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> Well there's the rub, virtually nobody is selling out-of-the-box Linux PCs.

That's exactly the root of the problem that was discussed above, isn't it? So that's the real issue, and not inability of Linux itself to address common use cases of non technical users. Because Linux can address them today.

> So, if Linux is being installed by the user, you're rolling the dice on how nicely it plays with your wireless, touchpad, graphics, sound, webcam/microphone, HiDPI screen and so on.

Such users don't roll dice to decide what hardware to install on (if they are smart to install it on their own). They do research, get parts that work well with Linux, and then install it. Without doing research - well, anything can happen.

> The problem with the GUIs I've seen for Network Manager is the same problem affecting nearly all Linux software, which is they're geared towards expert users. They expose too many configuration options to the user instead of hiding them in menus or preference panels.

OK, for a test (KDE Plasma 5.8.4), I just enabled my WiFi (I'm currently on wired connection), selected a network from the list, and clicked a single button [Connect]. It opened a field for password right there. Type in the password - and voilà, it's connected. Nothing else is needed for the simplest scenario. Of course you can always go into connection settings and start changing around custom DNS and what not if you know what you are doing. But all of that in not exposed in the simplest case. So I doubt, configuring network will be an issue for Linux newcomers.
I'm an avid Instacart user, and I refuse to pay the service fee, nor the tip.

Companies need to pay the drivers fair wages, and charge the customers enough to do so. Don't push that responsibility to the customer.

Also, the service fee is perfect example of a Dark Pattern[1].

The actual service fee option (which is pre-selected at 10%) is hidden below the fold in the iPad app (and iOS?) checkout widgets. You have to scroll to see it, but it's aligned just perfectly, and with a hidden scrollbar, to hide the additional options. If you're not looking closely at the final cart total you'll never notice the extra 10% charge.

[1] https://darkpatterns.org/
What is it with developers and their code-centric view of employment? Any idiot can "write code" in 2017. It's not particularly difficult. You might do it slightly better but still your profession is not by a long shot "difficult".

Can you work in a team? Can you communicate? Do you dress in a presentable manner? Can you explain technical ideas simply? Do you know anything beyond cutting code?

It's simply not good enough to be some lone-ranger ubercoder anymore. Coders are a dime a dozen.

I'd actually rather take someone with a degree in statistics or physics, let them learn to code on the job, and I'd be able to apply them to an order of magnitude more problems than your typicall mathematically illiterate self-styled genius who can write a bit of code.

Programming is the easy part, stop deluding yourself into thinking what you do is difficult. It isn't.
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I really like this approach; can I interview with you? :P
https://www.instacart.com/help/section/200761924#213895126

Why does Instacart use a service amount?

Instacart is different than other delivery services because multiple shoppers may be involved in a single order. Some shoppers work in stores, for example, while others are involved in driving to deliver an order.

The service amount is used to pay this entire set of shoppers. Furthermore, it helps to ensure that all shoppers are compensated fairly and competitively, and that shoppers are working collectively toward the common goal of providing an excellent experience for all customers throughout the entire order process.

Should I still tip the shopper delivering my order?

Additional tipping is optional. The entire amount you select goes directly to the shopper delivering your order.

Why is there as service amount and a tip?

The service amount is distinct from a tip. Instacart uses the service amount to provide higher guaranteed commissions to all shoppers on the platform. This will help us ensure that shoppers no longer rely on unpredictable tips for the majority of their compensation. Leaving a service amount is optional, and you may set the service amount to $0 in the checkout flow before you place your order.

If you wish to include an additional tip for exceptional service performed specifically by the shopper who delivered your order, you may do so on our online platform, or in cash.
The topic discussed in the article is important, but the data is not convincing. Based on the lead chart itself, which shows relative improvement, the USA as a whole is in the company of Japan, Sweden, Norway - all countries doing well, with universal healthcare, high life expectancy, etc. It makes you think that the situation is not as dire as the article makes it to appear.

> If you have good insurance and you live on the East Coast and the West Coast,
> you probably get the best health care in the world...
> In many parts of the country, top health care simply isn't available.

I personally think that's one of the key drivers. There are certain parts of the country that are not doing well. Consider the case of Youngstown, OH where mortality rate in 2015 was 54.5 compared to 8.2 in the U.S. as a whole.

https://github.com/axibase/atsd-use-cases/blob/master/USMort...
There's a restaurant in my neighborhood that does this (no tips, built into the price) and I really appreciate it. It's so much "easier" that I'm more inclined to drop in.
I thought about this a lot, and I have worked for and with a variety of consumer finance companies.

