It seems to vary greatly by browser. Based on this SO answer [1] MS edge only supported 2000 characters in 2017, while Chrome currently handles 40 million characters (of compressed, encoded json).
Weirdly, with IEs it was exactly 2083 characters (1) not some base 2 number and MS never increased this number over all these years. This upper limit even included fragments. We tried to do something similar as described in the article and were surprised to learn about IEs limitation. In the end, we stored states on a JS object instead using their hash sum as keys and put that inside the fragment. Then fragment based navigation worked like charm across browsers.
I don't quite understand and it's on me, trust me :)
My reading is you were worried about length of encoding one state, so you moved to encapsulating states in a dictionary with keys of hash of State and objects of State
And this led to a decrease in size of the URL?
My guess at my misunderstanding: you kept the state dictionary server-side or at least some other storage method than the URL, and just used the URL to identify which state to use from the dictionary. I e. The bit you add to the URL is just the hash of the state, or dictionary key
Yes, in the final solution we just stored a hash sum inside the URL fragment (I think it was an MD5 sum) and the actual state inside a JS object in main memory. With a page reload you lost all states which was fine for us but you could use session storage to avoid that.
Facebook hasn't contributed one iota? Facebook has contributed an immense amount to the developer community, small businesses and literally everyone else.
Free communication with almost any human on the planet: check. Advertise alongside industry incumbents with any ad budget: check. Oh yeah and React, React Native, GraphQL, pyTorch, and a whole lot more.
"Free communication" in... exchange for personal data. But thats a price that is invisible to fanboys. Exploiting those who either can't understand or who can't afford the tiny cost of communicating with data privacy.
As for small businesses, its walled garden simply cannibalized their earlier websites and made every small trader dependent upon opaque and arbitrary discovery algorithms that can wipe them out without warning.
The open source projects you mention have multiple alternatives, many from genuine community projects that will sustain irrespective of a corporate sponsor.
It’s incredibly disappointing the government has shown little interest in lowering the cost of healthcare. Instead, elected officials seem obsessed with talking about breaking up big tech and the associated political grandstanding.
That’s a weird framing. One party would introduce single-payer in a heartbeat, the other demonises it. Let’s not pretend we’re talking about “government” as a whole here, rather than the GOP
It’s a weird framing when the only way you propose to lower costs is through a revolutionary change which sees major political barriers to actually happening.
How about lowering costs anyway? I assure you, there are real and meaningful ways. Start by removing anticompetitive Certificate of Need laws, at the state level.
And for prescription drugs, tie the prices to what some other countries pay.
Some of the solutions are really easy but it’s hard to get done when some politicians are paid off, some want the system to fail so they can do single payer, and some are vehemently anti regulation.
Something more drastic would be making all health insurance plans be high deductible (as in, make it insurance again), and ensure that prices are up front and transparent. You’d see prices plummet relatively quickly.
Agreed. The development plans, break big tech, taxing, and other political stunts are useless if foundational issues around education and healthcare are not addressed.
Comments like this one are depressing. Many in government are passionate about lowering the price of healthcare. A number of politicians support some pretty dramatic proposals for solving the problem. The issue right now (to put things politely) is that the voting population does not agree on the solution, and our political system makes it very difficult to get anything done unless the voters are willing to express their preferences by voting for politicians that support one approach, giving them a super-majority and control of multiple branches. Last time that happened was 2008.
TL;DR: If you actually care about this issue, you shouldn’t be offering vague platitudes blaming it on “government”. You should advocate for your preferred solution and name the politicians/party you think we should vote for to get it passed. I know this is political and not loved on HN, but this is how the system works.
Every brand must estimate their competitors market shares, sales volumes, media spend, and actively track promotional activity - while retailers have a massive slice of this information, namely Amazon. Not only that they control their own "shelves".
In my point of view they shouldn't be allowed to compete if they are using competitors data without their consent... and that's the catch, it's Amazon data as well, so the only solution is: either Amazon is a market place or a retailer.
I'm a sucker. I just bought them. I love being able to switch between my iPhone and my Mac on my AirPods.
I have the Sony MX3's, and they are great. I don't like toggling between devices and having it automatically connect to my last used device, have to disconnect it from one, blah, blah.
This is what Apple does. They raise prices. People are stunned initially. Others follow, then those prices are the norm. iPhone was considered overpriced when it was released. I think people have always thought the same about Macs, iPad, Apple Watch, etc.
My Bose QC35's connect to both my Macbook & my iPhone at the same time. Hit play on either one, and sound comes out. Listening to something on my laptop and someone calls? It rings and I can answer.
I'm sure the AirPods Max will be pretty awesome in its own way though.
I have the QC35's and I love them, but they have drawbacks.
the audio quality for calling is disastrous, disabling (or turning down the noise cancelling) is impossible without their App, and the "primary" source of audio overrides the secondary source. Which can be an issue if you have something the headphones 'think' is playing, but isn't. -- common when my linux laptop is the primary source.
