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Supercharge the whole planet's weight loss by spinning counterclockwise... Robbing the planet of it's angular momentum and extending night and day.
> Probably more so, last I looked, Apple has considerably fewer software employees than the other big companies.

I don't think this is true. Apple, Google, and Microsoft all have on the order of 100K employees.
Thanks for the overview. I wasn't aware there were purely transactional visas like that.

Having explored options for a variety of countries, as a software developer without a degree there aren't a lot of options outside marriage, investment, and ancestry.
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I'm not much of a RISC-V guy, but using the arch doesn't require you to open up your design (the arch is basically BSD). So, someone who puts the effort into making a super fast risc-v core will still have an advantage over most everyone else as the effort required to create a fast core is a lot different from the effort required to just get something that works.

So, the devices can't just be "cloned" without the RTL/etc for the design, and even if someone got some masks or the RTL via an illicit source it would still be copyrighted enough to keep them from selling the clones..

Of course if "clone" means you spend hundreds of millions of dollars building your own competitive core, then yes that is still allowed..
What about it being decentralized makes it useless, and not an alternative?
Good reading. Thanks for the link.

I don't understand how this model can be applied to private companies. It seems to require a cap table, which isn't publicly available until after the company goes public. I understand that in the example given (Square), the analysis calculates the fair market value at the time of their Series E, but it was performed after they went public, with the benefit of the cap table. Can this actually be used by the public in place of a funding valuation?

I agree there are flaws in using that number as a representation of a company's value, and to be clear: I'm not arguing that Uber's $69B valuation is not inflated. I'm arguing that it's inaccurate to report Uber was worth $69B at their last round, and now that SoftBank intends to buy common stock at $48B, Uber are valued at $48B (or some dramatically reduced value in-between). I'm arguing that because SoftBank is not offering $X/share to Uber in exchange for newly issued shares, as is the case in a funding round. This is a transfer of ownership between existing shareholders, and if they can strike a deal in this secondary market then so be it. It doesn't affect Uber in the way a funding round does: they've allowed the deal to go down, but they a) receive none of the money changing hands (that goes to the shareholders who are selling), and b) take no dilution. So it's unfair to say that this sale price is indicative of the company's valuation in the same way a new funding round would be - they are entirely different beasts.
For Seneca, U. of Chicago Press has been releasing a series of new translations[1] over the last few years. Good, if a bit expensive. May be some on the used market by now. Hardship and Happiness would probably be the most useful one if you're looking for his work on Stoicism, followed by Letters on Ethics, then Anger, Mercy, Revenge. They may eventually do a one or two volume "best of" compilation as sometimes publishers do when they release these long, expensive series, and maybe paperback editions. Dunno. There are ebook versions of them if that's your thing.

[1] http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/series/CWLAS.html
Over the past 7 years, Bitcoin has outperformed every security and portfolio that Jack Bogle has recommended.
No, the inevitability of it being present in a nearby planet went way up if the probability of it moving from one planet to another planet is decently high - and not otherwise.
effectively, browsers are growing up to gain most of the same functionality as modern operating systems, with all the complexity that brings.
I'm reminded of:
"Solaris Telnet 0-day vulnerability", 2007:
https://m.slashdot.org/story/80056

But this does indeed seem to be an extra level of user-friendly stupid.
> The weird part about people complaining about the Bixby button is the fact they bought it.

Because there's a phone identical to the Note 8 but for the button? Just because the Android ecosystem is more diverse than iOS doesn't mean that there is unlimited variation available in the market. I don't want Bixby, really dislike the button placement (too easy to accidentally activate even if I wanted Bixby), but that's not enough to prefer another phone to the Note 8.
There's also the fact that consumers are not aware of the price of the services until (and only sometimes) after the services have been rendered.

Noone ever goes into a restaurant, orders a bowl of soup, eats it, and then becomes mortified upon receiving a bill of $250.

People find out how much the soup costs before they order it. And any medical system that is going to price operations reasonably will probably have people doing the same for their tongue tie operations.
In a case like this, I think it would be best to maximize the bad publicity. Bad publicity is the minimum Apple deserves for a bug like this. In my idea world they'd get a lot of bad publicity, and a significant financial penalty.
While a specific retention policy is always a good idea 1 year is very short and would often cost you information for any annual process. Their are various standards like 5 years in banking or 7 years in healthcare. And some industry's are required to maintain records for significantly longer than that
If setting a root password is a hack, I'm Donald Duck.
7 years is a tiny sample size if you are hoping to retire off it (unless of course you cash out your millions during that time). His advice makes sense if you are looking at a 30 year retirement horizon - it may not be there in 30 years.
"There is nothing to support bitcoin except the hope that you will sell it to someone for more than you paid for it.”

