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The poison was applied in two components (Binary VX). It is reported that one of the two woman indeed did get sick as she was exposed to the poison by her hand.
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Just to clarify, 150/month.
I'm getting tired of Uber. And AirBnB too for that matter. I don't know anything about the company, but the business model and rediculous valuation seems pretty much the same.
Google is shutting down Spaces
Yep...I've seen stories and comments referring to bare hands, gloved hands, hand with a cloth, and spray bottle. The video doesn't help much, as it's zoomed out pretty far.
I'm guessing, not surprisingly, that you felt really good typing this comment.
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>The transparency and humble tone is pretty unique.

Humble is an understatement. The man is a piece of work, that's for sure.

The HBO biographical documentary is insightful:

http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/becoming-warren-buffett
>Cloudflare has no control over their infrastructure.

It has via robots.txt.
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It depends on your definition of "liberal arts". The classical liberal arts (i.e. arts of a liberated person, as opposed to the servile arts) are music, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, grammar, logic, and rhetoric. So if you boil down computer science to its mathematical principles, you could make a decent case for it.

These days, the liberal arts generally relate to the humanities: language (e.g. English degree in the USA), fine arts, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, etc. It's the study of people and groups of people, instead of the physical world and the laws that operate on the physical world independently of the people that occupy it.
More likely would be Google Shutting Down Alphabet

Unless search and ads somehow die off as a cash cow catastrophically, that's always going to be the tail that wags the dog.
online.net. I got my machines off a promotion so you can't get the same setup probably, but they're very cheap anyhow and run other promotions all the time.
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Has anyone ever attended a shareholder meeting? Sounds kind of fun.
>>> import socket
>>> issubclass(socket.error, Exception)
True

It's been like this since Python 2.4 at least.
tldr;

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Quack, quack. I'm a duck.
It perplexes me that there are HN'ers who do not understand the risks involved.
I can understand that the passengers involved do not have an alternative that ensures their short term livelihood and may not be aware of the risks.
But seeing some of the HN'ers, who one would assume have a high school understanding of physics, have the same careless attitude is surprising.
"This team efficiently deals with a multitude of SEC and other regulatory requirements, files a 30,450-page Federal income tax return"

30,450 pages holy crap
It would be weird if details in a breaking news story didn't change
This is the modern Buddhist and psychology influenced interpretation of stoicism and apatheia.

Personally I don't see much evidence that this really was the case in the golden era of Stoicsm. Freedom from all passions was not the same as removal of emotion, but it was very close to it.

> not about becoming a hardened robot capable of taking any punishment.

This was exactly what Stoics of the old saw as ideal and this view was propagated in stories. Epicetus was a cripple and according to Origen his leg was broken by his master.

>Epictetus' master one day was twisting his slave's leg to help the time pass. Epictetus said calmly, "If you go on doing that, you will break my leg." The twisting went on and the leg broke. Epictetus observed mildly, "Didn't I tell you that you would break my leg?"

The story of Gaius Mucius Scaevola was also propagated by stoics. Mucius kept his hand over the fire without indicating any pain while it burned.
Britain's tired of experts, apparently...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/10/michael-goves-gui...

https://www.tiredofexperts.co.uk/
You always have dynamic typing as an escape. If that's what it takes, then that's an option, but I think in practice you'd be able to keep that sort of purity to a small portion of the program.

Haskell is a research language, which sometimes shows in the libraries. I'm not sure if I'd recommend it for general use; I'm more partial to Kotlin these days. It's definitely an interesting approach, though, and anyone who's designing languages ought to make themselves familiar.
After reading watching his doc [1] we were was inspired to build our art startup : https://PoPteam.io

no algos here - all hand crafted just as warhol liked it.

[1] https://youtu.be/UQXpqQO4vaE
There's one particular passage I'd like to point out, on page 5:

Our efforts to materially increase the normalized earnings of Berkshire will be aided – as they have been throughout our managerial tenure – by America’s economic dynamism. One word sums up our country’s achievements: miraculous. From a standing start 240 years ago – a span of time less than triple my days on earth – Americans have combined human ingenuity, a market system, a tide of talented and ambitious immigrants, and the rule of law to deliver abundance beyond any dreams of our forefathers.
You need not be an economist to understand how well our system has worked. Just look around you. See the 75 million owner-occupied homes, the bountiful farmland, the 260 million vehicles, the hyper-productive factories, the great medical centers, the talent-filled universities, you name it – they all represent a net gain for Americans from the barren lands, primitive structures and meager output of 1776. Starting from scratch, America has amassed wealth totaling $90 trillion.

