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Thank you for posting this, sent $$ and a thank you! Love finding stuff like this.

Wow, this is amazing at first glance. Will definitely have to dive into to see that it hits all the requirements. But as someone who trodded down this rathole when a client asked if we supported SSO, it would be an amazing utility to have around.

How battle tested is this with real companies and different IDPs?

In any case, congrats on the launch and will definitely be taking a closer look.

Can you elaborate what it means to remove the chunks of silence? Aren't there valid cases where there's no sound but you're actually showing/doing something on the video.

Ahh thanks for that, I hadn't seen this post. And the comment thread perfectly summarizes and addresses some of my shock and questions when I read the article.

Just insane the amount of numbers a site this Shared is throwing around.

not sure if this is sarcasm, but photos you liked aren't yours so this would be violating their privacy rules.

I checked a few links listed in that MassMove github repository around the Bay Area in CA, including:

  https://sanjosestandard.com/

  https://sanmateosun.com/

  https://sanfransun.com/

I wouldn't characterize these as fake news, they just appear to be massively automated sites generated from public press releases from local government. In several of the articles they list the byline as "By Press Release submission". So it appears they aren't trying to be too deceptive, and if you search the text from the articles is does link back to the actual press release from a real .gov site in that locality.

Also looking at the bylines from metric media news service itself ( just append /author/metric-media-news-service to the main domain ), I would have expected a more discernible pattern of articles biased towards a particular viewpoint, but again, I didn't see anything too nefarious.

So at first glance, it looks like a reasonable local site albeit very cookie cutter, and primarily regurgitations of press releases from local official govs. And at second glance, it doesn't appear to be much worse than that.

NOW having said all of that, I can easily see how this can be turned sideways very easily and quickly by the site maintainers. If you're actually able to build up a good readership with some of this 'basic' content, then come election time or some other critical moment where influence is important, you can easily seed more biased content into the articles. And these don't necessarily need to be blatantly 'fake', they can just be slanted a certain way. They could certainly go full bore and insert some really fake content in there once in awhile.

The sheer magnitude of it all is impressive, taken in isolation these sites would seem legitimate but seeing them all side by side and seeing the content laid out it becomes painfully obvious there's an ulterior motive to it all.

Thanks to the parent comment for making me ( and hopefully more of us ) aware of this type of activity.

There have been published research in widely peer reviewed medical journals, for example: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/...

Main points being that brain activity and cognitive tests have shown that kids with excessive screen time use exhibited negative results. Granted these tests likely refer to unattended, non-interactive screen time which is slightly different than this particular app's situation. But the general idea and question of screen time is relevant.

Also anecdotally, I have a young nephew and niece who's parents recently instituted a screen time purge for weeks at a time -- ( parent is an MD and recently attended a conference where research showed similar negative impacts in children's brain development after screen time use ). They've seen less hyperactivity, less meltdowns and improved listening and behavior. Again, one example, so take it for what it's worth.

Raising kids is a time consuming, challenging endeavor for most people, and everyone's experience is going to be unique. So, to each their own. And I'm someone who grew up with NES and after school cartoons. But even given that, I intend on leaning towards caution in this respect and limit screen time as much as possible certainly towards the younger age spectrum.

Do you mind sharing what the managed HIPPA setup is? What vendor do you go with for that?

I've always wondered about how easy it would be to setup a SAAS that adheres to HIPPA.

Very interesting read on the intersection between Tech/Politics/Money.

Personally I think it's bad idea to inject this type of (essentially) spam email marketing into politics to drive fundraising, but the alternative of Super PAC isn't very attractive either.

"Good things happened to bad people, and bad things happened to good people. Executives who contributed to the crisis retain enormous wealth, while many of those who trusted them have suffered life-altering losses."

The breakdown of trust in our institutions slowly chipped away.

Headline is clickbaity with the AirBNB and the $5M price tag. AirBNB has it's very legitimate issues that need to be discussed, debated, and addressed. But media definitely loves to use AirBNB as an easy punching bag these days for the 'tech running amok' storyline.

