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> I don't have an objection against net neutrality. I have an objection to net neutrality policies that concentrate control with a small number of companies while stripping such autonomy from other companies. It's absurd to say that backbone providers are required to carry any traffic, but microblogging sites, video streaming sites, etc. can curate and have any bias they choose.

Why? Going back to the common carrier regulations pre-Internet, it's like you're saying that just because mail carriers have to carry anything (as long as it's safe), then magazines delivered by mail carriers would have to allow anyone to write articles.

There's just a fundamental difference between forum and transport.
Bravo to The Atlantic for actually linking to the source journal article.
I'd love to work on a medical/biotech startup, but the barriers to entry seem so much bigger than a standard SAAS project. It seems like there's some progress towards cloud-labs that could reduce those barriers (https://www.emeraldcloudlab.com/ looks interesting) - and that's something I want to learn more about.
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That was the point the editorial staff said "f_ck this sh_t" and published it, CEO's pet project be damned.
This is great.
Mr Musk is a perfectionist, like Japanese are. He is not selling bad finished cars(like other companies will do).

They are also using lots of automation. This means there are lots of problems at first. With automation, once you solve a problem, it is solved forever.

How you could compare Tesla rework with other companies rework, where the threshold that determines if a car needs reworking is decided by the executives of the same companies?

I could make rework zero just selling broken cars. I bought a European car with a problem in one valve of the engine when it was brand new. I told the dealers about the strange sound, they told me it was normal. It was not and gave me lots of headaches later.
These are cars that aren't coming off the line clean. Toyota/honda/BMW would see this as a horrible situation. They would say that with so many errors needing fixing that there is little doubt other errors are happening unnoticed.
One slipup on twitter during an argument and and one incident where there is a question weather it is totally legal or not, lets wait for the ruling on that. Overall his companies are doing fantastic.
I've mentioned this before, but both of these are overengineered. You need only define a custom class that overrides the | operator.

Then you get (from the original article)

Pype(Users.find_all) | partial(group_by_category, max=5) | print

where you have something like

class Pype:
def __init__(self, f):
self.f = f

def __or__(self, f):
return type(self)(f(self.f))

You need fancier tricks to be able to make the Pipe object transparent, but its possible.

The approach provided in this article is bad, it tries to reinvent a bunch of things (the operator module, for itemgetter, and stuff like getattr by wrapping them in strings.
This small risk of something very bad sounds like a case where insurance against this could be a win-win. "Pay a % of your increased earnings, and we cover any litigation related to your non-compete." If someone were able to analyze agreements and state laws to develop a good underwriting model there could be potential for an insurance tech startup here.
Step 6 - abandon the project when an edge case creates a PR nightmare
> Trump and BREXIT: the blame is put entirely on the electorate, but in both cases it was the elites who gave the electorate the opportunity to make a choice and it was the elites who provided the selection of possible choices.

To the extent that the elites made President Trump's run possible, I believe it was because they believed him to be the most defeatable Republican competition for Mrs. Clinton. The media loved reporting on him, because it was fun. Meanwhile, the Republican Party relied too much on primaries and not enough on caucuses, and awarded delegates based on plurality rather than having runoffs. As it turned out, while he was the most-defeatable opposition for Mrs. Clinton she wasn't able to actually defeat him.

As for Brexit, the whole reason it was on the ballot was that Mr. Cameron believed that he could get a clear vote of confidence on the U.K.'s E.U. membership. This is a pretty historic instance of hubris: had he simply asked for a two-thirds vote, he'd have won. But he went with a simple majority, and that defeated him.
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Non-competes should require regular payment of for example 50% of your salary with some maximum, for example 2 years. Don't want your previous workers to compete? Pay them. This it will only be used in justified cases and most people will happily accept significant salary for doing nothing.
>They spend far more money and time upfront getting the person the visa and in the end there is nothing preventing them from either going home or tranfering to a similar role at another company.

So if there was a law that said they can't go home or change jobs, then you would accept that it might be worth it?

But if that were the case there's still nothing preventing them from dying right?

Hopefully from this example you can see that an employee who is much more likely to stay for x years, is more valuable despite the fact that they aren't guaranteed to stay for x years.

If you could pay $30k extra for an employee that is 50% more likely to stick around for 5 years, most companies would jump at that chance.
I was always taught that representative democracy is the rule of the majority, with respect for minority rights. This is where a rational court system comes into play, and why not all questions of rights are left to a referendum.

