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loonsteron Hertz is still having rental car customers wrongfully arrested, lawsuit claims

Dont cops have automatic plate recognition? Police are searching for a particular stolen vehicle, but likely find them when driving around.

Tow truck drivers likely have similar systems.

loonsteron White House guidance requires agencies to inventory all software in 90 days

>Also, a Software Bill of Materials may be required by the agency in solicitation requirements

I can't believe this isn't already required.

loonsteron 2-in-1 calculator app adds up to surprise hit for retired engineer

In the drafting world, inch units are commonly referred to as English. So if things are drafted properly, .500 would be 1/2 an inch and 0.5 would be 1/2 a millimeter.

(Things are rarely drafted according to specs.)

loonsteron Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?

I just leave it (Onkyo) on DTS:Neuralx. It's good enough for most of my wants.

loonsteron Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?

$500 doesnt go far with audio. For that amount it would be better to get a soundbar.

And a soundbar is still way better than TV speakers.

loonsteron 2-in-1 calculator app adds up to surprise hit for retired engineer

Tangently related... In drafting, with metric numbers a leading zero is required. With English Numbers, omitting the leading zero is proper.

loonsteron Dangerously wrong oxygen readings in dark-skinned patients spur FDA scrutiny

I consider it valid criticism. It does not need to be a racial issue.

When I was growing up, I was one of the few white kids in my circle of friends. One of the kids was always beating his chest on how the white man is keeping the brown man down. This is exactly the type of nonsense he would bring up.

The pulse oximeter wasn't purposely designed to give false readings to darker people.

loonsteron Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?

Buy a sound system. I now have a 3.1 setup and can hear the dialogue. A dedicated center channel makes a huge difference. Its amazing.

Many AVRs can also adjust it so the dialogue is louder, but I haven't found a need.

loonsteron US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years

News of the compromise will cause criminals to be more cautious and reduce communication.

The entire news article could be fake and it will still be effective.

loonsteron Ask HN: Why is everything a SaaS product?

I do not like the incentives it place on the supplier. With a software package, they are required to compete not only with other companies, but also themselves from years ago. If they do not make worthwhile improvements, users will not upgrade.

SAAS only has to compete with other companies.

loonsteron Ask HN: Is it smart to change jobs considering the possible recession? (EU)

I am completely debt free. My partner does not work. My cash reserves would provide a very good buffer and allow me to take over a year off mostly stress free. After that, I could support my family with a typical low skill job. Getting even a part time job would greatly extend the reserves.

The big wild card is inflation. Inflation really screws over the lower income.

loonsteron Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B

So a spilled bag of M&Ms makes them money twice.

loonsteron Empty offices are becoming apartments in Texas’s big cities

Commercial buildings tend to have very high ceilings. Maybe build a raised floor and put the plumbing under there.

loonsteron Ask HN: Is it smart to change jobs considering the possible recession? (EU)

If you live a debt free lifestyle, you will not worry about this as much.

If I got laid off tomorrow, I would look forward to spending more time with my family.

loonsteron The Airbus A380's Quietness Made Sleeping Harder for Pilots

Like a giant white noise generator.

loonsteron Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?

The more water that is retained on the property, the less that is available for entering streams.

loonsteron Royal Caribbean to use SpaceX's Starlink to provide internet onboard their fleet

>IIRC adding ships and planes to the mix likely won’t make a big difference to the home/land user as they are geographically far apart.

I would think that latitude distance is irrelevant and longitude distance is everything.

A ship going across the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans would have the satelites all to themselves. A ship sailing ports in the Caribbean would be in a very congested region.

Airplanes fly at a very high elevation which should allow them to access satellites covering less dense cells.

loonsteron NASA’s newest rocket is a colossal waste of money

So evolution is just going to stop? Given enough time, humans will evolve to better survive their new homes.

loonsteron Ask HN: Should grapefruit juice have warning labels for medicine interactions?

Arrogance is an unfounded sense of one's abilities. My abilities are well founded.

loonsteron Intel enters a new era of chiplets

A much better yield. If the yield is 1/8, reducing the chiplet to 1/16 the size will increase yield to 7/8

loonsteron German digital signage ban prompts confusion

A large portion of the advertising is to get people to switch brands. A smaller portion is to get new customers. Banning advertisement increases the profits for the already established brands (for at least the short term).

loonsteron Why do arrays start at 0?

It's the consistent inconsistencies that causes it to be less confusing. It would be really weird to go from someplace very orderly to another that is haphazard.

loonsteron Global Code Time Report

It's like telling a minister that he only works for 1 hour a week because that is the only time that he is speaking in church. No thought given to the amount of time that is taken to write the speech or other church duties.

* I made this comment to my uncle whom is a minister when I was a child *

loonsteron What Beirut was like before the war (2019)

I feel your despair, but from the other side. I don't know how anyone could watch the surveillance videos of Fulton county and not conclude their was voter fraud. It's absolutely mind boggling.

loonsteron What Beirut was like before the war (2019)

There was obvious voter fraud in the 2020 election.

The only question that should be disputed is if it was enough to sway the election.

loonsteron What Beirut was like before the war (2019)

May just be more obvious. Some of the scammers look to have been doing it for decades.

loonsteron Hollywood’s visual effects crisis

Sounds like fraud.

loonsteron Hollywood’s visual effects crisis

It always seemed to me like there was a simple solution. Record the steering wheel movements of the stunt car. Use a motor in the fake car to replay the steering wheel movements.

loonsteron Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk Fusion 360 versions

https://myigetit.com/

They do it for the big cad programs.

loonsteron Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk Fusion 360 versions

The cost to learn a new software is trivial. The cost to redesign all library components in the new software is huge.

It is very analogous to programming if you consider it like rewriting a program designed in Java into C++. Depending on the complexity of the program, you will become proficient in C++ long before you finish the code transition.

I use Siemens NX to design. It would take thousands of hours to recreate all the partfiles we use into a different CAD software. Some of the big guys write programs to make a transition easier (from Ideas to NX), but they are not perfect. They may work for some simple parts, but for more complex things... forget about it.