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> It's unclear to me why the choice of programming language -- unless it was a very obscure and rarely used one, or one that's specifically used in one (unrelated) domain -- should be of any significance.

I'd rather use a language where e.g. a buffer overflow couldn't be turned into a remote exploit that would let you steal coins from every client on the network. Mistakes in cryptocurrency code has the potential to be very costly so you'd think minimising mistakes at all costs would be worth it.
There were 8 of us because my daughter's old school friend's family was here on holidays. They speak a Chinese dialect that I don't speak well.

Anyway it was like herding sheep to get them anywhere. In the rush to get them onboard a train where we taking them back to their hotel from a shopping trip... well... I kinda left my youngest on the platform.
Might break a rib too, no? I've seen a video of tests on clay dummies so they can see the depth of damage from the impact behind the vest.
Invoking Japanese culture as an exemplar of a successful society based on the enforcement of ethnic purity and homogeneity has become a bit of a rhetorical hobbyhorse for right and alt-right wingers, of which there are many on HN.
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The survey is not very big.
So, incidents like the Vegas massacre; is there any response to this kind of thing at all you'd accept, or is it just not a problem that 58 people got killed and hundreds wounded?
This is purely anecdotal but my sister lived in Japan for many years, and she tells me that the policing there is very... uneven, I guess you'd describe it. The police won't get too involved in anything that's not a sure bet to be solved (eg. unexpected deaths are very likely to be written off as suicide) but on the flip side, once they accuse you of something the conviction rate is near 100%. Also if you get a speeding ticket you have to write an apology letter saying how sorry you are, as well as pay the fine.
This seems like a weird abdication of responsibility. Sure, the schools probably shouldn't have been built there. Let's accept the premise that was the main error. That still doesn't excuse the traffic engineers - fault is not indivisible.

You say they can't with away the people's lives. True, but they can't wish away the bad decisions made by others either. They still have a choice to make, between allowing a dangerous situation for children or a worse traffic circulation. And it's valid to judge that decision.
How about the moral imperative "we should treat men and women the same", as opposed to "women are heavily oppressed, we must discriminate in their favor"? Would that imperative be justified by stating a difference?
In Finland we have seemingly corrupted narcotic police and their chief is now going to jail for taking bribes, smuggling drugs and hiding huge amounts of money in his backyard. And then we have the non-profits with crazy fanatical leaders writing texts to newspapers about how a single joint destroyed kids life. We have crazy fanatical ideologies about drugs, alcohol and tobacco.

On the other side we have growing wealth gaps and people drinking and combining it with whatever pill is the cheapest on the corner. The government has a monopoly for selling alcohol, which is created to protect the people from the harms of alcohol and on the other hand needs to gain profit and sell more of the product.

Drugs might become a problem for a person, but how the society reacts to them currently is not really helping anybody.
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I agree it is useful to disable broken features, or other things in software that is not getting updates

I completely disagree this need to be hidden from the end user, it should be FULLY and COMPLETELY transparent what is being disabled, added, or changed. There should be an "about/system-extension" page where a person could go and see everything that is doing or has done, and even optionally disable it if they desire.
The heuristic that I use is to admit to myself what I fear about making the decision. Work out how I can handle any downside and then go for it. Of course, some decisions require a bit of research and for those I write up the pros and cons and then choose the best path.

There is a great book "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" it details many scenarios where people find it hard to make quick decisions. You might find it useful to read up on how others handle their fears of making a bad decision.
I think clang's OpenMP implementation might not be 100% ready? Many FreeBSD ports that have an OPENMP option straight up use gcc when that option is enabled.
> It's as if once we allow these facts into the argument,

Right, facts.

Most of the biological arguments are very touchy-feely. But .. we can see differences in MRI between gays and straights (or men and women, or some other divide du jour)! That's to be expected. Unless your equipment is broken. But the facts that patterns in the brain has established doesn't tell us anything how, or why, they developed.

Scan a professional piano player and compare with a regular person and you'll pick up patterns there as well. Is that some sort of argument that piano talent is innate? If hypothetically some statistical factor could be identified that is more prevalent among black people and piano player, does that mean black people are more suited to be piano players?

No, it does not. Yet when considering sex differences, and to some extent race differences, those are the kind of argument that goes for factual. I doubt it's the factual part that bothers people, but rather the logical hoops necessary for these argument to gain practical relevance for decisionmaking.

I can somehow relate to the tiredness your friend expressed. In some other areas where I have taken active part for the past decade or two, I still encounter the same arguments over and over again (for example why open source is by necessity non-innovative), and every person genuiney believe they came up with a new and important thought that other people needs to consider. Just a quick skim of the discourse in the relevant area would really go a long way of presenting them in a more informed way.

