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> its functionally a point where Ubuntu could un-seat macOS in terms of ease of use

And this is in turn is seriously un-true.

* With my Macbook, I can be almost ironclad certain that if I close the lid to sleep, it will wake up. With Ubuntu (or any Linux really) you have 99,5% certainty, which is great, until it isn't and you lose work.

* Battery life if still miles behind macOS+Macbook levels unless you compromise somewhere (resolution, portability, etc.)

* Apple is quite a heavy-handed overlord that pushes changes through, and developers have to adapt or die to them. Ubuntu has no such power.

* Most macOS developers also 'naturally' stick to platform conventions, so all applications feel at home and look and work as expected

* The ease-of-use of Apple's 'global menu' cannot be overstated. It may not matter much to techies, but for my mother or grandma the fact that 'Print' is always under 'File' and 'File' is in the menu bar regardless of which application is being used is magic. Same goes for 'Edit', 'View', etc. They never have to hunt for these things again[1]

That's not to mention Touchpad gestures, Spaces (best implementation of virtual desktops), scaling, font rendering, updates that rarely if ever bork everything, ecosystem integration with your phone and tablet (Continuity, shared copy-paste and remotely-triggered tethering are a godsend), etc. etc.

Now if you were touting that Linux is much easier to tweak exactly to your liking, I'd heartily agree. But even today, I'd much rather recommend someone a Macbook than have them deal with the headache that Linux desktop _can_ be.

[1] Yes I know Ubuntu had a global menu. They nixed it, and the Gnome extension is a hack that doesn't work for everything
Having seen how much more sociable the Spanish are compared to the English I'm inclined to agree there is a significant cultural component here. This could be just genetic, but I believe it isn't. A very quick search suggests this is something that academia is considering and has not answered definitively.
Hypergamy, then, is ever present. The only thing that changes whether it is realized or not is the extent to which women are free to act on it. Hypergamy doesn’t necessarily guarantee an inequality in actual sexual encounters, but the more free that women are to act on it (and this is personal speculation) the more likely are there to be social norms and institutions favoring women, i.e. fault-free divorce, preferential child custody laws, anti-slut shaming, popularity on social media, and the free trips to Dubai that entails, etc.

I need to report 'reality' to the mods for gender baiting.
>Government employees tend to excel at working organisational politics (i.e., in serving their organisational customers) rather than in serving their taxpaying customers.

So you are saying that government employees are greater at serving the people who actually matter. Not the people who should matter, but the people who do.

Imagine a startup that focused on its customers' customers (maybe once or twice more removed) instead of the people paying it. Would anyone be surprised if it gets out competed by a different startup focusing directly on their customers, even if at the cost of their customers' customers?

This isn't unique to government. I've seen private organizations where employees will make choices that benefit their own department at the cost of the overall organization. I sometimes wonder if a natural selection-esque drive behind this is the reasons that inefficiency grows as organizations grow.

> We should pay market rates, but we should pay them for market quality.

I think this would fix a lot of problems, but implementing it is going to be a nightmare because it isn't just the rank and file employees who you need to do this for. You almost have to start at the top, and from what little I've worked with governments, you are looking as a massive cycling of employees and a large loss of institutional knowledge. Also, given that much of how any government agency works is dictated by some of the same people who would be replaced under this, you are looking at having to pay people much more than even going market rate because of the extra costs of working the position.

For example, hiring good government IT is not just going to mean having to pay market wages, but also having to account for paying people to work in dead languages and eldritch abominations built by poorly managed contractors who often still have rights to the software that prevent the government employees from doing major changes (lots of contract security).
I loved my Athlon 64. IIRC, it ran hot as hell, but the price/performance was amazing.
It probably still has better black levels than any LCD you can buy. Wait for the OLED prices to come down.
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I agree, it's not as simple as yes/no. I find that creating new software usually is not that expensive, but maintaining it is: dependencies update, new language versions, new formats, new requirements, etc. In my experience burden of maintenance is often more costly then budget for initial development. Maybe that case could empower more people to consider contributing to open/free projects.
and whats crazy for this generation is thats the age people are supposed to most easily make their friends to bring them into the later stages of life.

https://thewalrus.ca/the-science-of-loneliness/#.WkqJdEldy2w...
> ... europe needs more appreciation of self-reliance and entrepreneurship to enable a richer startup culture ...

A good social support system is not detrimental at all to a rich startup culture. It is financed by taxes, and as startup you only need to pay taxes on profit, so you don't bear any additional costs.
> And the idea that fat = calories in - calories burned is a simplistic view that no serious nutritionist on either side of the debate believes.