It seems a little silly to complain that a feature is missing from headphones when it actually exists, but the user has made an active choice to include a different feature instead. With always-on listening and easy activation from phones these days, I can't help but think that there's little reason to use the button to activate a voice assistant anyway. Not least of which is the dubious usefulness of voice assistants.
That's an excellent example of those seemingly minor but annoying issues which seems to be hard to get right without a complete control of the software-protocol-hardware stack (like Apple has). Also, that's the reason many are more than happy to pay Apple the "premium".
It’s not just about control of the hardware software stack, it’s about a dedication to providing a finished product.
Sometimes you need the former, but you always need the latter. Apple can be counted on to doing this more often and consistently than any other company.
I really do like my QC35's, but I agree the primary issues are:
- I can have 2 connected sources of audio (ex: phone/laptop). However, only one works at a time. So when I get a spam phone call, I loose audio for my ongoing video call until I decline the ring.
- I can't use wireless without turning on noise cancelling. This means, I can't really walk around and use them at the same time
> I can't use wireless without turning on noise cancelling.
QC35, at least QC35 II can set any NC level, including “none”, from the Bose Connect app (or the accessory button, if it's set for that purpose instead of voice assistance activation) while turned on.
Also wondering. Does a headphone like that even exist?
A BT headphone that can stream from 2 sources at the same time, mix the audio streams together, have the controls play/pause both sources at the same time, only use voice assistant from a primary source.
My guess is it's just too complex, and maybe there's no BT chip that can do 2 high quality audio streams at the same time that fits the power requirements for a 20hr headphone experience.
What I do is use an A2DP sink that sort of does this. But I need a Windows machine that pairs with all my BT sources, it mixes the audio output from the sources (along with the Windows audio), and outputs it to the default audio output. It's quite nice if you don't like taking your headphones on/off all the time.
I don't think there's mixing, but normal Multipoint keeps both connections alive, and switches to whichever has active audio coming. It can be a little annoying if you have notification sound on your phone stealing the attention, but generally it works pretty well.
But again, simple multipoint support seems to be pretty rare. I think the newest WH-1000X M4 finally added it, the Microsoft Surface headphones also have really good ones, and that's kinda it.
Some devices like Samsung instead use a fast switch, I think that's what Apple is doing here too?
Ok, can you explain to me how you do it? I have AirPod pros and the only way I can switch between devices is to go to the Bluetooth menu on the device I want to listen to and tell it to connect to the AirPods. That’s fine, and it doesn’t bother me much, but it doesn’t seem especially fast or magical to me. Is there a better way?
That's right. It's just not that easy with other devices.
Not sure how apple devices "just switch", it might be that they have multi-device bluetooth; or they have custom hardware.
But other devices are very "sticky" with their BT connections. My approach is mostly to turn off bluetooth one one device when I want to switch to another.
I have a pair of Jabra 65T active earbuds that I bought for $50 and they connect to multiple devices at a time and "just work". If they are connected to my computer and I am watching a video and my phone rings, they switch over without any intervention. At the end of the day when I hop on my Peloton they connect to that without intervention, too.
I am sure the Apple stuff works well too but let's not pretend that they are doing anything unique in this space.
With most BT devices the problem would be if someone else tried to use your Peloton, it'd steal audio from your PC or phone
But Peloton remembers your previously paired audio devices per user; so if someone else uses the bike and has never explicitly paired that set of headphones, they'll show up as an option, but won't automatically pair
If your devices are on iOS 14 / macOS Big Sur then you can just start playing music or a video on one device and the audio automatically switches to that device and pauses on the one you had previously been using.
Each device has a native place you select the Airpods from (MacOS: sound menu; iOS: the playback widget in the Control Center). Still a menu, but a little easier to going into the bluetooth menu.
Happy for you, however my mileage is completely different. Watching Youtube on the iPad having my iPhone lying next to it, pausing the video by taking one Airpod off. Then put it back and iPhone immediately steals AirPods Pro and I have to either connect them back to the iPad in Settings or play/pause/play/pause/... and wait about 20s seconds and they may reconnect. iPhone is lying face down all the time, no music or any sound activity in progress for hours.
I was initially impressed, but the quirks got more and more frequent and I actually hate the broken switching now.
"To turn off automatic switching, go to Settings > Bluetooth, tap the Actions Available button next to the name of your AirPods, tap Connect to This iPhone, then tap When Last Connected to This iPhone."
Heard about it but I would love to use switching if it worked :-( Btw the “AirPods connected” notification visible on the iPad while the built-in speakers are screaming at everyone around me is phenomenal.
Toggling between devices really needs to be implemented better. Wouldn't it be possible for headphones to have a button to switch "inputs" between devices they are paired to?
