larkeith

36 ms·

331.
by larkeith 8y ago
Honestly, this makes me lose any respect I might have had for them - while the lawsuit seems odd, resorting to ad hominem attacks is extremely unprofessional, and especially so in a PR statement. Civility and basic courtesy is not copyright
332.
by larkeith 8y ago
> A spokeswoman for the Mayo Clinic said hospital officials would be willing to answer CNN's questions if Alyssa signed a privacy release form giving them permission to discuss her case publicly with CNN. The spokeswoman, Ginger Plu
333.
by larkeith 8y ago
I was unaware of this design for the ethics councils. In that case, I agree that this would go a long way towards alleviating the problem - even if it's not completely unbiased, even a few unaffiliated members can be a major moderating
334.
by larkeith 8y ago
> What prevented Alyssa from getting up her bed and walk out? She needed to be pushed out in a wheelchair. She was presumably only provided access to one due to the pretext of "Grandma Betty" who (it was claimed) could not acce
335.
by larkeith 8y ago
While I agree this type of situation is likely most often due to miscommunication, that doesn't preclude certain instances from being malicious in intent (possibly including this one - we really don't have enough information to at
336.
by larkeith 8y ago
What?
337.
by larkeith 8y ago
This really isn't how they should be regulated, though - while I have yet to form an opinion on electric scooters, their impact should be evaluated and specific legislation enacted for them, rather than banning them wholesale with no c
338.
by larkeith 8y ago
> Mozilla is also a lot more open You could just end the sentence there. Google is notoriously opaque, whereas openness (is that a word?) is one of Mozilla's core values [1]. [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ab
339.
by larkeith 8y ago
Mozilla has nowhere near the scale of Google. Google could, if they wanted, functionally kill a website or business by blocking their site, removing them from maps, disabling their Gmail addresses, and kicking them off Google Docs, and even
340.
by larkeith 8y ago
It's somewhat absurd how insecure car computer systems are. It may not be hugely problematic currently (though as the article illustrates, it's not completely innocuous), but I wonder if manufacturers will improve this before self
341.
by larkeith 8y ago
Heck, in most of the US just driving a manual will stop 95% of thieves.
342.
by larkeith 8y ago
If their "universal library" functions well, it seems like you might be jut about their ideal target audience - if they can significantly reduce the hassle of managing launchers, it could be quite convenient.
343.
by larkeith 8y ago
Personally, I dislike AMP with a vengeance - I refuse to click any AMP search result or link - so I'm glad to see people quantitatively assessing the benefits for their site (or lack thereof) and moving away from it. Now if only we cou
344.
by larkeith 8y ago
Luckily, there's an error code for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire
345.
by larkeith 8y ago
It wouldn't surprise me - I'll often do the same with Python on non-Windows systems rather than bothering with the native calculator; I'm not even sure if Linux has one (or if it's the same across distros), and Python is
346.
by larkeith 8y ago
It's somewhat problematic when Google starts to become an arbitrator of real-world boundaries, as there is functionally no oversight or recourse for those affected. Google was not appointed by the residents, is not incentivized to avoi
347.
by larkeith 8y ago
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17652131 (two days ago).
348.
by larkeith 8y ago
...is there something I'm missing? While I'm not sure I agree with parent's conclusion, they bring up valid topics for discussion and seem to be contributing value to the conversation. Is parent poster known for creating new
349.
by larkeith 8y ago
> Only chaos if you run Windows Or develop for Windows, or have a client who uses Windows, or neer to access any of the documentation on MSDN, or...
350.
by larkeith 8y ago
Personally, I cannot fathom finding it preferable, or even acceptable, for Amazon to attempt to displace my local library; Much like bookstores, there's an essential soul to them any corporate invader like Amazon lacks utterly. I have
351.
by larkeith 8y ago
I would imagine part of it is that our voices change gradually . Even in extreme cases, like when we go hoarse or get sick, there's an essential progression to link our new voice to the old, and there's an identifiable common thr
352.
by larkeith 8y ago
Oh, absolutely - solar sails in general only really work for things like satellites and probes (and, possibly, asteroids) where you can afford to give them quite a while to get into place, so no manned solar boats here. Although you can do
353.
by larkeith 8y ago
I wonder if, once both technologies are more advanced, a network of solar sail "tugboat" drones could be used to transfer launches to other inclinations and orbits after orbital insertion - with the exception of normal wear and te
354.
by larkeith 8y ago
Unfortunately, ships that disable their transponder pose risks not only to themselves, but also others - especially smaller vessels, which may not have transponders of their own. However, I agree that this data is valuable and should probab
355.
by larkeith 8y ago
> The group behind this work tracked fishing craft worldwide using global, publicly available data from systems vessels employ to communicate their locations with one another. Whereas the data has its limitations—it only tracks craft of
356.
by larkeith 8y ago
Regarding point two, I can't really see any argument that an encounter with a police officer is not more likely to go south if the officer is under the misapprehension that one is a potentially dangerous criminal; Police shootings are
357.
by larkeith 8y ago
They provided a table: http://www.pnas.org/highwire/markup/814728/expansion
358.
by larkeith 8y ago
I would suspect that there's also some amount of refuse biomass from terrestrial sources that helps supply marine consumers, though it may be trivial in the grand scheme of things. I wonder how much biomass relies on sewage dumping as
359.
by larkeith 8y ago
Discussion (16 hrs ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17610516
360.
by larkeith 8y ago
I suspect the most important thing for advertising Facebook at this point is ubiquitous visibility - if there is an FB ad, a share button, or a link to a profile on every page a user visits, it ensures that it is in their subconscious whene

More ›