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Great story! This had me confused though:

> Often I'd show up only to tell them their hard drive was dead and everything was gone. This was just how things worked before iCloud Photos, nobody kept backups and everything was constantly lost forever.

Why not suggest sending the drive off to a recovery service? They certainly existed back then, wealthy clients could afford it, and you could add a nice markup.

Reminds me of the excellent Ted Chiang short story, "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling": https://web.archive.org/web/20140222103103/http://subterrane...

We're absolutely already cyborgs.

I felt like I was having a stroke multiple times while trying to get through this article.

Your comment contributes nothing to the conversation and I'm only commenting to make you aware of that. Enjoy your upvotes.

> Have you worked in a restaurant or retail?

Yes, both.

> The real reason we want teenagers in low-skilled jobs is to keep wages low.

Who are you speaking for? Do you own a business that employs low-skilled labor?

This is the exact kind of sociopathic elitism that we should seek to minimize by promoting a diverse array of experiences for young developing adults, including working jobs that are “beneath” them.

Not to sound too grandiose, but I think that the tradition of teenagers working in low-skilled retail and service jobs is also important for societal cohesion. Nothing is going to give you more empathy for the people working in those jobs than having done it yourself for at least a couple years. For teenagers in the middle class and above I’d say it’s actually the most important reason to work those types of jobs.

> The new minimum wage for fast food workers will apply to restaurants with at least 60 locations nationwide, with an exception for restaurants that make and sell their own bread, like Panera Bread.

The exception for small restaurants makes sense, but does anyone have any idea what the bread exception is all about? How many loaves a day does a restaurant have to make in order to qualify for the exemption?

This doesn't appear to be just a PR stunt to me given that Nucor is also directly investing $35 million in Helion as part of the agreement. If you're going to post the usual fusion naysayer comment I think you should at least address this part of the announcement as well.

I'm assuming it was a trackball mouse from the description. The OP said it was cheap so I don't think cost was an issue but from my experience some employees are very particular about their peripherals (don't blame them one bit!). If they're important enough (or maybe just nice enough) I could absolutely imagine spending the time to make sure their preferred device is working properly.

Is there any mistake that a self-driving car could make that a novice (or any) human driver couldn't? I fail to see how this line of reasoning is relevant at all.

Great point. They're against it unless you're running it in a loop and paying for every API call!

I think it's ironic that some people are saying the likes of Chat GPT will make software engineers obsolete when in reality there will be huge demand for the humans that will eventually be needed to clean up messes just like this.

This was also me. It's 100% true. Works even better when you can just set them up with an iPad and a keyboard case! Everyone is much happier.

Windows without Active Directory and Group Policy management is a straight up nightmare. Even with good hardware the default Windows config, especially the Home editions, is just such garbage compared to macOS.

> People get upset about title editing on HN because they only notice the cases they dislike. Any practice will seem obnoxious if you only count the things it gets wrong.

I don't like or dislike any particular title or headline. I dislike the policy of selectively altering an author or publisher's chosen headline in general.

> I can tell you after over a decade doing this job that the title moderation on HN is probably the single most beneficial thing we do. Without that, the front page would consist of linkbait, sensationalism, and rage.

I appreciate the insight. Is the plan to keep this policy in place indefinitely in order to protect us from ourselves? I find it very depressing that a community like HN cannot be trusted to look at an unedited list of headlines. Do you think there is any hope of eventually developing something like a collective immunity (or even resistance) to clickbait? If it can't happen here, what does that say about the prospects for media literacy more broadly?

I really don't understand the policy of altering headlines here. It's such petty, obnoxious behavior! I really wish they would stop doing it and I would be really annoyed if it happened to an article that I wrote and submitted myself. Thank you for calling it out.

Agreed! Doesn't justify anything that Amazon did in this case but it sounds like a pretty off-putting "feature".

Interesting. So is actually executing the script, server, or API call without errors part of the interview? Is that what makes them "practical" or is it because the data structures and algorithms are related to your business domain?

Not trying to nitpick, your comment just piqued my curiosity because you made the point of distinguishing your exercises from leetcode and also stated that those who chose F# were generally poor performers.

I feel like this article is dead on. It's old but the principles still hold true.

> Because C# is really, really good.

The first language I learned was VB.net because I thought "Visual Basic" sounded easy. I quickly moved to C# because it was more popular. I've always been curious about F# but never invested the time to learn it exactly because C# never caused me enough pain.

