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I'm not a UX person by any means but do appreciate good ergonomics and begrudgingly tolerate the bad.

My first thought is that you should create a website with the worst offenders found day-to-day and tag them with the manners in which they fail. It would be both fun and crowdsource the popular opinion of what really bugs people.

The second part is why it should affect you so personally. My guess would be that you have built a career on good UX and seeing examples of bad UX undermines its importance. For this I think getting some perspective is useful. In many cases bad UX is good enough. Unfortunately you are very attuned to good/great UX and see any deviations as gross misses. It's like someone with amazingly acute pitch hearing listening to what's imperceptibly off pitch for the rest of the population. In this sense, the hypersensitivity may actually be about you. Just my 0.02
Expecting Boeing to regulate itself is like expecting a dog to not eat from its bowl when hungry. It ignores basic human nature and the incentives companies have to make profits at any costs, even if those costs are hundreds of human lives. I'm sure there are plenty of other things overlooked on this plane and others since the FAA gave up their oversight duties, their major reason for existence. When a company like this is unaccountable to anyone, we've seen what happens, yet there is still a question as to whether regulations should be enforced? How many more people need to die needlessly before the government steps in and does its job?
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> “There are 205 million flight hours in the 737 fleet with this wiring type,” a Boeing official said. “There have been 16 failures in service, none of which were applicable to this scenario. We’ve had no hot shorts.”

This is appalling as this company exhibits the same excuses as before "there was no problem yet". Persistence in unfit behaviour at its best.
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Good for them! But the "Friends" line have been enormously successful in getting more girls interested in Lego. For whatever reason, what you call "normal" Lego have primarily appealed to boys.
> Enforcing home grown products to average customers, subsidizing one specific firm to take all domestic market share is how Samsung and Hyundai made its way to top global firms.

I can see how this would ensure domestic success, but how does that translate to 'top global firm' status unless the products / features & pricing are significantly superior?
I've a long time Windows user. Lately, I've been considering a switch to MBP but the cost is ridiculous. I'm now thinking my best choice is to upgrade my hardware and do a deep dive in Windows Subsystem of Linux. That would give me the best of both world, yes?
I use this feature all the time. I collapse comment chains I'm completely uninterested in by tapping on them.

That said, you can turn it off for comments:

Settings > General > Tap to Collapse
That would explain a lot, as I rarely have energy at all.
The field is always on. Safety first. :)
Clickable links:

Source: https://github.com/barneygale/pathlab

Docs: https://pathlab.readthedocs.io
The situation is pretty clear. They need to fix the wiring issue. Stick to the regulation or don't regulate...

It's also shocking to me that the MAX may be rectified when depending only on one angle-of-attack sensor (the one that caused the two prior crashes). They should mandate that at minimum 2 redundant sensor must exist, at minimum. Really it should be 3 sensors for flight critical input, as has been the case for all modern airplanes.
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I am away from home on phone at this second, and likely have not kept my 10 year old notes, but from memory:

Strongest predictor of SIDS was mom’s education level, followed by whether or not she was smoking; stomach/back was third. It’s the strongest one that can (easily) be changed, but something is very fishy about the data.

Proponents point out the inverse correlation between sleeping on back and SIDS, starting at the time the recommendations were made, as proof that this is a causal relationship. However, inclusion of time prior to recommendation shows that SIDS is inverse correlated to time; and sleeping on back is positively correlated with time only after recommendations were made.

Also, it’s possible data in the last 10 years paints a different picture - but at the time, the case for causal “back to sleep” was very flimsy.
Thank you for your honesty.
It sounds like you aren't close with them. There is nothing wrong with that.

Do you have anyone you are close with to talk about things?
Is there anything going on in your personal life you need to deal with which may be impacting your work?

IE: I care about more than just the work you do, I care about you. I'd like you to be happy and know more about your life to ensure when you turn into an ass I can justify the behavior and dismiss it. "His dad died recently. His dog died this week. People have been taking at him due to projects being behind and he was on vacation the week all hell broke lose retiring his involvement"
Shit happens, if you're looking for happy things from your employees don't ask them these questions.

