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No, "converting energy" is converting energy, and creating energy is generating energy, because those words are synonyms. But this whole point is moot, because when someone "generates energy", what they mean is "generate useable energy" through a process of energy conversion. Even then, conservation of energy doesn't always hold.

If you're going to be pedantic, you could at least be correct.
Do the cell site simulators spoof existing towers? How hard would it be to write an app to detect when you connect to another tower and shut the phone down. Unless Google and Apple don't let you programmatically shut down the phone.
'Most liberal religious denomination' is a great measure. It's somewhere up there with the 'least nepotistic monarchy'.
That still happens in America. See pictures of Washington DC the day after 4th of July. Or Golden Gate Park in SF after a big festival. So many people leave their trash looks it like a dump.

Compare to say Cherry Blossom watching in Japan where a large park will be entirely covered in people but when it's over they will have all cleaned it up.

It's a cultural issue. I have no idea how to influence western cultures to care as much. I've see similar things in most European countries (trashing places).
its more of a story about doing bad analytics by the Clinton campaign.

from article: "Presumably because of its alliances, Analytica has declined to work on any democratic campaigns"

honestly, having an analytics company work closely in both sides sounds a bit ridiculous to me. THAT would be more worrisome
See: United States.
> All that sounds like a UX nightmare.

It does, but that wasn't the point I was trying to make.

> The point is its all moot solving this at a technological level.

If I'm reading that right, it's closer to what I was thinking when I wrote my comment. We can come up with a bunch of clever solutions, someone else can shoot them down with plausible scenarios, but regardless, some asshole at the border can still say "I don't believe your phone's blank, and I don't believe you don't have a Twitter/Facebook/etc account. So, you'll need to restore your phone and give us your social media passwords to get out of here"
Definitely the New York Times. While The Guardian has some readership in the US, I don't think The Times (London) has much -- perhaps unfairly, it is seen as a rather provincial newspaper rather than a "world" newspaper.
> It would probably make a great base for a new webgpu API.

Like this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13593272
No we don't. But, as it seems, we talk about two completely different topics ;)

The question at hand (see the title) was not about mobile-internet-quality, but about high prices for internet in Germany in general. That is two different topics.
Just now I read on Golem.de, that 1&1 Versatel offers 200MBit/s for 30€. I don't think that is expensive.
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This is the "cobra effect"

I love the story:

> The term cobra effect stems from an anecdote set at the time of British rule of colonial India. The British government was concerned about the number of venomous cobra snakes in Delhi.[3] The government therefore offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Initially this was a successful strategy as large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, however, enterprising people began to breed cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program was scrapped, causing the cobra breeders to set the now-worthless snakes free. As a result, the wild cobra population further increased. The apparent solution for the problem made the situation even worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect
> Well, firstly it's pretty unsatisfying to hear that yes, this API contravenes strict aliasing restrictions, but only on the library side! - essentially that it is impossible to implement the sockets C API in C.

Then it'd also be pretty unsatisfying to hear that it's impossible to write an OS kernel in standard C too - it requires compiler extensions for lots of various details. It's impossible to write a standard C library in nothing but standard C as well. I would absolutely agree, however, that the fact that you have to use an extension to get past strict-aliasing is unfortunate (It'd be nice if in a future C they add something like the `may_alias` extension into the standard). But you can do it, and OS code is definitely one where extensions are going to be rampant anyway. For example, the Linux Kernel disables strict-aliasing completely.

> That aside, this still excludes long-standing examples like embedding a pointer to struct sockaddr in your client struct, which points to either a sockaddr_in, sockaddr_in6 or sockaddr_un depending on where that client connected from (well, you can still do it, but now you can't examine the sockaddr's sa_family member to see what type the address really is - you need to have a redundant, duplicate copy of that field in the client struct itself).

Strictly speaking, that's not true. You can examine it directly, but it requires casting the `struct sockaddr * ` to a `sa_family_t * ` instead. This is valid because regardless of what type of object it really is, it must start with a `sa_family_t` entry, so you are treating it as the correct type (And by that notion, `sa_family_t` is allowed to alias any of the `struct sockaddr` types). Besides that, you could also use a `union` to combine all the possible `sockaddr`s that you're going to handle together with a `sockaddr_storage`. Then you can do things like normal and simply access the `sockaddr` through the correct union member.

> Well, the aforementioned sockaddr_storage came about after C89.

That it did. However, that was more about making the current API work with larger addresses (namely ipv6) not to fix the API. There really wasn't any other way to do it.

