skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Isn't consumption essentially you letting someone else be on the producer side?
I agree that for one entity it might be good to produce and not consume, but it makes no sense as a general statement. Production and consumption can only exist together. Sure, we have to put some thought into what we consume, but consumption in/by itself can't be "evil"
This is a modification which increases the efficiency with which the plants generate needed sugars which presumably are used everywhere in the plant, not just the leaves. Why would this only increase the size of leaves?

Indeed, if each photosynthesizing leaf becomes more efficient, wouldn't this decrease the number of leaves you need to support the non-leaf consumable part of the plant, allowing foliage to decrease?
> Taxing the rich isn't about generating revenue to make something. It's a reallocation mechanism for dollars that already exist in the economy to things that we want as a body of people.

That simplistic logic fails to account for the fact that pursuing income is an incentive to allocate resources to productive investments that are self-sufficient and pay off tons of taxes directly and indirextly, such as by paying salaries and generating demand.

Once you start to impose communist "reallocation mechanisms", not only are you eliminating incentives for productive investments as they effectively cease to be productive due to state intervention and actually create incentives to move production and industrial capabilities out of the country.

In short, you're advocating that the goose that lays golden eggs should be slautered to get to someone else's eggs.
Can cameras not detect traffic lights and their signal colors, assisted with mapping data to give a fuzzy idea where traffic light recognition will be required?
I wish Pidgin would just disappear. It is absolutely unusable without all these plugins in a modern multi client world, and most users don't know they need them.

The delivery receipts issue is a decade old [0]! Libpurple is a mess to implement all the modern features, because it tries to support the baseline of so many different protocols.

[0] https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6940
Is it really unspoken? I mean VCs aren't going to advertise it, but I thought this was common knowledge.

Fun anecdote I heard from a very seasoned VC. He mentioned a trick VC funds use is to raise capital, then spend that fund before any of the companies can make a return (this varies from fund to fund, but imagine anywhere from 2-10 years, usually centering around 5-7). They then go back to their LPs saying "look how good our portfolio is doing, we just need more money to help them out!" without any truly meaningful metrics such as profitability, and essentially keep the house of cards afloat like this by cyclically raising capital before funds can show an ROI.

Also most VCs lose money, but nobody (by which I mean LPs) ever seem to care about that because they're excited about the potential without understanding the risk of the market.
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This gets back to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%E2%80%93closed_principle. I should be able to override just the behavior I want to change, rather than permanently edit the shared implementation eliminating the behavior you want.
What we have now is effectively "a function to calculate your taxes based off your total income" - it's just that the function treats different portions of income differently.
Having a kid with the queen seems neutral, especially if the alternative is for a severely mentally ill man to be the father.
My favourite citation from the link:

“In fact, across this same EHR, clinical notes in the United States are nearly 4 times longer on average than those in other countries”

It seems that the EHR isn’t the root cause of the problem.
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Can the U.S. (or companies/groups/organizations) within use those outside studies to justify things like this? Or is there some requirement that they be conducted here?
I use a Firefox mobile extension which helps greatly (no Reddit mobile ads)
On the X const& and const X& issue, I wish that everyone would use X const& and never const X& - it would make the rule that "the thing on the left is the subject of the const" much easier.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. The problem with saying "Half of this research is worthless" is that it's impossible to know which of the research will be worthless before you do the research. As long as the research that was useful produced enough value to justify the system (which, in the case of the NIH I'd venture it does), it's worth doing overall.

This reminds me of the Wanamaker quote: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half”.
And half of those are home matchups with no traveling!
Why is having a person's passport number a security issue in the first place? What could a malicious person do if they have your passport number?
I would even go out on a limb and say that someday supersonic flight will be so relatively near to the economics of subsonic flight that it's often the norm. (In the same way that, in the US, you don't see a lot of props on regional flights any longer.) [ADDED: And yeah much higher drag at higher velocities, etc. but let's stipulate "tech."]

However, it's a huge economic hill to climb. Long haul flying is already pretty comfortable if you spend the money. Even on United which has been upgrading domestic routes. Of course, faster is better. But lie flat seating, decent food, and even mini-rooms go a long way towards making lengthy flights comfortable.

So you basically have to get close to those price points, which is the high end of the volume market. A few hours aren't worth that much even to most relatively wealthy folks.
So maybe I don't know what you mean by structural problems. I assumed you meant agency problems, administrative costs, medical professional pay, liability costs, over care & end of life care.

All of which are directly impacted by how we fund the system.
1. There's an old saying in healthcare that patient care is always first, but money is a close second.

