EdJiang
Re:Reverse engineering GitHub Actions cache to make it fast
on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @12:25PM (#44660990)
Related read: Cirrus Labs also wrote a drop-in replacement for GH Actions cache on their platform.
https://cirrus-runners.app/blog/2024/04/23/speeding-up-cachi...
Re:We use our own hardware at Fastmail
on Sunday December 22, 2024 @04:20PM (#42489209)
I was a bit confused by the section on backups. How do they manage moving the data offsite with the on-premises backup servers? Wouldn’t that be a cost savings by going cloud?
Re:Forced to Upgrade
on Monday December 02, 2024 @03:44PM (#42300210)
Isn't the iPhone SE basically that? Why didn't OP get the SE?
Re:The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud
on Monday August 19, 2024 @05:29PM (#41294721)
Important to point out this isn't just theory, it's actually happened (in the SF Bay Area!) with a regular rifle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/05/272015606...
Re:Power Consumption of JPEG, WebP, and AVIF
on Saturday August 26, 2023 @03:02PM (#37275848)
I’m in CA and got the same notice. But I checked the grid intensity and it’s emitting 146g/KWhr.
http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/emissions.html
So the data might be wrong as well which may mislead the user.
Tweeted at him here: https://x.com/edwardstarcraft/status/1695508531028566090
Re:Tesla has a range inflation problem
on Thursday July 27, 2023 @08:06PM (#36901719)
Because the drivetrain is several times more efficient, other loads have an outsized impact on mileage. The Model 3 is rated by EPA to be 131 MPGe.
So yeah -- if your drivetrain is getting 131 MPG, your A/C that consumes the same amount of power is going to have a much larger proportional impact.
Re:So, How Do You Refill an Aquifer?
on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:56PM (#35967659)
There's also this guy who purchased a plot of land in the middle of nowhere, West Texas who's trying to terraform it into a forest.
No idea how feasible it is, but interesting to watch! https://www.youtube.com/@dustupstexas
Re:Beyond the PayPal Mafia: A Case Study on the Uber Alumni Network
on Friday April 07, 2023 @09:44PM (#35489586)
Ask and you shall receive: https://www.uber.com/newsroom/uber-spike-lee-celebrate-brook...
Re:UW Paid Out Six Figures to Keep Me from Reading Their Law School Sy...
on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:47PM (#33240507)
Huh. The link somehow changed after I submitted it. I wonder if you read the wrong article?
Here's the original link: https://cedarlawpllc.com/2022/10/12/uw-paid-out-six-figures-...
Re:Ask HN: Slack shows a preview of private Google Docs?
on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:55PM (#32771961)
It asks you to sign in and auth your Google account after sharing a docs link. So you give them permissions.
If you don’t want this behavior you can revoke Slack’s access.
Re:Toyota unveils 8.7 kWh battery for residential applications
on Sunday June 12, 2022 @11:38PM (#31720782)
I'd love to see electric scooter / e-bike companies also adopt this technology too. My scooter has a 550Whr battery and I'd love to use it as a power station for some of my devices on the go.
Re:Facebook’s Retirement Plan
on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:38PM (#31320113)
Makes a lot of sense, esp when making events more public. Thanks for your feedback!
Re:Facebook’s Retirement Plan
on Thursday May 05, 2022 @05:09PM (#31278437)
What sort of groups do you organize?
I've been working on an app inspired by challenges I had organizing hack nights and poker games. It's kind of a cross between Facebook events and Google Calendar, and allows you to send an invite link and send text updates. Would love to hear your thoughts!
Re:San Francisco is one of CA’s most conservative cities when it comes...
on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:51PM (#25899349)
10% is not correct, that's the max allowed by CA. SF is way lower, and set on an annual basis: https://sf.gov/information/allowable-rent-increases
Here's from the last 10 years in SF:
https://sfrb.org/sites/default/files/Document/Form/571%20All...