I would say the number one reason most consumer finance software suck (especially mobile apps for budgeting or aggregation) is because they try to tackle social problems with technical solutions.

My experience of developing, securing and working with these apps is that, for the most part, they quickly reach a cap on how effective they can be without becoming very opinionated. Most apps could use more opinionated money management features. Instead, you have a hundred apps in a very crowded space, all of which try to solve your inability to budget your money effectively with a polished UI and more information than you'll reasonably use.
But it does mean that one has to abandon said "fictitious" value if ever leaving a company (usually 90 days) .
How on earth is Street Spirit not even on the list?

Yorke himself had called it "our purest, saddest song.", and went on to say:

I can’t believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song. That’s why I’m convinced that they don’t know what it’s about. It’s why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell every time I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of its meaning, like when you’re going to have your dog put down and it’s wagging its tail on the way there. That’s what they all look like, and it breaks my heart. I wish that song hadn’t picked us as its catalysts, and so I don’t claim it. It asks too much. I didn’t write that song.

True Love Waits is a sweet, quiet, sad little song about yearning and the fear of loss.

Street Spirit is pure dark tragedy.
They cannot. Backdating or artificially deflating the asset price is no longer legal.

What's likely to happen is new investor extracting some special terms for their investment, receiving preferred stock that's valued higher than common stock. The company then turns around and uses the product of preferred stock price and total number of shares outstanding as the new valuation number that's "leaked" to the press.

The 409A valuation of the common stock is a separate dollar figure, though.
I wonder what you have to run on the server side for it to work?

sz(1) I assume (a tool with considerable seniority). Found for example in the lrzsz package on Debian.
9.3 is 31% higher than 7.1. That's a pretty significant increase. I wouldn't call that "slightly higher"

Also, sugar is a standard part of the American diet. But Americans are obese. Here is at least one expert who thinks sugar is the problem: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/06/8187/obesity-and-metabolic...
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What currency is the 130k in? If they made you move here to SV, it may not be a raise.
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I believe less is more. Docker has grown into an all consuming piece of complexity. The best code is code you never write.
I enjoy a friendly political debate, but only in very small groups. Beyond 2-4 people and it's difficult for everyone present to participate enough to feel they're genuinely being heard.

A one-on-one conversation with a college professor sounds excellent. On the other hand, I'm having difficulty thinking of any particular area where it would be beneficial to have an entire institution limiting itself to a single belief.
Direct links

PDF slides: http://www.darpa.mil/attachments/AIFull.pdf

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O01G3tSYpU
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Hi. I'm 10. I have ADHD and ODD. I'm smart but frustrate easily and call people stupid. But If I can escape the anxiety I am nice. Advice?
My favorite translation blip came from an Advantest calibration manual:

"Adjust [setting] until the sun shines most brightly upon the screen."

Fortunately, the setting did not have any effect on our friendly neighborhood ball of fusing hydrogen, and a bit of fiddling around eventually revealed that the instrument had turned its gain way up, allowing one to easily determine the zero point by adjusting the bias until the screen filled with noise (rather than pegging at the top or bottom). If one were to squint a bit, I suppose it might look like the sun shining on the screen?
Every cringeworthy, try-hard job listing does not call for a cringeworthy, try-hard medium post.

Keep scrolling. Karma has a way of sorting these things out.
Youngstown, Ohio. The city with the highest mortality rate in the U.S
Access/control is the only reason I can come up with.

Access: One often doesnt have an option to buy shares in a private company besides the granted options.

Control: If one had 49% of share and options as you described for 2% one could take control of the company? Extremely edge case.

She could hold them until just before the expiry to see if they do bounce back in the window.
That's certainly one way to interpret it. Not a very good one, but do you.
I myself have wanted this, but there's no way that I would run an exe like this without knowing what's in it!
This happened under Obama.
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Space is craaazy expensive for a lot more reasons though (ionization and lack of mission-redundancy are the big ones. Every launch is expensive, so every mission/satellite must have a bazillion nines).
I understand, I just don't get why a good job doesn't qualify. Work projects are much longer and more complicated than school projects, you're working with accomplished professionals in the field, and at a good office you're surrounded by people with the same traits and passion.

