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I can't see "CALPERS INVESTS $2BN IN CRYPTO AND GETS SCAMMED" being any better, honestly. I'm sure you can insure crypto holdings, but considering the risks, the cost must be exorbitant.
Wow, opening a company wherever the author is is fucking expensive. Over here(UK) you can do it online in about 15 minutes and it will cost you about ~$20 for the registration fee and that's it, you don't have to do anything else.
Maybe not with 128GB of internal storage, but I carry around 60GB of music on my microSD card as well as many other file types.
You've got to do a lot more than installing free software if you're that paranoid. You've got to check the code, ensure the code that you're installing is the same code that you've read, etc. etc.
This is probably true. I don't have so much time or interest any more, but I am in a position to just buy a game without thinking of the cost now if it interests me at all whereas I was not 20 years ago.
Harrison Bergeron is rapidly becoming reality. Rather than worship success, we're all a big bucket of crabs.
Asking for a C# developer with more than a few years experience. They can't do a simple Console app to read the contents of a file and create a collection of objects from the read data. They don't understand async / await, they don't udnerstand (or in some cases have never heard of) dependency injection, inversion of control, unit testing, mocking etc. Some from the tests they return don't understand even basic things like encapsulation.

That's not even getting into web stuff.

The console app they can do in their own time as well, so it's not even like we are asking them to code in front of us at the interview.

This is people who are currently working as developers as well, not graduates. People who claim to have experience in the field. It's mind boggling how they got employed at all.
What worries me most is how so many people can believe in obviously stupid ideas.

One would assume that some basic education is enough to debunk such crackpot ideas yourself.

On the other hand, saying the Earth is flat and scientists, media, school books, etc have been lying to me is a testimony to a big distrust in society.

We should all be asking ourselves where such big distrust is coming from.
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I was not arguing that it's not easy to find a job. I was arguing that its hard to find a well paying job.

See my comment down here, 80% of the companies offering jobs are outsourcing companies, which are not the greatest to work for IMHO. Or did you have a different experience? I worked for one for about 6 months and left. I've seen people around me with similar experiences. But those are just my anecdotal experiences.
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Sounds like he wanted to build a rocket and figured the flat-earth schtick would get him attention and funding.
That's what they do on CSI, but that's not how it works in real life. I'm not a chemical engineer, so I can't explain why this doesn't work, but I've proposed this approach and various variations on it to some engineers for other purposes and got all sorts of explanations why it wouldn't work which I didn't understand; but the underlying concept was that you can't just take a sample of whatever and deconstruct and reconstruct it at will.
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Extra annoying because insurance isn’t going to pay if you’re that careless.
What worries me most is how so many people can believe in obviously stupid ideas.

One would assume that some basic education is enough to debunk such crackpot ideas yourself.

On the other hand, saying the Earth is flat and scientists, media, school books, etc have been lying to me is a testimony to big distrust in society.

We should all be asking ourselves where such big distrust is coming from.
I bought a copy.
No matter the outcome this will not end well.

About flat-Earth theory some arguments may seem valid but how wouldn’t it be easier by starting off explaining how something, now, everyday like GPS or satelites would work if the Earth was flat?
I don't disagree.

That said, I think it's obvious that most people need to challenge the status quo of their diet. For Grain Brain to remind them "you are what you eat" is a step in the right direction. For both to suggest that you can be sensitive to gluten so give it up for 30 days...well, that's not going to hurt anyone either.

Moi? I read them as guidelines and suggestions. Sure, perhaps not 100% pure science, but there was a time when science said the world was flat, smoking was ok, etc.

To say "this things are worth looking at as you revist your health" might not be ideal. But neither is a bag of chips and a stack of cookies.

Ultimately it's about:

- Changing your relationship with food. Food is for health, not to experience an aural orgasm.

- Lifestyle. Diet is just one way to mind your health. Junk is junk, whether that's food, friends, or information. Trying to fix your health only via diet is, as you note, a fool's errand.
he will charge it with his own personal energy)) Wonder where he takes so much enthusiasm from)
It's confounding in the sense that if a child has the same job as their parent, we assume that parental influence may have had something to do with it. Which it probably does, in a lot of occupations. But when the "company town" effect occurs, it's not necessarily because of parental influence.
It's merely a lack of other options.
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2 of 3 multisig. Now the thief has to compromise two sites, at the same time.

Or password protect the seed.

Or both.
1800 feet seems like too small a payoff for strapping yourself into a home-made missile. Has he considered renting a Cessna or something?
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Your treating this as a scientific issue, but it's not.

