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> I think it would be a grave mistake to simply give up on mixing code with different trust labels in the same address space. Apart from having to redesign lot of software, that would set a hard lower bound on the cost of transitioning between trust zones. It would be much better if hardware mitigations can be designed to be usable within a single address space.

I wonder what software redesigns he has in mind. As far as I can tell, best practices are already trending toward only one trust zone per address space. Some might argue that that's the whole point of multiple address spaces. I suspect that Spectre will accelerate this trend.

I do know how difficult this kind of change can be. The example I have in mind started before Spectre, and is unique to one platform. On Windows, developers of third-party screen readers for the blind are going through a painful transition where they can no longer inject code into application processes in order to make numerous accessibility API calls with low overhead. This change particularly impacts the way screen readers have been making web pages accessible since 1999. For the curious, here's a blog post on this subject: https://www.marcozehe.de/2017/09/29/rethinking-web-accessibi...
The article says:

"Sniggering Linux users who believe in open code and open standards can take a hike. The Online Accounts systems in GNOME, Ubuntu Unity, Plasma, and MATE do the exact same thing as Window 10. There are underlying CalDAV and CardDAV sync engines (Evolution Data Server, Akonadi) that power them but the user interface only expose two–three providers like Google and Yahoo! with no option to auto-discover or manually configure any other providers."

I think this takes a needlessly limited view by casting the limits imposed on users of nonfree software onto free software (which is odd because elsewhere the author says they love free software). Here's the overlooked difference: with a free software program, one can improve the code to add the desired functionality and interoperability. Users can even get together and collectively fund a programmer to help them out. By contrast, Microsoft Windows 10 Email app is nonfree (proprietary, user-subjugating). Even technically capable and willing users are prohibited from reading the relevant source code, modifying it, and distributing it to help others. Even if Microsoft alters their code to add missing functionality, users likely gain no software freedom in the process. Users aren't allowed to inspect and rebuild the software. Software freedom leads to trusting that software and proprietary software is often malware (https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html for pointers to how Microsoft's software is often malware). Software freedom is the key to understanding the difference.

This limitation has nothing to do with GNU/Linux systems (unfairly referred to as "Linux" in the article; see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux for more on this) per se; software can be ported to other OSes and the desired features could be available there too.

Standards that allow interoperability are a good unto themselves, just like software freedom, and we should push for both, use both, and improve both to meet our needs, not "take a hike" as the author suggests.

With software freedom users don't have to beg a software proprietor (who is also a known NSA collaborator and multinational antitrust violator) to make the software more interoperable. They can help themselves, they can hire someone to help, they can ask the community (perhaps in more kind words than the article) to help. These are potent options that render the software trustworthy (regardless of who wrote it) and with sufficient improvement even cross-platform.
> nyc has a huge park

Right, I keep forgetting that New Yorkers think that Central Park is nature. I still say it is to make my wife rage, though.

>Any number of stops 2 hours or less north of the city will take you to breathtaking natural sights

Two hours north will take you to a dismal lack of public transportation. Again, how often do you explore these natural sights?

>I think you should step back for a minute and think about how much you REALLY know about public transit

I've lived in NYC for 2 years, then in Suffolk County for 5 years, and then in a Texas college town for a year without a car, relying on cycling and public transportation. I've also spent a summer in Seattle riding its buses, and can say that that system really works.

But when I say that there's not practical public transportation in this country, I do mean it, and not for a lack of trying. NYC has it, Seattle has it, most cities do not. And even in NYC, not having a car meant that I would rarely visit anyone in Queens when I was living in Brooklyn.

Here in South Bay Area, it takes 2+ hours to get to SFO or OAK by public transit vs. 45 minutes by car; this ratio is not uncommon in places where public transit exists. This is what I call by "no practical public transportation".

It is certainly possible to reach places using Amtrak/Greyhound/local bus shuttles, but often it is outright unpleasant to do so, and takes way too much time.

I apologize for underestimating the efforts you took to explore the country. Nevertheless, there really is a huge chunk of it that one misses unless they drive. You can say that what you can't reach is not "interesting". I say - that's where the "color" is. A lot of my most vivid memories of traveling (including talking to random people) come from places not accessible by public transport.

>If you're more of a "the trip is the experience" type of person, you lose a lot of local color

I heavily disagree. I'd drive to places and then walk/bike/explore - and one would miss out on this "color" because buses don't go there.

Anyhow, when I was living in NYC, I was saying a lot of the same things, and it was very stressful to try to learn how to drive in NYC (I haven't). Nevertheless, given your interest in exploring, I believe that getting a driver's license will be a worthwhile investment of your time and money.

Finally, regarding:

>It takes a serious lack of imagination to believe you need a license to go places.