I don't often see this sort of pride in America. Normally the flavors I do observe are hyper-nationalistic and filled with bravado, while the tone here is lauding yet reserved. There's a sense of authenticity delivered in the way Warren Buffett - an extremely humble, yet successful man - talks about the way his country has helped him succeed. It's austere.

This isn't part of the regularly scheduled programming for threads about his letters (mostly we like to champion index funds or debate the utility of active investing), but it's what really struck me this time around. Juxtapose his words here with the same category of conversation about America in many other contexts and contrast the integrity involved. In a time when America appears to be experiencing quite a bit of social and political volatility, it is refreshing to hear optimism from a source that does not appear to use it as an instrument of control.

EDIT: Well this has since ignited a debate about America's cultural identity and history of imperialism...not really the spirit of what I was going for but here we are I guess...
Or perhaps more realistic in the short term: Google announcing to shut down Gmail beta(tm) over the next several months.
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Wouldn't this be hard to exploit from an attackers poitn of view? I mean there is no way to know what data was currently in RAM, it is at best a blind attack.
I imagine it's not an easy task guessing about proportionally spaced fonts, overlapping bounding boxes, columns, tables, wrapping, and so forth.
I didn't use Google Spaces beyond "let me look at this--okay not interested", but it seemed similar to Facebook Workplace (or even just Facebook groups, really), which seems fairly functional.

Are there specific features of Spaces you're looking for?
We all care until we get out of school, and then we just rationalize our behavior.

I understand making a living. I don't understand having to be the Rock Star.

And why do we strive so hard to claw our way to the top of people we despised in school?

That perfect female--for the most part. And then it's the more perfect females later on. Let's just be honest. Oh, then it's more toys. Then it's only buying the best for our spawn.

I think we need to say no.

We need to read any bible, a tiny bit. We don't need to believe--just read. Not pick out obscure passages, and debTe them, but read it like we read Sun Sue.

Will things ever change--probally not. In America, you need to be a Rock Star to pay the bills, or end up Homeless. There just doesn't seem to be a middle anymore.

I think it's the erosion of morality, and ethics that bothers me the most. I see the erosion in all industries, and professions--especially white collar professions.
I thought the same thing. There are so many other options in the Python toolbox, Enum is far from the first I would reach for. Not sure what the benefit is.
Saw a few remarks about the "bleakness" or "uncaring" of the "universe".

That view of the universe is in error, people are part of the universe and they certainly care. To view the universe without humanity is to not view the universe.

There is bleakness in the universe for sure, but there is also compassion and caring.
I’ll be the first person to admit I have no idea what postmodernism actually means

It means it means there's no right or wrong way to do it, everything's subjective. Which is actually the exact opposite of the Python philosophy!
I don't think a whole region can really be called a meritocracy - that strikes me as a pervasive myth. It would seem that meritocracy is something that a lot of SV companies strive for, but you'll always get companies that operate like Uber where meritocracy takes a back seat to politics and posturing.
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Usually only the big tech companies and well-funded startups can afford to use device fingerprinting in addition with auth tokens. This essentially involves keeping track of the last time you logged in, your IP address, your device characteristics then notifying if there is an unusual change in any of those metrics.

For instance, although I have never been to China, I once got a notification from Facebook that someone attempted a password reset on my account from China. This was shortly after the publication of LinkedIn's stolen database of users which affected millions of users including my account.
This was like a year ago, but I'll let her know, thanks. :)
Warren Buffett is an expert salesperson, and this tone is the exquisitely crafted product of 70 years of salesmanship. Buffett has worked tirelessly to build his public image, and his "aw-shucks" act is a critical part of that. His image of a down-to-earth person with unquestionable integrity* has enabled him to lock down investment deals under the most favorable possible terms.

*) read one of his biographies to see he's not afraid to play dirty
Here some great contemporary introductions to Stoicism:

1. William B. Irvine, "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy", https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195...

This is an introduction to Stoic thought as it applies today by a professor in philosophy, very clearly written. Great for first exposure. It (sensibly) skips some of the more arcane stuff, such as Stoic metaphysics (historically relevant, but really obsolete).

2. Donald Robertson, "Stoicism and the Art of Happiness",
https://www.amazon.com/Stoicism-Art-Happiness-Teach-Yourself...

