skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ferroplasma acidarmanus lives as a biofilm directly in the acid streams[1][2]. I'm not sure what the pH is in those specific areas, but it's very low (below 0). Compared to abiotic leeching of the iron pyrite in the mine, Ferroplasma greatly speeds up the reaction by using ferric iron as a catalyst:

4Fe2+ + O2 + 4H+ → 4Fe3+ + 2H2O
FeS2 + 14Fe3+ + 8H2O → 15Fe2+ + 2SO42- + 16H+

The natural pyrite ore does not produce the extreme acid runoff. The problem starts when we mine out an area and oxygen is introduced, which is used to create Fe3+. This allows a much more efficient conversion of pyrite into a lot of acid.

This extremophile excretes pure sulfuric acid.

[1] https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/File:Ferroplasma_1....

[2] https://digital.wwnorton.com/ebooks/epub/microbio4/OEBPS/ima...
Refining gasoline seems to be ~88% efficient per your source. While this isn't negligible, it hardly changes the argument.
One big difference is the production costs. Much cheaper to procedure two hour record that a block buster movie. And people are happy to consume the same music content over and over again. With movies and series most people won't do that.
I'd drop 90% of the crap Amazon is shoveling under the Prime umbrella if I got 2 day shipping at a lower rate and didn't have to subsidize all their media ventures.

When they inevitably raise rates again I might actually have to reconsider if it's worth the cost any longer
>I would curious to hear your opinion on what things specifically makes the Bolt a great EV - features, comparative specs etc.

It's the first mass produced, purpose designed, non-luxury EV available in the US with:

- Greater than 200 miles range

- Active thermal management for the battery (essential for battery longevity and extended use with quick charging).

- Full seating for 5

- Top IIHS safety rating

- Standard level 2 autonomy

- Cargo capacity comparable to a regular hatchback

At a price that just barely starts to make sense for the average driver when you factor in fuel savings and tax subsidies.
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They don't pay almost everything in cash in Germany.

They pay some more than the half in cash.

It's in Italy where we almost pay everything in cash: in Italy 83% of payments are still in cash.

The reasons are obvious.
I spent my entire youth reading sci-fi stories about mankind making new technology that eventually wipes out the species: giant robots, viruses, nuclear bombs, and so on.

And this it what we got? Tweeting and liking posts? This is the scary tech that's destroyed mainstream media and now threatens to lay waste to civil discourse in general? Typing little comments into boxes? Really?

Nobody can say the universe doesn't have a sense of humor.
Like if each music label decided to create their own online music-store/streaming-service.

I guess greed?

(derp.)
One of the perks of working in defense is the office buildings you wind up in are usually either all offices or a series of very small cube farms because the building organization needs to be capable of supporting teams working with materials of various levels of sensitivity. Even for unclassified work most stuff is "don't share this if you don't need to".
I suppose so, yeah.

I was thinking of things like monads. They’re a class of type constructors with a couple of associated functions (unit & bind or unit & join). The definition is undoubtedly simple, as well as fundamental in Haskell. But understanding how to use them, what to use them for, how to tell whether & why a type admits monad/applicative/functor instances, &c., are still difficult things for a lot of people, because these are unfamiliar abstractions. Moreover, they take advantage of unfamiliar features like higher-kinded types, so you can’t even explain them by offering a translation to other languages, because most other languages lack the ability to adequately express them.

For myself, I think of learning as “discovering simplicity”. I know I understand something when it finally feels as simple as it really is.
I can't understand this logic. Replace 'coding' with 'volleyball', is it Ok for him to note that best volleyball players are more likely to be male? If so, and since it is not entirely impossible that some innate physiological difference causes best developers to more likely be male as well, then I can't see what's wrong with his argument at all.

edit: take not volleyball, but chess. Let's take top1000 players by ELO, is it Ok to note that most are male?
As long as the check clears I suppose so.
That was an interesting article, but I really didn't like the phrase 'shields down'. It sort of implies that the default state, that you should protect, is keeping your current job.

I think the default state should be you being happy, fullfilled and well compensated in your job. And if you take a better offer somewhere else, it's not because you 'dropped your shield', it's because you're looking out for your own interests.
Check out MakeMKV. That + Plex will be your solution.
Don't have a good book but a quick search led me to this Wired post: https://www.wired.com/2009/03/pl-design-5/

Anecdotally, when I think back to images from the early century, I'm led to believe that open plan with higher level employees in private offices is actually the historical norm. While the actual nature of work of course has changed, I'm not so sure that everyone having their own private office has ever been a reality other than a select few employers.
Most are ERC20[0] tokens with a promise to convert them to the projects native token when their blockchain is stood up.

