lostphilosopher

Does anyone have a good explanation (or resource) for why this wouldn’t happen?

If I have the opportunity to use my gaming machine - I want to spend it playing a game, not reading lore. But I really appreciate good lore if it's made available elsewhere (books, apps, websites, etc.). If lore is going to only be available in game I think audio logs ( albeit with optional subtitles) are a better solution than walls of text.

I recall this coming up on HN before, but lots of big companies have special programs for hiring jr / entry level engineers. Usually, these are integrated with university and boot camp programs the company has a relationship with. Those roles exist and are being hired for, just through a different process. Another factor is that if you’re cleared to hire someone at a sr salary you can probably hire at a jr salary if you find someone, but probably can’t go the other way. Also keep in mind HR salary bands can go out of date fast in the tech market and you may have to open a sr role in your system to get the range you need to get even an entry/mid level candidate.

I wonder what percentage of Facebook's users are only there because of 3 or fewer friends, bands, groups/clubs/interests, or businesses that still use Facebook as their primary means of communication.

"As soon as the Paris contract released the telelectroscope, it was delivered to public use, and was soon connected with the telephonic systems of the whole world. The improved 'limitless-distance' telephone was presently introduced, and the daily doings of the globe made visible to everybody, and audibly discussible, too, by witnesses separated by any number of leagues." - From the London Times of 1904, Mark Twain

https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-story...

What are the government regulations that drive this? (If that’s what you mean?)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2019/03/21/all-that-... (just as a reference for that last point)

Haiku tangent: I'm no Haiku master, but as I understand it a proper Haiku should succinctly convey the experience of a moment in time. That's really the hallmark of a Haiku. Use of "seasonal words" is a traditional, but not breaking requirement. And the 5-7-5 thing is somewhat misleading since the Japanese (rough) equivalent to a "syllable" is shorter than an English syllable such that a 5-7-5 Haiku in English tends to be ~30% longer in time taken to say than a Haiku in Japanese. (This is what I can recall off the top of my head from The Haiku Handbook. Which is much more worth reading than my comment if you're interested in Haiku.)

As long as the data continues to indicate that prior infection provides equivalent protection and that prior infection is verifiable then that seems like that should be a valid exception to a vaccination requirement. The verification is key though, it seems like everyone who got a cold in 2020 _thinks_ they had Covid.

I'll take a stab at this.

The value for me is in knowing that I am standing in front of the same canvas that Da Vinci stood in front of. It's similar to going to a historical site and standing where history you've heard about was made and seeing/hearing/smelling something of what the people who made it did. It builds a sense of human connection, a shared experience, and makes something you "know" to be real "feel" more real.

Da Vinci never stood in front of the "atom for atom copy" of the Mona Lisa, and generations have not come from around the world to see it. We're receiving the same visual stimulus, but the ability to participate in the human connection is reduced because we know it's a copy. (Worth noting that if we didn't know it was a copy, then this wouldn't be a problem.)

On the logic front, I'll tangentially throw out that I think the problem isn't invalid arguments, but unsound arguments, which doesn't get properly addressed in discussions of misinformation. We're all blindly talking past each other because no one agrees to the premises or on any means of verifying them.

On teacher competency, I would, on balance, trust the teachers I had growing up and the teachers I know now to handle CRT appropriately if they were teaching my children.

CRT = Critical Race Theory

Some groups (in the US) are actively trying to ban teaching it (or some definition of it) in school and some groups think it's essential learning. I'm guessing most have no idea what actually was or wasn't being taught, but that's another issue. The point here isn't whether they're right or wrong to do so it's that obviously education isn't "neutral territory" or something the country is comfortable leaving to the education community. Creation/evolution is the "classic" example of this.

As soon as you try to do media studies or critical thinking at scale somewhere in K-12 someone is going to think that you're doing it maliciously to advance or attack a worldview and it's going to become a mess. Another commenter mentioned letting kids dissect Fox and CNN - how long before those kids say something to their parent that Really Believes one of those channels and that parent goes to the school board with a mob of other Believers? Or someone tries to get a class started or teach a class that claims to be critical thinking but focuses all its time on the flaws in a particular perspective?

But who would teach it? Who would write the text book? Who would design the curriculum? How would this be protected from the same abuses that an "anti-misinformation" project would be susceptible to?

How would this happen at meaningful scale without drawing a response like "CRT" is drawing now and "evolution/creation" did before and in some areas still does?

How do we prevent it from just deepening existing divides?

The misinformation age worries me more than any other current threat because it compounds every other problem and I don't really see a solution. I think it's actually just getting started. (And yes of course propaganda is not new, but the scale, effectiveness, and saturation of it has increased observably in my own lifetime. As a species we are getting better at it.)

