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Somehow this makes me feel better that it’s not just an American phenomenon - that we don’t have a monopoly on callous greed.

I’m absolutely with you on that. The phenomenon itself is interesting and worth discussing, but that term is just so unpalatable. Also, the term doesn’t really capture the meaning well. Ideally the word would semantically suggest the user-hostile and total capture of value, rather than just the process of becoming unpleasant.

Agreed, SNG is a truly excellent show, I can’t get enough of it. Though I’m worried Paramount is going to drop it. The open secret in streaming these days is that production and distribution costs far exceed revenue, and a reckoning has to happen at some point. SNG is the most expensive-looking show I’ve ever seen, except for actor salaries (which will only increase as the show succeeds).

So, I’m worried that Paramount execs will either cut the show after three seasons (the Netflix Maneuver), or demand steep cuts in production expenses (see late-stage “Enterprise”).

Edit: I’d say only “The Mandalorian” is more expensive to make, and as we know, Disney+ is losing huge amounts of money.

Do you mean that Google and Apple could revoke e2ee at any time? And/or, that their implementation of it might be include a backdoor for them?

I recently bought a Chevy Bolt that pretty much meets these criteria. It’s a fine car, without many frills, and about $10K less than a basic Tesla Model 3.

The cell-cultured meat from Upside Foods uses entirely animal-free growth media.

Sorry, I’m sure this was annoying at the time, but making up that argument is hilarious in retrospect, no?

The layout and graphic design of SciAm in that era was clean, crisp, austere and gorgeous. I’ll never forget the issue - 1985, I believe - with stereograms of DNA and RNA. 3D images, delivered in a magazine!

Yes, the best one.

Times change quickly. It was less than ten years ago that the second wing of the mall was completely renovated, with a food court that was an eclectic and upscale delight. Now it’s destined to become yet another dead and haunted mall.

Upon reading the headline, I assumed this was related to the recent research suggesting that sucralose damages DNA. As someone who was drinking a sugar free energy drink every day, that was enough to get me to quit. The pure somatic horror of “DNA damage” far outweighs whatever enjoyment and lift I get from a can of [brand name].

Full open source of their latest chips? Make that $30 billion and you’ve got a deal.

Sideloading an app is not a sustainable way to distribute a commercial app. It's even more fragile than the official route, and it's a lot to ask of an end user, not to mention the sketchy feel to it.

This is what I was afraid to hear, thanks for sharing this. My guess is that if you want to build on their platform, you’ll have to kiss the ring of social networking, which is something I’m not too interested in.

Has anyone here built a business around the Quest 2? A game or app, or custom development? I actually love the device, but I’m not sure how easy the ecosystem is for developers, nor how much traction the device has (or could have) as a non-game app platform.

Let me take a moment to express gratitude that I have no idea what “DID,” “tradcath,” and “groyper” mean. Seems like I’ve made the right choice to eschew Twitter and Reddit.

For a mainstream Hollywood film, "A Few Good Men" is quite nuanced. Colonel Jessup's actions are plainly illegal, and in the end he is arrested for them, but his point still has merit: society must be protected, and perhaps necessarily, it is protected by people who must do things that society would disapprove of. The actual courtroom proceedings of the movie are less interesting than the philosophical debate, and ultimately one can admire both viewpoints.

This article and others like it reappear on HN every few months, and that’s a good thing. Absentee leadership is a big problem, especially in tech, where managers have been led to believe that the best way to lead engineers is to “leave them alone.” Instead that should be, “leave them alone when they need to work, but provide structure and support when necessary.”

There’s a similar though different problem in tech, where organizations are kept very flat in the hopes that leadership will simply “emerge.” Sometimes a staff engineer will be unofficially implied as the team leader, but without any actual management duties nor reporting lines. It’s a way for a company to have their cake and eat it, and it ends predictably.

This is a really interesting point, thanks for saying this. I absolutely agree with you. Do you happen to have sources for this? I can do my own research but I thought I’d ask in case you already are aware of some.

Some people are annoyed with the way Docker (the company) has tried to monetize the technology by revoking free repos from open-source teams. If I recall, Docker doubled back on that.

Realistically, Docker is a fine choice for this.

“Get alphabet soup all over him”

This is my new favorite alternative to “vanned” (or “v&”)

This kind of thing has to be fought at the highest level, specifically, overturning (or otherwise neutralizing) Smith v. Maryland. That ruling began the greatest assault on the Fourth Amendment since the Civil War. Also, Maryland v. King. (What is it with Maryland, anyway?)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_v._Maryland

Apologies to non-American readers, and acknowledgement that the US is not the whole world.

Her wealth was all on paper, that paper being equity in Theranos. By the time she was indicted her net worth was listed as zero.

Bernie Ebbers did 13 years. More recently and much more relevant, Zachary Apte and Jessica Richman of uBiome have been indicted and are fugitives.

Came here to say the same. Even the subhead reads, "...are causing the city to descending." I've worked in newsrooms and for media companies. Twenty years ago, this kind of thing simply did not happen at a magazine like AD.