skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
They're not small companies, the managed care organizations (MCOs) are some of the biggest companies in the US.

But I do not think their lobbying is what prevents single payer. For one, single payer (taxpayer funded healthcare) still uses managed care organizations in the US. The only difference is that instead of paying insurance premiums to MCOs, you pay taxes to the government. The government then goes out and hires the MCOs to ration healthcare and implement various formularies and double check doctors' orders to limit spending and prevent waste. This currently happens with Medicare (over 65 years of age), Medicaid (low income/wealth), and Tricare (for military).

So the MCOs are involved in the healthcare delivery no matter what. The only difference is for non military, non poor people pay MCOs insurance premiums instead of taxes to the government, with which the government then hires MCOs to do all the administrative work of dealing with patients, doctors, finding fraud, approving/denying medicines, negotiating pricing, etc. Although, the government sets pricing in big ways too, via reimbursements for Medicare/Medicaid.

In any case, the elephant in the room is and always has been how much do people with money want to pay for people without money. The more obfuscation there is, the less healthcare is delivered, and the less it costs people who would be net payers into the system.

Sidenote: I think governments (politicians) like the system of using MCOs because they take the heat for any rationing or mistakes in the implementation. It's not the government denying you, it's UHC denying payment, even though the government gave the formulary to UHC to implement.
Stop it you tease
It's a fair question to ask. I have tinnitus at ~30 because of loud poor-thermal expensive work laptops. My work Dell's fan gets really loud, to the point where I can't bear sitting next to it.

I got desperate as they couldn't do anything about it at work (nor could I). So, on the 22nd December, I went to look for an MBA as I'm now sensitive to even the slightest fan noise. At that time, there was a shortage of stock, so I didn't have much choice.

I don't actually know if there's a 16GB option, as all I'm finding in my country is the 8GB.

Nonetheless, even for the iMac, I think a max of 32GB would have been reasonable,
I disagree, but Evan Wallace (who wrote eslint) puts it better than I could:

> Everything in esbuild is written from scratch.

> There are a lot of performance benefits with writing everything yourself instead of using 3rd-party libraries. You can have performance in mind from the beginning, you can make sure everything uses consistent data structures to avoid expensive conversions, and you can make wide architectural changes whenever necessary. The drawback is of course that it's a lot of work.

> For example, many bundlers use the official TypeScript compiler as a parser. But it was built to serve the goals of the TypeScript compiler team and they do not have performance as a top priority. Their code makes pretty heavy use of megamorphic object shapes and unnecessary dynamic property accesses (both well-known JavaScript speed bumps). And the TypeScript parser appears to still run the type checker even when type checking is disabled. None of these are an issue with esbuild's custom TypeScript parser.

https://esbuild.github.io/faq/#why-is-esbuild-fast
You can enable JavaScript in Chrome the following way:

1) On your computer, open Chrome.
2) At the top right, click More. Settings.
3) Click Privacy and security. Site settings.
4) Click JavaScript.
5) Turn on Allowed (recommended).

Other browsers might have similar instructions.
> Windows 10 was released in 2015. Apple releases a new major macOS update every year. Not really surprised that you can run 6 year old software + minor updates on an 6-10 year old machine but can't run a major software revision from the past couple years.

If you're saying that Windows 10 from 2021 is Windows 10 from 2015 with "minor updates", you haven't been paying attention to Windows updates :-)

Windows 10 updates are probably bigger than MacOS updates.
Fish is my default. I'm normally pretty minimalist with my shell configurations, but the Fish defaults just feel so right to me. It's minimal nudges in the spots that help are fantastic, and it's tab-completion is best in class. Unless you have a very specific powerline setup that you absolutely need, I think Fish is better than zsh for everyday use.
It’s probably your physical button. My button will audibly click when I have my thumb on the far left or right edge, but won’t actually trigger unless I press very firmly after hearing the click. Pressing the button with my thumb in the middle works reliably as expected. Apple support wouldn’t do anything about this except offer to sell me a replacement remote.
Check out gqless which generates a full Typescript schema without any need for strings.
Absolutely. I believe it'll find anything where it's placed - shoes, rackets, dog etc
One of many, many, many reasons: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/07/09/bart-withholdin...
The second generation iMac was also available in many colours. So that's back to the origin, actually.

See https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_266.html
The iOS TV remote makes it easier for people to share control of the TV, not harder.
I don't have a car and yet still get that same call daily...
As with many things in life though it would be better than nothing since there are scenarios when it will help you find your dog.
Lemme mass scrape facebook and linked in then ;)
Unlike ElasticSearch, Grafana itself is still open-source. Forking Grafana would be viewed a lot less favorably than forking ElasticSearch was.
Agreed. I think this can be a good model (freemium), and is certainly fair.

