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Can I use this to change my purchased kindle books into ebooks for all devices?

I’m somewhat tech literate, but pretty ignorant about e-book file types.

Obviously pure speculation:

Maybe several people on this list conspired to create an article listing their products and then all came here and upvoted the article?

There's a lot of value in getting onto the front page of HN.

Does that mean the iOS app isn’t encrypted? (Guess I could just go check the source code instead of being lazy)

I think more people should see this.

I can't agree more with your comment about wishing people would reply with reasoning rather than simply downvoting.

When I jump into a heated conversation or comment on an emotional topic, I am fully aware that I'm asking for downvotes without responses. But that has served as a negative reinforcement for making said comments, which leads to me engaging in those conversations much less often.

My point is, I'm not sure this is a bug. I'm pretty sure its a feature.

I've been off of Facebook for 6+ years now, and my life has barely been affected. Occasionally one of the kids will be part of a school group only communicates on FB (WHY THO?) and I'll have to request things be mailed to me.

The juice just isn't worth the squeeze to me. (Turns out I was the one being squeezed anyway.)

When some group, or citizens of a country, or people in a large "class" goes through culturally-significant events, it is perfectly reasonable for conversation to be pulled in that directly for some amount of time. My experience is that this place will always adjust itself back to it's core topic.

Side note: I've noticed these topics tend to burn out quickly because the post and the posters are getting tons of down votes and, due to the "algorithm" (dang), being slowly pushed away from the top. Speaking of: Moderating is often a thankless job, so thank you.

I agree that WSJ is a great newspaper / publication for those of us who consume business / market news on a regular basis.

I never even click on the WSJ opinion section.

It should be noted that WSJ has always held to the fact that there is no substantiated evidence of voter fraud throughout the articles written around the election. Again, not speaking to the opinion section (bc I've never read it).

Yeah why downvote this? Ppl buying minimal amounts of marijuana (and other selectively enforced misdemeanors) are doing real time while members of a violent mob walk free. And not only are they all on camera, but there may even be SIGINT collection devices that have their phone ID info.

I don’t usually engage in politics on HN, but I think this goes beyond politics. How are we not supposed to be angry, after watching ppl be gassed and shot with rubber bullets, about how the Capitol Police responded 6 Jan? This is much bigger than politics.

Cool. I've been grabbing little projects like this for my son who's showing an interest in stuff like this in middle school.

Illegal lobbying happens all the time. First of all, if you're involved in certain activities you must register as a lobbyist. People who walk the line with informal lobbying etc. are breaking the law. Secondly, obviously quid pro quo happens but is illegal. And finally there are those people that once worked for the government / military who are now greatly influencing government spending at a contractor. Of course some of that is allowed to a degree, but the envelope is constantly being pushed.

My opinion is that someone should file the proper case(s) that would eventually lead to SCOTUS overturning the Citizens United ruling. Then we should move to publicly-funding races. And we should DEFINITELY remove PAC money from justice races (why is that even a thing?).

But this country has a long history of increasingly corrupt government cranking out pork barrel projects and ignoring us little people. That will not change any time soon unfortunately, without a massive revolution.

Nailed it. I spent many years hacking on my phones and having "fun" (which included bugs and the occasional brick).

Now my phone is a tool that I use for work and my side projects. Not to mention that I have a family that depends on me and I on them. We need to be able to get in touch.

It's like your college football rivalry, or GOP / Dem, or whatever us v. them you're into these days. I suppose we're wired emotionally for such things. And there's nothing like emotion to get clicks!

I've had a similar response. My son wrecked his bike and fell into a creek once and I swear I heard him scream a block away. I ran out to the creek and pulled him out before anyone else in my house even got on scene. There are whole videos of "dad's saving kids." (0)

But it's not just men. When I was very young, before I could swim, I fell into a pool and my grandmother dove in and saved me. She was like a bolt of lightening. I don't have many memories of being young. But I sure do remember that one.

0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6__QYkV_qs <- but this one isn't very serious

I'm having mostly the same experience. I've always considered myself a bit odd because I enjoy wearing different "nice" clothes. When I was younger I struggled because, ironically, I HATE shopping. But then came the internet.

Anyway, the site is pretty cool because it opens my mind up to new ideas. But I had a lot of suggested outfits that were the same color of different pieces (no contrast as you said) and multiple jackets.

