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by bkor 8y ago
> People are downvoting you because they don’t understand that downvote is not for disagreement For one, downvoting for disagreement is fine, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 Secondly, guidelines state tha
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by bkor 8y ago
> uninformed comments talking exclusively about how the music in the video makes the commenter feel If someone is talking exclusively about themselves, why is this considered uninformed?!?
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by bkor 8y ago
> If you're on a 45mph road and someone puts themselves in your path 10 feet ahead This is why roads should be designed not to cause such a situation. If you have a pedestrian path really close to a 45mph road the design is bad. I&#
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by bkor 8y ago
The impression I get from statement made here it actually seems to be hugely different. Too much of "should watch out", etc. It's more of a "in case cannot be proven, car is in the wrong". In practice, good luck pro
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by bkor 8y ago
What's the benefit of allowing lootboxes? They're invented by business as a new way of attracting gamblers. Why shouldn't this be regulated or banned? Why is the burden on the general public to try and not be susceptible to g
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by bkor 8y ago
> As for the self righteousness of "only peds belong on sidewalks", It should be pretty clear that both car lanes and pedestrian paths are both unsafe for scooters. Add a bike path, just like e.g. The Netherlands, Denmark, etc.
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by bkor 8y ago
There are a few exceptions to it. However, that's exactly how it works in The Netherlands. Biker needs to watch out for a pedestrian. Car for bikes and pedestrians, etc. If a car could've avoided the accident no matter if a cyclis
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by bkor 8y ago
Due to the GDPR Facebook added all kinds of new controls. I looked through them today. Stuff Facebook has tracked, despite not using their app on my phone (preloaded but completely disabled) and using their website only with uBlock Origin):
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by bkor 9y ago
> Account renaming, which we'll have soon, would be a more elegant solution, but it's not ready yet. That's awesome! Years ago the suggested solution was to create a new account, which I didn't want to do. I'm qu
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by bkor 9y ago
> Let these positions continue to function as gap-filling opportunities for the young and those who need massive flexibility or want side-hustles. It seems pretty clear that instead of letting people be underpaid (which affects the econo
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by bkor 9y ago
A Dutch journalist drove for Uber for various months. They advertise that drivers can make loads of money. After expenses, the journalist barely made more than minimum wage. He also found that drivers often handed out business cards to enco
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by bkor 9y ago
> I have a European card (chip & PIN, PIN preference), and at restaurants in the US I've always signed and never had to go to the terminal in some backroom. I had that a few times in Asia (think Vietnam). I quite appreciate the
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by bkor 9y ago
> I don't understand why my rating keep dropping and dropping I'm guessing that people (drivers) rate similarly to what the score is currently. If it's between a 4 and a 5, that's what you'll get.
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by bkor 9y ago
> Source: own and operate 50 3D printers Someone questioning your use for operating 50 printers reminded me about a recent raid on a Dutch drugs crime organization. They used 3D printers to custom print fake Nintendo game cases, ink cart
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by bkor 9y ago
> he actually WAS an bad actor in the past, so it's still hard to trust somebody If you don't forgive/forget, there is no incentive for the person to behave differently. E.g. if someone once was involved with the police an
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by bkor 9y ago
From what I understood elsewhere, the numbers in that article are about different measures (apples vs oranges comparison). Article states: > 5,600 miles before the driver had to take control from the computer to steer out of trouble Appa
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by bkor 9y ago
Train drivers are expected do just that. Driving a train has way less interaction than a car. They managed to setup a system (at least in Netherlands) where they do pay attention. Specifically hiring people based on personality/skill,
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by bkor 9y ago
Apparently every self driving company does that. So e.g. Waymo also disables such safety systems.
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by bkor 9y ago
1) On average the Uber car had to be intervened every 20 km or so. That's every 20-30min. If it happens that often, the additional driver would have to be doing something regularly during the day. Not looking so often at the road is da
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by bkor 9y ago
Aside from that, the LIDAR did see the person. The system just didn't respond at all.
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by bkor 9y ago
> It's a bit of a dilemma, isn't it. I like free software. It doesn't have to be free as in price. Various small free software developers are supported by its users, e.g. Liberapay / Patreon / Tipeee. Various thi
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by bkor 9y ago
> Last time I checked, Photoshop and most of adobe's products barely function on a 4k device, yet Gimp works nicely. That's a surprise and nice to hear! I thought the support wasn't too great and it requires GTK+3.x or new
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by bkor 9y ago
A colleague (not direct colleague) was fined because he, while executing his normal responsibilities, accidentally broke a German custom rule. He's not German, nor located in Germany. German custom fined him at his private residence. H
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by bkor 9y ago
> As a US citizen, it's not clear to me why this is wrong or bad, only that people "don't like it." Hacker News had various articles explaining that the EU soon will have something called the GDPR ( https://
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by bkor 9y ago
> Stop commenting about this until after you've done a bit of research. In US most states have to make up to ensure people are paid at least minimum wage. Even if that's not the case, it's the governments responsibility (i
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by bkor 9y ago
> I'm guessing you're not american? Their attitudes towards tips are different than, for example, those in continental Europe. It's not attitude, they do underpay certain people. But at the same time various US pizza place
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by bkor 9y ago
> Why would any company want to encourage any employee to come to work sick and maybe contagious? I noticed such policies at some companies which had a very high sick leave percentage. Sometimes it's difficult to determine if someon
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by bkor 9y ago
For Pulseaudio please file bugreports. Could be that it's transcoding things (44.1kHz to 48kHz conversion, etc). I have a pretty slow CPU (NUC5PPYH) and Pulseaudio has been working fine for loads of years.
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by bkor 9y ago
Because 1) your analogy is off. People forget, a machine does not 2) GDPR is about privacy; tracking people's behaviour, linking things together without explicit consent is not allowed according to GDPR.
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by bkor 9y ago
> What matters most about laws is what they actually say. Intent, as has been demonstrated countless times, is secondary. That's different per legal system. In some the text is more relevant. In various others the intend behind the

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