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Ask HN: As non-nuke power, why fight a nuke power, esp if you have an easy out?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30637859The easy out for Ukraine was to just go neutral, like Austria.Then live happily ever after.And, ps, your enemy has a trump card in the form of a massive nuclear weapon stash -- maybe the largest in the world -- you want to force him to play his trump card?The US is the only country to have detonated nukes in a war situation -- there is already precedent -- the world did not end -- it might not end this time, too. Maybe. Nuclear weapon use is definitely on the table.You, as Ukraine, do not have nukes -- but you fight a nuclear power anyways? Whut?Instead, if you went neutral, you could lead the vanguard in establishing nuclear-free zones in Europe. You could still buy lots of guns and big trucks, like many of your American friends, in case you need your toxic masculinity to run a bit wild -- just no nukes or other big missile systems and such that could really damage Russia too quickly.Nobody could blame you for acceding to 'the madman, Putin' -- Putin could have easily wiped Ukraine ofMar 11, 2022 9:06 AM
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Show HN: FURE – Free Ridesharehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30611380Hello Hacker News! We’re Rudy & Roby we are the founders of FURE (https://fure.cab/). We are full-stack rideshare advertising agency that provides real-time data on free rides, for feedback on ads shown while enroute. A new solution for advertisers to analyze live feedback of ads from 10 riders to 1 billion riders in 10 seconds. Since its inception, the rideshare industry has become a problem for two primary groups. First, the security one of its primary stakeholder – the rider. The rider at all financial levels has become a victim of surge pricing, in-cab assaults, long waits, and the lack of standardized protection for the community. Second is the welfare of the human capital involved– the driver. The driver became a number, to the cost of being assaulted by a rider, to market fuel costs and the cost of not having benefits to service by choice, or voice.Today, people and media are constantly talking about the problems facing our industry. We believe the industry wasn’t built for the Mar 9, 2022 6:02 AM
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Launch HN: Hyperbeam API (YC W22) – Multiplayer embeds of any websitehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30433104Hi HN, we’re Philip, Amby, and Declan from Hyperbeam (https://www.hyperbeam.dev). Hyperbeam is an API that makes it easy for developers to embed real-time multiplayer capabilities into their web apps—including any other web app that you want to provide multiplayer access to.Building software to connect people in real time is hard. We experienced this in college when we built a “watch party” site for people to watch movies together (https://hyperbeam.com). Other watch party solutions were unreliable, so we spent two years building tech to allow friends to watch stuff together with ease.The key piece was a “multiplayer web browser”. By that we mean a Chromium instance that you embed inside your own web app (i.e. web browser inception) which is actually hosted on a server and streamed via WebRTC, and so can be shared and controlled by multiple people at the same time.For example, say you have an online tutoring platform. An instructor can open any application in the embedded web browser aFeb 22, 2022 8:16 PM
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Ask HN: Stuck as a CS Major. Is there a way out?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30359627Long story short, I'm a junior taking CS, I hate it (sorry to everyone who loves it. Also, to clarify, my university isn't very theoretical in its approach), and because of my circumstances it's too late for me to switch majors.I originally wanted to be a physicist, but I switched midway into my first year because CS has got more financial security, physics isn't as glamorous as pop science would have you believe, academia might be a bad fit, etc etc, and I thought I'd like it. Hell, everyone thought I was in love with CS until I started complaining their ears off, because I SEEM like I'd like it. It's to the point that it affects my work. I do submit my work on time unless life gets in the way, and I do pretty decently actually, but getting through the thick wall of "fuck fuck fuck i signed up for this" and boredom takes a lot of effort — more than I thought, and I don't have any side projects because I'm not interested in anything. My resume would probably look like a big wall of entFeb 16, 2022 1:24 PM
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Manhattan D.A. Sharpens Crime Policies That Led to Weeks of Backlash (Published 2022)https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPb0tfYXBHQjlsNVp6S2cxU1hYMzJRNnBhQThvV25oWExXVDhNZ2NnTkpiVFJQVUdrM09uUzN4bFdjVDhRWFc4ZjRFSFFpZ3hMM0oxZWduQ2g3YUhPTDNEZUp2MmJUemxzRFNwU0VBcHB3LURFWjd6NUVEWmFsQTZhZElRWFM1a08xQno5cWhhc1N5ZC1U?oc=5Manhattan D.A. Sharpens Crime Policies That Led to Weeks of Backlash (Published 2022) The New York TimesFeb 4, 2022 8:00 AM
