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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)
Please state the location and include REMOTE, INTERNS and/or VISA
when that sort of candidate is welcome. When remote work is <i>not</i> an option,
include ONSITE.<p>Please only post if you personally are part of the hiring company—no
recruiting firms or job boards. Only one post per company. If it isn't a household name,
please explain what your company does.<p>Commenters: please don't reply to job posts to complain about
something. It's off topic here.<p>Readers: please only email if you are personally interested in the job.<p>Searchers: try <a href="https://kennytilton.github.io/whoishiring/" rel="nofollow">https://kennytilton.github.io/whoishiring/</a>, <a href="https://hnhired.com/" rel="nofollow">https://hnhired.com/</a>,
<a href="https://hnjobs.emilburzo.com" rel="nofollow">https://hnjobs.emilburzo.com</a>, <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10313519" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10313519</a>.<p>Don't miss these other fine threads:<p><i>Who wants to be hired?</i> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30164269" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30164269</a><p><i>Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?</i> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30164270" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30164270</a>
Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation
I've been using Google Maps a long time, and during all of that time I have only used GPS for location tracking on Android.<p>Depending upon the version of Android, I've had different things disabled. Wifi scanning. Bluetooth. Cell location data. Etc. Always with one single goal -- GPS only for location.<p>And further, this is always, especially with newer versions of Android, restricted in many ways. For example, only allowing when an app is active, and so on.<p>Google has always played games with Maps, using dark patterns. For example, with the versions prior to the current version, if I wanted Maps to zoom in on my location, I'd hit the tracking button.<p>It'd first say something like "To continue, turn on device location". Of course, device location <i>is</i> on, but it's only for GPS, and google <i>so badly</i> wants that (apparently) vital, and sweet wifi + bluetooth + cell tracking data.<p>Yet you could cancel this before, and it would then zoom in on your present location. Because, of course, GPS works <i>fine</i> for that.<p>I could also use only GPS, leaving wifi and bluetooth and so on scanning off to use navigation. I've driven all over North America and Europe that way too, and yes with Maps. Tricky dark patterns (ie, lying) about needing wifi scanning to find a route is just insulting, and absurd.<p>Now, enter a new update. I can no longer navigate with Google Maps, unless full location tracking is on. Comments in Play Store indicate others hit the same wall. Yeah, right Google, driving in the middle of the country, with GPS, is helped by scanning wifi while I pass farmer's fields?!<p>Google has now drawn a line in the sand. Give us all your local SSIDs, local bluetooth connections, with likely even more detail, or they now refuse to allow you to use Maps to navigate.<p>I immediately installed Organic Maps, and I'm sure there are loads of others as an option.<p>Google wants that wifi data <i>so bad</i>, that the only thing I can equate it to, is a used car salesperson. I get the impression that the Maps team is channeling Sméagol, and just <i>shudder</i>.
Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Francisco
Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Francisco
Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter
Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter
Tesla to recall vehicles that may disobey stop signs
Tesla to recall vehicles that may disobey stop signs
Decommissioned Atlas F missile silo complex for sale
My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmware over the WiFi
Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
The New York Times buys Wordle
The New York Times buys Wordle
Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a different web
The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed
Phone is still the best way to order pizza
Show HN: Web page that parses and explains the label on a bike tire
History: Last year I had to replace the tire on my bike, and I was surprised how difficult it was to find a suitable new tire. There were a lot of numbers written on the casing, so I googled what they meant. In the end I was successful, but I didn't want to do the same work again for the next bike after I've forgotten the details. So I wrote this website.<p>Technically, the web page is kept very simple, no frameworks, no templates, no website builder. It uses HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, and it privides a responsive layout for mobile usage.<p>I'm happy to receive feedback. If you have tried the label of your bike tire, and it doesn't work, please post it as well. Thanks!
Show HN: Web page that parses and explains the label on a bike tire
History: Last year I had to replace the tire on my bike, and I was surprised how difficult it was to find a suitable new tire. There were a lot of numbers written on the casing, so I googled what they meant. In the end I was successful, but I didn't want to do the same work again for the next bike after I've forgotten the details. So I wrote this website.<p>Technically, the web page is kept very simple, no frameworks, no templates, no website builder. It uses HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, and it privides a responsive layout for mobile usage.<p>I'm happy to receive feedback. If you have tried the label of your bike tire, and it doesn't work, please post it as well. Thanks!
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