This is a touch more academic and historic on one hand, and very practical and text-book-like on the other hand, in that it has self-assessments, key points, exercises for every section. Excellent second book. The author also has a course, blog and FAQ at http://donaldrobertson.name

3. Epictetus' Enchiridion is available on Project Gutenberg, btw. It's very short, and many things are not really relevant today anymore, yet surprisingly many sections still "speak to us".

4. Note also that Tom Wolfe's huge novel "A Man in Full" is suffused with Stoic themes.

I find Stoicism quite wise, and still substantial enough when you subtract all the obsolete superstition (which cannot be said of, for example, Abrahamic religions). Certainly good for tranquility and empathy. Sometimes hard to translate into positive action, though, I find.
I'd suggest that isn't the case. I don't need a parent figure for me to fear or appease in order to act kindly to others, nor do I expect them to need one to act kindly to me.
With regard to your first sentence, could you give an example of a specific way to hedge capital? I'm not sure I understand.
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I agree. The benefits of static typing (catching trivial errors, documentation) usually do not outweigh the costs.

https://www.infoq.com/presentations/dynamic-static-typing
Tired of people taking quotes out of context too. What Gove actually said was that the country was tired of self-proclaimed experts who always turned out to be wrong. Which is not an unreasonable thing to assert.
It took me 30 minutes to read the complete letter. It was time well spent. I learned why the property/casualty insurance business has a really good business model. It also reminds me to walk away from deals where the financial fundamentals are wrong, but our competition is eager to sign. And finally, I feel that his humble tone is honest and that he is trying teach by showing his considerations, successes and failures.
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It works for me-

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Thanks for this, osti.

As a stoicism fanboy I partly agree, and if it wasn't pouring outside I'd run to my local bookshop to get something from this Nietzsche fella. Any suggestion?
What does this list of books (and its "curators") have to do with David Bowie?
"As an experiment I downloaded my entire archive"

I've wanted to do this, but in order to do it, you need to verify your email address with Twitter. Whenever I request the verification email nothing is sent or delivered. (Checked spam and everything). Twitter's support hasn't responded to my inquires, so I'm basically stuck. Anyone happen to have a solution for this?
I think more likely is some point where Google search has no organic results, but rather, a mix of "KG", widgets, and ads. You can already see the progression...there's many searches that include nothing but Google content until you scroll way below the fold.

Edit: One interesting query is "cancer cure". On my reasonably large monitor, nothing organic showing unless I scroll down. Anything travel related is similar, like "vegas hotels".

Edit2: If you disagree that the importance of the plain organic results is fading, please explain why they keep moving down. Google does understand what "below the fold" means in terms of what's important and what's not. In fact, the algorithm penalizes sites that place the important content below the fold, beneath things that are self-serving.
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Any screenshots of what this looks like running?
Oh, just look frankly at what the company is really doing. Selling ads? What do more ads do? Sell more stuff (we don't need - if we did, it mostly wouldn't need ads). Does planet Earth need more manufactured stuff?

The point is, if your company is willing to make money at any cost (all do - shareholder responsibility), and you are work for it, you are a part of the problem.
"My calculation, admittedly very rough, is that the search by the elite for superior investment advice has caused it, in aggregate, to waste more than $100 billion over the past decade."
Suppose you're a business with a lot of positive cash flow, but you also have a lot of exposure to the USD-MXN exchange rate. Maybe you have factories in Mexico but sell to the US, it doesn't matter. In that case you can pay a hedge fund to hedge your money so that if the exchange rate collapses you make enough money on the stock market to compensate, so your business will survive until the exchange rate climbs back.

Most businesses have very high exposure to one section of the market, so wanting to hedge is natural. If your business makes toilet paper you have it easy because no matter what happens demand for your product won't collapse overnight. If you make cars then economic recessions are scary because new car sales will drop like a brick, and you need to hedge.
I would argue that index funds make the most sense for most millionaires these days, too. For the most part, if a hedge fund is actually worth investing in (and there are quite a few), only institutions will have the capital to play.
I don't interpret Stoicism as succumbing to the naturalistic fallacy though (as in, what happens naturally is good, "is=ought"), but rather see it as an epistemological injunction, that is: you have to see things in the eyes and try hard to see and understand the world as it is.
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Not the parent but I posted a plausible explanation to your question here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13731656
Agree, but to be fair, it's just 3 paragraphs or so, and it's not even aiming to cover the fundamentals. More of a "look here what I found, and how it's helped me."
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Some discussion of the famously stoic Seneca from BBC's excellent In Our Times series, at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fh0bh
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There exist libraries that provide 'duck types' and other goodness for type hinting.

