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by ytpete 10y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if there was some psychology behind the choice of sounds when you tag the transit card. Just like visual "affordances" in UI design, there may be certain audio characteristics that people will associat
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Either that, or any device that can generate the right wavelength with the precision to see through exactly 1 card thickness is lab equipment the size of a refrigerator... in which case I assume they don't worry about it.
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by ytpete 10y ago
A law could be written so it only applies to larger companies. Those companies both have greater leverage/power over consumers and small businesses (making the regulation more important), and have more resources to handle the overhea
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Virtual jail visitation is replacing in-person visiting rights(nytimes.com)
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Couldn't the membrane be folded or stacked so you achieve that amount of surface area in a far smaller floorplan footprint?
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by ytpete 10y ago
> It's safer for an ad blocker to read and modify a page if it has no method of exfiltrating the content. The problem is that being able to modify the page is a method of exfiltrating information - e.g. you can add an img tag trig
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by ytpete 10y ago
> peace of mind to users that they can use your app without their contacts stolen or their phones hijacked I think you can get that part without requiring the bottleneck of a single, hand-curated app store. The OS sandboxes app processe
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by ytpete 10y ago
Fundamentally the reason they have that rule is to prevent apps from doing an end run around Apple's 30% cut. For example, to unlock the "Pro" features, go to the developer's website and enter some payment info. The rule
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by ytpete 10y ago
Or leave it on but turn off wi-fi and mobile data. So you can get phone calls but not do anything online.
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by ytpete 10y ago
My understanding was it's seen as an incentive for the massive upfront infrastructure costs needed to run cable to every house. Much like power or other utilities. But of course cable companies don't want to accept the regulation
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by ytpete 10y ago
Having a team style guide helps a lot with that tendency: you get the argument over with once, team-wide, then write down the conclusion. So during each code review it's just a question of: does this match the style guide, yes or no? (
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by ytpete 11y ago
The issue with centralization is that you don't have to name one company where Slack is the weak point in the chain: a good exploit might get you access to data from 1000 companies. Then Slack could be a better target even if it&#x
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by ytpete 11y ago
Don't forget lost future business too - good luck winning the next contract bid with this kind of track record (hopefully). If that effect is strong enough, it could potentially even put a place out of business.
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by ytpete 11y ago
It's much more feasible to replace a phone every 2 years, as soon as it starts to show significant wear, than it is to do that with a car. We know Tesla plans to sell to the full mass market (Toyota price point) eventually, so they&#x2
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by ytpete 11y ago
> If taxes are too high here, I can move. That sets a mechanism for keeping equilibrium in prices. Couldn't you say the same thing about rent, under the current system? If rents are too high, people can move to Des Moines or whereve
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by ytpete 11y ago
It seems like part of the disconnect is the idea of an "entry level job" that is not a permanent, lifelong career. This is (or at least used to be) a fixture of the US workforce: you start out in a non-ideal position to gain exper
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by ytpete 11y ago
You could put a lower limit on it by assuming the rest of the NPC members are flat broke: 463.8/2987 = $155 million per congress critter, or about 150x the average for US Congress critters.
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by ytpete 11y ago
"Probable cause" isn't even enough - all that does is let police go get a warrant. To enter a house without needing a warrant (without the resident's permission), the situation needs to be much more compelling than jus
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by ytpete 11y ago
'Why not let the customer choose' can also be a generic argument against almost any kind of regulation. Why not have less strict regulations for food safety, or airlines, so various competitors can offer differing levels of safety
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by ytpete 11y ago
For the record, I think freedom of speech is more important than anyone's general comfort level (almost by definition). But it's important to acknowledge there's a huge difference between singleton one-off insults -- where it
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by ytpete 11y ago
Also, the medical staff are irradiating you for the direct purpose of aiding you specifically. The police are irradiating you because they've decided you are by default a suspect worthy of search simply by virtue of passing by - the be
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by ytpete 11y ago
I think the poster was referring only to ionizing radiation (the kind proven to increase cancer risk). Light fixtures and heaters (infrared) don't fall into that category.
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by ytpete 11y ago
The primary focus of Comet is on design and prototyping, not on generating apps directly. You'll be able to export production-quality assets for handoff to developers, or view interactive prototypes online / on devices. That said,
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by ytpete 11y ago
> it needs to be fun and have immediate feedback involved (ideally visual) This is so huge - it's not just that it's exciting for students and a more rewarding way to show friends & family what you're studying. It&#x27
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by ytpete 11y ago
And that's true in open-source too. For example the Brackets code editor project (which I work on sometimes) has over 250,000 users, yet there's only about a dozen people who regularly respond to bug reports, IRC, forum questions,
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by ytpete 11y ago
I'm still not sure about your claim that private information consists _only_ of "information I don't want anyone else to have." You can share information with another trusted party and still have an expectation of privac
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by ytpete 11y ago
That's not purely donations though. Paying to remove ads is more like a freemium model IMHO, since people get something (a nicer user experience) in exchange for their money.
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by ytpete 11y ago
Does anyone have stats on what percentage of newcomers to SF actually work in tech? I'd be very curious: is it the vast majority, or are tons of other people coming here too because the local economy's doing well in general, or be
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by ytpete 11y ago
Forward-thinking for a US city might be a fair description though. That's still no small thing. (Though I'd certainly quibble with the article's notion that SF's transit-first policy has been a shining success story so
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by ytpete 11y ago
> why should I not vote to block and prevent this growth? Because all you can vote to block is the growth in housing - you can't block the influx of people. So then demand continues to rise while supply stagnates... and prices keep

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