I want to preface this comment by saying I am not attempting to be rude or combative, I am genuinely curious.

If a calorie is a measure of energy contained in food, and food is the only source of energy for a body, and one mechanism by which the body uses that energy is to store fat, then a positive change in fat matter stored can maximally be the value of calorie intake converted to mass (in some discrete time).

Or, a positive change in fat stored (mass) <= calories in (again, in some discrete time).

Is this still too simplistic?
Back in the day when google was growing, there were similar alarms about tracking and personalized ads. People didn't care, I doubt they would care with devices like echo too.
More stigma attached to it for the buyer.

Stricter enforcement of 21 to drink rules so older sibling will have a harder time buying with a fake ID if under 21.

Fewer teens working so less interaction with over 21s.
I am a total introvert and some of my happiest high school memories involve friends pushing me to go to giant parties that pushed me out of my comfort zone. I would say that there are moments in there which are integral to who I am as a person.

I really feel like they’re missing out on a developmental milestone.

I almost feel like these kids are brainwashed but that’s probably just me looking in as an outsider. I am just getting old (31) and struggling with the fact that I no longer understand the youth.
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Very complicated issues, but mostly traumatic childhood of my parents which was mirrored by my brain and had to be undone before any serious cognitive development could happen. Trauma = Disassociation = Brain functions become disconnected and do not work properly. It becomes harder when you have to bootstrap your brain to work well and you are basically starting over 20 years later than everyone.
"Intel has a bug that lets some software gain access to parts of a computer’s memory that are set aside to protect things like passwords."

Seems like very little got through to the media about the details regarding this flaws effects and costly workaround.
At my company (details in profile, sex-work related), this is exactly why we are centralized. Some competitors go on about smart contracts, and how people will meet for services and exchange escrow keys...it is far-fetched!

For example: We want to prevent underage users and duplicates. We do that by manually screening IDs. Hard to do that on a decentralized system...

Another major issue: In sex work, clients present a significant threat. An abusive client needs to be reliably banned. Having them put up a deposit is just not a substitute. E-commerce do not have this as client only receives what seller sends and poses no risk to seller.

We from our central point-of-view can detect rings, ban money launderers and traffickers, investigate and appeal if needed. Decentralized system that adds such a feature is ripe for gaming.

And yes: Single point to make money, campaign, run ads, provide incentives (sign-up-friend, get-$50-credit) and organize labor...this is an important aspect as well.
If I fire you from your government job because you said something I didn't agree with, being that I'm an acting agent of the government, am I violating your First Amendment? This would not apply to a private employee firing someone for the same reason because they are not an acting government agent.
I closed it at IResponse, IResponseJson, IResponseOkJson, IResponseNotFound, IResponseOk
Well, your commnt implies that you have not actually read the thing you're complaining about, as "[t]he idea that Debian Stable is a good choice for all users" does not appear in the text anywhere. In fact, the opposite is stated.
Technology has made law enforcement much more efficient and as a society we've pushed for greater and greater protections for children. For instance all the examples of people getting the cops called on them for letting their children walk outside unsupervised
Leading and managing in your tech role
Gene Wilder's widow on what it's like to care for someone with Alzheimer's
Yeah for $35k before any options. They currently only sell it with the premium package and only the range version. The premium package has improved audio (premium audio), USB ports for each passanger, powered seats and steering wheel, a glass roof, better build materials, rear heated seats as well as improved front heated seats. The long range version gets you 310 instead of 220 miles, improved 0-60 (0-100) times and fast supercharging, but sets you back another $9k. There is also the option to have autopilot for $5k (or less I don’t the correct price) but you can always buy that later over the air (at a premium). They also plan to add an option for white interior, air suspension, an AWD, and a performance version. So the model 3 can cost anything from 35k to 100k, though I don’t expect many to choose the performance version of the model 3. I personally believe that the standard battery, non premium version, and white interior will be available in a few months. The AWD and air suspension will probably be available by the end of the year. I don’t expect the performance version to be available until late next year. Tesla has given many timelines when we can expect what but that moves forth and back all the time.
There is evidence from OKCupid etc (and, y'know, the real world) that the two assertions you quoted are true, broadly speaking.

What has this got to do with "putting on his MRA hat"? Does this invalidate the assertions somehow?
I dunno, could be some value in the long tail there. Discoverability is the main problem with voice interfaces (aka the world's worst-documented CLI). Third-party skills are already the backbone of Alexa's value, but you have to discover and activate individual skills manually. Amazon needs to get better at general queries, which is hard.

It could be useful to allow people bid on specific kinds of general queries. "You can use our cleaning product for that" is a better answer than "Sorry, I don't know."