[0]: https://theethereum.wiki/w/index.php/ERC20_Token_Standard
Reflection, the way Martini used it, was for dependency injection. So in our imaginary Go language, the io.Reader interface could be satisfied by either of two functions:

Read([]byte)
Read(context.Context, []byte)

In a way reflection let you do operator overloading, so in your case you could just call a.Read(p) and others could a.Read(ctx, p). In Martini's case, if you wanted your handler to be cognizant of a cancellable context, you would just add the context parameter.
I don't doubt it. Pirated distribution has nothing in the way of hosting cost so I don't see how that would work with decentralized distribution.

What is the set up you are advocating for? People automatically upload content from their streaming apps? How are you going to police amazon/netflix/hulu/whatever service I have to do the uploading in a fair way?

My fire TV has 8GB hdd. I don't know what my chrome cast has but it's less. You need real hardware to store the catalog. Torrenting works because it has a bar to entry.
Nah, it's fine. If it gets noisy, put on headphones or go sit in a different place for a few hours. Individual offices can be awful and isolating. Cubes can be an acceptable compromise but it still kills a lot of spontaneous conversations.

You gain a lot with open space plans: more interaction with coworkers, cultural gel and socializing. And of course, the company can cram more people in the same place.
Sigh, yes I can relate to that. Others here mentioned that it's mental gymnastics, and I would add that crucial to the strategy also is to develop a thicker skin to protect yourself. Because the truth is, it'll always stay with you, no matter how hard you try, so it's best to be content with getting embarrassed now! And hey, that's how you learn anyway.

I used to hate answering phone calls. Then one day an admin from my team left and suddenly I had to do customer services too. The first two days was just awful, it's not even worth describing here. By third day, I had mapped out a script to read out from (and my team weirded out). By third week, I'd known the script by heart, and can comfortable say hello without any sweat patches. And now I can take unknown phone calls civilly.

Practice and exposure definitely helps, with a dose of immunity to what others think :)
Nigeria IS a giant. It's the biggest economy in Africa by nominal GDP. However, it's probably also the most unequal place on earth. The wealth is incredibly concentrated with the oil and political elite, and they have a habit of spending a lot of their money abroad
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DNA sequencing technology became a lot more widespread and inexpensive in the past decade (around the time that this article was published).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing#Development_ini...
That's just 2000 in Roman notation (current year is MMXVII). I have never seen MM use as million.
They have nukes and working ICBM's... It's not that hard to put the two together.

Submarine launch is harder and the warheads must be smaller, but ICMB's are already considered unstoppable so it doesn't matter.
Except is Peter Norvig:)
My guess is maybe because it cost too much to implement it across the board, and the side effect that focused application results in more minority/women hires.
- Instant Pot: I cook almost everything in it.

- Google Chromecast: I use it daily for YouTube, Netflix and Spotify.

- Kinesis Advantage: Typing on any other keyboard drives me insane.
I've posted this some three years ago and it still blows my gourd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-7J5OaSag
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critical thinking:

and do you think that is anywhere near objective?

why would that qualify outside of him being the "cryptocurrency savant" and you not being one?

what would make your understanding of that statement objective?

Somehow Litecoin traded from $3.00 to $46.00 with many enthusiasts saying the same thing for half a decade, was there somebody saying something else?

Does your friend have the exact same investment risk profile as you would?

factors...
Agreed and for "cord cutters", subscribing to each of the different content providers a la carte will eventually just recreate the exorbitant monthly price points of regular cable.
Georgia Tech is also starting a few MOOCs on edX.org, starting 8/21/17, if anyone is interested.

https://www.edx.org/course/machine-learning-gtx-cs7641x

https://www.edx.org/course/statistical-modeling-regression-a...!

https://www.edx.org/course/big-data-analytics-healthcare-gtx...!

https://www.edx.org/course/database-systems-concepts-design-...!
Yes.

There are four fundamental forces that govern the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and strong and weak nuclear forces.

Dark matter interacts with gravity, but not electromagnetism. Electromagnetism is the force that we are acting upon when we touch things, or things bump into or collide with one another. Also, it's what makes light and magnetism.

So dark matter would never hit or bump into anything, but it can, say, orbit something.
I've completely given up on trying to stream movies

I also completely refuse to buy physical media too, so the end result is that I basically never watch movies at home any more unless I go to the effort of torrenting it
Now the Millarworld acquisition (http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/netflix-acquires-mark-m...) makes sense. Netflix needed a comic book license to fill the gap now that they don't have the Marvel license anymore.
I know that there are some reservations but the rule the cooperative (including SH) decided as binding still stands. You are of course free to lobby internally for change.

Rewe has a fairly complicated legal structure, I'm not sure which you are a member of. There is no single "Rewe eG" which you can just buy into, especially not if you don't happen to own supermarkets.

