skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>All of that is going on just fine.

Fixing your own car has been "going on just fine"? In what planet? Except if you mean basics like changing oils and stuff.

This is more like it:

"Training organisations, body shops and all those in the independent sector can’t keep pace with the speed of change in vehicle technology,” says Jason Moseley, executive director of the National Association of Bodyshops. “For example, there’s more computer code in a current Mercedes-Benz S-Class than in a Boeing Dreamliner.”

This increase in complexity means body shops are taking longer to repair cars and charging more to do so as a result, forcing insurers to write off some cars that are still relatively young.

Concerned by the trend, car makers have been heavily discounting replacement parts in a practice called ‘total loss avoidance’, intended to save cars from being written off early in their life.

Malcolm Neil, from claims management firm Inter-est, agrees that manufacturers’ rapidly evolving techniques of vehicle construction and the repair challenges new cars present are a growing concern. “Years ago, cars were all of similar construction, but not any more,” he says.
You can’t just chop out damaged panels on a modern car, because you might cut through a sensor or its wires. For example, to replace the front wing on the current BMW 5 Series takes three times longer than on its predecessor, because first you’ve got to strip out the whole bootlid and disconnect all sorts of ECUs and batteries in it.”

And that doesn't even take into account the dozens of cpus and electronic systems that can go wrong, or modern complex transmissions. (And let's not get in hybrid and electric cars).

Nobody would ever say those are as repairable as 60s, 70s, 80s, even 90s cars...
This is an incredibly uncontroversial thesis, but the article provides lots of supporting statistics and graphs.
You likely have commented that multiple times, since it seems like a copy/paste to a completely different discussion. It isn't relevant here.

Microsoft made the apps for Google, then when that failed released them themselves with no expectation of Google taking over/paying for support. So your point isn't at all relevant to what happened in the Windows Phone situation.

As I said right at the start of my post: Google is fully entitled to refuse to produce apps for Windows Phone. That isn't the problem here, Google effectively blocked their API on that specific platform and their strong market position strangled the platform to death.
It'll be interesting to see what a 12 year old Tesla is worth.

Electronic control boards on ovens is a terrible idea. Guess what usually breaks on one (like mine, we don't use it so it's been broken for 4 years).
Very true. I purchased my last BMW two years old. It came with a two-year warranty and a two-year maintenance package.
Lion temperature is still a big deal, which is why EVs (and exotics concerned about weight) will use a system to heat the lithium batteries in sub-zero temps.

Most ICE engines don't bother because it costs extra for not much benefit unless you're operating on the edge of performance. Actual race cars do away with the battery and starter altogether.
And over a thousand people died due to the evacuation. Every one of those deaths is the moral fault of generations of anti-nuclear fear mongers who created the atmosphere of paranoia.
I guarantee you with 100% certainty that this will fail. No one will care about it. You will try to use your sub to force traffic to your site and it won’t work the way you hope. Your domain will be banned on reddit soon and marked as spam. You will be removed as moderators of your own subreddit because your accounts will be banned too. This has literally happened before even when the site connected to the sub already existed before the sub itself did (LifeProTips for example). When this happens, you will kick and scream and demand justice but no one will listen to you. NO ONE. You are about to spend months or years on an idea that WILL fail. You really need to give up this idea immediately and do something else.
In Japan everyone uses LINE. In South Korea everyone uses KakaoTalk.
Beautifully crafted Odroid XU4 and XU4Q cases from KKSB keep your device cool
> This would even encourage hospitals to do things such as ensuring that things such as this are not detected

Trial lawyers in New York created an organization [0] that systematically maps sidewalks and streets to identify cracks and holes that cause slip-and-fall accidents.

They provide these maps and supporting data to the city for free, and in the process they can prove that the city had constructive knowledge of the risk.

That way the city can't avoid liability by claiming they didn't know.

It seems that a similar "service" could alert hospital managers to the risk of C. auris, and thereby neutralize intentional ignorance as a defense.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple_Pothole_and_Sidewalk...
Transvestism is a unique behavioral pathology that has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
The next iPhone will be a wireless charging mat in of itself. Why release AirPower when you can rest your AirPods or watch or a friends phone on yours to get a charge.

Maybe other manufacturers will follow suit but none have AirPods or a watch like Apple does. Probably in a few years you’ll charge your Apple glasses wirelessly using your iPhone too.

For me this new feature is even stickier as it’s innovative even if they sorta copied Samsung’s Wireless PowerShare that’s in the S10.
>their liability was artificially limited to $450M per plant [...] The law was passed because no insurance company would agree to insure a nuclear plant, precisely because of the crazy exposure if anything went wrong.

