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> But it sounds like if you’ve done it before it might be a cool thing to contribute to your preferred open source terminal program (if you want to.)

It’s not trivial to implement it in an existing codebase. Quoting from ITerm2’s Subpixel Antialiasing document:

> iTerm2’s design burdens the main thread with handling input from the TTY. A better design would perform only drawing and other UI activity on the main thread, but it’s too hard to change as there are thousands of implicit assumptions baked in to the code.
Doesn't work in apps, and how much time do you spend in your mobile browser these days? I don't think most people use it much if at all.
There's more than one user. You don't want any of them to find the malicious code.
There's no need for a new fork. uBlock Origin is the good adblocker, and it is not related to this announcement. It's still as fantastic as ever, and has not changed hands.
That wasn't an accident, but some company trying to cut corners on what was a well-understood manufacturing process.
Re "big" numbers, I can't help thinking of Richard Feynman's comment "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers."

The entire universe probably contains around 10^80 protons, yet Google's founders casually referred to the number 10^100 to indicate their ambitions for information processing.

A carbon atom is 0.3 nm in diameter, so only about 3.3 million can fit in 1 mm. There are well over twice the number of people in NYC!

All in all, numbers that describe the natural world aren't all that impressive compared to the human world.
Me. Who else ?
Ross Ihaka on Statistical Computing
40. Apache Spark
Exactly, this is not social media. No felony.
"Look how terrible it is that the TSA may track you!

If you make it harder for us to track you, go away"

The double standards are amusing.
DebConf18 conference schedule and live streams (Sun 29th July → 5th August)
55. Just stumbled across a philosophy course online. I had always thought of philosophy as archaic, useless and boring. I could not have been more wrong.
Best site ever All you need is here
High voltage DC at that, until you hit the inverters after which it is 3 phase variable frequency (and still quite high voltage).
My experience is from the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe it is really more stringent today.

We found the ammo not at designated exercise ranges like those around Grafenwöhr or Hohenfels but ordinary forests, fields and meadows where we children used to play.

We often found small batches and the ones I had in my hands were new and without scratches. My theory is that they
were thrown away after the mission because the guys were too lazy to carry them back to the camp, but I don't know for sure.
A Mental Model of Motivation
Many languaged have rational numbers (fractions) and big integers in their stack.
This has the advantage that one has full control over where and when to trade off performance against accuracy.
It does however reference all the papers, that he uses.
Think of a Tesla as a laptop computer with a very large battery bank, some powerful inverters and electric motors.

It has all the complexities of a cluster on wheels, tons of software systems and as a result is hard to diagnose properly.

So the first 'fancy equipment' you will need is a set of proper diagnostics equipment, which is - given the complexity involved - most likely supplied by the manufacturer or not at all.

What Tesla could do - but which they would hate because it is part of their competitive edge - is to release full schematics and software listings, but no other ordinary car manufacturer does this, nor are they required to by law.

Good thing too because if the Toyota ECU was anything to go by the industry would look pretty dumb.
No ligatures and no transparency, kind of a deal breaker and a step back, isn't it?
I use something similar, based upon JSON submissions to HTTP end-points. Here is a brief overview of how you'd use it:

https://github.com/skx/purppura/blob/master/ALERTS.md

My particular project does more, but this style of "expect an update, raise if it doesn't arrive" is very natural and useful - a simpler alternative based just on that idea is nanny:

https://github.com/lunemec/nanny/

But I guess there are a lot of these packages out there, and a bunch of commercial SaaS implementations too.
Usually, entry cards (the ones you get on the plane before landing) contain something like; 'have you been denied access to a country in the past 2 years?' Or something like that. You can lie ofcourse, but...
Biovea has all sorts of health supplements, including a wide variety of Melatonin (down to 1mg capsules or liquid form too).

They even have the more questionable supplements such as Phenibut.

