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The view that "wealth = money" is myopic. Wealth is access to goods and services. At any point in time, money is just the means to get more goods and services, but over long periods of time, goods and services becoming cheaper and more accessible is a form of wealth.

https://fee.org/articles/you-are-richer-than-john-d-rockefel...

The problem with people who focus on inequality is that they completely ignore ∂t. If you're trying to improve the lives of 7.6 billion people, time is of utmost importance.
"I would also like to see the environmental groups and the left in general stop branding coal as somehow immoral. How about instead trying to make coal compete on level ground: tax its carbon emissions, tax its particulate emissions, require real management for whatever waste it produces, and see if any investors or inventors want to keep it alive."

As "hristov" notes above, your argument is concisely self-refuting. The coal industry fights tooth and nail to prevent these things, which makes the coal industry immoral by the terms you list. "Coal" is of course a chemical compound. Burning coal at utility scale is only done in contravention of the moral framework you put forth by people who oppose that framework with everything they have.
He arrived at work at 2:11am, and he left at 10:31am. So that's a typical 8 hour work day. He then set off on a long road trip to deliver bagels, but he could easily get somebody else to do that -- he just likes the drive.
The article seems very dismissive and hand-wavy to me. It doesn't really address a walking desk at all, but seems to conflate standing and walking as the same thing.

My doctor suggested I use a treadmill desk after I had a bad episode of nerve pinch in my back and sciatica during a crunch time. I bought one and loved it. There were some minor practical issues using it at work, but none related to over-walking or anything like that. Personally, I doubt it's possible to over-walk at work with a treadmill desk, like the author of the article implied.

I'm a runner as well, and I've tried a standing desk (as opposed to a walking desk) a few times, and while some people love it, my feet start to hurt very quickly when I just stand (after 10-15 minutes). Even if I use running shoes and a soft standing mat, and even if I shift my feet & weight a lot (or not). I don't have that problem at all while walking at a treadmill desk.
Sorry, to clarify here, long is defined as ~80 years, which, I'll grant, isn't actually very long. My apologies for the confusion.
I think the premise of the article/implication is we went from "Sitting is the new smoking" ("and therefore you should quit - by Standing more" => "Standing is the new nicorette") to "Standing is the new Penicillin!

If you accept the premise, the headline and conclusion makes sense. Standing ISN'T a replacement for exercise. There are ways to stand that will cause independent medical issues in joints.

But, like you, I'm also dubious of the premise. While standing (or actually adjustable) desks are all the rage, I don't see an obsession over the concept approaching other overrated cults like crossfit, or keto.
> It is absolutely legitimate to characterize the president denigrating government as self-deprecating

No, it's generally not (there may be specific cases where it is), especially when the President in question is selling himself as an ally of the people against government.

> Reagan was more unique in his ability to actually do it

Actually do what? If you mean literally denigrating the Government, no, Trump's done much more of that.

If you meant reducing it's role..
Reagan didn't even do that; he shifted the burden of paying for it, sure. But it was much bigger, more intrusive, and more expensive when he left office than when he entered.
- transaction size and duration limitations. I can almost understand the limitation on large write transactions, but the same size limitation applies to read transactions. If you’re doing a large range read, you may not know whether your range will reach the 10MB limit, and thus raise an exception.

- the storage backends seem less impressive than the marketing leads you to believe. The default memory backend is obviously too limited to use in production, and the “ssd” backend turns out just to be built on top of the Btree code from SQLite. Besides that, the documentation warns against using the ssd backend on macOS. Isn’t that a bit strange, considering who owns foundationdb??

- while testing, I found that it was impossible to shrink a cluster. If you add a second storage node just to test that the distributed stuff works correctly, you can’t reduce it back to a single node without destroying the entire database and starting over. If it’s possible to run everything on one node, it should be possible to shrink a cluster back to a single node.

- the storage backends have a crazy amount of write amplification (something like 3x, according to the docs). The foundationdb folks should focus on improving the underlying storage, for instance by building on lmdb or RocksDB or something. For my toy app, I abstracted my data access to use either lmdb (for local testing) or foundationdb (for production), but I ultimately ended up just using lmdb because I didn’t want to deal with fdb’s limitations and operational unknowns.

- another weird fdb limitation: the best single threaded latency you’ll get is supposedly around 1ms for small reads. The docs suggest you can achieve much better performance by scaling the cluster and number of clients. That may be true, but some applications may want high single-threaded performance. (Something like lmdb can achieve tens of thousands of reads per second)
Most commercial olive oils use heat extraction, which can also mellow the flavor (in addition to factors like fruit maturity and variety).

