Evernote has laid off a significant portion of its remaining staff after being taken over by Bending Spoons, raising concerns about the company's ability to fund new features.
Users express frustration with Evernote's struggle to convert free users to paying customers and highlight the importance of simplicity, reliability, and portability in a note-taking app.
Alternative note-taking apps like Obsidian and OneNote are mentioned as successful competitors to Evernote, and users discuss the risks and downsides of VC-funded startups.
OpenAI has announced the general availability of the GPT-4 API, their most capable model, to all paying API customers. This highly requested API provides developers with access to innovative products leveraging GPT-4.
OpenAI has also introduced the Chat Completions API, which has proven to be powerful and flexible for a broad range of completion tasks. It accounts for 97% of API usage and offers better results with a structured prompt interface.
Older models in the Completions API will be deprecated and replaced with new models starting on January 4, 2024. Developers using these older models will need to upgrade their integration to ensure continued access to the API.
Airlines operating in Europe are required by law to get passengers to their final destination within a specific timeframe, and passengers are entitled to compensation if this is not met.
Air France denied the author's claim for compensation after a delayed flight, but the author challenged this and won their case with the help of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority.
This post serves as a tutorial on how to handle an airline dispute and provides valuable information on passenger rights and how to navigate the claims process.
A passenger challenged Air France for denying their delay compensation and ultimately won, highlighting the challenges passengers face when trying to claim compensation from airlines and the importance of persistence in pursuing their rights.
Other users in the forum shared similar experiences with airlines denying compensation claims and the difficulty in navigating the process, suggesting the use of third-party services or submitting complaints to regulatory bodies to help resolve disputes.
European passengers have more rights and compensation options for flight delays and cancellations compared to passengers in the U.S., and may need to resort to legal means, such as small claims courts, to enforce their rights and seek compensation.
A bill has been passed in France that allows the police to remotely activate the cameras, microphones, and GPS of suspects' phones in order to spy on them.
The bill also covers other devices like laptops, cars, and connected devices, and can be used to record sound and images of individuals suspected of terror offenses, delinquency, and organized crime.
The bill has raised concerns over infringements of fundamental liberties, but lawmakers argue that it will only be used in a limited number of cases, with approval from a judge and strict duration limits.
France has passed a bill allowing police to remotely activate cameras and microphones on phones and other devices, raising concerns about privacy and potential abuse.
The technology or methods used to activate these features are not specified, but could involve malware or cooperation with device manufacturers.
The legislation mentions tracking the geolocation of crime suspects, extends beyond just phones, and exempts certain professions from being targeted.
The "Cloud Backed SQLite" (CBS) system allows databases to be stored within cloud storage accounts, allowing them to be read and written by storage clients without downloading the entire database.
CBS currently supports Azure Blob Storage and Google Cloud Storage, with the potential for adding support for other cloud storage systems.
CBS uses fixed-size blocks to store SQLite databases in the cloud, with a manifest file that describes how the blocks assemble into databases. It also provides APIs and command-line tools for uploading, downloading, and managing databases in the cloud.
Twitter's new pricing structure has led to a restriction on the option to unroll tweets on the web, which is now only available for Premium members.
Users can still unroll tweets for free by visiting Twitter and replying to the tweet with "@threadreaderapp unroll."
The change in availability of unrolling tweets on the web is due to the new pricing structure and is aimed at encouraging users to become Premium members.
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Biden administration to stop communicating with social media companies in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana. The lawsuit alleges that the administration violated the First Amendment by colluding with social networks to suppress free speech.
The Biden administration argued that its communication with tech companies was aimed at countering misinformation related to elections, COVID-19, and vaccines, and that it did not exert illegal pressure on the companies. However, the judge sided with the plaintiffs and imposed limits on multiple government agencies and officials, including the White House.
The injunction prohibits government agencies and officials from pressuring social media companies to remove or suppress content containing protected free speech. There are some exceptions, such as posts involving criminal activity and national security threats, where the government can still communicate with social networks.
A court has issued a preliminary injunction in a case about social media pressure from the US Government, highlighting concerns about potential government abuse of power and censorship of free speech.
The ruling prohibits government agencies from pressuring social media companies to remove or censor content, sparking a debate about the balance between freedom of speech and government intervention.
The case raises questions about the role of social media platforms in regulating speech and the impact on democratic discourse.
The post explores the process of optimizing a C code loop by making tweaks and measuring the resulting speedup.
The loop function increments or decrements a number based on characters in a string.
Different optimization techniques are applied, such as rearranging branches, replacing jumps with arithmetic, and avoiding conditional branches. These optimizations significantly improve the performance of the loop.