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> Professionally "banned" is not a free speech issue in the slightest.

This line of reasoning never made sense to me. Free speech is both a legal and a cultural issue. A modern society cannot credibly claim to be free on legal grounds alone. Yeah, the government won't put me in prison or fine me, but if I get fired for being a staunch liberal (or conservative) then I'm not really free, am I? This doesn't just apply to rich athletes -- in most organizations in SF I would not feel particularly safe expressing what seem to me fairly moderate views.

Depriving people of their livelihood for expressing political views is absolutely a free speech issue. Perhaps not in a legal/constitutional sense, but a cultural sense for sure. There were plenty of stretches in the Soviet Union where they wouldn't imprison you, but would fire you for a poorly timed political joke. Starting down that cultural slope is a really bad idea.
> You can't breathe the 200m mix at sea level pressure.

What makes you think you can’t (other than it being hypoxic)? You most certainly can breath Heliox, in fact, it has been used medically[0] for almost 100 years, far longer than used for commercial diving.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliox
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Indeed. The EU and other Western democracies are far, far ahead of the US in many aspects, like health care, but free speech is absolutely not one of them. This just happened: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/calling-muhammad-paedo.... You'd be laughed out of court in the US for something like this, if you manage to find a lawyer to represent you.
Bureaucrats make laws in Europe. The Supreme court does not. Big difference.
They have made one - the original Macbook Air
Not sure the specs you're looking at, but Costco had a deal on the X1 with 16 GB RAM + 512 GB SSD for $1399 earlier in the month, and I think it's $1499 now
And this just happened: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/calling-muhammad-paedo...
Those helium escape valves are just for marketing overpriced toys to pretentious wannabes. Most working saturation divers haven't used fragile, expensive mechanical wristwatches for decades now.
One thing you may want to be aware of is that the python language server used for vscode runs pylint which performs static analysis on the code. However, Jupyter Notebook uses autocomplete by actually introspecting the variables as they are defined. This creates large differences when doing things such as selecting a column in a pandas dataframe. In jupyter if you press tab on the column name, it can autocomplete and also assumes you are getting a series, which leads to autocomplete on things like .min, .max, etc... In pylint you don't get any of this autocomplete since pylint cannot statically determine the column names so you lose the intellisense.
You misunderstand. Apple can fix WebKit bugs, but they can't force Google to fix Chrome bugs.

Also for Apple to allow v8, they would have to permit 3rd party unsigned executable code (JITed in this case). Apple doesn't want to allow that.

This is not about CVEs, it's a meta discussion of not outsourcing the security of the platform.
From what i can see from customers page: Heroic labs and baidu
You could say that about any economic activity. A greenhousing effect would also not be harmful to all or even most tourist sites. Your criticism just seems like a blanket criticism of human existence.
While I am not a huge music listener, it is largely true for me.

Spotify launched in 2008. I signed up for an account in 2009. Since then I have bought physical/downloadable music only a handful of times.

I am an avid podcast listener which occupies a chunk of my phone hard drive most days.
Disclaimer: Red Hat employee

That's not entirely fair. Canonical has almost zero kernel contributions, while IBM is the #4 top corporate contributor.

And Canonical keeps some "important" things proprietary, like the server code behind Snaps.
It used to be the most common treatment for asthma patients in fact.
Those MEMS device photos (micrographs) are beautiful.
I'm not quite sure what you're after. I'll try and answer what I think you're asking though.

Jiu jitsu is a massive sport in terms of how much knowledge you can acquire in it. You start off with no knowledge and you're losing every single day. Most people will drop off and find an easier sport or hobby.

The people that do stick around start picking up more and more information and building their own game. They'll eventually start winning more and more rolls in the club and learn more about why they lose when it doesn't go their way.

The community is great. I believe this is a function of spending so much time in such close proxity to each other, literally face-to-face. There's a lot of trust between training partners.

Competition keeps it interesting and makes sure techniques and games are "honest". There's no point in learning or teaching something if it never ever works. There's a large analytical community that will look through matches, post write-ups and build the collective knowledge.

There's no "good" body shape or particular style that works for jiu jitsu. Generally bigger people will beat smaller people but if there's a skill gap or a few special techniques then the match can go the other way. This means anyone can dedicate the time and just get better on their own schedule.

I don't know what other hobby could replicate that. It would probably be a sport that doesn't rely on a team but instead of individuals testing themselves on other people. Weight lifting could be appropriate. Maybe something like infosec CTFs or Incident Response challenges. You're not competing against other individuals but all solving the problem in your own way.

Racing/driving could be another one but that would be hard as a wheelchair user.