I know anecdotes don't mean much, but I'm sure you went to school with people who didn't give a shit, and I'm sure you've worked with great engineers who didn't go to college or have a non-CS degree. Obviously it's up to you who you hire, but I'd encourage you to give a couple non-degree candidates a shot next time. Just ask them questions about the stuff you've mentioned here. Tell me about some projects you've worked on, what are you passionate about, how do you keep up with current technology, etc. It's not that hard to make sure someone meets the same baseline of "you're committed enough to not drop out of college".
US citizens do not presently have to unlock anything or answer any questions to be granted entry after proving citizenship.
This sounds like the textbook definition of trolling. If you honestly believe the sea serpent guy I think you're probably the one being taken for a ride. You're right with the Wargames quote in any case though.
Many therapists I met don't grasp psychiatry, and if a patient with a psychiatric problems comes to them, they will not be equipped to recognise the underlying issue.

Hence, even with the best therapist, the patient may be fighting an uphill battle.

Also, many patients are hard to convince that medication may be helpful, so again - uphill battle.

Finally, for some issues we know that they have a strong genetic component (Anorexia?), but there are no good medications for it yet.

I imagine that controlled studies correct for underlying psychiatric symptoms, but in real practice this is often omitted. Kind of like the point #3 you mentioned.

From personal experience: I had some amazing therapists over the years. Really good, helped me with all the issues and traumas I had in my life. But until I got diagnosed with ADHD and received proper medication, my life was indeed getting worse and worse.

The therapists helped me to get water out of a ship, but it was a psychiatrist who helped me find out the hole and patch it up.
sigh

Sometimes I really should just ask instead of trying to do it all myself. Good to know. Facebook Free come this weekend.
But what's the mechanism that allows bad ideas to spread? It's not that they're winning the debate, it's that they're avoiding the debate altogether. The mediums that spread these bad ideas tend to be bad at debate but good at spreading ideas with an inherently viral quality.
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I'm totally missing the relationship between being poor and being obese. I just do not follow the link you're asserting. It seems like a big non sequitur.

I'd sort of think, that you, as an economist would go for more of a national tax on soda. Basic basic macro, subsidize what you want, and tax what you don't. You seem to not want soda and also want to punish food stamp users. A tax like that would be regressive, and seem to support your (as i understand them) twin goals.

Instead, you're advocating piling on regulation, making both government and commerce more difficult. I kind of think you're just trolling me, but i'm still willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

What exactly is the link between getting food stamps and being obese, and how dose resolving that alleged connection solve obesity in the united states?

edit

I see, after a careful reading, you're not asserting it would solve obesity. You're asserting that soda, if not subsidized would be consumed less, thus improving the situation.

I think you're underestimating people's willingness to use food stamps for other things and cash for soda. I think you're not really evaluating soda vs sugar and are sort of arbitrarily picking that one thing.

I think the costs of the regulations you're proposing would overshadow any effect on the 5% of 5% who's behavior actually changes.

But, ok, now i see, you're not trolling. You're moving the goalposts from soda to sugar - but ok, you're not crazy.
My reading between the lines is that the health care system is set up perfectly well to accommodate long lives, if and only if you can afford to access it. The authors actually controlled for GDP per capita, so they made their aims plain. Their explanations for poor health outcomes for disadvantaged minorities was also income related.

Not once did they ask the question "why are health outcomes so stratified by income and wealth in the U.S.?", because their ideology is that that is acceptable.
Hmmm...I'm confused. This is from their "How It Works" section on their website:

"Yup, that’s right. The only thing you pay for is your new device. How is it possible? Well, we spend our money on training awesome Experts instead of on building stores. So, you get an amazing experience instead of just a device."

That doesn't explain how it works at all. I'm guessing they have partnerships with the supplier so the customer pays the same price as retail and Enjoy gets a piece of the revenue. My understanding though is that these new hardware items usually have very thin margins. I would love to hear how they actually make money.
...which is ok. I mean, you're perfectly entitled to see me as or call me evil or stupid. But when you ignore a 2-page rebuttal of your opinion, and only respond to someone who called you names as an "example" of the abuse being thrown about by the opposition, that's just hypocrisy.
It happened in December. What is the relevance of who was President at the time?
The title alone does not necessarily imply anything negative, I guess. You could take it to mean that Mexico and Croatia will achieve astonishing gains in life expectancy in the near future that will put them on par with the richest nation on earth. Of course, if you read the article and know any further details of the situation around health care in the US (that life expectancy actually declined recently, that the US spends more on health care per capita than any other nation by far without a corresponding improvement in health outcomes), then it's pretty obvious why this is a bad thing. Unless you mean that people living as long as possible is not worth pursuing...
I need to read the text. US citizens already do not need to unlock devices to be permitted entry (although of course the agents will lie and say that you do), so hopefully this is for non-citizens that visit.

US CBP has already ruined one vacation of ours (my partner is Canadian) due to her unwillingness to unlock her phone at a US border crossing (this was months before Trump, and she was only singled out because she was traveling with
me).

