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Re:Commons Clause on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:07PM (#17814690)
This is limitation around selling software/product not consulting, per bottom of post:

"...if your product is an application that uses such a module to perform select functions, you can use it freely and there are no restrictions on selling your product. However, if what you sell is basically the functionality of the module packaged as a cloud service or on-prem software, Commons Clause does not allow it."

Regarding logs:

"...the site's administrators didn't keep this data for DisruptJ20.org, but DreamHost did...

DreamHost keeps server logs in order to manage the sites of its 400,000-plus customers and identify issues like Distributed Denial of Service attacks.

"We only retain those logs for a very brief time," Dunst wrote. "The DOJ served us with a preservation notice immediately after the inauguration, which is why we still have access to that data in this case."

For those looking for it, go to Settings > Cellular. Then scroll down and tap the slider for Wi-Fi Assist.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205296

Re:A profound apology on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @09:48PM (#13760528)
Appears to be around $80M per seat. Great graph of how it increase from $20M in 2008 to $80M today after NASA permanently grounded its space shuttles:

http://www.businessinsider.com/space-travel-per-seat-cost-so...

This has been extensively reported in variety of media.

Origin comes from this 2016 coverage [1]:

In a Facebook proxy statement published by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, the company paved the way for Zuckerberg to one day take a "voluntary" leave from his post as CEO and serve "in a government position or office."

Followed by his New Year Resolution [2] and state of affairs in the country, the public started pressing that narrative which Mark replied to [3]

[1] http://fortune.com/2016/04/29/president-zuckerberg-facebook/ [2] http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/8-photos-that-definit... [3] http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38744292

Re:George Lucas Can’t Give a $1.5B Museum Away on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @05:58PM (#13322917)
From the outside it looks like a superb deal, but issues are in the details. Most notably, the Museum is being proposed on PUBLIC land and thus the conflict in meeting the requirements.

As quoted in the article from Presidio Trust board member:

“If it’s your land, you can do pretty much what you want,” Bechtle says. “But with public land, there is just a higher level of scrutiny.”

The trust developed design guidelines for the site. The building could be no higher than 45 feet; as for looks, the trust didn’t want a building that replicated an old-fashioned architectural style...

...in short Lucas proposal didn't meet the guidelines and he didn't want to compromise.

Personally, I think the museum is a fantastic deal and any city would be blessed with the gift -- still hoping SF & Lucas find a mutual agreement (one of which not be exclusive to Lucas items/curation).

Re:Amazon Launchpad for Startups on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @11:37AM (#12399068)
It's not evident what's new, but this initiative was announced a year ago, here's the article: "Amazon Takes On Product Hunt, Shopify With Launchpad, An All-In-One Marketing And Sales Portal" [1]

[1]https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/28/amazon-takes-on-product-hu...

Re:So long Sidecar and thanks on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @02:36PM (#10808567)
Strange they didn't make this announcement on their official blog, going to their site one would think nothing happened.

Saddest part, no one cares. An hour plus since the news and hardly anybody is talking about it on Twitter including any reaction to their tweet. For how much they fought in this transportation movement, they're going out with a whimper.

Re:Ask HN: Are you programming on your holidays? on Monday December 28, 2015 @08:05PM (#10804496)
Selection bias, many enthusiastic "Yes" replies here, but consider those who are offline/vacation aren't here to reply "No".

For your productivity and health, it's important to unplug and enjoy holidays - http://qz.com/485226/this-is-what-365-days-without-a-vacatio...

For those that replied "Yes" wonder if the majority are from the United States, being it's the only "Rich Country" that does not require employers to provide paid vacation time - http://cepr.net/publications/reports/no-vacation-nation-2013

Local elections matter. You can make real impact.

'A quick backstory: More than a year ago, a previous city council approved a plan for the North Bayshore that allowed up to 3.4 million square feet of net-new office space, but no housing. That stirred passions from housing advocates who said approving such massive job growth without adding nearby housing aggravated the Bay Area's commute patterns and encouraged suburban sprawl... Voters agreed, and a pro-housing council majority was voted into office last November' http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/11/06/mountain-...

Re:Privacy Badger – Block spying ads and invisible trackers on Thursday August 06, 2015 @01:08PM (#10017849)
Nice. It works well with other extensions i.e. adblockers - Privacy Badger can significantly increase your privacy online because Adblock does not block invisible trackers by default; via FAQ.

Another fantastic extension from the EFF team with collaboration from The Tor Project, is HTTPS Everywhere, get it here https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

The proof is in the pudding. Overall this is very positive for the ecosystem as a whole, and glad to see them all come together. But I thought a big selling point of a standard means it's written down, currently the spec returns a 404 on github [1] seems like a lot of unknowns on what's actually being proposed.

It’s confusing why the App Container (appc) spec which is written down [2] and has maintainers from RedHat, Twitter, Google, Apcera, CoreOS [3] is not being promoted - what's the new OCP standard offering that isn't in the appc spec?

[1] https://github.com/opencontainers/specs [2] https://github.com/appc/spec [3] http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/05/appc-spec-gains-support

Re:Ask HN: What kind of standing desk do you use? on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @03:30PM (#9688036)
At our office we have Haworth Planes Height Adjustable [1], which I like and many others that visit inquire about them. They are premium but they will last, cost is ~$1,200 [2]

Pro-tip, get the wheels; everything should be on wheels, makes all the difference.

[1] http://www.haworth.com/home/resources/design-tools/image-sea... [2] a reseller has one on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Haworth-Planes-Height-Adjustable-Desk/...

Re:Stripe Dashboard for iPhone on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @01:09PM (#9687109)
As always, product page announcements are gorgeous. But does anyone feel the web dashboard is severely limiting? For example, getting simple graphs like YTD, Last Month, This Quarter... etc currently it's all manual http://cl.ly/image/0y1I0Y1X450D

And ditto on simple KPIs/analytics e.g. % increase of new users this week vs last, ARPU, Q/Q... I know there are 3rd party services that focus solely on this but it just seems like such an easy add; am I missing it somewhere in dashboard or is this really not a priority?

For reference, in the US there have been 470 people killed by the police just this year; that's ~3 people a day. Not debating just/unjust - just facts as compiled by The Guardian [1]

The Economist wrote about this divergent trend between America's police and other nations, including in this potent chart [2]:

"Deaths from Police Shootings" (latest year available) Japan = 0 Britain = 0 Germany = 8 America = 458

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/0...

[2] http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21636044-america...

This story is getting out of hands for Volvo and I think it'll make them reevaluate, that having a surcharge for pedestrian detection is detrimental to their brand known for Safety.

But for context, headline is a little misleading as this is not a self-driving situation, rather an individual accelerating to test a collision avoidance feature i.e. "pedestrian detection and auto-braking" Unfortunately, that feature costs extra.

And again, don't be stupid and try this out in real-life even if you have such features enabled. With more 'auto-pilots' and 'AI-self-driving' vehicles coming in the future, I think we'll see more demo stunts like this, with very unhappy stories emerging from them.

Random - dutch tank brake test on recruits, works out ok, this time https://i.imgur.com/sPJPcIc.gif

Excellent project. But note it's still "arriving-mid-May"

Previous HN discussion from their launch ~6months ago, are here: * Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8624160 * Let's Encrypt: How It Works https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8640756

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