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> 1. What is Soma?

I'm guessing (from a quick trip to Wikipedia) OP means this:

Soma, featured in Aldous Huxley's novels Brave New World and Island, a fictional hallucinogenic drug to keep society peaceful and happy.

It's been a LONG time since I last read BNW, time to put it back on the reading list!
Very impressed and delighted with your example results
It's a lot more variable than surrounding countries in that you're more chance of winning the lottery than finding a coffee shop / restaurant / bar with usable internet, or working government sponsored free internet but 4G sim cards and coworking spaces, and chain hotels, it works well.
The issue with closures is easily solved, just declare it as class property (or a const variable outside the component if you're using SFC) and then use it instead of declaring it inside your render JSX. Any React-aware linter would not let you declare closures in JSX.
no you didn't overlook. the article doesn't discuss actual mechanics of DRAM init, so thank you for adding this info :) i know there is a process of memory training whose aim is to arrive at the right parameters for that DRAM. the way i see it, it is sort of in-field caliberation. boot firmware can then store those parameters inside BIOS chip and then on next reboot just use those parameters, because memory training is a time-consuming process.
> find yourself a nice remote gig (there's plenty of them if you know how to find them

Any starting point?
Too big to fail vs too small to succeed?
Even if it was 100% natural we should probably interfere and try to stop it. Similarly, if an asteroid were on course to meet the Earth we should try to deflect it.
If you haven't already seen it, this site shows living cost and other parameters for different cities:

https://nomadlist.com
I'm currently teaching basic computing with a focus on introductionary programming to 14-18 year olds. The myth that kids that age are all digital natives and hence much more adept at learning CS amd programming is wrong. A tablet in every class room is great to augment history, physics etc. lessons. But it does nothing to improve their understanding of CS and programming.

I've cobbled together a curriculum, starting with CS unplugged activities to explain computational thinking. I found this to be highly effective! https://teachinglondoncomputing.org which is a fantastic resource to teach basic CS concepts. The locked-in activity in particular is highly effective in making things click. You get students to tackle a real world problem. You can introduce linear and binary search (or rather, have them come up with it themselves). And finally, you can teach them complexity analysis with a goal: how to write the book the fastest way.

Before any programming can happen, getting computational thinking into their heads is essential. Moving from that to code brings its own challenges. I found Scratch and similar block based environments to be a bit of a deterrent with this age bracket. The kids know it's not "the real deal".

However, there aren't any non-overwhelming "real" coding platforms out there. Python comes very close, but is far from simple (pip, IDE, maybe mypy, because it turns out types are helpful when learning to program).

So, while I think the CS side is pretty well covered, there is amlack of beginner friendly programming environments that don't overwhelm the learner, or treat them like they are "stupid". This could be one thing where the community could make a difference. I'm building a statically typed structured PL for that purpose at the moment.
Good for you. Seems you are one of the 91% (or whatever) who don't are addicted. (Or "dependent".)
Do you know about Leetcode(leetcode.com)???

I write solution in Leetcode. And now I download my solutions to display in Github.

Can you tell me what's wrong with that? I don't understand.
I second this. But definitely try to get a remote SE job there. The pay is laughable compared to for example Berlin. Which is also a great city to work and live in.
> someone's gotta pay for social expenses.

while it's honorable to do so, one single person/entity isn't gonna change the tide. It's political will and changes to tax code that will make the difference - stop tax loop holes, and stop off-shore accounts that are untracable, etc.
The cost of housing / income ratio in Stockholm is so out of whack that it’s basically impossible to enter the housing market without at least €50k-75k in savings to have as a down payment for an apartment anywhere nice.
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How low have we sunk that we expect developing nations to act concurrently with supposed world "leaders"?

We should expect their emissions to increase and we'll meet them in CO2e per capita or the way down.
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Visual Studio has IntelliSense since 1996, were you using DirectX 1.0?
Yes it's a lack of good technical leadership.

