skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Stick an old phone into their pocket/bagpack, sim ideal but not required.

Connect that phone to your phone hotspot, so you can turn on your hotspot and, if the phone connects, it's nearby plus you can use Find My to track it from there, play sound... etc.

Bonus if you have access to e.g. XFinity or whichever is the most prevalent free wifi around, so your phone can come online occasionally.
Can you blame them? At least they are honest about their adherence instead of something like StackOverflow's "accept everything or die" banner ~~ads~~ pop-ups.
Sure, you pay in USD, but the network accepts payments in sia/storj coins. What happens if the price of the coin goes to the moon? Is the service provider (storj.io) going to eat the cost?
I wonder how hard would it be to disable beeping. There is probably a speaker that can be drilled through.
I'm perfectly fine with getting on-board with USB-C but I don't design the peripherals. The only USB-C product I own is a charging cable to a wireless mouse and the host end is USB-A.
The real answer is that you should be selling these works of fiction on the Nasdaq too.
Automotive lidar is a very different beast than this. 200m range vs 5m just to start.
ParkMobile hacked, they claim license plate numbers as “basic user information”
Here is the email I received from them:

In March, ParkMobile became aware of a cybersecurity incident linked to a vulnerability in a third-party software which we use. In response, we immediately launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading cybersecurity firm to address the incident. We quickly eliminated the third-party vulnerability, and we continue to maintain our security and monitor our systems. Out of an abundance of caution, we also notified the appropriate law enforcement authorities.

We recently concluded our investigation and are now updating our users of the findings. Below are the key points about the incident.

The investigation confirmed that no credit card information was accessed.
No data related to a user’s parking transaction history was accessed.
Only basic user information was accessed. This includes license plate numbers, as well as email addresses, phone numbers, and vehicle nicknames, if provided by the user. In a small percentage of cases, mailing addresses were also affected.
Encrypted passwords were accessed, but not the encryption keys required to read them. We protect user passwords by encrypting them with advanced hashing and salting technologies.
We do not collect Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, or dates of birth.
We take extensive measures to protect user passwords. However, as an added precaution, users can change their password in the “Settings” section of the ParkMobile app or on the web by clicking this link. We recommend always using unique passwords for different online accounts.

As the largest parking app in the U.S., the trust of our users is our top priority. Please rest assured we take seriously our responsibility to safeguard the security of our users’ information.
In the last year of remote work I have not missed whiteboard collaboration at all. My team just got better at writing docs and generating diagrams with dedicated tooling.
Well, your title seems to summarize the experience you might have when interviewing for a job in the consulting services sector.
They usually hire for a position like "senior dev" but they might not have a specific client for it.
They just want to increase their pool of employees because they have client requests every week.
But they won't tell you that you might wait some time before working for a client.
Or that you might work on something you don't have experience for.

Those company need to have people in their pool to quickly respond to client request and they assume that you will adapt to the client needs.
They don't spend a lot of money on the hiring process.

But regarding your situation, I'll need more info to qualify it as problematic.
Some companies will spend a huge amount of money on the hiring process to be sure to have the right candidate because they almost never fire anyone, and they want everybody already in place to be happy with the new hire.
The cost of having a rotten apple in your team far outweighs the cost of selecting the right apple.

Some cases I've seen in the consulting world:
1. The company I was working for was expecting to win a big contract for oracle dev and hired 80+ dev with oracle experience.
They didn't tell them that the contract wasn't signed yet.
They didn't get the contract, the Devs stayed employed while the company tried to find clients for them.
It's an interesting experience to see 80+ dev in a big meeting room doing nothing all day.
The DivX craze started at that time, all the company laptops where used all day long to watch movies.
Even though they were "oracle specialists", they were offered whatever contract the company could find : vba debugging, clipper development, documentation, windows server configuration,...
Those who refused the offer they got were shown the door.