EC was not bought by MasterCard, the brand was always owned by them (though there have been various mergers). The system behind those cards was not merged with Maestro (which is a different system) but merely rebranded as Girocard, an independent scheme by the German banks. It works without any reliance on MasterCard.
You’re just trying to give us another example of how to read something innocuous in an unreasonably negative light…right? ;)
I don't think it's better, or I'd be using it instead of Atom.

I'm saying "might very well be better"...

Sorry, English isn't my first language.
In college, nobody was likely to walk up and interrupt you.

In the workplace, they are, unless you have an office with a door you can close.
The thing is sound cancelling headphones tend to cancel out noise, not conversation. So they actually make things worse for those of us who need to think occasionally.
Not everyone at Apple is a coder.
Not every job is the same.

Note how designers and architects work in teams, in open work spaces.

I have seen communication in a PM group go to shits because of a move from an open layout to a walled cubicle garden. PMs were avoidig their cubes, sitting in the cafeteria as they enjoyed the "coffee shop hum".

Reality, as always, is nuanced.
IntersectionObserver looks like a nice alternative to the janky event handlers that many sites employ for style changes on scroll. Now we just have to wait 10 years for it to be implemented in Safari.
Now I can reply: I apologize because my comment sound like an attack when It wasn't my intention. I just wanted to provide the references and know your opinion. Take your time to check them.
I did read the memo. It was extremely juvenile, and reminded me of the racist drivel that gets pushed on Facebook. Mixed into the stats he cites is a whole lot of hand waving and unsound conclusions, and it's clearly meant to push a sexist viewpoint.
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The short answer is the Schrödinger equation.

If you want a more layman's explanation of what sort of things would cause a branch and how the branches would differ: one simple example is that when an excited atom emits a photon, it doesn't emit it in a random direction, instead there's a superposition of it emitting the photon across all paths away from itself. In many of these paths, the photon will interact with particles differently than happens with other paths, and the paths will decohere into different branches of the world with separate consequences from the photon hitting in a different place in each branch. In one branch, the photon could hit a particle in the air and affect its temperature and velocity by the tiniest amount. In another branch, the photon could instead hit a receptor in a person's eye and immediately trigger a reaction that would not have otherwise occurred.

Small differences between the branches could build up into bigger differences over time, especially when you consider the sheer number of concurrent interactions that are creating overlapping superpositions which decohere in many different ways. It could be that there's enough branches that most things that could have reasonably happened by chance do happen in some branch.

(If you're wondering how we could know in theory that the world may branch like this, it's because branches where particles take different paths but then later have all of their positions line up together interfere with each other. See the two-slit experiment.)
On the off chance you're being sincere, this entire list basically (cited directly from the work itself).

● They’re universal across human cultures -- Some are, such as physiological differences (muscle mass, skeletal structure, etc) and a general gradient assertiveness but that leaves a lot of other traits with a high degree of variance (and ignores the fact that a population of engineers is not randomly selected so isn't appear guasian with respect to averages of the global population)[0][1]
● They often have clear biological causes and links to prenatal testosterone -- citation needed
● Biological males that were castrated at birth and raised as females often still identify
and act like males -- I can't imagine that's a statistically significant sample and still citation needed
● The underlying traits are highly heritable -- citation needed
● They’re exactly what we would predict from an evolutionary psychology perspective -- evolutionary psychology is not mature field and has a lot of issues [2]

Just as an aside, extraordinary claims (ie this group that has been historically disadvantaged is really just inferior) requires extraordinary evidence. Im lumping baseless statements in with statements directly contradicted by existing study.

His misunderstanding of the central limit theorem in producing the graph included in the memo compounds things. There's really no reason to believe any given distribution of people, especially given the people working at google are a very specific selection from the total population.

His citations [3] only really loosely correlate with the thesis and certainly don't point to the universality that he depends on.

Really the crux of the issue is the faulty axiom that women (or anyone really) working at google (or anywhere with a selection process)should display traits as if they were randomly selected from the population. Which kills all of his other arguments.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem

[1]:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Costa3/publication...

[2]:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/01623095929...
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This is my exact thought as well. The risk-reward of shorting makes the most sense when volatility is low. It is certainly the worst thing to do in an irrational bull market AKA bubble.
This is how we end up with piracy.
Those were the prices offered by EC (the original EC back in the day, before MasterCard bought it: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Cash) back when a local business wanted to start supporting EC, and made an inquiry to several payment processors.

I'm not sure about values today, but they don't seem to be much higher if you exclude costs for the actual readers and the connection.

Currently I seem to find for low volume situations only contracts from iZettle and co for 0.95% fees.

EDIT: Just found this Verordnung setting the maximum fee for EC at 0.2%: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX...