However, this situation just seems like it falls entirely on the property manager for not doing due diligence on a renter, and for not having a large enough security deposit.

Actually, this might be one of the intended effects of this feature. What better way to make it appear their catalog is wider and ever-changing then to cycle through these static stills every so often. It may not be the most user friendly design pattern to 'trick' your user into thinking there's a bigger catalog, but I can understand the desire for it from their perspective.

And to be perfectly honest, sometimes those changing stills have actually made me watch a movie that I had previously glossed over because the image wasn't as interesting. So from personal experience I can say their primary intent was reached w/ the periodic cycling of stills.

Yes, exactly! Couldn't have said it better myself.

Hey Krapsna, my satirical read was in regards to the hyper scientific labels of "Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome", "team energetic asynchrony", and "chronotype diversity".

As someone who also has atypical sleep patterns ( late sleeper, early riser ), there were some interesting points in here.

I know there's been research done as well on the number of hours of sleep required rather than 'when' it occurs, but those haven't seem to have reached a consensus yet.

I will say some of these articles sometimes read satirically. Notably, they have a diagnosis for people who can't sleep at 'normal' hours: Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. Then the kicker at the end, "The term “chronotype diversity” is starting to find traction, as business managers explore concepts like team energetic asynchrony". At this point, I stopped and looked up at the URL to make sure I wasn't on a parody site.

But all joking aside, it would be interesting to explore what societal as well as productivity improvements could be had if people's sleep patterns were viewed as varied rather than forcing everyone on the same schedule.

Interesting analysis using online forums as a data source to determine that certain words are used more frequently by people exhibiting depression.

Here's a link to the full paper: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/216770261774707...

Good article summarizing some of the pitfalls of General Magic that goes along with that HN thread from a couple weeks ago from the insider perspective.

It's not too surprising that people are generally waiting to have kids later in life. But still a very interesting analysis of 4 decades of birth in America and how socioeconomic and geographical factors play into it. With lots of good data to look up based on county, age, etc.

Some quotes I found interesting:

"Lower-socioeconomic-status people might not have as many opportunity costs — and motherhood has these benefits of emotional fulfillment, status in their community and a path to becoming an adult."

"But if going to college and achieving an upper-middle-class lifestyle seems unattainable, then having a family might seem like the most accessible source of meaning to you.”

As a developer and business owner, there are some interesting lessons to be gleaned from this story:

1) long time incumbent has its lunch eaten by exciting new product

2) publicizing a release date to hold the product and team to a fixed time window ( no slips.. or at least the public backlash on it would be fairly loud )

3) yet, incumbent has a passionate and die hard fan base(users) and supporters that want to see it succeed even in the face of a better(?) product. lots of good will built up here, but will it be enough to see it through this 'fix everything sprint'

interesting to see where this goes. Fortnite certainly seems to have won all the attention and glamour as the new kid on the block, and seems pretty solidly entrenched now. They might not be entirely the same game, but there's no question they're often compared and contrasted heavily. It couldn't have felt great for the PUBG team when Fortnite's battle royale mode launched and exploded. Good luck to the team on trying to retake the market!

So this is an effort led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, which in itself is noteworthy, but then to claim a $1 Billion "seed" round is eye opening.

I'm highly skeptical with G090's failure ( which is mentioned in the article ) whether a studio(?) focused purely on bite sized content can survive, but they certainly have the funding and pedigree to attract some top level talent to give it a go for a few years.

The cultural element in Japan of post WW2 salarymen and their stature in society definitely lends a unique point to this story.

But in a more general case, with the aging population in the US and the around the world, with a large majority seemingly becoming more comfortable with being online. (personal anecdote: my parents are around 60, worked all their lives and had no need or even desire for the Internet or computers, etc. But now in their retirement, they've taken to it more freely and are trying out more apps, social networks, etc.) I've always wondered why there hasn't been a more compelling app or service that existed that targeted this demographic to help them find activities or form stronger local communities.

I've seen Linkages advertising around the coffee shop I go to, and the concept seems close to what I'm thinking, but I don't believe it's caught on, yet I can definitely see a need in that space.