Is there a reason why coal powerplants which emit pollution (known to cause lung cancer) as part of normal operation aren't liable? It seems like the legal system punishes catastrophic failures, but something like slightly increasing the rate of cancer doesn't get any punishment because the damage is so spread out and not worthwhile to prosecute/sue. Given this, I would argue that coal power plants also have their liabilities "artificially limited".
There are salt mines under both Detroit and in Windsor it's sister city across the river in Canada.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_salt_mine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Salt_Mine
Bad diets are the leading cause for most deaths worldwide
I was actually googling them this past week to see what happened to that company and the guy who started it. Looks like he's doing a computer vision AI company.
But I remember seeing the first Notion Ink tablet ages ago at some online coverage for CES and thinking it was the coolest thing out at the time. A shame it had so many production issues. Even the second iteration had a clean design and a cool screen on the spine of the device.
Google's remote work employee survey
In terms of electricity, this company is still refining its design, but most energy used in industrial is heat energy and these guys are solving it. https://1414degrees.com.au/
I never know which are food-grade salt and which are road-grade salt.

I know it’s the same salt, but I figure only some maintain food standards.
This won’t work. Here is why: I tried the same thing with /r/lifeprotips.

I created that subreddit YEARS ago and initially wanted to build the website for it.

I populated all the good life hacks that I found throughout the internet initially to the subreddit and the community naturally grew — but I also invested time and money into it (by giving gold to top members).

Then when I launched the website, I had an auto moderator rule that removed a post from anyone who submitted a link-based post and PM’d them telling them to submit to the new website (@lifeprotips.com).

Well, guess what happened? Someone got upset and reported me. Because I had Adsense on it, that went to “justify” their case saying I was monetizing the subreddit.

It resulted in a subsequent shadow ban which eventually led to the removal of my reddit account (pretty old account with lots of history).

The mod who did this is /u/krispykrackers.

Good luck, though. I’m rooting for you, because Reddit doesn’t reward or appreciate creators, and without them, they’d be nothing.
It doesn't help they have large (often supercharged or turbocharged) displacement engines which is a challenge to package in themselves, let alone consider the ease of servicing.

Luxury cars now do not have significantly bigger engines than those of the past --- it's mostly the emissions control equipment and other auxillary components (including the not-so-useful plastic covers) that take up the bulk of the space and make servicing difficult. Look at the difference between a late 60s/early 70s Cadillac and one closer to today, for example:

http://www.eldorado-seville.com/resources/News-/-Home/BG-eng...

http://image.automotive.com/f/cadillac-xts-2013-road-test/52...

The latter is 3.6L V6. The former is a 7.7L V8. They both have over 300HP. The former is also FWD. But the difference in serviceability is enormous.
Culture Jamming is alive and well[1] :)

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fake-editions...
there were a lot of problems. One that hasn't been mentioned is that MS's idea of Windows Phone was that all the apps would match the OS's design. A lot of big companies did not want to do that.
I never spoke to how easy any of that is, only that people are doing it anyway. And they could document the car, or teardowns can be made easier legally.

The core point being we can either discourage or empower.

Where we do the latter, all sorts of solutions to those challenges will be found.

Heck, I just did a component level repair on my Ford SUV. Mid 2000 era. The whole sub system is a few hundred dollars.

There are people doing refurbishments for less. I bought a MOSFET and used the skills I have.

Not repairing things is a huge waste. I do not care how complex they are, only that people are totally in the clear to learn how to repair, repurpose.

Doing that is basic for me. Grew up that way and never really quit. Tons of us out there doing way more than people think.
A ham radio license enables you to transmit encrypted messages only when operating a space radio station or remote aircraft which is something, but not much.
As a consultant in the last role I am feeling attacked, though you’re not exactly wrong.
Hey, downvoter. You forgot to name yourself as to who we should look up to. In any case, I'll dedicate an extra litre of petrol for you -- hope it was worth it! (I hope you understand why you "greens" don't fare so well when it comes to elections -- you don't have a message to stand on!)
Wait, is this a thing now? I’ve long cut the cord but back in the day universal remotes could work with every major brand of tv, DVD player, etc
>Sure, but it’s not voluntary if it’s done fraudulently.

The police are allowed to lie to you to get you to consent to a search. (The most common example is claiming they could search w/o consent but you agreeing makes it "easier")
Light Table has a new maintainer, so Miracle Max might yet be able to help.

http://lighttable.com/2019/03/31/New-year-old-plans/
Plus they are already pretty recyclable unlike plastic. Really lithium is probably one of the 'cleanest' materials we've had for batteries given that they aren't mostly heavy metal like NiCad or Lead-Acid.
That literally means that every time you take an interrupt, you also take an extra fault into the hypervisor (since your CPU cannot read the vector, because it has been protected). In that case, forget any ideas of speed. The whole point of hardware assisted virtualization was to prevent that situation. These guys suggest going decades back in terms of performance. No thanks.
I don't really see how it's different aside from semantics.
Am I missing something, or does this scheme only authenticate the certificates, but not the work itself?
Great article. I love SDR, and this kind of tutorial really brings it into the home accessibly.