They ship this to Denmark at least, though it's possible some products are not shippable to some countries if there are stricter local laws.
It's 49 cents at Blendle if you want to reward good journalism:
https://blendle.com/i/wsj-com/how-sellers-trick-amazon-to-bo...
Assuming the noise is stationary (meaning its probability distribution doesn't vary over time), it can be characterized entirely by its power spectrum, recorded over a time window that's long enough to represent the lowest frequencies of interest. The amplitude-versus-frequency response curve will exhibit various slopes at different frequencies, and it's these slopes that define the noise's "color" properties.

Once the spectrum is known, synthesizing the same sound is really just a matter of starting with white noise and shaping it with various lowpass, highpass, and/or bandpass filters whose skirts match the original slopes. It sounds like the 909 took that approach, generating noise by sending the output of a maximal-length shift register through some analog filters.

If the noise isn't stationary -- for instance, if its frequency content varies noticeably as the envelope progresses through its various phases, as the instrument warms up, or simply as it ages -- then it's no longer so easy to model and reproduce the sound. That's the sort of thing that can easily happen when the design relies on defective transistors.
no worries, our future will be sexless anyway. It takes time.
The books on "Architecture of Open Source Applications" might have what you're looking for.
My friend also did some serious science and wrote a book on selfies: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selfies-Love-Hate-Them-SocietyNow/d...
Windows scores a win over Linux as another state decides to switch
I agree that the trips are not the norm for all parents, but the two vacations cost $5-8K (depending on where we go) and two weeks’ PTO combined. That’s accessible for many tech workers, which was GP’s question. The lake was $1063 per couple this year for everything once you got yourself there (room, food, drink, and boats). We all try keep it affordable so her whole family can easily attend. Everything else in the post is “free as in beer” and should be accessible to most parents if they make it a priority.

The greater point is to structure your life and relationship so as to have an escape valve that lets you keep your individual and adult couple identities/interests and not merely become 100% pure parent for a decade straight without break.
I shave in the shower with the water directed onto my face. No foam required. I thought it would be really hard without a mirror but it only took a week to get used to it.
You could encode something in the url using homographs.
I'm a 50ish anglo with a beard who travels Sydney - Melbourne quite regularly (for both work and leisure). I get pulled aside for the explosive swab test about 3 out of 4 flights. It's so often that I usually comment to friends if I make a Syd-Mel round trip without getting swabbed...
Makes a lot of sense; companies need to do business with other companies, often abroad. If you have to get work permits for visits and meetings, that would hamper the economy on both sides. Not sure about the elitist part there.
Black Tiger Official Trailer/ Release on 2o/July/2018
Last Week on My Mac: The Mystery of the Supplemental Update
That's not that impressive, in fact it tends to be a signal of poor design. The more changes to a model in a short time the worse it will be later to find parts and to keep the car running. It will also end up being more expensive. That's why it is generally good practice to avoid the first year of a new model (unless you are into collecting low serial number cars...).

And if a manufacturer that is facing a financial issue would start to reduce the number of welds on the cars (which you would assume engineering put there for a reason) I would be very suspicious, especially if they did not retest and recertify.
The selfie stick is the stem from which a narcissist blooms.
Discontinuation of Mac Support for Autodesk Alias and VRED
Massachusetts Senate Passes Resolution to Do In-Depth Study on Right-To-Repair
That would have guaranteed missing the flight.
They're not quite as easy but I wouldn't say they're difficult. The main drawback for me is that it takes longer. I need two passes for a good shave with a safety razor, and each pass is slower.

I'm told it's a good time to relax and reflect, but... if I'm in a hurry I grab my quatro.
^This. 3 years ago I had to scrap a low milage 2009 VV GTI because the ABS computer was shot. Of course that module also communicates with all the other electronics on the car and is not readily accessible.

Go online to the forums and read about the nightmare of trying to do this yourself without VW diagnostics to get the new module to work with all the existing components. Even my local shop, who uses a VV tech on the side would not warranty a $3,000 fix. The dealership wanted over $4,500 to fix it. In the end I traded it in where I bought it (I worked there many moons ago and the owner leaned on a wholesaler to buy the car at a very reasonable price).

