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mchanson··on My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won
Sure, but there is principle involved here which makes it worth the time invested.

The driver who stole the backpack full of gear should not be in a position of trust with other people's belongings. Following the thread to make yourself whole and also hopefully to have some repercussion for the thief is worth while.

mchanson··on My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won
When one of your customers accuses one of your agents of stealing > $1,000 of stuff from them you should get to the bottom of it. Anything else is poor customer service and apparently also enough to get a magistrate to rule them liable for the theft.
mchanson··on APFS is not safe to use with names which have Unicode normalisation issues
"without warning"? Not really. This has been discussed to death on ATP last year.

Also, in regards to the headline, there are tens or maybe over a hundred million non-english speakers using iOS already running APFS...

mchanson··on Golden Carrots
I was hoping it was about some GMO super nutritional carrots. Like Golden Rice.
mchanson··on A course in “exponential thinking” at Singularity University lures executives
A friend attended one of these. Was a good networking opertunity for her. I think it ended up being worth the price of admission for getting those new relationships.
mchanson··on Peter Thiel Is Said to Bankroll Hulk Hogan’s Suit Against Gawker
Very mixed feelings on this.
mchanson··on NES Graphics – Part 3
There was such a thing as a mechanical television:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_television

mchanson··on How I Gave Up Alternating Current
I think this is the best thing I've ever read from Hacker News. My favorite is his eviscerating the kitchen as a terrible place.
mchanson··on Ask HN: Why is IE8 usage growing?
IE 8 gets, for the most part, to end of life next January. So it should go back into shrink mode as those IT departments get with the times.
mchanson··on Gas Valet will pick up your car and fill your tank
This is on the level of that quarter delivery service in its utility.
mchanson··on The Mincome Experiment of 1974-79
Hope we start experimenting with this in the US also. Maybe at a state level.
mchanson··on Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results
More than 1% of the population of Earth bought an iPhone last quarter.

7.125 billion people 74.5 million iphones

74,500,000 / 7,125,000,000 = 1.05%

mchanson··on Adult-onset diabetes, obesity cured in lab mice, scientists report
It would be amazing if this works in humans without worse side effects than just suffering type 2 diabetes.
mchanson··on A.C.L.U. In $50M Push to Reduce Jail Sentences
Its exciting to think we (the USA) might slowly be waking up from the nightmare that is the war on drugs.

Hopeful for continued progress!

mchanson··on Secrets of the Magus: Ricky Jay does closeup magic that flouts reality (1993)
I saw him once in havard sq. about 15 years ago. Great show in a tiny venue. Wish I could remember it better than I do!
mchanson··on Apple might be running a web crawler written in Go
Back around 1990 I had a class /16 and I was just a 14 year old. Before the web explosion it was a different time. Domains used to be free back then too!
mchanson··on Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety
Yes CamperBob2 you seem like a bad person.
mchanson··on Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster” traffic merge
I've never understood early merging. Why eliminate a lane of traffic before necessary.
mchanson··on New Entry Level 21.5-inch iMac
Apple probably cutting prices because upcoming back to school. They just did a price cut on their Macbook Air line as well.
mchanson··on Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
I use BTSync as well and can second this. To exchange files with clients I also use Google drive and Dropbox. BTSync and Dropbox is well behaved on Mac OS X. Where as Google drive uses quite a lot of resources on a regular occasion and pegs a core...
mchanson··on U.S. autism rate surges, CDC reports (1 in 68)
That is a very ungenerous/unkind position that many folks take when they don't know WTF they are talking about.
mchanson··on Moto 360
Its serious third order ip theft!
mchanson··on Man Walks Nearly 3000 Miles Through China
gotta work on that math buddy
mchanson··on Your code may be elegant, but mine works
This article reads like its written by someone trying to extrapolate some specific experiences of conflict on teams he worked into a general rule.

I would recommend keeping an open mind and looking for programmers to work with that are able to teach you and that you collaborate well with.

If you find yourself being self-righteous too often when coming home from the job (or on the job) its time to find new folks to work with.

mchanson··on Ask HN: How do you back up your data?
Dunno what to tell you. Perhaps rsync and a dynamic dns approach would be good? IF you want the machines to find each other even through IP changes you need somewhat of them rediscovering each other.

Back up should be a multitiered thing so you don't mind if one goes kaput. That way you can use a 3rd party without 'depending' on them.

mchanson··on Ask HN: How do you back up your data?
I think Crashplan's software will do this without you paying them a sub.
mchanson··on Formula 1′s Leading Team Has a Big Secret
Also the money amounts they talk about sound very low for a team to care about. Budget is so big that $1k more per point (totally what like $270k) is not much money.
mchanson··on iMessage for Android
I agree. The way a couple folks are throwing around their words shows prejudice.
mchanson··on Show HN: UX Archive - The best way to compare iOS 6 and iOS 7 user flows
Interesting that iOS 7 sometimes eliminates a step.

My kids' principal knows I'm knowledgeable on this stuff. He grabbed me this morning to ask how to find airplay on his ipad now that he is on iOS 7.

mchanson··on USB Condoms
Well I do use a 11 inch laptop, so most computers are bigger than mine. Better go get a second roll of foil!
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