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The US government has this authority, and has quite likely used this authority in your lifetime.

> unless things are truly beyond the pale

What does that mean to you? People have died in fatal 737 Max crashes - is that not truly beyond the pale?

Do you know of any good write-ups on how this works? I've often thought I was crazy for noticing weird "glitches" when around some of the newest projectors.

I'll see "sparkles" or flashes of a solid color out of the corner of my eye, but never if I try to look directly at the screen to catch it. I chocked it up to some sort of PWM based lighting or something that's more detectable in my periphery because of how cones and rods work. Sounds like I might be close, but not quite?

I'd recommend that if you receive threats of a swatting, whether you're a content creator or not, it's a good idea to talk to your local police department about it the moment it happens.

Unfortunately, I speak from experience. I received a credible threat, called my local PD, and they began to investigate immediately. They also put notes in their dispatch system (which is shared by the local SWAT team) indicating that this had happened before, and to proceed with extreme caution.

The "swatter" never did follow through on the first attempt, but did follow through about 6 months later. I didn't get any threats from the swatter that time, but did get a call from my local PD while I was at work, and they let me know they'd driven by my place and called it off after being confident it was a false alarm.

Anticipating questions: no, there's no sort of protocol I setup with the PD. They have to investigate every threat, and even if we setup some sort of "shared secret" ahead of time, if a swatter says I'm cutting up my family in the basement, the PD can't know with certainty that I'm not. About the best I can do is make sure to answer the door when/if the PD shows up so they can more quickly establish things are safe.

Also: the attackers were after some OG Twitter accounts I used to use, and they thought they could intimidate me into giving the accounts to them.

Where I live, I'd estimate that a third of the passenger cars are Teslas. No data to back that up, but that's what I tend to see day to day. The diversity of drivers is significant enough to suggest that "all kinds of people" drive Teslas.

The mirror's angle can change, while driving, in such a way that pulling over to stop and fix it isn't the safest option. With dedicated tactile controls you can adjust mirrors without taking your eyes off the road, while also verifying that the mirrors are adjusted correctly.

I think the number of people who can say that they have never needed to adjust mirrors while moving, even after having spent a few minutes adjusting them in the driveway, is very much next to zero.

All of these things can be done without looking if you use voice commands. They can be done with a scroll wheel/button as well if you spend five minutes, once, to set your preferences for what the wheel controls.

That said, I hate the touch screen only UI of my car. There are times when I can't use voice or the scroll wheel and want (not so much need) to do something with the menus. In most cars, it's trivial to do most things by feel if you know where the buttons are.

Even if you could get really good at only touching the "right" place on the touch screen, one software update can change things enough to where it's now accessed differently.

One very important part your comment doesn't mention: a real human being has to actually take images for the AI to analyze.

The amount of training a radiation technologist (the person who makes you put your body in uncomfortable positions when you break something) is significant. My partner has made a career of it, and the amount of school needed and clinical hours is non-trivial, and harder to do than becoming a nurse from what I understand.

They need to know as much about bones as orthopedic surgeons while also knowing how radiation works, as well as how the entire imagining tech stack works, while also having the soft skills needed to guide injured/ill patients to do difficult things (often in the midst of medical trauma).

The part where a doctor looks at images is really just a very small part of the entire "product." The radiologists who say "there's a broken arm" are never in the room, never see the patient, never have context. It's something that, frankly, an AI can do much more consistently and accurately at this point.

It's cool on Hacker News today as well.

This article could have been written as a single sentence and still been just as empty of substance as the original mess of sentences:

"By revolution, we mean that 'good' tech workers are just laying low."

I think the NYT should take him up on that offer. Those striking can probably pull off a 404media business model instead while they watch NYT turn into USA Today, except worse.

I'm an old man and have heard "learnings" used to mean "lessons" for most of my life.

I think "learnings" has advantages over "lessons" given that "learnings" has one meaning, while "lessons" can have more than one meaning.

Whether it's correct or not, are we surprised it's used this way? Consider the word "earnings" and how similar its definition is to "learnings."

I'd love to hear what you saw that motivated this. Care to share?

The site for the game shows the skull of a human inside of a helmet.

Suggesting that your choices will impact who dies in the game is about as much a spoiler as knowing you shoot guns in Call of Duty.

Frankly, if you don't want to risk reading spoilers, don't engage in conversations about the medium at risk of being spoiled for you.

