skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You can bet on it that this is part of a larger game of chess. Certainly not the rebellious resistance fight of an underdog, as it is mostly being presented.

More like cannibalization between several large and ruthless corporations, and mostly because those who should have protected this market from being cornered into its current corrupt state, miserably failed at that (time and again).

Many may be hopeful about the results of this move, which is no doubt part of Epic's strategy. However, I expect that the results will mostly just favor the bottom line of whoever wins this fight. I'm rather convinced that it won't be much of an improvement for end users.

Maybe end users will benefit for a short while after a victory by Epic, until the company decides to "cash in" on their win and end users will (again) get pretty much what they had up till now. Because that is apparently what Epic can charge its users.
That looks awesome.
I can understand that having multiple store can be frustrating for the user, but why not have multiple stores with federation? You have one app implementing the federated store protocol, and you and browse all federated stores.

This would allow multiple actors to be present, while keeping things simple for the users.
>My bet is that Apply will lose the restrictions for Epic and they will drop the case.
They will have to do it for all dev's. Not just the big house name brands.

This is probably going to fundamentally change the landscape. Congress accused the big players including Apple of anti consumer behavior. Not being in control of your own device (Read: not being able to side load software without paying a fee.) will be the downfall of the app store.
I agree with what you said, but I think you might not have the scale right it's not hundreds of millions of lost revenue, it's many BILLIONS.

In 2019, the App Store had a gross revenue of 54 billion. Apple's cut should be 30% of that, or 16.2 billion.

Multiply that over several decades, and also consider that gross revenue of the App Store is growing at around 10% per year - we are talking about over 200 billion of revenue for Apple over the next decade, minimum.

So yes - this is a big deal!
I have more confidence in Apple delivering privacy and security, a reliable product maintained over time that is not backdoored then I do in DHS or whatever other agency they'll put in charge of their app store.

So "Don't worry the state will handle it" is not re-assuring AT ALL.
When child labour laws were introduced, many barely scraping by families had no leeway in their budget for that loss of income.
I think the title might be inspired by the recent discussions about ethnomathematics. The idea is that indigenous cultures don't just have their own art and (vernacular) architecture, but also their own valid analogues of science, history, philosophy etc. however basic these activities might seem to western eyes.

Is 'indigenous' really a vague and obscure term?
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> They don't use Steam because it's run by a direct competitor

Not sure about this. Does valve even make games anymore? /s
Since there are alternative stores on Android (incluid Epic’s own, which, IIRC, they used Fortnite exclusivity to launch), to which developers demonstrably do resort if Google's pricing or other terms become unfavorable, there's a lot weaker antitrust argument with Google Play.
It will be interesting to see whether the BLM movement and attitudes plays a factor into this proposition's turnout, or cases like this one cause other people to rethink their support.
Check also the ESP32-Cam which does this, along with face recognition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MicAM_A0_lU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXI-MO1qck
I have no problem with villains fighting other villains.

Epic Games is obviously just out to profit more. But this is a war that we all benefit from if they win.

Sure I'd love to see someone like the EFF change this. But the reality is they don't have the funding to go directly against Apple and Google on this. Epic Games does.
I feel its different.

Google (and Apple) should have a say in what they sell in their storefronts. Suggesting that they have to carry any application submitted to them, law permitting, is taking the situation too far. Even demanding that applications submitted through the store use their IAP frameworks, at the 30% fee, feels alright to me.

The line is drawn at "is that store the only option". In Google's case, it isn't. Epic, and Android itself, has a road ahead of them getting users into alternative storefronts, but Android has the capability, and I think we're headed in the direction of alternative storefronts being the norm. This is especially true given that Google really does not control the hardware; Samsung has been working with Microsoft a lot lately, and being a Galaxy S20 user, I get a strong feeling that Samsung's relationship with Google is not a happy one.
That is what Apple should do then; allow people to install Android on their devices
It's just like technology standards.

https://xkcd.com/927/
Fair enough! I never wanted to implement Drop on a Copy type, but I assumed you could.
Yeah, I suppose that is true of some buildings here as well. It really depends on the occupants of the building, and whether it is mainly owner occupied or mostly renters.

So I can see your point.
> I'm not one to get excited about toys for millionaires either but this one is potentially the beginning of a major change to a pretty gross industry.

I agree on all counts. I should have known the price tag was going to be up there when in the first couple paragraphs it mentions the boat is all carbon fiber.

While boats are luxury goods, there are some great options in the $75k range which are similar at least on the surface to this one. That's what got me about this thing, it's not just double the cost of a comparable, it's more more than 3 times the cost.
I suppose the next case will be against Walmart for not allowing me to setup my own kiosk with my own payment processor in their store if you define markets in this way. They have a monopoly in their stores on sales of items.
The fact that you phrase this in such a binary fashion invalidates your point. Decisions are never so one sided.

