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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2017 13:01:08 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Puerto Rico’s Health Care Is in Dire Condition, Three Weeks After Maria

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15450907

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/puerto-rico-power-hospitals.html

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1. Puerto Rico’s Health Care Is in Dire Condition, Three Weeks After Maria
  
  By By FRANCES ROBLES from The New York Times
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2017 11:01:10 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

AIM will shut down after 20 years

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15417019

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/6/16435690/aim-shutting-down-after-20-years-aol-instant-messenger

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1. AIM will shut down after 20 years
  
  from The Verge
  
  It’s a sad moment: AIM, AOL’s long-running instant messenger service that was core to many people’s first social experiences on the internet, will shut down once and for all on December 15th. AOL...
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Thursday, 05-Oct-2017 13:01:11 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

URL to PDF Microservice

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15408217

Source: https://github.com/alvarcarto/url-to-pdf-api

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1. alvarcarto/url-to-pdf-api
  
  from GitHub
  
  url-to-pdf-api - Web page PDF rendering done right. Microservice for rendering receipts, invoices, or any content.
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2017 13:01:08 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Minitel: The Online World France Built Before the Web

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15401405

Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/cyberspace/minitel-the-online-world-france-built-before-the-web

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1. Minitel: The Online World France Built Before the Web
  
  from IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News
  
  A decade before the Internet went mainstream, French citizens were interacting via Minitel, a computer network open to anyone with a telephone
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Sep-2017 01:01:11 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Identifying satellite interference due to GSM rebroadcast [pdf]

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15363709

Source: http://data.satirg.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2011a-GSM-re-Broadcast.pdf

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Apple reminds the FCC that it can’t activate imaginary iPhone FM radios

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15362361

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/28/whose-fcc-is-this/

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1. Apple would like to remind the FCC that it can’t activate imaginary FM radios that iPhones don’t have
  
  By <a href="/author/matthew-panzarino/" title="Posts by Matthew Panzarino" onclick="s_objectID='river_author';" rel="author">Matthew Panzarino</a> from TechCrunch
  
  Apple responded today to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, who issued a statement that “urged” Apple to activate the FM chips that he claimed are in iPhones in the name of public safety. The recent hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria were the hook for the reasoning. The only problem? Apple hasn’t even included FM radio chips in iPhones since the iPhone 6s.
  
  That’s right, Pai called on Apple to activate radios that don’t even exist.
  
  As John Gruber astutely points out, the statement has the stink of trying to shift blame or attention off of the FCC’s own response and readiness issues. Pai has been banging the drum for months now and it’s been a talking point of the NAB for years. When ostensibly asked for comment by Bloomberg, National Association of Broadcasters spokesman Dennis Wharton said “The notion that Apple or anyone else would block this type of information is something that we find fairly troubling.”
  
  Again, the radios do not exist in iPhones and haven’t for over a year now. It’s important to note here that the FCC must test all radio devices thoroughly before they are eligible for sale in the US. It is very likely that the FCC already knew that the FM radio was not present in new iPhones. It’s also worth noting that there is no regulation that says any phone manufacturer must do this — which is why there is a shaming campaign going on involving the Chairman of the FCC and a radio broadcasting organization to get Apple to enable radios that it does not possess so that more devices can receive radio.
  
  I went and asked Apple about it and they said, very clearly, that iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 do not have FM radio chips in them at all. Here’s the statement.
  
  Apple cares deeply about the safety of our users, especially during times of crisis and that’s why we have engineered modern safety solutions into our products. Users can dial emergency services and access Medical ID card information directly from the Lock Screen, and we enable government emergency notifications, ranging from Weather Advisories to AMBER alerts. iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models do not have FM radio chips in them nor do they have antennas designed to support FM signals, so it is not possible to enable FM reception in these products.
  
  I understand that’s true of the iPhone X as well, by the way.
  
  The response from Apple came in earlier today but I still had some questions about this so I did some poking around. The chips that Apple uses for its radio comms are actually fairly easy to identify once you’ve opened the case. That has made it easy for those who do teardowns to figure out what parts from Intel or Broadcom or whoever Apple is using in iPhone 8. Running purely off of that information it could be easy to assume that a certain part number is identical to other parts that are used in phones like the Samsung Galaxy S8.
  
  But that’s not true at all in the case of Apple. Even if a part seems to be the spitting image, for instance, of a Broadcom BCM4357, it is assuredly not. Apple does not buy off the shelf parts and never has. It works closely with manufacturers to get the exact specifications it needs based on the capabilities it wants. Even though parts may appear very, very similar to those used in other phones, they are usually not.
  