We have almost 100 trees of a common variety ("Oblica") that is regarded as very mild, and a few local varieties ("Lastovka", etc) which is usually considered very spicy and flavorful.

But I've made mellow Lastovka oil and sensational Oblica. There are a lot of variables to manage.

P.S. Naš je najlipše ulje. Naravno.
The whole reason that the investment industry exists is because nobody puts that much money at risk in an index fund. Hedge funds literally exist for that reason. This whole idea that trump would drop his wealth in an index fund is propaganda, its meant to manipulate you about trumps incompetency.
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There are a few forums where I don’t expect nor would prefer indexing. They may be niche forums, etc. Forums like reddit, of course I expect to be indexed. So, basically, it depends.
https://www.sherekhudahazratali.com/2018/11/hum-apne-nabi-pa...
The year assumes frozen. Keep it at room temperature and you get just a couple months.

Of course few people (outside of the Mediterranean) have had good fresh olive oil and wouldn't know the difference.
6500 sites down after hackers wipe out database of dark web hosting firm
“How do I learn to write simpler, more efficient code with fewer lines?”
Too late. I clicked. For the record, Microsoft did. Surface 4 Pro is still an amazing piece of technology and totally does what I need it to for a much better price.
The locals were also very keen to test the elevators: https://plus.google.com/photos/photo/102130165946129620198/6...
I'm sure it's not the only contributor, but it's a major one if not the most important one. There are other things that drive progress such as war.
Misleading title: this is a Trial court case in the lowest Federal Court. Northern District of Illinois specifically. Nobody cares about trial court and this is mildly informative if we want to discuss the rationale anyway.
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I find I'm most productive in the morning so I try to dedicate the first hour to two hours of my day to my side project.

So I would try boxing time early in the day before your full time job, focus on your side project then. Work your full time job come home for family time, get a good nights sleep.

Occasionally I will work on it late in the evening if the family is out and I'm home, and sometimes on the weekend. I just find it easier to get things done early before everyone is up and going about their day.

Giving up TV shows and Video Games can give you extra time for your side project. Although everyone needs some down time so I wouldn't say you need to give those up completely if you enjoy them.
Have you heard about the story of eugenics and Nazi Germany?
So if you have data that you can legitimately claim copyright to mixed with data that you can’t, how would you proceed?
I was diagnosed with Major Depression when I was 14 (but I self-diagnosed at age 9 and probably first showed signs at age 6) and over the last ~20 years have had the distinct displeasure of trying dozens of different types of antidepressants over the years, with varrying levels of withdrawal.

I can't remember the name of the first anti-depressant I ever took -- but I do remember the migraine headache so bad it woke me from sleep and the inability to open my eyes -- and when I was able to open my eyes, the inability to see anything but black splotches because the pain was so intense.

And I remember the first real withdrawal I had, when coming off of Paxil. I was 14 and I was hot and cold at the same time, nauseated, and utterly unwell.

Most of the time, my withdrawals were staged and designed to taper off -- but that didn't make them all go away. Some drugs didn't have any withdrawal symptoms at all -- though in my teenage years as I searched for a workable medication, that was more often than not NOT that case.

There were drugs that had short half-lives (Effexor being one), where I would start to feel the symptoms of withdrawal if I took a pill even an hour or two later than expected. There were others that would sink in only after a day or two, but be truly terrible.

As a teenager and then college student, withdrawals were terrible -- but in some ways, survivable. I missed six and a half weeks of school my sophomore year of high school because of acute depresssion (which was most certainly not helped by the various withdrawals and side-effects of the drugs my various psychiatrists were trying on me) and had to take time off in college too. But at least I had that luxury.

Four years ago, I got into a depression, and stupidly stopped talking to my shrink, and let my medication prescriptions lapse. I had to go through cold-turkey Effexor withdrawal, and aside from being 21 and coming off of a tricylic, it was the worst experience of my life. But this time, I didn't have the luxury of taking time off of school. I had to go into work each day.

Last year, when I reconnected with my shrink and got back on meds, he was legitimately shocked I got through the withdrawal. In retrospect, I am too. I had a boss who was not understanding (I was told "everyone has problems") and clinicians have compared the type of withdrawal I was going through with opiates or cocaine detox.

I went back on the Effexor last year but earlier this year, decided to switch to something else. It took MONTHS to actually come off of it -- even at its lowest dose. I honestly cannot believe I did it cold-turkey last time.

