.
I had a similar problem with Apple.

I made an in app purchase (with a YC company nonetheless) and the company gave a limited period to cancel the service for a full refund. I cancelled the service within the deadline, and didn’t get a refund. I requested the refund from the YC company who said “they can’t” refund and I have to ask Apple. So I asked Apple for the refund included the YC company policy/purchase date/cancellation email and Apple told me I had to be refunded by the YC company.

With no recourse I did a chargeback and Apple blacklisted my debit card which basically bricked my ability to use my phone.

All these tech companies have their heads so far up their asses when it comes to cost cutting/customer service, it’s no wonder services like Twitter/FB serve as public shaming, complaint tools to access the otherwise inaccessible tech elite.
This just makes no sense. A feature the community has been shouting about for years and years (literally hundreds of posts on Google product forums), and then they actually launch it less than two months before discontinuing the product line??
I think all I'm saying is that they probably could have done this without EFF's public help, since, again, it's just a bogus DMCA takedown notice.

For however "high-profile" they are and however competent their lawyers are, this is a form letter, sent by someone who doesn't even know what Boing Boing is.
Or times 4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec#/media/...
I have been working in the embedded world for some time. What worries me is that even new embedded systems come with ancient kernels and stdlibs, most of which won't be y2k38 compatible.

Many of these devices will still be operating in 2038, but long forgotten. Think HVAC control systems, kitchen appliances, security systems, etc. Cars, trains, information signs, traffic lights, many of these public infrastructure systems will fail.

And these systems are very, very hard to update, if possible at all. We'll be having a lot of e-waste in 2038.
Aspartame doesn't seem to affect your insulin response.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2923074
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1946186
It's not a horrible solution though. I'm kind of cheap, I don't want to pay for unlimited data. So I have an inexpensive plan with T-Mobile that gets throttled. But I can still have some internet access for free once I go over my limit.
I can understand why people criticize it, but I personally like Fi. The multiple carriers give me coverage in areas I don't expect it like Maine islands or the Sangre de Cristo foothills, and the price is reasonable if not the lowest available.

Additionally, the one time I've had to contact support, I had an email reply in 27 minutes.

Throw in perks like the seamless international support (if you travel internationally at all this is tremendous) and the data SIM for an iPad, and I've been pretty happy with the service.

That could all change the next time I need support if they're still overwhelmed with new users, but so far so good.
This is also a problem with Square, and Stripe, and Paypal ... it's an unsolvable fraud/scammer problem.

Basically, if there was customer support that could fix the problem, then skilled scammers can get money and control out of them. They can do it a lot better than you can get your stuff re-enabled, they know just when to say what to whom.

Verizon just accepts the inefficiency, and also over-charges random customers, sometimes hands over control of a phone number to a scammer so they can get auth codes over SMS, has clueless support, etc. Google hasn't accepted this way of the world yet (but in scaling up the support has necessarily become disempowered).

It is very frustrating. It's a nature of things going mass-market. Just a few people, everything can be nice. Too many people, scams and fraud become big problems.
Google doesn't share device GPS. Ad location targeting is at the country, state, and city level, or in increments as small as 3 sq. km.

Geo IP data is accurate ~85% at the city level and ~99% at the state level, meaning they're approximately the same.
It’s always been questionable.

Nowadays even Premier is garbage. The guidance from a TAM is to log calls before 10AM local time, so that the support don’t queue you to a desk that will pretend to contact you after you’re gone home.

The funniest thing is that if you answer after hours, you get someone not prepared to do anything, as he’s there to attempt contact to push the call out so they hit the SLA.
A recent review and meta-analysis in the BMJ found no differences in health outcomes — including weight loss — between people who used artificial sweeteners and those who didn’t.

