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You can reach me at im.not.pedro@gmail.com
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iaskwhy··on Icelandair letting go its flight attendants and shifting their duties to pilots
My wife is cabin crew at BA. The best example I can give of things they need to know is how to let a bomb explode and leave the aircraft going. There's a procedure on how to cover a found bomb with layers of chairs, wet blankets, etc. She also needs to know all the ways to extinguish a fire, depending on its source.
iaskwhy··on My 2020 desk setup
On switching peripherals between both work and home computers, I've been using for a few years now a UGREEN USB Switch. It's around £21 for the USB 2 version at the moment in the UK. So it's basically what the author uses but you connect both machines there and click a button to toggle between machines. On mine there's 4 ports only but maybe that's enough for most people - I'm only using half.
iaskwhy··on Brain Drain Within the EU?
Sorry, it's not your fault but I found this funny because, of course German is the top first language in the EU, it's EU's most populous country, by far. Romanian is the 7th and Dutch the 8th and so on, pretty much every country has its own national language, with only a few exceptions.
iaskwhy··on Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking
I use another browser for those sites. So Firefox with all the fancy add-ons for 99% of my browsing and then Edge for those times I really can't have it failing on me (any sort of payment, that's pretty much it).
iaskwhy··on Rome's Subway Expansion Reveals Artifacts From The Ancient Past
That's what happened with the new Bloomberg HQ in London. It's a nice museum underground.
iaskwhy··on Ask HN: How to find a mental health professional?
I've found mine in a therapist directory (for the UK): https://www.bacp.co.uk/search/Therapists

I remember I was so nervous and full of doubts about doing it, I had nobody I trusted I could talk to at the time but I was doing really bad. I first tried to find a familiar face on that directory, just based on pictures, someone I could see myself talking to. When I did find someone, it took me a few days before finally trying to reach them. It was extremely difficult to be honest. But I did it. It's been a few years now. Couldn't be happier with my decision.

Good luck. And feel free to ping me if you need any help.

iaskwhy··on What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?
Very useful link in the article showing some of the things Facebook knows about you: https://facebook.com/ads/preferences
iaskwhy··on Show HN: iOS music player, like a virtual record collection
You might want to try Cesium: http://www.cesium-app.com/

You can hide most images/covers on Cesium. I bought it one or two years ago, use it sometimes instead of the Music.app.

On a side note, one feature I'd wish was in all these players is the ability to pin stuff. I'd like to pin x albums, that's how I listen to them, x albums per month.

iaskwhy··on What happened when I opened a restaurant in Portland
And we even get to tell others they are doing it wrong!
iaskwhy··on iPhone X
iPhone X fails to unlock and asks for PIN?
iaskwhy··on Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico
Actually earthquake quick release cycles are very good for humans as it prevents bigger earthquakes in the future. Same with volcanoes.
iaskwhy··on Bad UX: How Booking.com deceives clients
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't, at least in Europe. If you're price sensitive, always check both before booking it.

Some examples: I've booked directly with the place to pay half price for one night in an amazing farm in Iceland; I've got the opposite last time I booked a night in a cheap hotel in Portugal. I usually check the Booking.com price and then check directly with the hotel then "Oh, but I've seen this cheaper in Booking.com", "Yes, please do the reservation via Booking.com then".

iaskwhy··on Increasing numbers of wingsuit jumpers are dying (2016)
I've been in that situation myself, a wave luckily brought me closer to the shore as I was about to quit and then I could just run to safety. I'm much more aware of dangerous zones in beaches nowadays. I recommend everyone to see a few of these videos: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+get+out+...
iaskwhy··on Airbnb dominated by professional landlords
We might need to consider not all cities are made to be tall. You cannot make Lisbon or Vienna go tall, otherwise it's not Lisbon or Vienna anymore... Also, it's silly to move local residents to the outskirts to have tourists right in the city center as tourists don't have to commute on a daily basis, they can be away from the center, it's perfectly fine for them.
iaskwhy··on A Dinosaur So Well Preserved It Looks Like a Statue
Still 30%-ish away from being an expert! On a serious note, compare that rhythm with our field...
iaskwhy··on Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Beta
It's my current hobby to explore ways to do this. My goal is to create a library which I can then use for several purposes. I'm mostly inspired by Civilization V end game replay map[0]. My second goal is to use the library to create a few educational map-based history tools because I love reading that stuff but have a hard time visualising it.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KTQN5nW24U

