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> Not sure why the author thinks this hasn't been happening already, and the 3.5mm jack is simply losing the popular vote.

When you are buying smartphone, you can not selectively select the features. If you used iPhone and bought apps, you will buy iPhone even if it is missing jack or whatever.

I know that I disliked quite a lot about how phones were/are changing ... and when my phone life ends, I have to buy another one. I have no real choice when it comes to this.
The armor has very good coverage (better than modern military armor except bomb suits), but personally I wouldn't call armor "full body" unless it also covers the arms, legs, and at least some of the tops of the feet, plus of course a more complete full head helmet.
Hmm.. I love Discord?
Yeah but you don't need 10000 satellites to provide cell coverage when 100 would do. Hybrid ground station networks have been a thing for a long time now... if your goal is to provide mobile networks for the lowest possible cost to the end user. That's not Starlink's goal -- these "uninternetnetted" folks don't have money to pay, they typically don't even have electricity. Rural broadband in developed countries do. Telematics does. So don't give me this bs of efficiency for the whole world.

Edit: to be more explicit about the architecture, you can run 100 satellites with better/ larger / more antennas that'll do the work of 1000. SpaceX has a different model, which is more low quality, disposable satellites because they have an inexpensive launch vehicle. Ultimately their system of 1000 might cost the same or less than the 100 high performance satellites. But I can't figure out why the heck they want 10000 satellites unless they want to just have phones communicate directly to orbit, no starlink base station as middlemen. So now they've clogged up LEO so they can replicate what terrestrial networks provide, AND there's a perfectly viable alternative architecture that didn't require nearly as many satellites. That's my gripe.
> You think people are getting caught out by the weather and stranded in town?

Maybe your issue is reading comprehension. I never suggested anything about anyone getting fucking stranded, stop putting words in my mouth.
You are saying that as if all smartphone were compatible.
That's trite. You could make that argument in reverse, why not a 50 hour or 60 hour week?
Old Nokias and other pre-smartphone era phones did.
Weird. What kind of notification? SMS, email, Web Push notification?
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Obviously. You don't want to break system Python stuff, container or not.
I was responding to 'people insist on using Linux specific stuff instead of UNIX'. As far as I can tell there is no way to do containers without doing highly platform specific stuff. It would be very useful if the platforms worked towards a common 'more than chroot' thing.

As far as not really needing it, it's not like computers themselves are anywhere near the bottom of Maslow's pyramid, but that doesn't make them any less useful
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Tbh the only people who seriously recommend iCloud for Windows are people who don't regularly use it.
I wonder if that's actually a good idea. The best time to start learning a skill/trade (includes white collar stuff) seems to be when it's not YET in demand.
For example, the worst time to start learning software development was at its covid peak in 2018/2019.
If trades are going to be in huge demand now, a lot of people will start learning them and in 5 years of so we're back to square one with low pay and huge competition.

Then again it still probably is more useful than bachelor in hr.
Trades are awesome "emergency" / "economy downturn" skills to have.
I prefer wired too, because of the much reduced latency and better sound quality both in and out.

Especially important with calls around the world, where electron/light speed already adds 150 ms.

I would hope that my call partner acted similarly but unfortunately they nearly never do.

Maybe some future directed microphone and speaker setup in rooms will finally lead to the same comfort without the wire.
I have the Cingular version and had forgotten this detail. Sure enough, you’re right- it has a 2.5mm jack on it. How unusual.
Yep, and then they are much easier to lose, step on, have drop out of your ear while you are running and disappear

Somewhere on a rails-to-trails at the foot of the Cascade Mountains is a single Beats Powerbeat that was flung to the ground in the middle of a 50 mile race after I pulled a piece of clothing over my head. I was leading the race, so I spent just the barest amount of time looking, but never found it. Damned things ain’t cheap, either.

