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Re:United States vs. Google on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:47PM (#24849576)
I don't buy this argument. You, as someone up-to-date on technology, have a choice. But if you think that the average middle-to-later aged individual has the knowledge to make this choice and avoid their influence, than I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Re:Ships in Bottles – A Bit of the History and Lore (2016) on Sunday October 18, 2020 @01:41PM (#24819634)
> A German artist, musician and magician, Matthias Buchinger, built models, although not necessarily, of ships inside bottles. He was also well known as an illustrator and engraver, all of which was remarkable given that he was born without arms or legs. He was also quite the lady’s man, having married four times and having at least 14 children by eight women.

That is one heck of a bio.

Re:Abolish the Cash Bail System on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:25AM (#24753692)
>A huge number of those people got picked up the night before and will be out (on bail or otherwise) by the end of the business day.

Interesting. I'm curious to see the statistics you are pulling. Do you mind sharing a link?

Re:Leaving Mozilla on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:05AM (#24715653)
Just started listening. Thank you for the recommendation.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020) on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:20PM (#24347214)
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado (Denver)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Java and Spring Boot, Python and DJango, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Docker

Resume/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__9RgIbSqvphjsZULbhCP9J6...

Email: [email protected]

Looking for a 2021 summer internship.

Honestly, I prefer "bird distance".
Re:Applebot on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:39AM (#24339123)
>but that's more likely because Apple is keeping Google Maps from getting as good than because it's a better solution,

I would say Waze is a solid counter-argument.

Re:Applebot on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:34AM (#24339100)
As long as you live in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, or Shanghai and Beijing.
Re:Applebot on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:31AM (#24339087)
So I'm using iOS 14 and just tried to pull it up. It has a message stating "Cycling directions are not yet available in [my city]"

A quick google search to see if it was simply because of beta or there is a limited roll out, produced this:

>New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Shanghai and Beijing in China.

Thank you so much for your time. I just read over it real quick but will address these first thing in the morning and make changes.

Again, I can't thank you enough.

> Fortunately I can count on one hand the applications that don't work with +100ms latency (not counting gaming).

Pardon my ignorance, but what are some exampes of applications that wouldn’t work with +100 latency?

Re:Napster sold for a song to UK virtual events company on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:34AM (#24282847)
Fun fact, of the major streaming services, Napster pays its artist the highest percentage
It seems like fraud.
Re:Please read the paper before you comment on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:42AM (#24268407)
> Rule of thumb: the more steps you get away from the primary source the more corrupted everything gets.

I had to have a conversation with my wife over this yesterday. She ran into the office in tears because opposing protestors were standing off with guns as if it was the American revolution.

The reality of the situation is a couple people had paintball guns but that’s not what she saw.

What she had seen was a tweet about a tweet referencing another tweet that in turn referenced a video.

While I know this example is extreme, it really opened my eyes to just how far we have come.