https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.k4718
I was describing Sunnyvale and Cupertino, which I guess are technically Santa Clara.
Out of curiosity, where did you get these numbers and data about when Uber was offering RSUs?
Some shortpass filters only block 700 nm to 1100 nm and are not rated for performance above 1100 nm, since the silicon sensor cannot "see" light above 1000 nm anyway (but may be damaged by sufficiently strong amounts of it). So, perhaps Sony was using an IR block filter that blocks near IR from 700 nm to 1000 nm but doesn't block 1550 nm perfectly.
I have no idea what you just said. To understand that I need to see a lawyer, pay hundreds of dollars to be told what my right is, and how I can proceed. Then probably invest thousands of dollars in a lawsuit.
At least that's how I see it. Unless there is an app that you click a button and you sue Google for free that I don't know about.
You cannot download offline maps for Japan, at least on Google Maps
Trivia: for some reason it is a tradition, when taking the trail ferry between Sicily and Calabria (the one that basically binds the Sicilian island with the remaining of Italy), to eat arancini (stuffed rice balls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arancini) at the bar inside the boat.
AT&T Plans to Fire 7,000 People Despite Tax Breaks, Net Neutrality Repeal
I applaud the work done on the research to find the vulnerabilities. But writing about it just to criticize the creators is a shitty reason to do it. I've never known software that's perfect from the start. I hope the author has contacted Colworx to help fix the problems.

The app has a needed function and should be supported rather than just criticized.
"exercise is medicine" <- the only thing I really agree with Coca Cola about.

Fun thing they don't mention about Cola beverages - they can lead to chronic kidney disease, even the sugar free kind.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433753/
99% chance you'll be totally fine, so probably not worth losing sleep over it.
What are the alternatives?

About 20 years ago, I remember having to go through tons of hoops to get a certificate. Faxing corporate docs and other bureaucracy. That can all be forged.
Revisiting the Intel 432 (2008)
Yeah. The other fun thing about the 737 is the airframe is somewhat similar to the original model, but lots of things have changed. In particular, the landing gear are the same height, but the engine turbines are much larger (more fuel efficient). This is why modern 737 engines are so low to the ground and flat-bottomed instead of round.
Hat Trick Three Passes in a Day Passed First Time with Adriving
It's not city accuracy. It's 1000 m nominal. If you could target a peak or small island and get better effective accuracy, I would not be surprised.

"You can choose one of the default radius settings or set a custom radius from a minimum of 1 km to a maximum of 1,000 km."

https://support.google.com/richmedia/answer/7279179?hl=en&re...
it's not an "intelligence" so much as emergent properties of systems. there are fields like system dynamics and macroeconomics that study such things.
I agree. Personally, I wouldn't use Mint (I just looked them up and they use the T-Mobile network--no thanks! I like having reliable service outside of the middle of metro areas.), but I use "Total Wireless" which is a Verizon MVNO, and it costs me $34/month for 5GB and unlimited text and talk, and uses the Verizon network. But $15/mo. for 3GB if you don't mind T-Mo's spotty signal quality is a really good deal.
Would a single member struct work as well? Can C++ optimize that away?
Every time a comment like this comes up I say the same thing: Your email address is very very valuable and everything in the digital world is tied to it one way or the other. Own the domain so you can port it to another provider. Keep a copy of your emails somewhere - a mail app on your laptop?

If you use drive, sync it fully to a laptop.

It's not just Google, any service - paid or free, can and will shutdown your account. It's something you have to assume will happen to you - not just some random stranger on the internet. I don't know about you but I definitely don't want to deal with losing all my digital documents, pictures and most important all my accounts by losing my email address.

No one should be complacent about this.
I don't believe DSLRs or M43 cameras have used CCDs since last decade.
> 1. If you use the max 10G every month it's pretty expensive.

How can that be? They cap your bill at $60 (which you hit after using 6GB). https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/17/googles-project-fi-now-cap...
> This is also a problem with Square, and Stripe, and Paypal ... it's an unsolvable fraud/scammer problem.

It's compounded by the fact that Google has the primary element of your 21st century identity: your email address.
It's sort of an after-install thing that takes a minute, but I have some keyboard shortcuts that allow me to do things like jump into a sketching program with the current clipboard contents. And Krita itself (and a few other good apps) are available on Linux.

Not sure how Throttlestop compares to the latest Linux options. I've got many containers going, three instances of vscode, a zillion tabs, performance is not an issue.

But, I realize not everyone cares about a free and transparent world, even when it's more and less as good. It must at least encourages companies like Microsoft to keep opening up and getting better.
The CyberWire is a daily (Mon - Fri) podcast for cyber security news. Each episode goes for around 20 minutes and breaks down any significant news from the last 24 hours/weekend.

This is about the only cyber security news I directly follow and it tends to keep me abreast of the major going ons and the 20 minute length is short enough to digest daily.
It’s like the Bird team has never heard of the Streisand Rffect before.
Yes, intrusive data structure is exactly the correct word for it. I was trying to remember it but couldn't recall it for my comment. Thanks! I'm curious to see how it will work in Rust.
Aren't there similarly-strong legal protections against police entering a data center and accessing servers?
Average time worked is a terrible metric to use without context. Can you provide the context of the chart?