  The FM block is simply not there in current iPhone radio chips. It may look the same but it’s not on the chip at all. Broadcom would need to re-spin the chip to add the stuff Apple would need back in. They’d also need, of course, to connect it up (which it never was even in the older phones) and build in an antenna and change its WiFi chip and add back in a headphone jack to use the headphones as an antenna.
  
  Which brings us to a final point: Apple has actually not had workable FM radios in iPhones in a very, very long time. Much further back than the iPhone 7. Even when the FM modules were included in the chip, they were not connected, had no antennas and no support was built in to other radio components. Basically, Apple can’t switch on the FM radio in the iPhone 7, iPhone 8 and iPhone X because they don’t exist. And it can’t switch on many older FM radio chips because the iPhone’s hardware simply does not support it.
  
  We’ve reached out to the FCC to see if they’re aware of any of this. No response yet.
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2017 02:00:11 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Refresh Is Sacred

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15354809

Source: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2017/09/27/Refresh-Button

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2017 23:01:09 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

What we need from Apple to make standalone Apple Watch podcast apps

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15327551

Source: https://marco.org/2017/09/24/what-watch-podcast-apps-need

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2017 01:01:07 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Changes to Google Scholar

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15317735

Source: https://scholar.googleblog.com/2017/09/better-ways-of-getting-around.html

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1. Better ways of getting around
  
  from Google Scholar Blog
  
  If you thought Google Scholar had about twenty different screens, you'd be half right. We have just made it easier to find your way around ...
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2017 19:01:11 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Joining a Frat lowers GPA by 0.25 (6%) but raises future salary by 36%

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15316348

Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2763720

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2017 13:01:10 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

PocketBeagle, a $25 ultra-tiny-yet-complete open-source USB-key-fob computer

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15304242

Source: http://beagleboard.org/pocket

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2017 11:01:12 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Safari no longer supported by Spotify

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15269198

Source: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Safari-No-Longer-Supported/td-p/1975103

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  Safari No Longer Supported??!!
  
  It seems that the Safari browser is no longer supported for the Web Player. I've been using it for years without a problem. The Spotify System requirements page even says it can run in Safari 6 or higher: https://support.spotify.com/us/article/spotify-system-requirements/ I have Safari 10 on Mac O...
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 09:01:09 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Create self-driving trucks inside Euro Truck Simulator 2

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15264191

Source: https://github.com/marshq/europilot

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1. marshq/europilot
  
  from GitHub
  
  europilot - A toolkit for controlling Euro Truck Simulator 2 with python to develop self-driving algorithms.
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2017 04:00:14 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Why do we keep using Facebook?

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15263343

Source: https://hackernoon.com/why-do-we-keep-using-facebook-ee59ded4602d

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2017 15:01:09 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Gab.ai sues Google for removing Gab's app from Play Store, cited antitrust laws

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15259287

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/09/15/gab-is-suing-google-for-allegedly-violating-antitrust-laws/?utm_term=.60749afcde63

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1. Gab is suing Google for allegedly violating antitrust laws
  
  from Washington Post
  
  The lawsuit is the latest salvo in a battle pitting right-leaning technologists against Silicon Valley giants.
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 19:01:11 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Why you should never unlock your phone with your face

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15232069

Source: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-should-never-unlock-your-phone-with-your-face-79c07772a28

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 13:01:14 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Google is suffering a meltdown as Gmail, Maps and YouTube go down

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15228225

Source: https://thenextweb.com/2017/09/12/google-down-gmail-youtube-maps/

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1. Google is suffering a meltdown as Gmail, Maps and YouTube go down
  
  from The Next Web
  
  Google appears to be suffering a massive meltdown as users report experiencing issues using its services, including Maps, Search, Gmail and YouTube.
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 13:01:12 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

North American Regional Dialects and Accents

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15225032

Source: http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#SmallMap

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Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 02:30:12 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

The only safe email is text-only email

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15224199

Source: https://theconversation.com/the-only-safe-email-is-text-only-email-81434

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1. The only safe email is text-only email
  
  from The Conversation
  
  It's impossible to be certain of safety while using Gmail, Yahoo mail and other web-based email systems. The best solution is a radical one: It's time to return to plain, text-only email.
Hacker News ( unofficial ) (hackernews@pod.jpope.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 23:01:17 EDT Hacker News ( unofficial )

Chatbot lets you sue Equifax for up to $25,000 without a lawyer

Hacker News Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15223938

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/11/16290730/equifax-chatbots-ai-joshua-browder-security-breach

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1. Chatbot lets you sue Equifax for up to $25,000 without a lawyer
  
  from The Verge
  
  Equifax’s security failure affected 143 million US consumers, or 44 percent of the US population. To add insult to injury, Equifax waited over a month before revealing the security breach it had...

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