I think labor market incentives distort a lot of engineering decision-making especially at smaller companies, where the boss heard that React is hot and decides Solution X should be built with React.

Developers eager to develop their skills, increase their rates and advance in seniority end up focusing on the new hotness because of this.

Engineers who want to increase their impact and scope should focus first and foremost on the skill of making smart tradeoffs between technical realities and the requirements of other business functions--aside from simply writing code, this is what engineering is indispensable for.

Beyond that it pays to go deep in your mastery of a particular platform, the dependencies underlying it, and related technologies--all of these enhance your ability to design solutions.

Unfortunately the reality is there are very real financial incentives to keep jumping to the new hot thing every year.
Well, its survivable. I drove twice via "non-central" Hungary this year. And people understand basic English. However, can't comment on availability of English-speaking communities of smart individuals in Hungary.
This set of maps is a fabrication
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2012/07/debunking-map-that-...
Perhaps he means 'FB friends' (he did say /most/ friends). In my FB friends list, the vast majority are more like acquaintances and when they post mostly things I don't care about I unfollow them.
You know it's interesting, I see the same sorts of themes crop up whenever there's an article criticising alcohol on mainstream press websites.

Quite a few people will come out and say that it can't really be addictive, because they aren't addicted. Some say things like "Well I can have a beer every night, but never go off the deep-end and become an alcoholic, so clearly it's not that bad".

The point is that a percentage of people won't be able to control it. They will lose themselves to it. They will suffer for it. This happens with substances that cause physical dependency (opiates, alcohol, tobacco) and activities that clearly cannot (gambling). Cannabis seems to lie somewhere between the two, and be relatively mild.

Good for you if you enjoy it, use it and are not addicted. But that's not everyone's experience (It was mostly mine too, mostly, until it wasn't).
It’s also fun to think about the scenario where the Americans practiced husbandry when contact was made, we could have had a two way “genocide”!
Melbourne here too wave -- greatest city on Earth, IMHO (I'm not from here), but we were in Adelaide just last week and it's getting interesting there. I assume rent is cheaper than Melbourne due to lower demand.
I'd like to add that I've found the Netherlands to be among the most welcoming countries to expats that I've spent meaningful amounts of time in. I've moved away, but I'll always feel like home there.

Also, at least in the cities, everyone will be fluent in English.

If you pick city other than Amsterdam, or are willing to have a 45 min+ commute, rents should still be reasonable.
12-15 euro for a kebab. They must be seasoning everything with gold there. But it's a nice city if you manage to live there and its expensiveness works generally as a quality filter so most people are educated and smart.
Check out http://numbeo.com for a great way to compare the cost between different cities.
Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. Both of these cities have loads of expats and intellectually stimulating environments.

Big and spacious apartments for $1000/mo or less. Fibre @ 40mbps for $100/mo or thereabouts. A country that has both tropical and Mediterranean climates (think of the fruit and veggies!) with beautiful nature (esp. CT where it's integrated with the city).

Eat out every night in style at prices cheaper than a European corner cafe. In my experience EU food is overrated and expensive. Have been to America many years ago an all I can remember is that people and portions are big!

Yes, there's crime. Happy to answer any questions.
I want to delete my account but a lot of my friends use fb messenger (groups ect.). Is there a way to delete profile and keep only messenger ?
I'm not saying it's Seattle or Portland... should I have said "misty" or "gray and miserable"? The specific amount of sky water wasn't really the point of the question.
I can wholeheartedly recommend Amsterdam (or surrounding places).

Everyone speaks English, pay is good, and work-life balance makes a lot of difference.

Commutes are generally short, you get ~26 paid holidays per year (sick leave is separate from that)...
> Second, this ban seems to assume a position that Breitbart can't be a valid source even if they use outside sources corroborating their claim

Really, it isn't that complex. Most people learn this in kindergarten, if not before.

