cavanasm · HackerTrans

3 года назадdiscuss

The cost of the request is often based on how many man hours it will take to fulfill. Different agencies have different rates / different capabilities for performing the document search itself. Some agencies may also reflexively deny requests, which would require a lawyer to sue them to get resolution if you believe the denial doesn't legitimately meet legal exception requirements.

cavanasm

4 года назадdiscuss

The title of the job opening says computational chemistry, but the details indicate they're looking for someone with credentials in one of a few different computation / simulation specialized fields. If I had to guess, it seems possible they think those types of simulation design skills may be useful for simulating user social behavior somehow?

cavanasm

4 года назадdiscuss

I think a huge aspect of that is simply that very few games have their budgets disclosed.

cavanasm

5 лет назадdiscuss

https://weatherchannel.fandom.com/wiki/KOMO-TV#Previous_Pers...

From here, I looked up pictures of anchors who worked in that time period, and I see Eric Slocum (now deceased) and Margo Myers who did evening news together in that time frame, and look quite similar to the people in the video.

EDIT: someone else identified Keith Eldridge, who definitely looks like a match for the video.

https://komonews.com/station/people/keith-eldridge

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

Don't know about their definition for this article, but the US Constitution doesn't define credentials required to exercise freedom of the press. Everyone in America gets that right. Literally anyone can be a journalist by acting as one, even if they don't have an audience.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

This wasn't all in one place. Also, the general strike was one day, but the protests after that day have continued.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

My state uses this method already.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

Apple Inc vs Pepper. It was filed very early in iOS's life, got thrown out in 2013 after years of wrangling (by this same judge?), I didn't realize this part, but it went all the way up to SCOTUS in 2019 after getting thrown out, where they said the district court was wrong to dismiss the case, and it looks like it is actually still technically ongoing since that Supreme Court ruling, but I have no idea what the status is because I can't find reporting on it past the SCOTUS ruling. So yeah, there appears to be an open question of whether Epic could have filed suit without the theatrics.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

There hasn't been a hearing on an injunction yet, that happens later this month. The hearing that HAS happened was on a temporary restraining order, which was to keep Apple from doing anything UNTIL AFTER the injunction hearing.

The difference is important, the temporary restraining order's effects are only limited to that August-September time window, and the hearing itself had limited argument, and very little preparation time (Epic presumably thinking Apple wouldn't be so aggressive, and would want to drag things out, which they do, but they're also probably hoping to force a settlement as soon as possible). Part of Epic's legal team's arguments was that there is binding legal precedent that "self inflicted harm" was not disqualifying of any of their claims in an anti-trust suit due to the standing hurdle (of note: a similar anti-trust suit filed by an Apple user was thrown out without a trial on grounds that the customer was not able to sufficiently demonstrate Apple's practices harmed them; standing is a very big hurdle), but Epic's lawyers messed up and forgot to file that case brief in the documents they submitted before the restraining order hearing, so the judge made no determination then. They indicated it would be included in the injunction hearing filings. Basically, everything the judge has determined so far could change at the end of the month.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

Believe it or not, you can put illegal things in contracts, and lawsuits are there to work that situation out, which is why Epic has gone this route.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

On that "try different treatment modalities" note, for talk therapy (which is very often not handled by a psychiatrist, but by a psychologist), don't be afraid to find someone else if you feel your therapist isn't helping. Having been in and out of therapy for half my life, I've had therapists I really related to, and ones who actively made me feel worse. That being said, it can take a few sessions to figure out whether you're going to get along with your therapist. I recognize that many people might simply not have other options, and it can take months to find a replacement, but trust me when I say that sunk cost fallacy thinking of "oh, it took me 2 months to get my first appointment, and now I need to find someone else who I'll also have to wait 2 more months to see" is a trap.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

So I agree iOS walled garden is an issue, but the 30% thing isn't the sole problem there, and really all digital game platforms with the exception of the Epic Games Store uses that same rate. The big difference on PC for developers (besides the literal technical differences between Windows and MacOS) is that you can choose to not use a store at all (self host on your own website), or to be on a bunch of different stores at once.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

As far as I'm aware, it isn't, but it could have been part of the filings for the temporary restraining order. The number is from this coverage of the hearing by a tech/legal reporter. https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/1298031302357082112?s=...

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

The Android suit has different claims in it than the iOS suit. One of the issues with Android is the allegation that Google killed deals Epic was trying to make with Android hardware manufacturers (by voicing objections to the manufacturers, who rely on Google) to get the Epic Store app preinstalled on some Android devices.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

In court, Apple claimed that iOS payments are 12% of total Fortnite revenue, just for reference. It's not a death blow, but it's definitely impactful.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

In the court hearings, Epic explained how they implemented their payment processor change addition without catching Apple's notice. The app simply asks the Epic servers for a list of payment processors available to display to users, and at review time it was only the Apple one. A week after the update, they added another entry to the DB, and now there's a second option, without modifying app code.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

I've been a PC game pass subscriber since they started it up and haven't been disappointed. I honestly think it's one of the best values in gaming right now. Not every game on game pass is something you're going to love, but they have big depth and variety and a commitment to NEW releases, no waiting years for big titles like PS+ (to be clear, I own a PS4 and a PC, no actual Xbox).

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

It's more complicated than that. They blend traditional food crops with trees, shrubs, etc, often alongside some kind of transition cycle where they'll change what is growing where over time. Sort of a blend of sustainable logging with farming.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

Yeah, I lost my phone for the first time last year, and was very very glad for this default, because I was able to remove 2FA on my now lost phone from my computer that remained logged into google services, and log into google on the replacement phone, and reset 2FA to that new device.

cavanasm

6 лет назадdiscuss

The hedge fund placed exec who has been running Gizmodo into the ground for the last year. Part of a larger trend of user-hostile design changes that have caused quite a lot of controversy as they attempt to extract as much value in the short term as they can. Last time they implemented this exact change it only lasted a few days before the writers at most of the Gizmodo sites more or less openly revolted. It resulted in the shut down of the left leaning news site though. I'm wondering whether we'll see a repeat, or if they'll shrug and give up.

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