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> It sounds like you believe it to be self-evident that pay equality was a problem in the past but not presently.

I've made no such claim.

I do believe that there is not a significant disparity in pay or opportunity based on gender alone in the tech industry in the US today. That belief is based on my own experience, which is subjective, and therefore I wouldn't presume to tell others that they should share it.
The taxpayers of the state would be the (trivial) cost this bill would incur (basically, the cost of printing it: it's a statement of intent and nothing more) out of existing taxes.
I've noted a marked decline in North Face quality compared to even 5 years ago (Steep Series notwithstanding). It's a shame, they used to be one of my go-to brands when I wanted to spend a bit more but get solid gear.

MEC in Canada has the same problem. Sometime around when their logo changed from the mountains to a modern box with "MEC" written in it they stopped stocking as much high quality gear and much of their in house stuff saw a decline in durability/functionality in the name of fashion. Although speaking to people who work there they had solid market research showing that the old audience of hardcore outdoorspeople would no longer be enough to support them as it was shrinking fairly rapidly.

These days I mostly stick to Arc'teryx outers/shells, Patagonia for my mid layers, and icebreaker for baselayers. All of my gear from any of those companies has proven to be reliable and durable if pricey. I've heard good things about Peak Performance and Rab as well, but I've yet to purchase anything from them.

Edit: since this is now the recommend brands that are good but people maybe haven't heard of thread, I'd also like to plug Hestra, Fjallraven, and Osprey Packs
I can't get over the cognitive dissonance of these two points:

> (2) Californians, as individuals, employers, and taxpayers have experienced a rise in the cost of health care and health care coverage in recent years

> (4) Individuals often find that they are deprived of affordable care and choice because of decisions by health benefit plans guided by the plan’s economic needs rather than consumers’ health care needs.

So (2) is saying health care costs are rising, which is bad. And (4) is saying insurance companies are making decisions based on price, which is also bad. You can't have it both ways. Either we should keep costs down, in which case some procedures will be denied as they are too expensive, or we pay for every procedure imaginable, causing prices to go up.
It seems extremely unlikely that superluminal travel is possible, so at some point intelligent life becomes like magnetic monopoles... maybe they exist, but we're never going to meet while either species is alive. You're ignoring just how huge space is, and how meaningless it would be if a civilization rose and fell a million or a billion light years away.
There are people working on that for the interior mountain states.
My Dad was prescribed tramadol for arthritis pain. Apparently tramadol is the entry level opioid. He reported to me zero relief from the pain and "poop like bricks". He doesn't want to take any more.

I've encouraged both parents to try legal marijuana products in their state before experimenting more with anything opioid related.
I do not want to sound like I am arguing with you for the sake of arguing, but I have lost weight and several of my friends and family have lost weight without feeling hungry by switching to a low carb (ketogenic) diet. It was so crazy to eat mostly fatty food and green vegetables and lose weight very quickly. One major thing I noticed was how much longer I was able to go without eating on this diet without feeling hungry. I used to feel very ill if I did not eat at least 3 meals at day. I can now, if I choose, eat a snack in the early afternoon and then eat dinner and feel fine (1.5 meals instead of 3).
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Worked for many other countries. Seems to be quite a bit cheaper for individuals and nations as well. Not sure if it will work on a state level though.
I'm excited to see this show up on hacker news.

As a Santa Monica resident, I'd gladly pay more in taxes for universal coverage. The only way that we are going to achieve federal universal coverage is via states paving the way. Just as "Romney care" was a predecessor to the ACA, so can healthy California pave the way for the US to join the rest of the modern world with guaranteed access.
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You're right. I skimmed too quickly and misunderstood the role of the billionaire. Sorry, and thanks for pointing it out.

I'd delete the comment if I could.
I don't understand this. Maybe I'm uneducated on "acts"?

> It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system for the benefit of all residents of the state.

This is literally the meat of the bill. The actual changes would still have to be voted on in separate bills, right? What is the point of this?
> What the fk is going on that I can work for years on teams of 90% men?

You have to seperate "unattractive to women" with sexism.

For example it's a truism of our field that to get reasonable pay rises you have to job hop.

Woman tend to want to stick around in a job longer than men. So it's a big negative for them.

Women tend to prefer building close relationships in the workplace. In a field that values technical competence above language and cultural compatibility it's harder to build these relationships. Again another big negative for women wanting to work in software dev.

Or consider that we as an industry love new and shiny and see how compatible that is with women who want to be able to take a few years off for children.

I could go on and on.

All these factors make our industry unattractive to many women... but they aren't sexist.