I use a pocket sized notepad with graph paper that I use to track "streaks." Each row represents a day, and each column represents the activity that I want to track.

The day to day benefits are nice. It's easy to use, doesn't need batteries, and is always with me. What I didn't anticipate when I started doing it was how cool it is to look back on what I've tracked - it's like a weird little art piece I get to have as a reminder of the hard work.

My insurance company requires me to sign an affidavit affirming that my adult child will not drive a car insured by said company. If my adult child does drive my car and gets in a collision, the affidavit is used by the insurance company to absolve themselves of any financial responsibilities related to the collision.

I think it'd be reasonable aside from one obvious edge case: my adult child is blind and will never drive a car, yet I have to sign a new affidavit every time I renew my policy (every 6 months).

New hardware justifies new software, etc. Eventually, they'd like to sell you another game. You're more likely to buy that game if you've "kept up."

I'm not sure how to answer your question, but can say with authority that you're free to extract as much or as little value out of it as you'd like.

Or extract $99 worth of value out of it and let people laugh when the license changes. The math isn't that hard.

You claim that "20% of tinnitus cases caused by loud noises" without providing citation, then suggest there's more research do all in the same breath - well done.

uh, helps? future? opposite? what?

Seriously, I've read that sentence five times now and can't even begin to imagine what you're asking.

There's too little information for anyone to give you a solid answer on this. You'd need a lawyer to examine all the existing agreements and contracts, then imagine the sorts of legal cases you'd need to defend against even if you felt like you were in the clear.

And if you're thinking of taking the capital to the new competing firm - you'll want to set aside a hefty portion for lawyers.

I'm super puzzled though: are you in this situation? If you're asking here, you're obviously not talking to a lawyer and absolutely should be.

> You should have just taken a photo

As someone who spends most of their non-working hours practicing the art of hyper-realistic charcoal drawings, I don't take a photo because that'd rob me of the pleasure and joy of sitting down for several weeks of evenings and conjuring up imagery that's difficult or impossible to do with a camera.

For me, the point of creating such a drawing isn't to have a drawing, but the process. Using only my eyes, hands, a piece of burnt wood, and paper, I can capture something incredible - something that's not obviously going to work until it's completely done.

I was about to say "hey, in most US states what you're saying is illegal" and realized I was letting that myth live in my head as if it were true.

So, to be clear for anyone else with the same problem I had:

Merchants in all US states can legally give cash discounts.

In Connecticut and Massachusetts, it's illegal to add a surcharge for credit purchases.

The lawyer is getting paid whether you file something or not. They're employees of the company. I think they care less about their cost to their employer and more about wasting their time on petty stuff (when they could be doing important stuff).

It's a difference that doesn't change the outcome for the sort of thing you're responding to here, but certainly a difference that matters in other circumstances.

For example, Disney will gladly spend far more fighting someone selling counterfeit Disney shirts out of the boot of his car than any profits from sales they'd lose to that counterfeiter. But if they don't fight him, they lose their trademark.

While this may have some appeal, I think it'll be similar to the fake Time magazine covers that made it look like someone you knew was named Time's person of the year. Good for a chuckle, but not much more.

I think applying the same idea to video games makes more sense, especially given the autonomy you have in a video game, but even then, the appeal wears off pretty quickly.

Games have had features that allow you to put your likeness in the game before, and that feature probably isn't what people we're buying the game for. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for Dreamcast allowed you to map a photograph of your face to the in game player. Odd example, but I actually just dusted off my old Dreamcast and remembered this feature the other day as the 20 year old game save had my 20 years younger face on the main character. What I recall about that experience was that for about 2 minutes it felt special, and then never thought about it again until feeling confused about why I was in the game before remembering.

I wouldn't say it's the entire website. You simply can't place orders. All other parts of the site are fully functional on Saturdays.

I would have fought the "has no function" angle instead of suggesting it was "just for fun."

In actual fact, it does have function. I have personally asked "is it Tuesday?" more than zero times in my life. This app functions perfectly in helping answer that question.

Seems no different than a weather app in terms of its function - it communicates real time information about the day.

The folks behind ALIEN might want to re-consider their choice of logo. It's nearly identical to Flickr's logo (flickr.com).

Exactly. Even if PMI wants to truly support real research, and is willing to accept the findings - their name attached alone casts doubt on any of those findings.