As a consumer of podcasts and as someone who pays for many services, I am not only unlikely to pay much for access to a podcast, but to attempt to juggle multiple listening platforms for podcast discovery and listening. If I can't get a podcast on the podcast app I use, I likely won't listen to it beyond a one-off episode that really interested me.

I used to listen to an occasional Joe Rogan episode before he switched to Spotify. I rarely catch it at all now, though I subscribe to Spotify. I just don't take the time to stay caught up on his guest list outside of my podcast app of choice.

I'm certainly fine with ads in podcasts.

But I don't begrudge podcasters that want to produce exclusive content to support their efforts and perhaps offer add-free podcasts.
I'm not sure how much this applies to web design but the reason for non-ornate standard banisters and what not is mass production. The population was much smaller and far fewer houses being built 130 years ago. Artisan manufacturing doesn't scale.
I don't know if this was already a feature previously since I don't really keep tabs on the Apple TV, but I find it incredibly cool that you can use your iPhone to color calibrate the TV. This is the level of product integration I wish every company had, but recently I've only seen this with Apple. Granted I don't know how well the feature works in reality.
I think it definitely can be a project thing. My experience with IWYU has been on very large codebases and I considered its ability to find transitive includes a blessing. The specific case where it shined for me was it made it much easier to identify the true impact of fileset changes on the larger codebase when it came to refactoring.
How many external screens can be connected to these machines, and how, and what resolution? If it's USB then all ports would be taken? I'm clueless about USB-C.

Is it still possible to connect a hub for additional peripherals? I have 6x connected to my machine currently (external drives, printer, audio stuff, backup mouse, card reader), not counting extra screens.

Really hope this works cause these machines look awesome.
> Is there even a position to move up to?

Yes, it is common for data center workers and tech support to move up to sysadmin or something similar sometimes even SRE.

They are given a 6 month trial period on a team to train and then go through the external interview process afterwards

> That's something they should bring to Modis, their employers

The whole point here is that they effectively work for Google, and Modis is a layer of indirection that enables Google to exploit them, so bringing this up to Modis is kind of besides the point
Wasn't their previous major outage because of a bad migration?
As I commented somewhere else, I think it's related to the caret moving not the keypress.

Deleting a letter doesn't move the caret but using an arrow does, but not if you use, for example, the right arrow key while being at the end of a line, in that case the title doesn't update.

Somebody else commented that using delete on a newline changes the title and in that case the delete forces the caret to move.
isn't there an app for that?
That's very true. Apple has been best positioned (since they've hosted the main podcast database for at least a decade), but many other companies have tried and failed. Apple has failed at similar initiatives. Spotify is the most recent company to try and own Podcasting and I'm not sure how great it's doing right now.

I hope they implement it in a way that third-party podcast clients can support it.
I would in all honesty give them even bigger props, as someone who used to be but isn't a fan anymore. They tried to add a game store a la steam into it but realized it didn't get the engagement they'd hoped for so they stopped putting time and effort into it and shut it down.

My first impression when they first added it was that they'd just shove it down people's throats and keep trying to make it work.

I hope I'm not wrong about them getting rid of it again and I've just gotten used to tuning all that out when using discord.
Google has the same OSS philosophy as Microsoft and the rest of the software community needs to pressure Google to change its stance on the AGPL.
We tried to build a universal app for two sides of a job board once. The app offered different workflows depending on whether you're a job seeker or a recruiter. Man, managing that UX- and code-wise was a pain the ass. Imagine doing that for the whole OS.
If you are really worried about burning bridges by sending the product out too early, which I don't think will happen, make a list of all the fashion bloggers you would like to reach out to, rank them, and only send it to the bottom 3. That way if you burn those bridges, you don't really lose much. Another thing that could help is to say "this is the initial version, I plan on adding the following features..." That way you temper expectations and potentially get them excited for what is to come.

Something that helps me with stuff like this, comes from "The 4 Hour Work Week". Think through the worst case scenario. Truly go through what the consequences would be in your head. You will usually find the worst case isn't really that bad and your a getting worked up about something that will probably only end up being a minor setback.
Ask HN: Current state of hobby BCI devices
I'm very interested in tinkering with a BCI device, and see what I can achieve coupling it with some ML classifiers - I've been toying with the idea of trying to train it on simple commands (forward/backward, left/right) and try connecting it with simple video games as a PoC.

Since this is completely new to me I'd love to hear the opinion of people that are move involved in this space, specially on whether this would be feasible, and if yes, which device would be recommended.

I've looked at a few options and it seems like an OpenBCI headset is the best option at the moment, I was considering the "All-in-One EEG Electrode Cap" as it's less expensive.
Why use hackernews instead of /r/technology? Not every community needs to be on reddit.
I just don’t see what Discord’s path towards profitability is. Are they going to try to start an online store again? Sell enough Nitro subs?