This is is social issue: there are people that just don't believe anything anymore.
I don’t remember where I first heard this, but increasingly “if you’re not paying for the product, you’re the training data.”. (Doesn’t invalidate your point, which I agree with)
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Inequality; it makes people feel deeply abandoned, which leads to distrust in the system, that fuels lunacy and fanaticism.
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>This doesn’t solve the boostrap problem: how do new clients know which fork to choose

Google "weak subjectivity". In short; they don't. The user supplies initial consensus. It's also fairly okay if the clients come with a baked in blockhash to start from, you only need to update that once every quarter or so to keep it current.

If an attacker would poison a chain, for example by censoring it, the network can fairly easily slash his stake (this is allowed as part of the protocol) and start a new chain. You only need to point the client at it.

That is, an attacker can only operate while they have both the proof-of-stake consensus and the social consensus. If they loose either, they loose everything.
I recommend reading George Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces".

This is about comparative mythology, aka comparative story telling. He works out the core elements and common concepts that appear in story telling across cultures and time.

It opened my mind to be able to understand all kinds of storys on another level.

In school I always hated literature. It was like they tried to make me do something I just didn't understand at all. Literature was just random stories for me and all interpretation and attribution of meaning was fruitless and had I to just guess/fake it. Yea maybe my education was just bad who knows, doesn't matter now.

The Hero with a Thousand Faces changed that. Now I was open for all the literature and saw everything in a new light. I could recognize common concepts in stories and human life in general.

It also opened my mind for later Alan Watts reads on the interconnected-ness of everything.
Someone already recommended "The Way of Zen" by Alan Watts, which I can only approve of! I'd also like to add "The Book - On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are", also by Watts.
I have been following Julian Stodd's blog lately and he has some valid points about Social Influence, Social Learning and how we are in a Social Age surpassing the digital age.
Sharing it to a wider audience as I think this is a valid topic for current times when we are seeing Facebook, Instagram and other social platforms wielding so much power.
Nothing wrong with being strong, successful and dominant, right up until you cant take the pressure. Then you are too strong, dominant and successful to ask for help.

what does it mean to be strong? is it without weakness? or the strength to acknowledge that weakness. If you're so strong you never cry is that really strength?

being dominant sounds like a good idea but once you think about it, it seems a bit absurd. everything humans do well we do as a team. being dominant only means you can be in charge of a team and not a supporting part.

and lastly success. What is success?
is it just money? that's hardly a good measure.
is it to be happy? and if that comes at the expense of not being "strong and dominant" then what have you left?

You're describing a fantasy, an archetype and it does you and men in general no favours by striving to be something so ephemeral. In the end you will always fail and then where are you?
Actually, it would be against their Privacy Policy; and they would get a fine of up to (5%? 10%?) of their annual turnover fined by the EU under GDPR if they did.
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I'm not at all against chemical additives.

I'm just saying if you're eating something which barely contains any agricultural product, you should ask yourself whether this is really healthy.
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I wish him the very best in his endeavor, and hope that he doesn't hurt himself.
Here's a handy link to one seller: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/300M-Portable-Mini-Repeaters....

I'd be very afraid to miss the deadline for Christmas if I ordered something now, though. Perhaps you're closer to them, here in the Nordics delivery easily takes 4 weeks.
That game looks like it has some character, unlike the OP's game.
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It would be easier and safer if he just sent an air balloon strapped with a Go Pro up. He would get the footage he needs to prove his bogus claims are wrong and he would be safe on the ground.

You are right though, we need to understand how so many people still believe that the Earth is flat.
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Yes I got that. My point was: as far as I know, surveyors aren't raking in $250k plus salaries (probably <$100? You probably know better than I do). And also as far as I know, not all building has stopped because of a lack of surveyors. So clearly, there are still enough surveyors, potentially using more productive work methods than they used to to make up for the reduction in labor supply. People in this thread (like GP) are spinning narratives of real 'choke points' in skill supply; for which there is simply no evidence on the ground. Sure, some project managers' lives are harder because they have to account for longer lead times and more uncertainty on resource availability; and costs go up here and there; but in the end, these are simple issues of supply and demand that don't even register over the medium (5-10 year) term.

'Labor shortage' is always 'I can't find people at the price I originally thought I'd have to pay', modulo some time lag dependent on the exact skill set (i.e., training time).
That's coming as well!
It's an old link, but here's Apple enforcing that against a developer who developed an app in their spare time, and Apple wanting to take ownership of the app & source code:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060316084454/http://www.thinks...
I read it in full and what a truly sad story. I almost started crying, but there are many people around me, so no. The suicide not is well worth reading in full.
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> We are Linux advocates who believe in providing you the most free and open devices to create your most important work.