I should have just thrown the other one to the ground, so at least someone might have a matched set. At the same time, if I had to dick around with wired headphones, I wouldn’t have used them at all.
You don’t build a company strategy on deprecated projects with no announced replacement. Especially if it’s Microsoft or Google.
There's even a company wide incentive program for running or contributing to outside open source projects. (Source: I work for Microsoft, maintain a couple small projects, have contributed to outside projects, and have gotten token but official rewards for doing so.)
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Recently onboarded my company to 1Password. The password sharing feature is great as is the team vaults.
I suspect that if the current trend in dropping the 3.5mm headphone jack continues then I'll have to move to USB-C headphones or at least an adapter.
Yes but why don't they give us both options as many people miss the jack ?
> > There is no good reason to introduce confusing and intrinsically incorrect models.

> Well, teaching is the usual reason,

Introducing confusing and intrinsically incorrect models is the opposite of teaching.

> "useful, prerequisite, & intentionally not rigorous" models are a pretty standard tool for walking students closer to real understanding.

The funnel model of gravity isn't useful, prerequisite, or rigorous.

> Unpacking this to a first approximation it actually sounds like you're looking ...

A bunch of projection on your part follows.

I'm sorry to be rude, but to me you seem to be intelligent yet deeply confused.

I'm going to bow out of this thread now, again I apologize.
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Curious if you have looked at the BeagleBone hardware with its PRU devices for low-power operation; they can stay awake while the system sleeps.
Are we unconscious when we sleep or do we merely lose the capacity to remember? How could we tell the difference?
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I’ve always referred to that as “The Shower Clause,” because they own the ideas that you come up with, in the shower.

I suspect they would be difficult to enforce, but many of these agreements are designed as intimidation, rather than as true contracts. Even if they are unenforceable, you still need to hire a lawyer, and take them to court, and won’t be recompensed for your time and attorney’s fees.
> Plenty of people go to Starbucks that don’t live in big cities. Lots of rural people love SB and those who live in towns of 20-30k or less even.

People in small or medium cities I do not know, but rural people I doubt for a simple reason: where is SB outside cities? To sustain their costs they need a certain size, not available in spread area, while the small Old Joe pub perfectly can.

> Yes and it was a shame because we never should have shutdown.

I agree about the shutdown, but I'm not talking about it but SINCE it or the fact many realize that there is no damn need to meet in person for countless of activities from the till today simply decide there is no sense doing in-person conferences and so on. That's the impact I'm talking about, of course airlines for cargoes have compensate much of the loss because we still need to move goods for a distance that a cargo is the cheapest not only the fastest option, tourism still exists (and that's perfectly fine) but no need to move for many business activities.

> People still went to Starbucks during the shutdown.

No doubt, but when you decide to leave the city, perhaps a very expensive and even very small apartment for a home in a nice place with plenty of nature, a nice garden, a nice veranda depending on the climate, why going to a luxury bar when you can have it at home, without the need to dress and with anything you like done as you like? Restaurants it's another thing, you go to eat something you do not typically cook at home, but a bar? I'm Italian, living in France, my cappuccino is definitively better than a SB one, I do not need to register myself, I only need the good roasted coffee and some sufficiently fat milk. Why bother to get dressed and go somewhere if I can just open a door and have a better alternative? In a dense city, full of noise, things are different but in nature with plenty of space I can have friends at home, outside, inside, in both in total comfort.
Who said you're not working when walking your dog? I certainly think better when I walk than sitting at my desk.
I'll also add, you definitely shouldn't assume a 2% inflation rate. I would bank on 3.5% or higher in the long run.
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That definition sort of just sounds like how most people treat their health lol
Not sure what you mean. The entire system was available to everyone day 1 through the manuals. The introduction of the VLC VU assembler made VU development easier (single instruction stream, automatic register allocation). PATH3 texture uploads maybe?
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So he's a hypocrite. Like most people are. Doesn't change the fact that in this case he happens to be fighting a good fight.
What kind of token rewards are we talking about?
Output vs median employee?

I could argue that some weeks I work 300 hrs, some weeks 0 (feels like -60) hours.
I'm sure you'd like my (over-ear) Sennheisers. A battery lasts around 20h (2-3x that on newer models), I can just insert a 3.5mm cable and they work, and I have successfully replaced the battery and the earpads. Been using the same pair since around 2017.

