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"The Economy" is a (surprisingly effective!) system for allocating resources. It short-circuits a human instinct that social status and fairness should be the guide, and replaces that with "a persons economic contribution" instead.

Now, it turns out that the difference in productivity between people is so great (think the old 10x-100x programmer) that allocating resources according to contribution creates so much surplus stuff that everybody wins, even the unproductive. And, as a side benefit, everyone has an incentive to be productive.

The flip side is that Government is made up of ordinary people who often ask "what about fairness and status?", and likes to interfere to reallocate from productive people to unproductive people. In mild cases you get a healthy level of support for the disadvantaged, in extreme cases you get Venezuela. But in all cases, since the productive people are given less, they create less and there is less available to distribute. In theory this triggers the laws of supply-and-demand, reduces supply and prices increase.

The flip side is if the productive people consume their wealth instead of producing with it then we probably could tax them without any ill effects, but I think that is rarer than most people think.
I did, but as long as traffic doesn't come to a complete stop it wasn't often necessary. Also, that's the other foot, so it doesn't have to move either. :)
This assumes AWS will never reach a point where they decide to stop subsidising this behaviour by keeping the instances alive.
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From your link:

>But the battery only functions properly at temperatures above room temperature and up to 150°C

It doesn't have to be over 150 Celsius, it has to be over room temperature.
Did you have a smartphone 10 years ago? Do you remember what 3G was like? Wasn't so bad, right? Try using 3G in any metropolitan area today, a lot of times it's painfully slow. Why is that? Congestion. The reason to upgrade isn't necessarily to improve the best case performance for a single user it's to provide a better quality of service for a larger number of users. Anyone who's attended an event like comic-con or PAX knows just how easy it is for even 4G LTE to get saturated with connections.
To clarify, it is not a maybe, keyloggers definitely monitor the clipboard. It's one of the most basic features of a key logger.

Another basic features is logging the active window/process to know where the user is currently writing to.
I have a little 6-speed BMW right now that’s so fun to drive around, but I think my next car will probably be a Model 3.

Shifting is fun when the roads aren’t a disaster, but between traffic and the fact that ICEs are pretty much untenable in the long-term, it’s hard to justify buying another manual. Plus, the options for new stick shift cars seem to be dwindling every year anyway.

I’d like to be able to continue driving a standard, but it just makes less and less sense (for me, at least).
To really see why this stuff is cool you should watch the videos of people sticking their fingers in water mixed with dry water and not getting their hands wet:

https://chemistscorner.com/have-you-formulated-with-dry-wate...
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Posts like this mean literally nothing as well.

Theranos is one example. But there are many examples of where funding and corporate investment is a sign the company has something serious and industry changing. The point is that without statistics both of us are just dealing in effectively anecdotes.

And the idea that independent third parties need to be involved is simply not true. (1) They already have car manufacturers willing to validate the technology (and they are often quite conservative) and (2) this company isn't at the point yet where their technology is being commercially sold.
If it is 100% true then can you explain what he is referring to with "Poor resiliency" and "Schemas remains at postgres core"?

Also PostgreSQL is not hard to update, the only issue with PostgreSQL and upgrades is that it is hard to upgrade with zero downtime (pg_upgrade is very fast but still requires a small bit of downtime).

I can agree with the complaint about distribution, but that is a common issue for most databases not built from the start around distribution and nothing I would call "fundamentals".
Are you contesting that ads work better for good products, or that such would imply more good products across advertised products?

The mechanism for the first is quite intuitive. An add can make someone buy something once. If that thing is good, there is a chance they will buy again, and so give you more money. If it is not good, they will at most buy it once.

So the EV of an add on a good product is by definition higher than one on a bad product; and so a company with a good product should be willing to spend more on an ad.
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Great catch - thank you! Now to find some time to read it properly.
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Consumers have basically already decided. How many people use incognito windows to get around the NYT paywall, for example?
Tell that to Porsche who thinks 85mph is a reasonable top end for 2nd gear. Even a Miata will hit ~60 in 2nd.

Given the low end for 6th is around 35mph, 2-6 is plenty doable without going anywhere near redline.
The key word in the parent post is "adaptive". With adaptive CC, you don't do anything in stop and go traffic other than minor steering. The car just keeps about a car length distance with the car in front. It is very nice convenience feature.
If you take cars away from every group equally, then the poor are the least capable of finding an alternative (because they usually cost). In fact, if you take anything from the entire population in equal measure, its bound to affect the poor the most (because they’re the least capable of finding alternatives to the status quo).

So in any such argument, they’d naturally become the front of the topic.

If anyone is going to get fucked by a broad policy, it’s the poor.
I'm not saying it was illegal.