> das Interbankenentgelt, das Zahlungsdienstleister bei Debitkartentransaktionen pro Zahlungsvorgang bieten oder verlangen dürfen, beträgt höchstens 0,2 % des Transaktionswerts.
There are some dangerously short freeway on-ramps where I live, so "slightly-less-slow" can mean a few extra feet between me and a tractor-trailer.
We've come full circle to the article's point. Barring an act of the Congress, most ICOs are conducting themselves in a way that is, under current law, illegal.
If there is one studio that can pull off its own streaming service, its Disney. They are being smart in acquiring BAM Tech also, so that they have a good technology in order to launch a solid streaming service.

Disney's great library content, ESPN solid sports + live content combined with BAM Tech's expertise in building a stable video streaming tech stack means Disney has gathered all the right pieces. The question now is how well will Disney be able to combine all its assets into a product that doesnt reflect the org structure!

These are exciting if turbulent times for video entertainment!
Well you can put a team in one room, and a kitchen to cater for several teams - like design studios actually. IMO that's the best balance, but maybe that's a bit luxurious, cattle pen-wise.
> Seems apt to compare them and worthy of discussion

Sure, but that's not the tone used. Besides a few, most comments are dismissive of Atom and just point out how much better VSCode is and wondering why anyone would use Atom.

It's factions, like Mac vs. PC. There is no productive discussion, here.
The catalytic converter helps to manage this in a gasoline engine. Cats are more difficult for diesel, which led to the ammonia fluids that current diesels use to minimize NOx emissions.
Huh, interesting. You learn something new every day, thanks!
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Robert Downey Jr and friends are gonna have to suit up a lot more often in light of this.
> One of my high school teachers decided that everyone taking his class should get an A. The result was the students simply didn't respect him or the class.

How could anyone respect such class? To know that all your hard work means bupkis?

Sure, you could argue that learning is its own reward but really becomes meaningless when you and all the rest of the jack off losers who got an A (who didn't earn them) as well are considered the same by a post secondary institution considering you both for admission.
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My company only has offices for upper management. Everyone else is at a table. Tables are arranged in groups of four.

Now, I get it, some people like open office environments. Good for them.

Me? Well, I've told many coworkers that I can't work from home because I wouldn't work from home. There are too many distractions at home, so I need to be at the office to be productive.

But this open office?

There are days where I am convinced I would do more work, be more productive, and feel more satisfied if I worked from home.

I went and bought some noise cancelling headphones. They help, but definitely not enough. My table is by the main door. With a room of 40+ engineers, there's constant distracting traffic. Some people make snide comments about my choice of operating system, keyboard, language, editor, typing noise, attire, whatever. Or to chat about the games that I missed last night, something happened at the not-company-sponsored-happy-hour that I didn't get the invite to, or something about lunch that, you know, you should have been there and if only you wouldn't leave the office for lunch. Or about how your racing car is in for the shop because, well, actually I don't even care why. It's just in the shop (I know! you told me!) and you expect me to care about car parts too, and shame on me for not knowing the difference between a maserati and a miata.

On the other hand, any time I mention to my boss that I'd like at least a cubicle the response is "it's not going to happen". Thanks, boss! I'm glad you've got my productivity concerns on your plate. I'm glad they can just, you know, be heard. Not addressed, just heard. It's really helpful to be heard. All day. It's real helpful to hear everyone's discussions while I'm trying to do work.

Honestly, guys, if you like an open office environment, that's good for you. Not everyone wants one and not everyone works well in one.
Spotify also doesn't pay the artists enough for most of them to survive. Studios know this. They know that $10/month isn't enough to support the creation of all the original content that has been supported in the past by $100/month.
I mean, not to belabaor the point, but when you also include:

NBC/Universal/Comcast
Viacom
Fox
Sony
Time Warner
BBC

Plus some other deep pockets who are slowly getting in the game (Verizon, AT&T, Apple)

I think there'll be enough competition even among the oligopolies to make it palatable for consumers.
Right, and people on here also seem to forget that they own ESPN. There are seemingly endless ways that Disney could package their content in ways that it would appeal to customers in every segment.

Sell ESPN with SEC Network, ESPN 2, and all of its networks as a standalone service to sports fans who don't care about the rest of Disney's offerings.

Sell Disney's older catalog plus kids shows on demand for people who don't care about sports but have kids.

Sell a package with everything for people who fall into both camps for a discount.

This still leaves their existing movie business completely in tact.

I honestly think this is a great move on Disney's part. Netflix needs Disney more than Disney needs Netflix. Disney owns the most valuable content portfolio in existence. Netflix has a large customer base and a growing library of its own content, but at the end of the day people shop for cable/streaming packages based on whether ESPN/ABC/Disney is included.
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>"If all major studios pull their content from Netflix, then it will not have the large library size anymore."

I think think that happened when they parted ways with Starz.