Apple's version of gatekeeping is a balance between providing a user experience that they control and design, and managing/controlling competition.
Agree it's a subtle difference.

It reminds me of the internet filters at large companies. Keeps out the filth and bad actors at the detriment of being on a truly free internet. That makes sense when it's the companies computers.

But not so much when you own the device.
Ah, now I see what you mean. Good question. I'd say the hardware within is general purpose, but the overall "product" isn't because it has been artificially constrained.
I would check it. It's a free advantage in a competitive application process. The government has plenty of misguided programs that people take advantage of. The law is blind to morals and it's clearly a stupid system, so just close your eyes first if it makes you feel better :)

You shouldn't feel any worse than when you try to minimize your taxes. In a broken system there are no bad actors
If you're on Linux look at

perf list

then

perf top -e [...]
You think it is worse based on what quality than the names uber or lyft? Uber has to be by every known metric one of the worst names for anything ever.
If you dig viking history this is a worthwhile read. I almost skipped it. Glad I didn't.
Hm. An exemption for big friends sounds eerily like cartel activity. Am I missing something here? How is this legal?
I didn't have any idea of the scale of things already in place. Why doesn't this get more press? (besides this article)
Another way to look at it: I don't remember the article saying anything about how big the batteries are, but let's take a guess they're about 80kwh, similar to a Tesla.

Let's say the boat can easily add solar panels to collect an average of 200 watts for 10 hours a day. That's 2kwh per day, or enough to fully recharge the boat in 40 days. If you go boating once every two weeks, then that's a third of a full charge for free.

Is that worth it? It depends. It seems like a nice feature to have, and it adds some additional weight and complexity to the boat, and increases the manufacturing cost somewhat. The hardest part might be explaining to customers that solar panels don't increase the range and they'll have to plug in to charge if they want to use the boat every day.
You misspelt Linux Mint
Counterexample: The University of California system, which prohibits considering race, sex, or ethnicity in admissions due to Prop 209 passed in 1996.

The UC system has a sizable Asian population as a result (and my personal experience), but also admits a diverse student body every year.
What tools let you do this in Java? I'm looking at porting my QueryFirst extension to Java, and I couldn't find anything in the space.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bbsimonb...
Who cares? Who cares if it's for money or if Epic is not a champion of freedom here. Epic is in the right- Apple and Google need to be regulated.
Yes. I don't think bin crawlers are leaving anyone hungry.
Thanks, the first study I linked had only looked at 26 states. This is still a very small number considering the total number of likely cases of COVID in the <18 demographic.
DSSSL reminds me of XML, which is not a bad thing, which makes sense since it evolved into XSL.
I wish Novell, Canonical, Red Hat and other open-source leaders would form an alliance to build an alternative OS for phones.

Even if it takes 20 years to reach the same market-share that Linux currently has on the desktop, it would be a win.

At least, we'd have an option.

I am not a Linux expert and apps crash sometime but I never feel BULLIED by the Linux ecosystem.
And walmart monopolizes the walmart store distribution market.

Is this seriously the argument?
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Ask HN: What does your ultimate news experience look like?
I'm a developer who works on a large News website. Our service has remained fairly stagnant for a while but I'm wondering what the ultimate news experience looks like for you, considering modern technology. What are News sites missing?
there is a similar inverse process for hot water as well... if you take a very very clean and perfectly smooth surfaced (on the inside) cup/glass and microwave it to just before the point of boiling, then drop anything into it (sugar, coffee, a teaspoon... pretty much anything) it will very energetically, instantly boil.. often vertically... be careful performing this experiment.

Edit: here this will help explain it https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/superheating.h...
Indigenous is sort of like European or African or Asian. Stories about Asian Peoples aren't that interesting. If you want to hook someone, put China or Japan or Korea in the title.

It's extremely broad and covers a great many peoples and tells you next to nothing about who you are talking about. So, yeah, I think it is pretty vague, personally.

/2 cents
Not really sure why you're being downvoted, engine braking is a perfectly fine way to slow your car as long as it's done in a safe manner.
Isn't Congress on summer vacation and then they'll all be fighting for reelection anyway? I hardly doubt anything will get passed until next year if it's not important enough to get a bipartisan vote.
Not really, but their store competes with Epic's one :D
I think there is an extreme confusion about this portrayal of affirmative action as a sort of 'reverse-racism'. It's not actually a judgement based on race or ethnicity, but on the factors that give people from these groups a harder time to get into the top universities.