Honestly, I don't know enough about life in a wheelchair to say what is or is not relevant.
Just because people go back to discredited ideas doesn't mean they weren't discredited.

Malthus - and later Ehrlich - made specific predictions about the sustainability of population increase, and they were proven flat out wrong.

Extrapolating a trend and showing disaster looming is much easier (and gets more attention) than recognizing that humans are adaptable and we shouldn't be so negative about humanity's future.
Weird how Vice would run such an intentionally misleading article, isn't it?
I don’t know if I’m misreading it but did OP include the value of the options or did they just leave them unexercised? Box did IPO, and obviously Yahoo was liquid the entire time.

What was the total compensation be like with these numbers?
No.

The word "edge" in this context, literally means the edge of the device or screen. That's everyone's understanding. There is nothing metaphorical about it.

The word "lightning" for example, does NOT literally mean "fast". It literally means the electrical energy we see in the sky. When used to describe computer speed, it's obviously a metaphor, and well-understood as a metaphor.

You can't just claim something is a "metaphor" to excuse false marketing.
> Quartz crystals used to be hermetically sealed.

Are they sealed against helium though? It can get through a lot of materials that more common gases can't.
I feel like that'd be a lot more than just interesting
Ask HN: Which book would you read to grow your consulting business?
Why is insider trading a different category than other forms of speech?

Why is paying someone to murder someone a different category than other forms of speech?

Why are intentionally deceptive drug advertisements a different category than other forms of speech?

Why is pointing a gun at someone and telling them to do something a different category than other types of speech?

I'm going to claim that it's because these forms of speech enable types of coordination and coercion that corrupt processes and structures that we deem essential for the operation of society. So, pragmatic reasons.

Placing limits on the payments, direct or indirect (a dollar I spend is a dollar a candidate doesn't have to spend), that can be made to aid people in gaining a position that places them in charge of allocating public resources, that's something that very few people seriously argue against. What they argue about is what those limits should be.

You can make an argument that payments to candidates and government officials should be allowed, but making absolutist arguments that something is speech and therefore must be permitted isn't serious. Payments to a television station to run an ad that you financed the production of is surely less worthy of being called speech than calling in a bomb threat is - at least the bomb threat is using your mouth to say a thing. Speech, instead, is what we define to be speech. If it's to encompass all expression, you might as well call selling cigarettes without a tax stamp speech.
Wow. It's very interesting to see the salary numbers of the one author whose book jump-started my engineering career. Given his depth of knowledge and his penchant for imparting the said knowledge, I'm actually surprised he wasn't making more. I guess without his health issues, the numbers would likely have been higher. Here's hoping for his quick recovery.
>In order to run a “Paid for by” disclosure on Facebook, you must first submit the name to the company for approval, along with an image of a valid driver’s license and the last four digits of your Social Security number.

Paragraph in question.

Are the driver's licences they used not the ones of the Senators? Or maybe they photoshopped them, or something along those lines?

I'm a bit unhappy at the lack of elaboration on the methodology they used to test this out.
This doesn't appear to be inflation adjusted, at least I saw no mention of it. Quick math below based on BLS's inflation calculator.

Year	Starting $ Inflation Inflation adjusted to 2018

2000	$48,000 1.50	$67,500

2001	$62,500 1.44	$90,000

2001	$68,000? 1.44	$97,920

2003	?

2005	$82,000? 1.32	$108,240

2006	$115,000 1.27	$146,050

2008	?

2011	?

2013	$175,000 1.10	$192,500

2014	$208,000 1.08	$237,600
Evokes a great quote: "The S in IoT stands for 'security'."
Agreed. I find Fedora package naming vastly more consistent and sensible.
> I know that my starting salary was $48,000 (about $70,284 in 2018 dollars)
Numenta: Jeff Hawkins – Human Brain Project Keynote (2018) [video]
They're aware of that. Judging by the article, they also don't really care for it, because it has so many downsides.
But they've actually gone one step further than just manufacturing their own case: the "Thelio Io" board that they mention looks very much like a replacement for (part of) the motherboard's "embedded controller" (EC) functionality, and all of the design files and source code [1] certainly seems to meet the criteria to be called open hardware with open source firmware.

For some context, the EC in most laptops is usually a highly proprietary ASIC (good luck even finding a datasheet) running a blob of proprietary firmware on an 8051 core. It's responsible for handling the power and lid switches, sequencing the powering on and off of the main system CPU, controlling fan speed and temperature sensors, etc.