The only reason I'm seriously considering it's time for an upgrade is that they charge via a micro-B cable, which was quite frankly unacceptable for a "premium" brand even back in 2017. The question I keep asking myself for the past two or so years is: is that enough of a nuisance to spend another €400?
I think it would be pretty efficient for all of Boeing's assets to be seized and transferred to SpaceX. When Elon gets his government efficiency appointment, he should look into this.
The "law" should not be that much full of secrecy and lack of due process. Its basically a proto-secret service at that point
> The productivity difference I think is controversial.

Sure. The diminishing labor returns (from fewer rest days) are less expensive than onboarding sufficient personnel.

But the most sensical understanding of worker productivity is that it slopes downward as the number of consecutive workdays stretches onward. Productivity trends higher at 30 hours than it does is at 40 hours.
It's a numbers game. If you're in a position where you suddenly have to hire for the top of a tree, then you're virtually certain to have a hiring pool of people who have become successful acting as though the sort of culture you want to sustain is impossible and can't exist.

There's a lot of management "common sense" which is oriented to that 20% solution and denying that 80% is even possible. I don't think the framework is impossible to learn as much as that the lessons needed are culturally out of alignment with how the professional management class speak. MBA courses have a lot to answer for.
I thought there was even (or used to be) a clause in the contract saying that outside work was allowed but had to be disclosed - and possibly could be prohibited.
We have lots of data showing that the kids really are different than their parents in a way never before seen in history

You know it’s bad when public health officials are like: “hmm, the kids aren’t having sex, drinking, doing drugs (except vaping), or commuting vandelism/violence - but their mental health has cratered and they just sit at home playing fortnight or watching cat videos.

Seriously, public health officials think that the kids are literally too good, too prude, and too tuned out. Maybe they’re right…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilization_Act_of_1942 (“The Act authorized and directed the President to issue an order stabilizing prices, wages and salaries to the levels they had had as of September 15, 1942, and to issue additional regulations related to the Act.”) might have had a few more provisions and it would have been reinstated after the war.

Many countries have legal mechanisms to limit freedoms if the sitation calls for it.
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Not to downplay my personal importance (=make an ostentatious display of humility, lol) I can work on art and projects to express the importance of other things in the world that aren't myself.
Well, not our fault that our laws have provisions for blocking an entire app or service if they fail to comply with the local law. See it as you like, I like to see it as putting Musk in his place and forcing him to comply with the local laws or leave.
I've held onto my Pixel 4a5g as long as I could, being the last Google phone with a headphone jack. My Pixel 9 arrives in a few weeks but I was able to buy a used iPod to help satisfy my 3.5mm needs.
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How does some forum member possess this communication?
Is it public?
For the 2020-2022 situation, I see Section 1 as the problem.

But Quebec, for example, has repeatedly invoked Section 33 over the years, including for legislation limiting expression in non-French languages, among other matters.

Any country that imposes limits on expression simply doesn't have free expression. That would include Canada and the US, and like you say, probably most every other country.

As a Canadian, I can't honestly claim to have constitutionally-protected free expression when I know I could be prosecuted merely for expressing certain ideas.
The point is mostly to avoid ewaste, not save money.
Reminds me of the late Neil Postman, who gave space to consider that technological trends have secondary effects that can potential make life worse.

As an avid user of wireless headphones I think its worth briefly entertaining the side effects. Increased expectation of isolation in classically social settings, possible long term ear damage, increased baseline cost to consumer.
About time Google decided to catch up to Apple, 1Password, etc.
Yup. But doesn't let you schedule tasks in calendar and followup. Which is the pain I am solving.
Can we address the "if" question before asking the "why" question?

I'm no Microsoft employee, but I really like to see specific policy wording and understand the context before looking at any comment. Honestly I don't understand why we have such a blanket "ask HN" in the first place.
My only complaint with the lack of a 3.5mm jack is that people apparently can’t figure out BT headphones, so they just play anything and everything through the phone speakers, whether others are around or not. It’s like the boombox era of the 80s, only with much more shitty sound quality, and it’s Grandma being obnoxious and not some punk teenager.
You will find that almost all big tech places various restrictions on employee open source contributions, ranging from the draconian "prohibited by default" at Apple to "usually ok if you assign copyright to the company and use only company-approved licenses" at Google.

Big tech competes for employees through prestige, paycheck size, perks, and interesting projects. Not through open source policies.
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