UnoriginalGuy

I get your argument; but one of Boeing's objectives has been to try and keep Airbus out of the US (both defense and commercial). This deal with Delta will showcase, within the US, the CSeries. That could result in other US airlines following suit (particularly smaller regional airlines). Airbus is already fairly successful within the US with regional aircraft sales, this will only further cement that.

Plus keep an eye on China's Comac. They're only ten years old (2008) but due to massive state investment are becoming pretty competitive, they may be eating both Boeing and Airbus's lunch by 2030 if this level of investment continues.

If this is the only designed in way to make multiple queries without saying "Hey Siri" repeatedly, then it is required for that operation. You literally have people above calling this the "solution" to the issue raised.

It is like Schrödinger's UI design. It is both being claimed as the solution to the problem being raised while at the same time being called entirely optional. Sounds to me like there is no actual solution, and this is a bandaid.

People should be careful before discussing their "plan B" in public. Anything said that can be tied back to you, and may be interpreted to violate immigration law could cause you to lose a TN visa. This is particularly important with DHS ramping up their use of social media monitoring.

Just something to dwell on before replying.

> you can just hold the home button to activate Siri for followups

Unhelpful while I am driving...

A voice assistant that requires physical controls massively reduces its utility and core purpose.

Indeed.

Concorde's largest downfall wasn't technical, it was social. The original expectation was that she would rapidly climb, go supersonic over land, and supercruise all the way to her destination. If this was possible it was reasonably economical.

Problem is that sonic-booms over populated areas are a big "no no." So Concorde was forced to wait until she got out over the atlantic to supercruise, which meant more time spent in her inefficient subsonic configuration and longer flight times.

In 1976 the US actually banned Concorde due to noise complaints. The ban was lifted in 1977 after changes mentioned above.

So by extension you'd be happy if the EU imposed a 300% tax on Boeing imports? Even if it meant Americans lost jobs.

That's what this attitude results in: trade war.

While I am overall pretty positive about Windows 10; has anyone else been having ongoing issues with this large "upgrade" updates?

For example my work machine is outright refusing to install the last one, and Googling suggests the only way to get around it is a manual install via USB. A family member's home machine also got corrupted during an install, and I had to wipe it to recover (since it couldn't roll back or complete the installation).

I like the concept of these "big bang" updates with new features, but there's something wrong with how they're delivered.

TouchID has been removed from the iPhone X.

It will just be used for blame shifting.

"You didn't notice one of the dozen popups asking for credentials lacked your magical hidden phase YOUR FAULT!"

If Apple were going to explore a strategy to fix this, they would likely be better off redirecting the user out of the app before asking for credentials, or prompting them in notifications/home screen only.

It is free in cost, not in terms of your privacy.

For example let's say you handed your phone to your kid, they downloaded a free app, gave that app your entire contact list, and then that app spammed everyone you know? For the sake of example let's call that app LinkedIn.

You're right about CTRL-ALT-Delete, the problem is that users are terrible at remembering to do so without being prompted. I created a Windows XP phish-login box back in the day, that simply took you right to the login box without prompting for the key-combination, and nobody found it (and happily entered their credentials).

Any system that relies on humans to do the right thing is doomed to failure. Even something as trivial as hitting three keys each and every time they login; part of the problem with it is that it is so inconsistent (i.e. different Windows machines either do or do not prompt for the key-combination based on their configuration, so users have a mental model of skipping it).

Apple claims this is non-personal information:

> We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location, and the time zone where an Apple product is used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our products, services, and advertising.

How is your occupation and exact location non-personal?

I'd leave passwordHint as a string; but password... That might be an interesting type. Particularly if it zeroed out memory as a freebie in the destructor. Actually that was my take-away from this article, the "maybe in MY projects I should wrap passwords in a special type to stop me typo-ing the raw password to output."

Being overweight or the diet associated with being overweight? Particularly with recent research showing that the gap between periods of consumption can help the pancreas regenerate[0].

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines...

> Instead, we have Oprah selling "love your body" as if that love will save you went a health crisis comes knocking.

Pretty sure you only brought that up because you perceive Oprah as being overweight. "Love your body" is one of NOW Foundation's programs. The program description is:

> Every day, in so many ways, the beauty industry (and the media in general) tell women and girls that being admired, envied and desired based on their looks is a primary function of true womanhood. The beauty template women are expected to follow is extremely narrow, unrealistic and frequently hazardous to their health. The Love Your Body campaign challenges the message that a woman’s value is best measured through her willingness and ability to embody current beauty standards.

Oprah helped advertise and promote that program.

> how is it cheaper to have warehousing run by your sellers

When you think about the people selling on Amazon's platform as "partners" then your point is very valid. When you think about those other sellers as "competitors" then this strategy makes a lot more sense.

A lot of third parties have complained that they joined Amazon's platform, did well, but then had an "AmazonBasics" version of their product turn up, under-cut them, and appear at the top of rankings squeezing the original product out.

For example, search on Amazon for "Ladder Golf." Top ranked result and "Amazon Choice" is an AmazonBasics set for $26.99, added in May 2016, with only 51 reviews. The second result, by GoSports, has 748 reviews, has sold since October 2012, but for $49.99. You'll note that Amazon's product added four years after GoSport's product has a strikingly similar design.

My point is, this is what Amazon does. It waits for sellers to do well, clones their product, and then competes with them on price (which Amazon can due to its sheer scale). You could legitimately argue customers benefit from lower prices, which is undeniable, but customers also benefit from a competitive marketplace. Once Amazon has no competition they can increase prices again.

