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This is incredibly confusing choice of terminology, because "catfish" means to pretend to be something better, online, (or an entirely different person) than you are in person. [1]

(I bet 80%+ of American readers understand this to be the definition.)

So I thought the article would be about somehow crafting a linkedin and github profile that makes you seem like you're worth $250K, whereas in fact you are an actual imposter -- a junior programmer, for example, with less than 2 years of coding experience and in only one or two languages. Or someone who's just not a good coder and gets fired from everywhere due to not being a good coder.

I found the article interesting, but I don't like the fact that it chose a term that pretty much means the opposite of what it intended.

Really confusing.

[1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=catfish
Ehh I don't believe PLLs have a ternary component at all. I'm not an expert though.

DRAM is analog-based due to the fact that the core memory unit is a capacitor, so it can't be ternary (not digital). I might agree with flash though.
We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14560721 and marked it off-topic.
In case someone is interested in how this story did on the front page: http://hnrankings.info/14564112/ .
Your premise is comical. Any war that involves destroying a US carrier and killing thousands of soldiers in doing so, will move to a nuclear stand-off almost immediately thereafter. China and Russia have always understood that. For China, the ability to sink a US carrier only matters in instances of absolute war, where hundreds of millions of people will die. Being able to sink a carrier if you're a major military competitor to the US, is low on your list of actual concerns in the end (the threat is worth drastically more than the actual ability; if you use the ability and succeed, it's WW3). Carriers are for force projection, some intimidation, and fighting nations not named China or Russia.
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How about the other example I stated about my wifi router? It runs Linux, I plugged it in, and I've connected to its web admin page. Am I now a Linux user? My TV runs Android, am I a Linux user?

I never said you had to compile a kernel to be a Linux user... I'm just not sure if an appliance really counts.
I came to the comments to say exactly that... What is up with that weird floating hamburger search bar?
You can't directly equate lives and dollars. This is an arbitrary thing you're attempting to define, and the flip side of the argument is that a wealthy person should be able to pay $9MM instead of being incarcerated for murder.
I particularly resonate with the 'exceptionally large echo chambers'. My parents whom I love dearly have surrounded themselves in the interwebs by people who present a message of hate clothed in the veneer of patriotism. As far as they are concerned "everyone" thinks that way, it is damaging indeed.
> Do you have data that shows how fast and easy the take home test approach is so I can compare? I only have anecdotal data.

I'm not aware of any solid data around take home tests. All I can give is yet more anecdotal data, which is that they take a lot of time on both ends. So much time, in fact, that I've had several interviews where the interviewer never looked at the test code I was required to send in. Whether they work or not is irrelevant if nobody ever looks at the code.
Can a neural network improve my art?
> MIC billionaires

Who would be? I'm not aware of any. In fact, I got out of the industry partly because the money is total shit compared to the commercial world.
It's not a fail if you use jargon. It's a fail if you can't explain the jargon.
I think it's complicated by the retainer like fee the AF pays to ULA. Still, staggeringly cheaper.
> My Verizon unlimited plan is $86/month

You Americans get royally screwed. With all that money they will pay off Yahoo, the FCC, congress and still make a huge profit. They don't even have to invest much in networks, because there's hardly any competition. However they will invest in mobile Ad technology, to get even more money out of you.
When Little Brains Rule​
The people writing the laws don't tend to define themselves as criminals so your thesis seems rather weak.
Great type is worth paying for: Why free fonts often fall flat
From the hype I got a pair of Audio-Technica M50x, but find them really uncomfortable. Now I only wear my Bose Quiet Comfort or IEMs. I notice ear comfort a lot more than sound differences.
Well I know what will be in the next stack of servers my company buys (in 20RU chunks). It's all Linux+Docker for dev & test with some KVM. Right now we use 2xCPU 48 core Intel, 2x1G and 2X10G. 1RU form factor holds two of these servers. It's all about thread scale out for us. The more containers we can run per server = faster build and test throughput. Pretty cool AMD. Happy to have you back.
American Chipmakers Had a Toxic Problem, Then They Outsourced It
Apple made people oblivious to everything that came before the iPhone.
Really? I had a SMS from SFR yesterday on this.
The difference is, Windows is Windows. It's a full OS from tip to tail. Linux is a kernel, one that doesn't do a whole lot by itself. If you installed Linux, you'd be very disappointed. But even installing Ubuntu is different IMO than using Android or ChromeOS or a car infotainment system that may technically be based on Linux but the end user would never be able to tell.

