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flyingpenguin··on Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019)
most phone support USB-C to ethernet. Always remember their are weirdos out there who are so into mobile games they have docked phones attached to cooling systems.
flyingpenguin··on Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019)
From the many people I have asked this question, I think the disconnect between toilet phone users and us is the availability of "Alone time".

Specifically no matter what you do in your house/work for some there is always low key chance of someone bothering you. This is not the case when you appear to be using the toilet.

Still seems weird to me though.

flyingpenguin··on Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019)
But holy crap, the process for updating AirPods without an iPhone is a real hassle.

Took my bank account months to download my an iPhone to update with.

flyingpenguin··on Pinetab – 10.1″ Linux Tablet with Detached Backlit Keyboard
As a angular developer... I apologize for the pollution I create, and also strongly encourage you to have more than 4gb of ram.
flyingpenguin··on Progress on Plasma
I don't want to defend Gnome because I also can't stand it over KDE most of the time, but I think GNOME is built for one actually useful thing... laptops.

Gnome feels good on a computer with a single small display.

flyingpenguin··on It’s not a zero-sum game for Apple TV+, Netflix, and Disney+
The obvious solution seems like some kind of service which tracks all of the shows you watch and are interested in, and changes what service you subscribe to every month.

If there is a new season/show coming out on one service that you are interested in your next subscription will be that service, otherwise it is some kind of random/RR and you get a notification of which app to use this month.

All the shows are available to watch when you want, why bother to have all the subs always?

flyingpenguin··on Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas
Also because this product is more targeted at business use, assembling it in the US may open the product for more customers. I work in defense and some of our HP computers have to come from a special division of HP that assembles the computers in the US.
flyingpenguin··on Water transport system inspired by trees
the best part is that we have up, and upwards. Fuck "vertical ascent water conveyance" if you NEED big awesome sounding words.
flyingpenguin··on A Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1k
Or convince them there is nothing more wrong with socialism than capitalism and the world needs more balance and nuance.
flyingpenguin··on Microsoft Is Winning the Techlash
I mean every company has problems... Microsoft just seems to be generally headed in a better direction vs worse which seems way more common.
flyingpenguin··on Impact of a Night of Sleep Deprivation on Novice Developers’ Performance (2018)
I think caffeine and other uppers play a large role as well. I am sitting at a desk doing nothing but I need my brain to be in the state its in when I am doing harrowing physical activity.

My quality of sleep reflects this.

flyingpenguin··on Ask HN: How do I ask for a raise?
Just tell your manager you need a moment and want to go see how much your coworkers make. Then go to your co-workers tell them how much you make and that you want a raise and ask them how much they make.

I generally tell people at jobs how much I got hired for within 2 days of joining a company.... there are no down sides.

flyingpenguin··on Google Edge TPU Devices
But how much is a backpack?
flyingpenguin··on Apple's iPhone Shipments Plunge in China as Huawei Tightens Grip
Are they objectively better? I have a hard time seeing either as better than the other, just horrifying in their own unique ways.
flyingpenguin··on Ask HN: Did offering a money-back guarantee help your business?
You can actually get new credit card numbers generated super easy. There are services that will give you a unique credit card number to use at every online retailer to limit your risk of theft.
flyingpenguin··on Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received a large tip
We have also obfuscated what you make. Combined its very strange.

You could tell someone they get a new job paying $30/hour and you are selling them this house for $10/hour. After everything is said and done, those numbers could be the same... what?

flyingpenguin··on TSMC Nanke 14 Factory Production Interruption Could Affect NVIDIA and Others
The increasing trends of the world to be dependent on a single source fo things... Must be something pushing the trend.
flyingpenguin··on The Personal Toll of Whistle-Blowing
Every single time I mention something good about any country other than the US to my relatives they get SUPER angry and shout "Then why the F* don't you move there".

It is so confusing to me. Not saying I love the US but if someone did... shouldn't they want to improve it?

flyingpenguin··on US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages
Maybe a different emergency happened in early december that tanked their fund?
flyingpenguin··on US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/18...
flyingpenguin··on US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages
It is also about not teaching people that you can subvert democratic practice and get what you want.
flyingpenguin··on US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages
The thing that really bothers me about that "They should have savings" logic, is the expectation that they should have to use them.

Yes. They should have savings. EVERYONE should have min 3 months of income in savings. No one should be expected to use it.

flyingpenguin··on Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit
> as well as some more sensors than lidar.

Like... cameras behind some kind of glass with special heaters and moving wipe thingies to keep the glass clean? I am sure I have seen something like this working somewhere.

flyingpenguin··on Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit
I have always wondered about this sensor thing. We drive and our only sensors are a pair of cameras on a mobile swivel and two microphones.

I feel like at Some point we have to have enough computing power to just stick Multiple Cameras behind glass with wipers and dehumidifiers and alarms if they are obstructed. Basically just humans but better?

flyingpenguin··on A new documentary addresses the stigma of menstruation in India
> And if they put pads and/or tampons in toilets they'll disappear in a matter of minutes. If you think only a dirt poor woman would steal them, you are wrong.

Why? If every single bathroom everywhere had them why would you bother to steal them? They are free.

flyingpenguin··on A new documentary addresses the stigma of menstruation in India
How is this a reason to push anything but cups?
flyingpenguin··on Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting into Class
At my school almost all of the electives where taught by people in industry.

They either taught a 2 course long elective and offered internships at their company during the second course (Hey you spent the last 5~ months training these people and no you know who is a good worker), or they taught one elective and offered internships to the students they liked at the end.

Their companies paid them to do this for... obvious reasons.

flyingpenguin··on Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting into Class
There is also a factor with lag in budgeting. When I first started computer science at my school it was a smaller department (maybe 2-3 intro cources of 50 people). When I was a JR, my department didn't have the budget to put out a off schedule OS course. The budget was consumed by 13 intro courses.

As I was graduating, my program not only had 10-13 intro courses but had 4x as many electives as it had when I started.

flyingpenguin··on No Pay Stub? No Problem. Unconventional Mortgages Make a Comeback
The problem seems to come when the incentive to ensure that the borrower can actually pay goes away.

IE: My understanding of the 2008/9 problem where banks were more interested in their banky uses of loans than just "Hey, an investment with good returns."

flyingpenguin··on Why I use old hardware
How much is that AWS instance?
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