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They got in trouble for this one, it's tasteless, but memorable:

https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2009/05/20/ui...

Article seems to have vanished, and the content was eerily similar to what I got from Gemini 2.5 Pro. Seems like spam for this service.

Once they are impeached they would presumably be subject to criminal prosecution under the Impeachment Judgements Clause [1] which states:

"but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law."

I don't think this ruling is, on the surface, exactly what people are making it out to be. It certainly maintains a high bar for criminally prosecuting the president for something they do in office, but it is not allowing them to commit crimes with impunity.

1: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-3....

I had this mindset when I went to UNC Chapel Hill 20 years ago and studied humanities. As a software engineer for 15 years now, I wish I'd studied something more in the vein of your work placement program. Having in-person instruction and academic rigor for a subject like Chemistry, Engineering or Computer Science is the key to really mastering it. Everything I learned in my Philosophy and Art History courses I could have gained independently through reading, debate, and conversation with friends or in other extra-curricular settings.

If I'd pursued a career in academia, or maybe law, I might feel differently but even then I'm not sure an undergrad English or Art History degree is worth anything approaching the typical cost.

Until a week ago I lived around the corner from the n+1 office and the buildings they're talking about. It's astounding how expensive the new developments are around there — like, $8k/month 2-bed rentals — and how terrible much of the new architecture is. It's a part of Greenpoint that has some of the most beautiful buildings in Brooklyn, most built in the late 18th and early 19th century. Which is all to say, I understand where the author is coming from and mostly agree.

That said, there actually are some attractive buildings in the mix. The massive OMA development, Eagle+West, is grossly overpriced but also shows what some amount of creativity and care coupled with new building techniques and materials can offer. It's not perfect, but we probably have to build in new ways if we want to solve problems of homelessness and affordability — again, my example is not affordable, but I think that has more to do with the developers than the actual input costs.

When you look at the beautiful old streets in Greenpoint you're seeing an investment of human labor and materials that is incomparable in today's terms. Those homes were built in a time when labor was cheap, and the people they were built for far wealthier relative to the labor pool. I just moved into a townhouse built in 1900 and when I hire a mason or plumber for repairs there's a good chance they earn more than I do — and I'm a well-paid developer.

This is all to say, I don't think there's anything fundamentally beautiful about the old — survivor bias, lack of context, and aesthetic conditioning are all at play. Nor does the new have to be universally ugly. I've seen plenty of new, dense construction in northern Europe that is beautiful and affordable.

A point made in the article's comments — an experienced doctor working in prenatal diagnosis says he struggled with organic chemistry, has not found it relevant to his career, and found biochemistry in med school more approachable. He concludes with:

> It makes no sense that a course so peripheral to successful, high quality medical careers is a gatekeeper > to medical school applications at undergraduate programs throughout the country. [1]

I find it unfortunate how NYU approached this situation, and the idea that students can protest their way out of a rigorous education is troubling. That said, I think this MDs point is excellent and worth consideration in light of a story that might otherwise be more ammo for a meritocracy in decline argument.

[1] https://nyti.ms/3rqZIoZ#permid=120729762

Email jobs!

Interesting to read you have issues with your HomePod Mini. Mine has been stable, however all my (7) original HomePods had constant issues connecting starting around OS 14.5 / 15. I have to imagine it's related to AirPlay 2.

I went through two different WiFi-6 networks, in every possible configuration, with no luck. Cumulatively I must have spent 20-30 hours debugging the networks, and finally happened upon something that works, albeit with caveats. I got two Eero Pro 6 access points, and disabled band steering — it was an experimental setting at the time — and everything worked! I've since re-enabled the setting and immediately have issues so I feel confident saying band steering is the issue.

Since then Eero has updated the setting to include AP switching and it's called "client steering". So, unfortunately, to have my HomePods connect I sacrifice AP handoff and have to toggle wifi if I move my laptop to the other end of the apartment.

There are quite a few folks who have brought this up in an Apple issue, and I have a friend in Tucson — where radio interference isn't an issue — with the same problem.

Keep a short list of your enemies' email addresses and use those as the destination for these likely-to-be-flagged signups to hedge your bet.

I had the good luck to see several of these in the wild in Ecuador, along the Napo River, about 15 years ago. The guide said they called them the "stinky turkey", which gave me a chuckle. I could also swear he said they had purple blood, but I haven't been able to verify that detail.

I'll take a contrarian position here. You paid for professional services that you could afford, you got them, and they made you more money. It's the definition of a good investment and a successful project.

Will also add that based on the happy conclusion of your story the title is almost clickbait — and highly effective clickbait at that, since you've now gotten 1000s of targeted HN eyeballs. I can't imagine how much that would have cost you!

She articulates the exploitative nature of this sort of viral / influencer charity incredibly well. His actions, while I'm sure well-intentioned, are sexist, ageist and absolutely dehumanizing. I hope the article helps him and the millions who liked the video check their assumptions and offers a lesson in moral complexity and subjectivity.

Is your corporate apology coming from personal experience in Amazon or another "BigCo" where you can cite actual instances where a massive corpus of petty infractions has protected line workers from the malicious "people with the authority"?

Otherwise the parent commenter's conjecture as to how this surveillance system functions in reality is about as good and useful and thoughtful as your own. Maybe worth keeping in mind.

I have two Eero Pro 6s. The network works very well in crowded Brooklyn, with great speed and no interference issues. Overall I love the product.

