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by brlewis 8y ago
Don't ignore the time required to parse and execute JS. You don't get as much benefit from cached scripts as you do from other cached resources.
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by brlewis 8y ago
I think you meant your reply to go to the homeopathy comment. Unless you have specific research into the effectiveness of bear-repellent rocks.
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by brlewis 8y ago
It may also be that you're rotating by 0x8000 and this code is not. It's creating a mapping that's restricted to non-control, non-surrogate, non-whitespace characters and rotating by half the size of that mapping. https:&#x2
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by brlewis 8y ago
I use this strategy, but still find the sit/stand desk useful. Certain types of work are best done in a standing position with my "Rhythm Energy" playlist playing through headphones.
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by brlewis 8y ago
Your employer wins because you're spending less time worrying about bears. My employer wins because I spend less time thinking about whether I would benefit from a sit/stand desk...at the very least. I suspect I get a real product
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by brlewis 8y ago
I'm happy to share my personal opinions on a lot of topics. This one I don't know about and don't have any more insight than you. Your question kind of touches on future product direction, and in that area I'll keep quie
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by brlewis 8y ago
I'll spell this out since downvotes seem to indicate some people do not get it. "You may also authorize us to share your information with others" is not an unexpected reason for information to be shared. For example, if you i
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by brlewis 8y ago
I think you're making assumptions about the kind of information that's shared. The kind of example to think of is when you buy from Fitbit and your information gets sent to a payment processor. Here's the whole paragraph: We
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by brlewis 8y ago
I was talking about customer service and the other examples listed in the policy.
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A contractor is a third party.
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by brlewis 8y ago
Does Apple do the same with their fitness data on the watch? You're free to speculate on the worst possible implications of their privacy policy too. Here's an excerpt from https://www.apple.com/legal/privac
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by brlewis 8y ago
Who? Anyone who knows that companies contract work out. At very few companies is every single function performed by employees.
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by brlewis 8y ago
https://www.fitbit.com/legal/privacy-policy#how-info-is-shar...
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by brlewis 8y ago
Please stay on topic. The claim I said was false was "shares your information with 3rd parties for unexpected reasons ".
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by brlewis 8y ago
The unfairness is to raise such a minor issue compared to the issues this holiday gift list is intended to address.
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by brlewis 8y ago
I think you're being unfair. "This add-on was installed and set to ‘OFF’ and made no changes in the user experience unless it was explicitly turned on by a user, but it was added. Even when turned on no user data was collected or
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by brlewis 8y ago
Do you trust the xbox one to keep its microphone always off? I own one but do find it a little creepy. I keep the kinect turned around away from the room, and have the setting to make it turn fully off. This means annoying waits sometimes w
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by brlewis 8y ago
Disclaimer: I work for Fitbit but speak only for myself. The guide says of Fitbit Versa, "Shares your information with 3rd parties for unexpected reasons: yes". This is false. The rating may just be by vote, but there's no ex
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by brlewis 8y ago
If the data shared included a detailed brain scan, then yes I'd say the hospital was lying about "anonymized form", same as if it included a retinal scan or fingerprint.
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by brlewis 8y ago
Do you have an example where this happened with a hospital in the past 10 years? The only example anyone's given in this thread so far is from an insurance commission in the mid 1990s.
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by brlewis 8y ago
That's a terrible example to illustrate it's "very hard" to really anonymize data. Date of birth is an obvious deanonymizer. Zip code should never be included in publicly released data; it's too granular when combin
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by brlewis 8y ago
Do you think the hospital is lying about "anonymized form"?
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by brlewis 8y ago
You're assuming offenders anticipate the bad things they do drunk and thus can be deterred.
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by brlewis 8y ago
What you're saying and what I said are consistent, not backwards. "If most offenses are first offenses" satisfies the predicate "Unless [% of first offenses] is a really low number" The consequent "firing after
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by brlewis 8y ago
What % of incidents were first offenses? Unless it's a really low number, firing after first offense won't reduce the total number of incidents enough.
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by brlewis 8y ago
The shortened duration times at the traffic lights generate $32 million for Suffolk County, which is why the county allows the practice to continue despite their own study showing they lead to an increase in accidents with injuries. This
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by brlewis 8y ago
It's the lack of automatic opening/closing hardware and consequent safety issue of passengers potentially trying to enter or exit a moving train. Also, for most doors some stops will have raised platforms and some won't. Pass
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by brlewis 8y ago
My suburb already has several newly constructed apartment buildings near the commuter rail and more on the way. This, plus a new MBTA parking garage make me think improving the train infrastructure is the big "if" now.
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by brlewis 8y ago
> most time spend getting on/off is waiting in line for everyone in front of you to go through whichever few doors are open I've ridden the commuter rail for 13 years. I can't believe "exactly nobody" has noticed
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by brlewis 8y ago
This part's exciting for me: "Early this year, TransitMatters’ leaders released their most ambitious proposal yet: a “regional rail” plan to speed up and electrify the MBTA’s sprawling, aging commuter rail system, which covers mos

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