So it might not be the arguments themselves that are tiring but the repetitivesness with the way they are presented.
The same thing happens to me! I always thought it was just Qt/KDE being slow for some reason, but maybe it is Chrome!
Yes, he didn't, but it should definitely be considered that he is externalizing some costs.
I'm definitely far from knowledgeable on the Japanese welfare system (though that article is from 1996) but at least health care and education seem really cheap (and mandatory). As for the livelihood assistance part of welfare, it seems mostly old people make use of it (since unemployment is so low 2.8% in Japan) - which would link to what glandium said in another post: increase in theft by elders.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/06/16/editorials/s...
I pointed out that just looking at multiculturalism and crime rate of a single country is very bad research, you are the one drawing parallels to ”leftist multiculturalism” propaganda. It’s a discussion about bad and simplistic deduction, i.e the ”correlation is causation” fallacy.

But, just for the record: yes, I’m very well aware of the conflicts and race riots during the founding of Singapore (and the fact that they were not a developed economy or deomcracy yet either) but the statement of the GP was basically ”Japan has low multiculturalism and low crime rate, thus multiculturalism causes crime”. That’s why I said that by that logic monoculturalism causes deflation and low economic growth.
Yes, it's completely normal and expected (and indeed charming) to walk around children as they go about their day going to schools and other activities in Zürich. It's a very safe city, of course, but also must be something in the culture. Another thing I noticed is that playgrounds are not "safe" - the kids can climb tall structures, play with animals, etc. Kids are expected to progressively develop the ability to independently take care of themselves and of each other. I have not heard of any catastrophes.
War on nouns? Like in Steve Yegge’s Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns?

https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdo...
UK's map maker Ordnance Survey plays with robo roof detector
I was definitely not a fan of Grand Rapids for the 2 weeks I spent there. Walking around the block (despite there being decent sidewalks) was basically unheard of, and crossing the street was akin to running across a freeway.

The worst part though was getting off work late and tring to go for a nice walk, only to find the sidewalks and half the street flooded from the heavy irrigation! I get that rain storms there flood things, but this was a consistent "lets flood a lane on either side of the street watering our lawn".
I’m also letting my 10 year old daughter use the MRT in Singapore on her own, but also really only in Singapore, any other country I’d be worried too much. There is MRT staff everywhere who help everyone and after I explained to her that the police helps everyone here, so she asked a patrol when she wanted to try a new route. The streets might be cleaner in Tokyo, but I think the sense of community is similar
Yes, while we're not on smuggling guns-level, the same effect can be observed in the Czech Republic.
> as if this was a JavaScript some 12 year old was writing for his homebrew website.

Who can tell the difference?

> Look, let's be very clear. IOTA is a live cryptocurrency with a market cap in the billions of dollars. Real people have large amounts of value tied up on that network. It is hosted on several exchanges.

This is a naive misconception, and one of the most dangerous aspects of cryptocurrencies right now - these are NOT FINANCIAL ENTITIES, there are no bank guarantees or fiduciary rules, no technical standards or oversight, no clear liability (especially when authors/network owners may just be virtual characters). There is 100% risk involved and nobody to blame but yourself.
> They chose (perhaps felt forced to chose) to change their body to fit the stereotype.

This is kind of presuming the conclusion, and ignoring the stated experiences of the people being discussed. The concept of gender identity (whether or not it does a good job of it) is explicitly intended to highlight that the causation isn't "I fit this stereotype, therefore I am this", but just "I feel I am this", with the implication that it may (or may not) be reaffirming to fit in socially with other people who are that way. Many don't identify with the stereotypes. Sure, some cling to stereotypes - maybe because they previously felt constrained from expressing themselves, or just as a practical measure against getting misidentified - but that doesn't imply that that's the cause or the goal. If you don't believe the claim that it isn't the cause, that's fair, but then it's just a person's beliefs against anothers' self-assessment.

The term "transitioning" is also used in a general sense, including "being yourself", as opposed to necessarily taking hormones. Taking hormones, changing paperwork, doctor appointments, losing fertility, etc., is kind of a long, drawn out, stressful ordeal that inherently starts with "being yourself in your own body" until changes kick in; it's pretty unlikely that someone transitioning hasn't considered just not doing the hard part, especially since it's so slow that there's ample time to turn back.

I'd wager most trans people are as opposed to gender essentialism and gender stereotypes as other feminists are. Nothing about accepting that they might actually just not be comfortable in their bodies, or at least just letting them be, implies philosophically accepting gender essentialism. Moreover, making the world more accpeting of people just being themselves is pretty closely aligned with just letting trans people be - if they actually don't need to transition, they'd be less likely to in a world where those who don't fit stereotypes, like trans people, are more accepted. And it's not a verboten topic - the Reddit trans communities have these discussions pretty often, when the questions are asked genuinely. It's just that, as with other minority-focused topics, it's often brought up with the clear intention of harassment rather than having an actual discussion, so there's a low tolerance for things that signal disingenuousness.
>Not every one is great

Somebody should create a project to boil down those 600,000 to about 1000 really good packages and make sure those 1000 doesn't have dependencies with the othee 559,000.
I started using the public buses alone at the age of 5/6. Usually, to go visit my grandparents who lived about 20 minutes away. I started cycling alone at the age of about 8/10. And not short pleasure rides but to actually go from one place to another. School, gymnastics classes etc. etc.