Every heard of the "boy who cried wolf"? At no time does anyone suggest if the boy turned up with the wolf's head under his arm you would disbelieve him. But later when telling people "I believe there is a wolf now" you don't say it's because "the boy told me [again]", instead you hold up the head.

Well, it's the same for Breitbart. Saying "it's true because Breitbart said it's true" is just going to get you tarnished with Breitbart's reputation, but handing out Breitbart's citation might just do the trick.
Not sure if it is much of an English-speaking friendly place, though. After visiting Barcelona and Valencia, I definitely think that without learning Spanish one can hardly thrive in these cities.
I live in SF as well, I find Portland a very good alternative.
Interesting, thanks.

Why was Ames given a pass on the other signs of risk? Because of his credentials?
The largest studies to date have found no ties to lung cancer or COPD, however there's still other damage present which can take the form of reduced lung capacity, chronic bronchitis, etc. As for refuting the "THC cures cancer" thing, there's certain forms of testicular cancer which do show slightly increased risk of statistical significance. The lack of worse lung problems is somewhat surprising but I've seen speculation from doctors about other possible causes than a miracle cancer cure.

I'm not much of a pot head, but my country is legalizing in a few weeks so I did some research - Dry leaf vaporizer is absolutely the way to go if you can afford it, full inhalation dose control and speed, no extra shit from flavorings or solvents, far less risk of those lung issues.
I got introduced to pot when I entered grad school to do a STEM Ph.D. I was cool with it - I was never an addict. I smoked a couple of times a year at most. It had to be a quite special occasion for me to smoke marijuana, drink, or do other drugs. Like the author, drugs gave me the courage to do things I would regret later. I did things to hurt my very best girlfriend I could have when I was high. She later left me.

Drugs are the demon that I thought I'm good enough to control -- I have a fucking Ph.D. after all. I know the answer for myself now, that is doing marijuana or any other drug is a losing battle. Most of the times when I am sober, I can hide the asshole person I really am. But when I'm high, all hell breaks loose.
It’s not. It’s built on “here’s a way to convert energy into financial security and have a transaction platform on top of it”.
It was possible to AOT compile to native code with UCSD Pascal, Western Digital and Corvus Systems supported some form of it.

I thought it was Strongtalk/SELF JIT compiler that made Java work.
If I could keep Messenger + Events and get rid of the rest, I'd do so immediately.
I think the post is just a resume with work history “I worked at google”.
The northern parts of Durban (Umhlanga / Ballito) is also nice. Good fibre infrastructure, relatively safe. Well developed. Tropical Climate.
Very English.
Answer: Retirement. Kind of kidding - kind of not! Some will be thinking this though...

Jokes aside - it can be tough. I recommend if you have not already done a reverse time based analysis, you do so. If you're wondering this at 40, what about 60? Think about where you want to be and how you will be perceived going forward, combined. That will help guide some of what you do with an eye towards your longevity.

Anyway, at 40 there is a high expectation to support and mentor - first and foremost. Help people see their bugs, secondarily improve their methods, and thirdly listen to their ideas to help you paint their strategy (rather than your own interpretations and strategies which may be dated).

Second, younger people may see you as the older guy with the stodgy ideas. Avoid fighting with them on that front, even though your role may ask for that. You are in a losing battle often with that up front, unless your upper management really supports your ideas. And even then be careful to be respectful - you may change your mind after some research and find you support their initially backward sounding idea.

I recommend supporting and contributing to your coworkers projects to highlight your solution methods, and show them you care. You probably have a lot of good to offer, and this will defray any potential hostility.
> My drug use history reads like War and Peace

I'm curious about unpacking this since I actually read and enjoyed the book when I was in high school.