So, how would I go from College Station, TX to Bastrop State Park? How about Sam Houston National Forest? Enlighten the unimaginative one, and I'll acknowledge my utter ignorance.

Yes, you don't need a license to "go places", but you certainly do to go to specific places, and in general, it makes going places much more pleasant, and with far less advance planning.

To make an analogy, wheelchair users are still able to "go places", but the places they can go to, and the places they will go to (and how often) are going to be affected by this mode of transportation.
It is arguable that the United States would not be in the position it is today -- good or bad -- without the car. Absolutely true. But you have only made an argument, not backed up with anything like data, that it has been bad.

Also, if you take a step back and do some research you find that the 'nuclear family' construction dates back well before we became any sort of car culture, and it did not originate in the U.S. So killing cars is unlikely to save our society.
FWIW, it’s “defunct”. I like the idea of defunked blogs though.
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I noticed this other apparent BitConnect-like Ponzi scheme here: https://polynetwork.org

Funny thing, I noticed because it is using an old version of our 3D player on their home page (the 3D robot), and they are getting an incredible amount of traffic.
It's different 60% of the time, every time.
That’s a fascinating question, and it strikes me as having subtle dimensions. I’d expect racing drivers to have a tendency to speed or be somewhat overconfident, but I’d also expect them to have exceptional situational awareness, reaction times, and skill.

Maybe they make for better drivers in their prime, but as they age they would tend to have the negatives outweigh the positives. Maybe my assumptions are all wrong.

Do you know of any studies on this issue? It really does seem intriguing...
Not the parent poster, but for instance, but think having a dozen data loggers out in the field that only need to transfer a few 100k of data each day. No need for 4G or multi gigabyte packages plus hefty per-device line/access fee.
Ready Player One is a super fun read and they are making it into a movie too!

http://readyplayeronemovie.com/
Doesn’t fraud require deception? Wasn’t this pretty upfront about being a Ponzi scheme?
I actually agree with you that the construct of a nuclear family seems counterproductive. But I don't agree that the car has anything to do with it. Industrialization and the corresponding reduction in scarcity seem like bigger drivers.
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>Counter point. Late 30s here, family, no car, no license. I use cabs all the time, it's great. I have a fine social life and can drink safely. I can rent houses and move about for work, then change countries without offloading assets at fire-sale prices. I choose not to live in an unpleasant climate, so snow is a non-issue for me. Have you considered the option that maybe you just don't get it?

There's nothing to "get". His experiences are his experiences. I've also tried the living-without-a-car thing, and in both Atlanta and the Bay Area, it's about as fun as... I don't know, walking on hot coals or something. The fact that you feel otherwise (while living on a salary that allows you to talk about "offloading assets") doesn't invalidate his actual life.
The biggest problem in the PHP world is there's a wealth of functions and software that people don't use.

Sometimes it's for lack of knowledge (PEAR? Composer? What's that?) but all too frequently it's outright hostility to the very idea, like if it isn't PHP core it's not even worth considering.

`password_hash` and `password_verify` have been around for ages now and if your PHP is old enough that it doesn't support it, that PHP version is no longer actively supported and is probably riddled with unpatched security holes, so good luck with that!
Several of the "get referrals!" videos literally use pyramids in their thumbnails to illustrate the program. Holy crap.
Woops I think so! Thanks nice catch!
Have you looked into AWS Batch ?
President Trump Got a Normal Score on This 10-Minute Mental Exam
I actually see two red flags based on the candidate’s response, so I’d argue that this answer is rather telling.

1) The candidate demonstrates a lack of intellectual curiosity (and maybe even common sense) when they say “that’s impossible!” and move on.

2) The candidate attempted to pass off their (inaccurate) assessment as fact without even a shred of self-doubt. Colleagues like this are infuriating to work with.
A laudable goal, but you know, destined for failure.
> What year were you in Basic Training?

I wasn't, though I did do Army ROTC Basic Camp in 1994 before deciding not to contract; around the same time, I spent a lot of time talking to people who went through Army or Marine basic between about 1991 and 1994.

> On the whole, it wasn't very hyperrealistic, but I think that's splitting hairs

It's not splitting hairs if you are trying to use it as a comparator to something that is hyperrealistic is the dimensions basic training is not in order to predict that the psychological effects should be the same.

> if you don't have a real rocket launcher handy, you can still do some very good training with a piece of pipe and your imagination

Sure, but the issue being discussed isn't “can basic training be effective as training without being hyperrealistic” but “does basic training provide a reasonable basis for setting expectations for the psychological effects of hyperrealistic video games”.
The spammy appearance didn't occur to me until months later when an old friend pointed out that it suits my personality. I had a good laugh.
I'm curious if you were around and leading a normal adult life before 9/11?

I think you'll find "land of the free, home of the brave" is more or less a cheap slogan once the chips are down and people are afraid.