I'm sure you could construct a sort of proxy of income/test-scores/hardship or whatever that approximates exactly what affirmative action does while formally avoiding the race issue.
Totally not coordinated at all. That Google and Apple have been completely consistent on demonetization, censorship, and general fuckery is just a coincidence. That the principal people involved all hail from the Bay Area and have similar social circles doesn't matter. Nope, no antitrust problem here, no cartel, no siree.
I think the distinguishing factor here is you can distribute your game to any computer without the epic game store. Imagine if the epic game store was the only way to distribute it :)
Those fees are fixed at 0.2% in EU.
But you don't _have_ to be on the Epic Game Store to sell a PC game. You can be on Steam. Or itch.io. Or make your own store. Or just host it on your own website.
Not commenting on whether Fortnite should or shouldn't have been removed from either app store, but wanted to point out one HUGE difference between Android and iOS here:

Removing Fortnite from the iOS store wholly removes the ability for people to download and play Fortnite on iOS devices, unless they're jailbroken.

Removing Fortnite from Google Play does no such thing. It's still readily available to download and play from other app stores and/or Epic directly. No need to jailbreak or root.

This is a huge difference in paradigms that'll probably go overlooked with headlines of "Apple and Google remove Fortnite from app stores".

I think this is why Epic is so ready to "take on Apple" (see: their Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite ad). This'll be a legal battle that's exciting to see, especially in the current/brewing anti-big-tech political climate.
New Zealand had what you might call a timely response. If you test positive now your entire family will be moved to an isolation facility. It is not optional and if you refuse to do so you will be arrested.

> Bloomfield announced all of those who tested positive, as well as close family members who could be at risk, would now be put into self-isolation facilities.

> Bloomfield said they'd given moving confirmed cases into quarantine facilities "a lot of thought". It would help prevent spread between family members and limit the spread in the community from people coming to visit.

> It would "really strengthen our response", he said. [0]

Are you concerned with how lockdown effects children now?

[0] https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/13-new-community-cases-a...
1/0.85 => 17% more. If we’re gonna nitpick, let’s not ignore that it’s 15% after a year.
While I would love HSR in the US (and there is definitely a pitch to be made for it in the Eastern US where population density is similar to Western Europe) there are negative externalities incurred with high speed rail as well. Metal-on-metal friction caused by going around bends releases particulates as well, and air currents can be disturbed by trains traveling at speeds in excess of 250km/h.

It is preferable to having to drive in back-to-back traffic though, I agree.
My own view is that "They offered exclusivity monetary incentives." should be completely illegal.

Everyone should get the same rates with no lock in or out. In media terms if Netflix can stream a movie for $0.40 per stream then every other provider should be able to stream it under the same terms.

Exclusivity agreements are anti-competitive. We've seen them grow unchecked and it's created the same unhealthy relationship between distributors and creators that lead to the forced sale of movie theaters away from the movie studios.
Microsoft has Rust bindings for WinRT and I think some internal tools at Azure. But Microsoft has a long history of creating programming languages for every niche, so they'll probably make one in the tradition of Rust.

https://github.com/microsoft/verona
"...absolutely nothing to do with conceiving, designing or developing such a successful game."

But it has everything to do with distributing the game. Also it has a lot to do with outsourcing the maintenance of the mobile platforms — designing hardware, OS releases, etc. Epic did not design their own hardware, their own silicon, build entire global supply chains, design UX, etc. Apple and Google did. Do they not deserve a cut?

I'm not here arguing the percentage of the revenue, just that that some percentage is clearly warranted here. Their relationship with Apple and Google is clearly a partnership, meaning it has to benefit both sides. Same way it works with consoles.
Haha yeah stupid autocorrect
Being from Winnipeg, I get a tremendous amount more value here in Vancouver for the money I pay. My gf and I pay about $1450 + insurance with utilities (water, electricity) included, and in-suite washer dryer + dishwasher + separate entrance in a new house. I don't need to own a car, grocery and cafes are within a very small walking distance, and the mountains can be bused to. We both have access to jobs that make it more manageable. Likewise, a friend of mine who likes a more bougie setup is paying $2100 for a new 1 bdr in a tower in a good neighborhood, and has amenities like washer and dryer in-suite, balcony, and underground parking included, which seems much more typical here.

I took a look at Victoria rentals when I was interviewing for a job out there, but ended up realizing that there is less selection, less availability, and less public infrastructure that would otherwise make it a worthwhile move. I love the island generally speaking, if I have access to a car, and am hoping to do some backcountry camping out there soon, but it doesn't suit me as more of an urbanite at this time. In my current neighborhood, I can get downtown without a car in about 25 minutes, and my neighborhood is very laid back with tons of greenery and small shops.

What I've heard about the suburbs of Toronto, are that it's a long-ass commute into the city proper, comparatively expensive, and with less access to nature, but perhaps easier access to Montreal, Ottawa, and Buffalo, but I haven't talked to anyone about the specifics of price/amenities. What has your experience been?
The answer, then, is to have a single "store" app with multiple sources, such that you can add and remove sources at will.

