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What technical solutions can be used to prevent this? As I understand, this mainly entails internet access logs? Would a secure, off-shore VPN defeat this?
Spanish s doesn't sound like z except in my hometown area.
Calling MDMA "Ecstasy" seems like bad journalism. While Ecstasy should contain MDMA it often has all kinds of other things in it.

Nobody would ever allow the use of Ecstasy as a treatment drug.
I've been wondering, do we have any idea on what type of data they'll be recording now?

- Is it domain names, or subdomain names?

- How do they get the domain names? Do they look at IP addresses I'm connected to and do a lookup?

- If I use a VPN, will all my traffic come up as that VPN?

- How will they link an internet connection to a person? Will it be done on the name they used when they signed up, their house address, or their billing details?
What about making free communitarian courses for Travel, Business, Music, etc?
Hi,

I just started something like a course hub, so I'm testing a lot of things to get initial traction. I was wondering if you think there would be a demand to create free courses constantly evolving via the best advice of a community. Personnaly I would love something like that so I try to create it, but I'm not sure if it's enough for people.
Tell me your thoughts about it...

Feedback, critics, what you would want to see, are very welcomed.
https://svelte.technology/guide

For how it actually looks.

Interestingly, it shares most similarities to vue. I guess vue is winning mindshare.
Is it so important that the Facebook page and Twitter handle match the domain precisely? I feel there are a bunch of things (eg. @DomainDotCom) you can do with those. The domain is the one that will impact your business if you don't get it right.
> I think blue was the most expensive.

yes. Which is why to this day so many "cool" accessories insist on blue LEDs as a power indicator making them completely useless whenever too much light would actually be harmful to the experience (like the Playstation Power LED, or any other power LED on devices you have in your bedroom).

The blue LEDs feel so incredibly bright compared to all other LED types to the point where they become very distracting.

Blue light isn't cool any more (I would argue that it never was in the first place). Stop adding blue LEDs to all your devices. Please.
In many historic cultures, 'elders' were the ones who controlled the tribe.
VS 2015 doesn't (fully) support Expression SFINAE. Looks like VS 2017 will: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/11/16/sfinae-up...
"How do you get to be director of a drug abuse program at one of the nation's top hospitals while being so ignorant about the field you supervise?"

Because knowing too much about it - especially the positives and common usage - isn't really an important bit to know to get the job. What matters more is having the right qualifacations, being in the position to get such a promotion, and most of all, having the "correct" viewpoints on drugs and addicts.
Is there Internet Archive of YouTube?
They still have time, as do anyone else.. 2016 isn't over. :-)

http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html
Where is this idea that Iris Pro is being killed coming from? How likely is it?

It just seems strange. They've been touting their Skull Canyon NUC with Iris Pro pretty heavily towards gamers and to be honest at that size, Iris Pro is exactly what I want for a lounge room gaming and 4K movie PC.

It just seems like such a shame; why kill Iris Pro when it's just actually becoming desirable?
My past 4 jobs begun like this. I managed to get the jobs in the end.

In all cases, I applied as you have done. But received no response, and continued to see adverts. So I did the following..

1. I was honest with myself and considered whether or not this was a role I could really do. If I had any doubt, it may be showing in my application.

2. I researched their recruitment process and highlighted every individual that may be involved in the recruitment process. I compiled a list of their e-mails, addresses and phone numbers.

3. I compiled an application pack that consisted of the following. And when writing this, I would look back over ads.. company statements.. etc.. and use the same sorts of keywords to back up my points.

a) An introduction letter that told them I was interested and why (think about evocative words like 'passion', 'ambition' and 'commitment').

b) A CV (ask 10 people about what to do here and you'll get 10 opinions..)

c) A 'requirement fulfillment' document in which you go through every requirement in the job ad, and provide a short paragraph about why you can fulfill it.

d) Include examples of whatever the job is, from real life previous role experience. Project Management? Show a real life RAID. Coder? Show some code. Product Manager? Show them a launch plan

e) Include an example of something that relates to the role, that you did in your own personal time.

4. I would send a copy CCd and addressed to all the parties via e-mail.

5. I would hand deliver a paper copy to parties I thought were particularly important (team leaders/managers etc.) and if I couldn't see them, I would insist the reception let them know I had hand delivered it in an attempt to demonstrate how keen I was.

6. I would follow up with a phone call to the first party in the application stage (recruitment manager.. hr.. etc.) to see what they thought?

..Every time I've done this, I've been offered an interview. As long as I've been honest with myself that I can do the job, I'm always offered the role.

Good luck! :)
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He was on trial in an orchestra 1.5h away and needed something to do. I had just finished my last problem from the most recent batch and he got curious. He's the only one in the family that isn't a maths person,not because he wasn't but because his life brought him elsewhere. Now he had the time and was bored out of his mind.