Wonder if it "learns" my style over time? I'd like to see this continue to grow. And maybe instead of the schedule feature, it could give me links to buy. I imagine monetization isn't far off if there's decent traffic.

The content you want to stay disappears. The content you want to disappear stays forever.

Is there a law for that? Or is it an offshoot of the Streisand Effect?

You're singing my song. I really believed that information wanted to be free, and once people were exposed to it, they would become more free. But the information pool is being muddied, and that process is enriching technology companies. They were supposed to lead the charge to FREEDOM!

But power corrupts. And honestly, it all sounds so idealistic now. It has become painfully obvious that the companies will not self-regulate. We've got to do something.

I wish I could say the same thing. In my younger years, I was pretty hardcore about hacking devices and having complete control of them. But SO MUCH TIME was spent debugging issues and staying ahead of the "bad guys." And I couldn't count the literally years of time I've spent fixing broken devices.

Nowadays I just don't have that time. And the bad guys have evolved from mischievous to felonious (and I have a lot more to lose. I still harp on privacy and security, but now I do it behind a couple of walled gardens. I love that my devices "just work."

I know it's a trade off, and I'm certainly fighting for more regulations of FAANG. And I am supporting the FOSS/open device movement, and look forward to the next phase where those "just work".

I used Harvest too, tracking my day’s work and time in the application. I loaded in my details and logo for invoicing at the end of each pay period. Pretty straightforward honestly

Great comment, thanks for sharing your info and ideas. I’m inferring from your second to last paragraph that you’re alluding to social media being somehow part (or all?) of the reason for those problems.

I totally agree. I think that we as a nation (US) (and possibly all over world) have a blind spot where social media, surveillance capitalism, and targeted ads are. The power of the algorithm is so strong that people truly believe they’re being recorded (the whole FB is listening because I got such and such ad).

Policy is always many years behind technology. My biggest concern is that this technology poses an existential threat to our current zeitgeist (?). I always trouble putting the threat into my own words.

But I can’t agree more. We need immediate transparency. And we need to study the cause and effect so we can better understand. That will lead to the best form of whatever regulation we may need to move to the next stage.

Go build something to dream about!

My job is part of my dream, but not all of it. I am currently building the other part, where I have equity in something that is growing everyday.

I hear people talk about how great high school was, or how much they loved college or their 20's. For me, each decade is better than the last as long as I'm still learning, growing, and building.

I've had a fever every day for over a month. At the beginning they were 101 and up, and my heart rate spiked over 100 for long periods of time (normally I'm in the 60's and 70's). Now the "fevers" are pretty low grade (under 100 but definitely higher than "normal.")

I'm also experiencing the crashes you mentioned - fine one minute and crawling back in bed the next. It's usually in the afternoons or evenings. But as you say, it's much better than before when I slept ALL DAY for several days.

To end on a brighter note, I am back to exercising 45 mins, 3 days a week. And I go biking weekends, for 1.5 - 2 hours. My stamina isn't what it was, but it's building back. I even decided to go ahead with a (virtual) race I signed up for. I'll walk/run with the only goal of finishing.

I quit bookface many years ago because of exactly this reason. Well, this and the fact that FB has absolutely blown the trust of keeping all this data on us without it being spilled into the universe every few years. Or worse, used against us politically.

Anyway I wish I had a solution other than "delete the account and don't look back," but I don't. I will say that life goes on and those people in your life that really care will find a way to communicate with you. And the ones that don't? I don't miss them at all, really.

Well I have slightly lower vision than most people so it prob doesn't bother me as much as it would most. But yeah that's an issue. I was actually so excited about the other components when I bought it that I kind of overlooked the resolution specs. I was / am disappointed about that aspect of it, but everything else is awesome.

The T495 is my daily driver. I love this machine and I plan on using it for many years to come.

As my college professor told me many years ago, "people do business with you because they LIKE you more than any other reason. Continue being likeable and you will be successful."

I will say that this is true more for entrepreneurs that for Corporate America. I had many successful years as an independent consultant where being likeable was more profitable than being most other things. But I learned when I took the corporate job that it really seems like assholes get ahead more than anyone else. Or as I say, "the biggest bully wins." (Unfortunately, I am not a very good bully.)

I agree that mental illness is the primary issue. I have some very personal experience with homelessness, and it sounds to me like there is some mixture of mental illness, drugs/alcohol, and very poor coping skills / life skills. (Obviously I can't KNOW the balance of those things from a distance.)

