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tobylaneon James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, million miles away

Cubesats fill that role, for when those groups need their own. JWST is from the consortium of half the first world, because they want to measure the same thing. It’s not an either-or.

tobylaneon James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, million miles away

What was the intended mission? I’ve read about the classified missions that went ahead, iirc one of them did use the full capacity.

tobylaneon Conversation-Based Pricing

I only know one person on WhatsApp without a contract (which all have hundreds of free texts), and the Pay As You Go options I see in the UK go as low as a penny per text.

tobylaneon NASA returns Hubble to full science operations

Why is that better? It sounds like a contract for no purpose, much like the previous companies deals that are the issue of comments upthread.

tobylaneon TSMC “Apple-first” 3nm policy leads to AMD and Qualcomm mutiny

Do you know any numbers for the staggering amounts? And what size these machines are?

tobylaneon TSMC “Apple-first” 3nm policy leads to AMD and Qualcomm mutiny

They aren’t preventing anyone else from becoming wealthy enough. If others wanted to do this they could use their own cash supplies (https://www.valuewalk.com/2019/11/top-10-companies-with-larg... ) or take out loans.

tobylaneon New German government calls for European ban on biometric mass surveillance

I believe you can complain to your local data commissioner, eg https://ico.org.uk. They should cover this and the right to have an automated decision reviewed manually.

tobylaneon How trains could replace planes in Europe

Often more than 200kph. This website has a speed option in the menu, on the currently operating lines. HS2 for instance will have initial-use/design speeds of 3/400kph.

tobylaneon Our self imposed scarcity of nice places

The UK has the same issue. One cause is the house builders have permission to build a lot, but only do so slowly to not affect the price. Another cause is the market and government’s mess with mortgages. The southeast has it worse but it exists everywhere that employs enough people densely (ie multi storey offices often reached by public transport).

tobylaneon Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?

If you have an old version of a package, say OpenSSL, that was installed a year ago when you wanted PackageA, then both will be updated when you get PackageB which also depends on it. B’s bottle only refers to the new OpenSSL, and the old version is deleted so you need the new A bottle. No auto update just means you use the state of homebrew-core that you had before you ran the command, rather than updating it right before using it.

It makes sense, but then I don’t do full upgrades and get delayed just like OP. I live with it.

tobylaneon How the brain navigates cities

I wonder how this is affected by one way (for cars) streets. Do people think their way there by car then walk along those pavements?

tobylaneon Ireland joins OECD International Tax agreement

English common law is the basis for the American and Irish systems. Continental European countries, including Malta, are different.

tobylaneon Ireland joins OECD International Tax agreement

Ireland has English style common law, familiar to Americans. Malta doesn’t.

tobylaneon Private jet rage grows as a record number of fliers strain the system

Visbility of both them and the alternatives (and perhaps the people and uses). Compare that to say bunker fuel in the cargo ships. We don't see the ships, we don't understand the fuel, I would struggle to name an alternative propulsion better than something in early research like those spinning 'sails'.

tobylaneon Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Working

Hard to say, as many of the industry’s more famous acquisitions/destructions were before any effective attempts to monetise.

tobylaneon Britain's Age Appropriate Design Code has made inroads into big tech's dominance

The nudge unit tactics that were used are some of the least insidious nudges I can imagine. Texting me that I’m due to pay a bill, and before it becomes an offence? Thank you! Advertising is never this good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioural_Insights_Team

tobylaneon Structured Bible Data API in Multiple Translations

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Ezekiel%2023:20

Yes, it does. Though I’d add that the KJV was made in a rush. Is there a section that shows that?

tobylaneon Salesforce Will Help Relocate Employees from Texas After Abortion Law

Texas is an American state. Are you looking for a bigger difference?

tobylaneon The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable power of platforms and banks

Yes, though sex workers aren't workers of an employer, who give worker's rights. I'd like greater amounts of protection, but is requiring Visa and Mastercard to do business the right move?

tobylaneon The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable power of platforms and banks

Is it either a form of discrimination that doesn’t line up with any protected class, or a bona fide discrimination against areas that have a high chargeback rate?

I’m interested in how much the morals we don’t like line up with the cold stats we would follow.

tobylaneon UK loses 83% of department stores since BHS collapsed

What pollutants are you thinking of, and which of them would travel through walls and floors?

tobylaneon Why isn’t there an English Academy? Blame the plague

If there was one, who’d follow it? York, New York, Melbourne (Ireland) and Melbourne (Australia) all have their variants from what London speaks.

tobylaneon “Does induced demand apply to bike lanes?” and other questions

The Embankment in London (Westminster to Blackfriars) lost one of its four vehicle lanes for a kerb separated two way cycle lane. It carries more traffic than the four vehicle lanes, but looks far emptier, which invited much complaint at first. I’m glad to see TfL are still building more cycle lanes, various types to suit the roads used.

tobylaneon macOS 11’s hidden security improvements

LaunchControl’s ui looks like it could disable them, but I haven’t tried.

tobylaneon Could Vaccinating Young People Before Old People Save More Lives?

Interesting site, but as nearly everyone is getting a two-dose type it's not helpful.

The three you mention bought billions, with intentions for any one of them to be enough for domestic use and still have enough for the third world. The UK has only ever used two. Supply of jabs in the country would be an interesting stat to measure, I'm pretty sure the UK was supply limited until recently.

tobylaneon Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks

I'd expect it to be the parents choices, same for whether boredom is tolerated or encouraged at home.

tobylaneon Ask HN: Have you found a good desk chair?

An exercise ball. It's hard to passively sit on it, you'll move and use some of those core muscles that sitting on a chair with a back might weaken. I very rarely slouch, but can't be sure if that's the ball or not. They're a lot cheaper to try out, for me, 6'2, a 70cm ball was about £35.

tobylaneon Show HN: Caskmas – get your app updates from Homebrew/Mac App Store

I originally wrote this to replace the experience of opening an app and being told by Sparkle or similar that it's out of date. Now I think it's increasingly relevant as we can't copy the Applications folder over from Intel to Arm. Instead, I can make a brewfile and remake my setup with that as a massive automated step.

This looks through the apps you have, and if any of them are in Homebrew/cask or Apple's App Store it will tell you (and if asked, install from cask). This means in the future you can more easily update by looking at your homebrew outdated, like you would for ffmpeg or other cli programs.

This is the first version I'm sharing. I'd appreciate people telling me what sold them on it, what would make a better post.

tobylaneon Starting in August, Google will require that they sign apps, not you

The judgement was against Microsoft, that ruling can’t be applied to the rest of the industry. As for Apple, there’s too many caveats needed to describe the market they have a monopoly in.