If your quote is truly what's happening in your life, I'm sorry. That sounds miserable, in posting here: I can't tell why you shared that. If I was your manager, is this a recent development and you need time to process? If not what prompted you to be so honest with me? Is there anything else you'd like to share?
Same. This process works but I have realized the crucial need of tags.
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That's pretty much the way life was for me in 1982. Of course, you couldn't make an app 'like this' in the 8-bit days - no networking, no onboard camera, no touch screen - but my Dad & I sat literally at the dinner table and wrote home-cooked apps together. We learned to code together, but he taught me how to make the computer do useful things: as a language teacher he created quiz games that he could take in to use in his high school classroom. I seem to remember designing custom fonts to get the accents right on the French words (did I mention, no Unicode?)
That's a pretty generous interpretation of

> implementation-dependent approximation to the sine of x
I am absolutely appalled by those unnecessary semicolons.
It was because the U.S. government placed export restrictions on Rijndael. I mean, the alternative might have been for them to just use Rijndael anyway, and that would probably have been better in the long run, but heh. Now that that stuff is out of the way, I honestly can't see why they don't (or didn't until recently?) allow Rijndael or ChaCha20.
They could coordinate with Chrome and allow it to request the kernel that it doesn’t put secure and insecure processes of it on the same processor at the same time, or just disable hyperthreading for Chrome.
Prison time is meant to be corrective but it only really works on people that already have a pretty good life to begin with. For the folks that are already in a bad spot with little to no support system, it just exacerbates and makes it even harder to come back from.
This specific behaviour is why I love Apollo. I do this exact thing when skimming through threads -- there's a couple of ways to do what you want to do:

Tap on the top of a comment to collapse that comment and any below it, assuming you haven't turned off "tap to collapse" in settings > general > comments.

Set a gesture for one of the swipe directions to collapse the current thread (I believe this exists, by default, as right-short-swipe) in settings > gestures.
I'm not sure about this parable; it reminds me of Chesterton's fence. Our optimistic salesman may be completely ignoring the fact that no one is wearing shoes because no one needs or wants to.
How about creating a similar iOS app for this site? :-)
> it can merely provide symptom relief. The latter is often called a palliative.

Because some times it is, but sometimes it isn’t. Which is why the document I linked detailing prescription guidelines for opioids (medicines which exclusively treat symptoms), specifically states that the guidelines do not apply to palliative care. If all treatment of symptoms was palliative treatment, then that standard would never apply in any situation.
Yes, that the drills are misguided. And he is fine with the obsession with guns, suggested using palm/grip recognition to tie guns to owners with free updates paid for by govt. Reasonable.
‘I thought it looked a little queer. As I was saying, that seems to be done right—though I haven’t time to look it over thoroughly just now—and that shows that there are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents—’

‘Certainly,’ said Alice.

‘And only one for birthday presents, you know. There’s glory for you!’

‘I don’t know what you mean by “glory,”’ Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. ‘Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant “there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!”’

‘But “glory” doesn’t mean “a nice knock-down argument,”’ Alice objected.

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.’

Of course, this is a famous example of an idiot who can't communicate. (Or, indeed, subtract 1 from 365.) Words mean what they mean by common agreement; your wish to use one inappropriately will not make that use appropriate.

> If I said there are five myriads of sand grains in an hourglass, what could this possibly mean but 50 thousand?

That you're given to poetic turns of phrase? That you're confused about how to refer to numbers in English? If I actually encountered this phrase, I'd lean heavily toward option one there. It would be much like saying the glass contained five times as many grains as the stars in the sky, instead of as many.
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It is not about negotiating a better price for Windows. A lot of government organizations switched last year or, in the case of the South Korean army, long ago.

https://linuxreviews.org/30%2B_South_Korean_Governmental_Org...
For a language optimized for pen and paper, `z.@re` seems verbose, when one could use either `z.re` or `z@re` to describe member access. I notice that later on the page he drops into the more obvious notation l.next for a linked list member.

This one may be cultural, but when I write math (including pseudocode), I use × rather than ⋅ for ordinary multiplication. This is 100% a matter of habit, but also it's too easy to mix up ⋅ and ., at least in my handwriting. Dot product I write with a small open circle, ∘.

The ← for assignment is good, but I wish it was used consistently; elsewhere we see =, and then == for equals, which is totally unnecessary in handwriting if one has adopted a distinct symbol for assignment. ↑ for returns is alright though I'd probably write it →, but this is a minor aesthetic judgement call: I like the symmetry that i ← double(x) could expand to i ← (λ(x) → x × x)(x).

The actual meat of the article, starting with loops and conditionals, is good stuff. I wouldn't understand it if I just saw it written out, but it beats the pants off UML-like bubble diagrams, and I don't expect it would take much exposure to render it familiar.
Pale Moon at the office for anything even vaguely non-work related (i.e. anything I'd browse on my lunch break, etc.). Google Chrome for all official work stuff. At home, Vivaldi on Linux for absolutely everything.