Here's hoping for some common sense.
For tax purposes, how do you define a robot?
Indeed, the official title is "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel".
The article is chiefly about a music industry centric response to the DMCA and safe harbor. From the article...

At issue is section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) signed in 1998, which includes the "safe harbor" provisions that protect digital service providers such as YouTube from copyright infringement litigation by outlining a system to deal with illegal copyrighted material uploaded to its platform. Burnett, who serves on the advisory board of the Content Creators Coalition (c3) and submitted the video on behalf of the organization, says the current safe harbors provision has failed, allowing the internet to become a "digital black hole."
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>No, they don't. For that to work, this requires the proponents of bad ideas to respond to logic

You're missing what's at stake here. It is emphatically not to convince the speaker he is wrong. Often times they have ulterior motives at play that prevent them from recognizing or acknowledging that they were wrong. The point is to convince those who are on the fence or otherwise could be persuaded by the bad ideas. Seeing someone like Milo get pummeled in a debate does incredible damage to his brand and his ideas. It may do absolutely nothing to convince Milo he's wrong, but the ideas he's espousing now have resistance in the minds of potential followers.

Give potential followers the mental tools to resist the appeal of these messages, and the ideas die out with the hardliners.
Try this:

https://hackernoon.com/what-are-the-google-cloud-platform-gc...

Or for the really lazy:

https://twitter.com/gregsramblings/status/832223967096090624...
This opens a number of loopholes related mostly to income and estate tax avoidance. Shares of companies can be transferred to heirs for an arbitrary strike price and if they're never sold, there's no capital gain tax, no income tax and no estate tax liability generated. Rinse and repeat for multiple generations.

AMT is a quick fix to allow the government to tax the transfer of assets per se.
I'm a resident of Alabama, 49th on the list. Unhealthy lifestyles is the biggest cause and it cuts across racial lines.

* Astronomically high rates of obesity, diabetes, etc. across all genders, races and incomes.

* Poor diet. The food is delicious, but bad for you. In many places it is very difficult to find healthy food and when you do it tends to be limited in selection and expensive.

* Lack of physical activity. Everything is car oriented, no or very little public transit. Nothing is walkable, and you really don't want to when it's 100 degrees outside in the summer.

The thing that always surprises me is how our bad habits cut across all other demographic lines. I know just as many unhealthy rich people as poor people. Any way you slice it, the unhealthy lifestyle here is a problem.

(FWIW, I'm overweight but working like hell to get down since my doctor warned me that I was pre-diabetic. 50 pounds down, 40 to go!)
Nothing. Unless of course it happened under Trump.
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Reminds me of this article posted back in 2014 by Chris Palmer https://noncombatant.org/2014/03/03/downloading-software-saf...
The mistake here is the assumption that value comes from labor. Value is inherently subjective, depending on what the purchaser is willing to pay for, not due to intrinsic properties of whatever the good or service is.

Suppose in your raw iron example, instead of making steel or a car, you make an inferior product because either you or the people who work for you are incompetent. Suppose you make the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair, a car so horrible that it inspires the book "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader.

Even though nothing about the product or the labor used to produce it changes, your product loses value immediately because people don't want to buy a dangerous car. Your hypothetical multiplier turns negative overnight, even though your car is just as unsafe before the book as it was afterward. If the labor and your intelligence were the source of the labor, the value of the car should not change just because Ralph Nader says it's dangerous.
Weird. That is definitely not standard practice, at least as of a few months ago. Candidates provide their preferred languages and are supposed to be matched with interviewers who are familiar with them.
There needs to be some reasonable way to get your digital life into an E2E encrypted cloud, wipe your devices, fly into the police state you call home, and get setup again when you land. You can promise at the border that your head doesn't contain anything either.

I get very worried about traveling with an object as alien and shiny as a Yubikey. I don't know how I'd explain it to an aneurism in a Kevlar vest without triggering them with words like "encryption".
You'll need $10K to buy the options from your company. That's "Day 1". By Day 30 you need to file 83b with the IRS. And when it's time to pay your taxes for that year, you'll need to pay the IRS the taxes on the "income" you got from exercising the options. That is, if the strike price is $1 and the current market price for the shares is $3, the IRS sees that as a $20K income you made (even though you don't actually have liquid money).

If the delta between the strike price and the market price is large enough, you might actually pay the IRS more than you'll pay your company.
At least in New York, there are many Democrats campaigning on an anti-Trump platform. They use stories like this to justify their candidacy. Recognising that they did nothing about these issues is informative for primary coördination and voting.
Because there are good indications that it's going to get a lot worse.
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