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NetBeck··on Familial Transmission of Personality Is Higher Than Shown in Typical Studies
>It is estimated that 70% of wealthy families will lose their wealth by the second generation and 90% will lose it by the third.[0]

[0] https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/generational-wealth%3A-why-d...

NetBeck··on Apple plans to equip MacBooks with in-house cellular modems
Schools could buy these for students instead of parking buses outside to act as WiFi hotspots.
NetBeck··on Apple exec Eddy Cue set to testify in Google trial about $19B search deal
During initial setup, allowing product owners to choose what browser they want, whether its Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, with their respective browser engines, would be nice.
NetBeck··on First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan
From what I found on teeth development:

>The first stage begins in the fetus at about 6 weeks of age. This is when the basic substance of the tooth forms.

>Next, the hard tissue that surrounds the teeth is formed, around 3 to 4 months of gestation.[0]

[0] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-preventi...

NetBeck··on John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016)
Reminds me of excess calories chess players burn when playing.

>Robert Sapolsky, who studies stress in primates at Stanford University, says a chess player can burn up to 6,000 calories a day while playing in a tournament, three times what an average person consumes in a day.[1]

[1] https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmaste...

NetBeck··on ChatGPT is down
“We have to push back the product launch date. The AI bot is down and that one employee that knows how computers work was laid off due to redundancy.”
NetBeck··on Big Banks Agree to Historic $30B Deposit Injection in First Republic
This is reminiscent of the Panic of 1907:

>Morgan and his associates examined the books of the Knickerbocker Trust and decided it was insolvent, so they did not intervene to stop the run. Its failure, however, triggered runs on even healthy trusts, prompting Morgan to take charge of the rescue operation.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907#J._P._Morgan

NetBeck··on 52% of YouTube videos live in 2010 have been deleted
YouTube is deleting pre-2010 videos, meanwhile anything is still possible at https://www.zombo.com
NetBeck··on FTC to crack down on companies that illegally surveil children learning online
The FTC signaled this move and others earlier this month.[1]

>“During the pandemic reliance on these technologies really dramatically increased and Americans are now often dependent on these key digital tools and services to navigate their day to day lives,”

>“Children should not be required to sign up for surveillance in order to sign up to do their schoolwork,” Khan said Wednesday.

[1] https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3516884-ftc-chair-khan...

NetBeck··on The Psychology of not wanting to know (2017) [pdf]
Apollo was rejected by a mortal after giving her powers. As a god of prophecy, he should have seen that coming.
NetBeck··on Ask HN: I created a news shortening algorithm and am not sure how to utilize it
Word 2007 had an "AutoSummarize" feature which was later removed.[1] I wonder how well it would hold up today.

[1] https://youtu.be/o30nPCgdq0I?t=100

NetBeck··on AT&T's website raising the price every time I refresh the page
The packages increasing by $10 have an extra $10 DVR charge. The only static price to the left doesn’t mention a DVR fee.
NetBeck··on Show HN: PDF API – Generate, convert, and modify PDF documents
LibreOffice Draw edits PDFs pretty well.
NetBeck··on SoftBank's Sale of Arm to Nvidia Collapses, Arm to IPO
"Returning to the market" were similar headlines when Dell went public again.[0][1][2]

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dell-ipo-idUSKCN1OR14E

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/dell-returns-to-public-equity-m...

[2] https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/28/18159305/dell-stock-mark...

NetBeck··on Ask HN: What is your system for backing up family photos and video?
The lease agreement on those boxes usually states the customer assuming all risk. Sometimes boxes randomly go missing, and natural disasters can make them inaccessible.

"She sued the bank in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking $7.3 million. Bank of America sought to have the case dismissed, citing language in its lease agreement stating that the renter “assumes all risks” of leaving property in the box."[0]

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box...

NetBeck··on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
That failed merger's poison pill is the reason T-Mobile is the juggernaut it is today. The cash T-Mobile received allowed them to upgrade their network, and customers could roam free on AT&T's 1700MHz frequency.

AT&T's threat assessment of T-Mobile was correct at the time.

NetBeck··on I’m leaving London for NYC and taking my tech startup
There's EU draft regulation regarding AI utilization. Prohibited AI would be described as, "...systems or applications that manipulate human behaviour in order to circumvent the free will of the users."[0]

[0] https://www.ey.com/en_ch/ai/eu-draft-regulation-on-artificia...

NetBeck··on Steve Jobs tried to convince Dell to license Mac software
Jobs still reached an audience through iTunes. It paved the way for the iPhone to be untouched by carriers. Verizon rejected the first iPhone, but Cingular agreed to Apple's terms.[0]

[0] https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-28-verizon...

NetBeck··on What is BGP? – BGP routing explained
Cloudflare has a useful tool for measuring if your ISP is using RPKI.[0] For Facebook, this is the latest I could find for their implementation of BGP.[1][2]

[0] https://isbgpsafeyet.com/

[1] https://engineering.fb.com/2021/05/13/data-center-engineerin...

[2] https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi21/presentation/abhash...

NetBeck··on Serving Netflix Video at 400Gb/s on FreeBSD [pdf]
Fast.com was originally a tool to measure if your line was throttling Netflix traffic.[0]

[0] https://qz.com/688033/netflix-launched-this-handy-speed-test...

NetBeck··on University of Florida gets a 1% cut of Gatorade profits
A recent alumni gift from NVIDIA's cofounder will "Build Fastest AI Supercomputer in Academia" for UFL.[0] When I was researching colleges to attend, Florida seemed amazing for in-state tuition. Florida is still ranked one of the best states for higher education.[1]

[0] https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/07/21/university-of-flori...

[1] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education/h...

NetBeck··on Toxoplasmosis: An important risk factor for acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection
The treatment for toxoplasmosis is the focus in this article.[0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11037196

NetBeck··on Fuck Domainparkers
How are domain parkers acquiring domains at a discount? Doesn't ICANN charge the same fee for everyone and registrars profit from the margin?
NetBeck··on Fuck Domainparkers
It's a catch-22.

"Cool" domains are expensive because they are scarce. They are scarce because having an expensive domain name signals to potential customers a more legitimate service/product.

If "cool" domains were abundant, there would be no demand to pay above market price for one.

NetBeck··on Air pollution linked to higher risk of irreversible sight loss
Do you happen to eat toast in the morning?

>“The scariest thing in this house is probably the toaster,” Erin Katz, another student volunteer, said. “I just had no idea that toasters emitted so many particles.”[1]

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-hidden-air...

NetBeck··on Transmits AM radio on computers without radio transmitting hardware
On a similar note, I remember the FCC ordering a Bitcoin miner to turn off mining hardware that was emitting 700MHz and disrupting T-Mobile’s network.[1]

[1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/bitco...

NetBeck··on Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007
"but most of all, samy is my hero"[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_(computer_worm)

NetBeck··on Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in Minutes
This deterrent looks intimidating[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhWzMOccTg

NetBeck··on Acer’s First Chromebook with Snapdragon 7c Is Ultraportable, 4G LTE Equipped
I have a feeling Google, Apple, and Microsoft are leaving AMD64 in a concerted effort. All three dominate the K-12 sector.

Microsoft has already announced support for ARM with x64 emulation last month:

"We are excited about the momentum we are seeing from app partners embracing Windows 10 on ARM, taking advantage of the power and performance benefits of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors."[1]

[1] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/09/30/now-m...

NetBeck··on Letter from Raspberry Pi Foundation over trademark use
Here is an example of Arduino's community logo:

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Trademark/CommunityLogo

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