Even with that strict separation, the cross-over of adverts from home to work is astonishing. There are things I search for at home that I absolutely don't want showing up on my corporate browser.
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Somewhat related: a poorly known benefit of an ACM subscription [1] is that it gives you access to the entire O'Reilly's Safari library - plus ACM Digital Library.

Best $99 I spend every year.

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You won’t find it, likely. Also, on the recommendation against co-sleeping, I went looking for the actual data. What I found was not SIDS related, but deaths from being squashed, and quite a few of them. I managed to find a few case studies, and they all included a parent under the influence (alcohol mostly in cars I found) and obese parents.

Regardless of how true it is, the establishment cannot make a recommendation of the “Co sleeping is ok if you don’t drink, not overweight, and a light sleeper” kind, as many of the people in those categories are in denial of being in those categories. so it will be “co sleeping is always dangerous”.
"It's also shocking to me that the MAX may be rectified when depending only on one angle-of-attack sensor"

Do you have a source for this? Last I read, there were 3 main categories of fixes, the first being to read both sensors.[1]

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-mcas-fixes-20...
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It's hard to get to the point where your products are significantly superior if you have no revenue while you experiment with improvements to your product until it can compete on its own. Funding doesn't guarantee success, but without it you may have no chance at all.
When interviewing for places like Google and Amazon, your political connections and things like publications/degrees still matter a lot. Good performance on the interviews can be impactful but it's not the only factor. The incredibly biased committees review a lot more than that at google.
I'm having trouble understanding your comment; the problem is that they're not threatening to kill anyone, which means they can't be subject to sanction, which is bad because they should be subject to sanction because X? If so, I'd like to hear what 'X' is.

Or do you mean that they are threatening to kill people? If so, I don't agree. In America, the term 'threat' has a specific legal meaning:

> Freedoms of speech and press do not permit a State to forbid advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.

If it does, it is what is known as a "true threat". Otherwise, it is constitutionally protected speech.

Most of what is being discussed in these establishments is constitutionally protected. A casual exclamation such as "death to the Jews" or the common meme, "gas the k—, race war now" does not a threat make. Neither does serious advocacy of genocide of one or more ethnic groups. As we can read above, four elements are required:

* advocacy of the use of force or of law violation

* which is directed to inciting or producing lawless action

* which is likely to incite or produce lawless action

* lawless action which is imminent

Genocides, under the relevant contexts, are usually not suggested as illegal actions. It is as if I argue that:

1. Marijuana ought to be legalized

2. If so, people ought to consume it

I am not arguing for an illegal act, as if the necessary preconditions take place, it becomes a legal act. Furthermore, it would obviously not be imminent.

Likewise, casual calls for murder of the members of ethnic groups seldom follow 2, 3, or 4. People joke about how, let's say, Muslims or Jews ought to be killed, or how the likes of Brenton Tarrant were justified in their actions, but it is rarely both directed to inciting or producing and likely to incite or produce lawless action, which is imminent. It is at most one of these, and being impolite isn't enough.

You could argue that people's casual racism risks increasing terrorism, fine ('stochastic terrorism'). You have to break eggs to make omelettes, in my opinion. But what people are saying does not constitute threats nor otherwise violate applicable law, since America is a country of free speech, unlike Europe.
I completely agree that there is a huge gap between B2 and that level you describe as automatic. I'm currently trying to bridge that gap, but I can't live in France so I think it will take me years. I know people who have done it without immersion, so I know it's possible. My solution is to "immerse" myself at home. I do 90% of my reading in French. 90% of the podcasts I listen to are in French. I watch French TV shows and YouTube channels. I listen to French whenever I'm driving, exercising, doing errands, cooking, cleaning, etc. I'm also spending 3 weeks a year in France. That's not full immersion but it helps. When I'm in France, I stay with French speaking hosts and do tours in French. I avoid English at all costs. It'll be interesting to see how far I can get.
No failures after 205Mi flight hours is not an excuse, it's a statement.

In fact, similar statements are valued in the aeronautical industry (engine failure rates, etc).

The Max failed much earlier than those 200Mi hours.
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I see it a mix of Big Brother, the Galactic Empire, and the Eye of Zuckron.
I think this is over-simplifying the situation. Yes, change the wiring for new builds to meet the regulations but It could well be that retrofitting the existing 800 or so 737's as mentioned in the article could increase the risk over-all.

But I would not trust Boeing to make that calculation and even the FAA's reputation has been dented (which is why I think they are being hard-arses about it) but it could be retrofitting is not the right choice.

I would probably be happier if the FAA and the ESA decided independently whether to allow it.
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It is possible to have what I think you mean by automatic response level without living in the country. I myself sucked at English until University: I hated learning it, I could not understand it spoken, and I could not read well a mildly complicated text written in it (say something written in the economist or NYT).