Sharing in case you've got HomePods, but one caveat about the simplicity is that their client steering feature / setting bundles both the band switching and station switching behaviors. I have 6 original HomePods and they can't handle the band switching at all — they will constantly drop out and fail to AirPlay. The issue is not unique to Eero, but unfortunately with client steering off I'm stuck toggling wifi when I move through my apartment on my laptop or phone.

The issue with the HomePods is certainly an Apple bug (reported to them several times in great detail after hours of debugging) but naturally they don't care to support their $350 "hobby".

Planet Money did an episode on the recycling issue last year. Excellent reporting, and they do come up with memos: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/912150085/waste-land

One key point made is that the marketing approach was preferred because the costs were so low compared to solving the real problems. While I think redirecting those amounts to push people in a different direction would be great, it still seems minor compared to the challenges of plastic waste and broader environmental concerns.

I wonder why the Roth didn't include any sort of cap or maximum exemption? It seems like that would have been an easy safety to build in, like a stop-loss for the government to avoid intentional and unintentional abuse leading to tax shortfalls. The federal gift tax has a limit of $11.7 million, seems like a gift to your older self might be considered similarly.

Thank you! MinervaNeue worked perfectly.

Mind giving a pointer? Would love to default to the mobile view, but haven't been able to find the setting you're referring to. Google hasn't helped.

I just tested, and it definitely looks like a troll / hack.

> duplexer3@1.0.1 install /Users/foo/Code/foo/node_modules/duplexer3 > echo "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. A time to make use of duplexer3, and a time to be without duplexer3."

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. A time to make use of duplexer3, and a time to be without duplexer3.

From the article:

"In interviews, many tech employees and executives said they believed conservative views on issues like tax policy and regulation are welcome in Silicon Valley. But conservative views on social issues like gay marriage, civil rights and immigration meet more resistance ..."

While many of those issues seem like fair game in a (presumed) secular business environment, I don't see how an expressed conservative viewpoint that actively opposes civil or equal rights can be tolerated in a workplace. It is a necessary basis for any sort of collegiality and cooperation.

At the same time, I can imagine people freely saying disparaging things about conservatives (it's hard for me to resist sometimes) that would make for a hostile environment. I'd hope large SV companies could occasionally remind employees of that fact.

They have a beautiful native macOS app as well. Also, excellent support for groups, including group URLs you can stick on a github page. Great program all around.

I actually use Subsonic in jukebox mode, coupled with the amazing Dsub for Android for my home listening. It looks at the same directory as iTunes, and outputs via USB to an external DAC / amplifier.

It happens to be occasionally too. I've ended up exporting and re-importing those tracks on the server and it tends to fix it.

Definitely an annoyance, but infrequent enough that I had forgotten about it until you mentioned.

For two years now I've used iCloud Music Library (iTunes Match) to handle exactly the sort of situation the article author describes. Bucking the trend here; I love it.

I've written a number of scripts (the main one is on npm) that run on a home Mac Mini server, converting FLAC to ALAC, and copying music which gets added to the library via the iTunes Add to Library folder.

Within minutes of hitting a synced drop folder music is converted, stored and uploaded. I then have access to that music on my phone and computer. I can access 100% of my personal 40k track library anywhere, and can listen lossless at home. I still have music in my library I ripped in the early 2000s.

I've definitely hated on iTunes plenty — the search is unforgivably slow and CPU intensive, and the app seems forever going backwards on usability.

Still, I have what seems like a miracle of the cloud. A reliable, personal streaming service, with none of the restrictions of Spotify or Apple Music. I'll deal with the inconvenience.

For the record: I've explored a similar system with Google Play, but Apple manages the best end-to-end ecosystem across devices in my opinion.

Both the DNC and the RNC are non-profit private organizations (IRS 527).

While I'm also interested in an open government, I think it's reasonable for both of those groups to expect to operate with some degree of privacy and autonomy.

Yes, exactly that.

I'd love an easy option to only include ads on sites that I trust, or that do ads well, and some reliable metrics surrounding that. Then content producers could get some feedback on "ad acceptance rates" and create better user experiences.

Now that I think about it, one of the most obnoxious things about online ads isn't that they are eerily intelligent, but that they are still mostly dumb forms of broadcast.

You're assuming these specific people were representative of the nation as a whole.

Absolutely the most depressing political event of my life. I would have generally written off an outcome like this as a product of personal mosanthropy and pessimism, only held in check by past results that surprised me in a good way.

While my filter bubble isn't solid enough to not understand this, I truly wish it wasn't the case.

As our new president-elect says; so sad.

I think it's at least fine to say that the parent is to some extent equivocating anecdotal personal "evidence" with extensive research and drawing very different conclusions.

Much of the criticism I've read of "The Better Angels..." has towed a similar line. It's obviously a hugely complicated subject, with at best terrible data for most of the period under examination, but I found that Pinker really did synthesize and explore a tremendous amount of data, history and theory in a way I found intelligent and compelling.

Pinker at least offers a more substantial counter-narrative to the standard news cycle where you're likely to get shot the next time you walk out your door. I would argue that view drives greater violence through a disproportionate law-and-order response to even the suspicion of a crime.

Most of the cited successes were savvy early movers — every company mentioned aside from Slack itself is at least 10 years old. In the more mature, more varied tech space of today PHP seems like a non-starter.