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snappy173··on Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI
what? there is _definitely_ evidence that writers are being put out of work. writing is extremely competitive, and very very very few authors are able to make a living writing and publishing novel creative works. many make their living by applying their writing skills towards journalism, marketing, corporate copy etc, all of which are under significant pressure from AI _already_. the writers that i know firsthand all report that their work lives have been turned upside down in the past couple of years.

if you don't see the signs that authors are already being put out of work, then you need to get out of your bubble.

snappy173··on Zildjian, a 400-year-old cymbal-making company in Massachusetts
> The whole word means something like "Cymbalistson"

it means, literally, son of the cymbal maker

snappy173··on You're a cyclist who was just struck by a car driver. Why it was your fault
There are lots of problems. But if you think that one of them is groups of people engaging in athletics and enjoying the outdoors, then I would suggest that one of the problems may be in the mirror…
snappy173··on You're a cyclist who was just struck by a car driver. Why it was your fault
No, that’s not actually “the problem”
snappy173··on You're a cyclist who was just struck by a car driver. Why it was your fault
Maybe you shouldn’t be driving …
snappy173··on No, you can’t manufacture that like Apple does (2014)
Paracetamol is available in the US as Tylenol/acetaminophen
snappy173··on Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?
The bowline
snappy173··on Because I Am Bored
We are trying to create scarcity. This is literally the opposite of the Star Trek economy. We are so fucked …
snappy173··on What are the best powers to play in Diplomacy?
agree with that. russia has too many fronts. can easily be ganged up against. if the western powers are united in the opening, they can completely neutralize russia's northern port.
snappy173··on Genius sues Google and LyricFind over allegedly stolen song lyrics
b/c if Genius didn't get SEO traffic, they wouldn't let Google scrape their site ...
snappy173··on M.I.T. Media Lab concealed its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Negroponte's brother was Bush II's DNI, and there is a ton of speculation about Epstein's involvement in foreign intelligence ...
snappy173··on Craft Beer Is the Strangest, Happiest Economic Story in America
or macro-brewed lagers. bud used like a dozen different hops in their flagship beer in order to reduce the effect if a particular hop is unavailable.
snappy173··on Founders Fund Makes Bet on Bitcoin
>I really wish I knew how he is hedging his bets on this. is this a bet or a payoff? is he trying to prop BTC up so that his investors and allies can continue converting their offshore holdings back to USD?
snappy173··on United Airlines piloting technology to manage the problem of oversold flights

  addEventListener("beforeboarding", function() {
    if(booked > capacity) {
      let price = ticket.faceValue;
      let ticketsToBuy = booked - capacity;
      while (ticketsToBuy > 0) {
        if (offerToBuyBackTicket(price)) {
          ticketsToBuy--;
        } else {
          price++;
        }

        //if (price > limit) {
        //  callInPinkertonThugs();
        //  return;
        //}
      }
    }
  }
snappy173··on Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight
i heard he'll be working on a new self-driving car initiative called RADIL. not LIDAR at all.
snappy173··on Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight
he'll work for them _officially_.

>Levandowski will remain at Uber, despite his role change

snappy173··on Raspberry Pi Zero W, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, priced at $10
and #3 explains why they are OK with that. they've always been up front about that.
snappy173··on I am an Uber survivor
>"Great, retain a Chicago politician so you know you'll get the answer you're paying for."

right. regardless of where you stand on his performance as attorney general, hiring eric holder is a political move. if uber actually cared about investigating this, they wouldn't have hired a politician.

snappy173··on Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016)
belgium is special. prohibition came to belgium in the form of a ban against hard liquor. strong beers came to fill the niche.
snappy173··on Google’s AMP is a gilded cage
i could see other apps that use a native browser preferring the AMP version. something like yelp, that lets you click through to the source page, for instance.
snappy173··on Google’s AMP is a gilded cage
Well, you can access the AMP version of the page from anywhere, not just Google search results. I could see apps that use an in-app browser serving the AMP version of a page, instead of the full version, for instance. I guess we'll see?
snappy173··on Google’s AMP is a gilded cage
>2.) top banner plague

the top banner is something that Google adds, and isn't, strictly speaking, part of AMP.

snappy173··on Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
looks like they are 5th. 2nd in Oregon. 2nd among Portlands, even.

http://blogs-images.forbes.com/niallmccarthy/files/2016/11/2...

snappy173··on Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, in 20 minutes (2014) [video]
"Wonderful talk. One thing he called for was a wealth tax, which is something that makes complete sense but is going to be very unpopular. On "

doesn't targeting a higher level of inflation and issuing government bonds basically accomplish this?

snappy173··on Response from Google Tech Lead, Re: “Google May Be Stealing Your Mobile Traffic”
but it's not an "opening app" ... it's a search engine. with links to other sites.

... or is it?

snappy173··on What should go into JSX 2.0?
or create a wrapper function ...

  function withLoadingIndicator(Wrapped) {
    return function(props) {
      if (props.loading) {
        return (<LoadingIndicator />);
      }
      return (<Wrapped {...props} />);
    }
  }

  // ...

  export class PersonRenderer extends Component {
    render() {
      return <div>personcontent</div>
    }
  }

  export default withLoadingIndicator(PersonRenderer);
snappy173··on Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100
this is marginally better than the Bluth family's fundraising efforts to cure TBA ...
snappy173··on David Chang’s Unified Theory of Deliciousness
>P.S. The mainstream brands of Mexican beer are pretty good. thailand, too. singha is an excellent beer.
snappy173··on D3 v4.0.0 released
I wrote a react component to map react props to D3 accessor functions, and then use the react lifecycle functions to trigger D3 redraw.

http://bl.ocks.org/cpapazian/6228888157c39be85e9c (please excuse the coffeescript)

However, it looks like the work to modularize D3 will make it much, much easier to have the render function produce SVG markup directly.

snappy173··on Airbnb Is Suing San Francisco to Block Rental Rules
>Regardless of how strong Airbnb's legal standing is or isn't, they are the definition of a company who believes it better to ask forgiveness then permission.

not really. they were caught, and their response is f* you, rather than to ask forgiveness. whether or not you agree with their behavior, they are very much NOT asking for forgiveness.

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