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Hence my writing "at times". Will edit to make it appear earlier for clarity. And certainly agreed that they're a far cry from favelas.
What's the chart look like on RHEL?
What do all these roles have in common? They scale globally and only the best contributors matter.

Attention becomes the bottleneck. The top artist in some niche is highly valued, the 101st in that particular niche is useless because only the most narrowminded fan has enough time and attention to consume the 100 artists that do the same thing better - and for the 1001st? Only their mother would care about their work. Producing the best movie or the best jazz record in your town doesn't mean that there will be a nontrivial amount of people that would want that work, because there are more better movies/records than they can watch.

It's the same with journalism, it's mostly going away as a profession as there's space for only a very limited number of people to do it for pay, as there are more than enough hobbyists able and willing to produce that content for free. As it goes on (e.g. with automation) it's not unrealistic to expect a market price that goes below zero, i.e., where most of the "industry" are essentially paying to be there instead of getting paid. We already see that in e.g. photography and music with a lot of people who create great art, but their revenue for that doesn't even cover what they are paying for their equipment. And it's going to get even more so.
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Yes, it's a "consultants" cooperative.
How do you do marketing with no money?
Because is the site for dreaming about becoming a programming and has interesting posts about biology, astrophysics , aircraft and spacecraft , and whatever you want, games , nutrition... Also, some people with knowledge writes comments on the topics often. I like the zoology posts most, But im not technical in anything near all those fields, just like to read. Its a terrible site for your your productivity, better stay away.
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Great anecdote. Another tangential thing that I find is silly is blaming ALL whites for slavery of some black people couple hundred years ago in the US. I'm not aware of a single ethnic slave in Finnish history but I am still somehow responsible for slavery in some other country.
That certainly is a valid choice, and if it's what makes you happy, then great. I wish it was what made me happy because, as you've pointed out, it's a lot easier (at least in some ways).

But that's the problem: it isn't the right choice for everyone. People have complex motivations but, for me, working in some giant corporation where it can be really hard to get things done due to politics and ingrained bureaucracy is nigh on intolerable. When I do it at all I do it for the money and for no other reason.

And this is not "special little snowflake" mentality (which is infuriating): it's pretty common for people not to like working in big organisations, to prefer smaller companies, or to want to see if they can "make it" themselves. Horses for courses.
They translate the renderbuffer for the other eye. It's far enough that the objects in the far pass don't have any significant parallax.
Along those lines, here's a quick read about how "life is a bandit problem."

"When you have more information about what works and what doesn’t, you shift to spending the majority of your time pulling the best lever (exploitation), but you keep exploring the other options in case your current best option isn’t the very best that exists. Here’s the thing: the exploration phase never stops."

https://joshkaufman.net/explore-exploit/
The federal and state governments subsidize rural and suburban power networks, water distribution, waste disposal, schools, police, firefighters, doctors, telecommunications... a whole host of things that drive down living costs in rural and suburban areas.

Power generation, water distribution, waste disposal and the like are typically done outside of urban centers because the denizens would cry NIMBY about the effects.

Those supply networks exist to service the urban centers, it would be wasteful to not use them for the suburbs that they necessarily have to pass.
Wow, what does slack have 700 people for?
Yeah, solar thermal is woefully underused. Even something like attached south-facing greenhouses and solar hot air panels can cheaply retrofit passive solar design onto the existing building stock.

To that list of rocket stove applications & advantages would add backup heat for solar hot water, accessible to developing countries and the poor, and (when built from masonry) ease of construction in the charred afterscape. I'm kidding of course on that last one. Mostly. ;)
Those people are probably a good group to start looking for your elusive non-technical person. I've met people who have zero inclination to engage in DIY, car maintenance or how to setup email on their iPad. There are very definitely non-technical people in the world, and thank goodness there are because they contribute to society in ways I could never dream of doing.
I tried to ask a couple of days ago if anybody has started using bitkeeper lately but either only one person saw it or only one other person found it interesting:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13661662
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The results of that study do not surprise me at all. At my company, there are no rules about clutter, but the cleaners wipe down everyone's desk every day as best they can. I'm a clutter-free type of person: my desk has nothing but my monitor/keyboard, phone, lamp, a notepad, and a small potted plant. When I come in and everything's been moved a few inches (like the plant all the way to the edge of the desk or phone right up against the monitor) it drives me insane. And then I feel bad, because someone cleans my fucking desk everyday and I just get annoyed about it.
Did you read Zuckerberg's letter yesterday? I wrote a response that didn't go over super well here but comparing how Facebook is an idealistic experiment versus capitalistic exercise is enlightening. Facebook can truly heal the world! Well, if it doesn't help destroy it first...
I know this going to sound grumpy, but...