Today, except for pronunciation, I would consider myself fluent, though of course not native. While I do use English daily, I have never worked in an English-speaking country until well after I became fluent. The one thing that made it click was watching a lot of video content without subtitles
I deactivated my Facebook, don't use Messenger, barely use Instagram. Snapchat is just an archive for old photos/videos. Twitter is a few times a week. Reddit is a few times a day.

Notice more contentment, more focus, less anxiety, less noise. Technology is great for creativity, productivity, learning and entertainment. I prefer to hang out with people, be out in nature or explore a new city.
Become an open source contributor.

OSS has some of the worst UX in the world. Look at Inkscape. Look at the GIMP - probably the only piece of software in existence where the name is bad UX in itself.

But because it’s open source, you can fix it.

You won’t be able to fix all the bad UX in the world. But you could make a massive difference by applying yourself to just one project like this.
Wish this was true, but I doubt it.
> I studied French from 7th-12th grade

As a French, I’ve lived a few years in Australia. A lot of people there can only say “Bonjour” and keep a bitter memory of their lessons. It feels like learning German for the French people, also a difficult (albeit more regular) language. It is merely necessary for political cohesion but not at an individual level; As such German lessons are... not designed for the students. If I had to believe the lessons, there are only two topics that Germans talk about: The Wiedervereinigung (reunification) and the war. All their movies are black and white with yellow subtitles. That’s how I imagine the French language in the Australian culture ;) Something you gotta learn at school, like se hazing or something.

It really feels like we haven’t mastered teaching, as a civilization. Our teaching works for pupils who have an interest; but for the others, it’s like signing for a mortgage and hating the house from the day you move in.

In fact, a lot of Ozzies I’ve met told me they went to Paris and felt hated by parisians. This testimonial was so frequent (dozens of times) that I led my little survey. On Twitter and among friends, all French people love Australians, between surfing and Crocodile Dundee, we have good conversation starters ;) Some may dislike some British but I don’t think there are many, let alone many who would act it out on the street. I just think parisians behave like stressed people behave in very stressful cities. So, no, we don’t hate English-speaking people, and I’m sorry that my language is so hard and so required in your curriculum ;)

Good day everyone!
"This makes the whiteboard interview the Best most unbiased process we have to judge other people."

Nonsense. You can just give an SAT style IQ style test loaded with algorithms questions. Far more fair and objective than the biased human interviews we have right now. From my experience on the interviewer side, a lot of good people are rejected due to bad interviewers and the arbitrariness of the process, and many incompetent people are accepted due to the biases of the interviewers. The average Googler isn't as smart as you think. Of course a written IQ test still wouldn't be perfect, but nothing is.
There's a Spanish saying that goes something like: the best way to learn a language is in the bed or the crib.

Nothing is quite as motivating to learn a language than dating someone (or, more likely, trying to) who doesn't speak English very well or is willing to refuse to speak it.
I follow, but what exactly is the real privacy threat here? If we look at an echo for instance:

* The device is hardwired to light up whenever it is listening so you can't be eavesdropped on without some indicator.

* The device only transmits when it is in listening mode. This has been validated independently by multiple people.

* The device has a mute function (granted, software).

* The device can be registered under a bogus account.

* You can turn off all phone call capabilities / external listening capabilities.

* You can pihole it so it won't reach back to Amazon's ad services.

* You can delete any conversation you don't want stored manually, including one click deleting your entire history.

* You can have all content automatically deleted after X days.

So what exactly are people concerned about? Out of all the convos someone could have, a negative one just happens to probabilistically be recorded, you don't notice, and within 90 days someone in law enforcement or entity X figures it out and uses it against you? Someone at Amazon decides to look through your stored conversations and sees you turn on the lights at 5 PM each day?

I'm not saying there are 0 privacy implications with this device, as any device that has a mic and can record remotely has privacy implications. I just feel like the level of angst generated by smart speakers isn't warranted in the grander scheme of things.
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It's not just money; there is always risk in any hardware rework. If the rework is not done correctly and a plane crashes, even if on a test flight, then your "safety fix" has made the world a worse place.

In this particular case the fact that it is aviation standards for wire separation at issue, when those are typically stupefyingly conservative, means that "doing nothing" may well be the safest course. But I am NOT an expert in this area, so don't trust me!

One way to help make the decision is to try and get money out of the equation. If the two options are "pay for the rework" or "pay a fine equal to the cost of the rework", then any company that opts for the fine might actually believe in that approach.