Likewise if I've used an ATM or a mall kiosk that was based on Windows, I'd hardly call myself a Windows user. I'm not talking about an admin or a power user. I'm talking about someone being aware at a basic level what kind of system they're using. My grandma knows she's using Windows.
It was the first MODERN smartphone phone, in that it defined everything that came after. The ford Model-T wasn't the first car, but in many ways it defined what we're all used to (controls changed though) and was a breakthrough product that sold WAY better than what was available before.

The iPhone with such a large shift from the things that existed before that even though they had many of the features in different forms, it's a bit hard to look at them and say "that's the same thing as a smartphone" instead of "that's a really fancy feature phone" or "that's a PDA with a radio stuck on it".
I think a 2P system still only gets 128 lanes. But still.

For the more boring among us (like me), swap the GPUs for 24-ish NVMe SSDs and a few 10G cards, and that is one hell of a DB server...
Firing the head of the FBI for investigating his campaign was an authoritarian move. It remains to be seen if he gets away with it. If he does, America has become Authoritarian (i.e. when the law no longer applies to the leader).
>I fail to see what point you're trying to make there

Do you? Because it doesn't seem like it. I didn't exactly stutter.
"But based upon discussions with various space policy experts, this is the maximum amount the Air Force believes it will need to pay, per launch, if United Launch Alliance is selected for all of its launch needs in 2020."

While helpful (and shockingly high), it is also misleading due to 2 factors:

1. ULA price spread is quite significant, fully loaded Delta Heavy is super expensive.

2. As per quote above, the number is for all launches done on ULA* .

AFAIK here is the formula used to arrive at 422:

(fixed_cost + number_of_launches * cost_per_launch) / number_of_launches = 422

fixed_cost = $1b/year subsidy

Without knowing number/weight/orbits of things UAF wants to launch it is hard to estimate how much each vehicle costs. Moreover, as per quote above, this price is for all launches done with ULA. If part of the launches are done with other providers amortized price will be higher due to the $1b subsidy.

* Without Falcon Heavy flying some launches must be done with ULA.
China Shatters “Spooky Action at a Distance” Record, Preps for Quantum Internet
As a merchant, they would pay those fees--so no, the costs are not hidden for them. Did you miss that part?
Best. Job application letter. EVER. When I'm hiring I'd love to see this kind of passion and attention to detail. I hope he gets a call from Abelton
Can you talk a little about your experience at the Harvard Extension School? What it is, what the experience was like, what courses you took, the cost, and the job prospects post graduation.
Get investors from the US then, that's what Shopify did.
I don't really have a problem with the UI; I want Ableton to fix the other annoyances first:

* Saving the project resets the undo history. A someone who frequently saves, this is super frustrating.

* No normal zoom controls. You have to use the "minimap" at the top.

* Only a single project can be open at once, which makes copying from old projects tedious unless you shuffle files around into your current project.

* Tracks can only be grouped one level deep, i.e., no subgrouping. Most DAWs give you arbitrary grouping depths.

* No way to overlay multiple tracks in the piano roll. I end up starting in one group and extracting to individual buses afterward. This doesn't work well the other way around.

My biggest wish for the next version is project versioning. It's an absolute nightmare managing so many save "checkpoints", especially, as I mentioned, you can only have a single project open at once.
I also think that the electron hate is overhyped. If you really don't want the overhead, use the website instead. (eg Slack)

So... you think the Electron hate is "overhyped".

