I was trying to figure out whether they designed the DNA sequence at the base level, or assembled it from known segments.

I’d like to be able to dial certain communities up and down: join World News, but only show the top 5 posts per day; join DIY and show everything. That would only solve OP’s problem if ‘climate good news’ or ‘climate action discussion’ were separate communities from ‘climate news’.

Thanks for the recommendation, I hadn’t heard of artificial sinew.

I think this spot was glued and not stitched for water resistance. The top fabric was coated, too. So, I’ll see if the glue holds without stitches, it shouldn’t get a lot of mechanical stress.

Ah, thought for a second we were talking about firing the president.

Demographic data gathering, or training visual models for infantry drones to follow hand signals? ¿Porque no los dos?

The group pushing for the legislation: Beyond Plastics. (No affiliation, just trying to spotlight the helpers.)

I was wondering why environmental groups would be unhappy with this:

Meanwhile, a coalition of environmental groups, including the NRDC, is also challenging the law – but for different reasons. They say the state’s rules break the law by allowing recycling methods that create toxic waste, and by letting some plastics slip through the rules entirely by changing the definition of recycling.

“We need to make sure the recycling that happens under it is real and not imaginary and not greenwashing, and we need to make sure that all plastic products that were intended to be covered by the law are covered – and those are the loopholes that were created by the regulations that were finalized, and that’s why we’re suing now,” says Kar.

The landing page doesn’t really show any of the cool stuff.

While these fines may seem exorbitant, it is worrying that the financial impact of such punishments rarely acts as a deterrent to these large technology companies, whose market capitalisation runs into the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Yeah. We need the equivalent of the giant “stop work” stickers that get plastered on a building’s front door when construction doesn’t have a permit. Otherwise it’s just another operating cost to pass along to VCs/users.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security denied Polestar an authorization under the current Connected Vehicle Rule to sell cars in the U.S. from model year 2027 on. That’s because Polestar is a subsidiary of Geely, a Chinese automaker. Ironically, Polestar’s sister brand, also owned by Geely, Volvo, was granted the authorization in May.

What’s the Connected Vehicle Rule? From the Bureau of Industry and Security (is that a thing?):

On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a rule restricting the import and sale of certain connected vehicles and related hardware/software linked to China or Russia. BIS determined these transactions pose national security risks, as companies from these countries may be compelled to share data or allow remote access to connected vehicles in the United States.

So, the reported ban seems capricious, but I wouldn’t mind one solution: stop making cars connected. The key fob uses its local protocol for lock/unlock and remote start, my phone uses bluetooth for charge controls and status, and there’s a scren that uses Android Auto. Car companies stop trying to write UX and network stacks.

I don’t think it’s great writing. To me, regardless of AI involvement, it sounds like it’s trying hard to be punchy. Big ideas, big impact! But the lack of structural variation and generic vocabulary make it bland, and bland writing doesn’t tickle one’s imagination or stick in one’s memory.

“The lesson under the lesson:” is a very LLM closing statement.

The heroes we don’t deserve! Highlighting their donations page.

What’s the lived experience of the workers there whom you trust? Do you have evidence of leaders in the organization making hard choices to do the right thing?

Very helpful, and very hard to get around if you don’t already have a connection.

Though in my experience, people will tell you a fair amount about the organization indirectly; and will often answer direct questions.

I worked at a company making a project to auto detect poopy diapers (help new parents change them quicker and track schedules — unclear if there’s real benefit but anyway). It turned out to be surprisingly hard to differentiate poop from other organic odors, like coffee.

Anyway, I could see better auto olfactory sensors having applications outside of food.

I have sometimes switched to “do the job I would stay for” mode, but it’s a fine line between that and “burn bridges” mode. In the end it hasn’t worked out; things kept going downhill, though it did help confirm my feeling and improve my day to day a little.

So I’d say trust your instincts — if it seems bad and you’ve raised concerns and have a way out, take it. The caveat there is to always be on the lookout for better options / do the occasional interview, since you won’t have as high a bar once you absolutely have to get out.

Yeah, “if you put a key under the mat for the cops, then you might unexpectedly have cops in your house” is plenty bad.

And because SMS 2FA is actually opening a common attack vector. I have yet to find a credit union I qualify for that uses TOTP or Yibikey.

Bluetooth also had variable and high latency, which makes it unusable for quick-reaction / rhythm games.

Hilarious moment, but the editing and subtitles on that video really undermine my ability to appreciate the cat.

I wonder why a stage hand didn’t just take the cat away.