Hacker News: throwaway049

New comment by throwaway049 in "Journalists should invest in journalism startups, particularly now"

throwaway049 — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:07:28 +0000

Maybe 'not corporate-controlled' is the real offer when you subscribe to an individual journalist.

New comment by throwaway049 in "When wealthy adventurers take risks,who foots the bill for rescue attempts?"

throwaway049 — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 14:56:49 +0000

Conventions on rescue come from a time when seafarers intended to complete their journeys unaided, not launching with an expectation of needing rescue.

The public expense in the Mediterranean sea is very large when you add up diversions of commercial traffic, rescue volunteers funded by donations, national agencies coast guards, and EU Frontex.

New comment by throwaway049 in "We tried to book a train ticket and ended up with a 245k records data breach"

throwaway049 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:15:06 +0000

Don't see the private sector doing so either. It's a scramble every year for Glastonbury festival tickets.

New comment by throwaway049 in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

throwaway049 — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 06:00:22 +0000

Lots of people on modest incomes buy gadgets on credit.

New comment by throwaway049 in "California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not working"

throwaway049 — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 18:14:02 +0000

Yes quite. But we were contemplating a future where small scale landlords were extinct.

New comment by throwaway049 in "Child Labor Is on the Rise"

throwaway049 — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 18:12:03 +0000

Your nephew's ability to eat or keep a roof over his head is not conditional upon completing the boulder course at a pace set by a foreman, or completing it at all. That's what makes attaching pay to it special.

New comment by throwaway049 in "Lyft’s plan to take control of its maps and its future"

throwaway049 — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:35:43 +0000

Their other data providers are me, as a user submitting a correction, and Streetview, which they could use to confirm the turn restriction.

New comment by throwaway049 in "California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not working"

throwaway049 — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:28:14 +0000

The two things are fairly tightly connected. If ordinary citizens can't buy house, how does some other citizen (not corporation) buy one and offer it for rent to you?

New comment by throwaway049 in "CPR's true survival rate is lower than many people think"

throwaway049 — Tue, 30 May 2023 17:06:47 +0000

Trauma arrest has a particularly low survive-to-discharge rate so you beat the odds. Speaking as an EMT, we will make every effort anyways - we like beating the odds too!

New comment by throwaway049 in "Lyft’s plan to take control of its maps and its future"

throwaway049 — Tue, 30 May 2023 16:55:47 +0000

I've submitted a correction for an illegal turn instruction twice on Google maps. No reply. But my other corrections have been accepted.

New comment by throwaway049 in "Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud (2021) [video]"

throwaway049 — Fri, 19 May 2023 12:23:50 +0000

Not very helpful to generalise about Europe in that way. It is a big place with a variety of zoning laws and plenty of examples of road, rail and air transport noise affecting homes.

New comment by throwaway049 in "Casio adds fitness features to original G-Shock digital watch"

throwaway049 — Mon, 08 May 2023 16:22:40 +0000

I'm puzzled by the whole range. There are some that look just like a £10 digital watch but sell for £100. The difference seems to be the robustness but not that many jobs or hobbies put your watch in constant danger.

New comment by throwaway049 in "EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones"

throwaway049 — Sun, 07 May 2023 18:05:03 +0000

You're welcome to bring numbers rather than hand-waving to this argument.

New comment by throwaway049 in "EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones"

throwaway049 — Sun, 07 May 2023 18:02:14 +0000

The person you replied to did not imply that there was a difference in safety between lightning and usbc, they just used safety as an example of regulated standards with which to attack your reasoning. The EU is mostly seeking to reduce waste by standardising common parts.

New comment by throwaway049 in "I'm never investing in Google's smart home ecosystem again"

throwaway049 — Sun, 07 May 2023 16:22:47 +0000

Are you not free to adjust the old thermostat when you leave for work or go to bed?

New comment by throwaway049 in "The Rocky Horror Coffin Clock"

throwaway049 — Sun, 07 May 2023 16:13:52 +0000

Not all the way to the coffin, but just the other day I saw a news report of EMTs calling time on a patient with no pulse who is in fact still alive today.

New comment by throwaway049 in "The money spent on lotteries doesn’t go to the park"

throwaway049 — Sun, 07 May 2023 11:46:17 +0000

True. But the scalper problem was so large before that they didn't have a better option.

New comment by throwaway049 in "5G Rollout Disappointments"

throwaway049 — Sun, 07 May 2023 07:56:59 +0000

In the UK there are companies offering 5g as an alternative to fixed line at your home. Do you have something like that where you live?

New comment by throwaway049 in "How companies use dark patterns to keep you subscribed"

throwaway049 — Thu, 04 May 2023 15:18:55 +0000

Guess they know I'm a miser since they let me have a month of premium free of charge. I don't see much value in knowing who looked at my profile - if they don't follow up with a message then I wasn't the person they were looking for

New comment by throwaway049 in "If You Double-Park and You’re Rich, Should You Pay a Higher Fine?"

throwaway049 — Thu, 04 May 2023 10:46:28 +0000

Tow the car in his case, and more generally. If the lines are intended for safety, then towing is needed to maintain that safety.