skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I tried to keep these numbers within the context of cannabis. The 663K arrests in 2018 refer to cannabis only related arrests. The ACLU mentions how cannabis use is approximately equivalent between white and black people: https://norml.org/marijuana/fact-sheets/item/racial-disparit...

Frequency is a hard one and can be muddled a bit. There isn't great data on the frequency or quality of usage of racial differences.
This is an anti cigaret argument, not pro cannabis.

Im not sure the money argument is really a matter on wether we want our children to think its legal and ok.
No, because you can sideload Android apps. Fortnite for Android isn't in the Play Store, and it definitely exists.
And well timed too.
There are very few examples here which are direct comparisons.

There's a difference between an app which is an auxiliary offering to an existing service, and an app which is the product itself.

I totally understand Apple's "it should just work" policy. Its a big reason why the net spend in the App Store is as high as it is. App Store is a big reason why people are spending money on small dollar apps in the first place.

There are approximately 2 million apps in the App Store. How many of them would be trying to collect credit card information independently if Apple stepped back from their IAP policy? It was be a usability and privacy nightmare. For the average user, tap to purchase / IAP is what makes the App Store "just work".
I just finished Getting Things Done by David Allen https://amzn.to/2YQvRHT. He does a good job of explaining how to organize your to do list.

I use Things 3 for my check list.
I use Streaks for habits.
I use Bear for writing.
I use Pocket for read it later.
Also Blazor[0]

[0] https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor
I don't think every app comes with a clear label attached, but I think most people could decide which apps are the product and which apps are just a feature for the product. For argument's sake, I'll claim the core distinction to be if the only realistic alternative to use a product is through an app on another platform or through a web browser, then the app is the core product and not just a supporting feature. The product can live on servers, but if it weren't for the app then the servers wouldn't matter.

I can still drive a Tesla without the app. It's clear that the core product is car, not the app. Some people may have bought it because of a defining feature, but you are not paying $80k for Summon mode. You are paying $80k for a car that has Summon mode.

Wells Fargo offers almost all of their functionality through physical branches and ATMs. Having an app is just a feature, a bank account is clearly not an app.

I cannot use Netflix without an app or browser on my TV, phone, tablet, or computer. There are movies stored on servers, but I'm not paying $15/month unless I can watch movies. That means Netflix's core product is an app and per Apple's rules they should offer in-app purchases.

WeWork is a little harder for me. They are a real estate company but I'm not sure you could call WeWork and get a workspace over the phone nor could you do it in person (you can call a landlord directly, but that is not WeWork's product). I think their core product is that you can book a space online or with an app. I think they need to have in-app signup and purchases.

Github is the most gray one for me- once setup, I use it mostly through the command line. I could claim that the core product is not an app, but I don't honestly believe that. I use a significant part of GitHub's feature set through the browser (discovering repositories, clicking through links to read about a package before cloning it).
"SCP – Familiar, Simple, Insecure, and Slow" - slightly sensationalized title. All you need to know - if you scp with an evil machine, bad things can happen. That's all.
I imagine that if a consumer sees a product at Target, they have an idea that the product might be cheaper somewhere else. However, do consumers have an idea that if they seen an in-app purchase that the exact same thing might actually be on sale somewhere else and that it has a different price?

If the app says that "One year HEY subscription" is $142 and the app is from HEY itself, what reason is there to believe that it's not just the plain old price of HEY?
Increasing skepticism of science and evidence-based decision making.
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Will this help with censorship? Some countries are blocking websites and various other apps. Maybe this is a way out.
See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_fallacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_paradox
A few points of nuance:

- pollution comes in many forms, not just carbon

- only looking at the replacement product is insufficient; you need to look at the net difference in all inputs and byproducts, as well as the expected lifetimes of the two comparable prodcuts.
Startup, Containers and Tiered Compilation
It's easier to share android apps. I dont need any extra tools to run non-playstore apps on an android.
Apple doesn’t care about first to market. They will take the time necessary to refine a huge breakthrough.
Industry regulation by the FTC not self regulation. This is about markets, restraint of trade, monopoly behaviour and rent seeking. It's an FTC matter.
Any company with a VR product that didn't react to the Oculus Quest would be making a mistake in my view. It is suboptimal in nearly every way, but the first headset in my view that is "good enough" in every single way to be a blockbuster hit. The strategy for Apple of simply starting with the Quest and using its superior chips and overall hardware expertise to make it twice as fast and half the weight, while tying it into the iOS ecosystem should be extremely straight forward and basically make them the dominant VR player overnight. I imagine that for someone like Rockwell this isn't nearly as exciting as introducing a revolutionary tech breakthrough. But Apple has never been good at that. They are good at significantly raising the bar on what other people have already done badly.

