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It’s not about piracy, it’s about keeping you inside the “flywheels” created by the interlocking hardware and services.

Thank you! I don't use this option, because I buy books and then pirate them elsewhere as a backup. So long as Calibre keeps updating to support new Kindle devices, I guess I'm set, though I understand why people would be concerned with this feature disappearing.

The "download and transfer option" is located on the Amazon.com website when you're logged in. To get there, hover over the text to the right of the search bar that says "Hello, [Your Name] Account & Lists", select "Orders" from the menu that appears, then select "Digital Orders" from the "Your Orders" page that appears after selecting. You'll see a list of Digital Orders you've placed, including books. Click "Manage Content and Devices" next to one of the items, and a "Digital Content" page will appear. After clicking "More Actions," you'll see a list of actions, including "Download & transfer via USB". At least, I do.

The title and article is confusing. It says this:

"they are finding out that the new [Kindle] models are mysteriously missing the download and transfer via USB option for purchased ebooks from the content page at Amazon."

The option to download and transfer via USB option is on Amazon.com website, and doesn't appear to be related to the new Kindles at all. So it's not clear to me what the new Kindles themselves are missing. I have a new Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition that was just released, and I have books that I "acquired" (the word Amazon uses on their website) from Amazon on September 5 and September 16. I have the option to download and transfer them via USB on the website.

Can anyone clarify what option has actually been removed?

>So, again: I think the assertion that "Apple is late but does it right" is totally invalid when applied to AI, because there is no way to do it right, because no one wants it.

No one wants "Artificial Intelligence," but it's unclear if they want the features that it will drive -- i.e., "Apple Intelligence." This is something that can't be known for sure until the features are released and the companies that make them get analytics on them. For now, the very conservative set of features that comprise "Apple Intelligence" are reasonable in that they easily slot into the workflow of users by enhancing or making easier things that people already do. The fact that they are not impressive like what Google or Meta is doing is only important to people who either live their life on the cutting edge of technology or are tech investors. For the people buying phones every 3-5 years (as opposed to every 1 or 2), the story is yet to be written.

I think Apple has a hard line to walk here. They have project progress to investors so the stock will continue to rise, and they have to be the thoughtful curator of features that the customers demand -- that second impulse is what gave rise to the reputation that drove the stock originally.

Apple Intelligence really should have been kept in the oven until WWDC '25, because it's not clear that any of them really require external developers to make happen. But Apple had to keep the impression that they are 'doing something with AI,' and now they're stuck doing what they typically haven't done: promising things that clearly aren't ready. This puts them in the same league as, i.e., Google. Google labelled Gmail as "Beta" for half a decade (April 1, 2004 to July 7, 2009), and now has a reputation for shipping quarter-baked, basically-Alpha projects and then killing the ones that don't catch on.

This article and the audience reading it would be better served if this paragraph were earlier in the article, maybe even first or second:

“ It can be easy for managers to buy into typical stereotypes of Gen Z and dismiss them entirely; however, companies have an equal responsibility to prepare recent graduates for their particular workplace and give them the best chance to succeed. By understanding the challenges of Gen Z workers, companies can take a more proactive approach by implementing formal employee onboarding programs that clearly outline company culture and expectations. Paring recent grads with mentors in the company can also pay huge dividends as that can provide Gen Z workers with the guidance, feedback, and support for them to succeed.”

My first impression of the article was that the author was trying to say “Gen Z is bad/worse than other generations.” As many other commenters pointed out, the article itself does not present enough evidence to support that claim. What I realized after reading the comments and then re-reading the article is that the primary argument is actually that companies need to target these specific areas to ensure that new graduates are successful at their companies.

This article also suffers from a headline that doesn’t match the content in terms of key information.

The air travel industry is extremely competitive, and prices continue to fall after spiking due to the supply chain/ COVID chaos:

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/travel/travel-price-track...

This is an astoundingly uncharitable attempt to make my otherwise personal assertion classist. Am I to meet my overstimulating environment head on, further exasperating my anxiety and mental exhaustion simply to please others who think my condition is actually a signal of wealth? I am not able to do so, and I am not apologetic about it.