He had just started programming (scheme, as his old man:) ) and wanted something to do.
What's weird is that she (and Corbyn) were vehemently against it for a while and then suddenly she went quiet and abstained.
Facebook has cut off Prisma’s Live Video access
HASH CRACK – I wrote a password cracking manual
> to what extent this is because those higher level concept tend to shrink programs in the first place?

None at all. No one, AFAIK, even claims a reduction of even a single order of magnitude in code size.

> I would ask myself a slightly different question: what kind of program still have to be big, even if you have all these fine concepts at your disposal?

All those that are big now. I'm not talking about a single executable, but about an entire system (specification, development and debugging have always been done modularly, regardless of whether there's a single process or a distributed system). I see no way to implement the requirements of, say, an air-traffic control system, complex avionics or a banking system in software that isn't very big.

> 100KLOC is already big

A mid-sized enterprise software system is ~5MLOC. Google and Facebook have codebases that are measured in the hundreds of millions LOC. You can use whatever definitions, but if you look at software actually being constructed, much (if not most) of development effort in the industry is systems that are about ~5MLOC.

> What kind of specification is so complex that it cannot even fit in 50 books?

My guess? The majority of software written today is part of such specifications. I once worked on a medium-sized air-traffic control system designed for a relatively small area and number of planes, whose informal functional specification was ~10 books. The specifications for the avionics software of a fighter jet developed in the 80s were ~2000 pages of structured natural language (source: http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~harel/papers/Statecharts.H...)
I saw a talk by a fintech company CTO who lend to people in European countries without reliable credit scoring. They used lots of data points, effectively a black box system.

But sometimes they loan to people they wouldn't normally loan to, just because that loan adds the kind of data they would otherwise not get, and they take a risk on default in exchange for more data. I'm assuming smaller loan amounts.

So I guess that is one way for lending institutions to say they are issuing "bad loans for fairness" while still benefiting from it in terms of getting more training data and making the model more robust.
> I remember reading Verlinde's paper on entropic gravity when it came out and I'm still excited about that idea.

I remember reading this too. Did anything ever become of this theory?
But in 2017, there will be another significant new standard, C++17. I wonder if VS will not support it until 2022, if they remain 6 years behind on new language standards?
Just to provide some balance: Chrome exploits are not as rare as you claim in this post. Pretty much any time Pwn2Own or similar contests are held, with non-trivial prize money, somebody brings a fully working Chrome exploit.

If you check https://zerodium.com/program.html you can see that the current market prize for a Chrome exploit with sandbox escape is about 80k USD. Firefox is cheaper (30k USD), but only by a bit more than factor 2.

(I've been working on security vulnerabilities pretty continuously since 1998, so I somewhat know what I am talking about)

In general, for any major browser: Given the size, complexity, and code churn, an attacker just needs enough motivation / time.
It is curious to note that if you very slowly and gradually reduce the size of the sheep pen, as long as the sheep are still fed, they won't notice until they are driven down the tunnel to the slaughter house.

It is not until they hear the captive bolt being shot through the skull of the sheep in front of them, that they finally start to panic.
When using a VPN (IPsec, OpenVPN, etc - something secure) then all the ISP will see is that you connected to your VPN IP and how much data volume was transferred.

Since the traffic exits at the VPN only the VPN endpoint would be able to read this meta data if they did such a thing which is not impossible but not normal. The worst case scenario is that your encrypted traffic is recorded for a while then they come knocking on the door for the encryption key. Alternatively if the international VPN provider is of the cooperating kind then they can log this data on behalf of your government. So use a foreign VPN provider that stands up for rights or use a dedicated server in a foreign country.

I have always wondered if this could be avoided though by using some form of rotating keys that you throw away or perfect-forward-secrecy if this works.
I think it would be better just to remove all references to Google servers from Android code and maybe install Play Services while blocking them from connecting to Google (for compatibility with Play Store apps). I don't understand why they decided to rewrite UI wih C++. Is not Java easier to use than C++?

And as a result native Sailfish apps won't run on Android. I doubt there will be many people writing them if OS share will stay low.
Even the SNP seem to be avoiding addressing this issue in any meaningful way, when asked a few years back whether things would be better in an independent Scotland they said:

"The primary function of government is to ensure the security of its citizens and to protect them, their property and way of life against threats. An independent Scotland will have security arrangements that are proportionate, fit for purpose and reflect a full strategic assessment of Scotland's needs and the threats we may face."

Which is great non-answer answer!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/03/nsa-su...
P.S.

> In particular, feminist (assuming left) groups successfully lobbied to prevent medical research on causes for rape, with statements that such research could result in lower jail sentences and people avoiding justice with insanity pleas.