And getting groceries (from the corner or kirana store) wasn't even considered "going out alone". Everyone did that as soon as we learnt to properly count money. Mostly even before that, since the kirana stores could be trusted not to give incorrect change and steal from a kid. I'd have a list of items from my parents, hand it over to the storekeeper with the money, and he'd give me the stuff in a bag along with the change.

There's another interesting story from when I was 4/5. I wanted a new toy and refused to sleep until my parents agreed to buy it for me the next day. They kept refusing so I threatened my parents that I'd run away from home if they didn't buy it for me. Their response was to simply tell me that I could runaway if I wanted, but I wasn't getting that toy (and remember, I'd been throwing this tantrum past bedtime, sonit was about 10/11 at night). I packed a little bag with some toys and clothes and left home. My parents idea of keeping me safe at this time was to ask my 6/7 year old brother to secretly follow me, which he did, but I had no idea about. Getting back to me, I left my apartment, walked out to the main road, walked for a bit, didn't know where to go, so I caught a bus and went to my grandparents house. They were quite happy to get a surprise visit from me. Though I asked them not to tell my parents I was there (I was 5, but didn't want my parents to think I was an idiot) they called my parents and let them know I would be staying over at their place. The next day I found out my brother had caught a cab and followed the bus, saw I went to my grandparents place and returned home in that same cab.

Lastly, in India, every public transport service, offers a half price ticket for children. Even if travelling alone. Also, kids studying in government schools, get a card which allows them to travel from home to school by bus/train for free. It's actually very common to see kids traveling via public transport alone. In trains and buses it's also quite common to offer or see others offering their seats to small kids that can't reach the over head handles while standing.
> Please tell me why anyone should bother being respectful of or lenient towards those who won't show the same decent behavior?

First of all, Mozilla isn't being rude, they're being foolish. But to answer that question in general, the goal is to fix things, not make them generally shit, so one side has to show decency at least. Furthermore, even if you believe they're as bad as you say, that does not give everyone carte blanche to be awful.
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15944186
A privileged white male.
1 Get a die

2 Decide which numbers on the die represent which decision

3 Roll the die

4 Use that random decision

. ...time passes...

5 You really dislike the decision made by the die? Go with the other one

6 Should you dislike the opposite too stop thinking about it and go with the decision the die made for you

7 If you still have not done anything it may mean you don't really care about making a decision, which may have deeper meaning that is far beyond what the Internet can help you with
Elementary schools are usually within walking distance and not well served by public transport. In this case, biking is nice.
You maybe "unsure", but for an outsider reading Callahad's response, it looks like so. Besides, it's meant to be read as: "one of your teams".

Also, your all-company event maybe "intensive", but it doesn't matter one whit. Why? When your corporation's actions are raising a damn ugly stink ruining Mozilla's good will, you're better off paying immediate attention even if it's the "freaking weekend".

It's elementary common sense.
So you're carrying around tonnes of useless metal just so people don't have to walk a few feet and sit next to other people?
> Pale Moon is about as "viable" against Firefox or Chrome as Ubuntu or Mint are "viable" against Windows or MacOS for the average user. (And one of those [the better, much more popular one] has a corporation backing it!)

Funny, I appreciate the Pale Moon community (I'm "officially" part of it since I use the browser) more than I appreciate or support anything to do with Mozilla for years now. I don't see it being non-viable, because there are plenty of people who are actively involved in providing a better browser with specific goals. And, there are plenty more people on top of that who act as concerned watchdogs to make sure the browser doesn't lose sight of those goals. That's what Mozilla lost. When the powerusers turned into an echo chamber, Mozilla lost the way. When the community openly approved of the offloading of plugins (the start of multi-process nonsense), the new interface, the move to WebExtensions... this is the fault of the people who kept saying, 'yes keep changing stop being Mozilla stop being Firefox be Chrome-2'.
Yet, the original author finds it fishy that IOTA is not implemented in C++.
I know it looks ridiculous but if you are in charge of a gang of kids put them in the brightest eye-burning tee shirts you can find.

You won't even have to look at their dirty, disgusting faces, just count them like cattle.

In a large city like NYC, neon-green would stands out very nicely.
As I understand, the blockchain is used to track transactions between network providers and users (providers sell network access to users' devices).
> And the second problem is obviously the unaudited,"quantum resistant" function.