I hate to sound dramatic here, but this man's life could be in danger. With issues like this, odds are at some point in his life, he could either overdose (if drugs are involved), suicide, or be a victim of a serious / violent crime. Those things happen to folks in these situations, especially if he wears out his welcome suddenly and ends up back on the street.

My suggestion to you is to put EVERYTHING on the back-burner, and get this man some help. The catch here is that he may not want help, and as much as I hate to be "that guy," he may not be able to get better until he wants it. It sounds like he's smart enough to understand that his erratic behavior might threaten his job, and you want to help him get his behavior under control.

Some people need much, MUCH more than a steady job and a roof over their head. Long term success and balance will only come after the ROOT causes are addressed. Mental health professionals can usually help with this, if the person is willing.

Edited to change the last sentence to be less certain and include stipulations.

Yes, you're probably right. I can only affect change on those around me that will listen. Fortunately since I'm "the computer guy" people do listen. But for most people it's just easier to buy cheap junk and replace it when it craps out.

Sometimes I blame greedy computer repair people of the 90's and early 2000's for this mess. I remember my friend opened up a repair shop (I helped weekends as a side gig). There were companies in our town charging OUTRAGEOUS prices for very easy repairs, and doing a really bad job. Then we would end up fixing the "repair" and then the original problem, which of course was always more than the original problem. It was really sad.

Now I live in a town with NO computer repair shops, and the closest thing is the Best Buy which is the KING of overcharging for repairs and doing a crappy job.

It's no wonder people just started buying cheap computers after being ripped off.

/rant

I'm not sure I would call this "American Crap." As I see it, the wealth of the American economy has driven the rest of the world to create a world of low quality goods to sell to us. I have made it a point to collect very little low quality equipment. But as I look around, most of the stuff I have collected says "made in China" or something like that.

I'm doing my best here to make my point without flaming other cultures. We as Americans get blamed a whole lot when things go bad. I think this writer is engaging in lazy projection. Stop buying the crap and you'll stop seeing the crap. (I don't like this piece, if you can't tell.)

I'm a big believer in buying quality stuff and repairing it when it breaks. I try to do my part to NOT buy the junk. But this fake history lesson in how all this garbage is the fault of American's is just low-rate in my opinion.

Thanks for the heads up, can’t quite understand why you’re getting downvoted. What kind of project are you using it on?

So in your opinion, someone can only commit violence against people? So outside of personal injury behavior cannot be violent? I'm sorry to say I disagree with you. (To be clear, this is not an endorsement for or against either "side" in the current culture war in the US.)

I hate to be that guy that quotes the dictionary, but let's start with dictionary.com[0]: Violence (noun): - swift and intense force: the violence of a storm. - rough or injurious physical force, action, or treatment: to die by violence. - an unjust or unwarranted exertion of force or power, as against rights or laws: to take over a government by violence.

Now, Wikipedia [1]: Violence is "the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy". Less conventional definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation."

What about domestic abuse violence that doesn't even involve physical abuse? From WebMD [2]: Domestic abuse is more than just hitting, shoving, and other physical attacks. It’s a pattern of controlling behaviors. The goal always is to get and keep power over an intimate partner.

To be clear, I'm not comparing these riots to domestic violence. What I'm trying to do is debunk this argument that somehow because these rioters aren't hurting anyone that they're not committing acts of violence. These acts of destruction are very much acts of violence. Words are important and the truth matters. Let's call this what it is, violence and destruction. Just because people might not be being targeted doesn't mean that they aren't getting hurt and traumatized. And yes, this is violence.

0. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/violence?s=t 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence 2. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mental-whatis-domestic-a...

(Edit: forgot my references, and changed "Webster's" to "Dictionary.com"

This is true of the US government too. We view mental and physical health as separate, and so many mental problems are treated as crime rather than medical issues. Its a tragedy that police are on the front lines of so many mental health crises.

And right now for example we have federal troops "deploying" in several US metropolis areas to "combat gun violence." When obviously we should be deploying public policy experts and mental health professionals.

And yes, the working poor and the shrinking middle class are being left behind in this huge tech rally that's making billionaires out of millionaires. There are no leaders anymore, only con men and managers and stuckees.

I have no idea what my point is, other than to express my frustration with the state of politics and public policy these days. ALL of our political choices are CLOWNS.