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>And yet, nobody can fix these problems because lobbyists are increasing the barrier to entry under the guise of safety.

that's a shame. how could we fix this? perhaps... regulation against lobbyists?
I don't even live in France...
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It's not Windows only any more though
Really dig Go Go Grandparent. About a month ago my 93 year old Grandpa was hospitalized for pneumonia. His license was taken for 30 days (either by his doctor's recommendation, or by mandate, I'm not sure) so he was house bound.

My Grandpa's daily routine starts by getting out of the house. After a couple weeks being stuck in the house it was really starting to get to him.

He doesn't really like asking people for favors, so, he resorted to calling up the local cab company and having the cab take him to the bank, grocery store, and his 2nd bank.

Feels like Go Go Grandparent could exist for many other things besides rides, like placing an order for groceries or submitting a prescription.
NodeJS works great as a simple web or network container, if you're trying to create a complex enterprise app in Node, basically you're doing it wrong. Simply it's difficult to design complex nested logic or algorithms in a clean manner. It's possible but it's harder than other languages.
After a browsing and selected passage reading of the article, I'm sure it's a fine piece dealing fairly with the book itself, which, as well, appears to have merit to an audience which may be interested in the subject. James Brown is, to me, a very iconic musician and representation of US cultural impact (both his influences and his influence). If there are several books about the subject and one comes along to really improve, then great!

Eventually the market will tap out, aka, "How many books about Abraham Lincoln do we need?!"

Disclosure: For biographies I primarily read ones about musicians. The Rex Brown autobiography was the latest, and I do want to get around to some others.
I can take you to the water, but I can't make you drink it.
I have a PhD in economics, and your claims about monopolies and competition aren't accurate.

Economic theory doesn't state that monopolies always arise, at least not under the circumstances you are describing. If you can buy your competitors, or make a legally binding contract to compete, the yes, monopolies are inevitable. And as you say, inelastic demand does make monopolies more likely, though your intuition that medical goods have inelastic demand may be wrong, e.g. see the RAND health care study where they randomly assign people insurance types, and find the high deductible group consume less healthcare even in emergency situations.

In the general situation, no theory guarantees that monopolies arise in the absence of regulation (apart from the above to cases which aren't the regulation you're discussing).

>Rational actors will spend up to their expected monopoly profits to create a Nash Equilibrium where new entrants into a market will be unprofitable.

In economics, anything that relies solely on Nash Equilibrium is doubtful. In most situations, Nash Equilbria are not unique, and therefore it's hard to say what will actually happen. If the Nash Equilibrium is unique, usually some stronger equilibrium concept applies like dominant strategy equilibrium.

In your case it would be more accurate to say that committing to drive out potential competitors can be a Nash Equilibrium for some parameters.
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Based on your statements, is there anyone whose data and interpretation of it you'd trust? I feel pretty confident that you've already ruled out anyone respected within the scientific community, particularly anyone studying climate change.

It's a lot like saying "prove it to me with numbers, because all the numbers you're giving me are bunk."

Edit: tense
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I don't have the time to try this out right now, but this looks very exciting and I will certainly use it for my next notebook; Thanks for sharing!

(Not so much...) Wondering why this did not get voted any higher.
The idea was that you would reserve a job in a tube, do some work, then move that job to another tube upon success atomically, without the need to delete the job, then create the job in the new target tube. The problem is that if you create the job in the new tube before deleting, the TTL could kick in and return the job to the original tube, meaning you have the same job in both tubes. The other alternative is to delete the job then put it in the target tube. However, if your worker process dies during this step, you may end up losing the job.
Marine transport is incredibly efficient. Total marine transport accounts for ~2% of global CO2 emission. It would be nice to have, but definitely a low priority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_shippi...
"Misleading title. Igloos are made out of ice."

Nope, though that's a common misconception.

"Iglu" just means "house". It can refer to any type of dwelling, made of any material (even a modern wood-frame, brick, or concrete house). Only a few groups of the Inuit/Inupiat/Yup'ik people actually lived in iglus made of snow (not ice), though many groups used them for temporary shelter while on (e.g.) hunting trips. Other groups made their iglus of hides, sod, driftwood, or whatever other local material was available (some of the southern groups, such as the Alutiiq, dug pit houses in the ground).
That's not the impression I got.
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There is a strong relation between current (or recent) governments and bicycle lanes. For decades, people in London said the streets were too narrow for cycling. Once the mayor declared maintaining car speeds was no longer a priority above everything else, the traffic engineers found space.

I've never visited Sydney, but it seems to have plenty of wide roads — I picked some central roads at random.

