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Can you expand on the gates (using many more of them) that work off the fpv video signal? You can add cameras detecting motion and not worry about which drone is which (getting that from fpv signal as it passes the gate).

Then interpolate with accelerometer data from the drones telemetry?

Dunno seems hard anywhich way but having more than one tech involved to cross check seems like it might help.

*flippant comment warning...

three things coming together: 1.things like sharepoint and powerapps getting better 2.more exposure to programming/abstractions/scripting in the general populous 3.widespead documentation / agreement of standard business processes (maybe in the form of templates for number 1)

underlying all of this is when people wake up to the fact that data and process matters, software doesnt.

there will still be developer jobs but they will look more like how infra jobs look under cloud computing - higher skilled, harder, bigger implications when you mess up.

There is value in a few amazing coders out there but IMHO most developers add most value by getting to know how to abstract thier particular customers business.

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Dont know of any traditional contract that can accidentally make money vanish. Also you can go to a centralised authority e.g. bank or court to do something about the wrong party holding the funds at any given point.

You can even retrospectively apply reasonable person type arguments no?

maybe i am jaded (too many hours reading and writing sql as it is) but the structure of SQL is very closely linked to how i write a query:

what data do i want to see: most important

where doest is come from: next most important thing

What filters and restrictions am i going to put on it: least important

Are there best practice process diagrams to support the correct usage of these with b2c services?

how should the initial verifiacation happen? what happens when i loose/corrupt/break the device? should this represent me as a human or the keys to an account? - should a human hold the permissions ultimately (if so how to i override a key?)

To be fair its not just Google and amazon etc. I had a similar issue with my bank, they blocked a transaction in online banking which had pre requisites of logging in (three secrets effectively) plus sms verification, and specific sms verification for this transaction. unblocking it required only control of my phone number and knowing my date of birth and other easy to get info. If it had been a fraudulent transaction then the bad actor already had my sim card and ability to log into my account.

Serious question: is there any examples of a robust way of doing customer security? Even just a proposal/document or blog post (doesn't need to have been implemented). I sort of feel no one has figured this out yet (if its even possible).

Companies just need to make sure their insurers will pay out, which if there is not proven solution seems about all they can do.. tho a little humility and honesty that that is their position would go a long way.

If Iec 61508 was applied to all software that would also do it.

(Make software actually be engineered)

Fwiw I hate drag and drop on left click, I wish it was on right click (or even better required a key press at the same time).

Its way to easy to accidentally do. I am often left with not know what happened and having to ctrl-z in my desktop environment.. something which is equally scary (something somewhere was undone).

Any job ive had regardless of pay, regardless of how good its been for how long, what the job market is like... after about 5-10 minutes wondering if I am adding value I will look for another.

I have one life, I need to have money to live but thats easy, actually having a positive impact is a reason to do something for someone else.

I dont necessarily apply but its its all i am thinking about untill I have value to add again: what am I doing here?

For me its whatsapp for everyone under 90 (over 90 is email or phone) and signal for everyone who is in IT or is close to someone IT. With the caveat that as almost all signal users are on WhatsApp too sometimes we forget and use it anyway.

Sms is mostly for when you want to add urgency and be less likely to be muted.

I would love to get rid of WhatsApp due to FB and hope to do so somehow soon.

I think that is a perception, but its driven by not being able to "see" the product of the work.

Security breaches, locked in data (poor dB structure or no direct access) reverse engineering undocumented functionality, even just dismantling supporting infrastructure and migration costs are huge. Another huge factor is when business logic is codified and the knowledge is lost from the business and only temprarily held by transient consultants or developers.

An sap project for a single region for a $1bn per year company can easy cost over $10m and no software is being developed, only config, process change and data migration. Never mind increased staff turnover reduced productivity.

But very few people have the experience and expertise to understand what they are really signing up for.

Just think about a 3d model can do for a construction project and what that would look like for code and you can see how poorly we do this really.

At uni I had one course in software engineering. It was different to other courses as it was about defining metrics and constraints, measures of success, requirements etc. As well as evaluating what building blocks you had available.

To me the term didn't come from HR it came from trying to get "programmers" to think in terms of constraints, value, risks etc. Seems a pretty clear and simple definition.

