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I don't think the technology in Lain was merely aesthetic. Sure, it did not behave literally like real world technology, but its dynamics within the show mirror its more subtle dynamics in the real world in a very exaggerated way. It's essential to Lain that technology and spirituality form an alloy. And beneath the lofty spiritual themes, there's Lain's """personal""" psychology, a glimpse into the mind of a technological super-intelligence.

Human societies and technological infrastructure are already complex enough to behave sort of like intelligent beings. They comprise humans and machines but are inhuman and more than mechanical. I find Lain to be one of the most thought provoking examination of the psychology of such super-intelligence that I've enjoyed.
This may be a silly question, but where are all of the stars? This image is amazing! I love that you can even see the moon. When I saw this I thought, if I can see the earth and its moon clearly from Saturn, then I should be able to see Saturn and her moons from Earth (then I remembered all of the stars, and how hard it would be to make that out in the night sky).
> This part is actually much harder than it looks.

Not really, at least I've found keeping data much harder than deleting it. The only hard part is backups.
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I just bought a wireless card from ThinkPenguin a couple weeks ago. Very pleased with the transaction.
> language is designed for communication between humans.

Unlike machines, humans do not always just want to exchange factual information about the world, and often use communication for additional purposes - jockeying for status, claiming membership in groups, and yes, playing games. This can even be quite enjoyable for the humans in question, for example, mutual flirtation.

In this example, one of the bits of information that can conveyed by being a bit more thoughtful about the use of pronouns is where the human in question might fall on a scale between "I am aware that there is pervasive and systematic discrimination against one class of human, and do not wish to take even small part in it." and "I believe all relevant systematic discrimination is in the past."
I don't know why this seems to be so hard for people to understand. We already have, very effective I might add, laws that tackle grey areas. The entire notion of "due diligence" in business is this exactly. As a business you have to prove that you did all that a "reasonable" (deliberately vague to allow the term to grow as technology does) entity would to follow the law.

Suddenly the idea of "fake news" isn't so murky. A reporter doing his/her due diligence in 2003 could have concluded there were wmds in Iraq, a reporter in 2017 that says the same is a hawker of fake news. It's not a hard bar to apply, especially to the most grievous offenders today (the Breitbarts and Huffington posts of the world for example).

There's no overlord trying to hide the conspiracies of the world, it's just bringing a much needed regulation to the news, as essential component to the modern democracy.
This is nuts!
> However, what drives me crazy is how are we supposed to get the medicine?

It might be too soon to call this "medicine," a word with certain emotional associations. The article includes many interesting and intriguing anecdotes, but to date the described effects haven't been examined in a properly designed double-blind study (a study with two or more groups and no practical way for the subjects or experimenters to know which group is which[1]).

We must all remember that the placebo effect is particularly persuasive -- some would say confounding -- in the evaluation of mental states.

On the other hand, the so-called "war on drugs" has made it difficult to study these substances without legal entanglements, a factor that by itself may have held back legitimate research for decades.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_experiment#Double-blin...
Why are the us cops such raging douche nozzles? After every interaction I've had with a cop in the us, I left hoping they get shot soon.

I've never seen cops in other countries be like this.
It was a credit union, not one of the massive ones, but beyond that I'd rather not say.
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I had deleted my unroll.me account several months back - yet I still receive emails from time to time about the new subscriptions I have. They've not had permissions in my Google account since I deleted my account, so it's odd that I keep getting emails from them.
Because, as I'm reading the response, the original post had a number of inaccuracies and FUD that it's not a good idea to leave out there unanswered since people will then assume they are true.
By "mobile" I guess I meant the kind of stuff companies get away with on mobile; walled garden, limited control, aggressive updates, etc. If they would just give control back to the power users, there would be no more discussion about it. They could do it easily but they show no signs of going back.

If you're referring specifically to the various DEs on Linux desktop, I agree, there are a ridiculous amount of options, none of them doing "modern" super well. Personally, I'm on Xfce and that is because it doesn't do "modern" on purpose. DEs were feature complete in 1995, everything else has been useless fluff.
I believe there was an app called Quic that shut down, but I heard that Facebook has some sort of live feature for streaming video.
I still think stopping Abuse is the right thing to do for all the talented Indians who get stuck on H1B forever.
You started on the wrong foot. Learning from someone who cannot explain his own code is not the right context to learn any tech.

Redux is a modern implementation of CQRS/Event sourcing, a design pattern that existed before you even started coding. Many developers, in different languages, learned it and used it (if you want to implement an undo stack for instance, there is not a lot of other solutions around). Trust yourself and your intelligence. Our devs learn it in about 3h with our training program and get a return on investment in about a week.

