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Sounds nice from a PR standpoint but you can't really compare the two companies based on revenue growth. Lyft is still a smaller company so in a global industry it's much easier for it to grow faster on a percentage basis. They're still expanding to cities where Uber already exists. If you started a rideshare company and gave 11 rides this month you'd be growing 10x faster than Lyft.

The majority of programmers should never be directly coding to account for DST but instead should be using libraries (JodaTime, moment.js) that abstract local time differences. There are just too many to keep track of. I'm glad I don't have to worry about code I wrote 5 years ago handling the end of DST in Florida.

I think you're missing the reason why people are excited about Black Panther. It actually has more to do with the motivation of profit than representation. Obviously there have been several decades of positive black cinema but the audience for those movies was always intended to be strictly "urban". And their small budgets reflected the assumption that studios thought only a small subsection of America would be interested in a black movie.

Black panther proved for the first time that you could put $200m behind a movie with a predominantly black cast, market it to mainstream America and still make $1b in revenue. Marvel/Disney's primary motivation was still profit. There's no way they would've green-lighted(greenlit?) that movie if they thought they would lose money on it.

So it's not about representation just for representation's sake. But rather celebrating the fact that representation is no longer held back due to a lack of profit.

Try taking pictures during the "golden hour" (sunset). Almost any outdoor picture, particularly clouds and water, is going to be much less dull during that time. Colors from the sunset are reflected off of everything else making the image much more vivid.

And like sangnoir said learn how to post-process. If you're taking pictures in RAW format you'll be amazed at how much you can transform a boring picture.

That's awesome. I recently found my first site is up too(http://home.earthlink.net/~flighttime/justins/). Still running on free hosting from my family's ISP from 20 years ago. Complete with a Dodgers' schedule from 1998.

These laws already exist as part of Sarbanes-Oxley but aren't as strict as what you're proposing. Certain public companies are required to implement safeguards that prevent most employees from having access to customer PII(personal identifiable information). Non-public companies don't have to comply with SOX regulations but maybe some of them should be expanded to include large private companies.

Not surprising to read that Los Angeles was the starting point for jaywalking laws. Still today, it enforces them harder than most other cities. Try running across an empty street with no crosswalk for 1/4 mile in either direction in front of a cop. It's likely that you'll still receive a fine citation. I'd like to see it replaced with an "impeding traffic" law that would only apply if you're actually putting yourself or others in danger. But I presume the city makes too much money from the current jaywalking law to make that change.

The relationship between automakers and L.A.'s city government back in the 20s an 30s is an interesting topic. They seem to have had an enormous amount of power over the city. Automakers were instrumental in shutting down the extensive subway system as it transformed into the car based city it is today. Was this due to corruption or was L.A. just preparing for what we thought would be the future of transportation?

I agree it doesn't seem to violate the letter of this particular law.

But it's close to being the digital version of redlining. Before the Fair Housing Act real estate brokers would show certain houses only to white clients and other houses only to clients of color. That was explicitly deemed illegal. If you see real estate brokers as a medium through which sellers would advertise their houses I don't see how this is much different.

That quote was from Tom Wheeler, ex-chairman of the FCC who opposes ending net neutrality. He was being sarcastic.

Except in this case all of the entrenched, large internet businesses (Google, Facebook, etc) are against ending net neutrality. You would think that since they have the deep pockets to pay ISPs, they would be the beneficiaries. So are they protesting this action simply out of principal? Or is there some other benefit they get from net neutrality that I'm not seeing?

The bigger difference is between single people and families. If you have an infant or disabled family member, transportation through biking isn't practical. If you have two kids at different schools who both need to arrive between 8am and 8:15 while you need to be at work before 9, then biking isn't going to cut it. If you coach your son's baseball team and need to carry a ton of gear, you need a car. However, if you're only responsibility to is to get yourself to work before 10am, then biking is great!

I can understand the frustration from people who need to drive when new infrastructure geared towards biking seemingly comes at the expense of drivers. Ex. Market St, the main street in downtown SF, is scheduled to be closed to private vehicles and only used by bikes, taxis and buses.

This is what you're looking for (https://animagraffs.com/how-a-car-engine-works/). It's a breakdown of pretty much every automotive internal combustion engine used today.

Once you understand the basics, the stop-motion video becomes pretty cool as you can try and label every part that's coming off

As the coach of a fall little league baseball team, no, it's mostly kids who love baseball and just want to keep playing. A lot of kids also play travel ball tournaments in the summer which could mean about 5 games over a single weekend. But the only position a you could get burnt out on is pitcher. We always keep track of pitch counts and it'd be a serious issue if any coach went over. It's baseball, a kid is not going to get injured because they had too many at bats, or spent too much time standing in center field. It's perfectly safe for a kids to play one sport all season, with the exception of maybe tackle football, but that's a whole other discussion.