Just to clarify my point; this was a GTI- a loved car with all kinds of known fixes, fixers and available parts.
>>I'm am Indian male

Indian "Indian" or an Indian Muslim?

In no time TSA will ask Congress for billions in funding to set up their own CIA and even send paramilitary groups all over the world to catch potential bombers. Who doesn't want "quiet skies" after all?
39. Learned (and am still learning) how to brew beer. This is great.
25, learned vim, went from 100% sublime to 100% vim in 6 months.
I'm not sure why you chose to you battles for your examples, they are zero-sum.

With regards to progress only being relative, I think most people who get amazing medical treatments, will disagree with you.
I always dream much when taking Melatonin, which makes the sleep less refreshing.
Cosmética Antipolución: Premios Vogue
This update was disgraceful. Shame on Apple.

I encountered one side effect that wasn't mentioned in this excellent article: the root password stopped working after I installed the update. Because I was using root as my admin account, I was unable to do anything that required admin authorization. I called Apple Support and they were no help. Their only recommendation was that I erase my SSD and install a fresh copy of macOS. Ouch.
To be fair, they aren't--or shouldn't be--looking for one thing. The idea is that bomber-wannabe comes late, changes clothes, is all nervous, looks for undercover cops etc etc.

But if fidgeting or some other innocent thing, puts you in that list, you're f---d. You will be groped every single flight. No one is going to take the risk to remove you from that list.
Don't believe I've seen the word anywhere but El Reg for a long time.

When I first heard samples from The Warriors (years before I saw the film) I misheard "Good news, boppers" as "Good news, boffins". I have never gained employment as a radio DJ.
The missing Laravel PHP Commands have arrived
I've got a similar python script in my collection of scripts:

$ curl <url> | pipe-checksum <expected> | bash

https://gist.github.com/pcl/64bd2f56695fcf8e1fad51443aab1f1e
This is Brian. I switched over to Nvidia hardware after building this because of Moore’s law and access to libraries / tools. http://www.parallac.org has some of my machines.
Is their threshold adjusted to allow for composite samples, or is it a test that has no threshold and any of the residue detected is a fail?
A lot of people suck at parenting which is obvious for everyone but them. Listening to some advice would help them but usually it's the attitude you present that prevents it.

Here is one example: if your kid tries to sabotage you into buying drugs (sweets) in the middle of the supermarket by throwing a tantrum you don't cave. It's simple and obvious yet so many "just don't give me advice" parents are unable to process and apply it rationalizing why they are in very special situation and no one else could possibly understand. They go and buy more drugs to their already overweight sugar addicted children just to get some temporary relief contributing to child's demise in the process.
When I was working long hours at an startup. My sleep cycle got disturbed.

Here is what works for me:

1. Reduce room temperature to 25*C. Go to bed at 10:30pm

2. Automatically shutdown the airconditioner at 4:30am.

3. Jump out of bed at 5am without any alarm clock.

This habit continues in the month when no airconditioner is needed.
I've listen to a couple of talks, and am about 1/3 way through the book. It's certainly changed my perspective.

I found the descriptions of true poverty, quite impactful.
I can afford it but I find travelling stressful as you have to get to the airport, go through security, check in at the hotel etc.

Also even though I can afford it, it rarely seems like the best use of the money.

I mainly travel because I have to visit my family (I live abroad) or my SO wants to visit somewhere.
Here's a good look at the then-current top twenty, versus the same week in 1998.

808s everywhere.

https://youtu.be/rn85sCVEGOw
Daily dose, have been for ~6 years now, not religiously - when traveling for less than a week I usually don’t take any with me, and I deliberately take a couple of weeks off every year to see if it still makes any difference (after 2-4 weeks, it starts becoming harder to fall asleep again, after which I wait another week and restart).