Don't forget the ternary SHA-3.
I suspect they have given up on crimes where there is little or no evidence and hence not much chance of a conviction.
Living in Germany, I've walked to the kindergarten alone (I think when I was four years old) and after knowing the way to school, I was walking there with my friends and without parents. We spent hours outside without our parents knowing where we are because we knew where we were allowed to go and what we where allowed to do (This didn't mean we listened, though).
This leaves me wondering:

What do you consider to be the right context for public debates about these thorny issues?

What besides communicating with each other about those issues will move us forward?

I don't think they will go away by themselves and I agree that some cannot be resolved, but then we should politely agree to disagree, after having explained our reasoning for each other's viewpoints, no?

Disclaimer: I work in this space and we get this reaction quite often, so I am happy to read your thoughts on this.
I’m not sure which Shareblue pamphlet you have been getting your history lessons from, but the 2A was absolutely about state tyranny.
(((Multiculturalism vs Monoculturalism)))
Probably the best part of 1GB.
This is what happens with private cars now, except in a much more wasteful way.

Commuter train cars generally weigh about a ton per 3 passenger seats, but packed-full cars are considered uncomfortable. So a pod weighing 600 kg would be equal in weight per passenger to a train car where everyone sits alone on a double-seat place. Which is a pretty reasonable comfort standard. An EV pod could also be charged in the train during the journey, so you would have its full range available at both ends of the train journey.
I think it has increased slightly in recent times after falling heavily since the mid nineties.
If you live in the north and don’t have a week of food stores then you are a bit of an idiot. Having long lasting food available is a peace of mind thing. Heck, given some history, having food in your car during the winter isn’t a bad idea. Last winter, I was stuck in my apartment for 3 days.
Camper, back packer here. I benefit by this market as consumers demand better tasting food. A lot of dehydrated food tastes horrible, but some companies are competing by improving product. If you want to try some decent dehydrated good, try the Mountain House brand. Their beef stroganoff is surprisingly good.

Doomsday prepping has really taken off in America. It's upsetting to think how many are squirreling away resources in a fortified bunker.
I have a pair of HD450 from ~1990 and they are still going strong, I have replaced the cusions though.
> Will you get literally ostracized for holding the viewpoint in private or on a blog

Yes, that can happen. If you argue on your blog that red-headed people are inherently inferior developers and it gets back to your colleagues, there will be people who treat you differently.
>>There’s no point living in a nice place if you don’t see it five days out of seven

The point would be your family see's it even if you do not...

>Live somewhere convenient and “commute to the country” on the weekend.

You act as if people choose to live in the country for ascetics, not economic reasons...

Some do, I did at one time, but this article is about people moving to where they can afford to live, and I dont thing they are talking about home in the country side with a stream and woods....
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1. Telemetry enabled by default.

2. Selling telemetry data about users to evilcorps like google.

3. Ruining interface with project Australis (during the 3.6 > 4.0 update [status bar got removed], tab-bar got degraded).

4. Breaking XPCOM.

5. Implementing a system of stealth add-on installations.
The add-ons don't just get installed stealthily, they are also not listed by add-ons manager.

6. Pocket.

7. Using the system of stealth add-on installations to spy ('gather telemetry to improve users browsing experience') on users and adding ads.
Adding ads to the start page.
Nothing useful ever was deployed via the stealth add-on installation system.

8. Breaking users' preferences they set once.

9. Breaking XUL.

Mozilla is now even more malicious than Google.

Point 9 is the reason that firefox is dead to me since version 57: I will not update anymore and I'll have to switch my browser to a firefox fork because of that on holidays.

Oh, and all those issues - is just what is on the surface, the real problems are way deeper:

1. Mozilla rejects communication with users and developers.

2. Mozilla censors incoming messages.

3. Mozilla has betrayed the trust of its users by betraying its own ideals.

4. I thought Mike Beltzner (aka beltznebooth) was a dumb fucker that took stupid decisions, but turns out - he was the best of management Mozilla ever had: since he stepped away - the browser's degradation accelerated in supersonic speed.

5. Mozilla did too many mistakes and never acknowledged the failure, no conclusions were made, which means that the history to be repeated again and again.
Do you live in Japan? I've been there a few times over the past 40 years, most recently for thr Tokyo ODS, and I think his comment is spot on.
LOL, I wonder how many people do "Rails on Rails" as I've worked on multiple projects in the Chicago area where we did just that (1 hour train ride plus 40 minute drive each way for me BTW)...but yes WFH or fly-in fly-out is far better...
Your power company is responsible for increasing power consumption. Etc.
He may be biased, but you may be too.
Are you a Java developer (or android)?

That said, I know some great software can be produced in Java,
ElasticSearch been one on top of my mind.

If Security is the goal, nor CPP nor Java is great.
Proven Haskell or Rust might be more of a valid option.