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Rather than putting a plate on top in the microwave, I have resorted to using a lightly dampened paper towel, gets the job done just as well and one less dish for me to clean.

> fairly ordinary

I don't know if I'm just nostalgic for American homes, but that home looks striking to me. But I know what you mean.

You can use a firebase client in the language of your choosing [0] and use the realtime data API [1] to pull, download, and iterate.

Found a very basic demo to get up and running on SO [2].

[0] https://github.com/HackerNews/API#overview

[1] https://firebase.google.com/docs/database

[2]https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69518903/how-can-i-acces...

The 'hocus pocus' and flimsy science underlying field tests and forensics is egregious. The flaws associated with these narcotic field tests (the Scott Test and variants) are well established [0][1]

With this in mind, it seems the reasonableness and probability requisite for arrest are eroded [2]. I wonder how courts continue to allow questionable science to serve as justification for arrests.

[0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X1...

[1] https://www.propublica.org/article/no-field-test-is-fail-saf...

[2] "Reasonable and probable grounds", is the requisite standard for arrest in Canada (similar to the U.S. standard).

Wholly agree. One thing I do not miss about about the US is the erosion of empathy among the common folks, while the elite and ruling class rob the country.

Surely they negotiated a private pricing agreement given the volume of data/usage...one would hope.

Having been a part of these negotiations for services other than S3, DTO discounts can be generous if you have a good forecast (3-5 years) on your data egress.

>No Runway or Pilot's License Required.

Curious how this is exempt from FAA regulations.

It looks neat and all, but it goes without saying... what could possibly go wrong?!

Is aging a disease?

I think this question is pivotal in how one analyzes the benefits and disadvantages in this space. The article links to a story that covers this a bit. I feel truly undecided on this question.

The Andor series is also well written and produced.

Perhaps the franchise can benefit by looking for writing talent outside of Hollywood.

Someone like Dan Abnett who has done an amazing job in the Warhammer 40k universe may bring new and compelling narratives to life.

Sadly, there is no shortage of folks willing to hand over their money.

In my experience and based on convos with friends at other studios, good producers (product owners) are hard to come by.

Of course devs would pin the blame on ops/production, but I think it's a really interesting problem that has plagued studios of all shapes and sizes.

> Indie Devs should be thinking of games as products to complete first and foremost.

Large studios should keep this in mind as well.

Lately, the trend seems to be: live service is 100% at release, core game play and narrative are wanting.

Worked at the public defender's office prior to working as a developer.

Despite the salary schedules being the same (or similar), the State will always have more resources; they have forensic labs, and an army of investigators. The multifaceted mission of a prosecutor's office necessitates the resource disparity.

The Public Defender's priorities are much more focused; (1) provide criminal defense services for those in need, mainly the indigent, (2) influence criminal justice policy through by identifying judiciable appellate matters; and, (3) working with private defense attorneys to challenge prosecutorial policy on a broader level.

With offers from various state attorneys general and public defender offices, I selected the latter for the more focused mission. Yes, resources were scarce, dollars had to be selectively spent on experts to get the most bang for our buck. But you would be surprised at what a feisty PD can do with a handful of retired state police investigators to assist.

Thanks for all the great tips and reminders.

I thrived without meds during my time in the Army. The structure, being told what to wear, when to show up, and the clearly defined expectations were great.

Attempting to emulate this personally as a civilian has yielded mixed results.

The market is ripe for a First Sergeant as Service solution.

Ughh... It's all too familiar unfortunately. I've gone without my meds for a week or two on occasion over the past year.

I was hoping for "this one weird trick" life hack silver bullet to save the day.

My wife and I are expecting our first child later this year. It's becoming apparent the only way to minimize my reliance on a capricious and inconstant system is to pull off the bandaid now and chart my path out of these woods.

I have been plagued by issue after issue with getting my prescription filled correctly (dosage, timing, and shortages). I would prefer to come off of it completely, but my doctor has even managed to make that difficult.

Any tips for just going cold turkey? I can't wait any longer for my psychiatrist to prescribe an alternative.

If I remember correctly, a common seo pattern is to use GTM to inject scripts for more analytics instrumentation.

But maybe someone else can offer a more detailed answer, it's not my domain.

There's no time like the present.

Finally got around to putting together my personal site this past weekend. Just a simple blog and centralized place to post updates and photos for family. I was dragging my feet for a while but finally made a big push.