As a male software dev who works on older legacy software I am constantly judged when I interview for not keeping up with the industry.
There's a difference between those two things. The first one is protected under the First Amendment: the government cannot attack you for it. The second one has nothing to do with the government. Such a person may feel oppressed, but that's just being socially ostracized for having an unpopular opinion. People aren't entitled to being treated a certain way by their peers as long as they don't stray from the law.

To be fair, doxing is a problem and -- especially as a group -- people can get awfully close to that line of the law. This does need to be addressed, though I'm not sure how.
Vermont tried this a few years ago, they had to cancel it since in the end it wasn't financially feasible [1]. CA is already dealing with severe budget issues [2][3], so while it sounds nice in theory I'm hesitant to believe the finances actually work out.

[1] http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/single-payer-vermont-1...

[2] http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-davis-d...

[3] http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/26/californias-revenue-picture-d...
Plus Kaggle is a good tool for weeding out talent. Sending an ML candidate a kaggle competition is much better than a traditional code interview.
Modern trend is to deny simple physics.

Of course some people are more addicted to food than others, some eat more healthy than others. But the solution nevertheless is the same.
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Yes, and reality is just an application of the universal wave function. Just derive your diet from that.

Claiming "calories in calories out end of story" is like saying "the solution to aids and unwanted pregnancies is condoms." People are still getting HIV and unwanted pregnancies, and most of them know about condoms. What gives? "The solution" doesn't take into account we are mammals with millions of years of evolutionary programming driving our every action.

Honestly, ending conversations because of CICO prevents people from exploring the real problem. It's counter productive. Please take a moment and listen.
Healthcare is such a massive hurdle to entrepreneurship, this would be huge!
Puerto Rican here. Are you based in Puerto Rico? We should organize a HN meetup in the island.
This is my hypothesis right now. It was recently reported that the CIA was withholding material from Trump - while the FBI helped him get elected.

People assume this needs mastermind-level capability. It just needs motive and capability. All it takes is one CIA defector or a previously existing plant.

I would think securing inside intel on other government institutions would be pretty standard. How else can you check that they're not compromised by Russians ;)
Doesn't seem like a hard sell to get Oregon & Washington on board, politically.
This will likely be funded from income tax. As a mid-30s person who earns a decent tech salary and has zero hope of buying a house in the decent parts of the SF Bay area, I think this is another case of taking from the young to feed the old. We should totally do this single-payer thing and pay for it via a wealth tax (that takes the current price of your home into account). Lets make it tiny .. say 0.5% a year.
And yet knowing that doesn't solve obesity at a societal level. How do you actually get enough people to do that? We have no idea.
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> edit2: The previous poster partially quoted a sentence, others would be well served if they read the full sentence.

What? llukas quoted a full sentence.

And I don't think you understand the term ‘green-washing’. It's when a company that has a bad environmental reputation does some sort of (tokenistic) project to appear ‘green’.
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>I mean what exactly is the load that causes this?

For one thing, other forums would use a database, whereas (from what I understand, but don't necessarily comprehend) Hacker News uses Lisp objects in memory, and flat files. We know how simple it might be to refactor in, say, PHP or Node but who knows what kind of eldritch Lisp weirdness this thing has going on under the hood?
On x86-64 Debian hosts you can install binfmt-support an qemu-user-static packages. You'll need to copy the qemu-armeb-static binary inside the container image.

Then you just build inside a container normally, and the kernel will run the ARM binaries inside qemu-user, translating the ARM system calls to x86-64.

If you don't control the host (ie, someone else's hosted CI service), you can do some sleazy hacks documented here:
https://resin.io/blog/building-arm-containers-on-any-x86-mac...

I've been meaning to try copying a cross-compiler and cross-binutil into the container, to make things faster (no need to binary-translate ARM gcc/ld to x86-64), but without statically linking the compiler/binutils, it turns into a library nightmare. In theory this should be possible with multi-arch, but I haven't invested the time to try to make it go yet.
This is now a complete tangent, but I find it fascinating that Nixon could've won the largest popular vote margin in history [1] both before [2] and after [3] committing treason against the American people. Similarly, other terrible presidents [4][5][6] have been widely popular during their term, with people only turning against them several years later, once it becomes clear what went on.