It was largely disallowed. Men made all the money, automobiles were expensive and complicated, and it was still considered uncertain if women were capable of handling the complexity.

Our history is full of examples of activities effectively prevented en masse by society without being explicitly illegal.

Just because our past is embarrassing doesn't make it untrue.

Edit:

With regards to how it integrates into my comments about drunk driving and designated drivers; having women become generally accepted as peers in the operation of automobiles changed the parameters for purchasing the vehicle for the household.

If I'm going to continue drinking regularly, and I'm no longer allowed to drive drunk, and we collectively regard women as perfectly acceptable behind the wheel - I'm buying a car that I know my wife can drive as well as I can, not necessarily my preferred model.
Actually this might be a good idea for kickstarter if anyone with relevant experience is around :) I bet it would not be a problem to raise 200-300K for this
Much worse. Hostile code you can't block.
LMFAO, have you met Apple before? I'm not holding out for them to change their ways anytime soon. They seem to have made every effort to avoid having a general mac box.

> "The smallness or thinness of the machine is absolutely irrelevant for me because it’ll sit under the desk."

It's relevant to apple and a top design consideration. Practicality almost always takes a back seat to shininess and size at Apple.

> If I can get a good Windows desktop for $600 ... I can maybe angrily even pay $1000. But, I can’t justify paying $3000 for it

This is why I can't imagine anyone buying a desktop from these people. Is that something people are still doing? I guess some industries are very apple centric. Baffling to me.

> Why should Apple care?

Let me stop you there, they don't. They never have. There's nothing they care less about than what the user thinks they want. Sometimes this leads to good designs, other times it just adds cost or inconvenience to the customer. This is Apple's MO. Don't like it, buy a Windows or Linux box.
Also in the Theranos case there really was only one major customer i.e. Wallgreens who then failed to do proper due diligence. Here you have multiple car manufacturers involved who specialise in vetting new technology for mass production.
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Yes, I've been emailing them about it and they won't reply. They first emailed me saying that people can (have to) support you in comments - and I did receive support via comments - but they still decided to censor my view... And I didn't realize it until I had written many more comments.

By the way, I highly support your previously downvoted comment, "The only science you're allowed to be skeptical of (on HN) is science other people are also skeptical of..."
>>> The security treadmill is hard for even the most modern tech companies to stay on. I think the infosec community could go a long way to helping itself by making easier to use tools, and writing canonical guides for common scenarios. Setting up HTTPS to get an "A" from SSLLabs is non-trivial. Securing SSH with perfect forward secrecy is near impossible for a mortal. There's no reason it has to be this complicated.

Agreed on this. Security is too hard to do right and too hard to check. There are no 2 guides or 2 people that agree on the same recommendation.

SSL labs is a perfect example where the top rating is not realistic to obtain.
Note that 2018 Volkswagen cars come with 6 years / 72k miles warranty... something to consider if you're unsure if you should get a new one now or later (as I doubt they'll keep this high warranty term for long, it was introduced to win back customers after #dieselgate).
> No, courts are arbiters, sometimes of the law, sometimes of civil disputes, such as contracts.

The things they define what is an enforceable contract and what remedies are available for violations are, again, laws. Civil law is as much law as criminal law.

> That is true, laws that apply to contracts are regulations, however, they are not necessary for remedy.

Yes, they are.

It is law which defines what is a contract, and law which defines what remedies exist for breach.

> If I have a contract to receive "A spoon product id xyz as created by Sir Porky Pig of 123. Main, CA USA" and anything other than that is delivered, it's a breach of contract at least and fraud at worst. I could sue for damages. What regulation is needed for this transaction?

(1) A law defining when an enforceable contract is formed and how the enforceable terms are determined.

(2) A law defining the parameters on which damages are legally compensable from breach, including setting standards for traceability of causation of the harm to the breach, degree to which the I hired party is or is not obligated to act reasonably to mitigate damages, etc.

> If someone were to deliberately intend to deceive me, that is fraud, and there are already laws for that.

And such laws are regulations of commerce.
It does, because if I load the various threads I have commented on without logging in, then I can see that my comments are no longer shown. They did not tell me this was happening.

Edit: Your edit links to the original ban, which of course I disagree with. But when I was unbanned, I was not told that I was actually shadow banned - and not unbanned.
Cars are much more expensive in Europe due to taxes and various other reasons. Since manuals are cheaper there's a better chance that there are more manuals in your price range.
So far nobody was able to figure out what is that exactly you listed?
... and it can't be 'cold' like it would be in a car in winter pretty much anywhere?
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That reminded me of a purchase I made a couple weeks ago. Washing powder where the 2kg is cheaper than the 1kg. That was a headscratcher. As far as I can tell they're both sold by the manufacturer.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Cold-Power-Regular-Laundry-Brillia...
To all the folks replying that someone will fill the gap in front of you: that’s the point. It isn’t about reaction time. It’s about letting traffic flow easier, not fighting with each other.