Oxford Street has a bus lane on either side, plus two car lanes in each direction. On StreetView, the bus lane is filled with parked cars, and appears to be also a cycle lane. Reducing the width of the car lanes, removing parking from one side, or removing one lane of traffic would provide ample space.

Palmer Street has two lines of parked cars, and enough space for three lanes of cars in between. Plenty of room for a dedicated cycle lane.
Brainfuck has a limited surface. That doesn't mean it isn't hard or error-prone.
Back when I worked at Google on the indexing system, the guy who sat next to me introduced http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2006/10/26/rolling-garfiel... . In his defense, it was someone else's code that he started using more broadly, and there was a latent bug in the third person's code that didn't special-case a sentinel value used for one of the similarity metrics. So, he added some analysis, and all of a sudden Google thought all of the pages that didn't have this similarity metric calculated were all extremely similar. Our manager bought him a stuffed Garfield as a "prize" for breaking Google.
You can easily compare different data series there.

Example: http://woodfortrees.org/plot/uah/mean:20/plot/rss/mean:20/pl...

For example satellite data has only more recent data points.
Since Sanofi previously had an equivalent product on the market for at least 3 years (called Auvi-Q), I'm really curious - why were people paying up for an Epi-pen? Was it the brand name? Do schools mandate it's an Epi-pen?
I know Sanofi pulled the product in October of last year, but it seems like Mylan has been raising prices during that time.
Simulated black hole experiment backs Hawking prediction
But to be clear, it was the established firms that designed the system to protect established firms.
I still have a love/hate relationship with Ember (and other JS frameworks). They are simultaneously very powerful and quite restrictive. My most recent example: there's still no common and fast&easy way to integrate Google Analytics in a project. It takes some (reasonable) effort, like 1 hour for research and implementation, when it takes 10 minutes on good old server generated HTML/JS.
Considering the large slave trade that filled the harems etc with black female slaves, there should be quite a lot of black ancestry in the Arab world?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_the_Musl...

But the Tuaregs were isolated from that type of immigration?
I agree with you on that. It probably is a great product but that marketing point makes it seem sketchy. I found the video looked suspiciously like Apple's late ads too.

This is very obviously trying to feed off Apple's fanbase.

It made me do a double-take when I saw the Windows logo in a screenshot as Apple would never market that, not that it is a bad thing, just that the branding of this app's marketing strikes too close to Apple's.
Vietnam has its ups and downs like every country but I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather live right now. Every day feels like an adventure.
Here's the thing: You'd save significantly by setting it to 25deg. when cooling and 19deg. when heating. Both are very comfortable once you've adjusted for a day or two - after that, going to 23deg. actually feels wrong (either too cold im summer or way too hot in winter).

Don't underestimate the thermal power needed for just one additional degree in a typical American house with poorly insulated windows, walls and doors.
Time and scheduling are a bit tricky, to say the least. It would help if there were some reasonable assumptions that you can make - for example, a day containing 24 hours. DST makes such assumptions not true.
Yeah, but don't forget the massive cleanup efforts required after big wind and sunlight spills.
"And below 20 C we put on the heat."

I'm pretty sure we don't put our heating on here in Edinburgh until October when nights are probably getting to be well below 10C.

Mind you for me 10C is "comfortable", 15C is "warm", 20C is "hot" and 30C means I'm on holiday somewhere hot where I can go capsizing to stay cool.
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you're basically right.
since it's a side project, i haven't invested in a certificate yet...

you can use this link though:
https://latenlog.appspot.com/
Uh, yes it is. It is a very core part of an OS. Without it, the OS does not function.
Unlike most music legends JB is one that's hard for me to appreciate. I love funk and funk derivative bands, but most of his songs have never resonated with me. Guess I just have be happy that he had such a positive influence on other artists.
El Nino + urban heat island effect. According to satellites, July 2016 is the 2nd hottest July since the 70's when satellite records began. The hottest is July 1998, also El Nino.

Take a look at weather stations that have been situated in the same place for 100 or more years, far from cities:
http://www.john-daly.com/stations/stations.htm
I find it interesting that most post-Communist societies don't ever really get rid of their Communist-era massive bureaucracies. There's never any clean-up or reform, nor any real moves to weed out corruption. Its just one day the red tape goes from centrally planned projects to capitalist projects. Often, the real red tape cutting means a culture bribes and other favors towards government officials. Russia is a pretty good example of how high-corruption and bloaty bureaucracy remains post-Communism. Businesses there just consider bribes part of their budget.
I think it wouldn't be wrong to guess that HN hosts a larger loner base than the general public. Most of us are introverts and we start life with a hindrance when it comes to interpersonal relationships. As we grow older, the gap between our communication skills and general public's grow wider. (It seems very similar to relative age effect.*)

In a different world where communicators are scarce, we would be forced to be better communicators by our peers and elders; like we push children to learn math and science, or (lately) programming. To our detriment world is full of able communicators and they can't understand why we can't communicate better.I think of it this way: I sincerely can't understand why a person fails to understand basic programming concepts like a while loop and the communicators (extroverts if you'd like) can't understand why we can't handle small talk.