There will always be a small number of parents who push their kids too hard and it's up to the leagues and other coaches to step in when it could be dangerous. That said, the vast majority of kids still practicing baseball in the summer and fall are out there because THEY enjoy it and they themselves want to get better at their sport.

Usually a team will pitch to the shift though. Ex. if the shift is to the left side on a right handed batter they're not going to throw him a fastball on the outside corner. And it's much harder to take an inside pitch to the opposite field. Then again, a good hitter will recognize this, set up for the inside pitch, and launch it over the fence.

Possibly. My guess is that only the exceptionally good leadoff guys will make it to a team, making them more expensive. Other teams might rather have a slugger hitting first than an average fast guy. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

>"The increase in frequency and efficiency of defensive shifts. According to FanGraphs, teams are shifting at a rate nearly 10 times greater than six years ago"

This should be more prominent and is likely the root cause of guys swinging for homeruns more often. Every hitter will eventually fall into a pattern where they're hitting certain pitches to only a certain part of the field. With the increase in data it's much easier for teams to recognize these patterns and position their fielders to compensate. So if you made your living hitting line drive basehits to shallow left field, halfway through the season every team will pick up on that and place an extra infielder right in your sweet spot. The same hits that got you through college and into the major leagues are now outs. This has been such a huge change that MLB thought about outlawing defensive shifts (I personally enjoy seeing the constant back and forth of strategy between offensive and defense which has always been a part of the major leagues). The obvious solution like the article mentions comes down to "the one ball that can’t be caught is the one that lands in the seats".

This is also highly dependent on the type of hitter. If you're Yankee's 6'7" right fielder Aaron Judge then swinging for the fences with a higher launch angle makes perfect sense. However, if you're Dee Gordon, one of the fastest players in the league who weighs about 175lbs, keeping the ball low is probably still going to result in higher batting and slugging percentages. Guys like Bryce Harper who can hit for power and average do seem to be leaning more towards power, which used to only happen later in their career (ex. Barry Bonds). In my observation, it seems like players such as Dee Gordon are slowly becoming obsolete as teams are prefering the long ball to playing "small ball". You certainly don't see as many teams with a true, stereotypical "leadoff guy" these days and many teams seem stacked with guys who would have been labelled "cleanup hitters" 10 years ago.

My code has a much bigger immediate impact. But I always assume that 10 years from now it will all have been rewritten or projects replaced/cancelled. However, my wood projects that I've given to family will be passed down to the next generations (hopefully).

Build a desktop computer together. 5 is a little young to start actual programming, especially if they're just learning to read. But putting together a computer from scratch is more like legos and in the process you can teach them about what each part does (power comes from the P/S at different levels, the CPU does all the calculations like addition/subtraction, HD holds data and memories forever, RAM holds it temporarily, etc)

I built one with my son when he was around the same age. Not sure how much computer knowledge he gained from that experience but it was still a fun project

I disagree that the reputation of buses is the reason why more people don't take them in LA. Driving in traffic might be bad, but taking a bus in that same traffic is usually even more inconvenient, efficient and less economically viable.

Taking a bus within the same city has never been a problem and these routes are typically pretty full. However, once you're going from one city to another, within LA county, the added time of transfers and making dozens of stops on city streets really starts to add up. A trip that might take 45 minutes by car sitting in traffic could easily take 2+ hours by bus. Nobody who values their time would choose the bus option if they can afford a car.

People don't avoid the bus because many of the passengers are downtrodden. Many of the passengers are downtrodden simply because anyone who isn't chooses the quicker more efficient option of driving.

The buildout of rail and the addition of more express buses I agree will help alleviate a lot of traffic issues. Buses can be the solution to the last mile issues. But like you said, there needs to be a lot more of them to cut down on waiting time.

Every election is about much more than just the presidency. There's always state/local elections, propositions and ballot measures. And these will often have a much more direct affect on you than the President of the U.S. Most local ballot measures aren't unanimous and the results are usually much closer to 50/50, otherwise the city council would've passed it already. So even if you're a Republican in California your vote will absolutely still count for something.

As a developer who lifts, it's pretty obvious the author does as well and is only mocking us in jest as opposed to being critical or derogatory. The idea for the article probably came from the lifting community where asserting dominance in your gym is a popular joke/meme.

Major League Baseball Advanced Media (http://www.mlbam.com), San Francisco, CA | Full Time | Onsite

I work for MLBAM where we handle the live video streams for MLB, NHL, HBO, WWE, Sony Vue and several other partners. We're looking to add another engineer to our team that handles much of the live streaming process.