MobX is nice and if it fits you, go for it. If you are a hands-on kind of guy, you may discover the limits of MobX by using it, and from the trenches finally understand why Redux, and why does it need 3 objects (a store, a reducer, an action).
This sounds very much like one side of the story.

"I was essentially arrested for filming a police checkpoint in Manchester, New Hampshire"

I don't want to defend the police, but that sounds like there is a lot of information missing here. Why was he filming the police? What did other people do at/to/near the checkpoint? Was he alone or part of a group or even a mob?
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I founded an email marketing / lead generation startup, MailMunch. We saw 1 billion unique pageviews in the last year :)
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I did some warehouse work as a teenager. I wasn't a number. I was fresh meat in a violent, snide culture where there weren't any coherent processes or data. I'm a tough bloke, so one-armed Wally and angry Floyd did not ruin my summer. But if I were to go back into a warehouse again, I'd much rather have metrics and a data-driven system of accountability that applies to everyone. It beats an unstructured tyranny where overhead lighting is deliberately broken so cruel stuff can happen in dark corners.
I agree with this point.

I do think it's important to consider, however, that — contrary to the belief that React.js is a cesspool of anti-patterns — that we're actually watching creative destruction at it's best.

Yes, libraries are moving fast and breaking things. Yes, competitive solutions are releasing at breakneck speeds. But that's more or less what happens when you reinvent the way people build things, as happened with the virtual dom.

And while we're paying for it in up-front build setup, we're vastly making up for it where it counts: JS applications that can grow big (at least I am).
You can't tell good acid by the artwork on the blotter. Anyone could put or copy any artwork they wanted to any garbage or even empty sheets.

The only way to tell with reasonable certainty of what you're getting is to have the product tested, ideally at multiple independent, high quality laboratories. Even then, if you're testing blotter or microdots, you're only going to know about the ones you tested, not about the rest of the batch. Properly shaken/stirred liquid should be better in that if one drop tested fine, the rest should be the same. But even then, if the substance easily separates out in the solution, you can't trust that either.

If anyone with a deeper knowledge of chemistry could speak about the effectiveness of testing, that would be welcome.
This isn't really disagreeing with you, but I was contacted by them specifically for my iOS development experience. They have several iOS apps, and they do have a demand for that type of work.

However, everything I was tested on was general SWE data and algorithmic questions. I never once got asked about anything iOS related at all. I remember one was a Google Voice question specifically, and another was a really strange converting 3D to 2D graphics conversion algorithm question that I'm still not quite sure how to tackle, and another was like reversing the bits in an image, I think, and I don't really remember the others anymore.

Also, if you go in for iOS, do not whiteboard in Objective-C or you will have a really bad time. I kept running out of space on the whiteboard because of its ridiculously long method names.

Simple example:

Objective-C:
NSString *items = [[[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"1",@"2",nil] componentsJoinedByString:@","];

Python:
items = ",".join(["1","2"])

98 symbols vs 27 symbols. Over 3x as long.
Off-topic, but can anyone explain why the comment system on Medium is so terrible? It always takes at least two clicks (and corresponding slow loads) to read a comment that you want to read.
Dan wrote a couple great answers on SO that discuss why async behavior in Redux is normally done via middleware such as `redux-thunk` and `redux-saga` - see http://stackoverflow.com/a/35415559/62937 and http://stackoverflow.com/a/34599594/62937 .

As a short version: you _can_ put your async logic right into components, but it's nicer to move that logic outside components for reusability. Middleware have access to `dispatch` and `getState`, so they act as a loophole that enables you to perform async work and then interact with the store.

My own take is that `redux-thunk` is sort of the "bare minimum" approach to async behavior, as it allows you to do stuff with promises and async functions, or complex synchronous logic. Sagas are useful for complex async workflows, and there's also some popular observable-based side effects addons as well. Ultimately, the approach you use is up to you.

If you'd like more info on what good Redux code structure looks like, you may want to read through the "Redux Architecture" and "Redux Techniques" section of my React/Redux links list at https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master... . Also happy to answer any questions you might have.
> Except in small dosages, alcohol has known positive effects. E.G: stress relieve

The dose has to be very small for any possible positive effect to not be outweighed by the harm.
Characters can be grouped according to the stroke count of their radical and phonetic components. This allows one to have a list of characters, and enables one to look up characters that one hasn't encountered before (although nowadays you can also use a Chinese ocr app for that purpose).
I'm not even sure it was NCIS. I don't know what it was.