> And wasn't C89 supposed to be about codifying existing practice, anyway?

Some compilers implemented the strict-aliasing optimization (And did lots of other strange things), some did not. The C standards committee chose to go with strict-aliasing since it provides a lot of optimization opportunities.

All that said, I'm not saying things are perfect by any means, as our conversation here shows. I don't think things are nearly as bad as people tend to think, however. Generally speaking, unless you're doing something a little bit shady it's possible to avoid any strict-aliasing issues, and if it's really not possible there's generally a way to simply "turn it off", albeit that may result in a little less portable code - though if you're breaking strict-aliasing the portability of your code is already a bit suspect to begin with.
Could it be that the tactic only worked because the establishment was in bed with Hillary? She is about as establishment as the come after all.
That has nothing to do with the "mainstream left", and everything to do with the volatile nature of holding political office in a sound-byte culture. Stop listening to professional campaigners and start listening to professional thinkers.

The fact that you even invoked the term "mainstream left" here makes it perfectly clear that you're more than happy playing identity politics. You speak in terms of political labels, not in terms of mechanisms for solving problems.
Isn't WhatsApp more popular? I understood it to be more popular and accessible while still using the Signal protocol.
It's not just Texas. I've lived in big and small cities in several east coast states and the blind support is always something I just can't grok. the only difference over here is nobody has an issue with big government.
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> The tax could cover the cost to clean up the litter. That would create jobs in three ways: 1) plastic clean-up jobs, 2) businesses and economic activity that desperately need disposable plastic can still possibly survive, and ) jobs making disposable plastic.

Enforcement of a ban will likely come through a fine, which will have the same effect. Think of the ban as a very large excise tax. Plus, the ban only applies to certain plastics, not all plastics - you could tax those at a reasonable rate for revenue.

Secondly, you don't really need to pay people to do cleanup. The very poor in India already rummage for plastic material and recycle that as a means of income. The problem is that, before the ban, the amount of material disposed was too high. Once you stop the inflow of new trash, cleaning up the rest is pretty tractable.
I've used Linode since they opened and their pricing has been extremely consistent, it has never gone up or been randomly changed.

They introduced per-hour billing recently, that's the only fundamental change to their billing, and that was something you had to go out of your way to opt into if you wanted it for an existing account.

If you provisioned a $20/mo. machine then yes you will pay $240 per year for it. This is how math works.
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Hoping to open it up to other types of poems in the near future.
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> And somehow managed to overcome the constant "fact checking" by major cable networks, the Post, NYT and generally a large majority of the established media.

A person's consumption of media will dictate their voting patterns. Someone who reads the Post and NYT will probably vote differently than someone consuming primarily Conservative news and memes on Facebook.

> American democracy has endured through secession, yellow journalism and Joseph McCarthy. It will survive Facebook and sentiment analysis bots.

Many Americans read news exclusively on Facebook. If peoples' political opinions are influenced by their friends', then content on Facebook benefits from a halo of social proof.

Regardless, in a system where media consumption is dictated by what is shared, then content which evokes strong emotional reaction will have a strong sharing advantage. Journalism and McCarthyism existed in an age before ML. If smart algorithms could optimize share rates, then a professional team could gain a lot of influence with highly curated media.

Complete thoughts here: [https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=13649547]
"If I'm not in my hotel room will I still be charged? I was at a ball game for three hours! Also I wasn't in my apartment all weekend, can I get a partial refund?"

Seriously, people do not understand leasing and renting.
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> This is one job which effectively requires on the job training and (I imagine) lots of delegating.

Do you mean that it should require that? It certainly didn't last year. I lack your 'fair and balanced' approach.
I am so tired of the "yeah that's nice but what about X" posts on the internet. This foundation focuses on making life better for poor children and that's a worthwhile thing to focus on.

If you actually read the full text of the post you'd see that they're simultaneously reducing the infant mortality rate while increasing access to family-planning education and contraceptives... these are all things that actually tend to REDUCE population growth in developing nations.

So the one argument you came here to have isn't even true... and even if it was you're suggesting that we'd be better off if more poor children died, which is just some shitty roundabout eugenics.

Maybe spend your time advocating on environmental issues instead of shitposting about it.
Instead of corporate or national concerns, his view is global. This is the perspective of the king of the world - or god.
Like Rockefeller, everyone loves him (now).
Lots of people work for his vision, perhaps more than as MS ceo.
No taxes.

