It's supposed to help restaurants with admin and delivery stuff, which, in turn, would make it easier for customers to order and maybe even provide faster delivery but, in its current implementation, it's just a way to skim money off of the restaurants.
This is kind of interesting to see because, for today, pretty much 90% of the most-streamed tracks seem to be hip-hop/rap. I guess it's really the most popular genre right now, rock's time has passed by. I'm sure bands like Imagine Dragons or some other radio-friendly arena rock could get the top spot for a week or two, but rap seems to be dominating. Wonder how long this will keep up?
Wow, those are insanely good. “Infinitude,” 1910, in particular, looks like a painting, sort of reminds me of "Isle of the Dead" by Böcklin. It has that same eerie mood and feel. "Heart of the Storm" is a straight-up homage to old epic classicist works. I never knew old photography could be this visually striking.
> Another positive sign for UBI is that most Americans seem keen to return to their workplaces. One fear has been that UBI would lead to a couch-potato culture, with people choosing to stay at home even when they’re finally able to leave.
This is an old take that has very rarely (if at all) seen tangible evidence. The Guardian reported on this [0] and so did QZ [1] Even if UBI pushes a small percentage of people to quit their jobs, those people will either move into different jobs that they enjoy more, free to pursue a career they like thanks to financial security, or contribute to society in other ways: creating art, volunteering, etc.
Oh man, that's a blast from the past. The theme song alone is such a time capsule, you can just tell this is a 90s show. Reminds of this one sitcom that's basically an Alf rip-off except it's a mummy instead of an alien. Strangely enough, couldn't find it but did discover what seems to be an identical show made in the US and a German/French cartoon about a Mummy becoming a nanny for two kids. Mummies were a hot property back in the 90s/early 00s, huh?
Would it remain feasible as they scale up? Their content is growing faster and faster so the number of drives would have to rise every single month, probably by several dozen even.
How about the fact that a character in a Marvel movie, ostensibly an inoffensive family film, who was originally Tibetian, was changed to a white woman just so it could make money in China? I don't think Disney has any Chinese ownership, but it's pretty blatant that the industry is bending over backwards to not piss off China and get the box office returns there.
It feels weird to see this called super paranoid, I've been backing up my data ever since my first PC went belly up on me. Didn't have much on it but lost some photos, so now I keep everything backed up and still break out into a sweat the moment my laptop starts making any unusual noise.
Technology isn't perfect so a backup is a must for anything of value: whether financial or sentimental. For a good example of why backups matter, look at the history of Doctor Who. They didn't leave any backups of parts of the original show because they figured those were pointless, re-recording on the physical copies instead. Now the old episodes of the show are being searched for across the Globe, I believe some were even found at some man's home in Brazil. Backups and archiving stuff is essential.
Well, there's a healthy middle ground between an ad-infested 50-page listicle and an Excel spreadsheet that requires you to scroll back and forth to get all the data.
Presenting it as a single-page text structured as:
Article name
Article source, author
Article subject matter
would be much easier on the eyes. And they could put an ad way down below if they wanted to or on the side. (Or no ad at all.)
Hah, now that's a museum with character! Quite a curious way to structure it and I love the little jokes they insert into the site. Thanking IKEA, that preview image of 'the whole museum'. It's kind of self-disparaging but I'm sure that there are at least a few thousand users on HN alone who revere old adventure games and would consider a museum cataloguing them to be a really cool and important place. It's art and part of global culture so I think this is really important, if a bit niche.
Wow, this is wonderful. How large are they actually? The article says miniature but, surely, a vinyl record would weigh a substantial amount even at a tiny size.
The designs on these are really intricate as well, I know that vinyl lovers tend to say that the addition of pictures hurts sound quality but in this particular case, a novelty set, I feel like it's more than justified.
Honestly, I'd wear that dress easily, even for regular outings, not just for hiding from cameras. Those hoodies, though, maybe I'm an old fart but they're a bit too "abstract". Sadly, those seem like the most effective option right now. I read the Adversarial Patch article [0] and it pretty much demonstrated similar patterns.
Trouble is, if these get widespread enough - they won't look out of place but the moment they become widespread is the moment updates get pushed to make them obsolete. It's an unescapable situation.
Kind of an underwhelming read: was this a lifeform dropping off? Most likely not. What was it? Probably ice melting ("calving") and the comment splitting in two. While I'm glad to have learned more, I kind of expected the data to keep going and more theories to build, instead it just goes "Well, we just don't know." I can admire that sometimes but it left me unsatisfied on this occasion.