One giant question I have in this space is, where the hell is Google? Are they really so burned by Google Glass that they are going to give up on an area that has a small but realistic chance of being a large part of the future of both consumer and business computing?
A quick HN search shows PHP’s unpopularity. Check the Stack Overflow survey if you need a second opinion.

Conversely, I’m gonna need evidence that PHP is more popular than ever because that absolutely is an extraordinary claim.
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Humans applying policy will be inconsistent. The alternative is Google where algorithms apply policy, and if they misapply a policy to you're simply screwed.

I think the inverse to "Apple employed humans make a judgement call" is "Apple is no longer allowed to control their App Store". I don't like that option, because the curated App Store is a big reason why I bought an iPhone.
Personally? https://masterpassword.app/

It's like an anti-password manager. Doesn't depend on any specific device.

Essentially it's a sane implementation of what others have already discussed below, in the other child comments -- using the name of the site to derive a secure, non-reusable password.
It is literally a play from their book, Rework. See the essay "Pick a fight."
It's always fascinating to see historical data visualizations. History is a great antidote against the bias toward the current era.
I feel like Ed Tufte would tear some of these graphics to shreds, but collectively the presentation manages to tell a powerful story.
A lot has to do with how it is framed. I think Apple would have less pushback if they charged 50% and told developers, we're providing the devices, the user base, the app store, the promotion, the dev tools, the payment processing, you're providing the app. We each need each other so let's split revenue 50/50. Seems it would be tougher to argue that, than 70/30 which is an arbitrary declaration.
They capitulated and it’s now on the Play Store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epicgames....
We haven’t gotten there as a society yet, but there should be a “don’t look for me if I’m lost/captured” checkbox somewhere.

It’s my life. If I want to sail around Africa and I’m held for ransom, leave me to it.

If I want to hike a deadly trail, don’t come rescue me and then blame me for it.

Because of the people who died looking for this bus, nobody else can now see it. As a traveler, I see this happening too often: I see a place, I do something, 5 years later you can’t anymore because someone hurt themselves.

My idea is: put up a sign saying “5 people died here” and let new visitors figure it out for themselves.
>A password manager is probably very good, but it's a single point of failure and a huge target for the black hats; it's a program on a computer or on a smartphone that (potentially) sends data back and forth as it pleases.

What's the threat model here? If it's downloading a malicious password manager, that can be mitigated by using an open source/audited one (eg. keepass or bitwarden). If it's your browser/computer being compromised, that really isn't fixed with manually entered passwords either. If there's malware on your machine, you can assume that all your keystrokes and form submissions are logged. The only advantage is that rather than getting all your passwords, the attacker only have whatever passwords you've entered prior to detection.
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> The problem is that the iOS app cannot in any way or form mention that a) you can pay for the subscription outside the application b) the price of the subscription outside of the application is different than inside the application.

Thanks. Having to hide the difference from customers is worth the fight IMHO.
I think they've faced antitrust things around the dominance of the app store, however do they actually do the same thing as apple here? I can find a story online of tinder switching to asking users to enter their credit card details in the app.
Another Canuck here... I've been using a low cost data-less plan for years because I can't justify paying four+ times as much just for data when I'm away from wifi!

When I traveled in Africa several years ago I paid about $20 for a one month data plan (1GB IIRC) that included a usb dongle to connect to my laptop. In Canada the same service would have cost ~$100 at the time.

The duopoly in Canada ensures little will change unless it's mandated by legislation. Having Musk enter the fray is welcomed news.
How did I read that sentence and 1) not question whether this was a real organization and 2) not catch that reference?

Big thanks for pointing this out.
They actually can. That's all a check is -- giving them the info they need (account number) to just access my account to withdraw money.
The only difference is legal in case of later dispute: the check is evidence of how much you authorized them to take, and vendor autopay usually has fine print saying you agree to whatever.
But in case of unauthorized theft, there is no difference.

That's why Don Knuth stopped sending checks.
Interesting! Not sure if I’d want to use a desktop UI on a tiny phone but could be neat on tablets. Then with the reports Apple might be dumping Intel and going with their own ARM based chips for Macs too, seems like could open up the door to still running x64 based operating systems like Windows or Linux where you your applications are still x64.
So do you think any retailer tries to just break even?
I think it’s just guerrilla marketing. I got an email today from a standing desk vendor I met at a conference urging me to join them in celebrating Juneteenth.

And to buy a desk.

I wonder what the conversation rate is for these woke-facaded ads. Maybe companies are geniuses/amoral jerks and these things work.

I have noticed people assuming that available data are representative of the population and I wonder if companies are making these decisions based on thinking that tweets/online activity are uniform with all people.