Genuinely asking, isn't this the plan for many people? How is bitcoin different than other commodities or property in this regard? Would Bogle say the same thing about those investments?
Yeah, the guy is an attention whore, he just wants to buzz.

There is no justification for releasing a 0day publicly.
Login screen is probably already running as root in the first place, so it already had permission to enable shell/GUI access
AFAIK, its not really a security bug. Windows 98 didn't really have any concept of user security. With the default install you could always cancel out of the login dialog and use the guest account. Every account was an 'administrator'. The user name / pwd was mainly to store the OS customization settings like UI colors and such.
You are comparing an arsonist to a fire department.
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Maybe partly, but he has a point - without anything backing it, its volatility doesn't work well with traditional long-term investing strategies.

Vanguard investors are typically not high risk/high reward investors. They are low/med risk investors looking for a slower, steadier increase in their retirement funds, with many of them just putting money in index funds or target date retirement funds. Now, if you are not that kind of investor, and you have less aversion to risk, then his point doesn't matter to you. In which case, sure, go to town with Bitcoin.
I whole heartedly disagree. Erring on the side of caution got us the TSA, DHS, the War on Drugs, the Iraq invasion, and justifies the continued operations in Afghanistan.

Erring on the side of caution is a rational individual strategy in many cases, but it has disastrous collective implications.

In a sense, if the editors of those publications had erred on the side of caution, then they could have reduced the drag on commerce and free expression that exaggerated claims yielded.
Keep in mind that Apple directly employs retail staff.
Property can be used to generate returns (rents). Bitcoin cannot.
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There is no definite point, but usually names are usually kept secret until conviction. For people of public interest (e.g. pro soccer player) names can be published earlier. For juvenile criminals names can be made secret even after conviction (including e.g. Google data).

Germany seems to balance personal rights and freedom of press differently, giving more weight to the former.

Coincidentally, the german Grundgesetz starts "Human dignity is inviolable", while the Bill of Rights starts "Congress shall make no law [...religion...] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press".
And Uber wants this trial to be heard by a jury? Are they stupid or they can’t settle this out of court without Waymo owing their ass?

I mean almost weekly in the press the public hears about how horrible Uber is and is operated.

Maybe the jury will be all older ppl and those who don’t have smartphones.
Stoicism is about letting go of the things you CANT change, so that you have more energy and ability to focus on the things you can change.

If someone has wronged you, and sending a corrective signal is in your power, than Stoicism would be favor of you fixing that problem.

But... if on your way to fixing that problem, it were to rain on you, Stoicism would be against you getting angry at the clouds.
What he probably means is if you missed the boat, it is too late to get on.

Sure, it may still double or triple in the next few months. Or it can loss 50% over a matter of days
Twitter's also the goto for banning trans people from military service, attacking freedom of the press, threatening to declare nuclear war, and all kinds of other things too.
Over the 7 years from 1993-2000, a portfolio of stocks with ".com" in the name far outperformed every other asset class out there. If you held that portfolio for the 7 years following, from 2000-2007, you would most likely go bankrupt.
spotted the applefag.
> The Galaxy Note series is, to my knowledge, the only smartphone on the market that comes with a stylus.

Not quite, but I think it's the only flagship with an integrated stylus.

It's also the only one with it's monstrously large screen, and it's aspect ratio, which is a nice combo because it gives you a lot of visible screen content while using the on-screen keyboard.

Not the best for everyone's preferences, but there's no obvious substitute for someone who wants Note 8’s distinct features other than Bixby.
It's not the most effective, but that doesn't make it bad, or malicious.
Or he cares more about doing the right thing than about following best practices designed to protect the guilty under the guise of helping users.
Uhh, no. How are you getting that impression? I'm simply saying that arsonists exist, and it's probably a good idea to make it harder for them to burn things down than to publicly advertise a way for them to do it.
“Bitcoin has no underlying rate of return,” said Bogle, 88, who started the first index fund in 1976. “You know bonds have an interest coupon, stocks have earnings and dividends, gold has nothing. There is nothing to support bitcoin except the hope that you will sell it to someone for more than you paid for it.”

Didnt quite understand this quote - is he down on gold too?
They have a culture. Just not a very good one.
"Snap, Inc.’s third quarter 2017 earnings caught notice: a $40m accounting write-down on unsold Spectacles glasses and a complete reversal on product strategy towards a re-design of the app. In Snap’s ad business, things were no better: Snap’s Average Revenue Per User is only 10% of Facebook’s, revenue growth is rapidly diminishing, and there’s no clear path to fix it. Management attributed the revenue issues to temporary changes in the ad business’s structure, but barring the outsized success of the pending product re-design, the weakness is likely permanent."