For the richest man in the world, it's possibly the only step up.
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I'm targeting the strawman argument.

Ancient knowledge has played an important role in us reaching great heights, but we should eye it skeptically, and recognize the things we have learned since then.

I probably could have made that clearer in my post.
This is painfully naïve, as though the careful selection and omission of stories to craft narratives on the more popular "real news" sources is somehow less concerning.
Are you asking why longevity is a desirable trait?
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Nice. I didn't know it was that easy. Using Tor Browser + VPN is definitely a good idea. Especially, if you don't want to be constantly solving captchas because of those hosts who don't trust Tor exit nodes. Some hosts even ban all Tor exit nodes altogether, duh.
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While I applaud Bill Gates for his philanthropic work, I would be extremely doubtful of him if he decided to run for public office. His behavior during Microsoft antitrust trial wasn't exactly awe inspiring.
think of all the denied pluralities-to-be; those poor, slighted real estate tycoons. It's not hard to argue we're already in that simulation - first it starts with FB trialling their electioneering-algo with Trump as a proof-of-concept. Then once they work out all the kinks, initiate stage 2, reusing the mechanism!
Have you compared his to others who have had the job? What did they have that he lacked? Don't get me wrong, I don't like the guy, but his qualifications seem alright.
They should cut out the overlaid commentary and just have the launch audio feed.
There is no de-facto colocation provider. Peer1 is an example of one that has a lot of locations, but it's not by any means dominant.

Every major urban hub has a multitude of providers. Some offer expensive, but reliable service, others cheap but you get what you pay for, and there's a mix in between. Talk to people and ask for tours. Every town is completely different in terms of scene.
which would mean some interestingly tasty meta data would be served up...
That's only true if you ignore the practicalities and only speak of life in the abstract. Some people, through their deplorable deeds, have made their own lives distinctly less valuable.
If you conflate "insider" with economic class, there's no benefit to using the term anymore.
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But if people ever DID look at Netflix and think that, there are services (Amazon) that let you pay to immediately stream a particular movie/show. Netflix is for the people who think "I intend to consume enough content that buying/renting shows individually is more expensive than a bundle."
Sorry, maybe not a NAS but my point stands. Almost any chip that has a server equivalent either has ECC disabled in the chip or the motherboard chipset. This was never the case until some years ago, and the only example I've ever found of Intel removing a feature from their desktop chips exclusively. I don't see any other reason for this except to force people to buy Xeons for their servers
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Maybe one day that ColdFusion atrocity of a control panel will be hurled into the sun and something better will take its place. Until then, yay, cheaper high-memory instances.

Redis appreciates it.
There were other DOSs, but even by 1989 the use of unqualified "DOS" was usually taken to mean "IBM-compatible PC running MS-DOS" (eg. "Our school has both Apple and DOS computers in the library").
>"ah India, nice try but you still fail badly in an unrelated area"

That's not what a prejudice is. It's also not what he said. Maybe if people wouldn't be so hypersensitive we could address the problems a country might be facing. India has many issues.

So what if he points that out, while we're discussing a different issue? It's part of having a conversation.
There's no surfeit of credulousness among broken political societies. Where you'll find "excessive" credulousness is among high-performing societies where, not coincidentally, there's usually less reason to be cynical.

Skepticism is not the same thing s cynicism. And skepticism is not the same thing as holding all literature to the same exacting evidentiary standards, and requiring all consumers to have the requisite skill and motivation to scrutinize those standards.

The so-called mainstream media _is_ biased. That much can't be in dispute. The issue is the character of that bias. The bias of the New York Times is not the same as the bias of Russia Today or the People's Daily. And equivocating bias is it's own form of bias, perhaps the most pernicious kind.
Yeah have fun buying the motherboard that supports it. The whole thing reeks of bullshit
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> Making this networks transparent would be a pretty good first step.

Making them open and not controlled by corporate interests comes way before this.
they don't have the option to oppose (in the US, at least):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_fo...
SpaceX offers 2 feeds, it's unusual for other folks to do that.
No, you're correct, afterthought is not the word I want to use. Apples actions certainly show forethought and planning. I meant instead that the graphics support overall has felt like an afterthought: radar bugs open without meaningful response for months, outdated graphics hardware and drivers, no option for choice between brands when that means you can't run CUDA on "pro" computers, no support for vulkan (though I think there's an official mapping Vulkan into Metal that hasn't materialized yet)... the list gets tiring to read after 15 years of waiting for apple to actively support their software/hardware combos to their equivalent capacities on windows, let alone supporting recent hardware or novel apis.