It should be comforting, though, that so far they have always turned eventually - as the evidence for Watergate became overwhelming, the public made it clear there were some lines that could not be crossed. I suspect we will see something similar with Trump once it becomes clear that things are not going to get materially better for the people who voted for him, but it may take several years and possibly a second term. In the meantime, those of us see just how shitty & insane the Trump administration is will have to be content to be Cassandra.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/opinion/sunday/nixons-vie...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce
My wife lost about 70lbs and has kept it off for over three years. She is a fitness nut now (bar and ring muscle ups, handstand walks and handstand pushups, olympic lifting...). It is constant battle for her to manage her calorie and macro nutrient intake.
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The point is that until this last century the average human didn't have to obsess over this stuff as much as we do now. No keto, no HIIT, no fitness trackers, no low carb, no leptin management.

You ate what you could get your hands on and you mostly stayed in pretty average shape because food wasn't that stimulating, that heavily processed, heavily advertised, and you have to be a lot more mobile than you are today. Humans didn't evolve to have to count calories, no animal in nature does it or is capable of doing that effectively.
Only if CA can negotiate lower costs, especially pharmaceuticals.
Losing a significant amount of weight and keeping it off is difficult but possible. My brother and I both did it, but in very different ways.

Personally, I maxed out at a BMI of 34. I lost about 70 pounds, got back into the normal BMI range, and have stayed there for about a decade now. I changed my diet, changed my physical activities, and changed a lot of habits and modes of thinking. That last one is perhaps most important of all. For example, as kids, we were taught not to waste food, and that meant eating everything there was. Well, cleaning your plate (and the pot) isn't going to put food on the plates of starving children. Whether you eat it or not, the waste happened at the supermarket when you bought too much food!

My brother saw me losing weight and wanted to do it too, so I tried to help him. He hated the food I was now eating. He didn't want to work out. He didn't want to change the way he thought. Instead, he got a lot fatter and, eventually, a sleeve gastrectomy. He's not in the normal BMI range yet, but he's been making steady progress and it's not optional for him. He literally can't eat enough to stay fat. His stomach is now tiny and fills up rather quickly. The prep for the surgery was harsh, and included a brutal, several week long crash diet. The surgery itself went off without a hitch, but he still had to recover on a morphine drip. I have no idea what kind of pain that involves, but it can't be pleasant. Bottom line, he thought he was choosing the easy way at the time, but we now both know it was the hard way. Harder by far. I got healthy. He inflicted a disability on himself that has the side-effect of losing weight. He still isn't active and, not surprisingly, has terrible energy levels.

After both our experiences, I can reasonably say the media does a terrible job of helping people. It tells them about healthy things to eat, but never mentions these things are only healthy if you eat them instead of your usual fare, and in appropriate amounts. It tells people they need to be ripped, cross-fitting gym-bunnies to be fit, when doing just about anything besides sitting on your butt will be an improvement for many people. Finding a physical activity you can enjoy is far more important than being ripped. Above all, it rarely attempts to help people change the way they think, which is the key to making permanent changes.

TL;DR: If I had to offer one piece of advice to those wishing to lose weight and become more active, it would be to ignore all the crap articles out there on diet fads and gym-crazes and pay some attention to how you think about food and activity. Change how you think, and everything else will come as a consequence of that change.
Very much agree. I wrote this about single payer, entrepreneurship and my time in Italy:

https://journal.dedasys.com/2017/02/22/entrepreneurship-and-...
Interesting idea.

In practice, I wonder if there'd be a grace period, e.g. your insurance doesn't kick in until you've lived in California a year. However, since so many jobs start your insurance benefits on day 1, I'd expect this would have to as well.
Really, MIT? https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/29/the-inside-stor...

Why doesn't the university just send that money to Schwartz's family instead?
> Calories in - calories out = fat accumulation. It is literally that simple.

That is a gross oversimplification. Countless people, including myself, on ketogenic diets can attest to that.
Honestly, from my sysadmin perspective, I don't give much of a damn about installation time, provided it's not absurd (e.g. picking a figure out of thin air 30 minutes?)

What I care about around install, is can I do it in a automatable fashion, including all configuration. I don't want to have to do anything by hand after the first exploration and evaluation work!
This isn't really an "in theory." Welfare states are fundamentally incompatible with open borders until we live in a world where equivalent levels of welfare are available everywhere. The incentives just don't add up.

On the other hand it could still work if the benefit is only available to Californians who have lived there for X years. Not sure about the legality of this though -- states can discriminate this way for in-state University tuition, but in Zobel v. Williams the Supreme Court ruled that Alaska couldn't pay out Permanent Fund dividends based on how long you had lived in Alaska (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund).
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There need not be a law. The simple fact that US CBP can (and did) ask you to open your social media accounts and browse through implies that what you post on social media can act against you.
This matches my experience as well. The transition period (~1.5 weeks, but especially brutal on days 2-5) was rough, but once established, it was the easiest diet to stay on if you could control your environment and mostly cook for yourself or choose where to eat.