I agree with a lot of this and enjoyed reading their book in which they outline their philosophy on business and management.

But how many times are they going to scream and blog about this? It gets old. I get it, you're profitable and you think it's a good thing. But they've repeated this over and over and they sometimes go overboard in trying to pit themselves against VCs and the perceived waste of the SV tech culture.. Some of it is fair. Some of it just feels like marketing on their part...a way to write more blog posts by pitting themselves against an enemy.

Companies that are profitable and doing well don't need to constantly blog about their profitability. Just my two cents.
One wonders at the unexpected brittleness. Take that bike stem: they describe the automated design process as inputting the forces you wish to withstand and let the algorithm optimize. That implies that the final form has no validation for any other forces. The bike stem might be weak to a diagonal force.

I also see that the structural design presented are mostly variation around the simple known trick of triangulation. I'm not sure the extra optimisation is worth the more complex form: extra manifacturing complexity and problematic adaptibility to other parts you need for a completed product. Look at that car body: can you imagine the body work to make it into a real car?
From what I see, the doll also doesn't hide how it works, exactly like the "listening" TV: nobody would have expected that the TV would listen and send somewhere "the non-publicly spoken words" just a decade ago, and as far as I know, there are now such on the market, probably also in Germany. Then such a TV could be also considered a "clandestine listening device." If it's "does it have a manual that says it does that" both the TV and the doll have it. It's the matter of what is considered "normal." The specific quote you provide doesn't make the difference that makes the doll less legal than the TV. But maybe there's something clearer?

The FAQ pdf of the doll:

http://myfriendcayla.co.uk/public/downloads/cayla_FAQ.pdf

"Do I need an internet connection to play with Cayla?

An internet connection will be required to download the free app which unlocks all of the fun things which Cayla can do. Some functions, such as searching for information on the internet (famous people, places, time, weather, etc), require an internet connection. Cayla can do lots offline, like having conversations, playing games, reading stories, and exploring her photo album. In fact, most of the interactive play requires no internet connection at all."

I agree that it's not clearly stated that it's the recording of the voice that gets transmitted somewhere. But it's obvious that something is transmitted. Somebody can compare with the manuals of the "listening" TVs.

The site of the doll:

http://myfriendcayla.co.uk/cayla

"Ask Cayla Questions -- ONLINE"

"Play games like noughts and crosses together -- Offline"

See my other post here for more technical details.
> Having low unemployment, high wages, and a strong currency is an enviable situation for a country.

Concerning the strong currency, Swiss National Bank disagrees with you :-) They tried to buy as many euros as possible in order to keep Swiss franc from getting too strong, until they gave up. Ant then Swiss export started to suffer a lot more!
Yeah "Miller's number" the 7(+-2) ___ limit, is a myth.
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From the git vs fossil faq:

"Because of its emphasis on recording history exactly as it happened, rather than as we would have liked it to happen, Fossil deliberately does not provide a "rebase" command. One can rebase manually in Fossil, with sufficient perserverence, but it not something that can be done with a single command."

https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/fossil-v-git.w...
I had the same experience. I had to write a layer to slice my data up and submit no more than 50 rows, and retry on connection timeouts. Very frustrating, and so weird that a global giant like Google releases an API that's so mediocre.
I think more so that open sourcing everything (no problem here with that, though) - might be (somehow) incentivizing or requiring the ability for ordinary people to access automated manufacturing at extremely low cost. Increase the number of maker and hacker spaces. Co-working spaces. Co-industry spaces (shared manufacturing)?

To an extent this is already happening (witness the rise and popularity of low cost PCB manufacturers - as well as 3D printing companies that take a model and make a widget for a small fee - similar for other CAD/CAM manufacturing - but the prices need to come down, especially in certain areas like injection molding and such).
Sign me up for your product or service, would definitely be interested in seeing code for this.
> I think the whole benefit of a static website generator in general is to avoid the "I copy/paste the same header/footer on each" step, especially copy-pasting the menu/header, as your menu can change as you add new pages / blog posts.

If the website is simple, you could use iframes for headers and footers.
It would depend on how the "OR" is determined, so you can assess the risk?
Wireless does not achieve the same result. It has a lot of downsides and more limited application.
I'm aware of the streaming replication. But the cost doubles immediately. Which in our case represents tens of thousands dollars every month.

Now this is a tradeoff. Do I mind to fix some shards from time to time or burn salaries of 6 engineers for extra convenience.
Live, for one, comes with a full blown programming environment called Max for Live, where you can create all kinds of things on par with native plugins and controls.

But the more essential question is: does it matter?

If one is experimental electronic musician / sound artist, it might be worth it.

