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bestnameever··on Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones
I use savvytime for this reason

https://savvytime.com/converter/ny-new-york-city-to-ca-los-a...

bestnameever··on Laptop of the magi: an annoyed iMessage antitrust anecdote
I think it is inevitable that Messages is created for Android, for a monthly fee.
bestnameever··on Beeper Mini is now open-source
OP said: > When the user uses iMessage I can be sure if it leaks - he was either hacked or shared the photo

I would call that a hack.

bestnameever··on Beeper Mini is now open-source
These issues existed before Google started pushing RCS.

On a side note, I still believe iMessage was in response to Google Talk, whose protocol was both open-source and interoperable with platforms outside of Google.

Google should have never abandoned Google Talk.

bestnameever··on Autonomous subs use AI to wayfind without GPS
I was under the impression that subs mostly use dead reckoning when submerged.
bestnameever··on Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates
notification management on iOS is just different than on Android. It is a bit more hands off. Most recent notifications appear in your face and then they fall into the 'notification drawer' unless you take action on them, in which case they disappear. Once you adjust to it not behaving the same as Android, you get used to it.

On my android device, I never had many notifications as I would manage them and clear them. On iOS, I tend to clear them once a week, and the thought of returning to Android's notification system just seems like a lot of work.

bestnameever··on First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan
I know my dentist sees cavities that he just lets be because they are not an issue.

It seems a lot in dentistry of what does or does not need to be done is subjective.

bestnameever··on Warner Discovery CEO made $498M in the last 5 years– 384x the average writer
While what you say is possible, I would think there could be some members who are not working very often making much less than 40K, having the opposite effect.
bestnameever··on Nintendo reportedly issues DMCA takedown for Switch homebrew projects
> and good even if some (perhaps massive?) percentage of the people using it pirate games that are no longer sold.

Nintendo is also in the business of rereleasing games were no longer sold.

bestnameever··on Even Apple employees hate Siri and are skeptical of its future, new report says
you can say 'hey google' instead.
bestnameever··on I test the best smartwatches – so why am I wearing a $15 Casio?
> normally MUCH easier to access on those watches than an Apple Watch

You should try placing them as widgets on a compatible watch face, or set them be sticky in your recents app's list, if you haven't already.

bestnameever··on Amazon is closing its cashierless stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle
They also recently opened cashierless Whole Food locations that use the same technology. I would not be surprised if some of these Gp stores were never intended to stay open but rather existed as a concept and to test ideas.
bestnameever··on Students suing elite U.S. colleges seek 'wealth favoritism' information
> Multiple cash game hustlers have written about this phenomenon.

source?

bestnameever··on Apple fined $8.5M for illegally collecting iPhone owners' data for ads
Outside of the App Store, where does Apple display ads?
bestnameever··on Why 536 was 'the worst year to be alive' (2018)
Curious. What made you ask that question?
bestnameever··on Ask HN: GPT-3 and the Future of Advertising
will AI really need to watch the game or could it just listen to a television or radio broadcast?
bestnameever··on California’s population shrinks for third straight year
> it's just that they all just care about the benefit to themselves of rising home prices

Personally, I do not know a single person whose NIMBY is motivated by this.

bestnameever··on Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
Yes, you can purchase or rent the physical copy.
bestnameever··on Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
Movies from Sony, Universal, Disney, WB can be watched through multiple services.

https://moviesanywhere.com

bestnameever··on Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
> Sure but buying a DVD isn't great either as it has a real destroying the earth cost for something that can be delivered to me using a negligible amount of energy digitally. I

Then buy the streaming version. If it is available by DVD, then you can probably find it available to purchase digitally.

bestnameever··on Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
> But... what if I really do want a moral way to consume netflix content at a later date for a non-recurring, non-changed-at-their-whim cost? Well - sucks to be me because there's literally no way to buy it. I think that's also fairly immoral. I'm literally being held captive to a subscription for eternity, with no way to negotiate the deal, and the real loss of any catalogue item at any time with no recourse. Moral? Fuck no. Legal? Sure.

> So... Where is the middle ground? Because I'd really, desperately like to see a better middle ground. Where I don't have to feel like a thief, and also don't feel like I'm getting extorted to watch some shows.

Most content can be purchased outside of Netflix at some point, on DVD or another medium.

bestnameever··on Issue dialing 911 on Google Pixel 6 cell phones
> many carriers used this "testing" as a convenient way to block phone updates without preloaded bloatware preferring their services or apps they were paid to put on the phones.

How were you involved with the update process to know this?

bestnameever··on Tesla fires after hurricane raises alarm for Florida officials
> The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aware of multiple fires in Tesla vehicles, the agency said in a letter sent Friday (Oct 14) to a Florida official and obtained by Bloomberg Government.

Perhaps due to the popularity of Teslas, it is being seen in them more so than other vehicles

bestnameever··on Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus
Looks like you can download an eSim by just scanning a QR-Code.

Found this for Uganda.

https://esim.holafly.com/esim-uganda/

bestnameever··on Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus
> Another thing Google has had for some time is early Earthquake warning....maybe that's another feature you'll see show up on iPhones in a few years, and people like you will claim Apple invented it and praise Apple for it.

iOS has supported early earthquake warnings in Japan since iOS5. (see https://9to5mac.com/2011/08/21/ios-5-includes-early-earthqua...)

For other regions, like California, you can download a supported app to receive alerts, like MyShake (https://myshake.berkeley.edu).

bestnameever··on Commercials make us like TV more (2010)
In my experience, ads on youtube are very different than an ad break during a traditional broadcast television show.
bestnameever··on Gas price drop hits 30 straight days as oil prices continue collapse
Which specific policies are you speaking of?
bestnameever··on Germany records first monthly trade deficit since 1991 as inflation soars
>. If Germany exported for the last few decades then it is going to import for a few decades at some point.

why does there have to be balanced trade? I don't believe balanced trade just happens naturally in a free market.

bestnameever··on Show HN: The Coinbase FOMO Calculator
> I’m curious to hear what you guys think—-and how you determine the value of crypto.

The value at any point in time is determined on the exchanges. I think a better question is what changes the value, creates the volatility, and so forth.

bestnameever··on Ask HN: People who use different emails everywhere, who sold you to spammers?
I've had this with credit card accounts. It usually gets settled pretty quickly when I escalate it to fraud or security.
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