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Report link at beginning of article:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/09/...

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/Social-Media-6b...

Edit: added link to pdf

Yes, this is a great idea. I grew up with a similar pattern where streets are mostly east-west and avenues are mostly north-south. But whenever I have explored new cities there always seems to be hidden patterns unique to that place, or at least new to me. And figuring out what they are sometimes takes more time than a short visit.

An example that bit me once, before smartphones and widespread gps, is that numbered streets and avenues in Phoenix both run north-south. The numbering gets higher in both directions as you move away from Central Ave, so the smaller numbered streets/aves are relatively close to one another. Very simple pattern indeed, but it was very surprising the first time I encountered it, didn't match my expectations I guess.

All of this sounds nice, but also ignores the details of the lost court case. When I learned more about the actual case details it really seemed like a strange hill to die on for the IA, and it was nearly inevitable they would lose. I think there was a very sensible middle ground the IA could have chosen to avoid it all while still sticking to their core mission.

I also order from Zenni and have never had to provide my doctor's info. They happily create lenses with whatever prescription I type in, and for me personally it usually takes a couple years for it to change enough to warrant new glasses. (I still get an exam annually)

Often others don't behave in the same way we would or even the way we would expect. My suggestion is in the spirit of trying to offer a little help to your fellow teammates with a few extra clicks, in what seems like a very low effort compromise.

I suppose it depends on your team dynamics, size, structure, etc. I work with a small, tight knit team and if I already knew someone was going to act a little neurotic with regards to a low priority weekend email, I would do the extra few clicks to make their life slightly better. In a large corporate setting maybe I would be less sympathetic, who knows.

Help them out by scheduling the email to be sent during business hours?

That was nice! Made me feel like a vampire for a moment hehe

Setting a new world record is part of making history, and many are not broken at every Olympics. Consider this example - the men's 100m sprint world record was last broken by Usain Bolt 15 years ago! Now if you're not into that particular sport then maybe that doesn't mean much to you, fair enough. But wow, when someone comes along who is able to break that record it will really be something special.

He's got a catalogue of bangers I've always loved, but Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 was so unique when it was released it really took me by surprise. It was hypnotic, sometimes eerie, other times introspective and beautiful.

If you're to believe the account Richard James gave, he claims to have used sleep deprivation and lucid dreaming to compose the album. I used to listen to the entire thing beginning to end on headphones, and I believe it!

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/aphex-twin-selected-amb...

Strange coincidence, moments ago I just received a phishing SMS about some bogus package that couldn't be delivered attempting to get me to visit a link on a ".top" address!

Incorrect, this answer wasn't given in the form of a question ;)

I always liked the clickity sounds of those panels updating!

Not an engineer, found the video on this fascinating and very approachable. It sounds like the NTSB report did a surprisingly good job of addressing the multiple mistakes and failures that led to the bridge collapse.

But to the bigger point made near the end, without a person in the loop who both appreciates the meaning held within the inspection reports AND having the power to act on that information, we still remain vulnerable to the complexity of our own social systems becoming too inefficient to handle problems like this.

I was mildly curious at best to check out this article, and wow the design of it really blew me away! The entire web page appears to be a functioning spreadsheet itself.

Many people will know quite personally the struggle you describe, but I think there's an implicit assumption in it that reliable news sources will always remain available with or without direct monetary support from the population. I'll admit that "reliable" is a loaded word here, but what happens if the only news available becomes a hyper sensationalized engagement at all costs over facts dumpster fire? Freedom of the press was an important enough idea to make it into the US first amendment, but just like freedom the press isn't free.

It's probably a mistake to arrive at a conclusion in either direction based solely on anecdotal evidence. Unless the conclusion is specifically just for one localized area being observed, as opposed to extending those conclusions to all bookstores everywhere.

Personally I'm more interested in how things are trending more recently, so the high starting points of these graphs in the 90's aren't really what I care about. But even selecting graph midpoints to roughly estimate the last 15 years instead of 30, there are clear downward trends.

To me the more important point is that the majority of people surveyed each year feel like crime increases every year, whether or not it actually does. It's a good example of the biases at play with public perception.

TIL about heat index being a combination of temperature and humidity to arrive at a perceived temperature (in the shade apparently, why?).

Started plugging in some numbers into a heat index calculator just for kicks (https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/heat-index).

I live in a very hot and dry area, and noticed that at 15% humidity the heat index matches temperature, below 15% results in a heat index below the temperature, and above 15% gives a heat index above the temperature.

Not a boomer, but age shaming seems unnecessary.

I remember exactly one passphrase - the one to open my password manager. Sure there are other methods, but none of the alternatives work as conveniently on every type of device I need to use.

Off topic: I hadn't heard of reason.com before, and this article seemed like decent reporting so I looked around a bit for more. Then I found an article affecting my state on their front page, and oh boy it is chalk full of so much spin and loaded adjectives, it's such an obvious example of an opinion piece masquerading as journalism. Very disappointing.

> the longer recordings would be an invasion of worker privacy

Workers responsible for multi-million dollar machines and sometimes hundreds of human lives. I doubt anyone but the pilots care one bit about their on-the-job privacy.

Same reaction here. For such a huge investment wouldn't you expect it to take some time before it becomes profitable?

Live shows are only one piece of the puzzle. I really want to go see the "postcard from earth" short film they made especially for the Sphere. The filming required all kinds of specialized camera gear to take full advantage of the resolution and 3d viewing inside, so it's no wonder there isn't going to be an immediate catalog of titles to choose from for selling more tickets.

You are here, so you are also HN. There are also other HN comments here that disagree with the parent post just as you do. Saying what HN does or does not do is almost always going to be provably false and tends to add nothing of value to the conversation. I would even go so far as hypothesizing that on any given controversial topic there tends to be a large divide of opposing opinions on clear display. But maybe I just think that because I'm HN.

Sentences in all caps are much worse IMO.

Sorry off topic, but I clicked the "Manage" option on the cookie consent banner to find out there are 86 "Necessary" cookies that are required on the site, then almost 200 more optional cookies I can choose to opt out of. Talk about bloat, seems completely ridiculous.

"extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"

citation please

But in this case, wasn't the basic parking meter infrastructure already in place when the deal happened? It wasn't like the company had to invest millions of dollars and many years of development just to begin collecting revenue. I'm sure they probably did invest a lot in getting operations up and running internally, but as for the physical meters wasn't this more of a turnkey type of deal?

“Everything from daycare to public transportation, toll roads, fuel and fuel taxes, auto purchases and maintenance, dry cleaners, nail spas, restaurants, clothiers, hair stylists, dog walkers, nannies and office leases suffer when people work from home,”

Sounds to me like more households get to retain more of their income (and time) as a result. And that extra money will end up back in the economy albeit in different ways, so it's not like the money just disappears. Businesses and governments will just have to adapt to change, and I have no sympathy for their sob stories and stubborn instincts to resist change.

This is clearly missing mention of their lawn, and instructions to get off of said lawn =)

The problem is that families sit in rows together, not usually in columns. And in busy airports it's not very ideal to get split up from your travel partners, especially if they are young, old, need assistance, etc.