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Opinion | This District Attorney Is Fighting Crime — and Angering the Police (Published 2022)https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOUlB4QVZodHJhcjEwV0NDbVFHNUljQ0FvS0lpbXB1YkdJa3FhOXBfT1hMZGRqOU9ab0p3ZEtrOFJyQzJJRGtaQ2ZfSEVDZU5VXzF1V3NkX3ZDaDRpbzdsalhaQkM4TjliUkZ3TFVYRG5QNlZQakh2N3NxN19peGlmRlltNkpXTkk?oc=5Opinion | This District Attorney Is Fighting Crime — and Angering the Police (Published 2022) The New York TimesFeb 2, 2022 8:00 AM
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Indulge in Karlsson's Plyushkihttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOeXRybkRtR1RCOVhJdC1ZRVRDLWM1WWt0TDZTdjZPQ1J5WFl3eHAtYVdheDk2V1ZlNmdBUWg3SE94M3MtQzZQRzlPdUhwV1UwZm9fWjFnNVNqN09FSk0wSHJVaU1ERVFWUE9KZzFleTQwcEpsbUQ3cnh6QXBSdkRST3RVUGo?oc=5Indulge in Karlsson's Plyushki The Moscow TimesJan 22, 2022 8:00 AM
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Ask HN: Apple revoked developer account for 2.5 years and countinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29569561tldr: I launched Truple 4.5 years ago (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14113636). 2.5 years ago Apple froze my developer account. Since that time competitors released similar functionality for Apple products. Apple still has my Developer account on lockdown. What can I do?long version:4.5 years ago I launched Truple (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14113636), a bootstrapped parental control / accountability app. Truple is used by parents to gain insight into how their children use the internet, but also by adults who struggle with online habits they'd like to change (porn being chief among them). The screenshot based approach Truple offers proves to work much better than other solutions. It's the only solution that allows you to use social media, but still have accountability for what you're viewing through social media. For example, if you have access to Twitter, you have access to porn. You can't use twitter without having that access. Truple allows you to use twitter wDec 15, 2021 6:14 PM
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Kapustniak: The Hangover Souphttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNeDluRVFYbUxIc0Y1a2o1RXNLdUZlYUxaMW5oNVg5NnNwdnN6MTE0U3dmd21ldnJWNXd4WG5MRVREMXVvd3pTZ20yUURvcjYzS3JvZHpGMXR6OUdLeldqRXViWkVTOXl0Tk8zak90OU5yeVpseFJlelhQNkg4LWMxQTF1OA?oc=5Kapustniak: The Hangover Soup The Moscow TimesNov 20, 2021 8:00 AM
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Ask HN: Where to go as a disillusioned designer?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29030734Longtime reader using a throwaway. Looking for thoughts on my design career in tech. (Sorry for how long this is and if any of this sounds self-pitying—I struggle with that attitude, but I also don't think that's the only factor in my situation.)I started designing and building websites in 1999, when I was 11, and like some of you, I don't entirely love the course the web and tech in general have taken since then. I feel things have become overdesigned, overcomplicated, overly precious, and bloated.I like lightweight websites and fast native apps with OS GUIs and conventions. If I am going to design in the tech or tech-adjacent space, these are the things I want to work on. But instead every job opportunity I find is to work on a proprietary branded design system for a web app hell-bent on capturing and disempowering customers by dumbing things down as much as possible through obfuscation, abstraction, and infantilizing copy and aesthetics. I often find myself at odds with other designOct 28, 2021 7:40 PM
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Ask HN: What's your experience getting a German work visa?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28974468A few years ago, I signed a contract withA a German company and proceeded to request a work visa. The visa was denied on the grounds that I did not have a college degree at the time. My salary was going to be >55k and I was told that, as a programmer, I wouldn't need a degree and would be fast tracked.Fast forward a few years, I got my degree and accepted another job with a >65k salary. Again, I requested the work visa. Again, it was rejected. This time on the grounds that I didn't submit proof that I was at B1 level in... English. Yes, that's right. English. I don't know if I have the energy to appeal this nonsense.What's been your experience getting a work visa for Germany?Oct 24, 2021 2:39 AM
