jonahhorowitz

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by jonahhorowitz 5y ago
Why would you say that and not: the cops in San Francisco have an agenda, and that agenda is getting rid of Chesa. They have this agenda because he charged a few of them with crimes. The cops are going around blaming Chesa for every problem
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by jonahhorowitz 5y ago
The biggest problem is that the Cops 1) hate the DA because he's charging them with crimes, and 2) have a terrible clearance rate, which predates the current DA. They're hoping to drum up the narrative that this is his fault and r
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by jonahhorowitz 5y ago
It's amazing what happens when the cops are in open revolt against a DA that is finally holding them accountable.
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by jonahhorowitz 5y ago
The laundromat saga happened largely because the owner of the laundromat was a jerk. You may think politics shouldn't work like that, that they rules should be based on the law and not who you are, but in San Francisco, that isn't
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by jonahhorowitz 5y ago
Hilariously, it was done because the tech companies, particularly Twitter, which had small gross receipts and high payroll, pushed for it.[0] Later, Square, founded by the same person as Twitter got pretty badly screwed by this very same ta
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
What you're describing is Netflix.
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
Ideally there would be a "tax dashboard" on the IRS site where you could log in and see your (YTD): - Income reported - Taxes paid - Tax credits and deductions - Expected balance (+/-) Then at the end of the year, you'd
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
This is maybe a nit-pick, but https prevents tracking of URLs - they can still see what hosts you're connecting to, but they don't get the full URL string.
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
CCPA isn't as strong as GDPR[0]. Also, not sure if you're referring to Prop 24, but it's terrible[1] for various reasons, including that it can't be updated by the legislature. [0] - https://iapp.org/medi
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
I don't think the cities have a lot of leverage in this scenario.
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
This could be read as: "Dropbox shifts the cost of office space onto it's employees."
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
I bought this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HDMI-to-USB-2-0-Video-Capture-Card-... Works great. Haven't had any framerate issues when paired with a Panasonic GH3.
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
I have a mirrorless laying around, so I only had to buy a cable and a $12 HDMI to USB capture card off of ebay. The image quality is fantastic. My colleagues frequently comment on how clear my video quality is. If you have a mirrorless that
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
I think since ADN syndicated it off of the Washington Post, this is the better link? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/turning-point-teens-...
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
I love when people use acronyms without explaining what they stand for. > The hypothesis underlying the new model, called STAMP (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model andProcesses) is that system theory is a useful way to analyze accidents, p
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
> How about showing me a sound final (100k yr) storage for nuclear waste, built and ready, before you operate any more nuclear reactors? This isn't a complete solution, but reprocessing the nuclear fuel gives you a significantly sma
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
There was no choice to "wait". AB5 was passed to fix the law because of a court decision [0]. Had they (the CA Legislature) not passed AB5, the court finding in Dynamex would be just as bad for Uber. The court doesn't have an
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
The requirements for contractors are (known as the ABC test)[0][1]: 1) Part A of the test requires that the worker is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the co
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
Most of them end up in dry desert areas in the southwest United States: https://www.airplaneboneyards.com/airplane-boneyards-list-an...
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
I'm sad to see the Queen of the skies go. I do hope that I'll catch a ride on a 747-8 before those get retired too.
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
> The center also said U.S. car sales will drop by up to 1.3 million units annually due to the Trump administration's trade policy This is incredibly good news, if true. We need to reduce the number of cars in the US if we are going
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
The guidance given to managers at Netflix is to calibrate each employee's compensation to "what they (the manager) thinks they could make if they went elsewhere." It's an extremely time-consuming exercise that every mana
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
Goodbye Amazon!
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
Sorry I didn't see this until just now, but the bread didn't rise at all. Just a cold lump. The second loaf came out great though.
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by jonahhorowitz 6y ago
There's a lot of negative comments here, so let me add my positive experience. I love my GoPro. I started with a "Hero3+" and have upgraded twice. I now have a Hero7 that I use a few times a week. I took five different GoPros
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by jonahhorowitz 7y ago
This is super interesting. I tried my first bake yesterday, and it... did not go well. Second try is currently forming. Fingers crossed.
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by jonahhorowitz 7y ago
USENIX SRECon has been a great conference for a few years. They've postponed it right now, but I expect it will still happen.
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by jonahhorowitz 7y ago
I've been going to large conferences since I started my career 20 years ago. When I was a junior engineer I found the sessions very informative, but as I developed more experience, I always got the most value hanging out in the hallway
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by jonahhorowitz 7y ago
You can filter very small particles out of the air with the right kind of filter[0], and you can sterilize the air by hitting it with UV light. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEPA [1] - https://en.wikip

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