However, I can't help but seeing it modeled on the Direct X vendor lock-in model that starved Apple of games (and users because of those games). While it may not be a sign of change in Apple, it is a sign to me I shouldn't depend on them to provide products that meet my needs as a cross-platform developer. All those years I invested in a neglected OpenGL I should have devoted instead to directx; perhaps I would be less bitter now.
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Strings are only a problem because they are being treated as text. In this case, they would simply be treated as binary identifiers, so there is no problem. The raw bytes would do just as well for this kind of thing.
Well the product manager is from Oracle.
No.

If my peers find it acceptable that I am detained indefinitely simply for not unlocking my phone, then throw away the key because all is lost.
2 weeks ago on my way to work, I watched a guy pull off to the side of the road. He opened his car door, and just dumped trash out - a few small bags of trash. He had just driven past a gas station and convenience store - both with publicly accessible trash cans to throw stuff away - you don't even have to get out of your car. It's a bizarre mindset some people have - let me drive past the driver-accessible trash cans in a paved parking lot, then pull off on to grass and dirt to dump my crap out of the car. There are some aspects of the US which are great, but this large segment of the population which has less than zero regard for public space is... truly crappy.
> One day running your own servers will be like running your own ISP . Massively impractical because the free market has been manipulated to the point that it effectively no longer exists

What? People use cloud computing because it already is massively impractical to run your own servers. Hardware is hard to run and scale on your own and experiences economies of scale. This principle is seen everywhere and can hardly be viewed as something controversial. Walmart for instance can sell things at a really low price because of the sheer volume of their sales. Similarly, data centers also experience economies of scale.

As someone who cares about offering the best possible, reliable user experience, cloud computing is absolutely the next logical step from bare metal on-prem servers. When your system experiences load outside the constraints of what it can handle, a properly designed app that has independently scaling microservices horizontally scales.

Even if you had the state of the art microservice architecture running on a kubernetes cluster on your own hardware, you still wouldn't be able to source disk/CPU fast enough if your service happens to experience loads beyond what you provisioned.

And there is the rub, buying your own hardware costs money, and no one wants to buy hardware they may not ever use. Another advantage of cloud computing.

You are seeing the peak of free market right now, because of cloud computing, which enables people with little upfront cash to invest to form real internet businesses and scale massively.

You think a game like Pokemon Go can exists and do the release they did without cloud computing?
Absolutely. These do-gooders never consider the unintended side effects of their policies and end up hurting their own constituency. (Though the cynic in me thinks that they understand it perfectly well. They enact these policies just to score cheap brownie points.)
It's crazy that having a couple huge companies that silently collude to maintain their existing market share somehow isn't antitrust
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> It has direct equivalents to most of Vulkan's concepts (resource heaps, command buffers and queues, etc.)

It isn't cross-platform, so it lacks the most important of all of Vulkan's features.
> Nobody listens

How much time, money, and effort was spent actually educating people so they can make a properly informed decision? Suggesting a new idea is only the first step. Having "unique experiences and depth of knowledge" doesn't mean anything if you can't explain the new idea to everyone else.

Why should anyone listen to your new idea if you aren't explaining it in a language[1] they understand?

[1] http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2007/05/31/more-than-just-resi...
Yeah I'm sure if that was possible we would be doing it. The same NIMBY folks preventing more housing from being built also control the construction of new highways, public transport, and zoning regulations
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Sure some (I'd grant even a majority) employers are nasty exploiters. But let the employees handle them. They are adults, they can make their own decisions. I don't see why the government has to play mommy.
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Except the delegitimizing was done to the point where fact checking actual lies and falsehoods were simply ignored. This targeted approach didn't have to "overcome" that, as the parent claimed, just make people ignore it entirely.
> It's a complete lack of morality and respect for other's property, and community in general.

Unless you're visiting from another state, it's YOUR OWN property; you are the public.
An election is a war of opinion, and whoever wields the strongest memes wins. Ten times as many people subscribe to Trump's subreddit as Clinton's, and Trump memes circulate other anonymous Internet culture hubs like 4chan.

At stake is the position of the most powerful man in the world. It has been shown to be possible that a group of skilled programmers / hackers could influence the election. Why wouldn't, say, an expert team be hired to program ML that optimizes a candidate's size of web presence? Cheap price for a lot of political power.

A "weaponized propoganda machine"? Maybe not. But if it's really that easy to game the system, you can't ignore the possibility.