And then recommend people not use Electron apps if they are concerned about bloat.

This strikes me as a bit of a contradiction...
Well, the "post making-friends stage". Friendships you already have can last a long, long time, and if they don't, you'll definitely enter post-friendship.
There is a great skill in being able to read a room and adapt accordingly. Now it's one thing if their comments are making you uncomfortable because that is certainly unacceptable. However, if the jokes are between people with good rapport, you might find yourself in an awkward position voicing a concern that no one else involved seems to have. It can give you the stigma of a tattle-tail if you're not careful.

The best thing you can do is always stay neutral, unless it's something morally or ethically that prohibits you from doing so. Try to rise above the fray, if possible, and don't be afraid to comeback with a dismissive retort for a comment you find over the line.

You don't have to be the boss, to command respect in an office. You just need to be adept in navigating office politics and gossip. People respect (wo)men of character, so never be afraid to draw the line or else people will cross it without knowing.
Intel's pants seemed to be glued to their for pretty much the whole run of the Pentium 4. AMD invented the 64 bti x86 and crushed Itanium during this time. Then Intel sorted their problems out and we saw Core 2. They haven't let up on incremental advances since and AMD dropped the ball a few times.

Pricing seems to be Intel's biggest problem today. With AMD stomping them on price for performance I am curious what Intel will do over the next year. Intel just needs to keep releasing solid products at slightly reduced prices and they will be fine. Likely they won't be happy with that and they take some risks. They could release another Itanium, fail with another Larrabee or release something that we all hail as the spritua; successor to Core or the Pentium.

I hope both companies continue to do well, the only better thing for industry would be a third major CPU vendor popping up with their own innovations.
$422m per launch vs under $100m per launch.

Just imagine how many schools, bridges, cancer treatments, or who knows what else that money could be better spent on.
every once in a while i think that i might like to have my hair back... but then i remember how nice it is to rarely shower, never shave, and the reduced risk of Gattaca-style discovery when i finally decide to leave for space ;)
It's lovely to think that our abilities allow us to have this comfort that no matter what the dumb slow paced governments will do, we will run circles around them, and as an anarchist that's never really found my self at peace with the authorities that be, it's comforting to read some vague prose that harps on about the things we can do because we're comfortably many steps ahead, but I think there is a) I don't think we're beyond social responsibility. We can't leave people behind, even if they are dumb and ignorant, if we are escaping this horror that is a moronic attempt to dictate our actions, we should at least try to drag our friends out of the path of their ridiculous flamethrower. b) Complacency. I've always figured as long as I can SSH, set up an OpenVPN, get to a server...I can do anything I like. This isn't always certain, nothing is certain. Just going onto a guest network at some shit company you are interviewing for and not getting shit past anything that doesn't pass DPI is like whoa dude, given enough time we could crack it but it isn't quite so easy. c) Inclusion...we make code, we do cool shit, there are lots of people who have so many important things to do without the technological upbringing we have that are so much easier for governments to extinguish.
Assume without thinking that conspiracy theory equals false -> you watch too much TV.
Some thoughts on the internet from Adams' himself (1999)

http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/19990901-00-a.html
> What wins security is making it harder to not be secure.

I find this is usually at odds with your original statement. Current security practices are almost entirely a security/utility trade off, we make things secure by locking systems down so the user can do less or has to jump through hoops to do it. The iPhone is the perfect example of this, it's only secure because it's limited in what can be installed or run by the user.
> Job's talent seems to be more of a taskmaster: once he decided that phone needs to be done, he was able to organize people to do it, even if it meant great personal sacrifices.

He was also a fantastic editor. He was very good at saying "no" to things whether it was because they were just bad ideas, weren't fully done yet, were missing something important, where especially when some stuff that other people thought was important wasn't and needed to be removed.

Now we know he didn't always get it right, he could be swayed by personal emotions such as when he wanted to keep the iPod off Windows.