Effective Period Amount of Increase
March 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021 1.8%
March 1, 2019 – February 29, 2020 2.6%
March 1, 2018 – February 28, 2019 1.6%
March 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018 2.2%
March 1, 2016 – February 28, 2017 1.6%
March 1, 2015 – February 29, 2016 1.9%
March 1, 2014 – February 28, 2015 1.0%
March 1, 2013 – February 28, 2014 1.9%
March 1, 2012 – February 28, 2013 1.9%
March 1, 2011 – February 29, 2012 0.5%
March 1, 2010 – February 28, 2011 0.1%
Re:Hospital employee fired for ‘intentionally’ ruining 500 doses of va...
on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:12PM (#25594574)
The WashPo paywall is the worst -- it rewrites your address bar so you can't even bookmark the URL for later or copy/paste it to share. Really frustrating on mobile when you can be in an app that's not logged into WashPo. Why would the product team make that decision?
Re:They risk their lives cleaning hospitals. Now, they are getting vac...
on Saturday December 19, 2020 @11:31PM (#25483867)
Is this a reference to this skit?
Re:Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle – $550k (sunnyvale)
on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:56PM (#25446761)
> * Update 7/18/06 * You have to give the California Department of Motor Vehicles (the DMV) credit for creativity on this one. A DMV insider has disclosed to me that the DMV has made a formal request to a federal agency to rule if my Beetle constitutes a threat to national security based on what could happen if it got into the wrong hands. This raises three questions in my mind: #1 Does this mean I’m the right hands? #2 If someone with the name "b_laden13" is the highest eBay bidder for my Beetle can I refuse his offer even if he has the prestigious eBay Red Shooting Star feedback rating (the highest)? #3 Would this affect my eBay rating?
San Mateo County Health Officer Statement on Bay Area Stay-at-Home Orders
Re:When tipping was considered un-American (2015)
on Sunday November 22, 2020 @02:32PM (#25180293)
This is no longer the case as of two years ago!
https://www.eater.com/2018/6/12/17439694/tipping-laws-tip-sh...
Re:Airbnb S-1
on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:33PM (#25117933)
Uber and Lyft did give long-term drivers “appreciation awards” which they could use to buy stock in the IPO. So not unprecedented.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/uber-is-dishing-out-apprec...
Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @04:18PM (#24851647)
Good point. The amount of downtime definitely depends on local market conditions. For instance if you go online at 3AM in Tracy, CA, you might have way lower utilization than someone at 6pm in downtown San Francisco.
I see your point about locking people out of access once they get past a certain number of hours. I think there are two reasons why this is probably not realistic. (1) the hourly count is over a quarterly basis, so harder to track. If a user has 25 engaged hours in week 1, why lock the app if week 2 or 3 the user may have 0 engaged hours? (2) the apps commonly have "bonuses" for hitting certain trip count goals, and you don't see apps trying to lock users out before they hit that goal.
However, Uber has put out a proposal asking governments to establish a "benefits fund" that all gig-companies are required to deposit into, on an hourly basis. That way someone working 5 hours on one app and 20 hours on a second would get benefits partially paid from both companies, without an incentive for any company to shirk their duties.
See the following link, under page 12 - "we want to contribute to funds that workers can individually direct toward the benefits that matter most to them. We are asking states to require our industry to accrue such funds":
https://ubernewsroomapi.10upcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/...
Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
on Monday October 19, 2020 @11:18PM (#24833633)
According to the Rideshare Guy, the proportion of drivers in favor of being an IC was higher pre-pandemic and higher outside of CA. You could make the opposite argument -- that political voices have influenced people in the other direction. I'm not sure which would be correct. I've personally seen a lot of misinformation in the other direction. The top post in this thread (which I replied to) is a distillation of general sentiment and misinformation from AB5/No22 voices.
Also, the "against" was not 40% even when "for" was 60%. It was 60% for, 24% against, and 16% undecided. I'm not sure where you got the number that 0% of journalists wanted to be employees but I doubt it's actually 0%.
Anyways, happy to get into a deeper discussion offline -- I think there's a lot of interesting philosophical arguments for both sides but with politics the way it is the Yes/No voices are currently talking past each other. Feel free to reach out to me directly!
Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
on Monday October 19, 2020 @10:23PM (#24833381)
I do see the first link says 67-4, but the second link uses 71-4, which is the correct vote count. You can see on the ca.gov website:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtm...