[1] https://github.com/system76/thelio-io
Ah, "yelling fire in a crowded theater". I wonder how many people who use that phrase are aware of the original context in which it was introduced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States

TL;DR: during WW1, Socialist Party members protested against the war, and particularly against the draft. As part of those protests, they handed out leaflets that encouraged those eligible to resist the draft. The government cracked down on it, and the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the government, likening the action to "shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic".

Thankfully, the present standard is "imminent lawless action" instead, which is a far higher bar for the government to meet if it wants to regulate speech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio
The lack of evidence that his death was an assassination is why this isn't the lead. The other parts of the story are factual and supported by evidence. Suspicions about the cause of his death are just that: suspicions.
I'm curious where he drew that number from.
You already had kids. There’s nothing you can do now that can undo the impact of that on the environment.

You can always stop eating meat, move to a smaller home, get rid of your cars, etc. But only do it if you want. There’s really not much of a point.
It's a skill - I did some helpdesk work which certainly helped a lot, but I don't think you should be measuring someone based on the way they talk on the phone. There are lots of factors that could impact the way someone comes across on a phone call.
What Carl and co are doing here is hard, and more than most PC manufacturers in the US are doing. Is it perfect? Of course not but they are doing the best they can given their resources. Given more I have no doubt they would do more.

Please keep that in mind.
>I found Fedora easier to install than Ubuntu

Since Fedora 28, I agree. Prior to that, I very much preferred the Ubuntu installer to the Fedora one.
I'll contribute. I hope it is okay to post anonymously in this case. 2007 was straight out of college and all these jobs have been in California.

2007 Startup A $80,000

2009 Startup A $90,000

2010 Startup B $100,000

2011 Startup C $100,000

2013 Startup C $130,000

2015 Startup C $150,000

2017 Startup D $160,000
Many medical specialties don't require high dexterity. Most medical students don't decide whether to go into surgery until they've been in school for a while and assisted on some procedures.
I'm in the "never permit these devil devices in my home" camp. A common rebuttal is "your phone is always listening, how is an Echo / Google Home / etc different?"

Well this answers that question: security! If my phone could be remotely rebooted by someone on the same Wifi network, it would be considered an enormous vulnerability. But in this thread we see lots of apologetics: "Well, the LAN is assumed secure..."

This reaffirms my decision. Offline-only, or no thanks!
I'd start with Philip Morgan's work on Positioning:

https://philipmorganconsulting.com/the-positioning-manual-fo...

I'd also consume anything from Jonathan Stark:

https://jonathanstark.com/hbin
San fran vs other places in cali also make a huge difference
The Hero of the Sutherland Springs Mass Shooting
That ship has sailed. OP says, “As a father...”
The Rural Purge
Categories of Unintended Consequences
Thanks for this! It would help if you could mention the role/designation as well...
>BS (and the lack of any evidence to prove it helps confirms that)

back in USSR it was practiced as a home remedy in case of flu and i had it several times as child. You do feel warmed up similar like if you had a strong massage done upon your back and you nicely drift asleep after that. It is in general direction of supportive actions during flu. It isn't a cure - and there is no cure for [viral] flu - yet it helps getting through it. The same way like a bit of vodka with really hot tea following a really heavy sauna session - the way i been managing flu since high school - there is no medical evidence that it medically helps too, yet it does help you to get through :)
If you are talking about ionized hydrogen, you are no longer talking about a gas. If it’s ionized, it is a plasma.
I do feel it odd to say content creation will be done on a desktop OS rather than a mobile OS when it seems that more and more people are using their mobile OS as a primary means of creation and sharing. Maybe in a less powerful way, but mobile OS apps and hardware have really democratized content creation and I don't see that trend reversing.
Doesn't really happen with Openssh. Or MySQL or Postgres for that matter. With Open Source there are a lot more takers than givers.
Nice money at those big American companies. In Australia, you have to become a plumber to get to those levels :-)
Back when I was an intern at Imprimis (before they got bought by Seagate), I worked with the Manufacturing Engineers for the Wren series of 5.25” drives, including the Wren VII, which was the first consumer SCSI drive with a capacity of 1GB or more.

I looked at the drive actuators at the time, and I was incredulous when the guys told me that all operations were serial. I asked why they didn’t do parallel reads and writes, and I was told that technology was already common for mainframes but too expensive for consumer gear.

So, fast forward from 1989 to now, and I’m sure that idea will come back — sooner or later.
Exactly this.

I bought one (an Oryx) to replace a macbook because it comes all set up and ready to go (no driver problems, no tinkering needed). I know it would have been cheaper to buy a machine and install linux on it but its a lot of extra work. I'd honestly just rather pay them to deal with it.