But clearly he got it right a number of times where it really mattered.
This is how to distinguish a cosplay of intelligence from true intelligence, among other things.

The Buddha and the Upanishadic seers were exceptionally good with explaining complex phenomena in simple terms.

Apparent sophistication is a sign of a confusion. Clarity is an evidence [of deep understanding].

Nature is vastly complex but not complicated (a few fundamental laws at work). Only simple things work.
Yeah, that.

I was using Windows at the time. I finally discovered UltraEdit.
If, by "rendering engine", you mean the full instance of Chromium being run to drive the app... the full instance of Chromium that nothing else on your machine shares... yeah, I guess you could say it's the rendering engine.
If only there was a headphone maker that allowed you to upgrade parts (or offered the ability to) and break free of this cycle of obsolescence thru technological steps.

There is already a modular headphone out there:

https://aiaiai.dk/headphones/tma-2
I disagree with this. Marriages fail for a lot of reasons - the iPhone project may be similar to a military deployment - except nonmilitary spouses/families are unlikely to be prepared for that kind of stress.
No, you'd do that with a little bit of PIC running in one of the other parts of RAM.
I love this very naive view. China is 100% trying to beat and surpass the US as a superpower. They are not benevolent at all. Have a look at the ridiculous claims on the South China Sea for a start. I have spent lots of time in China. They still want payback for the humiliation they believe they endured in the 1800s. That is a one of the single most important driving factors in everything they do.
Falsifying racial identities
In what way is the desktop dying?
Let's say it's an open question.

If we ignore illegal wars, Bush comes out ahead.

If we ignore the majority of what Trump says or Tweets, Trump comes out ahead.

I wish there were a metric for ignoramus, I suspect Trump would be fully one or two orders magnitude a bigger moron than Bush except when it comes to how to handle fellow con artists. He was apparently adept at handling the mob.
What exactly does it prove that drug dealers had boxes designed to fit through teller windows? Particularly about executives that have probably never seen a teller window at a Mexico HSBC branch.

> The gist of the case is that HSBC were so brazenly negligent, that the only logical conclusion is that they were deliberately looking the other way in order to make more profit, and they paid $1.9B to make the problem go away.

Even if that's true, note how many steps removed it is from actual culpable conduct. You're not the drug dealer, you're not the guy employed by the drug dealer to launder his money, you're not the guy assisting in specific money laundering transactions you know about. You're the guy who doesn't bother to find out more about certain transactions to avoid learning that they may be illegal. There is, of course, no universal "due diligence" requirement to find out whether bad people are using your service for bad things. The only "due diligence" you have to do is what the government makes you do. Here, the allegation was that HSBC didn't do the diligence the government would have made it do had HSBC classified Mexico in a risk category that government did not make HSBC classify Mexico in.
When I requested an Uber for pickup from the Seattle airport's rideshare stop I saw a line of about 20 Priuses all in a row. In LA, from my sample size of several dozen Uber rides, I've seen roughly 50% hybrids.
probably not much. that money is likely to be spent on elsewhere in military.
I believe QWebView w/ QtWebKit was deprecated in favor of QWebEngine which is Chromium thereby causing the same problems as Electron (bulky, multi-process which is the way of the browser these days). Granted QtWebKit appears to be maintained in a fork at [0].

If someone wanted to use Chrome, a more bare-bones approach w/ Qt might be CEF. An example in Python is here [1].

0 - https://github.com/annulen/webkit (see the wiki)
1 - https://github.com/cztomczak/cefpython/blob/master/examples/...
Good PR.
Prior to the iPhone most touch screens were resistive and you had to use a stylus and press hard on the display, capacitive touch screen made all the difference.
Can your CTO still code?
Not found?

The requested URL /dna/19990901-00-a.html was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.10 (Debian) Server at www.douglasadams.com Port 80

Would love to see what you were talking about, love Douglas Adams!
To your point, Feynman's famous magnets interview:

http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-richard-feynman-on-why-he-...
It really doesn't matter what the "theology" is, or what academically people may understand it to be, it's how it manifests.
> Nothing current government does affect cost of medical care.