The worst part? As terrible as the withdrawal is and can be -- for me, it's still better than the alternative -- which is not be on a medication that works and to suffer a debilitating depression, which is honestly, even worse.
Well, I think what he's saying (which I don't necessarily disagree with) is that if I have everything I need, what difference does it make to me - besides jealousy - if the guy down the street has more than he needs?
In my opinion DFW is a much better essayist than novelist, so I'd recommend you start with his essays to see if you like him and then move on to his fiction if you feel like it. Many intelligent, well read people (including literature professors) dislike his fiction, so know that it's not just you if you don't enjoy it.

Consider the Lobster is a good collection of essays to start with. The essay on Joseph Frank's biography of Dostoevsky is probably my favorite DFW essay.
Globally, not locally. I've read Factfulness and felt profoundly inspired by Hans Rosling's insights, but he's talking about the nations who are catching up, not the nations at the top.

I suspect what happens is that nations climb out of the steady-state of poverty, and into the steady-state of fully modern economies, and the growth rate ceases. At that point, the powers in control of the flow of money become ever more sophisticated at directing any growth to themselves, until we see roughly 100% of all post-inflation growth going to a tiny minority at the top.

I don't know how to fix this, but I think it's a reasonable observation of the source of the problem.
most detailed guide drop I've seen in a while on here, thanks
That's awesome! Thank you for the kind words!
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Yeah seriously. Seems to really be scraping the bottom of the barrel for ways to make fun of tech workers
>How that comment hasn't been flagged yet I have no idea.

Because it appears not many people agree with you. Most likely they agree with me. Food for thought?
So true!
Unfortunately 1. Bitcoin nazis in HN will downvote you. 2. They will downvote me too for writing this.
The gifs in here are a treasure trove for r/oddlysatisfying
Studies have shown that withdrawal and the fact that the first medication often doesn't work are reasons why people don't continue to try to get treatment for depression or anxiety or other problems. As you say, that can be the WORST thing a person can do.

I'm the same as you -- as terrible as some of my withdrawal experiences have been (and they have beent truly heinous), it's better than the alternative. Which is to literally not want to live.
I've used Amplify twice now, once with a React SPA and once with React Native, I'm not a fan of the managed UI side of it using withAuthenticator and the likes but I do like the managed Auth structure and the fact I don't have to handle cognito tokens and refreshing and the likes. It saves a fair bit of time on that front.

I haven't tried Analytics, API Gateway/Lambda or Notifications with it though.
Regarding your first comment, the reason I’m listed as a contributor for this release is I made a change to the documentation about large range reads. Basically, value sizes are not included in the 10mb limit for reads.
I come to Hacker News for these kind of random recommendations.

A couple times a year it really pays off with random Gold you wouldn't get from any other forum.
> Yeah, Idiocracy is kind of insidiously awful because it thinks that cultural changes are actually genetic.

But...they are (or, rather, they can reasonably be expected to produce genetic changes which reinforce themselves.) Because cultural changes effect mate selection, and also otherwise improve the relative fitness of those naturally inclined to thrive in the cultural environment.
In the scuttlebutt community there are actually quite a few off-grid people hanging around. They're part of what makes ssb so interesting. This is just stuff that's very nitty-gritty, dirty, and somehow meaningful, compared to lots of other social media posts. :)
I feel the author, I do. I went through the same thing and ended up walking away having learned a valuable lesson about project and product management... To never do it again :)
Personally, I don't think the benefits are necessarily worth it for everyone. It benefits me a lot, but I don't go out of my way to recommend it to (say) my wife as she has things quite figured out without it.

I'd say meditation has a few distinct key benefits, and it's reasonable to decide none of these are worth it for you at this point in your life (or ever):

(1) It helps you tame your mind when it goes down an unproductive path. This alleviates the ailments you mentioned (sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, etc), and provides an overall sense of peace and joy. You may not suffer much from these.

(2) It helps provides a comfortable detachment from your emotions and attachments. This helps with restraining your desires, improving your relationships, and making calmer and more rational decisions even when emotions are high. In other words, this helps narrow the distance between who your values want you to be (e.g. humble, thoughtful, calm under pressure, selfless) and how you act day-to-day. You may be doing just fine with these.

(3) It can satisfy the need for fulfillment and meaning in a more stable way than anything else. Many people have something that guides them and provides long-term or lifelong fulfillment (a long-term goal, religious beliefs, etc), and IME meditation can provide the most stable source of satisfying this need (this is dark, but even if providing for your family provides this need for you, your family may die or you may become alienated from them). It does this by essentially uprooting that need on a fundamental level (at least, that's the Buddhist tradition's explanation of why it has that outcome). You may feel fine with the small anguish or small risk of anguish that occurs in moments of your life where your meaning and fulfillment come into question, or you may feel relatively positive they never will (e.g. if it primarily is sourced from strong religious conviction).