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Ask HN: I'm afraid my wife is dying. Is there a “quora.com” for rare cancers?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28955982Fellow hackers, I'm a long-time lurker, but this is a bit personal (thus the new account).Short version: Is there a website or world-wide pool of oncologists which I could send an ultrasound-screening image or blood data, so that in return my little family can know how long we'll have our mommy?Long version:My wife, 35 years old, mother of two, has a very rare "thing" developing quite fast on her liver. She very rarely drinks alcohol, like once every 5 years, has no history of substance abuse, and according to blood screens her liver-values are fine with no indication of the liver being affected at all.When our second child was born, 1,5 years ago, it was done via an emergency c-section, because of a sudden inner bleeding. Mother and child luckily survived. We found out the bleeding was caused by a "thing" bursting. The clinic's head oncologist, after having multiple round-table calls with other head oncologists from other clinics finally decided, that this was likely a malignant canceOct 22, 2021 11:35 AM
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This chart shows the 6 stages of career growth. Where are you now?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89f8297cb7451fa74c2434a2947aa0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2021%2F09%2F21%2Fthe-6-stages-of-career-growth-and-how-to-tell-where-you-are.html&c=5595605089088712163&mkt=en-usDifferent people are destined to different career paths. But ideally, over time, you will take on bigger assignments and more responsibilities that will help you get to where you want. As a CEO of ...Sep 21, 2021 7:21 AM
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Ask HN: Is there a Sherlock Holmes service for finding the best medical care?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28344797Strange title I know, let me explain.. I've had this idea for a company for the last few weeks.Finding proper medical care in the U.S. is probably the worst experience in life. I think healthcare insurance companies intentionally make it obtuse because they don't actually want you to get medical care. After all, they're a for-profit business.I have severe chronic pain in my leg from a sports injury. The process of finding medical care worked like this:1. Visit primary care doctor about specific symptoms (chronic pain).2. Doctor can't figure it out, refers me to specialist.3. Specialist can't figure it out, refers me to another specialist.4. Repeat step #3 a couple more times.5. Specialist refers me to "Pain Management" clinic. I am now on pain drugs for the rest of my life, instead of actually, you know, fixing the problem.Ideally, #2 or #3 results in a diagnosis and treatment that yields positive results.In my case, every doctor I encountered did not have the domain knowledge, experieAug 29, 2021 7:00 AM
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Astronomy Magazinehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b44ed019e483db0a92e1b3e1ab508&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.astronomy.com%2Fmagazine%2F&c=2755282452039578653&mkt=en-usThe world’s best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color ...Aug 24, 2021 3:17 AM
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Boeing continues Starliner valve troubleshootinghttps://spaceflightnow.com/2021/08/10/boeing-continues-starliner-valve-troubleshooting/Boeing engineers at Cape Canaveral continue troubleshooting stuck valves in the propulsion system of the company’s Starliner crew capsule in hopes of resolving the problem — and understanding what caused it — in time to take off on an unpiloted test flight before the current launch window closes later this month.Aug 10, 2021 5:50 PM
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Editorial: Now, for your local fake news …https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOYy13MEFDSFktc2g5VW9HaDhNV2psT2g3NDJkZ3NqNG5ScmNUWW11QWZxRGw0V0dmS0kzMjRaZ2hiM1B2YXlWVFY3X2xkUC01YTNxcWZ5QmdhZlhfd2xkdlVXLUhwT2JTMDM2YmoxTDJpemZreGRJNEJra3BVWW1pRVJ6WnE?oc=5Editorial: Now, for your local fake news … Los Angeles TimesAug 9, 2021 7:00 AM
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How to use Shared with You on iOS 15http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b21e3e53f4492b289a4d3dc6797d6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fappleinsider.com%2Farticles%2F21%2F08%2F05%2Fhow-to-use-shared-with-you-on-ios-15&c=6086376765460846374&mkt=en-usThe Shared with You feature in iOS 15 is a time saver, and a convenience, but only when you know what it sets out to do. It's possible that you won't find evidence of Shared with You anywhere. It's ...Aug 5, 2021 8:56 AM
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How to Cut Your Hair at Homehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88df9c51c34479a1bc1cf127969c21&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fhow-to-cut-your-own-hair-at-home%2F&c=13262505046734345675&mkt=en-usSo your hair is getting long. Most salons reopened when vaccines became available, but with a new variant spreading around, you may feel more cautious. You may also have a difficult time finding an ...Aug 4, 2021 1:00 AM
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Startup skincare brand Minimalist raises Rs 110 cr in funding led by Sequoia Capital Indiahttps://news.google.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?oc=5Startup skincare brand Minimalist raises Rs 110 cr in funding led by Sequoia Capital India The Times of IndiaJul 29, 2021 7:00 AM
