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by throwaway09223 6y ago
I ran into a surprising problem with Google maps recently. "Ok Google, driving directions to Fremont Central Park" Google locates the park address as 40000 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont 94538. The pin is dropped in a fine place, at th
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
I got out my pixel1 for exactly this reason. It began to boot, then hung, and now will not boot at all. I might try to pick up a spare phone for cheap somewhere as you suggest.
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Yes, this is good advice thank you. The real problem I'm trying to solve is being able to use my phone while running a zoom, though!
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Or, you know, just sell one as a USB peripheral.
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
All of those things may be true, but when I zoom using my webcam the picture is far worse than when I zoom using my pixel4. Same goes for audio. I really, really wish I could get the calibre of A/V hardware in my high end phone as a se
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
But they are not more likely to be living paycheck to paycheck. That likelihood has not increased. That is simply how most people live, and how they have AFAICT always lived. Income is not the dominant factor in whether or not someone lives
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
"That depends a lot on how you count." No, I don't think that it does. The bottom 50% generally do not have savings and investments - they invest their wealth in tangibles: Housing, food, belongings. It is not meaningful to l
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
"Health care and education have gotten more expensive. " I apologize because I don't mean to only present disagreements but I don't think this is true, either. I think that like-for-like health care has largely fallen in
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
I think it is more accurate to say that wealth growth at the low end is not as rapid as wealth growth at the high end. Nothing is driving wealth down . Wealth is increasing for everyone, generally speaking. This observation is important be
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
I'm sure you've seen terrible behavior in corporate environments. I have too. But I've also seen wonderfully productive, supportive behavior. I've seen leaders who uplift and who succeed by helping those around them. I&#
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Faraday cages are imperfect and designing a high quality cage does take work but GP is absolutely incorrect in that they are a "myth," or that they would be ineffective without precision engineering. 700MHz is a 42cm wave. A hole
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Have you never wondered why there is a metal mesh across the glass in your microwave? The microwave's faraday cage is visible.
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
You had ISOs or NSOs either granted or vested or both while in CA and those count as income earned in CA. CA will tax that income, even if you don't realize the gains until after you leave the state. A VC is investing in a company, lik
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Perhaps I should say that the best of this type offer the option of using a phone. I personally prefer a phone but I also understand the preference of a remote. With a separate smart device these types of preferences can be accommodated ove
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
The right way to fix this is one single smart device, which is the only device connected to the dumb TV. The best of these types don't have a remote. They're controlled by a phone. If the intelligence is built into the TV then it
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Systems which can't update their libc or other system software have already broken in various ways. For example, in 2007 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 changed the date when DST begins and ends. Any system unable to update its libc data
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Yes, sorry. I started browsing HN on a new device a few weeks ago and I made a new account because I didn't have access to my other system at the time.
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
This isn't a straw man, it is an extremely common belief and it deserves to be addressed and debunked. My social media is stuffed to the brim with people posting exactly this sentiment. It is true that there are other, more reasonable
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
It's about exposure in general, not just food. The Disneyland sign is likely because they use gasoline engines in various places - same reason as parking garages. Might also be from sand in kid play areas or anything involving dust.
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Yes, prop 65 is absurd. Pro 65 among other things requires labels on: * Parking garages * French fries - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-acrylamide-warni... (This sign is real; the McDonald's by my hou
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
It is unlikely that a glass of wine is healthy. Studies that show a correlation between moderate alcohol consumption and health are likely measuring the fact that unhealthy people are often unable to drink. This is a "wet sidewalks cau
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
Creation isn't zero sum. I make things all the time which create shared benefit. I spent this Saturday morning working in my front yard. It looks nice for my benefit, but it also benefits my neighbors. It would be really strange for me
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by throwaway09223 6y ago
"The browser must not provide automation features." It would be interesting to see this examined in the context of accessibility requirements created by the ADA.