The problem grows bigger and harder to handle because our natural inclinations are toward subjects that are deemed smarter(scarce I'd say) and we start seeing ourselves smarter and more skilled which leads to superiority complex: We start thinking and behaving as if we are above the things that make us feel inferior in the first place. We start to think that we create tangible things while others babble all day. We become living examples of Dunning–Kruger effect when it comes to interpersonal relations.

Nobody likes a smartass, so people leave us alone with our huge Egos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_age_effect
I agree, it's a foolish stance. It's primarily an excuse not to save, sort of like a homeless man telling you he doesn't own a BMW because they're bad for the environment.

Even stuffing cash into your mattress affects the total amount of dollars in circulation, and thus represents a zero-interest loan to the government.
I guess i am not sure I understand.

wasn't the parent just saying that where they were it wasn't that hot which is the wrong way to look at it but does that have anything to do with languages unless this is the first time the parent ever read anything about climate change and weather?
I think at this point in the game, it's seemingly apparent that not enough countries of any consequence give a shit. So it'll be left to the ones that do to clean up the mess and start battling forward.

Shrugging and saying "oh well, there's nothing we can do about it, may as well just carry on as normal" doesn't help anyone.

I saw a promising article recently about a new design for artificial photosynthesis that converts atmospheric carbon dioxide with the help of a photovoltaic cell to a burnable fuel. Apparently It's more efficient than natural photosynthesis, though by some accounts not as efficient as current photovoltaic cells. It would be exciting if that could be adapted to help pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and help regulate greenhouse gases.
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This is incorrect. You may read the actual law here: http://www.spamlaws.com/state/ca.shtml

> § 17529.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person or entity may not do any of the following:

> (a) Initiate or advertise in an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement from California or advertise in an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement sent from California.

> (b) Initiate or advertise in an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement to a California electronic mail address, or advertise in an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement sent to a California electronic mail address.

> (c) The provisions of this section are severable. If any provision of this section or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

tl;dr You may not send unsolicited commercial email to California residents. You are also barred from sending unsolicited commercial email from within the state of California, but this is independent of the first part.
All of that sounds reasonable, except "Live in a multi-unit building in a city". Being that close to that many people sounds like hell.
There is much we can do in the US to decrease air pollution within a very short time. These reductions also contribute to lowering asthmatic episodes and hospitalizations and various forms of heart disease in the elderly, especially women.

1. As of a few years ago, 10% of the 450 coal powered electric power plants produced half the air pollution by coal powered plants (according to an Environmental Pollution Agency report). Take the top 45 polluters off line. The Obama administration is already to shut down some of these plants.

2. Many buildings in the Northeast and Midwest burn old #6 and #4 fuel oils for heat during the winter which are very polluting. New York City, where I live, has now banned the dirtier #6 oils, but politics has intervened and significantly delayed the banning of #4 oil. But other cities should ban the burning of these dirtier fuel oils.

The shutting down of the top 45 polluting coal powered electric plants and the banning of #6 and #4 fuel oils for heating buildings would not be hard to do and would make a significant difference to reducing air pollution.
Technology never ceases to amaze though. Just last week I replaced the 12 50 watt spotlights in my kitchen with 42 watts total worth of LEDs. For twenty dollars. You can't tell the difference except that maybe it's a bit brighter in there.

That was something I wouldn't have predicted being able to do 10 years ago. If something changes in the next 30 years that make this whole climate change panic look like a bunch of silly overreaction, I won't be all that surprised.
A public (which also means: no logins) service that offers similar one-time email addresses is http://wasteland.rfc822.org/

You can use any word @wasteland.rfc822.org as a an email address, and then look into the inbox of the same name, without any password. I tend to use it for services that want my email address, but from which I don't want any emails, and don't want to maintain permanent accounts with.

Looking at a mostly random example, http://wasteland.rfc822.org/cgi-bin/inbox?inbox=foo it seems to have received about 20 spam mails and one or at most two legitimate signup mails.
I think even HN readers must accept that the Windows kernel is rock solid. Maybe even better than Linux - Windows even gracefully handles graphics drivers crashing and can restart them virtually seamlessly. Linux just panics.
For the JVM -> Play is excellent, especially with Scala.