The reason I think its not taken off in the same ways as say mechanical engineering is because in general customers cannot actually see the product, only certain elements of its outputs.

If you couldn't see bridges either in use or after a failure. You just saw cars disappear at one end and appear at the other, not even able to measure the gap or time taken to cross in any meaningful way then structural engineers would bullshit and self grandise as much as software engineers.

Maybe one day the average person will know enough to hold us to account, then we will begin engineering properly.

is there not an additional level added with mental abstractions?

e.g. i blast it at the gym (i dont actually but play along ;)) and i build an abstraction of life that that is part of. the fact that the abstraction has limitations is irrelevant. we dont process the real world we process our learned abstracctions of it.

No, but I have worked at companies where it was the standard for expenses. it was accepted at lauaghably few places.

Visa seems ot be everywhere in the UK, i dont know the stats but seems like most debit cards are visa and if i was to guess amongs my friends etc. its something like 75% or more of credit cards with maybe 20% masterdcard and 5% american express dinerclub etc.

That is why the whole thing seemed like a plea to get me to sign up for an amazon mastercard (and also why mastercard were porbably up for doing a deal with amazon in the uk - to increase amrket share).

exactly. give me an SME and direct access to the DB. i dont need to see any code, not even the UI.

working on master data and BI changed my whole perspective on how to value software and what i demand of any business application going even vaguely close to business critical processes (hint: unfettered db access to cut through your bullshit.. its my damn data thank you :D )

oh, i was looking forward to this being an excuse to let all amazon payments end.

I found it extremely insulting to be told that i should change my card to meet the expectations of a single company.

to be clear i think that the transactions fees probably are too high and i am sure visa are not better. but trying to use me as a pawn like this was a slap in the face.

I am still considering cancelling all services on the 19th.

edit: only silver lining was getting 5% cashback from visa on things bought on amazon during this (which being over christmas was handy).

can you elaborate a little? i've not heard of the term sum types before and when googling superficailly they dont seem that exciting, particularly for persistent data. When would they not just be a foreign key to table or one column for each allowed datatype (or a mix of the two)?

Sorry, I am assuming here its my ignorance thats teh issue not knowing any real word examples of why they are a big deal.

I know very little about networking, but i know that my kids can play multiplayer at the smae time together that wont work until i set up thier NAT correctly.

My naivity says that its either NAT handles it or the swithces are choosing random ports (or maybe negotiating through plug and play).

set up rules in your firewall for the correct NAT type either for your whole network or just those devices - unless something has changed recently.

I have only seen this issue when running pfsense. and then to fix it i set up rules for the switch to ahve the type of NAT it wants.

When i use a router from my ISP it always just works.

When i use routers provided by my ISP the switches always just work. when i was running pfsense (i need to set it up again soon :) ).. I just had to set a rule for them to always get the same IP and the correct NAT type and it worked perfectly.

It does make me wonder if all ISP provided routers are pretty insecure in some way?

IMHO you cannot trust it and you are being sensible.

I would have the attitude of: dont worry as who cares about my stuff.. except that i think our society is not at a place where this is valid. we dont have the means to address it if we are acted againt.

also using the techniques you are forced into by doing this (e.g. face to face chats about things very important to you) is a security measure that humatiy needs.

I fully get the attitude of: i am going to enjoy my life to the fullest while i can and if i get fucked down the road so be it. but i cannot stomach it myself.

the diversity of humanity is a great safety net and the key driver of this is our independand risk/reward calculations.

.. one way or another be at peace with your decision. I just accept lots of people around me get more out of technology (and are probably more productive or efficient as a result).. i kind of err on the side of so long as you are happy for the time that you are blessed with life and you are not screwing anyone else over just do your thing, as know one knows when the ride is going to end.

EDIT: to be clear i am here posting bullshit on HN, so its not like i dont engage etc.. i just pretty much treat everything on a computer with the same level of privacy/security: none.

Sure, sorry, they question was wide open so i gave the most generic and introductory of answers..

I trust fund babies are the extreme on the spectrum but any time your parents wealth is the biggest factor in whether or not you are a success the system is broken.

imho i see many people who had support or investment from their parents doing very well when they are average or below average abilty.