50,000 daily for a month is toxic, though afaik 20,000 has no “period of time it becomes toxic”; however, D is fat Soluable, so I take breaks to make sure my body can get rid of any excess.
Thanks, I didn't write the previous comment but had no idea that it was "toe the line" instead of "tow the line." Idioms.....why do they always seem to beat around the bush... ;-)
No we have not, UNIX is C's runtime in a way, standardized as POSIX for compatibility across other platforms.

So when using POSIX, or any other programming model rich enough not to mess with OS specific APIs, the OS becomes irrelevant.

It can be Linux, Windows, Aix, OS/400, z/OS, or even bare metal, it doesn't matter.
The recommended dose and limit are body weight dependent, age and light/uv exposure influenced.
Not participating this year as I have to go out of town for a couple of days (off to see Iron Maiden) and I only started playing at Christmas (last played back when I was a teenager like 20 years ago).

Will likely enter next year in the under 120 baring some radical progression between now and then (I'm currently 104 after 9 league games).
REST APIs: From Idea to Release
I'm not sure I exactly disagree with "floats are emulated reals" but it is certainly clearer to say that "floats are rationals, not reals, but only support denominators that are powers of 2". Then "money values are rationals, but their denominators are powers of 10" (usually).
A Set of Rules for Recreating a Person’s Consciousness in a Digital Medium
Verify it against what?
thank you - ordered it.
It seems you sleep 6 hours per day - way too little.
Far Cry 5 Key Generator (Xbox One-PS4-PC) – Exact Hack
That is an excellent book. However, it doesn't contain a lot of practical advice (other than the 12 points at the end of the book, which were released already by National Sleep Association)

Somewhat tangetial, check out "The Circadian Code" as well - a lot of more practical advice in this one. They actually disagree on couple of delicate points, so not sure how can one make up one's mind as to which one's correct (e.g. one thinks there are night owls , one thinks it's a myth; one thinks we need 7 hours of sleep, one thinks that less than 8+ hours of sleep is devastating).

But in general, the message is the same - sleep well, try to fit into your circadian rhythm because all organs have internal clocks and being in rhythm benefits them all; some of them are interconnected, some are dependent on SCN, etc

In particular, the clinical trials with TRE (Time-Restricted eating, as in putting all calories in 8-12 hour intervals daily) seem amazing. Not a single side-effect, and all health markers seem to be improving under it.

One important study on mice concluded that mice that ate their high-fat, high-sugar food in 8 hour intervals (lets say, 8AM -> 4PM) compared to the control group of regular mice that had high-fat, high-sugar food all the time, ate more or less the same amount of calories daily, but the TRE-group had no increase of blood sugar or body fat.

Seems too good to be true, but apparently the study has been replicated..
The main difference is that you can have code waiting for a query to yield results. Imagine a chat service which has a separate process for each user’s TCP connection. Normally, when a new message arrives, you have to tell each user’s connection process to send the message over the network. In a tuple space system, each connection process can wait for new messages to be added to the database and send them automatically.
"infringing on our rights"...minority opinion. If it is a major concern, the senators who approved the procedures would have been voted out. Instead more of the same are being voted into power, which means all this makes the majority feel safe.
Even then, I think it's the wrong idiom. To me, toeing the line means following the rules or maybe supporting the story . . . toeing the company line, for example. I would suggest, rather, that Tesla is walking a fine line between . . .
Uncle Rich! I found Rich's YouTube channel[1] about a year ago when I got my Model X and it's been funny and educational. It definitely sheds a lot of light on how new Tesla is at making cars, but also how much further ahead some of their manufacturing choices are then other auto brands. It's definitely got strong language and he takes lots of shots at Tesla and Tesla Fanboys, but if you've got time to watch the story of someone taking apart a car, then it's amazing.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfV0_wbjG8KJADuZT2ct4SA
Is it time for laptop with notch?
Huh. That's interesting. I remember reading Wired article about Jini as a pudding programmer and thinking "Yes, this can't happen soon enough". And I can still continue thinking...

Article is from 1998 and mentions (among other things) Tuple Spaces:

https://www.wired.com/1998/08/jini/

I wonder what ultimately decided Jini's fate.
Ask HN: Please help me find a sci-fi novel
I have seen it a couple of years ago on HN.