Does that mean they have a disabled/cleaned ME like the purism machines? Or what does "free and open" mean in this case?
Not sure, but I have a sister that's a recruiter and I don't think she's mentioned any salaries under 100K.

She has an event on December 11:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-hired-recruiter-panel-and-n...

or contact her

http://www.marianabernasconi.com/
Google will gladly pay the fine. Imagine the billions generated from search alone on Android.
That's the great thing about these fringe groups: any outcome of this project will continue to serve there 'beliefs'. Most likely the rocket might not even get off the ground, or may explode in mid-air, or injure the pilot gravely in a rough landing. In all cases they can blame the 'elite' and 'freemasons' for colluding and hindering/sabotaging their efforts to discover the 'truth'.

I have to admit I do admire his 'brass balls' if he does go through with this.
It seems each time lobbyists and lawyers achieve to pass a law against democratic will, it generates a lot of efforts to cancel it. This means many years of mess and fights where lobbyists and lawyers will make a lot of business. Bad behavior is rewarded.
Previous discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15751398

Previous discussion from today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15760481

They are all based on slightly different articles, but they don't seem to be adding much to each other.
There are pixel art games and there are pixel art games.

Look up "The Last Night".
You would rather have a self driving car in an undefined state, rather than having it shut down? A random glitch could be just as bad as an exploit; if some chunk of memory gets overwritten and your car decides that the brick wall doesn't actually exist any more, I don't think whether it was an an exploit or not really matters. The occupants end up injured either way.
>some arguments may seem valid

Which ones?
I'm expecting Tesla to make truck drivers pay for faster charging. this might be a way to reduce initial costs.
I read that they use the same suppliers that are used by US-based System76 and other Linux-focused vendors, so no surprises there.

There is a video review from Quidsup up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhpPsktOZFw
> We're only as strong as the weakest members.

What "we" are you talking about? These members are not my family members or friends; what you're doing is abusing other people's empathy to push your agenda through emotional means instead of rational.

> But there should be nobody homeless. There should be nobody going hungry. There should be nobody without medical treatment.

Why on Earth is that an invariant on society?
Looks similar to https://system76.com/.

I got the 17" Kudu for work. Honestly, I'm now aware that a 17" screen on a laptop is just too impractically big, but the hardware has been great.
You lost me at "you need to create an account".
Creating an account is a big step for me, I don't open accounts on a whim. I need to be committed to something to be willing to open account with them.

Your site wants me to open an account before it is willing to show me something that would commit me.

Also, to be perfectly homest, I would never open an account to see some videos. The only player in that area who can generate enough commitment from me is Netflix.

Why, if I may ask, are you even asking me to open an account? Is this about you teaching me Go or is it about you trying to monetize me? What are you logging about me? Why not make account creation optional? I don't want your site tracking my progress anyway (I'm paranoid that way).
My internal kid voice said "Yeah!". Until I read the other reply, it hadn't occurred to me that your rhetorical question's intended answer might be "No"
I use jupyter a good amount, but even in a low user environment there's a big worry about version control and code sharing/review

I know there's " automatically check stuff into git" sort of models but would really like an integrated Jupyter + GitHub + Google Drive system so that it's easier to track what's happening and to find older versions of stuff.
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Upside: discovers the Earth is round.

Downside: only retains that knowledge rather briefly before himself becoming flat.
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I think I need to get these exercise gophers as stickers... The barbell gopher is great!
Price-wise they seem quite competitive on paper. I'm curious as to what the build quality & peripherals are like. In my experience the real difference between a regular and top-of-the-line laptop is in the small things.

They're also lacking a 4k laptop, which I would highly recommend to anyone used to working on the road. (or who has to show of work to clients in person).
Also regarding an "early return protocol", I'd also be curious for continue, break, any ! type expression. For one of the Rust projects I worked on, I wrote an unwrap macro on Option that takes a secondary ! argument.
I get the impression from reading the article that this guy doesn't himself believe in the flat earth theory but is using his "recent conversion" (which occurred long after he started his rocket experiments) to try to get funding from conspiracy theorists after his kickstarter failed.
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Life costs are quite different in Romania though.
This is fine for new projects, but OP already has a large Ruby codebase. "Just rewrite the whole thing in Julia and you won't need FFI" isn't a reasonable ask.