It's what distinguishes it from populism, which is also a rule of the majority, but is a tyranny in that it scapegoats the losing side rather than tries to establish a peaceful way of life for everyone.
The file metadata and IP address geocoding that is used to identify "Russian hackers" in these stories is trivially easy to spoof with scripts, VPNs, and basic computer settings. The fact that it's being used as headline-worthy ID of the nationality of supposedly scary, dedicated, election-influencing government hackers is laughable.

At best a responsible journalist should mention the possibility, with some technical skepticism, inside the article. Not the headline.
Ok, so why is corruption the problem? I can easily imagine a government that is not corrupt at all that terrifies me (such as a theocratic state), and I can imagine governments that are quite corrupt that are just fine for most purposes.
Nobodies saying that other cars are defect free. But what they are saying is that Teslas have more defects than other cars, which is a problem--especially when they have yet to scale up to meaningful production quantities.

Having this many defects with this few cars made indicates serious production quality control issues, which just gets worse as production scales.
> The system working for the people would be the states to make their own legislation. Using courts to force federal government to take action that elected executive and elected legislature do not support is not system working.

The tension between federal and state power is an intentionally designed feature of the system, and the fact that the states can push back is one of the several ways the system is supposed to work.
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>"As a European I want to make it vocally known that in my opinion US politics ..."

"can we please please focus on tech and policy and put identity politics and tribal politics to one side on HN?"

It's amusing that you start off by establishing your own identity(European) and then ask others to stop engaging in identity politics.
I'm a little confused about their numbers - they say we currently consume an average of 2,130 kilocalories a day, but in 1976 the average was 2,590 kilocalories.

Unless people were doing an absurd amount of additional exercise in 1976 (like running multiple miles every day), how is it mathematically possible that people are more obese now but eat less on average?

The article seems to imply that it's because we eat differently than people in 1976 (more sugar and what not), but as far as I know calories in -> calories out is the only factor in weight gain/loss aside from uncommon hormonal issues.
FT is not by any standard an American paper, unless the US annexed either the UK (where it is HQed) or Japan (where it's corporate parent is based) when I wasn't paying attention.
I love it, that direct on-the-ground reporting from the location of the alleged events is "conspiracy-like". I suspect I've rethought my "position" a lot more than you have.
Slightly better link:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9962755

Seems possible that this might indeed constitute part of some ply by Intel, trying to bypass having to pay patent/licensing when actually using their 3D Xpoint tech.
>And a damn shame, too

Meh, you reap what you sow and MA has spend decades cultivating incompetent government that's incapable of addressing the needs of the population but perfectly capable of spending our money. I'm sure we look like we have out shit together from far away in SillyValley but I assure you we don't.

>MA has a lot going for it but seems hell-bent on being the place where only large government contractors can emerge.

Large government contractors naturally find it easier to exist under a government that likes to stick its nose in all sorts of things (god forbid it actually stick its nose in things in a way that makes life better for people) than companies that are not specifically optimized to work with government.
Yeah, pretty amusing to hear all these arm-chair quarterbacks on how easy it is to build a rich, real-time chat app like Slack but with native tech. Not only do you have to have all the basic functionality, like emoji reactions, link preview cards, inline images, video, message actions, mention preview, threads, channels, avatars with presence, file attachment upload, etc but you also have to consider that Slack is a moving target. They can't stop shipping new features. They have Microsoft Teams to compete with, which is also an electron app by the way.

Sorry about everyone complaining about CPU, but Slack won the chat wars in part because they were early adopters of Electron, and got plenty of developer productivity benefits out of using the web stack to build on.
How I do it:

0) Start with the content. Always design around the content and the target audience in mind

1) Starting on pen and paper, I sketch 5-10 layouts in a short amount if time then I try to evaluate them based on gut feelings. This is also a good time to experiment with alternatives, new ideas. Google "webdesign patterns" if you need solutions for a given problem

2) Sketch a black and white HTML+CSS version then try to add the appropriate paddings and margins.

3) I look for inspirations in web design galleries, pinterest, dribble, whatever I can find.

4) Pick a good font for display + text, good typography is key

5) Try to make something that approaches the websites you like, grab a color palette from http://coolors.co, images from https://unsplash.com

6) Iterate

This list is incredibly leaky, but more or less this is the process if I have to design something from scratch.
> As I know Euromaidan (protests in Ukraine's capital in 2013) has started because pro-Russian Ukranian president decided to cancel plans about integrating with EU, not because of some US involvement.

It was a bit more complicated and chaotic than that, but you can't just brush aside US involvement as "inconsequential" like that because Euromaidan saw literal US Senators (McCain), and many other foreign nationals, interfere in the elections.