Off the top of my head:

* 68% of all medical costs in the US are borne by governments (MediCare, Medicaid, VA, public-sector employee programs). They aren't allowed to negotiate drug prices in effective ways, driving up their costs

* Most health insurance in the US is employer-sponsored specifically because of Congress-created tax law. Without it, the individual market would probably be much healthier and more competitive.

* Congress is responsible for legislation that forces all emergency rooms in the US to provide life-saving care to any person, regardless of their ability to pay. @see EMTALA [1]

* "COBRA" [2] (pricy emergency health insurance coverage option after you leave an employer) was created by Congress.

* Governments set laws which define how and when litigation can be applied to medical workers + hospitals. Legislators could decide to enact tort reform, should they choose to.

* Governments control the medical licensing requirements and how graduates of medical institutions from other countries can work in US health care (they currently can't, for the most part).

* FDA and other government regulators control how fast new drugs come to market (and can effectively price some potential drug makers out of the market).

* Congress controls patent regulation

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

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Omnibus_Budget_Re...
I would imagine that they have friends outside of their work.
No, it's 2 F35s. Unit cost will be a bit under 100mm each.
Thank you for that, I'll add the link to the article. I never knew he wrote this, it's eerie, and I wonder what he would write nearly two decades later. 49...
That's just not true, it's confusing explanation and oversimplification. Many complex things require years of study just to understand that thing even in the most simple terms. Try and explain string theory to someone who has no idea of particle physics, colliders, quantum theory. At best you can make up some abstraction which doesn't explain anything.
They've been available for free online by the publishers for a few years: http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/
Chris Crawford's Dragon Speech
There's a quote from James Audubon that was basically how he wished he could kill more birds. Humans are weird.
That's actually one of the reasons (I think) Twitter became popular.

It was easy to quote a tweet, and you didn't need an account.
You got all of my wish list with 2 additions:
* ability to favorite plugins (please!)
* aliases on the arrange page
No, digital cameras map an incredible amount of functionality onto a limited amount of user interface (there's only so many buttons you can physically put on a camera). Snapchat takes an incredibly simple single function of taking a picture and sending it to a friend and renders it horribly complicated for no good reason.
GTA publisher sends cease-and-desist letter to popular modding tool OpenIV
Yeah, I was primarily talking about using Skype for business / work messaging. Hence the point about integration etc.
That's very strange, it works for me.

https://pastebin.com/5vYzF0rb
https://web.archive.org/web/20160923110912/http://www.dougla...
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I think this is part of the beauty of simple.wikipedia.org. It is not only a way for laymen to understand complicated things, yet proof of the research being an actual understanding of the concept.

In the words of the xkcd on the subject, (check the title text):

"Actually, I think if all higher math professors had to write for the Simple English Wikipedia for a year, we'd be in much better shape academically."
https://xkcd.com/547/
I don't think the person doing the hiring needs to be sexist because it's is legal and works. IMO, it's not nearly as annoying as the hyper aggressive mall sales people that tend to mind carts and keep trying to flag people down.
Right now, the Ryzen 1800 isn't enough for me to jump ship, the 1700 is slower for most workloads, so sticking where I am for now. Though if the equivalent to an 1800x were closer to the 65W mark (Rome generation), I'd probably consider switching.

My workload is mixed, but definitely advantages to more cores/threads, I have several VMs in the background for development, docker, database, etc. And do some video re-encoding though that's mostly GPU bound.

I've had my 4790K for about 2.5-3 years now (iirc), and my last few upgrades have been around the 3 year mark... will probably push my current setup towards 4-5 years. I did upgrade to a GTX 1080 video card, well worth it, but don't see the point in much else, other than more cores, and getting past 32gb ram.
This site is a rumor mill. So add some grain of salt.