I guess I'm envisioning something more casual to use for that generation: "looking for someone to walk around the neighborhood daily" or "have tea with" or "go gardening with" or "go to the local art class", Or "having a beer and watching the game". This must already exist, or have been attempted right?

themeforest actually has themes that have all those elements you say are missing, I think you might just not be searching or filtering properly.

900%!!! I stand corrected. Definitely the more I'm reading the more these new models are predatory rather than assistive like the Kiva model.

So according to that accaglobal.com article that I linked ( focused on Chinese P2P industry ):

Why are they borrowing: 51%: to accumulate credit worthiness 20%: meet basic needs 9%: fund major purchases of consumer durables

So seems to cover some of your anecdotal experience of the space. I understand the P2P business spreading out the risk by subdividing large investments from lenders into these various risk pools, but from a lender's perspective I can't imagine the return is worth it on one of these platforms.

I'd imagine the P2P platform itself would take a large cut probably with initial borrowing costs, plus a percentage of any interest rate payback.

Just seems like there'd be much better ROI in other investments than this type of lending ( as a lender ). Though, I'm sure the P2P businesses are making a nice profit by fleecing these types of borrowers at every step.

Posted this because having heard of P2P lending before, I had no idea that it had grown to such a large ( scale and scope ) industry. The most recent exposure I've had to P2P lending or microloans is probably Kiva's more charitable based business model.

But these new companies are certainly not in that space, as some are charging up to 20% on interest!? Who's taking loans at that level, and who's funding it at that level on this type of trust system??

That had me intrigued, so doing more research, this article goes in depth on the various types of lenders, the borrowers as well as their motivations, and the collaterals involved: https://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/ACCA_Global/Technical...

And some top US based companies at the moment: https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviergarret/2017/01/29/the-4-...

Still haven't read enough to form a solid opinion, but it is an intriguing space. I definitely see the value in providing capital and easier access to capital to people who probably never had the opportunity, but the space seems ripe for fraud, manipulation, high defaults, etc.

Curious, where are you buying real rubies from at that quantity. A quick google search returned about 10 different places, but they look more like the jewelry quality level.

Oh I disagree wholeheartedly.

We're in the sh*tshow we are today not because of a lack of ideologies: Libertarian, Conservative, Liberal, Progressive, Evangelical, Green, and on and on... So clearly, there's no lack of 'convincing ideology' for any single individual's belief system and ideals.

The problem as I see it, is that the majority of people have retreated into their ideologies and just started tossing grenades and stones behind their respective walls, rather than having dialogue, understanding, and compromising.

And if your counter is that we're just lacking an even BETTEREST ideology that somehow rules them all, I think that's fallacy. Ideology is neither the solution, nor the problem.

It's the fact that ideologies have become ending points, rather than starting points of discussion. Which leads me back to my original point that we need leaders who will govern by listening to ideas, facts, counterpoints, and making tough compromises and decisions based on that.

EDIT: spelling

>It is not acceptable to pursue that agenda by ignoring expert answers to technical questions, regardless of party affiliation

Your entire premise can be rebutted with the policies around climate change. If something as catastrophic and irreversible as climate change can be subject to partisan nonsense, twisting of facts and delegitimization of experts; what makes anyone think that Net Neutrality would be looked upon with logic, facts, and reason.

I personally lean towards preserving NN.

I hope at some point we can return to some semblance of governance based on facts, logic, and pragmatism rather than ideology.

For those wondering how and why the wealthy can acquire these types of clearly stolen property, theres a great report with associated podcast dicing into all the machinations and legal wranglings surrounding a piece of art that was stolen by the nazis.

For the most part the legal maneuvers likely would have stalled out if not for the leaking of the Panama Papers years ago which shed light on who owned which shell companies, and how, etc.

Heres the short version of the article, theres also a more in depth podcast: https://www.npr.org/2016/04/12/473856459/panama-papers-provi...

I thought you were just bs'ing at first but then.... wow: http://www.npr.org/2017/06/12/532557101/want-more-instagram-...