It's about a person with a brain tumor, who get's treated with an experimental treatment, that infects the tumor with a virus. Once they kill that part off with an anti-viral treatment she is deemed healed.
Unfortunately as a side-effect the treatment removes all the parts responsible for joy too and leaves her in a deep apathy, until one day she receives a interface to stimulate her brain and effectively choose how much joy she feels in a given moment.
Then the story goes on showing how she tries to tune this interface.
Floating point numbers are all rational. Given that rational numbers are a countable subset of real numbers, I think it's inaccurate to say that floats are somehow "emulated reals" as opposed to rationals. The radix of a floating point number relates to the quotient of a rational number. For example in decimal floating point significand-base-exponent form, 1.23 is 123 * 10^-2 or 123/100.
What are the differences and why do you prefer vim?
Any good resources?
I can't quantify it. But I'm not talking about being top of the heap, and your resulting relationship with others. I'm talking about the security of your food, shelter and health care, that sort of thing. If you're poor, those things can disappear quickly.
But the implicit act of comunication is because you want something regarding the person you are talking with, right? Even if it's offering something, you _still_ want them to accept it.

I learned a lot about this through StackOverflow questions. Yes, you want your answer. But you have to be willing to first try very hard by yourself, and to make sure you make it easy for people to answer it to understand you quick and easy.
Are you saying that personal sense of esthetics trumps correctness?

Anyway, BigDecimal has an add() method (overloaded for rounding behaviour)

bdResult = bd1.add( bd2 )
You can usually work out which homophones make up an idiom just by thinking visually about what those homophones would mean in the idiom. "Towing a line" gives you a visual of hauling a cable out to something or someone, perhaps the meaning of that idiom, if it were a thing, would be to save someone.

Toeing a line invokes using your foot for, well, something related to a line. Is it an actual line or a metaphorical line? What's the line going to be used for after you toe it?

The idiom is usually used in the sense of getting really close to some imaginary, arbitrary boundary. Even if you don't know the history behind the saying, that it's something that boys used to do to mess with each other, you can usually rule one of them out and get pretty close to the actual history / meaning of the idiom.

When I first came across it, I 'knew' it was 'toe' and I would have been pretty surprised if it had actually been 'tow'. What I didn't know was the precise thing that the end of the foot was actually supposed to be doing to the supposed line.
I think it would take some active design changes to improve that but it could be done.
Leveraging Linux's driver support and resulting hypervisor independence was a major part of the rationale behind Xen, and a differentiator from VMWare, which has a strict HCL.
Really?
Do you have a prove?
What are the other tricks, I’ve always found jet lag horrendous.
I like how strangers were asking and were very enthusiastic.
48. Started learning music theory, so far by means of parts 1 and 2 of "Music Theory for Electronic Music" on Udemy. I dabbled in music in my 20s but never really knew what I was doing so it's amazing fun.
32. Journey of a packet from NIC to the application.
Tidying house and looking after kids, esp. Soccer practice plus a it of Netflix.
According to the author, with 7 hours of quality sleep, you are still sleep deprived; after 24 days, you would be sleep deprived in amount equivalent to someone not sleeping 1 full night.
Vanadium batteries are very promising, however the energy density is the main issue here. Lead Acid batteries have a better ratio however obviously lead is toxic and it requires more than just lead.
The fact that Vanadium batteries capacity is limited to just the size of the tank (slight oversimplification) is a positive for sure, their life span is also a positive factor. It also, while classed as toxic, is not classed a seriously hazardous.
Yeah, if there are signatures then it doesn't matter. But often both are a miss.

Eg the key from https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/#set-... doesn't have signatures, and isn't on the keyservers.

Of course an unsigned key missing from the keyservers still has the advantage that on subsequent installs/updates, the previously downloaded key persists.
And you can keep the initially downloaded key in your CI configs.
A Withering Verdict: MPs Report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica