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New comment by jjeaff in "Waymo exec admits remote operators in Philippines help guide US robotaxis"

jjeaff — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:53:56 +0000

Do they have driver's licenses from a US state?

New comment by jjeaff in "Waymo exec admits remote operators in Philippines help guide US robotaxis"

jjeaff — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:53:29 +0000

I think some are wondering if these overseas employees are driving cars in the US without a US driver's license.

New comment by jjeaff in "Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games"

jjeaff — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 03:04:34 +0000

that wouldn't apply in this case, because the vendor, Valve, would be on the hook for fraudulent purchases and they would definitely have the deep pockets to pay out. The cc companies only have to worry about the small, fly by night companies that might disappear after a bunch of fraud.

New comment by jjeaff in "Postgres IDE in VS Code"

jjeaff — Fri, 23 May 2025 16:25:03 +0000

it has to be VS Code by a long shot. They don't charge for it, but it serves as an enormous draw to keep people in the MS ecosphere and keeps MS in the developer game.

New comment by jjeaff in "Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment"

jjeaff — Thu, 15 May 2025 22:49:21 +0000

I'm not an expert, but I have learned that FDA approval is not actually necessary for treatments and drugs. Your doctor has a lot of leeway when it comes to treatment but she of course experiences more risk of accusations of malpractice when prescribing off label drugs or unapproved treatments. insurance will also rarely cover treatment that is not FDA approved. the requirement for FDA approval generally has more to do with your legal ability to market the drug, treatment, or product.

New comment by jjeaff in "Amazon Just Happens to Hold Book Sale During Independent Bookstore Day"

jjeaff — Thu, 08 May 2025 23:25:53 +0000

There is no specific law against it. Just like there is no specific law against getting "protection fees" from all the businesses in the neighborhood because it would be a shame if something were to happen to it. Which is why we have racketeering/Rico laws.

Generally, when anti-trust cases go to court, they will use individual cases like these of anti-conpetitive behavior as evidence to build a case of a pattern of that type of behavior.

New comment by jjeaff in "Meta tightens privacy policy around Ray-Ban glasses to boost AI training"

jjeaff — Thu, 08 May 2025 23:18:43 +0000

Seems like if they are one of my linked-in contacts or Facebook friend and they have their face publicly available on their profile, then it would be fair game.

New comment by jjeaff in "Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year"

jjeaff — Thu, 08 May 2025 23:16:43 +0000

Well, it's a little more complicated than that. For example, a 501c(3) has limited abilities to lobby or otherwise engage in politics.

New comment by jjeaff in "How three years at McKinsey shaped my second startup"

jjeaff — Thu, 08 May 2025 21:46:01 +0000

In my opinion, this is an example of using fancy words to explain something simple that not only hides the meaning, but is actually less precise. The use of de-risk just doesn't work in the context of a resume. It's not "risky" to have a less impressive resume. it's just less impressive.

New comment by jjeaff in "Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year"

jjeaff — Fri, 02 May 2025 01:29:01 +0000

Probably something more like a trade organization/association would be better. Like the Dairy Farmers Association. Which may or may not hire lobbyists.

New comment by jjeaff in "Meta tightens privacy policy around Ray-Ban glasses to boost AI training"

jjeaff — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:47:21 +0000

There is one feature I want from a product like this and that is to use facial recognition to remind me of the person's name. I have always been terrible at names (I think I'm a little bit face blind as well) and being able to remember everyone's name is such a super power.

New comment by jjeaff in "Milwaukee police considering trading mugshots for facial recognition tech"

jjeaff — Thu, 01 May 2025 04:02:40 +0000

I would like to see a national law requiring the permanent deletion of mugshots if the arrested is not convicted of a crime within a certain period after the arrest. What percentage of these mugshots that are archived and shared are of innocent people?

New comment by jjeaff in "Statewide fluoride ban for tap water passes in Florida"

jjeaff — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:44:09 +0000

if the natural water supply has fluoride in it, wouldn't removing the fluoride be akin to "experimenting" with the populace?

New comment by jjeaff in "Statewide fluoride ban for tap water passes in Florida"

jjeaff — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:41:18 +0000

that would be great. maybe some electrolytes too.

New comment by jjeaff in "Statewide fluoride ban for tap water passes in Florida"

jjeaff — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:39:56 +0000

set a maximum limit. make it a crime (probably is already) to purposely exceed those limits.

New comment by jjeaff in "Wikipedia: Database Download"

jjeaff — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:00:22 +0000

microfische is probably the best option here.

New comment by jjeaff in "Wikipedia: Database Download"

jjeaff — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:58:51 +0000

Then figure out how and where to store the over one thousand volumes that have 1200 pages each.

New comment by jjeaff in "Amazon Just Happens to Hold Book Sale During Independent Bookstore Day"

jjeaff — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 05:51:13 +0000

it will certainly be an exhibit in any future Amazon ant-trust case

New comment by jjeaff in "Ask HN: Share your AI prompt that stumps every model"

jjeaff — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 01:13:17 +0000

I think the worry is that the questions will be scraped and trained on for future versions.

New comment by jjeaff in "Manufactured consensus on x.com"

jjeaff — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:59:53 +0000

Don't forget the graphic fight videos with comments full of racial undertones. I have literally never engaged with nor watched more than a few seconds of those types of videos yet my feed is full of them.