gabriel_fishman

5 ms·

1.
by gabriel_fishman 4y ago
I tried asking for a song in the style of John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats (maybe my favorite songwriter) and oof were the results bad. Just one cliche after another ("with the fire in my soul and the wind at my back"), no rea
2.
by gabriel_fishman 4y ago
It's about 110 miles between DC and Wilmington DE. Biden was a Senator for 36 years. the Senate is in session an average of 164 days a year (this is 2001-2021, which only overlaps with Biden's tenure for 5 years).[1] 110 * 2 * 164
3.
Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.(nytimes.com)
3 points by gabriel_fishman 5y ago|2 comments
4.
by gabriel_fishman 5y ago
I went to talks by Walter Bender, Nicholas Negroponte, and others involved with OLPC at the time. At the same time I was working part-time teaching technology afterschool in the Boston Public Schools. It was pretty clear that the constructi
5.
by gabriel_fishman 5y ago
What exactly is there to sue over? Let's say the NFT is an image. Let's say that someone displays that image without your permission. Nothing in the NFT itself gives you copyright over the image (although there are some NFTs that
6.
by gabriel_fishman 5y ago
In 2020 I was working for a consumer electronics company and went to some presentations on how our supply chain and operations teams were dealing with the pandemic. I'm far from an expert on this, but this is what I heard from people w
7.
by gabriel_fishman 5y ago
Is there a serial number printed on the device? Presumably Apple has a database that ties the serial number to an iCloud account and if the police had physical access to the device they could subpoena that data.
8.
Show HN: Bee Genius, a multiplayer word game inspired by the NYT Spelling Bee
2 points by gabriel_fishman 5y ago|0 comments
9.
A new MasterCard design is meant to make life easier for visually impaired users(npr.org)
2 points by gabriel_fishman 5y ago|0 comments
10.
by gabriel_fishman 5y ago
On a much smaller scale, I once worked for a wireless ISP. We had a customer who called in late September saying her service had been out for a few weeks. I went to her house and discovered that she was in a wheelchair and couldn't rea
11.
by gabriel_fishman 5y ago
Keep in mind the following scenario: A user with a disability books an Uber. They are unable to get to the Uber within the allotted time. The driver leaves. The customer then books another Uber, and this time successfully makes the trip. Th
12.
by gabriel_fishman 5y ago
My girlfriend has a visual impairment. When it's dark outside, it can take awhile for her to locate the Uber and get to it. A number of times she's been unable to locate the Uber and the driver has just left. I'll have to loo
13.
Amazon is (by far) the largest single source of capital investment(twitter.com)
1 points by gabriel_fishman 5y ago|0 comments