2. I was hired by another company that wanted some senior Devs in their pool.
While waiting for a client request, one director comes by and ask if I know SharePoint.
Me : "I've done some tests with it 5yrs ago".
Him : "Fine, say something about it in your resume and I'll send it to the client, refresh your memories by reading a book or some online training."
I adapt my resume, start the online training at work and read the book in the evening at home.

5 Days later, the same director comes by and ask "Do you know biztalk?"
Me : "I've done some tests with it 5yrs ago". (The test I did was to interconnect sharepoint with biztalk)
Him : "Fine, say something about it in your resume and I'll send it to the client, refresh your memories by reading a book or some online training."
Me : "What about that sharepoint thing ?"
Him : "The client took someone else".
Guess what happened 5 days later...

We have a joke with my colleagues (all consultants) :
If you can spell the technology, the company will sell you as someone who has experience.
If you have used it in any way, you are an specialist.
If you can mention it in your resume, you are an expert.
I wonder if magsafe will be back on future laptops? I miss it!
Increased Errors in Auth0 – Outage?
Implantable photonic neural probes for light-sheet fluorescence brain imaging
More often than not, this pauses playback instead of skipping.
Although this is true, there is still the additional problem that a lot of customers, specifically government customers, require frozen known versions of everything as a requirement for acceptance testing. Auditing standards for the aerospace industry require that what is running in ops is exactly the same version of everything that was running when an acceptance test was witnessed and signed.

It's a totally impractical standard for modern software development, but the developers themselves have no choice in the matter until the customers change.
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I don't think "most" mice and keyboards are USB-A: bluetooth peripherals eclipsed wired peripherals ages ago.

Yes, most of the decent new ones charge via USB-C.
It is reset every time MacOS updates. Quite annoying but you can just set it again.
Build something you know how to sell/know how to market. A good engineer can make all sorts of cool tech things, but seeing a clear channel for marketing and sales is valuable.

Get involved with networking to find people and organizations that you can talk to, see what they are doing, things will come up over time where you see an opportunity.
Still hoping for official promise-kill+timeout support.
There is nothing that prevents a developer from writing bad applications for any platform. What you said is also not empirically true. There are many sluggish and resource intensive apps on OSX, Adobe's apps, Chrome, Apples own XCode comes to mind.

I haven't used Android phones but my experience with Apple tells me that the phones get slower with every update.
Yep, we moved on. It's crazy just how much more pleasant it is to use my 13" Razer laptop, which is for all intents and purposes equivalent in built quality to my previous 13" MacBook Pro... except that the designers had an amazing idea to put 2 Thunderbolt USB-C ports and 2 USB-A ports on it.

No. More. Frigging. Dongles. For anything - you can plug both modern USB-C docks AND keyboards and USB sticks easily. Crazy.
Maybe post a source that isn't a far far far right conspiracy website.

Pro-tip: If a website posts an article that starts with `I am not a “flat earther", but` then tries to get you to buy gold and silver from them, you might not be on the most reliable website.
The anti anti stalking crowd will probably just jam a pin or pen into the speaker and permanently disable it,
This was indeed one of Apple's best moves ever. I've been happily using the M1 MacBook Air. So long as you steer clear of heavy apps that aren't M1-optimized, the battery life is insane and the device seems to make use of the high performance cores, which really scream.

I am confident that the iMac will take advantage of that huge wedge of metal to dissipate heat even better than the laptops do. That will allow it to run all the cores all the time. My impression is people will be extremely happy with this hardware.