It is somewhat harder to stay on the diet while traveling, attending conferences, or business meetings. Having a host choose a place to eat, offer you local cuisine, etc makes it harder to stay in keto. Hunger though, was never a problem after the first full week.
I'm not trying to defend my side or persuade anyone. I have no clue where you got that idea.

I agree that shaming people isn't a good way to argue but they're still selfish by definition and morally in the wrong.

Your original conjecture wasn't even about what you are talking about now. You kept complaining about the terms used by someone else. Your previous assertions were all based on bad definitions and anecdotes.
Last I checked, single-payer health care in the US is not one of the signs of the apocalypse.

Unless you mean "It's going to be designed by the California legislature, therefore we're doomed to a horrible and expensive failure", in which case, yeah, that seems likely.
> with a near infinite supply of bodies right at the gates, willing to do almost everything for scraps

It does not have to be like that, it is just what you believe.
I'm not sure what exactly do you have to counter to this. If you really don't know 20th century history, then that would be extremely disturbing.

Of course I don't expect these things to be taught in school history programs there, but come on.

Just some random, well know items one can find within 10 minutes...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d'%C3%A9t...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Indonesia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_intervention_in_...

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/08/35_countries_the_u_s_has_bac...

http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/20/mapped-the-7-governments...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_authoritarian_regimes_...

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/cia-releases-files-that-descr...
Yes you can. As a 6th largest economy in the world [1] California can negotiate prices down by 50-60% to be comparable to Canada/UK. [2]

Besides, the existing state program (medi-cal) already covers over 1/3 of CA residents [3]. So it looks like if we lower the cost by 60% we can get pretty close to normal healthcare situation using the existing budget.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states...

[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/03/26/21-gr...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medi-Cal
Our culture has acquired a lot of poor health habits that are seemingly inescapable, depending on your socioeconomic background:

* Most industrial food products are adulterated with dairy, sugar, or both

* Industrial food is also cheap and widespread. It takes dedication to avoid it or restrict its impact: At parties, the default non-alcoholic beverage is sugar water, and the default food is pizza

* "Sleep is for the weak" is an oft-repeated, sometimes praised meme

* Driving everywhere is expected in many cities. In some neighborhoods, "taking a walk" is looked upon with suspicion

* Most jobs now are low on physical intensity, while work hours and work-related stress remain high

* The most popular recreations involve "screen time"

* Fitness is polluted with snake oil, "bro science" superstition, and image-driven advice; exercise and training itself as a form of character-building is viewed derisively

* Diet advice is similarly polluted with snake oil and superstition. Commerce drives the market, leading to quick-fix bandaids that promise a temporary change followed by a return to the original (unhealthy) habit

Lots of people are stuck in this scenario, because it takes uncommon dedication and some financial freedom to break with the culture and build a lifestyle of your own design. When their health fails we all pay the price.
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Well, are you calorie counting and have been for a while? If you are not losing over a span of months, you are probably not burning as much as you estimate to do.
Just curious why you would gladly pay more? Can you elaborate?
It honestly is pretty simple, self-control and discipline. I lost 75lbs over the last year. I was at my high weight (250) for over 8 years. I finally just gave up almost all "sugary" things, which was the most difficult part, I didn't realize I was so addicted. I ate much less calories than I used to. I started exercising regularly, not too much at first, but eased myself into it. After 4 months, and a significant weight loss, I stepped up my calorie intake a bit and then started exercising more vigorously. Currently I go through periods of eating a lot, and then eating very little. My weight continues to go down. It really is simple, if you can get over the feelings of "severe hunger" for the first few months you can shrink your stomach. I hardly get hungry anymore, and have been trying to eat more recently to get my stomach a bit bigger so I don't lose too much. It's just willpower and dedication. Companies are to blame for making it easy to eat unhealthy, but I feel healthier than I ever did just by cooking my own meals and eating a reasonable amount.
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Key people left North Face over a decade ago, and some started Mountain Hardware. Then they moved on from there as well.

I like the way Voormi is coming together. Really high quality from a small company. Also Big Agnes for tents, sleeping bags, and the like.
Can only women be victims of sexism then?
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Do you mean you use pipelinedb and citus or do you mean you use citus to cluster pipelinedb?

I never thought to try mixing the two since pipelinedb has their own commercial product for clustering. You should write a blog post on that if you were able to cluster pipelinedb with citus.