In times where every random Russian doing something remotely shady in the US is instantly connected to the Russian government as some kind of "professional agitator" this whole reasoning seems quite a bit hypocrite.

> It is like US foreign policy - they always have a good excuse to bomb some country and pretend to be the good guy saving people from a dictator.

It indeed is, that's why many people think the US is in no position to be hysterical about "election interference".

The cold war might have officially been over, but spheres of influence, and the mostly covert fight over them, still exist and persists to this day.

In that context, it's a bit like the US playing the game all the time and mostly winning, but as soon as Russia manages to win a round, the US starts complaining how evil Russia is for playing the game in the first place.
The new splice also simply offers a lower resistance path full stop so most of the electricity will flow through the new splice instead of the damaged splice.
Giving consent does not imply that it's informed. How often do you read the full EULA before you click okay? If you did, read it all, do you think you know enough about to understand all the legal ramifications? If you're about to say yes, perhapd consider checking yourself since many of the clauses commonly included in EULAs are completely untested in court. No one--not even the legal experts who wrote them--knows for sure what these things mean, what's enforceable, and what isn't.

Maybe you have a better chance at getting the idea of it because you are more techie, and you know some legal jargon.

But to most people, an EULA is complete and utter gibberish. To some people, a 30-year fixed mortgage is utterly meaningless gibberish.

Yeah, you can sign on the line, but it's not any more informed consent than what most people do when they click okay before they log in.
That's great! Thank you. I definitely want to know how long you've been able to do it for. I've had similar successes but then much longer failures about a dozen times since 8 years old.

How should I contact you? There's no info in your profile. Thanks.
Why do you think Tesla doesn't see this as a horrible situation?

Pretend your are Honda and you just found out this is happening, what do you do? Shut down the plant and fix it properly? Who is going to fund that? What happens if it causes other issues? How long can you afford to do this?

Or would you get some people to fix the problem after production manually while you worked on solving the root of the issue? Exactly what Tesla is doing here...
Michael Cohen's Linkedin says he knows C++
FB published a bit on selection of the fact checkers - those are independent journalist organisations.

I'd say contrary - that would be so wrong for FB to verify facts in-house. This way they are more transparent
My question: how many lies can be nested in until it passes the threshold of "fake news"? In no way can FB identify intent of a news story.
Did you read the article? The premise wasn't, these banks aren't fair or that there's anything necessarily wrong with banks selling mortgages. The premise is that banks have created a system that erodes one of the foundations of our system, the proof of ownership.

If you're fine with someone using the technicalities of the contract to strategically default then you should equally be fine with someone using the weird system of title transfers that the banks use to their benefit in one's own favor.
>what counts as need

When access to it is required to be on an even playing field.

Hence internet, yes. Electricity, yes. Phone? Yup.

Facebook? Ehhhh
The unfortunate part is that people generally only advocate for states' rights when the opposing party is in power. I've never heard more liberals advocate for states making legislation than I have since Trump got elected, and conservatives haven't been all that hot on states being able to make their own laws since.

People need to remember how crucial states' rights are from when the other party is in power, and then continue to advocate for them once their party is in power.
I've known several people try weight watchers - all of them lost weight... and then put it straight back on again.

These kind of weight loss programs can be useful, but only if you are also committing to change the way you eat for the long term.
Adam Segal is currently over on r/IAmA taking questions: https://redd.it/994nhf
>Great to see Massachusetts taking a step in the right direction.

As a Masshole I assure you that this is just a distraction disguised to hide the fact that we've taken at least two steps back on some other issue.
Sounds just like it to me, except we are being categorized by corporations instead of the state. How long until potential employers make a good social score a pre-requisite to hiring?
And once it is officially known they'll have to act, so a lot of it is making it take a long time to be officially known. It isn't like they purposefully hunt for those who do things illegal, they just are aggressive enough in who they give their contracts to that there is a selective pressure for those who can cut costs by hiring undocumented workers. The big companies would be just as happy, maybe even slightly happier, hiring a company only employing legal workers if they could do so for the same price.
25% of your friends rated this article as false. 2% of all facebook users rated this article as false. Politico has fact checked this article as true. Fox News has fact checked this article as false.
>most people will happily accept significant salary for doing nothing.