I'm a total fanatic. I'll be dumping all my money into this new gear on April 30th.
Just a wishful thinking, but since this is an M1 and not the A14X (and 8c+8c+8/16GB setup used in MacBook Pro even), I'm hoping that Hypervisor.framework will come to an iPadOS in the next WWDC. Having something like macOS.app, or even Ubuntu.app within iPad Pro would make it a pretty amazing convertible (for me).
Agree. They came out of the gates with a really well put together chat app, that made a massive impact. Then, basically, didn’t advance it beyond that. It is still great for chat, but Teams is sooo much more useful for the virtual office, and discord waaay better for social. Slack is in an ever decreasing middle zone.
Auth0 is down globally
Yes I've not encountered any yet.
Absolutely this. Too many people overfocus on the $0 trading fees because that is how Robinhood initially differentiated itself, but it is absolutely the experience that is keeping people today.

$0 fees have been commonplace for a few years now.
>Raising prices to infinity cannot induce supply of a good or service for which there is simply no capacity to provision.

If I understand the situation correctly, Texas regulators opted for lower electricity prices by not connecting to the national grid. In a sense, they opted to forgo paying for insurance for an event like what happened this year. Is this correct?

Also, there is no fallacy, because higher prices do not mean supply will increase. But rising prices are a signal that there is demand if more supply were to come in. Sometimes, it's not practical for that to happen, but it is, over a sufficiently large timeframe, a good signal that alerts others that it might be worth it to jump in participate in that market.
Daily Mail owner files antitrust suit against Google in US
That sounds like FireFox's Send. They had problems because it was expensive to operate. How do you solve that issue?
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You don’t, you can’t build your way out of these kinds of problems, not without some sort of government intervention (like Singapore as mentioned before).
Cerebras Second-Gen Wafer Scale Chip: 2.6T 7nm Transistors 850k Cores
There's this song I like called "Austin, TX Blues" by Netherfriends and judging by the lyrics I'm guessing this is a common sentiment.

I mean is anybody from here?
Have you ever met anybody from here?
Have you ever seen so many condos in your whole damn life
That were built here in one year?

Everyone I know that was born here is dope as fuck
And everybody else sucks

I'm pretty sure the song is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, but still.
The way they did memory on the M1, they can only use two LPDDR4X chips. DRAM is on package, so they can only physically fit two on their package and presumably they do not have pins that would go off package for more memory channels at all.

Micron and Samsung make 12 Gb LPDDR4X chips, but Apple probably decided that having a 24 Gb option wouldn't be worth it, or would be an ugly number, or couldn't get enough supply, or all of that.

The M1 is for "consumer" tier devices anyway. Wait for M1X or Mwhatever – when they port the larger MBPs to their own silicon, that will have larger memory.
it’s not working all the time, it’s frustratingly inconsistent.
Rogan conducted decent interviews with Roger Penrose and Oliver Stone.

It's not about Rogan, it is about the guests. His interviews are certainly less formulaic than Charlie Rose's, except when he inserts his favorite topics (just use fast forward ...).
Need to play with the Remote Containers feature a bit more... I use WSL remote the vast majority of the time myself, and the SSH remote has been invaluable for a couple of more finicky server setups for my own one-off projects.

The terminal used with VS Code (and Hyper) needs a bit of work though... it gets wonky now and then, good enough most of the time, until it isn't.
> What space will Discord be able to carve out? They will be a Netflix in an Disney and Hulu world.

Do you mean that in a positive or negative way? Netflix is doing very well - it's the other, broadcasters-cum-streaming platforms that are struggling.
If your audio is of sufficient quality, it really does come down to the headphones and being sufficiently able to drive them.

I used to be a earphones or nought when I was a kid, then I started using some "expensive" Sony headphones, had those almost a decade now but have since started using a combination of IEMs, monitor speakers and a pair of planar magnetic headphones with big drivers.

Even though I'm decades older than when I started, and in theory my hearing is worse, I hear things in music I've listened to for all of this time that I didn't before.

I have a high res audio player, I buy high res music and all that, but the single biggest difference I'd say is having a good size driver, 40mm+ for headphones, the ability to drive them well (a cheapish but not too cheap amp) and some decent quality music, ideally MP3 320 or something or lossless.