typecheck [0] is one (which can also run-time enforce the check) used like:

import typecheck as tc

def logathing(
dest: tc.hasattrs('write'),
thing: tc.any(int, float, str),
prefix: tc.optional(str)=None
):
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[0] - https://github.com/prechelt/typecheck-decorator
The OP was almost certainly being sarcastic.
I'm at the point that I don't even try new Google products because I don't trust that they will stay around. I got burned too many times: Wave, Knol, Google Health, Buzz, Notebook, Answers, and most importantly Google Reader.

There is just no way I'm investing time in any new Google product. They are untrustworthy.

For instance, why on earth would I want to use Allo when still Hangouts exists? We know one or both will get cancelled within a year or two. I'm not going to sick my neck out and try to get my friends and family to use one of those platforms only for them to go away.
The resource efficiency argument is quite separate from the moral argument based on the intrinsic value of animal life.

Unless you are arguing it's more moral to eat 1kg of grain than 10kg of grass or something like that.
Every time I get an email letting me know about an upcoming shareholder meeting, I think about this. Haven't been to one yet.
> That doesn't mean it's entirely zero sum, though, because money still flows from bad businesses towards good businesses as a result.

Buffet's point is that it's negative-sum. A gambler might win today, but lose tomorrow, and his counterparty will get the opposite, but the house wins on every transaction. While the players churn, the market makers and rent seekers will drain the system of money, in aggregate.
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Thank you for Airtable, I'm a big fan, especially of the Zapier integration. Lately there has been a lot of discussion on Hacker News about projects like Opps Daily [1] and Nugget [2], where people write in about some pain point they have in their daily job that might be solved by custom-built software. I get the impression that Airtable + Zapier could solve a lot of those use cases.

--
[1] http://oppsdaily.com/
[2] https://nugget.one/daily
I originally heard it while watching CSPAN, but I'm glad to be able to find a source that at least confirms the high points:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/11/17...
I suppose. But, see, for example, the recent Cloudflare issues. They were pretty transparent, but missed big on the "humble" part. I don't think there would have been anything but upside had they gone with a humble approach.
I've done a fair bit of testing and while their cache rate wasn't as high as Akamai, it wasn't as bad as you're making it sound: something like 50% vs. 60%.

One of the challenges here is popularity: if you're a major site, yes, Akamai will have content cached at most of those 140k POPs but sites with different blends of cacheability and global traffic distribution might see a better cache hit ratio with fewer POPs so things stay hot in the cache longer.

These are complicated services so the results are going to bay widely depending on what you need (e.g. having an optimized site means that every optimizer service I've tried made performance worse), and how much you can adjust your application to work with the CDN and tech changes like HTTP/2. The other reason why blanket statements aren't worth the time needed to make them is that these are not free services and you can get easily find cases where service A is better than service B but not enough so to justify the price.

(Add for the DoS tools, note that that's pronounced “feature” by most people and at least personally I never see them except when testing through a commercial hosting company's network. Tor users whine a lot about them but that's just entitlement and unwillingness to think critically about what a site owner sees from their peers.)
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Buffet has structured his business to give him permanent advantage. The core of Berkshire Hathaway is the insurance business, GEICO and Berkshire Reinsurance. These companies are very profitable and generate steady cash inflow. His cash is cheaper compared other investors who get leverage using financial sector and must hedge against loss. This is important when times are tough, money is tight and stock valuations are low. When other investors must sell something they own or take expensive loan to buy what they want, Buffet is drowning in cash and looking ways to spend it.

from page 8:

>One reason we were attracted to the P/C business was its financial characteristics: P/C insurers receive
premiums upfront and pay claims later. In extreme cases, such as claims arising from exposure to asbestos,
payments can stretch over many decades. This collect-now, pay-later model leaves P/C companies holding large
sums – money we call “float” – that will eventually go to others. Meanwhile, insurers get to invest this float for
their own benefit. Though individual policies and claims come and go, the amount of float an insurer holds
usually remains fairly stable in relation to premium volume. Consequently, as our business grows, so does our
float. .... We recently wrote a huge policy that increased float to more than $100 billion

They have $100 billion float. That's incredible.
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That's deprecated :(