There were a bunch of military people in uniform shooting people and getting shot at. No computers, etc.
It was about as realistic as saving private ryan. Full on war.
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A commenter in the post suggests the CEO was verbally instigating in one of the linked videos. I didn't watch it so I don't have an opinion.
I dunno, "living longer" is one of the least offensive ways someone can get disproportionately more money from taxpayers. I think the focus should be on the opioid epidemic that is shortening middle-aged people's lives.
Machine learning will probably be used to learn the traits of pop-up content and block it with a given confidence value.
No, not google. This is about Google outsourcing that responsability to teenagers. This class shouldnt be aimed at kids but at the many more adults who actively encourage and moderate such speech today. I dont like efforts to solve adult problems by "educating" kids. Educate the adults.
I know it's funny now because Austria is landlocked but back when it controlled Croatia they did have a naval academy near Rijeka. It's where Captain von Trapp went (from Sound of Music)
ORMs are essentially abstracting relational data structures to fit an OOP development style. It allows OOP engineers to access a DB without straying far from their comfort zone.

That's the sales pitch. In essence, they are rarely ever a good idea. As database drivers have become more simple to manage, and ORM's have tried to become more complex, the value proposition (which I'm loath to suggest existed in the first place) dissipated without any trace.
Some New England states do random police checkpoints to try to curb drunk driving. Many people think this is illegal (stopping without cause) and try to fight against it, film their interactions at the checkpoints, etc.
Yet you'll happily repeat a bit of hearsay that is contradicted by in fact watching the video.
OS X. It limits my freedom which I don't like, but I would be okay with if it'd just work. Which of course it doesn't. Maximising windows often leaves them offset a couple pixels one way or the other, and it doesn't work at all if the window is "near maximised" to start with. I've set up the magic mouse to support right-clicking, but sometimes it'll stop working altogether or spuriously detecting right clicks as left clicks. Doing stuff like emptying the trash by default makes obnoxious sounds. Installing programs is entirely non-obvious and not really explained anywhere either. Double-clicking the app instead of draging it into applications first will lead to a mounted disk you can't unmount unless you close the application, and of course after unmounting the application it'll just disappear of course. Window management is hopeless if a program has more than one window, I frequently lose the chrome devtools window. /rant
Is this comparable to achieving a similar effect with caffeine?

I know whenever I get into the office, I don't feel nearly as productive or good at solving problems as I do whenever I drink an energy drink or a coffee. Strictly anecdotal, of course, but still. Lots of talk about placebo.
> ... preventing them from integrating it with sources of revenue would probably just kill Android.

Android is not really all that great. it has a lot of issues. maybe the death of Android would be a net positive for the mobile ecosystem. competitors would have fewer barriers and might well introduce something better.
The 5S has a 4" screen, the Redmi has a 5.5" screen. That's almost double the screen area, which needs more power. Plus it has an higher DPI.
> React 16 (work in progress) is a rewrite, but it has the same public API, and works with more than 30,000 (!) components at Facebook, so it will most likely work with your code too

This is uninformative without more context. Is he saying Facebook only had 30K components, and all of them worked with the new React? Or does FB have, say, 60K components and only 30K worked seamlessly on the upgrade?
Best we have is http://backgroundchecks.org/justdeleteme/
The problem with the patents clause is that it's too broad wrt patents. If you have a valid patent that Facebook is infringing upon, no matter if it relates to React, Facebook revokes your right to use React. That's their prerogative, but it is generally too broad to allow some companies to actually use the library.
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Which is forced upon others through threat of violence. And was obtained via violence in the first place.
There are very few details in this forum post, just some nonspecific mentions of an individual recording a police checkpoint of some kind. What type of checkpoint? Why did this person feel it necessary to record the police? Why did a confrontation start? What were the circumstances of the escalation?

In general, if you interfere with the police (even if you disagree with whatever it is they're doing) you can expect some trouble. I will be the first to acknowledge that sometimes the police (especially small town cops) can get a little too full of their own authority and take it too far.

On the other hand, their job is to keep the community safe, and save for the very worst cops (which are in the minority), they take the job seriously. There is (and should be) a pretty high bar to harassing or interfering with the police.
I only met cool cops in the US (perhaps because they saw I was a foreigner).

However, I do agree that in Europe you don't feel threatened at all by them, and that doesn't seem to be true in the States.

There seems to be a trend in the US to treat everyone like criminals by default, while in Europe until they think you've done something wrong they're extremely nice (as they should).