As someone who doesn't make music or content I wouldn't recommend monitor speakers for general listening unless you're a true purist, they don't sound "fun", they're extremely directional and I can only describe them as "clinical".

The same can be said for many IEMs, but not always.
Massive difference.
But can it mine crypto?

(I feel inadequate to be the first one to ask the question, but the discombobulation I felt at its absence overwhelmed me.)
Yet they are not profitable. It seems that "nitro" is not enough.
I'm Scaling My Service Business
You can run Chrome and Firefox on an iPad.
While I'm technical enough to know what to buy (most of the time) as it relates to USB-C, I think it's still a confusing mess for non-techy consumers, who aren't reading the fine print on USB-C related product descriptions when buying stuff.

A lot of USB-A to USB-C data cables sold on Amazon are still only USB 2.0 standard (480 mbps). Not all C to C cables can be used for high watt power delivery, etc. Some cables only charge. And then there's those USB-C and/or Thunderbolt docks whose video ports may or may not work depending on what your PC's capabilities are.

I think the creators of USB-C should have come up with some type of lettering or numbering system to reduce the confusion. At least there would be a chart that "normals" could refer to in terms of whether they're buying the right cable.
Not suitable for purpose. AirTags are for objects which will stay in one place when lost. They aren't appropriate for tracking "objects" which will move on their own, like pets or people, nor are they likely to work on the time scale that you'd need to find a lost child.
I'm genuinely surprised the batteries are replaceable. Apple isn't a very green company (unless you talk to their marketing dept), so to see this is sort of amazing.
I'm contemplating an AirTag for my dog!
The fact that they are trying to sell/IPO is pretty strong evidence that they are not profitable, I think. But regardless, I will give them massive props for not just doing the ad thing, which is the last gasp of this style of startup before they finish circling the drain. Lookin' at you, Imgur.
> you're being slightly misanthropic here

I try to keep my job separated from... well, everything else. I can be quite anthropic in my free time, with people I choose freely of economic consequences.

> Why are you assuming GP's employees don't want to do anything together?

If they do, then I have no objection. People are different, probably any choice is going to make someone unhappy.

> set up some indoor plants with water drips and stuff

Ok, I'd like this one.
What do you find lacking in the iPad Pro? I'm curious, because I have a 12.3" pixel slate that I'm not a fan of, because it's too big to work well as a tablet (cumbersome to hold, etc.), and inconvenient to attach the somewhat-wobbly keyboard to it, so it feels like it works well for neither use-case. I'm sure the iPad software is better, but the size seems like a contradiction.

My daily driver is my 16" MBP, and while I'm thinking of getting a plain-vanilla 10.2" iPad, I can't think of any cases where I'd want a bigger one.
Slight correction: Last place awarded for free expression goes to the YouTube CEO.

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> Our mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world.

> We believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share and build community through our stories.

> Our values are based on four essential freedoms that define who we are.

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1080p is 2 Megapixels, but that's beside the point. I maintain that this is a perfectly reasonable resolution for a webcam. They're used almost exclusively for video conferencing and all video conferencing software I've ever used doesn't use a bitrate high enough to take advantage of anything more anyway.

What we really need is a good sensor that has these 2MP.
a workaround is to create a shortcut that shares its input, you share to the shortcut (which you set to be on the share sheet and accept anything) and from there you can share anywhere
i instinctively turn on private mode every time i open spotify on my desktop. i really wish it worked the opposite way, have it turned off all the time and then turn it on when you want spotify to build up new recommendations for you
Speaking as an 18 y.o. doing my first year college online, I wouldn't have made it through quarantine without Discord. I've a server with my high school friends and since Discord lowers the barrier to join a voice call so much it's super chill to just hop in a channel when doing homework or playing a game or whatever else, and anyone else who's free can join.