It could be argued that people are working less because of increases in automation and more schooling and a switch from shift jobs to non-shift jobs. Reportedly someone on salary would say they work 40 hours or would be assumed - we know the reality is different than that.
I don't know, if people could buy a 'personal cloud box' that is as user friendly as an iphone, for less than a 100 dollars, a substantial number of them might possibly do that.
It looks like in this case its the YC company in the wrong. How could they have claimed you could get a refund, and never provided you that? Even if they did not know Apple does not do it, its their claim and so is their responsibility. You could easily sue in a small claims court.
Your argument might sound stronger if you didn't use the name of a dead protocol. All use of SSL has been prohibited by RFC since 2015.

I'm pretty sure there aren't better alternatives.
Well, it will be fixed with the next rewrite of Google Payments/Wallet/Pay/Whatever.
You mean UE4, or Improbable?
One of the bigger reasons I switched to Verizon was specifically coverage. There are a lot of areas (wyoming, dakotas, parts of idaho and northern utah and nevada) that I drive through where Verizon is the only carrier with any coverage.

I couldn't be convinced to switch to Fi, and frankly given the horror stories, not sure that I trust google should I ever fall afoul of their platform exclusion and zero support or transparency.
Well that's great to know. I just bought the dragon book. Is there a better book out there?
FortressOne – Team Fortress Package for Windows and Linux
>How are you managing such low data use?

I have a 5GB plan and rarely use half of it in a month, even though I spend plenty of time using various mobile apps.

It's probably pretty simple: I don't do any streaming: music, podcasts, internet radio, etc.

If you really "need" to stream YouTube videos away from a WiFi hotspot, then you should just pay $150/month and stop complaining.
Not pivotal
I don't think you're seeing the power relations aspect.
Why? Assuming the scooters are being bought at auction from impound lots like the article says.
I've got 3 of these in my house already, and I was thinking of picking up a couple more as back-ups, but they're already sold out on the Google store. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any other small, "cast-able" device that has a digital output. Hopefully mine last for a while.
Supply chains hardly allow for people to take your advice. It's in everything.
i don't know but last august i had an issue with my surface and i talked with chat support as well as phone support without any issues.
http://jrnl.sh/
> Some of the final steps in this transition for the core kernel have been posted, and seem likely to be merged for 5.1.

This doesn't sound as good as they wanted it to sound. I thought they were already save.

On the other hand, planned obsolescence could help and nobody is using 20 year old kernels in 2038 anymore. Hopefully.
"""I indicated to him that I thought somebody
was probably having a little joke at his expense, and promised him an
email reply. Here is my reply in its entirety:

...

UPDATE: For those of you who missed the subtlety (which was a surprising lot of you) I was quite polite to this guy on the phone.
"""

It seems to me that in the phone conversation, ESR made it pretty clear that he was not seriously considering it, and that he was going to reply in a strange manner.

I think he has a weird sense of humor, for sure, but I don't think he was particularly bullying that particular recruiter -- he was putting on a show of bullying Microsoft, because that was both his thing (as an early Open Source proponent) and fashionable at the time.
> bricked my ability to use my phone

I'm curious, how exactly? As far as I know, you can always use the phone without a linked payment method. You won't be able to download apps or use iCloud, but unlike the original example, your cellular service will still function. Apps will still run.
Verizon is primarily a CDMA network, which doesn't have coverage internationally unless you pay extra. Same with ATT.

We switched to Fi because we travel to Europe frequently and Fi doesn't charge extra for it, the phones just work when you land.
> Hey, we use cookies to provide a better experience.

Cookies are a separate law and entirely unrelated to GDPR.

Also the annoying "this is what we are doing, you have to agree to this to proceed" is explicitly forbidden for the GDPR. So your criticism does not apply.
Any money spend on the lawsuit itself can be recovered as part of said lawsuit.

Also, Google will probably wind up paying more just for their legal team than you will AND have to pay in the end... if more people did this, they'd be much more likely to improve quality of service. LOTS of paper cuts.
The whole post had quite a lot of useful setup for how support has changed and the current state of it. Don't be so taken aback by a single sentence of advertising that it taints your view of the rest.