They are designed to be heard at a distance and through automobile glass, not walking beside it on a sidewalk. Besides, the siren is not a meaningful signal to me: I’m not on the road.

>The more time passes, the less I can shake the feeling that the world would be better if we tuned out of our environment less.

Depends on what environment that is. I mean, is there some value in hearing an ambulance siren at full volume while I'm walking down the street? Or the sound of people trying to get my attention to hand me some flyer? Or the sound of the BART?

Brave pushes ads. https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/targeting/

Are they still pushing their crypto?

(2022)

My theory is that TikTok is optimized similarly to YouTube in that it uses viewing time as a signal of interest. So, you could open TikTok, see underage people dancing, turn your phone to your spouse and say "can you believe this is what this app shows?" and the app will take the fact that you played the video as a sign you want to see more.

I don't remember if there's even a downvote button. I had the same experience you did, but in the opposite direction gender-wise, and it took a bit longer to get too young, but it got there.

This is a political problem that will sort itself out as the demographic that performs the work ages out.

You seem to be fixating on the term "fight back," when the commenter you're replying to is asking for ways to not feel excluded at his/her job, where s/he spends a majority of his/her waking hours.

As someone who has experienced this, I encourage you to draw on that experience and have empathy, even if that experience is expressed in ways that don't immediately resonate with you. You have more in common with the commenter you're replying to than you appreciate.

Master of the Senate by Robert Caro. The entire series is worth it, and I am waiting on the edge of my seat for the last book in the LBJ series.

It isn’t just Tyson. The entire industrial meat industry, especially in the United States, exploits workers. Those workers are often immigrants.

Take a look at what they did during COVID:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/12/meatpack...

Yes. Ex-Amazon here. The part where I horse-trade putting engineers on PIP so I can keep my UAR up -- I don't spread that to other companies because it's toxic as fuck and leads to my friends on H1Bs getting deported.

You seem to be responding to an argument I did not make. If you're interested in the claim about the exploitation of meat industry workers, here's an article about it:

"The Many Costs of Cheap Chicken" [0]

[0]https://magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/many-costs-cheap-...

Meat eaters ignore not just the violence against animals, but also the untold human suffering the industry inflicts. Meat packing employees routinely become immune to antibiotics because they come in contact with it so often on a daily basis.

Reminds me of an episode of Star Trek: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon_(...

Dang, can we get a filter for RTO submissions? The discussion hasn’t changed in years. There is nothing new to say about RTO itself. If someone has insights about a particular company and their policies then fine, but we are approaching the fifth year since the original WFH shift.

You don’t think the camera being on a person’s face is different from them holding it in their hands?

They all have dead eyes. It's creepy.

Meta just released an internet connected camera disguised as eye wear. That makes this situation quite different. If a person wants to reject being photographed, they move away from the person holding the camera, or avoid public places that have surveillance systems. The expectation has now been increased: to reject being identified, a person must avoid people wearing glasses.

Far more people wear glasses than hold a camera.

The subject of the quote is Creolistics, not the definition of Creole. If you are looking for scientific definitions of linguistic categories you are going to be very disappointed. Language involves humans. Language is messy.

As well, any question that involves “meaning” must itself answer the question “to whom?” I answered from the perspective of (some) linguists, but as another user pointed out, non-linguists might very well and with no ill intention consider it an appropriate term.

Disappointed that YC helped with this.

Just wait 'til you read the case against free will...

Creole is both a sociohistoric and linguistic term. The fact that the linguistic attributes are difficult to put boundaries on is extremely common for linguists: we won’t even claim to tell you what the definition of “word” is!

As for whether English is a Creole, it’s important to understand the motivation for Creolistics at its origin. It started, and continues, as an effort to legitimize a set of languages that before were considered illegitimate, un-interesting and utterly lacking on features worth studying. Part of that reputation is inextricably bound up in colonialism and racism.

Could you squint and call English a Creole? Sure. But you’d be doing the same disservice to “Creole” as you would by saying “technically we’re all [in the US] African American because all humans originated in Africa.” It’s a disingenuous point, and one that could easily be mistaken for trying to reverse the legitimization efforts that brought the term into existence to begin with.