Rust's ability to compile to a small C-compatible binary is definitely an advantage here, although Julia will have similar capabilities soon.
No, but I can tell they're just rebranded Clevo builds.

These machines have very decent specs and are easy to service and upgrade, but at the cost a of very low quality build with regards to the laptop case itself.

There are plenty of other brands that offer the same kind of Clevo laptops with Linux, the best known of which is system76.

Basically, these are just the same Clevo machines you can buy with any Clevo reseller, but with Linux installed for marketing differentiation, and a significant mark up in pricing.
Is it so many people, though? Or is the onus on us for thinking it is?
Just a stab at a potential reason (for the attitude in some of the responses).

Cause it may be obvious: lack of energy both mentally and physically (and by extension, lack of motivation and positivity). This seems to be a systemic problem of modern men (and women too, though at a base level women have more inherent positivity & survival skills IMO).

Put it this way - if you are lost in a cave (maybe a bad relationship, terrible job, difficult financial situation or combination thereof) and starved of nutrients (lack of exercise, bad diet, including maybe addiction to salt/carbs/sugar/caffine) you will have little energy to do what is required to find your way out.

God forbid dark paths, bad judgment, and bad luck has taken you even deeper. You may be approaching the point of no return - hopeless and without any chance of survival.

In this situation, it could be easier to simply curl up into fetal position and die.

I think unfortunately - when starved and depleted like this - that this is the option many will take.

Is it the fault of this starving, depleted individual that they should choose to die ? (is basically what you are pondering)

Some, perhaps many, people are past the point of no return - mentally, that is (most physical conditions easier to solve than mental). Choosing maybe not fetal position and death - but whatever substance or quick fixes they can use to ease the pain while they attempt to coast through the rest of whatever remains of their life with minimal effort or 'comfort' as you describe. This hopeless, self-defeating attitude a defense of their decision to go fetal and maybe protect that little area of the dark cave they choose to live and die now.

If we had to reach a conclusion or solution from this, maybe it too is obvious: eat healthy again, exercise; keep your body sustained and mind stable - for then it will be easier to climb out.

Alternatively - you might just get lucky, and someone may find and help you out of that dark place. Hopefully by allowing you to build the strength you need to get up and walk out on your own two feet. But we shouldn't necessarily reserve judgment on those who can't even get up. Who knows how long they've been down there, how many missteps were taken that got them to that point.
Could atomic clocks provide more accurate GPS positioning for GPS receivers? It’s my understanding that GPS works by measuring tiny differences in the time it takes equivalent signals to reach the receiver from different satellites. It may be the case that other factors (like noise and refraction) dwarf any inaccuracies in the quartz clocks in our everyday GPS receivers.
Maybe we should all just have some moderation.
Tim Ferris talking about charlatans ruining Silicon Valley in search of fame and fortune is extraordinarily ironic.
Reading this post saddens me, I think if he linked to a profile of his skillset and provided a way to contact him in the article he could easily land a few consulting gigs until he can stand on his feet again.

We have a group of strong developers here and many of us are looking for personal, i.e. I need people both to hire permanently but could also use a consultant with matching skillset for shorter term to back me up in some projects, and since I'm thinking it I bet there's dozens of others reading the article thinking the same thing.

Consulting is a solid way to earn a living while building up your product portfolio and it's a great way to stay independent while still having a more reliable income for basic needs.
Fortunately, with the EU GDPR coming into effect mid 2018, companies can be fined up to 4% of their global annual turnover for each breach of a specific provision; and 2% for each breach of other lessor provisions.

That should hopefully make these actions uneconomical.
Wait... you're offended by a non-gendered joke about the fact that interpersonal relationships in an office environment can impact the enforcement of contracts against you?

Do you just look for things to be offended by, or is there a particular reason?
Not mentioned in the article - its capacity is 129 MWh. So, at full pelt it would output 100MW for an hour and 20 minutes... ish?

Which I think is about 120 peoples' worth of power. (correction 1MW is not 1KW, so 120,000!)

https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/blog/tesla-powerpack-enable-larg...
Computer programming must be one of the easiest jobs that you can do at home, outside of work, so there's very high visibility of what the job entails (at least, in a very vague sense).
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If you are poor, getting into business is always hard.

Why so many famous actors and musicians come from wealthy families? Because they can afford to travel from auditioning to auditioning and promote themselves non-stop.

Why do so many prestigious companies hire young only from wealthy families? Because they have non paid internships. Poor can't afford to get in.

When you can't afford to lose, risk taking requires real courage.