PS - I have absolutely no association with any of the products or companies listed above. I picked "Ladder Golf" as an example as a lot of people don't realise AmazonBasics has expanded well beyond electronics/cables/batteries into things like toys, household goods, garden supplies, and so on...

I didn't know that panel expanded because Apple didn't communicate that fact either... But I just tried it with long press and still don't see what I am meant to be reading in the pop-out.

Can you take a screenshot of where this is explained?

Well this finally explains why Bluetooth kept re-enabling itself seemingly at random after I turned it off in iOS 11...

I agree with the EFF on this one, at no time was any of how this works communicated, particularly not the "turns back on at 5 am" quirk. These features aren't inherently bad, but lack of communication is bad.

As the article very clearly says, this camera is a self contained unit, nothing is sent back to Google. If you want to upload your photos to e.g. Google Photos you can, but you have to manually do that.

The DESIGN of their whole infrastructure was terrible for years.

I work at a school district. If someone broke into our public web server they'd realise the entire webapp points at an WebAPI interface that will still only let you make requests as a logged in user. Meaning it does the same thing as the GUI, nothing less, nothing more. To get "full access" they have two different layers they have to break through.

But even worse for the attacker, in this case full access doesn't even get you full access. Our credit card processing, employee SSNs, and accounting system isn't part of our main database/WebAPI system, and has IP restrictions. In order to log into that you need username/password and 2F provided by SMS.

A completely flat design where a single breakin gives you the keys to the kingdom is unacceptable for any organisation that holds sensitive information. The school district's system was only improved after an external security audit flagged our flat design as dangerous, and they were correct.

No, a single employee was definitely not responsible. This is a systemic issue likely starting at the top. A CEO who thinks a single employee COULD even be responsible is ignorant.

There's plenty of people in the US who agree with you...

That is why German, Japanese (Toyota, Honda, Subaru, etc), and even South Korea (Kia) vehicles are fairly popular in the US too. They have a similar look to vehicles produced for the European market.

I absolutely agree that the traditional US-based manufacturers such as GM, Chrysler, and Ford have a certain ultra-macho-aggressive look to them. There is a certain demographic that likes to buy American manufactured vehicles, and also likes that type of styling.

Tesla is actually strange because they're an American manufacturer that mostly appeals to liberals.

If we're going to speculate, one could speculate that it was an anti-spying device which inadvertently caused these issues.

If you want privacy you can either try to build isolated structures or rooms, or you can try to overwhelm the listener with noise. The US has employed both techniques previously.

What if they were trialing a new defensive (anti-spying) technology that went wrong? The US government has certainly gone strangely quiet on this incident.

Obama started this policy, Trump just continued it.

It is very easy to point fingers at one figure or political party, in this case though the waters have been slowly rising since 9/11 through Bush Jr, Obama, and now Trump.

Until American citizens are impacted (either through loss of tourism money or more directly) I don't see much happening.

If I drive my vehicle recklessly, even if nobody is injured (or no property), I can receive a citation, risk having my license revoked, and risk being arrested.

Why is it that American corporations and their leadership have less oversight than your average 15 year old driver? They keep reminding us of corporate personhood when it is convenient, but where is the personhood responsibility?

Companies aren't going to spend money on security until the potential costs impact them rather than others (in this case all of us). That's something that urgently needs to change. As you can see by Equifax's stock, nobody in the stock market thinks that the governments are going to punish or collapse Equifax, and the worst part is that they're likely right (see BP for example).

This too big to fail, too big to jail, too big to punish thing is really starting to get on my nerves. Even if we aren't ready to send corporate executives to prison, let's at least fine Equifax so much they go out of business, and it sends a shot across every other business's bow about what will happen if they mishandle sensitive information.

No point, banks are liable for fraud rather than the consumer. I believe consumer's liability is capped at $50-500 depending on how quickly the fraud is reported. Just make sure you don't wait past 60 days to report. Credit cards have even more protections.

These plans rarely pay out, and you'll likely spend more on subscription fees than they'd return to you in fraud payments.

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/how-do-i-get-my-mon...

That's factually untrue according to the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior[0]. The facts are[1] that the younger the age group the higher the condom usage is.

And while condom use has fallen a little since its height, it still remains significantly higher amongst the young than any older generation or group.

[0] http://www.nationalsexstudy.indiana.edu/ [1] http://www.nationalsexstudy.indiana.edu/condomgraph.html

You're describing how HSAs currently work. The discussion is healthcare reform, so limitations like that would go the way of the low maximum contributions if HSAs were redesigned to be used to pay for insurance.

But aren't the prices artificially inflated to build in the supposed "discount?"

To use an analogy, it is like how vehicle manufacturers adds 10% to reach the MSRP, which is "discounted" at the dealership for every vehicle sold. It is a shell game, there is no winning when the game is rigged for the game's own existence.

If discounts were banned tomorrow on medical services, you'd see the costs drop significantly to reflect that.

That article argues that other single payer systems work better than Canada's system. But you're linking it like it is some smoking gun assassination of single payer as a concept; did you read your own article?

For example it links this article:

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/press-releases/...

Which shows single payer and universal healthcare dominating the top spots.

That's why many proposals that scrap employer provided health insurance, give the same benefit to employers via HSAs (a pre-tax health savings account ).

In effect, instead of the employer picking the employee's health insurance the employee could go to the open market, but both the employer and employee get the same tax benefits via putting money pre-tax into a HSA which can then be used to pay for health insurance.

It would require massively increasing the maximum contributions on HSAs (currently only $6,750 for a family), since HSAs weren't originally designed to pay for your health insurance, just healthcare costs. But conceptually it is the easiest way to allow consumer choice in the health insurance market.