iaskwhy··on Pseudo-public space in London
Yes, along with Canary Wharf, both private places with even private police. But I'd say the City Hall example is a level more problematic than that because that's where you would demonstrate, there's where the decision making is happening. Imagine not being possible to gather in front of the Houses of Parliament...
iaskwhy··on Pseudo-public space in London
One example from the article: the London City Hall, where the major works from, is in private space so there can't be any demonstrations there. Don't you think this is problematic?
iaskwhy··on Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
Not really, no, but Chrome supports some files: pdf, txt, images... View mode only, obviously.
iaskwhy··on Indian IT, “You're Fired”
This happened to me once. I was not allowed in the building so I called a colleague to bring me in as a visitor. Upon trying to login, "account has been disabled". Called IT, "you've been fired". Called my line manager, "I have no idea what you're talking about". Turns out someone forgot to extend my contract on the system.
iaskwhy··on Indian IT, “You're Fired”
I've seen this happening in the UK to around 40 colleagues at 10am one day. I'm assuming it's because it's a sensitive job information-wise so one is not allowed to touch his computer anymore. I've heard non-contractors still get paid the missing weeks as per their contract, they're just not allowed in the building. It's miserable, by the way. The mood continues in a low for months when it happens.
iaskwhy··on The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity
My life changed slightly when I decided to enable the EU recommended setting for volume on the iPhone. Not sure if this feature is available outside of EU but it's great.
iaskwhy··on Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile
You are correct, it seems a new update was released to allow the restoring of old purchases.
iaskwhy··on Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile
One thing missing from this discussion: people who in the past bought the game are now required to pay for it again in order to have it ad-free! That's the reason for the big influx of 1 star ratings in the AppStore.
iaskwhy··on Europe mostly ends mobile roaming fees from today
Restrictions:

If you roam exclusively in a Feel At Home destination for any 2 complete months in a rolling 12 month period, we may suspend international roaming on your account, which means you'll no longer be able to use your device or allowances abroad. We'd let you know if this were likely to happen first. If you spend a full month abroad but some of that time is spent in a destination that isn't included in Feel At Home, this restriction won't apply.

You can't use your phone as a Personal Hotspot, also called tethering, in a Feel At Home destination. This applies even if you normally tether in the UK using your data allowance, or have a Personal Hotspot allowance or Add-on.

We restrict your ability to use your data allowance for file-sharing, like peer to peer download services, and using certain sites to download or share large files. This is so that we can manage demand from overseas and ensure that everyone can use the service.

The source link is horrible (and the page doesn't allow copying... I wonder why): http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command...

iaskwhy··on The Swiss leaks and Panama papers open a window on the tax-dodger’s world
Thanks for explaining it, I'm not able to edit my previous comment but I stand corrected.
iaskwhy··on The Swiss leaks and Panama papers open a window on the tax-dodger’s world
This is hard to believe but it is true[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomperipossa_in_Monismania

iaskwhy··on New Surface Pro
From your reply I understand you didn't notice the second link, probably due to my bad formatting. Compare your analysis of the first link with what Apple states in the second. I don't understand how they can say it.
iaskwhy··on New Surface Pro
Relevant: https://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/ http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guar...

I still don't understand how these make sense together...

iaskwhy··on New Surface Pro
"If you buy an Apple laptop, and need a repair, they'll fix it if it's in warranty, regardless of where you are."

This can be misleading. I bought my Macbook Air in Portugal, had 2y warranty there. Then moved to the UK and the brick stopped working. Went to an Apple Store and since it was after the 1y warranty offered when you buy it in the UK, they rejected replacing it for me. Eventually went to Portugal to visit my family and got a new brick from the same store in 5 minutes. On a curious note, there's no Apple Stores in Portugal yet so in this particular case it was even more interesting to realise how much better help I got from a non-official store.

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