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More like an accessibility setting that has widespread utility (there are several others, e.g. iOS has built-in background noise generators in accessibility)

That said, tapping on the back of the phone didn’t register consistently enough for me to utilize. I tried setting flashlight to that action. When I wanted it to work it wouldn’t. Then when I would be absentmindedly tapping it would activate.

$40 billion is about a quarter’s worth of profits for Google. They make that much every 3 months, what’s the risk

A funny scene in 30 Rock is when Tracy learns about the Peter Principle and responds "but my incompetence knows no bounds!"

David Robinson was an example of this.

Gary is an insufferable blowhard but he's had skin the AI game for awhile. I believe he sold an AI startup to Uber back in the 2010s.

Many of his criticisms of OpenAI and LLMs have been apt.

I’m not familiar with any stores that have Jordans that can be purchased via self checkout.

It's from a 10+ year-old blog post so I wouldn't expect it to be in line with modern psychotherapy.

It's an insight that has stuck with me since then and seems to strike a chord with others when shared, regardless of whether or not it's "great".

Of course it's fine to want something and then get it. Last night I wanted a Klondike bar so I walked to my freezer and got one. This misses the point entirely.

Plenty of examples of people getting what they thought they wanted and still feeling unfulfilled.

I appreciate your point about the serenity prayer, I think there's something relevant there for sure.

If you introduce a process susceptible to credit card fraud then you're not keeping it low stakes.

Not many people can get down to brass tacks like geohot

OP addresses this directly, if you bothered to read the whole thing:

"The stakes should be low. Whatever you’re selling, it’s gotta be cheap. And if things go awry? No one’s going to launch a chargeback crusade. Just like a reliable vending machine, if it jams, it’ll return your coins."

Sounds like you've got this all buttoned up

That's fine

I'm reminded of a passage from the last psychiatrist blog:

“One of the great insights of psychoanalysis is that you never really want an object, you only want the wanting, which means the solution is to set your sights on an impossible ideal and work hard to reach it. You won’t. That’s not just okay, that’s the point. It’s ok if you fantasize about knowing kung fu if you then try to actually learn kung fu, eventually you will understand you can never really know kung fu, and then you will die. And it will have been worth it.”

I don't think it's sad at all.

I just don't agree (aside from the part about small towns, I guess, but that's not relevant to SF).

If OP can't find differing personalities in a place like SF, it's a skill issue, sorry to say.

Sounds like you're thinking inside of a fairly small bubble. If you picked 10 people, at random, from the 800k residents, I assure you that there would be substantial differences.

Off the top of my head, you might get SF State students, tech bros, Chinatown senior citizens who have never left an 8-block radius and don't speak english, Marina moms, Mission District multi-gen families. I mean, come on.

Maybe if you were only picking from people working at tech cos, but even then my experience does not match yours.

Comment from 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11459808

Cable TV (or even OTA antenna in the right service area) is simply a superior live product compared to anything streaming.

The Masters app is the only thing that comes close imo.

Cable TV + DVR + high speed internet for torrenting is still an unmatched entertainment setup. Streaming landscape is a mess.

It's too bad the cable companies abused their position and lost any market goodwill. Copper connection direct to every home in America is a huge advantage to have fumbled.

Oh man, the BLK360 can be a frustrating (albeit incredible) device even in the best of conditions, let alone this. Glad to hear everything survived!

I mostly use the Pro3 now but did a big chunk of this Georgia Tech scan with the BLK: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=PB8FgAyyjHx

Definitely one of the better implementations I've seen using Matterport's SDK, nice work.

Did you use the Pro3 as the capture device? Before the collapse anyway!

This was a really great comment, thank you

Neither does blood doping, it's just the term they use for manipulation.

An educated populace can better resist such issues. The solution is better journalism/reporting and better education.

Instead, the knee jerk reaction seems to be calling for further hollowing out of public education and less investment in traditional news media. I fear what that looks like after a few more decades.

They famously had a standoff with the US gov't over the Secure Enclave.

Marketing aside, all indications point to the iOS platform being the most secure mobile option (imo).

A good scene in 30 Rock is when Tracy is told about the Peter Principle and responds "but my incompetence knows no bounds!"

While I fully agree with you that crating is to be avoided and I'd never do it - I can see some evolutionary parallel. My husky loves to settle in corners/L-shapes, and a crate is not so different than a small cave/den which offers certainty that no predator can sneak up behind you.

Why did the word 'radical' get stripped from the submission title?

On the page, the post title is "'Wherever you get your podcasts' is a radical statement"

Rough few weeks for Carta

You could produce this using one of several 360° cameras (e.g. Ricoh Theta, Insta360 X3) for the images, and then using 3D Vista to create the tour experience, embedded media, etc.

Seemed pretty clear to me. Drones are a dime a dozen. Drone defense is disproportionately costly. This product's goal is to protect from drone attacks without wasting a bunch of million-dollar missiles.

Regardless of one's feelings on the military-industrial complex, the use case seems relatively straightforward.

I wouldnt exactly call 3rd and 9th "top of the list"

The fact that Lexus/Toyota are actually at the top makes me trust it