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hypothesis··on Boeing withdraws bid for safety exemption for Boeing 737 MAX 7
Did I hear you say MCAS?

It’s interesting that FAA avoided naked corruption case with pushing this through, but they were unable to simply reject exemption either. Somehow, external pressure was required to avoid worst case.

hypothesis··on Stack Overflow: 79% of Developers Considering a Career Move
I have seen that work out for some people, but I think that they intentionally contributed to said distinction to the detriment of everyone else. Best to steer clear.
hypothesis··on Stack Overflow: 79% of Developers Considering a Career Move
What makes you think that employers are not looking to replace everyone right now? It would make sense to me if there are 100x replacement queue, presumably desperate to accept lower pay, right now. All the more reasons to make a move if you can.
hypothesis··on Expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis
Last I heard, culprits are arguing at SCOTUS that they should get immunity for a fraction of their gains. Also, some payouts will come from selling more of the same, which is nuts. It’s pretty hopeless…
hypothesis··on California Rooftop Solar Reckoning
We’re never going to solve any existential problems with this attitude, instead we’re just all going to perish except some people will have this smug smile on their face because “rich people”…
hypothesis··on Americans can no longer afford their cars
> whether it is actually as little car as they truly need

Part of the reason why everyone is buying an SUV instead of a small sedan, is that you just feel unsafe driving next to a jacked up truck, nevermind a Cybertruck. There is a ton of YouTube videos that will readily show that one have no chance against those in an unfortunate encounter…

hypothesis··on United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections
To be fair, I read recently that another issue with MAX 7 was discovered through flight testing. The issue is that now Boeing wants to exempt plane from safety rules…
hypothesis··on iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxPuk0JefA, if anything else is curious.

Have to admit, amazing plot and production, all in a minute!

hypothesis··on Tesla lowers Model Y, S, X range estimations following exaggeration complaints
And some states even have 75 mph legal speed limit on freeways.
hypothesis··on Chromium bug bounty money tree browser
This thread made some people question their no-bugs-allowed ideal, which is apparently a misanthropy…
hypothesis··on FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s
What makes you think that this was the only door he forgot to lock? There is clearly a pattern here with Boeing QA, doors, bolts, etc
hypothesis··on Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get it in the air
It does look insane, but at this point I trust pilots more than I trust Boeing-designed automated system not to kill humans.
hypothesis··on 2023 was the year that GPUs stood still
You can rebadge same “powerful” stuff for years. I have AMD cards that are simply rebadged previous gen ones with tweaked memory clocks, if that. I’m pretty sure this is not unique to AMD.
hypothesis··on Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month xtra
Surely Jeff Bezos is filthy rich because he was giving away $3/month to anyone who asked, is that the logic here?
hypothesis··on Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules
> the government was becoming dissatisfied with the obstruction of criminal investigations that strict adherence to the rule engendered

Also

> The Court recognized that while the rejection of the mere evidence rule may "enlarge the area of permissible searches," the protections of the 4th Amendment, like the reasonableness and warrant requirements, would sufficiently safeguard the right to privacy.

So SCOTUS think that government would be satisfied with Bill of Rights. What if government thinks it is just too frustrating to follow laws?

hypothesis··on In OpenZFS and Btrfs, everyone was just guessing
I wonder if anyone else instantly gets a visual after reading your story:

“Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?

Narrator: You wouldn't believe.

Business woman on plane: Which car company do you work for?

Narrator: A major one.”

hypothesis··on Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO
The jury is still out on nuclear arsenal…
hypothesis··on Firefox accounts renamed Mozilla accounts
I’m sure this was brought up before, but I followed your link and here is what I saw:

> How will my donation be used? At Mozilla, our mission is to keep the Internet healthy, open, and accessible for all. To learn how your donation is put to use, click here.

It links to foundation’s website, which has the following things listed as “Our areas of focus”: Rally Citizens, Connect Leaders and Shape the Agenda. Firefox is mentioned 0 times on that page.

hypothesis··on Passkeys are now enabled by default for Google users
> If you don't trust them, you're not forced to use them; traditional methods still exist.

Still being the operative word. Consider situation with running banking apps without hardware attestation, etc

hypothesis··on Passkeys are now enabled by default for Google users
> This is also why, as a service provider, I'd like to see some device attestation. I want to know that the keys being used here are not written on a fucking piece of paper.

This is precisely why user should run away. Service provider is moving liability to end user and washing their hand away, while user gets screwed if anything happens during vacation.

hypothesis··on Google User Data Is Police's Top Shortcut for Solving Crimes
This is different because they are physically limited in number of houses they can toss per day, plus said activity is quite more observable to targets.
hypothesis··on A new Chrome 0-day is sending the Internet into a new chapter of Groundhog Day
Please define “unsafe”. Also, you can use most things in a harmful way…
hypothesis··on 475 ‘Unreliable AI-Generated News’ Websites
Are you sure this is not one of those 475 websites?
hypothesis··on Cruise told by CA DMV to reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash
That should be part of an assessment that government does before allowing those vehicles onto our streets.
hypothesis··on The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702
> you're inadvertently arguing that 702 isn't really doing much of anything. So there's no harm in continuing it, right?

One would assume that a useless programs should be discontinued, simply because it’s not free to continue them.

hypothesis··on Chrultrabook – Modify a Chromebook to Run Windows/Linux/macOS
Not OP, but you can check list of supported devices at https://mrchromebox.tech/#devices.

You would want to flash a Full ROM (UEFI) which will then easily support any regular Linux distro.

hypothesis··on Classifying customer messages with LLMs vs traditional ML
Yup, most companies are now simply providing “emotional” support using sufficiently apologetic, but powerless agents. That is, if you can defeat chat bot screen or IVR maze. The hope is for user to give up..
hypothesis··on First U.S. ban on sale of cellphone location data might be coming
Are they being barred from collection/sale in other states?

Did this argument go anywhere with regards to say animal welfare laws and out of state farmers?

hypothesis··on France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone
Nexus devices did have such “feature”. IIRC it was activated by a carrier SIM upon first boot and some people were quite sad after inserting say AT&T SIM into their supposedly “unlocked” phone.
hypothesis··on California tribe calls for preservation of Tulare Lake
> The numerous storms that struck California during the first three months of 2023 resulted in the reappearance of over 180 square miles (466 km2) of the lake,[35][36] forcing the evacuation of several communities...
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