I had a colleague who would say “any change is better than nothing” and then make changes after talking to a single person.
> solar panels are made with coal

You are talking about solar panel manufacturing being an energy-intensive process. It is true that over 50% of the global production of solar panels happens in China, and most of the electricity used in the manufacture of those panels comes from burning coal. But there is no reason in principle why solar panel manufacturing could not be powered by electricity produced by non-fossil fuel based power sources (nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal etc).

China is going to move away from fossil fuels for electricity generation over time. Slower than it should, but it is going to do it. And just because China controls so much of that industry right now is no guarantee that it will continue to do so into the future.
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It’s hard to make the claim that PHP is a bad language and also claim that very similar complaints don’t also apply to Javascript. They’re both languages defined by their popularity in spite of how poor the language actually is.
> As lousy as this is, the consumer experience is dramatically improved.

I also am a (generally) happy iPhone user. That being said, I don't think this is a strong argument in support of Apple's monopoly on the App Store.

Make it the default so that non-techy users have no difficulties, but other methods for loading/installing apps should be allowed. If Apple's experience truly is that much better for the consumer, then let it win on its merits.
Hey was extremely hyped before the launch. At least in certain tech / developer circle. And people have been wanting something new to email. With a waiting list of over 70K, and 10K from first day alone. People saying Hey is hyped up because of Apple is getting the story backwards. The waiting list is also not just filling in an email address but actually writing an email saying you want in. That is some friction involved and I have seen lots of people while interested but didn't bother with writing one.

Remember Hey isn't free. People on waiting list already knew this from day one. With 70K invite, that is $7M annual revenue already.

DHH also went on about making sure no mention of Sign up in Webpages as well as many other commonly known App Stores rules before the App was submitted. And many thought it would pass, and it did for 1.0.
It is the bug fix 1.01 update that was blocked Due to IAP reason. For most if not all iOS developers. This is new. So new that Fastmail didn't get their treatment until now. [1]

This new IAP rule force 30% on new sign up, as you could not even allow the App to be on App Store without IAP ( hence this website ). Along with the threat from Apple about pulling Hey from App Store, and finally their tone, which was like adding even more fuel to outrage, and I quote

Thank you for being an iOS app developer. We understand that Basecamp has developed a number of apps and many subsequent versions for the App Store for many years, and that the App Store has distributed millions of these apps to iOS users. These apps do not offer in-app purchase — and, consequently, have not contributed any revenue to the App Store over the last eight years.

Is not exactly helping and got even more outrage from developers who dont even use Hey. To me that is about the most polite way from Apple saying fuck you. ( If the webpage author is reading this I suggest you include this quote on the webpage, or make a new site with all the popular useful free Apps that helped users but contributed noting to Apple. )

I know there are many who hate DHH and Ruby Rails, but seriously I cant see how he could have orchestra the whole thing as marketing. As if he knew about the IAP rule changes before hand.

[1]https://twitter.com/Fastmail/status/1273800222989324288
There are alternative software repositories, such as F-Droid.
> I was excited about hey before, and even though I don’t agree and don’t like the way the App Store works, I find Hey and the superstars behind it so hypocritical and annoying now.

I don't understand this sentiment. You don't like the way the App Store works and a company comes along and is willing to fight against Apple for it, and then you start disliking them? Why are they hypocritical? They are pointing out flaws and being loud about them. Yes, I am aware that it's because it aligns with their financial/strategical interests, but ultimately it's a good thing that they are pressuring Apple, no?

> It’s not like they were perfectly fine with the system as long as it didn’t affect them, being one of the “famous” companies out there, while independent developers and small start-ups had to deal with this for years and years.

What about Netflix, GitHub and all of other companies who are able to get away. They are apparently big enough that Apple cares about them to bend the rules; why aren't we annoyed that they're not willing to stand up for other developers as well? They certainly should have some way of pressuring Apple.

> It’s funny how we hate here AMP and other technologies that are killing the open web, but we’re fine with a closed email system that locks you in Basecamp’s walled garden.

How is Hey "a closed email system"? It sends and receives emails using SMTP. Closed source email clients is far from a new invention and
Free = taking from the vendor and/or other customers via the card processor's extortion system
In no particular order, here's some cybernetics-adjacent discoveries/inventions:

- PID theory, especially pole analysis

- linear quadratic regulator

- digital filter design

- the Hebbian rule of neurons

- distributed consensus: paxos, RAFT protocol, blockchain protocol

- STAR voting

- pretty much everything deep learning, in particular descent algos like Adaboost

- Conflict-free replicated data type (those are neat!)

- Lorenz attractors

- type theory

- category theory
“Sorry, we only support protests sponsored by pepsi products in this city.”