There's also some signalling here. It shows that someone is willing to bet money that they have what I want. This is similar to search engine ads.

Like with search engine ads, transparency & privacy are really important. I want to know when I'm receiving sponsored content. I want to know what information was used to decide to show me that content. Duck Duck Go gets this right. Podcasts that play special background music during ad breaks get this right.

Maybe Alexa needs a separate voice or tone for responses with sponsored content.
Surely you have men with the same title now, earning different amounts because they have different skill sets / value to the company.

Will this just get solved by creating more titles. Each salary bracket needs its own title..
The WEF report.

https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-gender-gap-report...

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GGGR_2017.pdf
You hit the nail on the head. I've found that people can't grasp that there are a decent amount of federal employees that go to work and actually do nothing. I think some individuals take it as an attack on "big government" instead of a reality. Sure, it does sound a bit absurd if you haven't worked in that environment before, but people aren't exaggerating.
They had a presence on the currently faster growing market (mobile), but they decided to sell it a while ago because it wasn't trendy and margins were smaller.

Now they are pivoting everywhere, but theirs is the only market with sufficient margins. And the perspective is that their margins will shrink because of competition and software emulation (that they are keeping into control by patent trolling).
This reminds me of a famous quote by Chuck Jones[1]: "Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out."

In the same way, we probably all have thousands of bad programs/scripts/classes in us. Code 'em out.

[1] I've also seen this attributed to others and phrased differently
It depends on what you want to tell. You can discuss how you agree/disagree with someone as polarizing as Uncle Bob in the context of the book, which, if I can go by his previous books, contains a lot of his personality.
Or you write an objective critique of the book. Or maybe something entirely different.

When I read a post entitled "A critique of...", I expect an objective analysis of the information provided by the book, not jabs at the author. I hope this is helpful.
The belief that a woman with the same experience, skill, etc. is a worse performer would lead to a lower salary for women. That's the whole point of contention.

And we should probably let go of the idea that markets are rational.
Also from an engineering standpoint, I would think that just metal-izing the skeleton wouldn't be very helpful. You'd just switch to breaking all of the tendons and ligaments and other connective tissue first instead. So you'd need to strengthen those up too, and in a way that is still as durable and repairable.

Then all of this stuff is adding more weight, we're going to need bigger or more powerful muscles to move it around well. Then we'll need bigger/better heart, lungs, circulatory system to fuel that extra muscle power, and improved digestive system to get more energy for that stuff into the body. Skin is seeming kinda fragile with all of this extra bone strength and muscle power, better toughen that up too.
I drove the Model 3 last week. It’s a properly good car in it’s own right - It reminded me of the MOdel 3 from BMS in how it handles, of course the performance curve is totally different. The rethinking of the dashboard is perfect for the cell phone age. It’s Apple Good (back when Apple was good).

The performance curve - the instant power at any point is addicting. The seats were comfortable, and the trunk space was ample.

The build quality, at least on the unit I saw is _better_ then the S or the X right now. This is primarily due to the simplification of the assembly compared to the S and the X. Honestly, having driven both, I would buy a 3 before buying a S. The only killer feature I see missing is the air suspension, and we know that is coming for the 3.

They are going to sell a million of the 3s.

For the record, I’m not a EV or a green evangelist. I don’t have a snarky license plate, or solar on my roof. But I will be picking one of these up. It’s perfect for my use cases. People will compare it with the Bolt, but people forget that SUperchargers are Tesla only right now. Want to get from LA to NY? Easy in Tesla. With a Bolt, there are places that you just can’t go.

It looks like (judging by VIN allocations, which is not a great method, but also by drone videos) that Tesla hit 1k a week the last week or two of December. Assuming no huge bottlenecks remaining, that takes them solidly half way up their ramp, with one more huge jump - to 3-5k a week - remaining.
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> The fact that you, me, and the parent poster all disagree about points 1-3 seem to hint that morality isn't absolute, no?

I would clarify that our view of morality is relative, but I think all of us believe in some sort of baseline sense of morality that we feel is wrong (or right) in any context, and for any person.

We may disagree on the details and priority, but I believe most people share a common sense of morality.

And I didn't mean to imply that my comment was a criticism of your personal beliefs, but that the syllogism didn't follow for me.
But I do see your point as far as the contrasting of the opening statement and the moral framework don't need to share a logical consistency.
I think this is why many companies are able to so easily intrude on privacy. Some people are already of the mindset "I have nothing to hide, so why bother?". Others see the value in privacy, try to lock things down, realize their trust model is shaky at best, and give up the whole thing.