2. Sort of yes, but I've heard it more time from managers who use it more of an excuse for not wanting change rather than it being a legitimate argument (i.e. from people with little to no legal training).

3. This is changing slowly. The Affordable Care Act and it's little known cousin MACRA have started to shift the entire system (albeit slowly) towards more outcome based measures, primarily through Medicare. Major payers are following in their steps. Not happening overnight, but any major healthcare executive sees the writing on the wall and is taking these considerations into account for their investments.

[0]. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180810.48196...
[1]. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180810.48196...
I got my S90D 3 weeks before AP2 came out, and I was told it was not backwards compatible. At the time, it was said that this upgrade was required for FSD.

I swapped in October to a 3PE, now I'm seeing that another upgrade is incoming, and that THIS one is required for FSD.

I've spent plenty of money with this company, but handing over $5,000 more dollars for a feature that is unproven is not something I feel like I should need to do; especially when I'm clearly advertised to at the time that I can buy the feature later for $6,000.

If fully autonomous driving becomes available, and it costs more than what was advertised, they are going to have a big problem.
A word on words, a speech by Václav Havel, is one of the most interesting and increasingly pertinent things I've read. Havel was the last president of Czechoslovakia, and a lifelong dissident against the Communists. He talks about the way Communists revised thought through the words that were allowed to be spoken.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1990/01/18/words-on-words/
The chart shows a strong correlation between government funded healthcare, cost-efficiency, and effectiveness - that's how.
Are you really comparing "earning over $x in a year" with "guilty of a specific crime"?
I'd rather opt out of a few sensitive things than not have an ER doctor in another state not have easy access to critical information about me.
Because that 'first class' keyboard experience doesn't actually let it work as a laptop. You still need a stable surface to work on.
Realistically consumers will only be protected once these corporations start facing severe legal penalties whenever their negligence allows them to get hacked. Nobody is interested in letting the hackers off the hook, so your concern is misplaced. But you'll never protect consumers by focusing on the hackers, that just isn't practical.

> " benefits from the crime."

These corporations are benefiting from their negligence every day when they save money by being negligent with security and facing no real consequences for it.
I have a few friends that are draftsmen. I asked them and they said they just gave them a font and graded them on it with homework blueprints.

What I did was just googled architect fonts and downloaded a bunch of examples then used a field notes pocket dot journal[0] to practice.

I would just try to copy a font exactly, then do drills on problem letters. I probably drilled on four fonts I found that I liked. Focusing on accuracy monospacing and staying in the grid. A big thing I learned was that it was ok to slow down, it gives me more time to think about the thing, the clarity of the lettering seems to reflect the clarity of the idea. I think previous attempts to improve my handwriting had failed because I wanted to write as fast as I type. It's a different thing obviously, but I didn't really realize the benefits the slower pace has for processing things and concept recall.

I also bought some drafting tools. Angle rulers, protractor, etc. I decided to overdo a couple network layout projects and work on it in that context. The end product was so nice that I laminated a bunch and gave them to people and they’ve been a great reference!

Oh, there is also a tool called an architectural lettering guide[1] that can be helpful.

It took about three weeks to really kick in. Now I’ve got my own style and it changes a bit still and I experiment, but the core just adds to the rote process of the daily exercise. I can see by looking through the journal if I'm not fully on my game by how much drift there is.

I would probably drill for 10-20 minutes a day for the first week. After that, it was just here and there if I noticed something just wasn't working. Like when I decided Ps and Ys got flourishes, but only in some context. Also changing anything usually meant other letters would start regressing to my scrawl. It's weird how related the patterns are in your head.

Another thing that helped me was finding a pencil I liked. I ended up with a super fat 5.6mm HB firm lead on a woodworkers pencil[2]. It sharpens to a fine point and holds it forever and never breaks. Always using the same tool is really important to me now. I had to go through a bunch of stuff until I found a pencil I didn’t hate. It might not be the right one for you. I love them though and buy extras and hand them out to anyone that likes to write. My polling seems to agree that they are dope.

Here is a pretty good blog[3].

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Set-Dotted-Notebook-Travel-Journal/dp...

[1] https://www.dickblick.com/products/alvin-ames-lettering-guid...

[1] https://www.woodcraft.com/products/woodcraft-woodworkers-pen...

[2] https://www.google.com/amp/s/artdepartmental.com/2009/10/12/...
Programming productivity: flow and “the zone” versus running and obstacles
I agree with this completely; not being able to understand a patient's medical history often makes it much harder to treat them effectively. Especially in an emergency setting.

That said concerns about the sensitivity of information are absolutely valid and should be at the forefront of EMR systems.