Nostalgia for the simplicity of the GeoCity days made me apprehensive over the years.

Found it interesting that the author alluded to avoiding incarceration had she accepted a plea deal.

I wonder if this has a factual basis or is mere speculation.

Her father held various positions in the federal government [0].

Also, cynically, coming from a prominent family, likely helped opened doors for her and her father; doors which would be closed for the non aristocratic class.

[0] https://www.bcg.com/about/people/experts/christian-holmes

But whom are they trying to prime and persuade?

I agree with you, and found this article to be quite heavy handed at times thematically, but what's the ask or end goal?

Hoping readers engage in a letter writing campaign to the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit?

Feel like the Corporate Bingo Card is obligatory here[0] Or should I say, we need to galvanize the synergies offered by this productivity tool to structurally empower all stakeholders.

[0] https://1fish2.github.io/buzzword-bingo/corp-bingo.html

Thanks for the explainer.

If they invested half the energy spent on trying to erect protective barriers on innovating and developing a better product they likely wouldn't be in this predicament.

Alot easier said than done, I know. With the spate of new media failures recently (Buzzfeed and Vice), maybe this is just a really tough nut to crack.

> "All we're asking the tech giants like Facebook and Google to do is negotiate fair deals with news outlets when they profit from their work,"

Can anyone help me understand this statement?

Not sure if it's post lunch lethargy or need for caffeine, but I'm not grasping this argument.

The SCOTUS addressed this issue back in 2002. [1]

The US, if I remember correctly, is somewhat of an outlier when it comes to this area of the law. Many other countries prohibit the depection of simulated illegal acts.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Free_Speech_Coal...

In a broader sense, and without delving in to politics, administrative and resource constraints require District Attorneys to set priorities and guidelines to determine which matters to pursue. It is an ugly side of the criminal justice system I witnessed firsthand.

DA's have a budget and a limited number of assistant attorneys. They have to manage their office's caseload, and keep cases they do pursue moving through the pipeline. Even then, they must compete with the priorities of the judiciary and individual judges to reduce their caseload and keep cases moving.

It was not uncommon for judges to periodically advise prosecutors, public defenders and other key defense attorneys to convene a forum for the expeditious resolution of cases (essentially a fire sale with lots of bartering) to lessen their load and improve their KPIs.

So I think it is fair to say, Chesa Boudin, in his capacity as managing attorney responsible for setting his office's prosecutorial discretion policy, refused to prosecute the case. No different from any other prosecutorial discretion decisions made by countless prosecutors around the country daily.

> I have never seen hype precede significant change. It's usually the other way around. It took people years to realize how much PC and smartphones and social media were impacting society.

Great counter-point. It is a false dichotomy to view this as a binary matter (terrible pun not intended).

During the information superhighway era of the nascent internet, opinions on what would become varied as well (I recall with a bit less sarcasm and absolutist thinking).[1]

The hype was not widespread, and even though some prognostications were fairly accurate in broadly outlining societal and economic benefits, predicting the downsides was an oversight.

Maybe failing to foresee these difficulties in the past has left some people jaded? Could this be driving much of the cynicism and skepticism in the great AI debate?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway

> It is now obvious that you value your privacy to a higher level of secrecy than the poster thought.

If that is the case, these vague and hypervigilant security posturing type replies run counter to their interest.

By default, I assume the absolute worst when it's likely something innocuous.

Wouldn't the best approach be to simply say "yeah just tons of logs and cat pics" or not to reply at all?

Agreed, when I lived in Austin the non partisan elections for city council made me feel ill informed come election day.

It just fueled apathy for me: there's only so much research one can do with limited press coverage and personal time constraints. Shrug.

The two parties are essentially coalitions.

Anecdotally, a recurring theme in conversations I've had while living abroad is the desire to prune or consolidate some parties.

While both sides in the US have big tents, they are effective in whipping votes when things need to get done.

It also helps that detracting coalition partners can't torpedo their leadership. Historically, factions within a party, like Blue dog dems or Tea partiers, had to wait for an election to litigate their grievances.

For better or worse, I've found reading (deep dives) US history adequately anesthetizes one to modern day shenanigans.

But you raise a good point in that Al Gore was far more gracious when aggrieved. He comported himself with the norms established in the last 60 years during the modern mass media era.