I think they are playing hard ball for a better acquisition deal, but they risk being irrelevant before ever getting a better deal.
For me, using both the "built-in" remote app on the control panel and the "real" remote app launched as a proper app, the volume is controlled simply with the iPhone's volume buttons. I'm not sure how it could get any more ergonomic.
I mean, we don't need to figure out the right height of buildings or the right way to zone specific areas, we just need to remove restrictions and let the market figure it out. Just let people build stuff on the land they own, and the out-of-control rent spirals will eventually stop when there's enough housing.
This has been the case with iMac models for a couple of years now. It's ridiculous. If you want to upgrade to a more ergonomic setup you need to buy a new computer...

(Also, 2m power cable is a bit short for an articulating monitor arm...)
I built a raspberry pi IR blaster to solve this very problem. I have shortcuts on the home screen that talk to the pi when I want to control the TV volume from my iPhone.
How does this compare to Commento?

https://commento.io/

https://gitlab.com/commento/commento
> Tile has had it for years.

I had a tile and it most assuredly did not have a replacable battery, I had to mill the thing open: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhM5ujSU6w
I don't disagree to the conclusion but the Sun-Sentinel is owned by the Tribune Publishing Company, which is the third largest newspaper publisher in the US. Often the subsidiaries use the same core CMS / tech. Compare the Sun-Sentinel to another paper owned by Tribune: https://www.pilotonline.com/

It seems a bit odd to not believe there is not only a way to handle this more gracefully but also that Tribune could handle this globally for all of their newspapers.
Does anyone know the rough cost per /tonne? I doubt Stripe is investing much.

a 100% increase in volume doesn't sound ridiculous to me. zoom alone grew revenue over 100% in like a month - dumb example but there are lots of others. The triple, triple, double, double, double unicorn formula is widely marketed as another example.

There would surely be scale efficiencies in all these techniques too?

I think we are past catastrophe at this point and even with your math that sounds like more of a win than I would have guessed!

We have spent Trillions in the last year on stimi. that could have been targeted for dual purpose... and especially the proposed infrastructure bill should be changed but that would be another longgg thread.

Just trying to argue a point that even 'small' and maybe even not feasible at the moment ideas need to be actively pursued and scaled when they work, even if not as efficient as a HN engineer's dream we need to have basically an immediate all out war to fight climate catastrophe at this point.

Do this on 1000 different ideas and spend much bigger much faster we might stand a chance..
Same here, same stack. Was considered a big risk when we started 3 years ago. The code sharing possibilities, much easier team transitions (couple that with client development on all platforms via React Native), much easier hiring. I'm not sure that out of all contenders Javascript/TS as a language was worthy of such a role, but here we are, and it's working.
I have a maxed out 27" 2017 myself, and this only seems like an upgrade in terms of webcam and CPU.

Not really worth it at this point.
I'm surprised they didn't make multiple form factors. I was considering replacing my Tile trackers with this, but without an equivalent to their wallet tracker [0] it's a no-go.

[0]: https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/store/tiles/slim
I love this site, use it all the time.

Also I know it goes without saying but goodreads lists are great for this sort of thing too.
Great use case for Svelte! How are you liking it so far?
No amount of configuration tweaking is going to make Webpack fast.
And it could take up to a decade to sort out in the courts at your own expense.

The courts and regulators have completely failed the people here. Why do they not slap the banks and credit rating agencies down for this behavior? They are failing egregiously to protect the little guy here.
I think OP is aware of how to turn on JS, but prefers browsing without.
I am definitely using this on my friend's living room computer. "Linux was acting weird so I installed Windows"
I'm really just not a fan of where podcasting is going in general. Particularly, I find platform exclusivity and dynamic ad insertion to be the most egregious violations of the concept.

I listen to my podcasts in podcatchers that I want to use. I've switched pocatchers many times too. But platform lockin stops people from using what they want. Spotify is the biggest risk here.

DAI lets podcast networks deliver extremely weird ads. It's hard to describe, and I think it's kind of hilarious. One of the reasons why sponsorships on podcasts have been so lucrative in the past has been "impersonal personalization." If a podcast host runs a sponsor read, they often at least vet the sponsor and understand the product. They usually have personally used it, and on many podcasts, the sponsors are just products that the podcasters already use or actually support. Sponsors that sponsor tech podcasts target tech, which makes sense, and they're read by the hosts, usually. In contrast, DAI just brings back "commercials" with the added benefit of being privacy intrusive. I find it really creepy to listen to a podcast from the UK and get an ad for a car dealership a mile away. Yet, that's what DAI does. It's enough of a turn off that I wish I had an adblocker for podcasts, which says something.