If you agree that the workers should decide, the majority of drivers also don't want AB5 to apply to them.
https://therideshareguy.com/california-proposition-22-2020/
In this blog's survey ~70% of drivers want to be independent contractors, and ~60% are a Yes on 22. In case you think it's biased, the writers ultimate argued for the No vote.
Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:26PM (#24833117)
https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/save-local-journalism-...
https://www.courthousenews.com/governor-newsom-signs-newspap...
The CA legislature just passed AB323, which exempts journalists from AB5, with a 71-4 margin (94.7%) in the Assembly and unanimously in the Senate. So 87.5% is certainly doable!
Funnily enough, the website advocating for journalists to be exempt says the following. Sound familiar?
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* If forced to comply with AB 5, many community newspapers, including local, ethnic, urban, suburban and metro papers, will be unable to sustain operations. They will close their doors, leaving many communities with no local news source.
* For those that continue to exist, news operations will be forced to make deep cuts to both print and digital community coverage and offerings in order to survive.
[IF NEWSPAPERS ARE NOT EXEMPTED FROM AB 5, READERS WILL LOSE.]
* Limited home delivery.
* Fewer local news reporters and less hometown coverage.
* Loss of sports, comics, games and investigative reporting.
* Days of week eliminated from print.
More at: https://savemypaper.com
Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:11PM (#24833031)
The text I quoted is directly from the ballot measure. If you click my link then click on "Text of Proposed Law (PDF)" in the sidebar, you will find:
> 7454. Healthcare Subsidy. (a) Consistent with the average contributions required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a network company shall provide a quarterly health care subsidy to qualifying app-based drivers as set forth in this section. An app-based driver that averages the following amounts of engaged time per week on a network company’s platform during a calendar quarter shall receive the following subsidies from that network company:
> (1) For an average of 25 hours or more per week of engaged time in the calendar quarter, a payment greater than or equal to 100 percent of the average ACA contribution for the applicable average monthly Covered California premium for each month in the quarter.
> (2) For an average of at least 15 but less than 25 hours per week of engaged time in the calendar quarter, a payment greater than or equal to 50 percent of the average ACA contribution for the applicable average monthly Covered California premium for each month in the quarter.
Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:58PM (#24832949)
Drivers providing services via Uber can do all three now in California. Drivers can choose a rate multiplier to advertise their services at, decline as many trips as they want, and can directly connect with riders for scheduled rides.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/06/ubers-s...
Disclaimer: I work @ Uber but I do not work on driver-related stuff
Re:Uber: “Yes on Prop 22” popups shown to drivers
on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:53PM (#24832901)
Your post has a lot of misinformation I'd like to correct. What you're stating about the current situation is factually incorrect.
1. Prop 22 gives app-based workers healthcare, minimum wage, and other protections and benefits. From the text: "For an average of 25 hours or more per week of engaged time in the calendar quarter, a payment greater than or equal to 100 percent of the average ACA contribution for the applicable average monthly Covered California premium for each month in the quarter." 15-25 hours would require a 50% payment.
https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/22/
2. The companies are exploring other options to stay in California, which is actually required as part of the appeal which happened recently. The current publicly proposed model is franchising out to local businesses: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/technology/uber-lyft-fran...
Disclaimer: I work @ Uber but I do not work on driver-related stuff
Re:Section 230 Explained
on Friday October 16, 2020 @03:29PM (#24804155)
If you haven't read Section 230, go do so now. It's enabled the development of the modern internet as we know it, and the meat is only 3 sentences. The rest is preamble or interactions with other laws.
> (c) Protection for "Good Samaritan" blocking and screening of offensive material
> (1) Treatment of publisher or speaker
> No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
> (2) Civil liability
> No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of-
> (A) any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected; or
> (B) any action taken to enable or make available to information content providers or others the technical means to restrict access to material described in paragraph (1).
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:47%20section:...
Re:“I’ve been intentionally getting parking tickets for 2 years”
on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:25PM (#24796426)
His analysis: https://twitter.com/lanpaje/status/1316760349744357377