But the average musician wants a good environment with the features they need built-in (and easy access to quality third party plugins etc for FX etc), not to tinker (and even less so, in C/C++) with their DAW.
Yeah, he ain't no joke.
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Personal anecdote: I got one free at AWS re:Invent. I use it to play music of my choice (specific songs or playlist categories, which requires a subscription after trial period), set timers ("alexa set timer for 45 minutes"; "alexa how much time is left on the timer?"), do various calculations ("alexa what is 1 plus 1?" -> "1 plus 1 is two, but you already knew that"), and ask what time a nearby business closes ("alexa when does Target close?" yields the closing time of the nearest target based in the location I have set. If it's closed, it says when it opens next). Other than that, it's mostly just a novelty that I forget about 99% of the time.
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What kind of politics do think it is?
Well, back then analog circuits were likely faster and more accurate. There are lots of textbooks that showed you how to get 6.5 digits (21-bits) or 7.5 digits (23-bits) of accuracy using normal parts machined to 1% precision. These circuits would operate all the way to 100MHz and react to impulses within nanoseconds... even way back in the 80s... and could be mass produced for only a few dozen dollars.

You know, back in the era where computers were 33 MHz (That's 30-nanoseconds per clock!) with 16-bit adders and cost tens-of-thousands of dollars.

Today, things are different. We have 2GHz octcore computers in our pockets with 4GB of RAM. Analog-circuits have improved, but not nearly as much as digital circuits.

The primary issue with Analog is that we've hit the noise-floor. Getting more than 7.5 digits of accuracy on all calculations means getting rid of noise at the -75db (volts) level or 150db-watts. Case in point: 7.5 digits of analog accuracy on a 5V circuit is accurate to +/- 150-nanovolts.

At those minuscule levels of voltages and currents, simple heat, airborne static electricity, and even sound... noise... and physical movement... can disturb your calculations. (Crystal Oscillators for example are Piezoelectric and are tiny-little microphones that pick up sound / movement and convert them into voltages!! Every PCB trace is a potential antenna that may pick up a stray radio signal. Things get hard...)

Voltages are connected to the real world after all. At some point, the circuit can "feel" you breathing on it (condensation in the air changes humidity, which changes the resistance of the surrounding air. Extra heat decreases and/or increases the resistance of various components)
I build HasGluten [1], fully backed by a spreadsheet. Code is at [2], unfortunately not very up to date... it was my first react project.

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I'd much rather (co-)own 37signals than an equity stake in any venture funded business, including Slack.

Who seriously loves working crazy hours? Make $20m and invest that well, that's all you need to live a full, free and happy life with your family. Enjoy work, but don't live to work.
I strongly disagree. You describe one kind of neighborhood.

You are only correct if "semi-rural" to you means "suburban".

Granted that new neighborhoods seem to be built with less care for yards, but growing up in suburban Texas in a subdivision from the '60s, we all had decent yards to play in, with room for trees, gardens, and sometimes even large swimming pools.

I live in an urban area now, and love it. But people need to open their minds and stop crapping on other peoples' lifestyles.

People saying "I just can't /imagine/ living 30 minutes from the citycenter" are as close minded as those who can't /imagine/ living in a walkable area with shops and food nearby.
Non-coding marketing guy here. When I jumped into the "startup" world I did all the cliche things, joining HN being one of them. I also found myself surrounded by tech nerds and I needed to start understanding this foreign language they spoke. I skip over the technical articles on here, which actually makes the reading experience quite fulfilling. There's plenty here for non-techs, including relatively healthy conversations and debates. Also, I like to pick up tech jargon and randomly blurt words out during all-team meetings to give everyone a reason to laugh. "JSON" is my favorite term to use. Every now and then the devs will look over and ask me how I'd approach some problem and I'll string together something to the tune of: "Well, I'd first query the database to ensure we're stringing together the AngularJS properly, then I'd hardcode the server side to strengthen our architecture. Also, JSON."
> Robots work really well for manufacturing. What they don't work well for is repairs.

Robots work well in cases of rigidly prescribed actions. While we are not yet there with repairs, we are moving in that direction: for most things, from cars to TVs humans at repair shops will now test large modules and swap out the failing ones (not trying, as they would 30+ years ago, to find and replace a dead resistor or weld a patch / joint, etc.).

This "test and replace modules" strategy means it is easy to design many devices to be robotically repairable; it is just not (yet?) profitable to do so.
> I don't understand how rebasing can be more complicated on Mercurial than Git.