I think the thing to realize is that trust is inherently faulty. Trust requires some level of unproven belief. This is why it has to be earned and why it is so easily broken.

I think the better way to put it is that you shouldn't really "trust" any company (or anybody that has motivation to exploit you) 100%.

You can establish different qualifiers to trust, as well. For example, I (currently) trust using my Echo for small calculations and timers. If Amazon were to sell that data to 3rd parties, I would trade that bit of privacy (about my timer usage) for the convenience. The moment I see anything about Amazon doing an "always listening/recording even without the wake word", that thing is getting unplugged or thrown away. (if this is already a KNOWN thing, somebody please tell me)

tl;dr trust isn't an all-or-nothing proposition.
I still have one too- from the 90's
That's precisely where everyone is mistaking. Healthcare has turned into profit making business. Doctors, healthcare organisations, Multi speciality hospitals are more concerned with profits, top line, bottom line, share-holder values, etc.
In India, there are still some old, reputed, brilliant Ayurveda/ Allopathy/ homeopathy doctors who are treating patients for nominal charges over decades of their practice just because of one principle - Treating patient means service to God.

[1] https://www.thebetterindia.com/107629/balwantghatpande-oldes...
If all Intel CPUs get 30% slower overnight, then there will be some fallout in the real world.
This actually brings up some interesting questions.

For a long time, many deemed marriages between cousins as undesirable precisely because of the unknown risk of genetic problems in the resultant offspring. But now, if scientific evidence can tell you that your marriage to your first or second cousin is highly unlikely to cause genetic defects in offspring, might that shift our understanding of such relations?

I can't help but think this might usher in more and more acceptance towards such situations just as contraception and STD screening and medicine did for sexual activity between younger people and more partners.
a) it has links. Use them.

b) one should have an intellectual capacity of appreciating that Kerr did not get together with Evan for his stunning personality.
It's worth noting, though, that for the Model S and X the assembly lines were not built by Tesla. The Model 3 assembly line is the first one Tesla's ever made themselves.

The "old" Tesla factory was bought from a joint GM-Toyota venture that achieved average production of 25 000 vehicles per month running those lines for 25 years. Then that venture failed, Tesla bought the factory and repurposed the existing infrastructure.

It's like if SpaceX started by buying an old working NASA rocket design and repurposed it for the Falcon, but for Falcon Heavy they started entirely from scratch developing rocket fuels, engines, materials etc. without ever having done so before.
That is wonderful.
I wish there was a ban on ads in public spaces here as well.
Sometimes you just believe that one company will do better with your information than others. I think I can trust Google to keep my information safe, but I know that they're going to datamine it to hell and back to get the most ad revenue out of me. I think I can trust Mozilla with my FireFox usage habits as well. I can't say the same for most other companies.

I also have a robot vacuum cleaner, but I don't connect it to my network. Too much potential information can be gleaned from a floor plan and the obstacles around the house. You'll never get me to install one of those telemetry devices in the OBD port on my car for any company. I don't care how much money it will save me on my phone or insurance plan.

Is it all rational? Of course not. My personal policy concerning my personal data is a mish-mash of contradictions, because it's fatiguing to be on the offensive 100% of the time. For example, getting a Nest thermostat is something that I want, but I don't want it phoning home to cloud servers. It's heating/cooling data about my house. That's probably some of the most innocuous data you could have about someone, yet if it isn't self-hosted, I don't want it. Yet Maps has tons of location data on me, Gmail holds my emails, and I have plenty of conversations over Hangouts.

Contradictions all the way down.
Perhaps it is due to "family costs" being carried disproportionately by women.

Leaving early to pick up kids, staying home when kids are sick, etc. Even though typical gender roles are becoming less typical, they may still result in differential output from the perspective of an employer.

Thomas Sowell (a while ago) showed a dramatic difference in salary between all women, and women who had never married, suggesting that a huge component of the pay gap was due to household and family expectations.

I imagine there is more recent research on this exact theory, but I'm not aware of it.
Is it? If it identifies itself as an advertisement, I see no distinction.
AMD must be pretty happy about this patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/27/2
I recently made the switch for my primary work computer and I’m thrilled with it. Before this I was a Mac fan for decades. When they took away my ability to say “no” I lost all faith. Apple product managers please take note. “Remind me again later” is dehumanizing and offensive. What happened to “no”? Oh well. Does fuck off forever work for you? Now I just need a phone that’s not Apple or Google. Any suggestions?
This isn't really too far out of proportion with normal daily fluctuations of AMD stock this year.
Could you explain your comment please? It's not clear (at least I don't get it), what do you mean by flawed way and better way.