I think people are more becoming more and more fatigued with social media. I know I am and I am sensing it more and more with my friends and family. People only share 'life moments' on Facebook, travel/food/hobbies on Instagram, career on LinkedIn, politics/sports/news/social commentary on Twitter, and reddit is for who you are when no one is watching.

What is Snaap supposed to be in the current media landscape? It's pretty buggy compared to others and what made it unique is being compied shamelessly by Facebook/Instagram.
Bizarrely though, you can still use the root user (with the password that you set) to login to the Directory Utility even while it is supposed to be disabled... This behaviour seems super weird.
I like the Signature Edition program where Microsoft vets that the machine just has a clean Windows install and minimal drivers out-of-the-box. I recommend that to a lot of people. The easiest way to buy a Signature Edition PC is from the Microsoft Store, but some of the OEMs and some Best Buys and Staples will offer them if you ask nicely. It saves a bit of time from wiping it yourself.
> Sure, Bitcoin is a bubble, many altcoins are a scam and many people are going to lose their shirts. But let's not pretend that stock market trading is that much better. For the skeptical, I beseech you to look at Seeking Alpha stock commentaries and analyses.

The difference between BTC and Stocks is rather fundamental.

Stocks entitle me to a portion of the profits (aka: the Dividend) and a company vote each year. Believe it or not, directly controlling a company and grabbing a portion of the profits of said company has real value.
Side-stepping a little bit of javascript is something that can be taught trivially, avoiding malicious sources is not.
How does him being from Turkey matter in this case?
Myself and others blogged about solutions:
https://www.rderewianko.com/10-13-root-password-oh-my/
https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/blocking-logins...
I'll also add that liquidation preference is to reduce risk for investors in case things don't pan out well in a liquidation event. If all goes well and money starts raining from the sky, the payout will be equal for the common stock and preferred stock alike. I can't quite work out how that risk should be accounted for in financial value.

Certainly the preferred shares are worth more, in that one should be prepared to pay more in order to buy them, but I'm not convinced that those disparate buy prices should be incorporated into the value of the company as a whole, since a preferred share and a common share represent the same percent ownership of a company. Perhaps somebody with more understanding than I could comment.
I agree with this. For our kids, I've been the one that's most successful with quick sleep times, and my wife and I believe it's largely driven with our different mental energies during that time.

I'm a night owl, so don't feel pressure to rush it, and just settle in for the long haul and relax and daydream myself, planning to finish my day once the kids are good and settled. My wife gets tired at night and spends the time tallying her remaining chores and work that needs finished before she can get to bed herself, and the kids then tend to not settle down.

It's harder now with our 3 year old, who uses mama's hair as her bedtime lovie.
So you're in favor of eliminating NN rules?

TCP/IP is optimized for neutral nodes in a network, sure you're doing traffic engineering, throttling is already happening. At a network level this makes sense, doesn't make sense that we give ISPs carte Blanche to openly start filtering traffic based on any rules they see fit. The people who want to repeal NN are the suits, not traffic engineers and techies like yourself. Obviously
I really can't respond to you unless you explain your reasoning…
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When I looked at browser.html, it was what you could call an "alpha-quality browser", unless we use different definitions of the term "alpha-quality".
I intended my reply as a pointed cautionary tale — understanding full well you had in mind true victims — for those who may misunderstand what's involved and what's at stake regarding both accused and accuser and so may pursue a regrettable course. Sadly, from a 3rd party's point of view, it's difficult today to distinguish true victims from false accusers.
In most recipes, if the tomatoes are not in season you'll have better luck using canned tomatoes anyways.
He just saw the Silicon Valley episode
> "Addition of Duplicate Tab option"

As a user of both Chromium and Firefox browser, I miss this option in tab's context menu in "stock" Firefox browser.
Maybe I want to use my extensions until the WebExtensions API is up to the task?
Grub's "backspace 28 times to a rescue shell" was also a stupid one, but it first got fixed, and then made it to the news.
EdgeHTML sure has advanced a lot from Trident, and I appreciate their openness with Platform status, but Edge as a browser is still a joke IMO.

The other day I had to use vanilla Windows 10, and wanted to save a text file from Edge. Nope, there's no such functionality. The closest thing to save is print to PDF.
Exactly. Everyone I know on Mac immediately tried reproducing this bug the moment they heard about it. On those systems where it didn't reproduce, they immediately dismissed it as a false report.
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Mean and standard deviation seem downright dangerous to use, especially to understand latencies. Both mean and std are very sensitive to extreme values, and these extreme values tend to be frequent enough that shoving them under the 'outlier' carpet does not instill much confidence. Looking at multiple quantiles (if not all of them) would be more sound. But if one is compelled to reduce the data to 2 numbers, one can go with trimmed-means, and L-moments or some other robust estimate of location and scale (EDIT. for example, median and interquartile. Just that trimmed mean is more efficient, both statistically and computationally).

