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It looks nice, and I’ve used similar solutions in the past. The problems are; when you update your server’s local library to a new version of iTunes or the operating system gets updated, the web app breaks. Webserver goes down, breaks. Sneeze, breaks. 2 years from now, project unsupported, breaks.

Music is one of those things that you just want to work 100%, all the time. For this reason I don’t have any Wi-Fi speakers. Everything is hardwired, except the remote.

For the last 10 years I’ve been using apple remote on top of iTunes. This allows me to create persistent connections between my iPhone iPad to my Remote iTunes sever which is an old MBA in a closet. It has a battery backup for power outages, I can play any music in the 16,000 song library, buy and download new music from my iPhone and instantly be able to play it on the server and the interface looks nice. This system has been more robust than some of my client’s AV systems designed by a pro audio team with whole-home solution costing $$$$$. Let’s just hope Apple continues to support Remote.

> All of the slippery slope arguments have already been possible for nearly a decade now with the cloud.

That doesn't make it ok. The fact that you and my mom have normalized bad behavior doesn't make it any less offensive to my civil liberties.

> Am I the only one who finds no issue with this?

If you only think about the first order effects. This is great, we catch a bunch of kid sex pedos. The second order effects are much more dire. "slippery slope" sure... but false arrests, lives ruined based on mere investigations revealing nothing, expanding the role of government peering in to our personal lives, resulting suicides, corporations launching these programs - then defending them - then expanding them due to government pressure is *guaranteed*, additional PR and propaganda from corporations and government for further invasion in our personal lives due to the marketed/claimed success of these programs. The FBI has been putting massive pressure on Apple for years, due to the dominance and security measures of iOS.

Say what you want about the death penalty, but many many innocent people have dead in a truly horrific way, with some actually being tortured while being executed. That is a perfect example of second order effects on something most of us without any further information (ending murderous villains is a good thing) would agree on. So many Death Row inmates have been exonerated and vindicated.

edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_i...

I travel the northeast (Acela corridor) by car and I can attest this map for voice coverage is not accurate to what you are actually capable of using.

Ironically, there is an area marked with coverage from all major providers that locally is of great contention because there is no cell service even for EMT, and ATT wants to put an antenna on the mountain over looking an untouched lake.

The locals would be quite happy to see there is no need for a giant ugly antenna to toxify their natural odyssey as they (according to the map) already have great coverage...

Fun story... VX nerve agent was discovered and originally introduced as a pesticide. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_(nerve_agent)

That's simply not true. If he were in jail for downloading child porn there would need to be proof. There is none. He's in jail for contempt of court, not child porn.

This is no longer true. The paywall now applies to google search links.

Speed quality cost. Pick two.

These photographs aren't very good. Yes, hundreds or thousands of photos per day is a lot. The difference between a good picture and a really good picture might be hours more setup and post processing.

This is stereotypical Chinese manufacturing tactics being applied to modeling. Cut workers rights, cut quality, setup, safety, compensation, and time to market.

In shear numbers it's impressive but when I see how they doing it, it's a face palm moment

I think Netflix probably did it because people are inherently bad at being objective. For the average person, 2 stars for a movie and 4 for another isn't based on anything measurable, even they couldn't explain. I'm shocked at some of the amazon product reviews, most of which are 5 star reviews even if the product is absolutely terrible. Movies are different than products, but it's the same people doing the reviewing. Remember, the average user is not a thinking analytical HN user. Average people are much better at bool choices.

Whether the buttons do anything, I have no idea

The bro who hits on, and strikes out, fist bumps is ok in my book, it was an honest appeal to date. It went down like the Hindenburg. He tried to move on. She's holding on to it, though it seems innocent. The rest of this is terrible. I can't believe... I believe all of this is. I know all of these people. These are 'dudes' you and I know, neighbors, co-workers, roommates.... family members. Is the solution just "hey bro, STFU!"?

I hate to cheap out and just send you to a history podcast, but it really is a great collection of remarks on the history of policing in the US.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/serve-protect-a-history-...

It's well worth a listen, the entire series is great as well

I absolutely agree with everything you said with one exception.

> "Protect and Serve"

Everyone thinks that the police's job is their motto. It was some strategic messaging, but they came up with that. Police weren't created to protect and serve. Going back to the foundations of the country's policing strategy, police exist to maintain order. That's why they arrest protesters, shoot unarmed guys who are noncompliant, arrest people for selling cigarette singles. That subtle shift in how we perseve their job explains vertically all of their behavior as of late.

The possibility of preemptive nuclear strike is still looms. There is also the possibility that the person with their finger on the metaphorical button is not all there, and maybe shouldn't have that power. There is a movement to remove the ability for the president to call preemptive strikes. There is also a movement to remove ICBMs from the Triad. If enemies launch toward the US, an ICBM counter attack launch only allows a 6 minute window. (Assuming they targeted our ICBMs.) A side note: Military doesn't man the ICBMs. They are controlled by civilians. This is by design because the past administrations didn't trust the military to control ICBMs. The fear that they would use them without hesitation was too great.

Nuclear attack subs would pick up the slack and don't require the 6 minute response window. This would greatly reduce the currently great risk of thermonuclear war we live under.

There is no propaganda like his propaganda. We won't know until the three government investigations are complete

You can delete accounts, but the function is hidden and you have to search the help section to find it

https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account

I hate to be to buzzkill but more than the computer systems is the food supply... climate change is going to reek havoc on our "retirement" we will likely die young starving and thirsty

"He asked a colleague to break wind directly onto two Petri dishes" ... "first fully clothed, then with his trousers down."

"Our final conclusion? Don't fart naked near food."

It may not seem significant but someday everyone will consider these findings obvious. That's because of this brave study.

The article attacks the idea that genius is normal, and it maybe suggests that it would be hard to be normal and genius.

Taking the title at face value, Your not a genius if you think you are. I will say that dealing with people who don't have basic math, science, logic, physics, chemistry and philosophy understanding it's pretty easy to convince yourself that your both genius and crazy.

Over all the uniting factor seems to be having an outsiders view of the world. Creativity, or mental illness will both give you a unique view of the world. Otherwise, the writing composition is beyond me

> both cases are funded by budget deficits that increase the money supply

The potential for your example was high, but your explanation fell flat. There is a connection between Medicare and pharma, but it's not that they both 'increase money supply'.

Big pharma lobbied government when writing drug pricing laws for mediacare. So retail drug prices are standard and non-negotiable. The result is the largest drug purchaser in the world must pay full price and can't get a lower price for bulk.

To insinuate that the average user is using uncompressed audio is being obtuse. The social context for the measurement by song came from iPod like devices based on the average 1MB per minute of audio MP3/MP4.

Raw is 10MB Loseless compressed is 5

Everyone using "songs" as a metric is talking about 1MB per minute MP3.

Ok I will try it again. I have to say when I used it during the trial, I liked it a lot. Love the inverse theme and the customization that is allowed. My only bad experience was, I ran the OS update that killed their app. It stopped updating with their server, then a week later started taunting me to pay money. It's not their fault the app stopped working. It was just bad timing that left a bitter taste in my mouth. I really do like the app and looking forward to reinstalling and configuring right now.

Referring to human skin in the plural makes it sound ultra creepy...