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datguacdoh··on Next Stop for Waymo One: Los Angeles
I think the Hollywood market is actually an interesting one. Having a private door to door transportation option for celebrities is likely a very enticing option, and I would be curious to see if they specifically try to go after that market. I know I personally would choose a private waymo vs an Uber/Lyft/taxi even if it meant a few extra bucks. The ability to sit privately and not have to make awkward small talk is a big selling point IMO.
datguacdoh··on Why are some egg yolks so orange?
also other cultures eat many savory egg dishes as well that makes egg use outside of breakfast quite common. my family of 4 goes through about that many eggs because of many lunch and dinner egg dishes we eat. I've been personally shocked by how many eggs we go through a week, but buying flats at local farmers markets has helped quite a bit.
datguacdoh··on Google Drive of historical footage locked and flagged as terrorist activity
haven't had to deal with it, but I would assume it works since you can call them. you don't have to be logged in to request support. https://support.google.com/googleone/answer/9177339
datguacdoh··on MUM: A new AI milestone for understanding information
might be region specific, but I can use it from my Google home devices. less useful when pandemic hit.
datguacdoh··on California appeals court finds Amazon responsible for 3rd party sellers products
if you accept the discount, Amazon won't give you the full refund. my wife got caught by this, and customer support told her that because she had accepted the refund she couldn't also then request a full refund. It seemed crazy to us but I'm guessing the scammer is just using this policy as a way to steal a portion of the sale price. I'm sure amazon will catch on but it's just a cat and mouse game.
datguacdoh··on Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
Household with two young children, both under 4, and can confirm we have noticed the same thing. No one has been sick since last year; it's been one of the few bright spots over this time.
datguacdoh··on I reverse engineered Google Docs to play back any document's keystrokes (2014)
you can use the versions feature and enable the detailed view to see who wrote any character over time. not as easy as right click, but you can definitely do it.
datguacdoh··on Alphabet announces Q3 2020 earnings
double tap to fast forward on mobile is the best feature; reminds me of the 30sec skip I had on my TiVO a decade ago. I tend to jump past the monologues that all creators seem to have nowadays.
datguacdoh··on A $500M call option on home gyms
When the pandemic hit and we all went into lockdown, my wife and I with our newborn and 2 year old went looking for a way to keep somewhat of a workout routine in our schedule. We found a gym that was posting home-modified workouts on SugarWOD and they've been perfect for us. We want to maintain fitness - I couldn't care less if my deadlift or clean or snatch got stronger - my definition of fitness isn't my PR's. I want to be able to do things like play sports with my kids when they grow up, hike with them, run around with them for hours without feeling like dying. That's the goal and these types of apps are perfect for that. I don't have to care about what to do today, if I'm overloading a specific muscle group, if I'm taking it easy on myself because I'm a bit lazy that day. I open the app, I see what's in store and I go. We've actually talked about not going back to our regular gym when things open up again because we've enjoyed this so much and haven't lost a beat in terms of fitness. I have friends whose definition of fitness has a lot more to do with physique - and for them they absolutely would not get what they want from our routine. They need very specific programming (diet, exercise, and rest) to hit their very specific goals.
datguacdoh··on Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
But you could still do it, you just get a lot of warnings that you probably shouldn't unless you know what you're doing. AFAIK I can't do that on my iPad at all.

Also, with Fortnite specifically, they proved the worries right immediately: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanwhitwam/2018/08/25/epic-gam...

