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by paws 3y ago
Regulatory capture sucks and seems like one of those problems that's deeper and more prevalent than people realize. I'm interested in learning where it was actually _curtailed_ in some measurable way e.g. due to the public pushing
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by paws 3y ago
Not sure if this is common knowledge, but I learned booking.com does not necessarily integrate with hotel backends in the way you might expect given their name. Turns out they (at least sometimes?) just lie to you in the UI. I know that bec
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by paws 3y ago
Do you have links about this? I was extremely disappointed [1] when I learned about Hochul's last minute nerfing of right to repair and I'd be curious to learn more how the governors office acquired that power. IANAL but thought s
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by paws 3y ago
Pretty sure I know which company you're talking about b/c I had the same experience. I read somewhere the IQ test may be a mandate from the CEO. I actually had to take the silly IQ test twice, once on my own and a second time with
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by paws 3y ago
Thank you. Of all those links I found this the best primary source https://www.gsaig.gov/sites/default/files/ipa-reports/GSA%20... I don't really understand it, but IMO it will be a real shame if in
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by paws 3y ago
I seem to recall having the opposite experience - vanilla username/password was the only option a few years ago, then later at some point id.me showed up as an option. If id.me ends up being required, that will be pretty gross...
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by paws 3y ago
> login.gov works fine with ssa.gov Could you please be more specific? How do you know? The flow I've been using goes like this, starting at the IRS website: 1) irs.gov homepage -> click 'Sign in to Your Account' 2) ht
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Irs.gov set to require 3rd party auth next filing season(imgur.com)
6 points by paws 3y ago|9 comments
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by paws 3y ago
Apparently starting next filing season, irs.gov will require the public to use "something else" to login vs the traditional username/password I've been using for a while, presumably managed by the IRS's own servers.
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by paws 3y ago
At that point, why not just sign e.g. 'void'?
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by paws 4y ago
Sounds pretty risky. Have you run that by a lawyer?
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by paws 4y ago
> I also cannot complete the check-in process on the tablet without checking > a box allowing them to contact friends and family in pursuit of collecting money for unpaid bills Wow, this is pretty shocking. Could you please share more
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by paws 4y ago
I don't have any inside knowledge, but in case you didn't already know Hollywood is famous for, to put it charitably, 'unusual' accounting practices [1]. Maybe the authorities chase after some of the cases, but as far as
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by paws 4y ago
Hadn't seen this argument before but it resonates, thanks. If you have any links to share I'd be curious to read more.
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by paws 4y ago
> The strong protections that police have should be the norm. I agree the US generally doesn't have great worker protections and the situation should probably be improved. On the other hand, when the public seeks redress against pol
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by paws 4y ago
In all the discussion about qualified immunity, it seems to me police unions don't get discussed enough. Police unions appear to be a significant reason why police officers are shielded from accountability. They make police disciplinar
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by paws 4y ago
I've heard this argument before, and I think there's a kernel of truth there. Thing is, municipalities+towns+states have already poured significant public money into police earnings, thanks in part to police unions who negotiate g
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by paws 4y ago
> Don’t know how land ambulances in particular managed to avoid being covered by the act https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/upshot/ground-ambulances-...
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by paws 4y ago
Anecdata: I can't say "pharmacy benefits managers" work the same across _all_ systems. When I had health insurance in a western European country, I'd get a prescription, buy at a local pharmacy (paying out of pocket), th
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by paws 4y ago
TIL about CPOM, thanks! Another question I'm curious about, if you don't mind, is why there is no apparent urgency in fixing the painful billing experience for patients. (aka "why don't billing coordinators seem to coord
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by paws 4y ago
Thanks for sharing! Billing codes certainly seem like a significant source of complexity. Another area that seems problematic to me is an apparent surfeit of middlemen. What conclusions might we draw from the fact e.g. a "Pharmacy Bene
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by paws 4y ago
I noticed the paper concludes with "All vulnerabilities we found had been reported to Google and are now fixed." Meanwhile it was reported recently that Google dropped support [1] for Pixel 3. Anyone know if these fixes were inclu
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Combining multiple GraphQL backends with schema stitching(splitgraph.com)
3 points by paws 5y ago|0 comments
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by paws 5y ago
Anybody know of examples/precedent where an entity covered by Section 230 lost that protection?
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by paws 5y ago
I recently received a helpful reply about liability from an HN user who says they're a Plaid employee. Thanks @phoenixy! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27982516 While I'm still trying to understand the bigge
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by paws 5y ago
Thank you, helpful!
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by paws 5y ago
Edit: If there's a better venue to ask please send me elsewhere. Hi Omar, It seems like you're not at Plaid anymore, but if you don't mind there's something I've been trying to figure out for a while and would appre
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by paws 5y ago
> Anyone who relies on Next should want Vercel to be a long-lasting company. Well said, +1. A feature that gets people excited about a product you use, even when you're not the intended audience, is a good thing.
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by paws 5y ago
Do I understand this right, DSM v7 intends to take away root access in some way? Ugh. Another negative to add to the list. For me Synology has mostly been a disappointment, I'm sorry to say. Seems their software has been generally in d
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by paws 6y ago
Huh, that's a bit surprising. Can anyone point to examples of what kinds of disclosure obligations are reduced? e.g. liquidation multipliers?

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