Do you have a source for this? This sounds like fake news or a gross distortion.
>Heck, I don't know em. Rosseau?

You understood the question; that puts you in the bubble.

>Anyway, the ignorant people may be quite proficient in stuff you'd be surprised at.

I agree. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying "let's all laugh at the morons" and I hope I didn't come across like that.

>But I agree the literacy rates ARE frightening. Maybe technology will fix that one day...

Unfortunately I see this as being unlikely. See [1] someone posted the other day. The problem is education - and quite likely has even deeper roots.

[1] https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/
> Two potential counter-examples to your productive software claim

How are those counterexamples? Do they provide benefits that significantly outweigh their cost?

> the higher levels might seem unnecessary until they invest the time into learning them

Except that this can't go on forever. Because we know that programming productivity has a theoretical upper bound, therefore there must be diminishing returns, and at some point the cost of more abstraction would outweigh the benefit. We just don't know where that point is. Finding out is not a matter of faith or even personal feeling, but of actual results.

Now, I know that collecting meaningful productivity data is hard, but that evidence of a claim is hard to come by doesn't make that evidence any less necessary for the claim. You're free to say that you like FP because you enjoy it more, or even that it makes you feel more productive. But you can't make actual empirical claims without actual evidence.

> The only thing unique to functional programming is that it has inherited a lot of terms from theory (profunctor, monad, algebra) rather than inventing friendlier ones.

I'm not entirely sure that's the case. FP is often its own theory. I'm not sure many of those concepts were studied heavily outside the context of FP, but I could be wrong about that.
I really do hope more manufacturers will support the project with approved hardware, now when there is more of an incentive.
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> Compared to the eco footprint of a nuclear plant with fuel and waste handling,

Nuclear is a close third with waste included for ecological foot print including waste. Its a $$$ game that Nuclear losses.

http://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/Nuclear-Pow...
(Has a strong bias towards nuclear)

Nature article shows its the money and lead time that kills nuclear.

"Add to that the high costs and long lead times for building a nuclear plant about $3 billion for a 1,000 megawatt plant, with planning, licensing and construction times of about 10 years and nuclear power is even less appealing." (2008)

And now the cheap cost of solar and other alternative energy shows that it makes financially cense to use renewable over traditional carbon fuels.

http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0810/full/climate.2008.99...
The answers to your questions will come down to which a particular company values more -- their UK revenue or the privacy and safety of their UK customers.
There's a "past" link bellow each story.
Modern non-volatile RAM technologies (like XPoint) would be perfect for chips like this. Much faster than flash and usable as RAM.
Before even reading the article I was about to say that I hope they chose the 350 kW charging standard. If they are going to join together to create an Europe-wide network, then it better be future-proof as well, because it's probably going to be quite hard to upgrade those networks drastically for 10-15 years after they're deployed. They probably wouldn't have the will to do it again soon together.

Plus, 350 kW charging may seem like "a lot" now, but I think it will barely be enough by 2025 or so. Most EVs should have at least 100kWh batteries by then, and assuming some loss, and only 300kW charging (maybe even less), and the fact that the batteries only charge fast to 80%, then it would still take most EVs ~25 minutes to do fast-charging.

Also, consider all the future EV trucks and buses with 300+ kWh batteries, for which 350kW charging will actually be quite low. Hopefully at least the fast-charging standard creators will continue to do their research, so we can eventually get to 1+ MW fast-charging, so we can charge large EVs relatively fast, and most small cars within minutes.
Also, it is safe to say that ChakraCore (the JS interpreter inside Edge) is much more broken / easier to find bugs in than Firefox, at least at the moment.
Topaz, California - 580 MW - cost $2.5 billion - built in 2 years

Tamil Nadu, India - 648 MW - cost $677 mln - built in 8 months

...wait, what?
I sometimes wonder why humans would find animals "cute".

Is it mere coincidence?

Or is there some (evolutionary) reason for it?
Oh yeah true I forgot about that... of course.
As with many illegal street drugs, there is no standard definition of Ecstasy. It's whatever a drug dealer decides to sell you and/or call it It is certainly not bad journalism to call it that. That's what MDMA pills were known as in the late 90's/ early 2000's.