datguacdoh··on Speech to Text on iPhone vs. Pixel
Fairly certain that isn't true. On my wife's iPhone, she was never able to use voice to text while in airplane mode. Maybe that's changed with the latest 11 but it definitely didn't work on the X.
datguacdoh··on Speech to Text on iPhone vs. Pixel
The more recent Pixel devices have a local accelerator for different machine learning tasks, they brand them Visual Core and more recently Neural Core. https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-4-neural-core-... has more details and a lot of the speed up is probably tied to these being onboard.
datguacdoh··on Gitlab phished its own work-from-home staff, and 1 in 5 fell for it
This is what makes security keys so great, you can't surreal a token from one domain and use it on another. They completely remove this type of attack, which no amount of training will ever fully protect you from. You can't put the onus on the employee, you have to make it impossible for them to do the wrong thing in this case.
datguacdoh··on Show HN: New UI pattern for file manager type apps
Yeah I struggle with these types of UIs as well, where it's in between two elements. I think it would work a little better if the right side of the horizontal bar had an overlay with the Move Here text. That way you could tap a much larger target and it's more obvious what it's referring to. This is an improvement though to many patterns I've seen.
datguacdoh··on Waymo raises first external investment round
The answer is probably that this isn't real. A self driving car with better vision, perfect attention, and instant reactions won't get itself into that kind of situation. And in any other case where an accident is unavoidable, the answer is to just hit the brakes because it won't matter anyway.
datguacdoh··on Smartphone startups take on Google, Apple and put privacy first
https://photos.google.com/apps - they have a utility for Mac and Windows called Backup and Sync.
datguacdoh··on Ask HN: What are good distance learning Bachelor's/Master's degrees one can do?
Have a colleague who completed this last year, seemed to be a fantastic value. He had to drop to 4 days a week for a few of the more intense semesters, but seemed honestly proud of completing and brought back a ton of knowledge to the team.
datguacdoh··on Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses
I used to feel this way too, but then was talking to family that was visiting from other parts of the world where no one they know owns a laptop or desktop computer, but everyone has a phone. For much of the next wave of computer users in rising countrues around the world, the phone is the first and only computing device that a person owns. They grew up on smaller screens and digital keyboards and have no care to move to what they consider a less convenient form factor. It really helped me better understand why some of these global messaging platforms are focused so much on phone based systems.
datguacdoh··on Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
Depends a lot on the role. I've conducted a few hundred interviews at this point and you're right that I don't put equal weight on all certs, but they do help me prepare questions. For example, if I see a CCNA recently issued, I can make an assumption that opening with a network question should be a way to ease the candidate into an area they are at least somewhat comfortable in and get over the initial interview nerves. If they flounder in what I would assume is an entry level question in a topic they claim to have expertise, then I know I immediately need to adjust the questions and expectations for the rest of the interview. For some roles this could be an immediate sign that they probably aren't the right fit, but that doesn't mean they don't have knowledge and skills in other areas and it's my job to find those and determine if there's another open role that they could be great in. Or if they are open to a more junior role with an ability to grow, if they show great signs in other areas. So in short, the cert does help me tailor the interview a but better.
datguacdoh··on Better protecting kids’ privacy on YouTube
I never understood this either. Why not go to a whitelisting model for channel owners and just start with large brands like PBS that have a vested interest in their reputation. You get the benefit of new videos from those channels and then slowly work through a backlog.
datguacdoh··on Google Kills Cloud Print
Loon, Waymo, and Stadia seem pretty sexy, for entirely new product spaces. And within the current products AR maps, digital assistant, and AI auto complete in Gmail are pretty cool but I guess that's highly dependent on what you as an individual would care about.
datguacdoh··on Getting Started with Security Keys
100% this. Phishing is incredibly common, really difficult for even sophisticated users to detect when done well, and the best password manager isn't going to help you. A security key will all but guarantee that this isn't an issue and is a pretty good UX too.
datguacdoh··on A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
Google Photos is fantastic.
datguacdoh··on Goodreads Is Broken
Barnes and Noble launched Browsery a little while back, that helped me find a litany of new recommendations. I now use that service in tandem with Goodreads, but GR is just my tracking list at this point since it integrates with my Kindle and migrating to something else would be a pain.
datguacdoh··on Stadia Founder's Edition
https://peering.google.com/#/infrastructure send to say otherwise. It's in the best interest of both parties, so not sure why they wouldn't have done this.
datguacdoh··on Stadia Founder's Edition
Where did you read that Stadia will be in GCP only? From the looks of it, they are sharing a lot of infrastructure with YouTube which implies otherwise.
datguacdoh··on Ask HN: Does Google “20% time” still exist?
Depends on your original role and what you do for 20% time. Some people setup volunteer groups, makers spaces, etc. that might not really fit their ladder so it makes it harder to grow. However, you can definitely take on projects that do align with your career path and can help with things like promotion. I've done 20% work helping to develop material for Coursera programs that did fit my ladder pretty well.
datguacdoh··on Lyft to Offer Waymo Self-Driving Taxis in Suburban Phoenix
https://medium.com/waymo/partnering-with-lyft-to-serve-more-... looks to be the Waymo post on the subject.
datguacdoh··on All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate signing cert
> "don't run privileged code from people you don't trust." Is both critically important to understand for anyone using a network connected computer and not at all complicated.

That is absolutely complicated for the vast majority of the world's internet users. No one else is my family would understand what the hell "privileged code" means and shouldn't have to.

datguacdoh··on How Gmail Happened (2014)
They are pretty explicit about it here https://gsuite.google.com/learn-more/security/security-white...
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