This is exactly what F-Droid is able to do on Android, and what nearly all reasonably-popular Linux distributions have been able to do for decades.
Or you can just look at the camera instead of the screen
Didn't Linux package repos solve this like 20 years ago? The store app (or yum/apt/whatever) is the entry point then you load in as many repo URLs as you want. Can't that model expand to phones?

It's basically how my Fire TV worked. I could search for a title in the home screen and it would tell me that it was on Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix or I could rent from Amazon or whatever.
Tech-savvy and power users would hate it. It would represent both a loss of freedom and a loss of capability.

Non-technical users would love it. It would offer them an environment much more secure and free of malware where they can install applications without fretting about getting the latest CryptoLocker type trojan. Finding Windows software on the open web is kind of like driving around the ghetto and cruising for drugs. Are you installing from firefox.com or fᎥrefοⅹ.com?

Apple tries to walk the line and keep both these user groups happy. It's hard. So far they've handled it by designing MacOS more for the first group (it has an App Store and controls but they're optional) and iOS/iPadOS more for the second group.
i worked on a book store here in Brazil, and while we could sell ebooks on Apple plataform paying the 30% cut, apple did the same with ibooks... with lower price since they don't have to pay the 30% fee
Driving on one side of the road offers no obvious benefits compared to driving on the other side of the road whereas getting rid of HTML and CSS offers obvious benefits and is long overdue.
You shouldn't be downvoted. CDC data also shows that influenza is more dangerous than COVID-19 for children.

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/pedfludeath.html
> I could imagine having Google Play, the Epic store, the Blizzard store, and Steam on my phone if that were necessary.

This sounds like an absolute nightmare.
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I have an electric car charging account with chargepoint. They see how much usage you have and predictively fund your balance periodically.

When I first used it, I wouldn't use very much and I would get notices from time to time that $10 was added to my account. When my usage went up, they did $20 for a while, and at one point I hit $50.

I think this is reasonable and if it makes the overall cost of a service lower I am all for it.
22% market share isn’t a monopoly.

If you’re accusing Apple of breaking other laws, please specify which.
Brake pads contain asbestos and other nasty stuff. It's certainly bad for you. You're not gonna noticeably hurt yourself if you eat roadside fruit a couple times, but the same can be said about many harmful things.
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Ah okay this at least makes some sense.

I don't know how effective something like this would be, wouldn't this just incentivize hiring people that fit your political agenda?

For instance let's say you hire a bunch of Chinese/Indian immigrants on H-1B visas, they'll just vote in people that benefit China/India

Also the 1997-2011 era Apple probably wouldn't have worked under a law like this
You just have to right click and click open. That is the “allow & whitelist” button.
All companies are hypocrits, but I will say that the difference here is that there are other options if you want to publish your game - as I'm sure you know. If Apple offered other avenues for publishing apps then I think there would be no leg to stand on i.r.t their fees. Of course, this also glosses over the fact that Apple controls the platform and thus has to be judged differently.
Correction (sorry, copy/paste error): The Mendelian randomization paper was by Kohlmeier. De Smet was one of the other studies.
Sometimes it looks like this.
But in some sense unlike this new "standard" previous 14 standards don't really cover "all use cases".

Only the app from GOG shows games from other platforms, that's why I prefer to launch everything from there because when I launch my windows rig on weekends no chance I remember where I bought that game.
No mention of the Defense Intelligence Agency's AATIP [0]. Interesting to see how the UFO phenomenon is handled by the media - and Tom Delonge's involvement has always seemed a bit suspect to me. Is this the disclosure, slowly burning over time? Compelling ideas, but carefully managed perceptions.

At any rate this isn't new - letters, military, & Feds have kept various UFO programs for many decades. [1] The truth, as they say, is out there.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Aerospace_Threat_Id...

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blue_Book
observablehq is the equivalent of jupyter for nodejs. Before that we have runkit.
SQL should have been in .sql files from the start. SQL in string literals is an industry-wide decades long aberration. I fixed this problem for C# with QueryFirst. I'm delighted to see all the support here the approach, which is clearly the way forward for data access.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bbsimonb...
I'm fairly convinced that the safety features that have been making the A pillars and C pillars of passenger cars thicker in recent years have heavily contributed to the trend of greater pedestrian deaths. Visibility on new cars is worse than it's ever been in my lifetime.
I was just making a point that california is not the only market for uber which is a service with worldwide reach.
Electron is really 100% Chromium. I can't see them switching from it (though it would be nice to have a Firefox-base version).
For those into trivia, MooTools curiously popped up again a couple of years ago when the 'flatten' method was being discussed and it was suggested that it be called 'smoosh' to avoid breaking MooTools apps(!) https://github.com/tc39/proposal-flatMap/pull/56