We are looking to hire multiple software engineers to apply strong technical knowledge and ability to our world leading digital brand. Our software engineers are hands-on and gain professional gratification by having their efforts exposed to millions of users around the globe. Opportunities include the development of services, web applications, and APIs for the orchestration of our live streaming platform for MLB content as well as content for other partners. You will work closely with engineers across the technical organization, integrating your services and contributing heavily to the multimedia pipeline for building live and on demand video products. Software engineers can gain experience in a variety of technologies and platforms, and can transfer areas over the lifetime of their career.

Email me or apply directly here http://chk.tbe.taleo.net/chk05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?o...

Major League Baseball Advanced Media (http://www.mlbam.com), San Francisco, CA | Full Time | Onsite

I work for MLBAM where we handle the live video streams for MLB, NHL, HBO, WWE, Sony Vue and several other partners. We're looking to add another engineer to our team that handles much of the live streaming process.

We are looking to hire multiple software engineers to apply strong technical knowledge and ability to our world leading digital brand. Our software engineers are hands-on and gain professional gratification by having their efforts exposed to millions of users around the globe. Opportunities include the development of services, web applications, and APIs for the orchestration of our live streaming platform for MLB content as well as content for other partners. You will work closely with engineers across the technical organization, integrating your services and contributing heavily to the multimedia pipeline for building live and on demand video products. Software engineers can gain experience in a variety of technologies and platforms, and can transfer areas over the lifetime of their career.

Email me or apply directly here http://chk.tbe.taleo.net/chk05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?o....

Major League Baseball Advanced Media (http://www.mlbam.com), San Francisco, CA | Full Time | Onsite

We are looking to hire multiple software engineers to apply strong technical knowledge and ability to our world leading digital brand. Our software engineers are hands-on and gain professional gratification by having their efforts exposed to millions of users around the globe. Opportunities include the development of services, web applications, and APIs for the orchestration of our live streaming platform for MLB content as well as content for other partners. You will work closely with engineers across the technical organization, integrating your services and contributing heavily to the multimedia pipeline for building live and on demand video products. Software engineers can gain experience in a variety of technologies and platforms, and can transfer areas over the lifetime of their career.

Email me or apply directly here http://chk.tbe.taleo.net/chk05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?o...

That's exactly what me and my son did last night. Planned on going to the Chabot Space Center in Oakland where they have an actual viewing event but I fell asleep too early. Luckily I randomly woke up at 3am, grabbed my 7 yr old and drove over to the Windy Hill Open Preserve outside of Palo Alto. Sat in the back of the truck and saw a good 20 "meteors" till we got cold. He was late to school in the morning and I'm crashing at work but I'd say it was worth it.

Any car guys on HN?

I'm working on a community of vehicle data (http://shadenut.com). A free, wiki style app to find every piece of information you need to work on a car (Torque specs, repair guides, fluid capacities, etc). All this data currently exists but it's either scattered throughout various forums and not always accurate or you have to pay for it. Imagine changing the automotive industry the way stack overflow changed the software industry.

I'm currently working on a prototype but would love to partner with someone who can take on the business side.

Email: Lukeas14 at gmail dot com

That's my vision exactly. All the knowledge you would ever need is already out there, probably on page 17 of some forum post. But it'd be a huge to have it all in one place, easily accessible and most importantly, be able to confidently say that it's accurate (the wrong torque on a head bolt could be a $x,000 mistake).

Creating a database schema that reflects the manufacturers model naming and options decisions is indeed a complete pain but we're grinding through that.

I like your idea of finding a small number of the most passionate enthusiast subcultures and growing from there. Would love to hear more about how this app could help you. I'll send you an email.

Hey HN,

What we do:

We're building a community of vehicle data (http://shadenut.com). Mechanics and DIYers will be able to look up any piece of information they need to work on their car directly from their phone while still under the hood (ex. torque specs, TSBs, fluid types/capacities, etc). As a developer I've seen the positive effect that StackOverflow has had on our industry as a knowledge base and am trying to do the same for the automotive industry. The data will be crowdsourced and 100% free to use.

Our Problem:

Our biggest problem is that the product is not really usable unless it contains EVERY piece of technical data about a model, after which it becomes tremendously useful. The most common feedback we get from technicians is that they'd love to use it and contribute once it's a complete database (as long as it's accurate) but wouldn't switch from the paid competitors until then. The data is all available but there's simply too much of it for a small team to manually import. Our current strategy is to start with a select few models and incentive technicians to make their own entries.

However, I'd love to hear how Kevin and Sam would solve this or from others in the HN community who have faced similar problems.

Working on a project at work that's got about 50+ endpoints all saved in a single paw file. Paw makes it stupidly simple to go back to any of them. It also remembers headers and POST request bodies which saves a ton of time. Just found out in this thread that you can distribute paw files to the rest of your team to use. Should be onboarding new developers much easier.

- the FBI’s planes “are not equipped, designed or used for bulk collection activities or mass surveillance”

At least not wittingly.