It removes the need for your fellow drivers to feel a tension when it is time to switch lanes, to not have to make a risky maneuver. You get to relax when driving because now you aren’t competing to get to your destination, and you can feel more confident others are not going to accidentally hit you in a desperate attempt to go where they are going.

That impatient driver behind you? They will get around you and play the rat race. Let them. Most drivers don’t do that unless you are much obviously slower than traffic flow. Let people win the game they are playing. You are making it generally safer, and your consistency on the road helps them make decisions easier.

I’ve been doing this for about 10 years. No accidents, no cause of accidents, no angry honkers, none of that nonsense. Try it for a week! Give others space to move. Watch traffic jams ease up a little around you. It’s very neat. My space clears spaces so I can move easier after people get in front of me. I’ve seen others follow my example (or be their own example).
I'll concede all of the other advantages of automatics and add getting the car moving from a stop on a hill in Seattle, but there seems to be no way to get rid of the latency when I need to downshift right now, is there?

I hate that about automatics. Floor the gas, count 1,2...ok here we go.
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Sure but you're being a big disingenuous by just saying smart investors.

We have a number of car manufacturers involved here and they don't mess around when it comes to validating new technologies. Especially given how important batteries are to the future survival of the companies.
This is true. But you're not the one buying and installing a new washer or stove.
I doubt people would use their phones during the test.
> To each their own, but stop and go traffic does not exist in the absence of stoplights if you leave adequate space in front of you. If you tailgate, ride your brakes, or have to stop completely you are contributing to traffic jams behind you. I drive a 6 speed in one of the worst traffic areas in the US every day.

Come over to Los Angeles and take me to work for a week and we'll see how well you can make that work.

As someone who drove a stick shift far too often in LA traffic jams, I understand your point and agree with it. You have to try really hard to juuust get to the car in front as it's starting to accelerate or you will burn the heck out of your clutch.

However, if you leave the appropriate gap, someone WILL jump into it in LA. And the people behind you will start frothing at the mouth.

It's really hard to be nice to a clutch in Los Angeles.
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I definitely would not recommend. Manual I think is ok to learn but I'd insist on power steering and modern safety features.

I own a manual currently. One big disadvantage (or possibly an advantage...) is when Friends ask to borrow car you need to ask "Can you drive a manual?" 9/10 times I've found answer is no.
Interesting note on that, the usage of “entree” has shifted over the past 100 years; the American meaning ‘main course’ is in line with the 19th century French definition.

http://languageoffood.blogspot.com/2009/08/entree.html?m=1

What about the French usage? The French use of the word entrée in Escoffier's 1921 Le Guide Culinaire was still the traditional one ('made' hot meat dishes served in the classic sequence before a roast). Escoffier classifies as entrées almost any dish that we would now consider a main course: steaks (entrecotes or filet de boeuf, tournedos), cassoulet, lamb or veal cutlets, ham, sausage, braised leg of lamb (gigot), stews or sautes of chicken, pigeon or turkey, braised goose, foie gras. Escoffier has over 500 pages of entrée recipes. Only roast fowl, and small game animals are classified as roasts, in a small 14 page roast section.
Sounds like Aerogel would be lighter, too.
In a word: yes.

People who know best have been raising the alarm for decades now, but in most places it has only gotten worse. Kamala Harris entered public life over securing California's voting processes. California has been a rare bright spot.

It has been common to insist that equipment is not connected wirelessly and not on the internet when in fact it connects via a cell phone, which is readily cracked.

Even physical security is neglected: the "seals" used on ballot boxes are easily spoofed, leaving no physical evidence of tampering.

The solution is the same everywhere: be patient. Let essential checking be done. Nothing real hinges on finding out tomorrow instead of three days later.
> I actually think that the debt above 15k (or whatever) should be shifted back to the school

Shifted back to the school, not the lender? Or are you assuming that the school is the lender?
Again, the server code is AGPLv3 so it would copyright infringement (of the contributors to the code) on the part of WhisperSystems if they were to patch the server code and not provide the sources to users. There isn't a technical way to stop this problem (federation wouldn't solve it either -- it would allow you to switch to a host that you trust more but that's a different problem), you just sort of have to trust that WhisperSystems isn't breaking the law.

To reiterate -- I agree with you on the general point that federation and having a decentralised system is important for many reasons. But you're moving the goal-posts so that now, even if the server code is AGPLv3 (which requires giving source code access to network users) you still can't be sure that code is running in production, and thus it's still effectively proprietary. That's not a reasonable argument.