In my experience (UK) access to records is reasonably well restricted to relevant staff. Access is audited in efforts to identify unauthorised access and this is taken extremely seriously; for example opening records for patients not under your direct care with no valid reason.

Further, for particularly sensitive information such as some psychiatric histories, or medical photography of sensitive areas, this is kept behind a secure area within the EMR systems, not generally accessible. Opening it requires signing a declaration that you have either discussed it with the patient and gained consent, or that you do not have consent and you are opening it in the patients best interests in an emergent situation as they are unable to consent (e.g. history of depression with paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose brought in unconscious by ambulance.
Biomass gasification plus GTL.
I work in aerospace and it always interesting to read people speculate on how flight critical software/hardware is developed. Usually the least upvoted comment is the one that gets it the most correct.
Disclaimer: my own writing. Always looking for feedback on my productivity items.

I am the author of "Software development at 1 Hz", an essay about the damage that slow programming tools do: https://hackernoon.com/software-development-at-1-hz-5530bb58...
It had great resonance on hackernews https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12577283
You are not a medical professional and the list of medical procedures or remedies that interact poorly with each other is long and full of unexpected things.
> Congress needs experts for information.

Congress should hire some, then.

"I'm an expert, and I would like to give you some advice... for free, plus I'll give your campaign money!" should be suspicious.
These articles are silly, and don't understand alcoholism. They give a few examples of successful ways that people have quit on their own, and since lots of people did it that way, then it must be more effective than treatment.

They miss the blindingly obvious point that every single person in treatment has already tried and failed those "self-help" ways. Treatment is a final, desperate, step for alcoholics, once all those self treatment methods have failed. You can't compare the two, and the first treatment has already failed for the second group.

It's like saying Tylenol is a more effective treatment than going to the hospital, because more people get better that way. Of course they do - because they have a less serious problem.
Im doing the same (although wouldn't consider myself fluent) and I've found Tyler McGinnis React course to be the best.

https://tylermcginnis.com/
drivers99 mentioned in a comment[0] as reply to another thread that his blind friend used ed to do his coding, using a text-to-speech card that pronounced everything that appeared in the text-mode buffer of the video card. That makes me think of how easy it is to use CLI programs (like ed but not TUIs like vim or emacs) blind. All one needs to do is hookup a text-to-speech program to a terminal output, and that's it.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18826862
I wonder if solid state LiDAR would be cheaper?
Not directly related, but

I would look into optical imaging and biophotonics there are many exiting emerging technologies that may revolutionize research (into longevity among others) and healthcare in general. Optical coherence tomography for example.
I doubt, and I say this as a computer vision researcher, the problem will be solved (if it is solved) by just a camera array.
There was supersonic scheduled commercial flight in my lifetime.
Actually someone else called her radical. That quote was just her brush-off of the comment.
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In the scope of aerospace $100m is pocket money.

It's the lack of fuel efficiency which has killed off various other exploratory supersonic flight programmes from ever going anywhere. Ultimately to be successful they have to convince airlines the extra speed will convince passengers to pay for the extra fuel. I think that's unlikely in the near future, and Boom will have to raise a lot more to convince people otherwise.
I wish you luck. There's a lot of good advice in this thread, but if I were talking to my younger self I would say DON"T DO IT!!!!! I became a manager the first time when I was 28 and I was very excited about the opportunity. I found very quickly that I hated it. If you really love coding and solving problems, you will never find being a manager satisfying even if your team is successful. So I transitioned back to developer. Fast forward 12 years at a different company, and I was talked into being a manager (bad sign) again. I told myself that I'd approach it differently and focus on being a mentor, etc. Same exact result. I hated it, and transitioned back. You have to know yourself and what you find rewarding. Unfortunately, there are a lot of terrible managers in technical fields, and I've always thought it's because most of those people in their heart of hearts don't want to be managers.
For various reasons, I'm not able to provide a source for this. Suffice to say, just because it seems likely that you would end up winning the case doesn't mean someone with deep pockets won't do everything they can to keep you from doing it.

Does that apply to OPs argument? I don't think so; but just like Aaron Schwartz, lawyers can be quite creative when their clients are willing to pay.
A major reason to use Linux AIO is because it has no caching. That's a feature! A well-designed database engine can have a disk cache that outperforms the kernel-provided disk cache by a very large margin. Same story with I/O scheduling, which Linux AIO also lets you replace.