For more, there's another really nice SDR basics course online you can find at Great Scott Gadgets (https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr/) associated with the HackRF One open-source SDR hardware. It goes into it a bit with GNU Radio, which is a really incredible project.
We just got a set of the single-compartment version and they are absolutely fantastic. The flat top allows a small post-it note for the date the food was made and lets them be stacked in the fridge.

We got ours at Sam's Club.
The CNN has a summary:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/03/health/diet-global-deaths...
While we're talking GOOG, I miss Reader :(
minidisc didn't exactly flop but it should have been a lot bigger than it was. Great hardware. If Sony hadn't insisted on their ATRAC and drmed it to hell it would have been much more competitive.
regardless of whether you release the source or not, a patent violation is a violation. So 2) is a pointless worry.
That's a tough call, but I'd prefer pushing harder on renewable research or finding a permanent solution to the nuclear waste problem, because, as bad as humans are at dealing with medium term consequences of our activities (see climate change), we have no track record of dealing with the long term, and ultra-long term consequences of what we do.
Your DNA by itself IS informative to you; there are plenty of public SNP databases you can use for making useful comparisons. The basic "what ethnicity are you?" result that is the bread-and-butter of these companies can be ascertained by comparison with the 1000 Genomes database, which has detailed information on haplogroups.

You can probably also get raw SNP calls from a genotyping service. Human SNP genotyping costs about $300 a sample at-cost and can maybe be had for less. Few of these resources are commercialized for the general public, but they are certainly accessible if you just want the raw data.

In other words, the add-on from 23andMe is mostly convenience - they spare you the effort of having to locate these services and engage with them, and they spare you the effort of having to do your own informatic analysis.
> There is no way you are going to convince voters that they need to cut their energy usage

Indeed. Thus the question is what undemocratic institutions, can we use? Can we put in treaties that reduce national sovereignty like the TPP? Can we make it a second order or third order effect of regulations on how insurance works so that most people can't follow the chain back to the source?
This falsehood gets rolled out regularly. New reactors take a decade to manufacture, have nearly zero private investment, and the icing on the turd cake produce waste lasting for centuries.
How about uninhabited islands. Access to plenty of water for cooling and away from population centers.
The mistake you made was allowing posts at all on Reddit. You should have changed the CSS to point people at lifeprotips.com, and just created submissions for posts on lifeprotips.com.
All of them. Index funds. You can't beat the market.
Agreed, WebOS was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread. And I agree about the Pre, I loved that thing.
Nobody can totally prevent third-party apps from recording your interactions with them, though Apple has made some effort (https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/apple-glassbox-apps/). Apple also strongly enforces that third-party apps have to gracefully degrade when individual permissions are denied. So that a delivery app, for example, can't strong-arm you into enabling location services by refusing to work otherwise.

All of Apple's first-party services give detailed breakdowns of what information Apple receives before it does so. Other than privately-stored iCloud data, they send virtually zero non-anonymized data to Apple. And as much as possible - especially with things like Maps - they keep data local to your device.

So no, I don't always know who third-party apps are contacting, because nobody can. But I do know (and have control over) every interaction they have with the rest of my device and data. For first-party apps, I do know everyone they contact and with what information, and it's kept to a reasonable minimum.
This is a very one sided story. We have an existence proof of there being literally dozens of video on demand apps on iOS and tvOS - many of which don’t allow people to subscribe within the app.

There are also a half dozen streaming music services.
You asked a bunch of questions no consumer at scale cares about or understands.

Those are not sellable perks to anyone but people on hacker news. Let’s hope those terms never show up on Apple marketing pushes.
Humans design technology, a technological failure is a human failure.
Okay. So after a bit of chewing on the screw jack equations, I settled on using an M24 screw as the basis just for convenience. Eyeballed a video of jackscrew of a 737NG, and figured a 6 inch lever arm. In the form of a pulley of some sort as the input for the screw jack from the trim wheel in the cockpit.

Dropping in the previously calculated wind load of 1015087 N, we end up with an effort force of 3182 N, which through a 6 in pulley would be 485Nm (357 ft-lbs) of torque,

Note, we're in automobile engine levels of torque output to actuate this screw jack against the wind load on the horizontal stabilizer.

Give me a bit to come up with some estimates on the trim wheel and play around with some gear trains to see if I can come up with an arrangement that does the trick.

It should be doable, but with the gear ratios I'm thinking will be required to generate the requisite torque, the actual rate of actuation is going to be pretty slow.
Please go to YouTube and search for “Tesla Ludicrous”.
> Renewable energy is cheaper than nuclear, or will be imminently.

Renewable energy at that scale is still theoretical and hasn't shown its downsides yet.