I'm using there OS (pop!) which is Ubuntu based, and works fine (although I'm not sure why they have there own OS, it gave me pause frankly, they have Ubuntu as well). It works well and seems to have updates quite frequently.

I really like the machine, its had no problems and has been easy to setup and use. There are some minor things I don't love, the battery life isn't great and I have to reboot to switch video cards (the laptop has 2 and only one supports external screens).

But jetbrains software works and the web works fine, so I'm pretty happy.
Learning to play the guitar is a good way to improve dexterity. I'm very gradually upgrading my left hand from dialup to broadband.
In contrast, keeping your environment clean and respecting it is ingrained in Japanese culture and respect for nature was born out of the Shinto faith which believes that there are "kami" or spirits in everything from nature. Instead of creating institutions that perform the work of cleaning, they should instead change the culture to compel the populace to respect their environment and to "leave no trace" instead.
The BLS shows roughly this:

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=48000&year1=20...
> I'll contend that key management is one of the great unsolved problems in software deployment.

Docker Swarm and Salt minions are really good examples of how it should work from a user interaction standpoint. Let me spin up a dozen or a hundred instances from the same configuration management template without having to seed each one with a secret, or build my own tooling to distribute certs to them. From one central point I approve new joins. Manage the CA and certificates within the cluster, don't expect your customers to do it.

Make a big poster for your office that says "Our real customers don't know how to do devops." MySQL took off because dumb people like me can get it to work.

Thanks for listening.
It's the Thunderbolt / USB C ports I'm going to miss from your setup.
Ugh, how do you even begin to use rio? ;p
Put a burner email in your profile, just so people can contact you anyway.
I don't know, SSDs have already replaced HDDs in consumer systems to a far greater extent than any of the things you've listed.
I hear what you're saying. And I think there's plenty of room on this planet for many nations with different lines drawn in the sand on free speech.

On one hand, I think there are many nations that are subjectively better places to live than the U.S., whose citizens have ceded more of their freedom of speech for scores of years and it's worked out pretty well so far.

On the other hand, I think the manifestation of a nation is derived as much from the side effects of its laws as the primary effects. By this I mean it's likely impossible to answer, "would what makes America tick still tick if we changed freedom of speech?" Who can really predict what side effects would come out of trying to make the U.S. more like Europe, Canada, Australia, etc.
I think a big part of the problem is precisely the interpreted and web browser part of your post, so you're right, but I think at this point it's difficult to disabiguate the browser, the DOM, and JavaScript. I think JavaScript as a language also has problems that make it difficult to do large scale engineering with, thus transpilers.

Maybe WebAssembly will provide fruitful ground for new, simpler, and more rigorous languages.

I also think that much of modern web apps could be accomplished better with HATEOS apps doing pure server side. But I will allow that my beliefs there are at least partly nostalgic
Is it actually a common skill to write meaningful non-helloworldish Python code that yields expected results without a number of iterations of debugging and correcting and without PyCharm intelligent completion, hinting and correcting features? I understand the value of Jupyter notebooks for publishing your work results but find it almost impossible to use it to actually do the work - it feels million times more convenient to code in PyCharm then copy-paste the code to Jupyter once it's ready.
The message buried is: stock options, even of large companies are most of the time worthless. The exceptions are a position at a company that strikes it big, or safe bets such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, etc. The latter also have the advantage that once you do have stock you can relatively easily dispose of it if you want to.

Other than that is a complete lottery.
Are these base salaries or total incl. any options, bonuses etc?
Box IPOed at $14/share but spiked to $23/share on the first day of trading. Assuming 50K shares (and ignoring the strike price / any upfront cost he might have paid), total additional compensation was ~$700K to $1.150M.
Great read! There’s a lot of truth to this, but in my 18 years of being a dev, the major reason anything fails usually comes down to poor understanding and miscommunication from the higher-ups. Customers either don’t know what they want or are too lazy to articulate it. Management is usually technology-clueless and, as the article points out, has no idea how much time, money, and effort is truly required to build a high-quality maintainable app. Add to that the sea of frameworks, libraries, “tech stacks”, standards, and trends, and you have a recipe for disaster.

Technology is also becoming increasingly layered and interdependent on brittle infrastructure. Abandoned projects can be a huge time waster as well, especially when they break. For example I’ve been working on trying to fix an abandoned web application written in an odd combination of languages and frameworks with a testing suite filled with old libraries and test scenarios that no longer make sense.. This thing is not broken, it’s shattered. It’s taken our team two entire sprints to get it somewhat working again. That’s the reality of modern software engineering.
Be real - what percent of people are using azerty, even on HN?
It means “whale” in Spanish
Can you move parts of OS X to external storage?