I really wish there were competition, but there's nothing AFAIK that can replicate this particular experience except for Teamspeak, which has other problems.
How would you make a comment system decentralized? Like where would they be stored? Genuine question by the way, I'm not familiar with decentralized computing.
The Air has an M1. Let's not say something doesn't happen when it does. We also don't know the exact setup of the iMac in this regard.
Great stuff! But where are the Windows Vista references?
I think it may be a result of the process being different on aluminum vs plastic and resulting in lighter, more washed out looking colors.
How much of that intrinsic value is still there once everything is paved?
I think you'd be surprised. I've seen a few people with iMacs who treat them as portables and move them around a lot, and I kind of get it. It's a size that's big enough to be a nice screen for just about any room, and small and light enough that moving it doesn't feel like a big hassle. Really, having to plug it in is the only drawback, but for a lot of people the laptop always stays plugged in as well, so this isn't a total dealbreaker. The fact that it isn't a touchscreen and you need to move the keyboard and mouse is more of a hassle to that kind of use IMO.
> Also the macbook air can only drive 1 external monitor.

That's the limitation of the GPU in the current-gen M1. It has two display encoders, one of them is connected to eDP for the internal display - except for the M1, which doesn't have an internal display, so it can be wired to external connector.

So unless they redid this part, this iPad and the new iMac will have the same limitation.
The chin is there so the overall design can be one uniform, very thin slab. If they were to get rid of the chin, they'd have to make the body thicker to accommodate the depth of the USB ports.
For what it's worth I don't think featureless rectangles are a bad thing. I'm just saying that it gets hard to distinguish products from each other when the designs converge so much.
The iPad doesn't need better hardware, it needs Mac OS X.
See also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k23IUb7Jf8

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Thinking of buying one and propping it up on my piano and using it for music writing and music tuition apps. Anyone tried anything like this?
I wonder if they were inspired by the Chromecasts. Definitely nifty.
> I'm happy to hold every possible outcome as being open

And once more: this is the hallmark of a conspiracy nut. Serious evaluation of evidence and estimates of probabilities isn't "closing doors", it's merely applying reason and logic.

I'm not saying that improbable or unfounded things are impossible. I'm saying that your demand that we treat "Questions!" about them as "Important!" in the absence of likelihood or evidence is bad logic, and will lead you (and, likely, has led you) to bad decisions.
I wonder how quick the 3rd party accessory market will deliver a solution. I'm not a fan of the white bezel either. Kind of a reverse Ford model T, you can have the imac in any color as long as it's not black...
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I mean, why can't you just port macOS to iPad? It's all M1 now.
> I'm interpreting this comment is saying we think this is a "leak" and that it unprofessional to show off internal politics with our bosses.

Yes, I think including an exchange with your manager in a commit message is a leak, and one way the employee was able to get back at their manager for the draconian response. I don't think it's unprofessional. It's well within their right to write whatever commit message they want to an open source project. No identifiable information was included.

> Your response to a working in a dysfunctional workplace is to go soft and hope for the best? Sure, us white collar workers we think ourselves as so international and sophisticated and professional, but all this shame-driven toxic positivity gets us is a dystopian workplace.

No, my response is when you have people in charge who can't see the cost / benefit of actions and take the one that's emotionally charged (maybe because they were annoyed or had a rough day) but ultimately damaging over one that is more beneficial (to the employee, to the company, to the manager's career), you may be working in a dysfunctional company.

> At an old job I had, we got our functional workplace back by being combative against rude dysfunctional rules such as "no hobbies allowed" There was no reason to give in to shame and limit ourselves to peaceful, professional, and toxic positivity if all that would have got us in this situation is workplace dysfunction.

I don't have an opinion on this. You can be "combative" in a professional way. You challenge process changes with data. Asking questions is not combative, by the way.
One theory: we'll see the iPhone strategy applied to Macs with this year's mainline models becoming next year's budget option at lower prices. All as part of a move to grab more of the desktop / laptop mid-range market.

They have cut CPU costs with M1 so keeping RAM costs down ready for material price cut on these models next year.