I'd love to know what dynamic programming exercises you're asking interviewees to complete in the timespan of an interview that wouldn't show up on LeetCode.

The most illuminating thing about ChatGPT for me is just how terrible most programmers on HN apparently are. I thought it was just a funny meme that all we do is copy/paste from Stack Overflow but apparently that is literally what a lot of people are doing all day.

Awesome! I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Also thanks for linking to that document. I was sketching out rough diagrams for myself but I was totally unaware that manufacturers provided such schematics. Having access to those makes things much clearer!

Wow, that Biamp Nexia is something else. Very cool setup there.

Both those analog mixers look nice except for the lack of mute buttons for the mic channels. I suppose I could always go for a separate XLR mute device though so that probably shouldn't be a deal-breaker.

> I remember looking at the Yamaha you mentioned during my research and the issue with it is that it sends the first two channels direct to the computer as a stereo feed, thus your mic will only appear on one side.

I saw that too but I was under the impression that it only did so when it was in [DRY CH 1-2G] mode. The manual seems to distinguish that behavior as unique for working with a DAW so it sounds to me like [INPUT MIX] mode sends all input channels (except for computer/USB input) mixed in stereo to the computer but they could certainly be more clear about that. [1]

[1] https://manual.yamaha.com/pa/live_streaming/ag03_06/en-US/84...

Thanks for the suggestion. This is super interesting to me. After doing a bit of research though it appears that in order to go with a mixer over an interface I'd need to find one that supports some form of multiple outputs (aux sends, direct outputs, or separate monitor/main mixes) in order to hear my mic and computer audio in my headphones but only send the mic to the computer. Unfortunately I couldn't find any smaller (4-6 input) units with those features.

In my search I came across the Yamaha AG03MK2 hybrid mixer/interface which looks promising. It has a strange combination of inputs and outputs but it looks like the STREAMING OUT switch allows it to be set in a mode that is appropriate for audio/video meetings with an independent level control for the computer audio.

This is the conclusion I've come to as well, but I'm still not 100% happy with my setup. First off, many cheaper audio interfaces might have a hardware monitoring toggle but not allow monitor mixing. I found these devices to be totally unusable since many times the monitor level ended up being way too low to be effective.

Even with monitor mixing, however, I'm still annoyed that I have to dial in the mix and adjust the volume every time I connect with someone depending on how loud or soft their microphone is. Are you aware of any audio interfaces that allow for adjusting the absolute monitor level vs. just the relative mix level?

Like, I always want to hear myself at a specific level and I'd love to be able to adjust the output volume so I can hear the other person properly without affecting my monitor level. Currently I'm using an Elgato Wave XLR interface with an Audio-Technica BPHS1 broadcast headset and it works perfectly except for this one issue.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I've also found mic mute buttons to be another often overlooked necessity! The capacitive mute button on the Wave XLR is probably my favorite feature. Totally seamless/silent muting and unmuting.

Really beautiful UI but unfortunately I can't use it on my phone either. iPhone SE (1st gen.) 320px wide viewport.

I know it's a small phone, but I don't think I've ever come across a web page that blocked me from interacting with it due to the screen size. Regardless of whether you decide it's worth it to support smaller screen sizes I would absolutely recommend removing the page-mask/sorry-prompt. You never know what kind of device/browser your web page will be rendered on and overflowing the viewport is the expected behavior when the viewport is very small.

Yes but it only requires a couple hundred watts to power the blower motor and electronics of a gas furnace. They're easy to power off of a small portable generator or even a cheap inverter hooked up to your car. The same cannot be said of a heat pump or resistive heater.

This is an interesting question. It reminds me of the contract disputes that content producers sometimes have with cable companies that might result in one or more channels suddenly becoming unavailable for cable customers. Content producers need distribution (or at least did, back in the day) but the cable companies needed them as well and I would imagine must have taken the brunt of customer outrage when a channel became unavailable.

> Vaccines and boosters are the best defense against severe illness from COVID-19...

Is there any evidence that suggests vaccines and boosters are a better defense than maintaining a healthy body mass index, exercising regularly, eating a balanced diet, and spending time outdoors?

I'm not sure, is there one for killjoy?

Seriously though, I see this exact complaint so often on this site. If people like you are so bothered by superfluous (or enjoyable and engaging, depending on your perspective) prose why not just look up the dictionary definition or Wikipedia article of the topic instead?