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Re:Hijack of Amazon’s domain service used to reroute web traffic for t...
on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @02:13AM (#16918965)
Also, you can save the MEW webpage locally and use it.
Re:Ask HN: Who else hates iTunes?
on Monday April 23, 2018 @12:02PM (#16904590)
It seems like Apple has been doing away with the iTunes dependency, albeit slowly. You have been able to update without iTunes for a couple of years and more recently the awful Apps syncing was removed too.
Also, introduction of iCloud sync for files and backup vs. iTunes local sync.
Re:Former Uber Backup Driver: 'We Saw This Coming'
on Sunday April 01, 2018 @09:36PM (#16731636)
In Japanese rail, conductors and drivers periodically point with their hand [1][2] to indicate awareness of the task. Reading the article, perhaps these distracted test drivers could use a similar approach.
Re:Startups not status: Japan's top grads rethink success
on Saturday March 31, 2018 @02:32AM (#16722067)
the ~4 years of undergrad in college here are actually really really lax
Is this because undergrad does not prepare you for a career and the bulk of the "useful" learning happens later on the job?
Re:Facebook is America’s scapegoat du jour
on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:19AM (#16658403)
So the use of Facebook data was lauded as genius and now isn't. [1] Now you got me curious if the media would be saying all the same things if Cambridge helped the other candidate get elected.
[1] http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/379245-whats-genius-fo...
Re:The great Pacific garbage patch is largely abandoned fishing gear
on Friday March 23, 2018 @07:12AM (#16656814)
But you're right. Gifts aside, we can at least reduce the packaging. Recently I had a chance to spend some time in Japan and the overuse of plastic bags and packaging was startling. (I expected a modern island nation to be more environmentally efficient.)
Sources suggest this is "customer first" culture-driven:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13266062/ns/world_news-world_envir... (2013)
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-plastic-bags-in-Japan-so-overu...
Re:Facebook’s Surveillance Machine
on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:38AM (#16626843)
Am I understanding correctly is that the primary blame on Facebook is in enabling apps (via API) to collect data?
This stuff has unfortunately existed for years, no different from an Android "beautiful waterfall wallpapers" app that also happens to ask for permission to access your contacts/messages. People consent to their data being public (sometimes in second-degree through their friends), data gets collected. And what about all those helpful Chrome extensions that want access to all of your browsing tabs?
I never authorize third-party apps on my accounts (or even install non-local Chrome extensions), but I'm likely in the minority.
Re:Facebook’s Surveillance Machine
on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:31AM (#16626809)
If the task is "taking datasets and making them more searchable," it seems like that company gets the heat simply for making the task easier. Excel, SQL databases (or, heck, huge CSV files) don't get as much attention even though they could be used for the same purpose, even if very awkwardly.
Re:Enduring file references in macOS
on Monday March 12, 2018 @03:45AM (#16566705)
So long as we remain wedded to directory paths as a means of referencing files and folders, much of our storage will contain duplicated content.
As a counterpoint, there are many situations where duplicating content may be preferred. If I'm pasting something into a document, I want it to remain immutable there without the risk of an external change (by me) altering the document that I assume to remain static.
Re:Statement on Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms for Trading Digi...
on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @12:41PM (#16538119)
May be more likely due to the Binance "hack." http://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-p...
Edited for clarity.
Cleaning products are as damaging to women's lungs as 20 cigarettes per day
Re:Coinbase Multiple Charges
on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:20PM (#16387732)
There is a difference from risking a few hundred dollars you can maybe afford to lose, and the remainder (unspent) of your bank account being overdrawn.
Re:Coinbase Multiple Charges
on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:45PM (#16386908)
One of those situations where software bugs may (temporarily) ruin people's lives.
Many threads on this topic from people who had a relatively small amount to their name in their bank accounts, it was linked to Coinbase, and they now can't pay living expenses:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xot6y/freaking_o...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xspus/what_happe...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xs2zr/i_have_bee...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xsyf4/17x_charge...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xrq4k/welp_offic...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xq3xc/you_draine...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xrf02/3x_5x_how_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/7xrfhs/double_cha...