Education is ulimately the absolute most important thing.. a nation (or humanity as a whole) has a limited number of assest: land, infrastructure and people. the people being the most dynamic with the largest value multipliers possible. IMHO its a no brainer that you want to invest in people via education as a top priority as it will in turn multiply up all other investment (and anything that means money has a bigger sway than ability i think is a bit broken).

To be clear i am not looking for the systems to be perfect, thats silly.. but i do prefer for example the idea of private education being illegal to ensure that grades actually mean something (not just how much money was spent on you).

Also as a side note i belive that people who think they are worth many times more than others within their oragnisation dont understand how their value is derived and where it came from.. so while i dont seek for all salaries to be equal, i do think within an org they should all be within a certain range (e.g. highest paid no more than 5 or 10 times lowest paid).

I have made / saved millions of dollars with a few hours work - but it was the existance of the org, the customers and the history that gave me the chance to do such good work more than it was my skill. people who can deliver solutions are actually more common than you think - good requirements and problems ripe for solving are thin on the ground.

if there was a lottery defined 99% of your life outcomes at birth would that be a bad thing?

if it was possible for an accumulation of wealth within one group to essentially divide humanity in different groups that could never be changed despite skill level compitance or morals of the individuals in each group would that be bad? so someone whose great great granddaddy did something now has power for no reason. and their line of decendands wont be able to spend money as fast as they accumulate it - without even understanding how or why.

wealth accumulation and private serveices (like education and healthcare) kind of make this an inevitability imho.

AFAIK its not one person being paid more than another thats the issue.. its those that are paid because they were born with money and add nothing to society that i think bothers people.

EDIT: a good book -The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists- for considering capitlism and the accumulation of wealth (also shock how relevant it is still 120 years later): https://freeclassicebooks.com/Robert%20Tressell/The%20Ragged...

Someone told me they are illegal in many countries and that they are mainly a us/uk thing (may have been a European centric view).. not sure how accurate that is.

Edit: seems lots of places have them but they differ a bit, some only showing missed payments:

https://www.businessinsider.in/slideshows/miscellaneous/many...

One of the exceptions shown was a guy who was asleep below deck when his fishing boat sank. Iirc he treaded water for a while as all crew mates succumbed one by one. He then swam to shore (miles i think) then walked several more miles to a house.

I think he collapsed on the doorstep (again having "made it") but was okay in the end.

He was not a slim guy, not sure if that helped.. but it was one of the dont give up examples. So outcomes do vary wildly.

Similar thing taught for offshor survival training in the north sea.

If you give up you are a gonner if you dont you may make it, and everyone who has survived had a determination to struggle on even when it looked bleak (i think the stats say something like if you are not out of the water in 5 mins you are unlikely to survive - even with a survival suit.)

They show videos of people passing out as they are airlifted out of the sea too and falling out of the sling. or passing out and drowning when they see the helicopter overhead - assuming that they dont need to fight any more.

If I search for a business name its normally not the first result any more. Usually an advert for another company in the same space I dont want to use (basically an offensive / scamming result from user perspective) and then also the standard "buy search term on amazon".

Imho anyone working on business applications could do with this. I get frustrated how naive so many software tools are regarding fincial controls and how developers dont know that so many data reconciliation issues were solved decades or centuries ago by accountants.

Same goes for basic infrastructure and configuration knowledge to a certain extent:)

baseless gum pumping:

curiosity: when you perceive a gap in your knowledge that has no immediate need to be resolved how much effort do you put in to filling the gap. how burning is your desire to verify all possible logical links that may exist with the only reward being that verfication.

trait vs task curiosity sounds more like the impact of other dimensions, e.g. prioritisation focus and self perception regarding productivity.

My guess is that the more productive nature of task curiosity is just the person being tested having well practiced "i dont need to worry about that" routines.

It would also be very hard to gauge the impact of wider experience.. i can be a horrendous time waster with curiosity, however i also have a wide range of random knowledge that keeps me on track in un-expected ways. e.g. remembering that i let something slide previously and it worked out ok. I actually would not be surprised to find an overlap between those perceived to have task specific curiosity and those perceived to trust the wider systems they operate within (with those perceivesd to have general curiosity less trusting of wider systems)