Although you were downvoted, it would be interesting to understand why that is. For sure the fact that anyone Police stop could have a gun has something to do with it.
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Yes, I know there's systems for looking up characters. But once you've found your character in your dictionary, what can you do with it if you don't know the meaning or pronounciation? Nowadays there's of course pronounciation guides(through a phonetic script) but I would imagine in the 3rd century BC this didn't exist?
There are newer synthetic drugs like bromo-dragonfly[1] that approach the potency of LSD, and have caused fatalities.[2][3]

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The reason people are defending Go is because this isn't a new phenomena in AOT compiled languages. Popular compilers for a whole plethora of different programming languages have been leaking environmental information into their binaries for as long as I've been a developer (~30 years). It's actually pretty normal practice - particularly if you want to provide debugging data (as this is used for). It's also the kind of analysis security researchers use to establish where malware originates.

This is also a non-issue because if you're compiling binaries for redistribution you'd disable the debugging references (via compiler flags) and be building your source in a separate environment to your development environment (eg using Jenkins). Heck, even just a docker container on the dev machine would work.

So to recap:

1) not a problem with Go; a problem with debugging references in all AOT compiled languages.

2) not a new issue; I've been observing this in other languages for at least 2 decades.

3) it's easily fixed by implementing any or all of the follow solutions:

i) build automation / CI pipeline (your build environment becomes separate from your dev environment)

ii) docker or other build container or VM (same reason as above)

iii) just disabling the debug references at compile time
Guy videotaping from his garage.

[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/dad-im-shot-man-...
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Yeah, but you can get a not actually that bad smartphone for $60, so dumb phones aren't worth it.
They may have a higher chance of getting shot themselves in the US, which pre-escalates things.

Edit: as requested, my point of comparison is police in Australia and the UK.
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[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/dad-im-shot-man-...
There should be a police report filed. I'm not sure the date of the incident.

http://www.manchesternh.gov/Departments/Police/Police-Log
I recommend going backwards one generation, to the Samsung Galaxy S5. This is the phone I have, and I love it. The battery life is fantastic: I can easily go two full days on a single charge. I'm still using the OEM firmware too (Sprint version), which does have its share of bloat, but I have a bunch of the built-in bloat disabled. If you haven't done that yet, you need to.

Moreover, if my battery does die early because I was doing too much with it, I have a spare battery in my backpack I got on Ebay for less than $10. I can easily pop that in and have a full charge again, without messing with some stupid USB-attached battery pack.

On top of that, the S5 has two other very important features that the S6 lacks: a microSD card slot, and being water-resistant (IP67 I think).

The S6 was a massive step backwards. Why on earth did you even buy it, when the previous generation was so obviously superior in every way?

Anyway, my recommendations in a nutshell: buy a Sprint S5 on Ebay for $100-150, and sign up for service with Ting or another Sprint MVNO.
> Why was he filming the police?

Why would this be relevant?

> What did other people do at/to/near the checkpoint?

Same as above: Why would this be relevant?

> Was he alone or part of a group or even a mob?

Could be relevant.
US police receive large amounts of hand down military equipment and are routinely armed.

Some US citizens are routinely armed, so the potential for lethal harm is much greater in any scenario.

US domestic policy has encouraged the police to be at war (vs crime, drugs etc).

US domestic policy has encouraged a criminalization of large amounts of petty stuff (truancy / three strikes policies) which encourages this.

This all encourages a us vs them attitude in police forces, where the police are fighting a 'war' against citizens.

US police are highly trained to stop a criminal with force, and rarely focus on de-escalation.

US police are rarely funded and motivated to make a visible presence beyond arrest etc, and don't perform much of a community role afaict.

Almost any civilian action (e.g. filming police / protests) encourages the 'us vs them' attitude and encourages police to close ranks.
Why do you want to start a startup? What will a startup do for you? Are you working on something besides starting a startup?

Without these answers I'm affraid we can't really provide any valuable insights for you.
I currently try to volunteer as much as possible for Coalition for Queens (http://c4q.nyc).

It is so awesome seeing people will little to no tech background learn to program and see the things they develop.
I think the point is, they are testing it internally to ensure a minimal upgrade path. It works out of the box with 30,000 Facebook components right now. It's not released yet, so perhaps it will work with 100% on release, or 95% with a clear upgrade path on release.

You're point might be valid if this was software that's already available, but it isn't.
The one I listen to will occasionally mispronounce something in a way that a human never would, or say the name of a punctuation mark.
The same way a dictionary explains the meaning of words in alphabetic languages: using simpler symbols and explanatory phrases.

It has the same bootstrap requirement. You need to already know some basics for it to be useful.
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FB live, Instagram live, YouTube live (though YouTube limit it to only certain users because they've timid). Everyone does this now.