I presume it might be them struggling to deal with increased traffic from the quarantined crowd? Although I'm not sure how many users Signal has now and how much of an increase it's experienced.
Honestly, a language like this could be quite beneficial if it was widely used (maybe even taught in schools) as a fallback method for cases where you need to communicate with someone without having a language in common. Instead of trying to puzzle out what the other person is saying, you just switch to Toki Pona and use these very basic concepts to slowly figure things out.
They might be better solutions but the coal industry and the general populace are pushing against them for now. While the people's opinions will likely change, we shouldn't expect any positive shifts from the coal moguls. Considering the fact that they're lobbying hard, is there that much we can do other than educating friends and family?
S/he made an immense contribution to music and though I never really fancied industrial stuff, I certainly appreciate a lot of Psychic TV's output for its creativity and diversity. My partner put me onto it and he's bawling his eyes out right now, listening to 'The Orchids'. I highly recommend people watch the (always) excellent Nardwuar interview Genesis [0] to hear some of the crazy stories from h/er life.
That still takes 'manpower', which is limited, and there's likely some stipulations that require the professors to actually do one-on-one time with students, not just always delegate to TAs.
I think weekends will keep getting cannibalized by work as long as employers provide overtime pay for it in the lower-paying jobs and, in higher-paying jobs, it'll persist due to the culture we've established: want to be successful? Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice. Put work over leisure, be available to handle emergencies. This isn't just true for employees anymore, startup leaders now give up their spare time to succeed. It's better than CEOs who spend time at resorts while employees slave away but it's still not healthy.
Well, yes, that was the point of the movie, to highlight the very real problems. In fact, the resonance that it gained seems to be helping, at least a little bit [0]
Do they need to tell them? I feel like people could figure it out on their own, considering the person would be absent and, likely, someone who's traveled recently, and then the info would spread around the office. I still think this is horrible crisis management though.
Okay, I'm sorry, I know this is a serious issue and people died but the year's alternative name 'Eighteen Hundred and Froze To Death' cracked me up.
But the most amusing part is how it affected culture. You can guess that agricultural shortages would lead to hunger and economic problems but it's kind of insane that it lead to the creation of "Frankenstein". Cause and effect is so interesting to follow.
This sounds like a wonderful idea but I'd love to hear some stats on how this specific time-off fares for would-be startupers. The article mentions a few successful start-ups but it's unclear whether these came about as a result of the time-off or if they resulted from someone just pursuing them full time. Not knocking the idea either way, just would love to see data on how many new companies it's helped create.
If you want recipes that are a bit more precise, check out baking ones. I've frequently heard people say that cooking is easy, just throwing ingredients together. The same people went on to note that baking, however, is like a precise science: add exactly X grams of that, cook at specifically Y degrees, mix by rotating counter-clockwise for Z seconds. It's all very delicate and precise.
As for regular recipes, I really don't think this type of precise writing is popular because everybody's got different tastes and palates so it would be tough to say precisely how one should 'brown an onion', although I get where you're coming from. Personally, I've gotten in the habit of finding recipes, trying them out, and saving them with personalized tweaks. So when a recipe calls for a 'dash of salt', I replace it with 'exactly 1 tbsp of salt' or 'no salt necessary'.
While I'm happy to see new solutions in any shape and form, it's strange to see all problems of social media blamed solely on centralization. The misinformation, in particular, is not a problem of centralization, it's a problem of people. As long as it's lucrative and easy to spread misinformation, it will be done. While decentralizing could help curb it, I don't think it's a full fix.
I'm always vary of these articles in blogs that are clearly aimed at bringing traffic to someone's company. But this was a pretty curious analysis and a worthy read. I genuinely hope that #4 is going to be a trend for a while. Healthier diets are easier than ever these days and with more innovation and variety they'll just keep getting more accessible.
It does sound better but here's the thing: this is Jeff Bezos. He's one of the most high-profile people on the planet. If his phone was hacked through WhatsApp, he clearly filed a complaint and told them what had happened. They just didn't manage to patch it for over a year and then stated they 'had no way of knowing' even though this clearly proves it happened.
While the water issue is, indeed, quite serious, I'm not exactly sure why the 'increased traffic on highway' is so much of a concern that it's raised in the same article. Yes, traffic will increase because more people will be coming to newly created job opportunities. I suppose some of the worries might be due to the equipment being moved by big trucks which could inflict infrastructural damage but this is solvable.