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jker··on EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
"Starting at $2,199"

Freedom isn't free, apparently.

jker··on Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Ocean Protection Area
A close read of the statement suggests that this is more of a feel-good thing and not much to worry about. If those tribes get actual sovereignty over those waters, they’ll soon find them full of Chinese fishing trawlers.
jker··on Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Ocean Protection Area
The statement notes that the waters are “also claimed” by the California state government, which “supports the concept” of tribal stewardship. This whole thing seems pretty insubstantial.
jker··on NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wild
Take it down a notch, please.
jker··on The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
This is an excellent description of the trajectory of Digg, the first platform I witnessed going through this lifecycle. In this case, the competitor that drained users from Digg was Reddit.

Another feature of Digg’s decline was a disastrous redesign that, overnight, soured most of the users on the site. It was basically a speed run of step 5 here.

jker··on The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, platforms die
I too have been trying to think of a more civil version of this word lately. Entrashment? Crudification?
jker··on California Defaults on $18.5B Debt, Leaving CA Businesses Liable
And to make matters worse, much of that loan from the federal government was paid to fraudulent claims - it was ripped off by scammers.
jker··on GPT-3 Enabled Robot Therapist: AI-Driven Support for Mental Health
They were sharing private patient info with advertisers, despite promising not to.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/2/23622227/betterhelp-custom...

jker··on GPT-3 Enabled Robot Therapist: AI-Driven Support for Mental Health
After the Better Help fiasco, I’d imagine people would be very hesitant to use something like this without some kind of third-party auditing and certification that their data aren’t being used to sell them stuff.
jker··on FCC warns Portland church to shut down pirate FM operating under its steeple
I don’t think so, the transmitter was under the power limit for amateur FM, and it didn’t overlap any local stations. That was my interpretation of the law as I read it before I built the station, doesn’t make it accurate or authoritative though.
jker··on FCC warns Portland church to shut down pirate FM operating under its steeple
During pandemic I set up a little automated FM radio station for my block and the surrounding ones. It had a voice-synthesized DJ and a big randomized playlist of great music. The whole thing ran on an RPi with a little USB FM transmitter. My neighbors - the ones who still owned radios - loved it.
jker··on Gang members hold positions at ‘highest levels’ of LA Sheriff’s department
No, Harvey Weinstein went big, he had a private offshoot of Mossad at his disposal.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-a...

jker··on Mysterious object is being dragged into the black hole at the Milky Way’s center
Lighten up, Minkowski.
jker··on I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you don't have to
And I thought I couldn’t hate sports betting any more than I already did. The ghost of Walter Annenberg is still haunting that slimy industry.
jker··on A lobbying blitz made sports betting ubiquitous
You’re talking about two very different eras and this two different sets of people.
jker··on “Judas goats” were once key players in meatpacking plants
A medium rare New York strip is, to me, delicious, and it doesn't need anything, not even salt. I don't eat such things anymore, but still: delicious.
jker··on Tech workers face a new reality as talent wars turn to pink slips
Recruiters know that layoffs are often an opportunity to purge the lower-performing employees.
jker··on FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
Indeed, the deregulation that led to the 2008 financial crisis was a thoroughly bipartisan effort, one that began in the Clinton Administration. This is why Brooksley Born is a hero for our times, and Larry Summers, a villain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooksley_Born
jker··on Ask HN: What Is the Hype with Docker?
I use the AWS Toolkit for PyCharm; it automates most of the process, including pulling an image (built by Amazon, I believe) that emulates the Lambda environment. All I have to do is write the Lambda function with the correct method signature, designate it as such, start a debug session, and PyCharm + Docker do the rest. It's insane that PyCharm Professional only costs $100 or so, it saves me that much in development time in a single day.

Edit: all of the above will work with the free version of PyCharm, I believe, but without the in-IDE control panel for Docker (which you don't absolutely need).

jker··on Ask HN: What Is the Hype with Docker?
Quite the contrary, I’ve found Docker to be absolutely indispensable for local dev, particularly when I’m debugging various cloud-targeted components, e.g. AWS Lambdas and Step functions. A container can nicely simulate most of the running environment of those things, and mock everything else. Docker + JetBrains IDE is a must-have for that reason
jker··on More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit
I believe that this type of employee-hostile practice, among with many others, is partially driving the epidemic of homelessness in America. There are people who simply find life on the streets less unpleasant than grinding away under an abusive employer to pay rent.
jker··on Filthy Plane Videos Ignite Debate About Airline Cleanliness
I’ve noticed that people who claim not to care what other people think are paradoxically desperate to make sure everyone knows they don’t care.
jker··on Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”
Agreed, FreeCAD is painful to use when you’ve been spoiled by Fusion or OnShape. I’ve tried using SALOME as an OSS alternative, it’s somewhat reminiscent of FreeCAD but something of an improvement. CadQuery is another possibility, but I would miss some of the drawing tools - full parametric CAD seems too limiting.
jker··on Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic?
Berkeley, not Harvard. He was a Harvard graduate, but taught at Berkeley, and in fact was the youngest math professor in Cal history.
jker··on See what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser
But when you click a link in the TikTok app, TikTok opens an in-app browser for you to view it in - and that’s where it’s gathering all the information. It’s a deceptive practice, since most users won’t realize that they’re not simply surfing a website as usual.
jker··on Why Polio (Poliomyelitis), Once Nearly Eradicated, Is Rebounding
Your article says no such thing.
jker··on Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk Fusion 360 versions
I’ve been using OnShape, which is pretty nice.
jker··on Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
The problem is, plenty of other people agree with you, except they consider you to be in that 0.25%.
jker··on In-browser retro-futuristic tank game, open source
Super fun, and the 80s retro look is spot on. The sun reminds me of a logo from that era, but I can't remember the company or organization.
jker··on Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B
Please spend the next year doing a bunch of free engineering and design work for me, thanks in advance.
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