Nonsense. Most people are not in a position to just take a 50% pay cut. Furthermore, taking a year or two off from a career can be very damaging when you look for a new job after the non-compete expires.
How do you feel about automobiles, then? Lot more deaths from cars than from power lines
On the contrary, Slack's clients are thick, complex applications and they are non-trivial.
When I bought the current house I live in read the title insurance policy I was offered as well as that of the seller. Turns out both policies offered protection in perpetuity. Which means there's no need for me to buy the insurance; if someone challenges my title I can always sue the seller's insurance (even decades later after the seller has died) and make them take care of it. So obviously I didn't want to buy the insurance as I was already insured!

Well, very long faces all around the table. Title insurances pretty much have a monopoly in California -- they do most of the title transfers (which they charge for) and refuse to do so if you don't buy insurance from them.

I read up on it and technically I can transfer title without them, and should have no trouble finding a lawyer to help me...but all the folks involved live locally and it doesn't pay to piss them off (I later bought more property around town). So...I paid.
> The system working for the people would be the states to make their own legislation. Using courts to force federal government to take action that elected executive and elected legislature do not support is not system working.

It's called checks and balances, and it was how the system was designed to work.

> Legislature is complex and hard. Not the reason to try and make courts into its replacement. That's not how the system is supposed to work, and doing that will result in a system even more broken than now.

The courts aren't being used as a replacement, they're being used as a court. When one part of the government does something, you use another part of the government to counter it, until you've exhausted all your options. Then you can go back to the drawing board, which is to start a grassroots movement to push for overwhelming bipartisan support to force even a one-sided legislative branch to adopt the reforms you seek. It's an iterative process. Using the courts is not circumventing anything. You can always use legislation later to determine law that supersedes ruling by the courts, unless such legislation is found to be unconstitutional.
Yes, and he describes it as his “lightbulb moment”.
Many of those documents appear to be required by law.
They probably will if they succeed. They are solving their chicken and egg problem right now.
I disagree with the decision, and I am a Docker user, but I'm not sure I agree with calling them "customers."

For the record, I skimmed the discussion too, and I don't understand "astounding level of toxicity" either.

What do you call a person who dismisses your valid concern and declines to respond to perfectly plain, honestly formulated questions in good faith? That's a jerk.
Ai, thank you for pointing that out, I will fix it. That happened because of moving the blog around and re-installing the engine that generates it, apparently the image paths got messed up.

edit: ok, all images work again, apologies!
I think you are inverting causality. Myanmar is denying the Rohingya people their identity because it does not want them in their country. It does not deny them participation in their country because they can't verify their identity.

Let's assume this blockchain-based identity exists. What problem is now solved? What does it matter if people can now point to the blockchain to say "Yup that's me"? The state has a monopoly on force - that's rather what makes them "the state." Why would people look to the blockchain rather than the entity with a police force and military?
Maybe. Part of my concern is that America's superiority complex will prevent those at the top from doing anything about it; just continuing to push ahead as normal with the presumption that we'll win.

However, I have some friends who work in the government, and conversations with them have given me a small source of hope: the government may feel like it mostly consists of the clowns we see in the news every day, but the reality is that it's made up of a massive collection of American citizens, many of whom are extremely competent at their jobs and whose priorities are simply to keep things working well for everyone. They do incredibly thorough planning for contingencies that allow us to do things like weather natural disasters (that's the department one of my friends works in), etc. So much complexity and knowhow and effort goes into simply keeping this whole thing moving at all, and part of me hopes that there are people somewhere in there who are are thinking through all this stuff, who know what they're doing, and who have a plan.
Is this expected to be how things are going to go for the foreseeable future? If the situation is improved quickly, I don't see how this matters at all.
It is possible, and done in some cases. Check out Bell 525 for example
That's how it works, isn't it ? They improve the fate of a single person, to a totally unsatisfactorily low level, and thereby drag down everyone.

So yes you're not helping that individual. In fact you're damaging that individual potentially a lot. But you're helping far more people a little bit.
As noted in other comments, other major carmakers can complete a car in about 1-3 minutes, not including customization tasks like painting.

So 37 minutes of rework per vehicle means that they're less than 5% as efficient as their competitors, despite the massive investments they've made their factory line. It's indicative of serious production issues and will be a major roadblock to scaling future production, since it means that if they don't solve the production issues leading to the rework, then they would need to spend 20x what their competitors to achieve the same volume of production.

EDIT: The 3 minutes is time-between cars. Each car takes 17-18 hours to get through the entire line. So 37 additional minutes is still pretty bad, but it's not 20x as inefficient on a time-basis. However, given the number of workers at the Tesla factory, they are still 20x as inefficient on a labor basis.
> How many net neutrality supporters stood up for Alex Jones?

Are ISPs refusing to peer with Alex Jones? If not, this has nothing to do with net neutrality.