Which of the following are you saying? These choices are obviously not exclusive, but I'm curious about your original intent. :)

Your drug use history is:

1. Long (I think this is the most popular way to use War and Peace)

2. Boring (Probably the second most popular)

3. Violent (This is probably ruled out since you said you don't have any aggressive episodes [that you feel terrible about])

4. Characterized by peaks and lulls in use

5. Cryptic

6. Other?
Since you mentioned Toronto, how easy is to get a job in Toronto if you don't have a work Visa or PR, is not from North America and have like 1 year of work experience?
>In particular I expect to see studies demonstrate a link between marijuana smoking and lung cancer, followed by years of denial by marijuana producers and smokers, similar to what happened with cigarettes.

Perhaps you should examine some of the extensive studies that have already been done, so you could base your beliefs on scientific evidence instead of reefer-madness-based conjecture.

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201212...
Remote role with NBN, it's probably do-able!
when I get media reports, I generally consider them 90% as true when talking vanguard reporting sites (NYT, WaPo, LATimes, WSJ, etc.). Editors are notorious for drilling down and not wanting to print unless they’re fairly confident. While papers have an incentive to publish “riviting” stories, journalists (and their editors) have a much larger incentive not to get caught with egg on their face. Take for example the reaction a few years ago from This American Life’s reaction to a false story they got (and more importantly the length of repsone they went into to correct it).

To put into context, I usually take peer reviewed reports as 95% as true (academic standards are even higher). Use those benchmarks as you will to adjust your priors.
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Soma is a fictional drug popularized in Huxley's Brave New World, and used to ritually sedate the populace in seemingly benign but pervasive manner. It's closely associated with with consumerism, in the of form of "feelies" (also from BNW), as Huxley was alive to witness the transition from silent films to "talkies", and didn't respond to the perceived gross spectacle. In my mind, soma is a generalization for all that preys upon human weakness, and for something that is justified, even by intelligent, renowned individuals, via illogicality and appeal to human nature ("it's fun", etc). Rather than consider the value of the intoxicant itself compared to the innate conscious state, you typically see defense of it and claims of its banality and harmlessness. This is cognitive dissonance and justification, nothing more.

The government wins by profiteering either way off of legalization or not. Police states enforcing the war on drugs is profit, and tax revenue from legalization is profit. The people celebrating the current trends as a win are delusional.
Drugs are bad M'kay.

Come on, everyone is different and plenty of people (the majority?) can use them responsibly. And drugs are vastly different as well so classifying them as as such seems fairly counter productive to any discussion.
I can understand your position but I think that you're being pessimistic.

Despite the headlines the report is exceptionally positive. Our fate is in our own hands; the political will seems to be there with the majority of the world economy (EU/China) and the things we need to do to hit 1.5c offer some massive benefits. Simply the air quality benefits are worth the investment costs.

I was expecting the costs to be in the order of the western world reverting to the quality of life from the 1800s but that isn't the case. Climate change is looking like a problem in the order of a space-race or nuclear-arms-race only this time with enormous benefits for humankind and nature.
(Browser) zoom works for me. What browser are you using?
It was introduced to me by CTO at my previous company.
Two downsides:
* Non-English speakers.
* High housing prices.
agree. I'm from Poland but since the beginning of my programming career I've been working mostly for abroad companies (because of earnings).

And about the politics... Only people that want to play into 'politics' game really cares what's happening here - other people just don't care and live happily.
If you move to a city and don't attempt to learn the local language then yes you won't get the full experience. But you can definitely get away with minimal Spanish here, being seen to be making an effort is more important than fluency.
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While I disagree with the OP's point of view, I don't think the type of thinking is wrong. And here's an example why:

In Cowboy Bebop, the Japanese animated show, there is a scene with two characters smoking outside. It is clear during the show that they are morally grey at best, and yet they both have a cup with them to catch their cigarette's ashes, even though they are outside on top of an old boat (a sci-fi one). Such a detail is meaningless in the overall scheme of things, but the mentality is what matters: by living in a society where every individual does their best, no matter how meaningless, is how you end up with streets as clean as those of Japan, where everyone carries their garbage with them.