For Ruby -> Rails

For JavaScript -> Node.js/Meteor (Quick dirty demos)

For Python -> Django
> 1. Talent is really hard to find here in Atlanta.

Finding talent will be even more difficult in NYC & SFO. Look where other people aren't looking. Jason Fried has a brilliant take on this > http://www.inc.com/magazine/201607/jason-fried/tech-poaching...

> 2. The network of investors in Atlanta aren't interested in our space.

ATL benefits from 2500+ daily flights -- there are potential investors all over the map. They don't care where you're based, as long as your model works.

Here's a solid list from 2013 of VC's interested in Social > http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/03/29/meet-the-inves...
While there is an abundance of information available about companies that allows those of us not sitting in pitch meetings every day to gain insight into their growth there is still a material amount of private information that VCs get to see.

I've been in meetings with our investors where they are able to throw out information about other companies CAC or other unit economic information as well as in the trenches information about customer acquisition/growth strategies. Those aren't the kinds of things a company is going to put on their blog. They definitely have privileged information.
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Battery technology is improving significantly.
Methane is unstable which is why you can burn it. Thus, we have an automatic and endless Methane sink.
It's silly to blame China & India when US with quarter the population of India, is and has been the biggest producer of green-house gases, with little to no signs of improvement. US is the inventor of the concept of climate-change denial.
On the other hand India and China not just accept climate-change and its impact on environment, but have shown willingness to take positive steps.
Great suggestions!

We've basically imposed the "taxes on imports from said country, or ban those imports" on North Korea, with the result that they use the worst of environmental practices:

• Inefficient small coal-burning fireplaces in outlying areas. (Pyongyang is better.)

• Regulatory environment where factory and vehicle emissions are not even close to a priority.

• Unsafe nuclear testing.

Ok, so that was my straw man :) Hopefully it illustrates something more universal, namely:

Many countries lack the internal political will to put meaningful environmental clean ups in place. Even something as simple as the tax you proposed to pay for environmental clean up of disaster areas is impossible due to politics.

Until we have de-politicized the topic, that probably won't change. New clean tech is one great way of accomplishing this.
In North Korea, there's no need to masquerade surveillance devices as anything else.
If you enjoy traveling by air at least once a year, you pollute far, far more than the average person in the US or the world.
Can an operating system be developed from scratch using a safe language such as Rust?

If yes, why people still even think about doing it with unsafe languages?
Honestly you are the first i see to worry about this. Usually these things come (and change) naturally as you use them. :)
My impression based on the title of the blog site and the domain is that the author is in Australia. That doesn't change anything about who has and does not have access to original images. However, it does provide a different context for legal analysis.
With most things, I agree, but I'm not sure I see any middle ground here. Can you publish a picture taken in public, even if it includes faces and license plates, or not? This does seem binary to me.
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It sounds, but might not be much different than Malaysians, one way or others. Vietnam don't have the thing like Great Firewall but politics make its virtual border.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/159912/start-up-co...
Or water cities.
There was a time that C++ was considered a gigantic language. Just as there was a time that Common Lisp was considered so large that it collapsed under its own weight.

Many languages, including "simple" Java, are about as large as C++ right now ( https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-201... , around the one-hour and fifteen minute mark). To be honest, one thing that makes working in C++ relatively hard is the fact that C++'s standard library is significantly smaller than the competition. You have to do more yourself.
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PetNet smart pet feeders break, leaving pets without food
The worst thing is a gross exaggeration. I've been guilty of these at times. It seems common. You have to be a very passionate person to care deeply enough to master programming. These are infuriating machines operating in the domain of discrete maths... one error and the entire building comes down.

That being said sometimes, when there's no one else you can kvetch with, a good rant is just what you need. Computers are stupid. Programming is horrible. Everything is terrible.

But Node.js is hardly the worst thing. Some perspective is required.
That's presuming these folks remained a distinct population, rather than assimilating.

http://afroeurope.blogspot.com/2010/08/history-of-black-peop...
Honestly? At this point, I think that the only solution which will prevent Earth from becoming uninhabitable to all but simplest lifeforms is a war which will destroy at least most of humanity and reverse our technology level to one before of industrial revolution. New tech will never adopted fast enough by people acting out of their economic self-interest.
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Expensive American cities need to embrace group living
It's not negligible, because the balance of the process matters. The natural processes producing CO2 were in balance with the natural processes removing it from the atmosphere, and now they're not. So the overall proportion in the atmosphere is increasing.