(4) It helps you know yourself better. This feeds into (1) and (2), but on a meta level, it also helps you self-evaluate the extent to which (1), (2), and (3) are an issue. It also adds an element of fun and curiosity to meditation once you start to experience it. You may not care about this.
This brings up a question that I've always had. There are plenty of companies that offer e-commerce "insights" by scraping all merchants' products and prices and then sell that data to a particular merchant. Is that legal?
You know, the show continuing well past where the story makes sense is very much in the vein of Silicon Valley. Plot planning be damned.
Surprised? I'm not. Capitalists are well known to conspire together and create capitalist unions to block workers of all stripes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/technology/silicon-valley...

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe in this one....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...

Adobe, Apple Inc., Google, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, Lucasfilm and eBay here.

https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/ftc-brings-first-wage-fixin...
Maybe it’s longing for byegone days on my part but it feels like the atmosphere of the Valley and tech in general has changed so much so quickly that my head is spinning.

It feels, well, not fun anymore a lot of the time. Development by copy-and-paste and gluing other peoples code together to arrive at a half-baked solution instead of exploring the code to try to understand it as a system so the solution you arrive at is the most effective that time and skill permit.

Being more infatuated with nerd culture than building something great. (I see this a LOT!) Chasing dollars instead of knowledge. And, don’t get me wrong; it’s ok to want to make money. Even a lot of it. But that should be the icing on the cake of solving real problems.

I feel like we used to do this stuff because it was what we loved to do. But now it feels like too many people do it because they want to look cool and/or they want a lot of money. The romance is dying.
I agree entirely with you in theory. I agree that increased compensation drives innovation and that innovation is the primary driven of our standard of living. In ~1700 france if the extreme wealth of the monarchy and clergy had been redistributed to the common folk their standard of living would almost certainly be below that of people living in slums in the modern day. I think that over the last three hundred years we've all gotten to a place where we're much better off, but the relative standard of living people experience has slid downward in the first world in recent decades and I think that is an issue that's worth solving, or at least finding the source of so we can mitigate it in the future.
All of his work is about middle class suburban white people, and their lives. There's nothing wrong with that, 'write what you know', but 'breadth' isn't really the term to describe it.
It’s incredible how hard it’s been for retail and service companies to recruit lower-wage workers her in the South Bay. Mike Rowe and tech execs love to talk about skills gaps, but the fact is most jobs aren’t filled because the compensation these positions offer is garbage.
I didn't throw out any "alternative world scenarios". I was just pointing out that a lot of things were going on in the world that could easily have had a very significant impact on things such as income inequality. There are also many examples in economics where a simple/obvious solution actually has the opposite of the intended effect. Rent price control would be an obvious example (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_regulation#Economists'_vi...).

If you want to dig in to the gory details of reaganomics, economists have researched and debated about its effects for decades. There are many economists who make cases both for and against it having appreciably affected income inequality in various ways.
I think it's possible things have changed in the last decade, but I don't think it was accidental or the natural evolution of things. Unlike the situation years ago, today I am required to use a particular pharmacy (CVS) by my insurance company. So I think that anything other than filling pill bottles must be crushed by the way the market is currently working. There is simply no point in providing any expertise or extra service when your audience is captive. I used to prefer Rite-Aid, but it's not an option now.
No Vehicle = No Kids, as well.

It's not that you can't take a bus with kiddos, it's the emergencies, especially in a place like SF with less than 'efficient' mass transit.

Your kid puked in class today? Gonna need a car to come pick them up.

Your kid broke an arm at the park? Gonna need a car to go to Urgent Care.

Your kid has a science fair project due tomorrow that they just told you about? Gonna need a car to go pick up supplies.
Makes the speculation even more compelling that this could be a scheme to hire in at a much lower salary does it not?
I find choosing shapes from a toolbox to be a pain. I can focus on my train of thoughts and links to pieces when I am drawing freely and not having to context switch to moving and selecting using a cursor. I can also use this interface on a tablet. Many people are wired differently to your preferences, it's worth trying new approaches to old tools.
Small companies have lower requirements for what they need to do under the directive.

About the measures taken, for example:

> The measures
should be proportionate in order to avoid imposing disproportionately complicated or costly
obligations on certain online content sharing service providers, taking into account notably
their small size.

For small/micro enterprises this then means that for the DDoS attack you'd need the rightsholders to invalidly notify of large amounts of content that needs removing (each one specifically) which must be done with the intent of killing off the platform. Would that be legal? To submit false claims deliberately to hurt the company?