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oh_sigh··on Los Angeles Becomes First US City to Outlaw Digital Discrimination
I can't speak specifically but a lot of times, part of their charter is that they need to provide service across all areas in order to get the permission to provide any service.
oh_sigh··on Los Angeles Becomes First US City to Outlaw Digital Discrimination
Why would a company choose to charge less to wealthy people, and more to poor people?
oh_sigh··on Photos of Silicon Valley
Actually, it is database icons that look like the Oracle building.
oh_sigh··on The business of check cashing
What app do you recommend? The most common one is Venmo, but people don't realize it doesn't settle for a number of days after the transaction.
oh_sigh··on The business of check cashing
Yeah, at least touch up the text so it isn't just gibberish (besides for "CHECK"). But I guess this is what happens when someone with (presumably) no graphics skills gets an image out of AI - they are powerless to tweak it.
oh_sigh··on 165 m private submersible superyacht
Well, the world is a better place for all the shipbuilders who work on this project. And a better place for their families. And all the businesses that they spend money in. And the communities that collect tax from them, isn't it?
oh_sigh··on Crime rings trafficking sand
Yup, wheelbarrow and construction site debris
oh_sigh··on Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results [pdf]
I bet either their comp was very high due to their tenure relative to their output, or they spent too much time at the same level and weren't showing upward trajectory. I know that you only need to be an L4 officially to get past the up or out stage, but that doesn't mean that they won't find people to lay off who have been an L5 for 12 years
oh_sigh··on A South Carolina lawmaker is suing Instagram after his son died by suicide
I'm curious what efforts have gone into finding these scammers? Any? I might be wrong but I can't imagine them having great OPSEC, especially if they are accepting payment through venmo...probably a hacked account, but they would try to get the cash out of the hacked account in some manner which would help target them.
oh_sigh··on Svelte Native
Adding to your own home screen under a "share" menu is something probably 90% of users would never think of.
oh_sigh··on Penn Jillette wants to talk it all out
Cracked is back? I loved it like 10 years ago but it seemed like the site fell off the face of the earth
oh_sigh··on A company that sells lost airplane luggage
How does luggage ever get lost when they slap so many stickers on it?
oh_sigh··on Experiments on a $50 DIY air purifier you can make in 30s
CO resident here also. I'd recommend stopping everything you're doing except the purifiers and getting a whole house humidifier, because of mold and particulate issues with most portable humidifiers.

Stop the antihistamines because you build a tolerance and they lose their effectiveness - they should really only be taken in one off situations, not regularly(can't actually tell from your post if you regularly take them or just sometime take them).

Air purifiers won't suck up any macro objects like dog hair more than a few inches from them, so you probably want to invest in a vacuum with a built in HEPA filter(i can recommend the dyson gen5 detect, but it is quite pricey)

Also I would check your filters on your HVAC, and get an indoor air quality monitor.

It's also possible you're allergic to something in your house, like mold, or your dog.

oh_sigh··on Apple says UK could 'veto' global privacy tools
Google divested from China after China put in some crazy rules like "we can and will hack you with impunity"
oh_sigh··on Viewing Illegal Streams: No Cautions, Fines or Arrests Say GM Police
They could get together, form and fund a new company that provided unified access to all games/teams, and then distribute revenue fairly to themselves from that. IIRC that is what the MLB did with BAMTech that was acquired by Disney at a valuation of $5B
oh_sigh··on Show HN: Phrasing – learn every language, to any level
Do you have a personal connection with Albania that would lead you to learn it? I traveled through Albania for 2 months and literally never met a person who didn't speak English or Italian...but maybe I just didn't go to the areas where people only speak Albanian.
oh_sigh··on Lubricate Your Keyholes
I was positive until the very end that this was just some tortured metaphor for finding a cloud provider with lower data egress fees, or something like that. And then the article just ended.
oh_sigh··on Appearances of MIT in Anime
I can say that, at least back in the year 2003, it was quite popular in Japan to wear MIT branded sweatshirts. Even for people who did not watch anime. I'm not sure if that's just a trend or a persistent style.
oh_sigh··on Ruby's exceptional creatures
I don't appreciate how it seems like an elaborate ad though: Every error has a link to the paid service they're selling , with the error/exception "Enemies" list as their product
oh_sigh··on Solar is a market for (financial) lemons
If you have a low tax burden and get a large tax credit, don't you just receive that as a refund?
oh_sigh··on Social Media, AI, and the Battle for Your Brain
Do people really want to wait for their news though?
oh_sigh··on Researchers find signs of intelligence among jumping spiders
The mindset is for your own benefit, not the dead thing you're eating.
oh_sigh··on Researchers find signs of intelligence among jumping spiders
If you don't know anything about any wild berries, beyond some are poisonous, it might be a safe bet to never eat any of them.

If you know something about berries, like this species is definitely poisonous, and this species is definitely safe, and this species you don't know anything about, then it is perfectly safe to avoid the first and third and indulge in the second.

oh_sigh··on CA bill to require all new cars to prevent them from going 10mph over speedlimit
With clear conditions and no obstructions, yes, but my model Y frequently doesn't pick up the right speed limit, because: fog/rain/snow, glare, obstructed by another vehicle, defaced sign, no sign, non standard sign(eg variable speed limit sign in school zone).
oh_sigh··on CA bill to require all new cars to prevent them from going 10mph over speedlimit
Well, that seems like a horrible idea. I can imagine cars getting confused by where they are and forcing people to drive 30mph on a highway.
oh_sigh··on Experimental use of pig liver to filter blood offers hope for patients
Yes. An equally far fetched stance would be that a Social Consciousness villain might come along and start killing people who aren't organ donors, for being selfish.
oh_sigh··on Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds
If you see enough pickup trucks with bed caps you'll start to just view SUVs as those
oh_sigh··on Arno A. Penzias, 90, Dies; Nobel Physicist Confirmed Big Bang Theory
At my work maybe 10 years ago, we had a little trivia competition on a fun day, about 25 people taking part - one of the questions was "who discovered the X-ray?", and all 7 of the eastern Europeans got the correct answer, but none of the Americans, Indians, or Asians in the group got it right (except for me, but I'm special).
oh_sigh··on Responses to unicycling
I've only gotten respect as a road cyclist in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. I did a 2500 mile trip roughly on the path Paris->Porto->Barcelona->Rome, without a single bad experience. I got home to New Jersey, the next day I went out for a ride, and a dude in a truck threw multiple batteries at me as he drove past.
oh_sigh··on DoorDash driver rages at customer who won't tip over $5 on pizza order
I think the more important factor is that with doordash you tip before the services received, instead of after. At least at a restaurant if you receive absolutely horrible service you can cut the tip you were going to leave.
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