I've come to use NFC to switch quickly to my phone, but I can't really NFC back to my PC as easily. Several awkward clicks and menus later I can start using them on my PC. Not a huge deal sure, but for a premium device I'd expect something more streamlined.
I own Bose QC35II, and they definitely have a button to switch between paired devices. They do the switch automatically based on whether the sound is playing on your devices, but if both devices are playing audio at the same time you need to switch them manually by pushing the switch to Bluetooth position once (if you push and hold it goes into pairing mode, but pushing and releasing it quickly does the toggle).
You can turn on multipoint and switch sources in the app, but it's clumsy. AFAIK, there's no way to do it on the device itself (and that's disappointing). I loathe having to disconnect one source to connect another.
> Wouldn't it be possible for headphones to have a button to switch "inputs" between devices they are paired to?
Bose QC35 has such a switch toggle. It can be paired with four devices, and connected with two simultaneously. Switching between my private Windows computer, iphone and work-Mac is pretty flawless.
the Sony MX4's do this as well. They also are likely better at Sound and ANC.
The thing with the iphone is it was absolutely segment shattering.
Your iPhone comparison falls on deaf ears, as this isn't a defining product like the iPhone. The iPhone was stunning enough that people questioned the audacity. This is by comparison -- pedestrian for the price point.
> I love being able to switch between my iPhone and my Mac on my AirPods.
Is there some secret feature of Airpods that I don’t know about? I use Airpods everyday, but I still need to go to Settings > Bluetooth > Connect every time to change devices.
Don't think this is new. I have bose supersport, been using it for a couple of years perhaps. Battery lasts weeks, connects to both my work and personal phone as soon as I turn it on, and hit play on either device. And, I don't remember ever facing any connectivity issues either, just works since the day I paired.
I am not sure what other features airpods have but if this is "the" feature, you can have it even in products for about a fifth the price since years.
Only between 2 sources. Airpods can switch seamlessly between all my Apple devices without me needing to do anything. The only exception is my PC since I have to connect via Bluetooth.
As many as are synced via iCloud. I currently can switch between iPhone, iPad, Mac (multiples), Macbooks (multiples), and Apple TV and also Apple Watch. I also have them paired with my gaming PC and some gaming consoles but those don't automatically switch. I have to go into a Bluetooth menu and connect them but that's quick and no different from most Bluetooth headsets. The in-ecosystem stuff is the killer piece for me.
That's not the same thing. With Airpods, I can start a video on my iPhone, switch to my iPad for a bit, walk over to my Mac and listen for a bit, and then turn on the Apple TV and watch a show and they switch to every device seamlessly. If I use handoff from one device to the other, I can even do that same process with the same video and switch from device to device without doing anything with the Airpods.
Same boat here. I've already spent thousands of dollars on fancy audiophile stuff. Can you guess what I use to listen to music most? My Airpods, because everything about them is so damn convenient. Can't wait to get these, even if they don't sound quite as good as the ideal set.
Maybe I'm not as discerning as some but I grew up with music and a lot of hands on experience listening, writing, and producing it, including some professional training. I dunno, I guess for me, the bluetooth experience + noise cancelling + transparency + phone integration all just adds up to being worth more than the marginal quality improvement from the prosumer alternatives people have been mentioning.
After all, anyone who really cares about audio quality is listening on monitors in their sound isolated home studio /s
>Audiophile and Bluetooth is a contradiction in terms.
Not true.
Yes, bluetooth compression puts a ceiling on audio quality. However, the majority of sound output devices are so crappy that they don't even exercise the full bluetooh potential.
So if you couple quality sound output system with a bluetooh source, they can still sound much better than bluetooth + crappy headphone + crappy speakers.
Ah you got me, I'm a paid Apple shill, here to spread lies. When I woke up this morning, all I could think of was fooling hackernews user bitcharmer, but it seems I have failed, probably due to your exceptional intellect and commitment to talking about products you hate.
Could it possibly be that I'm actually just a rich guy who owns both fancy audiophile equipment and fancy Apple products, and happens to have his own opinions about them? Is such a thing even legal?
You called me ingenuine after you misread my comment and assumed I didn't understand the fidelity implications of audio over bluetooth. In fact, there is no inconsistency, I simply prefer convenience to marginal quality improvements.
(Actually, I prefer live performances to chasing after audio quality, which I think is really more of a gear-geek hobby than a musical one)
Wow, I don't think I heard that MongoDB had an IPO and that they were worth $5 billion. Maybe I was on vacation when the IPO happened, so I wasn't checking Hacker News, because I'm sure I would have remembered that. All I see on HN is horror stories about MongoDB, or posts about migrating from MongoDB to Postgres.
You can require API keys and provide them to clients. We'll be adding rate limits and quotas soon as well. Are you more interested in X per month or X per second?