Individual action is important to create a societal mindset - if you inspire two people to change their behavior, it scales up.
I saw some jobs in Berlin that payed around 70K Eur. Assuming it's before taxes, it means that after taxes it's around 3.8k/month; a bit low if you ask me.

I know pay is not the only factor, but heck, I make half in my home country, but the living costs are far lower (and I don't even pay rent).
From what I've seen, Chile is a relatively safe and intellectually free place to live. They aren't as progressive on LGBTQIA tolerance as say the west coast of the US, but they are slowly getting there.

It isn't dirt cheap though. A house in a nice part of Santiago will cost you around 300-500k (USD).
The media vs the POTUS. The POTUS ought to be a credible source.
Barcelona is an amazing city to live in but with the recent Airbnb market growing the rents have become way too expensive. You should expect around 1200 euro/month for small apartment for a single person.
> It doesn't matter if Steve Jobs or Tim Cook is running Apple as long as they are competent and the organization is solid.

Didn't Apple suffer for many years, before Jobs was brought back?
It's not that bad. Expect 50k EUR for a junior position.
And by the way, being an occasional smoker myself, and rather a heavy smoker in the past, I know what I'm talking about, and I know the craving it gives you. Nevertheless I advocate legalisation and find it much less harmful than alcohol, for that matter.
I live across the pond, and though I love Hobart and tassie, intellectual is not exactly in the top 10 words I'd expect most people to use to describe most australian culture, let alone in its smaller cities.

Edit: which is mainly why I'm in Melbourne.

Edit2: though to be fair, looking at half the suggestions so far, no one seems to be taking said criteria very seriously.
For that you would need an animal that breeds in captivity, reaches maturity quickly, eats inexpensive food (not meat), with good temperament, and that can be handled in a farming environment (not as agile as deer or as strong as a bison).

In the Americas, the only animal that responds to that description are llamas, guinea pigs, capybaras, etc. None of them found in North America.
Roanoke VA is really pretty and inexpensive, has a new Medical School and Research Institute (Brain stuff) and is paired with Virginia Tech in Blacksburg 45 minutes away. Located in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

Easy to choose between country, town or city.
How bad is the crime? I've talked to a few who've lived there but they always tell me the crime forced them to move out. Do hijackings at robots still happen often?
IMO RISC is more a philosophy than a technical term, your definition is something that was created post-facto to try and come with a definition. It's more like "all currently accepted RISC IAs have the following characteristics" but I disagree that they're an appropriate definition. For instance:

>Have 1 size of instruction in an instruction stream and that size if 4 bytes

So that means that Thumb isn't RISC because it has 16 bits instructions and a few double-width opcodes? Even though its instruction set if effectively even more restricted than ARM? That doesn't make sense to me.

>Do NOT support arbitrary alignment of data for loads/stores

MIPS has SWL/SWR LWL/LWR, does that count? I suppose you could say that RISC has no support for arbitrary alignment in regular load and store instructions but again, is that really enough to disqualify an IA? What if I made a tweaked MIPS CPU with an identical instruction set with the only difference being that unaligned LW/SW would work as intended instead of raising an exception, would it stop being RISC?

>Have >= 5 bits per integer register specifier, Have >= 4 bits per FP register specifier

That actually disqualifies ARM32 as far as I can tell, since it only has 16GPRs encoded using 4 bits. I fail to see how this small encoding detail is relevant to RISC anyway. Maybe it just meas that you need at least 32GPRs?

Wikipedia has a much broader (and IMO more reasonable) definition of RISC:

>Various suggestions have been made regarding a precise definition of RISC, but the general concept is that such a computer has a small set of simple and general instructions, rather than a large set of complex and specialized instructions.

By this definition an instruction such as "Floating-point Javascript Convert to Signed fixed-point, rounding toward Zero" is very much un-risc-y.
Many of the best engineers I've worked with are daily pot smokers, including my former boss who currently runs a team at Facebook.