Deficiencies of mean and std are easy to demonstrate. Just draw multiple samples of different sizes from a Pareto distribution (some other long tailed distribution would work too) and observe how drastically the mean and std varies among those samples.

Gaussian distribution based methods, for example ANOVA, had their moment of glory in centuries past (good stats has since moved on). They are still fantastic tools when the assumptions they make are true (this is rather rare) but they break badly when those assumptions are violated a tiny wee bit. One can easily end up making a wrong decision.

At the very least one should verify that the Gaussian assumption holds before believing those statistics. There are many post-Gaussian statistics that one can use, if it turns out that the data is not Gaussian.
The common sense for the wealthy investor should have been to invest 1% of his portfolio into bitcoin and other digital currencies. If he did that two years ago he'd get x15-30 returns, making Digital currencies over 10% of his portfolio. That would be the time to "cash out" or "scale out" the original investment back into traditional channels.

Is it late now? I think wait a bit and then start DCA that portion of your portfolio.
Mature stocks will usually start paying a dividend.

Equity in a company means you own part of that company.

Owning Bitcoin means you own a BTC.
Does this user have admin privileges? root != admin on macOS if I recall correctly.
If I buy stock in a company, and the company pays dividends, I get the dividend income until I sell the stock. That is, I bought a future income flow. Same thing if I bought an income-producing property.

Raw land? Non-income-producing property? Gold? Not so much.
Time and time again we have been shown that the way to a company's heart is through it's PR department. This is a dev complaining to Apple like a lunchgoer would complain to Mc D's about a bad burger. Expect more of it.
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At least gold is used in jewellery and electronics. What is bitcoin used for, except ransomware?
So did tulip bulbs in Holland in the 17th century. It's still not enough to make it a smart choice.
There is a big difference. If you buy wheat futures and nobody wants to buy them, you can take delivery of a bunch of wheat. If you buy investment real estate and nobody wants it, you can live in it, or build things on it. If you buy stock in a random Fortune 500 company and nobody wants it, you can take possession of a bunch of desks or factories or inventory or whatever their deal is. And if you take possession of a bunch of US currency you can be assured that you'll be able to use it to settle debts or pay your taxes as long as the US government is around and has better guns than everyone else.

Bitcoin is different from all those things.
The PS4, XBox and the Sony range of cameras do not support VP9.

Not sure why you brought up Edge and Android TVs.
Orbit is doubtful - what natural process could accelerate a bacteria to those speeds after getting it out of the atmosphere? Maybe some bacteria somehow floated up high enough to be hit by the ISS, but I would think they would be obliterated by the impact, despite being microscopic.
There is a simple workaround. Publicity means security here.

It's trivial to find. He can't presume he is the only one who found it. Telling any individual that doesn't have malicious intent is a good thing, therefore telling everyone is a good thing.
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I as a student who doesn't quite have a job, rely on free services like GitHub pages to host my projects. One of the problems I have with this approach is finding reliable hosts that are free of cost. I have been looking around for any free services that allow hosting a back-end a few I've seen are https://pythonanywhere.com Most others I find only offer PHP hosting do any of you own some good back-end hosting services that are somewhat usable and don't run on outdated versions of a language?
Seems to be something related to a backwards-compatibility code path for upgraded systems. According to multiple posts on this thread it only affects systems upgraded to High Sierra, not fresh installs. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15802622 for example.
Adding extra layers for compatibility complicates testing and debugging. With this many eyes on it hopefully someone will be able to deduce exactly what's going on.
Let me make myself clear, I agree Agile is not useful for all environments. Just need some example of cases that it has not been useful and reasons for that.

If I get you right, you mean any team that is too slow cannot be agile. I disagree, transparency in agile is useful to find the issues and retrospective meeting can be used to fix the issues. Thinking out of the box, I can say a business analyst can help with improving the process and making it more efficient. To bring the slowness problem to the surface, I would use a Kanban board to make everything transparent and figure out what the problem is, and hire a business analyst to review the process and find the bottlenecks.

Also, I had experience of working in a agile (scrum) team while our client (whom sent the requirements) was following waterfall. Would you elaborate further? Cannot we wait for the other team to finish it work and then use Agile to develop what is required? Or if something is going to be delayed cannot we remove that from the current Sprint and move a ready item to the current Sprint while waiting for the other team?

In addition to above, which other approaches did you use to develop software applications when Agile did not work? and which approach would you use if you were in our situation?
How about when adjusted for volatility?
It's a bid deal for RISC-V enthusiasts, who are delighted to see it in consumer products.