As an aside, WhisperSystems has remote attestation of parts of the server code using Intel SGX, which means that it actually has some degree of verifiability[1].

[1]: https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/
We did it reddit!
As I said up thread, there is usually a big difference in what folks refer to as engine braking and coasting a bit. In particular, my stick shift will slow dramatically faster when I engine brake in first/second compared to what will happen in any automatic I've ever driven. (In particular, it is entirely possible for me to completely engine brake to a stop sign. That is considerably more than just coasting to a stop.)

Also as I said, though, I should have been a bit softer there. I'm not saying it will get you in trouble guaranteed. But, just as I agree it is more dangerous to ride a bike without a helmet, I recommend against not signaling folks behind you that you are stopping.

And, also as I mentioned up thread. If someone hits you because they didn't see you stopping, yes, it is their fault. I don't exactly care who is at fault in many ways, if I'm hit. I'd just as soon not get hit. :)
Any societal shift I can clearly see in my lifetime beginning with my grandparents spanning into my generation I consider relatively new.

Hell it's still a novelty to see coverage of women in automobile racing. Even when they aren't competitive, the media will broadcast their image just for participation alone.

Culturally, it's still fairly common to hear comments about women drivers being inferior.

So I think we're clearly not even out of the woods yet today.
Local input on rulemaking is fine, but local towns dont get to promulgate rules as they do speed limits for cars. We cannot fly if every county gets a direct say as to who can fly where on sunday afternoons after labor day. They want to. They try. I field the calls, sometimes from local cops. Federal premption protects us.
I will chime into that, though, that they are prohibiting large trucks from doing it. They don't care about cars doing it. (The wikipedia page explains the difference and why some places prohibit trucks from doing it.)

Edit: That said, I fully agree that most times I hear folks talk of engine braking, they mean shifting down to slow somewhat faster than just coasting.
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Yeah, they think it's a 1 in 50 chance of working. Or whatever metric they have that results in $20M being invested. Pretty small beans for a technology that would change the world. To me that says it's just interesting enough that they don't want to see it die.
What I believe it's saying, and accurately so IMO, is there are a lot of so-called "best practices" which are dogmatically followed without stopping to critically think about whether or not they actually make sense in the context in which they're being applied.

My takeaway from "If you don't believe this, I suggest you carefully reexamine your assumptions." is "If you believe something is true, stop and think critically about _why_ you think it's true. Be open to the fact that this process may lead you discover it isn't true after all".
The 'we' here seems to assume the USA? Because this is nothing like the prison systems around here.
I found this comment in the article refreshing: Solid-state batteries are thought to be a lot safer than common li-ion cells and could have more potential for higher energy density, but they also have limitations like temperature ranges and electrode current density. Not to mention we have yet to see a company capable of producing them at large-scale and at an attractive price point competitive with li-ion.

So far all of the solid state batteries that I've read papers on suffer from an inability to charge quickly because they cannot dissipate heat fast enough. The whole swap the battery packs thing is a work around for this where you get a car and 'n' battery packs. Charge the packs slowly (limitation of battery) but swap packs quickly (mechanical issues, not a problem). To my way of thinking such a solution is fine for a commuter car but exacerbates the range issues. Maybe that is ok in this space but so far until Tesla's "300 mile range" cars hit the market EVs were pretty niche.
Is it really better than some AAA college in the US?
I'm familiar with the concept, but I can't imagine I'd use it any more than I use regular cruise control on an empty highway.
How is this not explained by correlation? It makes sense that important things are both expensive and regulated.

Besides, isn't this terribly cherry picked? Sewage is a government issue and you don't talk about runaway costs there.
The shipping origin of the products also dictates the costs... were any of those cheaper items shipped from China?
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What we really need is Local AI, not Cloud AI for such uses. It would suck to have to be internet-connected in order for your arm to work.

Want to take a trip into the wilderness? Lol. Power's out and the basement is flooding? Good luck, sucks to be you. I guess "lag" will become a valid excuse to being clumsy in real life.

Local vs connected is a no-brainer for this particular application.
Then why have any standards at all, if any expectations are discrimination?
In my experience, places where engine braking is prohibited tend to be with the intent to reduce engine braking by tractor trailers or other large apparatuses, which can be very loud. In much of the U.S, posted signage prohibits "Jake braking" which specifically targets tractor trailers and other large trucks. [0]

[0]: https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/96447/why-prohibi...
> that technology will probably come too late for cars

Why ?

Have I missed something where electric cars are done as a industry and the technologies we have today will be the status quo for future iterations.

Because the way I look at it the era of electric cars is just beginning and great that Tesla has helped to validate the market/technology but they aren't what we will all will/want to be driving.