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sprite··on Ask HN: How are you handling Section 174 changes for bootstrapped companies?
Wondering the same thing.
sprite··on How true is 'Speed Enforced by Aircraft' Sign? (2016)
I wish I would have thought of this when I got one in Florida 10 years or so ago.
sprite··on Crime App 'Citizen' Lays Off Dozens of Employees
In Atlanta 911 hold times are fairly common and police response usually takes hours.
sprite··on Tesla’s 2022 Collapse Hits 69% After Deepest Selloff Since April
I assume you meant overvalued?
sprite··on Freedom to Roam in Scotland (2019)
Norway also has this. “Allemannsretten”
sprite··on Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended
I didn't know HN was biased like this, found out about this tweet on Reddit and was wondering why it wasn't front page here.
sprite··on App Store on iOS 14.6 sends every tap you make in the app to Apple
This is nothing new. Apple has been tracking searches in the App Store, which apps you scroll past and which ones you tap on very far back, maybe even since the initial App Store, that's how they figure out how to rank various apps for various search terms (I don't know the exact formula but one of the components is CTR for a particular search term, others appears to be rating score, number of ratings, number of written review, number of total downloads, download velocity, given keywords, title, company name, trademark, update frequency, etc).

If you search multiple times for the same term you will see a slight variation in search results, that's how they give apps a chance to move up or down. IE they move you down one slot but you still outperform the app above in CTR, you probably should remain in your current spot, or move up. Another app gets moved in front of their current ranking and the app that got moved down outperforms it in CTR, keep things as they are.

sprite··on EVGA terminates Nvidia partnership [video]
Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story.
sprite··on Bibliogram, Open-source front-end for Instagram, is being discontinued
Thanks.
sprite··on Bibliogram, Open-source front-end for Instagram, is being discontinued
How do you get a /48? Tunnelbroker? Can you set external IP per request? Curious how this works.
sprite··on Twillio the only way to send transactional SMS?
Plivo is another alternative.
sprite··on The Penguin Random House trial
A bit unrelated but who are the best publishers for technical books?

For me personally it seems pragprog.com usually has consistent quality, apress I’ve read good books but they seem a lot more hit or miss. I think Oreilly is also considered to be pretty good?

sprite··on We used Elixir's Observer to hunt down bottlenecks
Not sure if it's helpful but I got clustering working on ECS mostly following this guide: https://towardsaws.com/an-elixir-migration-to-microservices-...
sprite··on An odd discovery on Spotify
Capital Records just signed an AI rapper: https://www.xxlmag.com/fn-meka-virtual-rapper-signs-major-la...
sprite··on Learn Postgres at the Playground – Postgres compiled to WASM running in browser
I'm getting 404 on the Playground link. Do I need to be signed in or something?
sprite··on Why is it so hard to give Google money?
I've tried to have my Google Play developer account unsuspended by reaching out to a friend at Google and also had no luck. My initial ban was for "After a regular review we have determined that your app interferes with or accesses another service or product in an unauthorized manner. This violates the provision of your agreement with Google referred to above". I had two different apps using this API so that earned me two strikes in one go and then a ban for 'multiple violations'.

They say to submit an appeal at https://play.google.com/console/appealsForm?ts=BMS but if your account is banned you are also unable to access the appeal form.

I really wish there was a time limit on these things instead of a ban for life situation.

sprite··on VanMoof’s team of ‘bike hunters’ appears to succeed where the city doesn’t
What makes you think they prosecute car theft? I had a 100k car stolen. I had a Tile hidden in the car. Car made its way from GA to TN. I called TN police and let them know where the car was. They found it and put their own tracker on it as well as a camera recording the car. A guy came and took the car and made it to West Memphis, AR before he got stopped. They arrested him for theft by receiving over 25k and altering vin number, both felonies. The guy bailed out in under 24 hours, 6 months later when his plea date came up it ended with “state refuses to prosecute” and all charges were dropped.
sprite··on EverQuest’s long, strange 20-year trip still has no end in sight (2019)
They launched a new Time Locked Progression recently named Yelinak that’s still in classic with Kunark unlocking soon. Would highly recommend for the nostalgia.
sprite··on FDA to order Juul e-cigarettes off U.S. market
Meanwhile alcohol is worse than both and completely legal, while much safer drugs like LSD and shrooms remain illegal.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/25/what-is-...

sprite··on The dissolution of Apple’s legacy design team
I'm using 2 of the LG 5k monitors with my MacBook Pro [16-inch 2021 M1 Max]. Complete game changer compared to the past few iterations.
sprite··on Ask HN: Do You Use Enum for Yes, No, Unset?
I would just use NULL
sprite··on Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display
I have the 5K LG monitors, they have camera and mic.
sprite··on Developing a new app is unreasonable condition that Apple imposes on dating apps
Apple also doesn't allow new dating apps, with some exceptions (unique, high quality experience, which seems like a judgement call you would have a hard time arguing with App Review):

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

4.3 Spam Don’t create multiple Bundle IDs of the same app. If your app has different versions for specific locations, sports teams, universities, etc., consider submitting a single app and provide the variations using in-app purchase. Also avoid piling on to a category that is already saturated; the App Store has enough fart, burp, flashlight, fortune telling, dating, drinking games, and Kama Sutra apps, etc. already. We will reject these apps unless they provide a unique, high-quality experience. Spamming the store may lead to your removal from the Apple Developer Program.

sprite··on White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug
Congrats. Love your work and glad you got a proper bounty!
sprite··on When Postgres blocks: tips for dealing with locks
Awesome will be adding this gem to my current rails backend.
sprite··on Meta is not threatening to leave Europe
Can someone please explain exactly what data is the issue here? Is Facebook being targeted just because of their scale or is anyone who runs an online service expected to keep any data from their European users on EU servers? Is there a TLDR of the laws applying to transatlantic data transfers anywhere?
sprite··on An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
I recently had a car stolen and was able to recover it and police made an arrest because I had a Tile hidden in it. This wouldn’t be possible with AirTag notifications.

On an unrelated note if you have any FCA vehicle thieves have a programmer that plugs into OBD2 that will delete yours keys from the car and pair theirs in under 2 minutes so they can crank the car and drive off. It’s not even the relay amplifier attack that affects a lot of other cars.

sprite··on Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta
Has 12.2 been unstable for anyone else on M1? I've had 2 crashes since installing it where my system becomes unresponsive and reboots by itself.
sprite··on T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in US
Is there a list of private relay addresses used by Apple?
sprite··on U-Haul Growth Index: Florida Has 10 of Top U.S. Growth Cities
How is the tech scene in Tampa? I’m really considering moving there from Atlanta as I feel the crime is getting out of control here.
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