Also, call me an old timer, but I refuse to call it Molly
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Again, look at countries that do keep their manufacturing jobs. So maybe you think China and Mexico are backwards countries, so let me put it this way then. Look at what Germany and Japan are still doing.
The 'Mustaches' bit killed it for me, but up until then I was enjoying the simplicity of the API. I like React (and React-like implementations) because of being able to use JS to build up a view
HN is written in Arc, a Lisp/Scheme variant. HN source (news.arc) is actually distributed with the language: https://github.com/wting/hackernews/blob/master/news.arc

Lisps tend to blur the distinction between application code, library code, and framework code somewhat, at least with well-designed applications.
Here is the documentary on this project made by National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM-0lrIxCnE
Plus the email checker doesn't work. So emails with + characters in them get rejected.
I really do hope this is sarcasm, hard to detect over text.
As someone who learned to speak fluently in a different language, I believe the trick is to study the IPA of both your native language and the one you want to learn. This is especially true if you come from a language like English which isn't a phonetic language.

It sets a common ground for you to work with. There may be some vowels that may be undistinguishable for both native speakers. However, you'll likely to come across some that requires a developed ear to differentiate the two. This is the reason why you probably have an accent. Focus on tongue placement, emphasis, change in pitch, etc.

Of course, this won't help much to actually speak in a different language, but for accents I found this method incredibly helpful. It's the micro side of things that most people overlook.
If they are mandated by the PRC government to install spyware on all their phones... maybe you should reconsider that.
LEDs are an adventure.

5 Years ago I replaced all my light bulbs with LEDs, but it was not easy.

First I had to find a brand that didn't sell this clinically white light emitting crap and then I had to buy 3 times as much as I needed and send 2/3 back because not all emitted the same color.
That's the attitude that lead me to my current stance: I think they should all be legalized and regulated (mostly for purity of strength and ingredients). I want this even for drugs I think are dangerous or I wouldn't personally take.
I hear you. Will be renouncing my citizenship next year.
React also uses curly braces for interpolation, not that different.
I think they're referring to moo.com.
Still feel adding solar to rooftops is better - just in terms of space utilized - than these giant solar farms..
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> It's whatever a drug dealer decides to sell you and/or call it

That's the point. Ecstacy does not have a precise definition. MDMA does. Given this is
a trial, it should be labeled what it is.
@grandparent: In other words, no, they can't read the texts you've sent up to this point. But they may be able to a month or year from now. Your texts up to the point the law passed are safe, but you can't be sure about the messages you send from now on.

(well, as safe as they were prior to the Snooper's Charter).
on a guess, possibly this :
https://www.moo.com/us/
(site for post, business and everything cards)
Yes, but the real problem is the code source operating system that runs the cellular baseband.
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Having taken MDMA several times purely for recreational use, it doesn't surprise me at all that used correctly, it could help treat conditions like PTSD.

It is an incredibly powerful drug and I genuinely believe since taking MDMA i've been a much more empathetic & loving person.

Whilst the high may only last a few hours, you tend to remember the emotions you experienced quite well.
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The West is very good at pointing to the equation that benefits them while sidelining the historical path that was taken to get here. The narrative and finger pointing is strongest if the focus is on per-country impact versus per-person impact. Very "electoral college-ish", and inappropriate when the core underlying problem has no borders.

The choice of words and numbers have made it plausible for an 'us' versus 'them' scenario. You do have to give credit to the wing of the PR machine that runs this so effectively.

Going forward, controlling the narrative, and the associated "baseline" on geopolitical issues is going to be huge. Western countries have an unparalleled advantage thanks to the English and other Euro-languages which can reach a large portion of the globe.
Where I'm from those old definitions hold true. Molly is MDMA, ecstasy is MDMA and methamphetamine pressed into pill form. If I bought it back in the day and it tested as anything else, I would've gotten my money back.
It's a good question, FWIW I would expect a reasonably sharp "L" shaped curve in the focus. The assumption there I guess being that this metric of 'focus' is something well characterized by low-frequency type basis matrices given by the first few rows/columns of the SVD's U and V.
>Strawman...

Sorry, i was referring to the parent poster by
TheSpiceIsLife.

> Then you add a lot of your own interpretation, without any evidence, to some selected numbers from a single study of a special country: Finland is not exactly the normal case in this context (for example: http://www.euronews.com/2015/07

i didn't make anything up, that's called extrapolation.
Actually in many job interviews they ask for that.

Am I always supposed to ask for your permission when interpreting some data points? Thanks Sir; i don't think so.

2 + 2 still makes 4 , that doesn't depend upon your mood.
18.000+ cases in a population of 5.5 million is a significant number, you can't put that away. Just because you got enough penie points here to mod me down doesn't make you automatically right.

> you just yell "bias" before anything even happened

Just enough to look at the parent poster - downvoted to oblivion. Also i wonder how everybody here is so unanimously positive about the subject - every other voice has been purged out (including my contribution) ; wonder why that happened...
Tried to click the link, but the REPL is apparently so advanced that it won't even display the source code in Firefox.
From paragraph 7: "He has been accused of taking credit for other people’s research and even using multiple aliases on Wikipedia to make it look as if people are agreeing with his posts."