It's more complicated in the sense that there isn't a nice command for it. You still can do it by doing multiple lower-level steps, or installing an extension that makes it nicer.
It's called content marketing. How do you think they have remained profitable?
It's not immoral, just counterproductive. Rent controls never make things better, just worse.
http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html

Dismissing an argument or article with a "They don't really mean that" does not tend to lead to very productive discussions, especially when there is no attempt made to asses the argument at face value.
This is merely a symbolic gesture. People are pissed off. They want to see blood. CEO of Samsung is an easy target.

In reality, he'll be out once the whole situation simmers down and people forget.

This has how it has always worked. Chaebol CEOs are untouchable and they are fully aware of their position in society and abuse it to maximize their interests.

I'm not even remotely surprised by the anecdotal experiences of dealing with Samsung. Don't forget about SNES cartridges that used to be sold in Korea.
Yes, I always hear people raving about how awesome their email client's UX is /s
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Git has had several (first- and third-party) GUIs for a long time...
I know this article is misleading, it's basically a consulting organization where they decided instead of having a partnership structure (where the old guys get to take a piece of the young guys billings) they are a meritocracy where everyone gets to eat what they kill. So not having admin/CEO overhead is fine, esp. when they can all agree on the value of marketing/PR and other shared cost programs.

But it's an interesting concept. I've managed up to 45 people at a time and believe giving people more authority and responsibility over their area not only better motivates them, but can lead to fantastic results. I would be really interested in how Zappos did it, since they seem to be a larger more traditionally organized business and had some turbulence implementing it.
You're right about the anthropic principle; I wasn't clear. I've edited that sentence to clarify what I meant. As for none of this saying "anything about whether different environments may enable life", I agree; as I said at the beginning of the comment, this doesn't prove anything. Anyway, I was more talking about the likelihood of similar-to-Earth life as opposed to whether other types of life are possible at all.
If for nothing else then at least some people like me find it awesome that some people can still put all this into a small standalone and make it work nicely under multiple operating systems.
How has Minerva Project been since 2014
A lot of news came out in 2014 to talk about Minerva. It has been more than two years. How has it been? Here are my thoughts.

Good for general education

4 years for general education is too long. If a student would like to study a subject deep and pursue an advanced degree or a professional career, s/he'd better consider the other universities.

No students graduate yet, but we always come across the news saying it is better than this or that university. Without statistics or other data to prove, this is misleading.

Instead of thinking from the business's point of view alone, the strategic planning of this project also needs mindset from the other disciplines. It has been two years. The only improvement of this project we can see is its great promotion and marketing strategy but nothing else concrete and promising. Everything good heavily depends on media and press.

I happened to mean a key figure of Minerva recently. His attitude was kind of rude just because I did not show as much interest as he expected. I would say, as somebody with extensive teaching and research experience in STEM, I do not think Minerva's concept works for people like me. We need explore certain subjects deeper. Our students need to pursue advanced degrees, to do which Minerva cannot help.

At the end I would say it is too early to tell how Minerva is. The first batch of graduates have not come out yet.
Wierd how Sharia is not extremism as it encourages death for apostacy among other harsh rules...
I basically just parroted Nathan Lewis, who has a great blog series on the topic: http://newworldeconomics.com/category/traditional-city-post-....

It's virtually the same message from Andres Duany. His talk from 30 years ago is still so eerily precise and comprehensive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMvwHDFVpCE. When I feel presumptuous, I email this to people (deaf ears, mostly). Leon Krier bangs the same drum, and adds a more sophisticated, architectural perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFiYL8AvvnY.
> They aren't usually valued very highly by society.

Simply matter of supply and demand. Nobody cares too much about what cab be done by anybody.
There's another micro-optimization in play here: tipically, writing here is understood as the process of turning a 1 to a 0 (flash cells actually reset to a "1" value), and that transition is called "programming". If a write can be accomplished solely by programming, then it can be done in place, without having to reset the block or find an empty (filled with 1s) block to program the write to it.
Agree with this. I'm not a programmer but still work in tech, so find the conversation valuable and at a minimum helps for awareness of issues and trends. Not to mention the non-technical content is pretty valuable and gets trending here before most other places, except maybe some sub-reddits
I'm not from the US so that's already accounted for.
So is anyone giving Red Hat grief for, in effect, forcing everyone to use systemd? Or is it ok for them to do it because they "won"?

I don't think Ubuntu deserves flak just for forging their own path at times, even if it creates a bit of a fork in some stacks.
I was responding to "it's kind of useless to be beating the language up upon every release". My comment applies to literally any programming language release or other product release notification; it makes sense for people to discuss the pros and cons of a product every time it comes up, because A) things change and B) it might be the first time that someone has come across the product.

If minor version release notes are on-topic enough to get posted every single time, I'm not really sure how an attached discussion of the product in question (possibly involving criticism) isn't.