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Your comment begins with "except", but the content agrees with the GP. GP would like aviation users ("passengers") to not be the ones doing the testing. You state aviation users hi…

Toronto has a history of planning to do something with its waterfront (Port Lands / Quayside etc), and then never enacting those plans due to short-term politics vs actual vision. …

Canadian here, and I'm asking "What's the threat vector they're concerned about?" I see the following listed in the article: * Data Residency - Canada and US (CBSA and Homeland) ha…

Government censorship is significantly more impactful than what companies can do. One makes the rules. The others operate within. It’s best not to equate the two. And yes, HN has a…

We're rapidly moving to a point where an official (government) criminal record is not important to folks you want to interact with -- landlords, employers etc. They will instead tu…

Demand (ie. Customers) is easily one of the hardest parts of business. You're suggesting that supply is the cornerstone of a market, but thanks to the Internet, owning supply is no…

Magnetic platters keep advancing as well. I loved this article that Ars did covering WD's latest advancements in MAMR: https://www.anandtech.com/show/11925/western-digital-stuns-s.…

This is a click-bait headline, as the conclusion of the article is "we'll compare the two prediction methods tomorrow and find out which has done better". I'll go so far to say tha…

I'd love to be able to start at higher levels. Depending on your WPM, the first few minutes are somewhat boring... but if you keep grinding for long enough, it's quite challenging.…

I caught this hint from HN comments, so I thought you might enjoy it. The bookmarklet Kill Sticky Headers restores your ability to read using the space-bar, removes annoying fixed …

It's not a bad comparison. The question is why is Apple not diving into a "productivity machine" like the Surface. The answer is that the iPad Pro is selling better than the Surfac…

This 'elusive' property is the idea that taxes are an indirect method of funding the police (as it is re-proportioned via much bureaucracy), while seizures directly fund the police…

Don't be baffled. Engineering is driven by business direction, and the creation of an upgrade cycle is beneficial for the entire Android ecosystem. You are not the customer they wa…

Have you ever travelled to a foreign country where you don't speak the language? You really need to put yourself in the tourist's shoes. If I booked a tour and the host drove me to…

If it makes you feel better to knock the author down a peg, by all means. But don't equate the two. The author built software and expected professional discussion about a business …

This is a silly article. At no point does it actually manage to prove that the niche features (removable battery, SD card, waterproofing) were important differentiators. The articl…

A simple SWIFT transaction (wire payment) is generally enough, though in order for the actual transaction to move, there are confirmation and settlement procedures. All of which de…

Publishers are a dying species. With infinite shelf-space, online retailers can stock any and all books. They do not need to be curated by some value-added middleman in order to en…

Taxi regulation for safety reasons increases the trust in taxis for people that don't know the area: tourists. Harp about personal freedom and responsibility of the state all you w…

Yeah, this variant forces you to clean up the (mental) heuristic you use you decide how best to combine blocks. With 2048 you could generally muddle your way through provided you e…

It's possible I'm mistaken, but all the examples of 'abandonment' you've listed are free. Here, you're paying. It's a business. You've got the same guarantee as you've got with Dro…

If you're aware of the feature, it's not a privacy leak. If you aren't, it could be very damaging. It would have been nice if the first time the Calendar parsed and sent emails on …

The reason for this (and the main reason I despise DDG after a month of using them) is that they only show one result per site, regardless of relevance. Stack Overflow being what i…

benjamincburns was referring to a barrel with a tap "somewhere near the bottom". The point being that it's very difficult to get stuff out near the flat bottom of the barrel, espec…