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tadzikpk··on LA Metro has some of the slowest escalators on Earth
Can confirm the Kyiv metro escalators are both significantly faster and generally longer than London - the combination can be a little scary the first few times.
tadzikpk··on Allow Carriers on Planes
As a parent of 3 kids and an extensive baby-carrier user, I see your argument but I think you're lacking consideration of the failure modes.

Yes, almost every baby carrier would likely restrain the infant better than add-on infant belt if the adult lap belt rides up over the infant carrier, the infant's going to be crushed between the adult and the belt. Not a good outcome.

Thus you're likely going to need FAA-approved infant carriers, same way as you'd need FAA-approved car seats you can take on planes.

tadzikpk··on The Amazon tax
This reminds me of SABRE preferring American Airlines flights see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(travel_reservation_syst.... Back in 1984 this "Preferential display" was considered illegal by the US government. How times have changed....

In Europe, it led to the creation of the competing Amadeus system which did not keep display preferences and now dominates the market.

tadzikpk··on Bike Bureau: Report Bike Lane Obstructions
Ooh, this autosubmit is cool. Is it open-source for individuals to add more cities, or expose it as an API?
tadzikpk··on Private Equity Bought America's Essential Services
which contains links to its claims and an author with a name, unlike the above article...
tadzikpk··on GPT-5 outperforms federal judges in legal reasoning experiment
On page 13 you'll see _why_ the judges don't apply the letter of the law - they're seeking to do justice to the victims _in spite of_ the law.

"there is another possible explanation: the human judges seek to do justice. The materials include a gruesome description of the injuries the plaintiff sustained in the automobile accident. The court in the earlier proceeding found that she was entitled to [details] a total of $750,000.10. It then noted that she would be entitled to that full amount under Nebraska law but only $250,000 under Kansas law." So the judge's decision "reflects a moral view that victims should be fully compensated ... This bias is reflected in Klerman and Spamann’s data: only 31% of judges applied the cap (i.e., chose Kansas law), compared to the expected 46% if judges were purely following the law." "By contrast, GPT applied the cap precisely"

Far from making the case for AI as a judge, this paper highlights what happens when AI systematically applies (often harsh) laws vs the empathy of experienced human judgement.

tadzikpk··on FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
> I'm sad that a lot more people don't know that Signal for Desktop is much, much less secure against adversaries with your laptop

Educate us. What makes it less secure?

tadzikpk··on Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices
I live in MA and wish that this were true, but do you have data / evidence to support that it rarely happens? Also, I don't know if you have tried to get your $10, but it's not like the sign is always obvious and every time I've tried, it's not like the cashier says "oops" and gives you the thing for free - they call a manager, the manager argues with you, other customers complain about the checkout delay you've created... there's social pressure there so I can understand why customers would not do this even when they can.
tadzikpk··on What's in a Passenger Name Record (PNR)? (2013)
PNRs also contain info on the Form of Payment used to pay for the ticket, in case you were ever wondering who's paying for their airfares in cash...
tadzikpk··on EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages
That tracks. I learnt Gaeilge Uladh growing up and standard Irish feels like reading or writing a legal agreement compared to the spoken word…
tadzikpk··on US High school students' scores fall in reading and math
> 2. Not removing students with bad behavior from classrooms and schools

This is basically _the_ reason people send their kids to private schools

tadzikpk··on Engineered Addictions
Right, maybe social networks are a utility, like electricity or ISPs
tadzikpk··on Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong?
The friction of changing bank accounts is high, and few people choose their bank accounts based on how easy the online authentication is. Unless a bank does this meaningfully much worse than their competitors (low bar) they have little incentive to fix it.

If you think TD is bad, try some European countries where there's only a handful of banks...

tadzikpk··on Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods
This is so informative, thank you. I always got my kids baby food in glass, thinking it would reduce their microplastics exposure as well as reducing plastic waste. Turns out only one of those was true :(
tadzikpk··on Cars suck, man
There’s whole sites dedicated to this problem, example https://thecarseatlady.com/narrowest-car-seats/

But if you pick narrow seats you can make it work. I have 3 car seats in the back of a 2016 Subaru Legacy, which also generally a bloatfree car

tadzikpk··on Results of technical investigations for Storm-0558 key acquisition
If this credential is still valid 2 years later, what is their credential rotation policy?
tadzikpk··on Nailing jelly to a wall: is it possible? (2007)
You simply need a colder wall…
tadzikpk··on How to be a -10x Engineer
Oh, you forgot “publish a service with undocumented limitations that others are required to use”. You can easily achieve -10x that way!
tadzikpk··on Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
Most important is to use your own domain name for your email. That way you can switch providers as you like without having to change your address, and all the hassle that goes with that.

Personally, I like Migadu for mail hosting. The mail gets delivered, the price is reasonable, and there’s good tech support

tadzikpk··on Ask HN: Gmail account security
Use Che browser to mimic your usual device…

https://chebrowser.site/