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Pass/fail grades are not factored into GPA calculations at Yale anyways. The idea behind a "universal pass" system is that it completely eliminates grades for the semester without leaving that section of the transcript empty. It's more akin to a participation trophy than an unmerited gold medal.

Before we jump to conclusions...

Undergraduates were forced off campus a few weeks ago.

Imagine yourself in the shoes of an international student who left New Haven in a hurry. You're now required to attend online lectures at 3:00AM local time. Five nights a week.

You don't have a reliable internet connection in your country. You lost your job when you left campus. You're missing out on office hours. You can't collaborate with classmates in the United States. You need to take care of at-risk relatives at home. You're in a state of heightened anxiety during a lock-down. Don't even think about taking a nap! Your next discussion seminar (with mandatory attendance) is in fifteen minutes... at 4:30AM!

Now, is it really so unreasonable to ask the administration to relieve some of this pressure? We should empower students to seek knowledge without sacrificing their health and family obligations.

It might seem that way, but it's probably due to selection bias in the media. Normal business ideas don't generate interesting headlines.

The author shares my frustrations with Apple's scroll bar gimmicks. Honestly, I'm surprised that Sublime-style minimaps haven't been adopted by web browsers, word processors, and other mainstream software.

For example, the linked blog post only occupies half of the vertical space on the webpage. The rest is showing comments. So, while reading the article, it's impossible for me to assess how much is actually left... without laboriously scrolling down, hunting for the end of the post, glancing at the scroll bar, and setting a mental checkpoint near the midpoint.

Scroll bars are practically meaningless because they reflect a property of the webpage (instead of the real content therein). This problem is even worse on websites with "infinite scroll" UIs that cause the scroll bar to abruptly change size/location without user input.

Nearly all smart locks can be mechanically unlocked from the inside (as required by fire safety regulations).

BTW, I'd be happy to use it and share feedback. (email in profile)

It's analogous to watching trailers on YouTube before heading to the IMAX movie theater. You're making a better informed decision. They aren't substitute goods.

I would approach this as an inventory management problem (for which there are plenty of FOSS solutions).

I'm not sure you require specialized software built for book/magazine collections. Conceptually, you have a warehouse where almost everything has "Qty: 1". The rest of the metadata (e.g., titles, authors, ISBNs, storage boxes) can be custom fields.

Hi Henry — thanks for the reply. I appreciate your willingness to engage with the HN community.

> Fortunately most of the negative comments you’ve read are either misrepresentations of the facts or outright untruths.

Which specific allegations are you able to refute with evidence? I read the OFCCP administrative complaint. For example, the federal government found that B&H didn't even have a designated restroom for women at the Brooklyn Navy Yard facility. That seems like damning evidence of gender-based discrimination.

Sure, that's a fair point.

As I said earlier, the fact that B&H treats its customers well does not imply that it treats employees with the same respect. While it's possible that all of the lawsuits against them lack merit... we're not talking about a few disgruntled employees making frivolous claims. B&H was sued by the federal government twice regarding nearly identical allegations.