It will be funny if brands start sponsoring the admin fees that jurisdictions require for marches and gatherings.
That’s not true. In fact Spotify did charge more for in app subscriptions v
A similar argument I've heard before used states rights as a defense.

You might have said if states were forbidden from holding slaves then that "exception" could be used to ban absolutely anything.
Based on an endorsement from a page they already follow. Private meme accounts with tens of thousands of followers or more are not uncommon, so it's not especially suspicious
> I don't find the the argument that these people have any noticeable effect on the economies of the state very convincing.

People can die trying to rescue others who are doing stupid stuff. That matters too.
Why is Apple's revenue here even percentage-based at all?

It makes zero sense.

According to Apple they need this revenue cut because of the cost of keeping the platform running.

If I offer a subscription in my app for 1$/month vs 10$/month what marginal expense is being incurred that apple deserves an extra $2.70 for the higher price?
zero mention of apple. also irrelevant to COVID and the protests going on, if that needed a disclaimer. not sure why you're trying to link it.
Of course not - since that is an impossible task. We can’t even build LEGO sites that make it impossible for kids to build and upload genitalia. Nor should we - if you don’t want your kids seeing LEGO dicks, help them downvote a bunch of users that upload those, and voila, they don’t see any posts by any users in that cluster. Conversely, your “beevis and butthead” kid sees nothing but dicks. Fill your boots...

The only requirement is long-lives identities. Create a new identity anytime you want; it’s just that no veteran users will see anything you post until you establish a long track record of reasoned debate, and work yourself through clusters with logarithmic aging baskets, until you finally “graduate” to being seen by people of substance in your target audience. And, you can easily move yourself out again, by a few hot-headed off-the-cuff remarks. Welcome to the real world! Actions have consequences.

The thing about being an unbiased conduit vs. a editorializing publisher is significant; if your clustering algorithms are standardized and published, and aren’t subject to editorial interference — you’re safe from lawsuits, just like the phone companies.

It is unlikely that you will be able to escape from the requirement to give up metadata on users to the FBI — just like the phone company.

Removal of section 230 for companies that have proven themselves unworthy by clearly political editing of users posting feeds deserve what they’re going to get, when they lose these protections, in my opinion.

If they want to run an opinionated newspaper, then they’ve chosen the heavy lifting required to ensure no rando publishes an illegal article. Tough beans.
I'm having flashbacks to 2013 where JS was used to enhance the experience, not build it.
I'm a bystander that ploughed through quite a lot of text regarding one case.

How do you do ngon grids in CSS?
>correct horse apple stable eat (c.h.a.s.e) is, I suspect, closer to the spirit of the original suggestion.

The nice thing about password breaches is that they're all from the same source, so you can come up with a few variations and they'll be valid for all the passwords in the breach.
Does any retailer just charge credit card fees?
> Am I in the minority in thinking that if someone wants to go out into the wilderness with little or no preparation for months at a time, that it's no one else's business?

You are in the minority, and it is absolutely someone else's business. At least it's their job to ensure that you're safe.

It doesn't even have to be for months at a time, just a simple wrong way turn in a national park on their way someplace else:

https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hu...

(Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12019567)

While that's a long story (and well worth reading), it illustrates how even the simplest things going wrong could lead to an entire family dying, within walking distance of paved roads, certainly less remote than Alaska. There were multiple SAR teams/missions that put their own lives at risk, even when it wasn't their job, that took responsibility to find out what happened.

Anyone who wants to "go out into the wilderness" has to remember that, it isn't just their own life at stake.
It should be noted that this website is not created by Basecamp, but is a personal project by someone else. Yes, they are giving Hey free marketing, but this is not an official attempt at marketing Hey.
Yeah, I've been busy.
I am not really invested in either party but this comment is plainly wrong. They aren’t using the free label to market their service any more than Netflix, Tesla or any of the other apps in OPs link
Ah yes Bear seems pretty cool but really only for apple so is quite annoying
Yes, they really are fascinating. Some are wildly confusing, but really interesting and modern as graphic design. Some are pretty good at communicating information. I think the ones selected here (from the full set at loc.gov) tend to be the more "modern" ones.
Whoops, thanks, guess I was out of date! Still, Fortnite was sideload-only for a while, and that's a major game.
That's an interesting observation about government intervention.

It's usually only possible for the public to see overt government intervention, but once in a while you see a situation where a government drops a case.
I feel it pertinent to point out that comments like yours help keep the status quo.

Pointing out that apple is not alone in a thread trying to raise awareness about apple's practices both distracts from apple's unethical behavior and contributes to normalizing the behavior in public perception.

So my question to you is: do you want to see these unethical behaviors end? or continue?