Exceedingly few people in the US actually care about individual freedom or privacy. 9/11 drove that point severely home to me - those born in the 90's and later will never know the America I once knew, and I'm sure those born before Pearl Harbor and the like would say similar.

The erosion of personal freedom and the expectation of privacy just in my lifetime has been absolutely astounding. Watching basically everyone trade their freedom for temporary security.

Hyperbolic? A bit. But I think if you spend some moments of reflection you'll realize almost none of your fellow citizens actually care. They will play lip service at best until an event happens that scares them, and at that point you're the crazy privacy freak with obviously something to hide.
Thanks for fantastic answer to my concern (for those who might object that kevingadd didn’t cite his sources, given his background he pretty much -is- a primary source)
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YouTube is littered with awful, preposterously bad tutorials. If there's one thing that'd fix PHP it'd be for the community to put out better, more prominent, higher quality material than the toxic dreck that's out there.

This isn't to say that there aren't good YouTube videos, but for each one of these there's easily a hundred where people with no clue are explaining PHP as if they know everything.
> Here's how I'd order existing languages on a scale from Bash to Haskell:
> snip

I don't think you can just compare languages that way. There's more than one axis. For instance, to say python, then java, then c++ seems backwards in terms of writing scripts because c++ is much more suited for that. But it's also backwards for the purpose of writing applications, because they're all around the same place, albeit in different ways. It's not so simple as saying "here are these languages, here's where they lie on a scale from bash to haskell", because there is no scale from bash to haskell.
>Tell that to the Kochs/Mercers/etc of the world.

I am not comparing anyone to anyone, I am asking a simple question, that I think can be extrapolated to all news of this sort.

Why do we assume certain news stories to be true/false?

If we line up all the news stories that show contradicting ideologies like flat/round earth, holocaust denial, climate change, etc... we'd likely get results of support based on belief in those topics.

But Bill Gates? Polio? Debt? What in this story should make one automatically be supportive? And so vehemently?

All it takes is a tiny bit of research to show that almost all diseases are cured (massively in society) by clean water, nutrition and clean living conditions. But Gates isn't doing that, he's supporting vaccines.

Now this changes the argument from "do we believe Gates is altruistic?" into a vaccine debate. See the problem?
How is the maintenance of WPF/.Net better or worse than the JavaScript flavor of the week and Browsers that are now updated weekly - if not faster?

I can understand a "Is it worth the maintenance?" question...

but I would bet .Net has better longevity and Enterprise support compared to the rapidly evolving landscape of HTML/CSS/Javascript.
I agree with this.

I was skeptical about WPF at first, as I didn't like XAML at all. I'm happy I stuck with it. Under XAML is a really elegant engine that you can interface with directly (few of my WPF projects have any XAML in them at all).

I skipped UWP for the same reasons as OP, and because you can't (as far as I have been able to figure out) distribute windows services with it. Win2D looked like an answer to a lot of my design issues, but I got a sense that the team building and maintaining it was smaller than mine.

If Microsoft heavily re-invested in the desktop I would be very happy.
For starters, they don't deal in USD at all. They deal in "USDT", which isn't at all USD but a token called a tether that is somehow magically supposed to be pegged so 1 USDT == 1USD that you can... well... I dunno what you can do with a tether but one thing you can't do is turn it into actual fiat money on Bitfinex. You might be able to convert it to cold hard fiat on some other exchange though, but odds are good said exchange will be even more sketchy than Bitfinex.

Better still, the "market cap" for tether is over 1.6 billion USD with 5.5 billion in volume today. What happens when people actually want to turn that 1.6 billion of outstanding tether into dirty fiat? Who is gonna buy all those sells into USD? The exchanges? You think those guys are holding 1.6 billion in actual fiat money?

So if you like the idea that the most active "USD" exchange (bitfinex, according to coinmarketcap) isn't actually trading in "USD" but some kind of funny money that is supposed to always be pegged to the dollar but backed by absolutely nothing at all.... Consider what will happen when the crypto bubble collapse really starts to pick up and all those tether holders want back into filthy dirty American dollars. Good fucking luck.

It's just another facet of what makes the crypto "space" so fascinating. It is just layer upon layer of scams. Scammers scamming scammers. And yet people, even some supposedly smart people here on HN, continue to fall for the crypto scam every day.