The podcast medium has always been a niche, and I'm happy to see it growing. But it seems like the companies who want to grow it are going about it in some of the worst ways possible. Apple re-entering the fray is good competition wise, but it's scary to think that they might lockdown their podcast directory or pitch podcasts without RSS feeds. I'm sure they won't tolerate privacy invading analytics, but it's such a delicate balance that I'm fearful for the future.

Edit: Looks like Apple's premium features (like subscriber only content) are indeed behind DRM and only accessible in the Apple Podcasts app: https://podcasters.apple.com/support/899-set-up-your-show-fo....
Because Apple is endlessly hostile to the end user and will take every precaution possible to reduce user agency.
> “Woke Big Tech companies like Google and Amazon have been coddled by Washington politicians for years,” Hawley said in a statement Monday. “This treatment has allowed them to amass colossal amounts of power that they use to censor political opinions they don’t agree with and shut out competitors who offer consumers an alternative to the status quo.”

I once had aired a grievance about dark pattern UX on Amazon on twitter, and out of nowhere the Amazon twitter account responded within a few minutes. I never followed or interacted with that account, and it wasn't following me.

I also worked at WF and have had people close to me work there for years. Amazon truly is a nightmare.

My biggest problem with companies like Amazon is that "shit rolls downhill", aka the false paradigms, and immoral behavior/habits spread through their customers, partners and victims.

Jeff Bezos having the ability to extend his reach this far is already too much. Imagine the damage he and people like him will do if they expand into the rest of the solar system with Blue Origin...

I'm glad this is happening. It needs to happen.
How can I use it on the posts in my blog hosted at GitHub pages? I use Jekyll to build my blog.

Do you have a tutorial for that?
> What's losing my interest more and more is that their music recommendations are terrible, rarely match my taste...

I found a lot of the release radar and other recommendations are spot on and I end up liking a lot of the songs it suggests.
> I don't think they got overconfident at all

https://slack.com/intl/en-nz/blog/news/dear-microsoft
My anecdotes are my Bayesian truth, and they include neighbors and coworkers with longterm anosmia that I've never had friends experience before COVID. The article you mentioned didn't even address this rather well known symptom... why not? It would seem to be rather measurable and comparable vs earlier baselines.
Pretty good. That About button does tell you exactly what's what. I sort of feel the home page isn't a home run because it's all inside baseball. I say not sexy, though YouTube-dl is definitely sexy.
The greater good is that you don't force people out of their homes. If you worked at 1960s-1990s pay, there's no way you're affording $30k a year in tax, so it makes sense to lock it at the purchased value. Sure the child inheritance of the old tax rate might not be. The real question is why not use income tax? This would avoid kicking out the elderly, and only collect money from those who are actually making it.

I don't generally like the idea of taxing people on things they already have. I would rather see it on the people who are making money. If you are benefiting from the system (income) then pay part of it (tax). Under these other schemes, it could be that the system has failed you, left you behind, etc and then the tax is like the nail in the coffin. It makes the most sense to take the money from the people who are making it.
Apple has an ability to drive change that other computer manufacturers don’t.

The simple reason is that Apple is the only manufacturer in a specific market. The market for MacOS (or in the case of iDevices, iOS) users.

What that means is that Apple can introduce a pretty shitty change and not lose too many customers to other manufacturers because switching from Apple to another manufacturer is much harder than from Dell to HP.

So, for example, if Dell were to introduce those shitty butterfly keyboards, that were nearly unusable and got spoilt so easily, they would have to change back to their old keyboards within months, unlike Apple, which managed to stick to that design for years and generations of devices without suffering too much.

I use that example because it was an unambiguously worse option, so it nicely illustrates how Apple has a lock-in that others don’t. But Apple can use that lock in to then introduce what are potentially more useful changes (USB2) and/or changes that are not fully baked yet (USB-C), and not suffer the consequences other manufacturers would.
Based on what I've read about the Mac M1, it's hard to notice.
Another solution is a ban on new office buildings in areas with insufficient housing supply. Right now the corps happily build new offices in cities that are already overcrowded to the tilt, and the city councils turn a blind eye to this. I realize that such a law would have no sponsors.
Designerly ways of knowing. Design Studies, 3(4). Cross, Nigel (1982). [pdf]
GPL and AGPL are very different here.

If a developer uses GPL Emacs to write a server that uses GPL libraries and Google runs that sever in their datacenter it is very clear that Google doesn't have to release any source code.

However Google's argument is that if they make a web application that uses AGPL MongoDB as a backend it is unclear if 1. The user is interacting with MongoDB over a network and 2. do they need to release the code of their server.

It appears that the answers are 1. Yes and 2. No but apparently Google isn't confident to use that in court. (Or at least they don't see enough benefits for that risk)