Many more on that subreddit... and that's just from people who use Reddit.
Re:Facebook lost around 2.8M U.S. users under 25 last year
on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:25PM (#16361230)
What did for me was the influx of the "you won't believe what happens next, this video will make you cry" shares, and then political diatribes (you may call it virtue signaling) by well-meaning friends. Unfriended many people to cull my list to around 100 and FB has been more palatable since.
Re:Sandboxed Mac apps can record screen any time without you knowing
on Sunday February 11, 2018 @11:14AM (#16353251)
Mac App Store is a fascinating topic! It seems to be a product nearly abandoned by Apple (not much improvement in years since the first release, unless you count sandboxing as one.) User experience is poor (takes seconds to load pages, also the HTML-based buttons need to be clicked multiple times and/or downloads get stuck). Abandonware/copies of copies of copies of "free PDF Reader"-type software from developers who re-publish 300+ apps of questionable quality abound.
Re:Sandboxed Mac apps can record screen any time without you knowing
on Sunday February 11, 2018 @06:20AM (#16352222)
So, they are more work for developers, but are technically superior for users (native UI, performance, battery life, etc.)
Re:U.S. Regulators to Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether
on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:20PM (#16268646)
I'm just not sure why Bloomberg would choose to omit the date until being pestered online. Doesn't this change things quite a bit? If there was a true smoking gun, they would be shut down then and there already instead of continuing to operate/grow, such as issuing more tethers in the past month.
Re:U.S. Regulators to Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfinex, Tether
on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @02:55PM (#16268414)
This should be much more visible. The market is panic selling on effectively old news.
Re:TomTom ditches map updates for some sat-navs
on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:29AM (#16258411)
Why do people (outside of special applications perhaps... planes? military?) still use these devices?
Had one in a rental car recently, after battling with it for a bit reverted to trusty iOS Google Maps.
Re:After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea
on Sunday January 28, 2018 @01:59PM (#16252749)
Friend in the US had a benign type of surgery. The procedure carries minimal pain after the first 24 hours other than maybe aching (and my friend really had a pretty boring recovery). She was still given a bottle of probably 20+ pills of Oxycodone that fortunately went unused (later disposed.)
While my friend was responsible in her recovery, I wonder how many people medicate themselves just because.
Re:Compared to paper towel, Dyson hand dryers blow 1300x as many viral...
on Saturday January 27, 2018 @07:47AM (#16246011)
Have you ever tried their variation with the hand-dryer built into the sink faucet?
My experience: whatever fluids that were in the sink (soap scum/mine or other people's dirty water) flying into my face after being hit with Dyson-powered wind, me immediately jumping a foot back. Made me wonder how did they ever test this product before release.
This contraption: https://www.dyson.com/hand-dryers/dyson-airblade-tap-overvie...
Compared to paper towel, Dyson hand dryers blow 1300x as many viral germs (2016)
How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
Re:In Japan, there's an industry devoted to cleaning up after people w...
on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:07PM (#16234118)
Recommend also reading this beautiful and very sad NYT article from a couple of months ago.
"A Generation in Japan Faces a Lonely Death"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/asia/japan-lonely-d...
Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15822064
Re:In Japan, there's an industry devoted to cleaning up after people w...
on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:04PM (#16234091)
From first-hand experience, Japanese apartments can be very tiny and pack a lot in a small space. Something like ~20 m^2 / 250 ft^2 range.
E.g. see photos here: https://apartments.gaijinpot.com/en/rent/view/216237 (about $1,100 USD/mo)
Re:It’s About Time for Time Series Databases
on Thursday January 25, 2018 @10:56AM (#16231697)
Guessing they meant to write "... for time series aggregation"
Re:Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to ...
on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:09PM (#16153465)
Or even the five dollar wrench attack.
Re:Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to ...
on Monday January 15, 2018 @03:37PM (#16153217)
Just people are very cautious online with signaling that they have any crypto.
Re:Kraken is down
on Thursday January 11, 2018 @04:10PM (#16127892)
Kraken CEO promised major improvements in Dec (https://np.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/7eboh7/sugge...). What came of it?