PS: for a good time read the tether TOS: https://tether.to/legal/
What's the friction for upgrading from 5.3 to at least 5.5?
I tried using the Mail app for my work Office 365 email account because the web UI is so awful. Turned out the app is pretty much exactly the same. Bulk operations, except deleting (the one bulk operation I never wanted), are pretty much impossible to do; simple UI features, like copy/paste are broken in several ways; search is close to useless; annoying extra "features" I have to turn off ("@" replies, chat). Any benefit OS integration provides is completely negated, and then some, by all the other inconveniences of the app.
I walked 5 miles or more when I lived in the city (Boston). If Seattle has any of the amenities of Boston there's a grocery store within walking distance. I always took the T (subway) everywhere. I can't imagine paying for someone to drive me places in the city, it was just never needed even for things like you're talking about.
Google makes the OS, but they also sell ads. Seems pretty advantageous to them to make their devices easy to fingerprint.
Judging by the chart, the writer probably had this ready to go for awhile and set an alarm for the precise moment that a random price fluctuation finally put it below the 50% mark.

That, and of course the price is going down in general, but that's because it's no longer December 2017, doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the creator's sellout.
I guess that is at least sort of what they are working on at VPRI.

http://www.vpri.org/
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Try the Thunderbird Conversations add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/gmail-con...

It resembles the old Gmail interface, and it's open source.
So, don't screw over the help.

Somehow that Levandowski would doesn't surprise me very much.
Fair enough. I don't think the car was the only driver, but I (obviously) believe it was one of the primary enablers if nothing else.

I also agree with your earlier comment that perhaps the US would not be in the dominant economic position it is today without the car. It enabled extremely rapid economic growth, and that should not be discounted.

I simply feel what it enabled in terms of society and lifestyle will be our undoing. I also agree it's only one factor of many however, and I'm not entirely sure what importance to put on it.

Talk to me in 10 years after I get through a lot more reading and thought on the subject :)
I'm just going to leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbR1SXIje1U
I just finished reading Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. It is the third book in the Stormlight Archive series. It was a fantastic read and the entire series is totally epic. Sanderson has many different trilogies, novels, and short stories in a universe he calls The Cosmere. If you like fantasy and haven't read any Sanderson, you should definitely check his stuff out!

https://brandonsanderson.com/books/the-stormlight-archive/oa...
According to a blind friend of mine, the web, despite the constant touting of it as being great for accessibility, has been a total disaster for accessibility. As you point out, windows applications have much better accessibility (and Microsoft still cares) than most webpages.
Probably the editor will have domain-specific add-ons and libraries developed and supported by the company. They can also provide workshops and certifications if the language gets more popular.
I find it an odd choice to single out SF for the title (currently "A new grad SDE makes 2x more in SF than Toronto after tax and COL"), given that the data show that Seattle pay after tax and COL is almost 2.4x Toronto.
That was because users flagged it, which makes it harder to say exactly why.
You can use round robin load balancing in gRPC without Envoy.
> Well, we still don't have the computational power to do things atom-by-atom...

We still don't have the computational power to do certain classes of continuous Navier--Stokes calculations (i.e. not atom based).
Headlines change
Mad things re-arrange
But it all stays the same
Like the love Doctor Strange
Self promotion incoming...

I’ve written a few versions of this article over the years. I keep hoping I’ll see the day that it’s no longer prescient: “Why the DMV Website Sucks” https://hackernoon.com/why-the-dmv-website-sucks-2f27a367baa...
Note that browsers pass downloadable fonts through a sanitizer before they even consider handing them off to anything else that might need to parse the font. And browser security teams have spent years now fuzzing both those sanitizers and various font libraries...

There's still a lot of attack surface here, but "only just begun to experience life with hostile inputs" isn't quite true either.
"Bitfinex’s CEO is also the CEO of a company called Tether Limited"

http://fortune.com/2017/12/05/bitcoin-btc-price-usd-tether-l...
A lot of pollution is stuff where a little bit of it is more or less harmless, but it gets bad when lots of people do it. It can make sense to grant special case exemptions rather than lowering standards as a whole.

For example, it's common for old cars to be exempt from emissions regulations, and small aircraft are still allowed to use leaded gasoline. (Arguably the leaded gas use by small aircraft is still big enough that it should be stopped, but regulators don't seem willing to actually do it.)

Of course, granting it to one company just because they're building a factory you want is naked favoritism, not the sort of at least vaguely sense-based decisions we'd want to have.
Can you just use binary strings?
It’s more complex than that, as there’s tons of academic work essentially proving it’s impossible to chain two independent garbage collectors and not end up with stuck uncollectable memory (I apologize, this isn’t my field, I’ve skimmed the work but not retained the citations, and I realize how counter-intuitive that result is... nobody wants to think its true, so it keeps getting more academics thrown at it, without changing the results).

My assumption is that at the moment they are just accepting that some uncollectable memory will happen in the short term and eventually the WebAssembly working group will expose the underlying garbage collector and everything will get better. Early days kind of issue for now.
To have that line of defense, the youtubers would have had to phrase their claims very carefully. I am willing to bet a fistfull of dogecoin that this was not the case of all of them.

Make them discover these actions have consequences, I can only see good sides to this.