If someone convinces me this is solvable or not a real problem you'll genuinely make my day; I really want to be super wrong about this...

The project itself (not Facebook cutting funding) was just covered on NPR - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/14/1016028....

Unless it's _really_ a very large organization where the person or team you need to contact is often in a different building, city, state, or country...

FWIW I think you could write an interesting book.

I think we have collective amnesia around just how bad "traditional cable" is/was (in no particular order):

1. Tons of ads

2. Ads with terrible content

3. Expensive

4. Piecemeal content (having to pay for multiple packages to get all the programs you're interested in, some options being nearly mutually exclusive)

5. You could either watch live at a time you didn't choose, record (hassle), or use a pretty terrible "on demand" UI (which may also only have the last 3 episodes or other weird restrictions)

6. Bad content

I've used Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, CBS All Access, HBO Max, and Disney Plus.

None of them have issues 1 or 2. The "previews" can get more ad like than I'd want, but no where near cable. Huge win for streaming in my book.

Combined they are about on par with the cost of cable, though I rarely have all of them subscribed at once and could easily cut back to a much cheaper combo (so, draw on issue 3, but possible win for streaming).

Issue 4 is still an issue (and I can't really imagine it not being an issue given how for profit business works).

Issue 5 is a win for streaming. Better UIs, better content strategies, etc.

Issue 6 is subjective so I'll leave that to the reader

10+ years ago I had a laptop case with solar panels and an outlet. It worked well; could both extend the battery life and charge when not in use. Not mediocre, and I imagine things have improved? There may be better solutions for low grid envs, but this one is viable.

FWIW

I've been very happy with the Ego line of electric (rechargeable batteries) lawn tools. I have, and use regularly, their leaf blower, weed whacker, and snow blower. 3 seasons of use so far.

> "... he took out a $20,000 personal loan and used it to purchase shares."

> "... a personal loan with an 11.19% interest rate ..."

Do you use a controller? I’ve thought about trying one of the mobile ports but the idea of playing with a touch screen doesn’t seem viable. Is this solved somehow?

I'm assuming you're right since I don't know much about this subject, but how does that mechanically work? How does a trait, even if it is beneficial to the community, get passed down if the members that have that trait don't have offspring?

That article is about Universal Health Services (UHS) not UnitedHealth Care (UHC). UHS is not a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) UHC is.

Only partially on topic...

The worst part of my 2020 Toyota is the “ETunes” infotainment system. This is my 4th Toyota and the only one that has felt like a step backwards due to how bad that system is. Cars have had working radios since before I was born. This car has a radio with a bad UI and a habit of showing error messages...

This is a dumb way to lose a customer.

Some anecdotes:

Called my daughter's pediatrician's office, left a message with one of her nurses with my question and my contact info so the doc could call back when she had time. She did, but she called my wife. (Has happened more than once. Has never happened "the other way.")

I work much closer to our day care than my wife and have a more flexible schedule, so if one of our kids gets sick and needs to be picked up I have done the pick up 100% of the time. Yet 100% of the time they call my wife, who then calls me. Also, 100% of the time they are a bit surprised when I show up to pick up the kid.

This hasn't caused us any harm, but I believe the phenomena is "real" and I could see scenarios where it does cause harm. It's also true that some instances have mundane causes as others have pointed out here.

I've seen it claimed that "big Wall Street" was on both sides of this. HFT firms that pay for access to RobinHood's data joined the run on GameStop based on movement on RobinHood adding significant initial dollars to those invested by the Reddit crowd. I don't know enough about this space to know if this is true/possible and my sources so far are "randos on the internet" so I'm not investing (har har har) in the idea, but I'm curious.

HN remains one of the few "internet communities" where the impossible job of moderation is well done (IMO). Thanks dang!

Haven't read every comment, but I read quite a few and I'm shocked that people are thinking the new world of streaming is "the same" as cable.

What I get from streaming that I didn't get from cable is: no commercials and the ability to watch on demand without recording or other hassle. I would pay more than cable prices for those two features.

I don't except to pay one company and get all companies' products - in any context. You don't get Whoppers at McDonald's, Ford doesn't sell Toyotas. Intermediaries create their own islands of exclusivity (you can only get X on Door Dash and Y on Uber Eats).

What I'm worried about is streaming services not letting me pay to not have to watch commercials.

Last thought - if you think there's "nothing good" on platform Z you may be burning through content way too fast. I don't think we can or should put out endless hours of great new TV content aligned to each person's tastes.

You could say the same thing about people living in Texas who didn't vote for Cruz. :-)

If you haven't yet, you should read Kevin Kelly's "What Technology Wants" it devotes quite a few pages to the idea of evolution/augmentation via technology.

https://www.amazon.com/What-Technology-Wants-Kevin-Kelly/dp/...