Nuclear has shown all its downsides, and they have been 95% corrected. It's a mature, known technology.
One of the biggest advantages renewable energy has over both nuclear and mega-dams is that the size of project required to achieve the commonly quoted LCOE (levelized cost of energy) is much, much smaller. 50 MW or perhaps less per site, versus 1000+ MW.

This means:

1. no mega projects that attract similarly sized public opposition

2. 1-2 year construction timelines instead of 10+

3. much, much less financial and regulatory risk

4. if an individual project goes off the rails because of bad management, it just gets cancelled instead of being pushed forward with endless public dollars because of sunk cost fallacies

The private sector is well able to stomach the risk level of wind and solar and finance and build it on their own, whereas nuclear and mega hydro essentially require government financial backing, which again contributes to the agency problem.

We know we can build 1,000s of MW of wind and solar per year in a safe and cost-effective way because we're already doing that. Every single nuclear or dam project in North America right now is a delayed, over-budget financial and project management boondoggle.
Did they just assume their gender?
Ice Trade
Is this something folks outside Google can access to get a human being in Google?
It's a difference of inheriting data vs. functionality, so yes, the API is what's being inherited.

Looking at the history of inheritence a few languages I know:

- C++: multiple inheritance super confusing expressions and understanding of things like diamond inheritance. Initialization becoming a really complex thing to understand.

- Java: learning from the mistake of C++, determines multiple inheritance is bad, only allows inheriting data from one super class and then API (and now in 1.8 functionality) from any number of interfaces.

- Rust: realizes inheritance of any data is bad, and only allows for any number of Trait's (interfaces) to be implemented on types.

There's a difference, and ultimately it's that you're not carrying data via the inheritance chain, only functions. The benefit here being that it's much easier to reason about a type and what data it has that determines how it works in the broader system. This allows for very explicit inclusion of data from other types, as opposed to implicit inclusion with C++ and/or Java. In the end moving away from data inheritance leads to fewer mistakes and easier understanding of the code.
I agree that the car repair industry will be hurting due to electric vehicles, but not for the same reasons. As Tesla has shown, locking out non-corporate repairs is easy, even body work is something you can choke out from 3rd party shops by refusing to provide parts (hence the incredible repair costs for Tesla vehicles).

A profit driven electric car company can decide that any minor damage to the car will mean they push out a firmware update to brick the car. You don't own the software that makes the vehicle function, hence your at the mercy of the manufacturer letting you use their software.
I think a different term needs to be adopted by now, since climate change is perhaps only half the story.

Yes, the greenhouse gases from converted fossil fuels used for transportation and the release of energy to do work, all of which leads to global warming, is of great concern, and in terms of survival of our species, matters very much.

But there are a number of looming adjacent narratives that go hand-in-hand with climate change, but are not necessarily of climate change alone, while human activity beyond the use of fossil fuels is certainly at the heart of the matter.

Fish dying off, colony collapse disorder, birds disappearing, general insect volume depletion throughout zones of historically higher activity, radiological contamination of the ocean by at least one major nuclear incident, the pacific garbage patch and microplastics in general, chemical pollution of waterways, disruptive hydroelectric dams, fracking, slag lagoons (ruptured and unruptured), superfund sites like the gowanus canal as a particular expample of a failure to clean up even one hazardous zone in a major city, pesticides in general (even ignoring insect populations as keystone species and colony collapse). The list goes on.

Beyond just climate change, the grand scope of human activity has some serious detrimental side effects, with deep ramifications for the world around us. Yes it's getting hotter, and the weather patterns are strange, but taken together with other issues, the big picture is that The Anthropocene as a period of time represents itself a challenge of challenges.

That we now can safely call this The Anthropocene is enough to say we have a problem, as we become a force of nature unto itself. This being The Anthropocene is akin to us being the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Terrible lizards though they were, we are worse.

We are the asteroid. Don't call is merely climate change. Call it The Anthropocene, and understand that the full scope of human activity is the full scope of the problem.
Except that a class can inherit from multiple interfaces.
Yes. The way to a robust system is to stop every link in the zipper effect, not just the initiating event.
The real problem is the lack of revenue sharing that should take place with the moderators of a subreddit.

Well, that's one of the many many problems with Reddit's moderation.
Honda Civic that I had would have automated service recommendations based on some sort of diagnostics or heuristics, and tended to recommend service (oil change and tire rotation with some inspection and sometimes air filter replacement) every 9k miles for me.

I had the impression 6k miles is the standardized recommended interval for most brands (e.g. my current Subaru) but I guess that isn’t true for Lexus?
The lock up agreement is publicly available on the SEC’s website (it’s a material contract and therefore required to be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement). The agreement itself is part of the Investors’ Rights Agreement. See section 2.12

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759509/000119312519...