Almost all the performance benefits that accrue from Linux AIO for disk access is that it allows you to replace the operating system cache and scheduler with something that is better designed for your application. And large gains are demonstrably possible. If you just wanted asynchronous disk calls, there are other APIs that use thread pools for that.
You're basically asking for a tax or some kind of goodwill payment large companies should make. Nothing wrong with that in theory but many times large companies use open source SW in areas outside of their core business, I do that every day, to solve everyday development tasks that have nothing to do with the widgets my company makes. If you look at it that way it's pure redistribution. Again, I'm not against that but this kind of proposal will have an uphill battle.
reddit.com/r/homelab has a decent wiki for the hardware side. For the software side, it's mostly DevOps/sysadmin work. DigitalOcean has extensive tutorials for that kind of stuff.
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Is that necessarily so? Esterised vegetable oils? It seems like a bit of an extreme knee-jerk to me. Basically, we're all supposed to be "disgusted" at any application of combustion? I think such issues need a bit more thought and nuance than that.

"Disgust first, ask questions later," is 180 degrees in the wrong direction for improving public discourse. I urge you to reconsider, then lead by example.
I think it's deliberately discriminatory - homeless people can't utilize the establishment and since money is no good there then they're also less likely to panhandle near the establishment. That's what I think this is actually all about. I'm not saying these aren't legitimate concerns for a restaurant, but I do think this is a deceptive approach for dealing with it.
That's an amazing setup.

My little TS140 with it's Xeon running Proxmox does just about all I need. My Synology does the backups and my EdgeRouter-X does the routing to round things out.
Recovering the externalities on jet fuel would only add about $0.19/gallon¹ with jet fuel going for >$4/gallon today, so say a 5% tax. I think they'd survive just fine. In fact, if I were them I'd voluntarily and ostentatiously pay that on every drop of fuel… supersonic and green.

Or without a carbon tax… 200 gallons of jet fuel makes 1 ton of CO2 and costs ~$800. Current state of the art in CO2 capture is $94/ton. For a self imposed 12% fuel surcharge they could be carbon neutral.

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¹ http://www.rff.org/blog/2017/calculating-various-fuel-prices...
The problem is, this bill would have to pass the Senate - the current Senate. That seems... improbable. Even with a Democratic win in 2020, it seems improbable without invoking the nuclear option. I'm not that deep into politics, so I'm not sure whether the nuclear option can be used on a bill like the proposed one. I'm also not clear whether small-state senators would vote for such a bill, even if they are Democrats.
This has always been our philosophy with AutoTempest.com. We do pretty regularly get requests to build an app though, although none of the people asking for it have had an answer to the question, "What are you looking for from an app version that the website doesn't currently offer?" So, at least so far I've decided it makes more sense to focus resources on the website. I do occasionally wonder if I'm passing up on a separate avenue for growth though. I also just wonder why people ask for an app, when they don't have a sense of what they want from it. There's obviously a sense that an app version would be better somehow, but it would be nice to understand what sort of betterness people are anticipating. (As someone who will almost always choose to use a mobile website over installing another app, I really don't have an intuitive understanding of the desire for an app.)
>"You didn't mention tax revenue in your comment either."

Yea, I guess you are correct. I just consider adding to the national debt another form of tax (via inflation).

>"My point was you need to look at capital gains and business taxes to get an idea of how much money there is available."

Still not following. I am concerned with the government spending a very large amount per year. Spending these resources more efficiently seems like low hanging fruit vs just raising taxes on whatever. The idea of confiscating the wealth of the ultra rich is just to demonstrate that they really aren't that rich compared to what the US government is spending.

So if the actual desired outcome was to get, eg this climate project done, then I would expect people to be exploring that option. Plus increased efficiency should be better for the climate...
Sadly, Makefiles make a lot more sense to me than CSS.
Tesla partnered with Liberty Mutual:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-liberty-mutual-create-...

"The firm's InsureMyTesla program is an example of Tesla working directly with an insurance partner to mitigate risks and keep rates low."
I hope by "password fields are encrypted" you mean that only hashes are stored.
Got it. I perused the link but didn’t see any 1s,2s,3s,etc. I was just worried that the US started implementing a triage scale opposite from the rest of the world.

I’m more familiar with the (pre-)hospital triage scales in non-US countries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage#Canada
Nothing was 'lost'. A misplaced laptop is lost; records from a database are accessed (or 'stolen', but I think that's problematic as well). The fact that the access was possible says nothing about the hackers and everything to do with Marriott's security approach and posture. Can we please stop letting companies hand-wave away these attacks and stop solely blaming hackers?

I've worked with hundreds of companies' security teams. While I've seen a select few companies do a really great job, most were either negligent, incompetent, or both. I'm sick of the blame for this being laid solely at the feet of the abstract "hackers", rather than the people who make these attacks utterly trivial.

(Posted from a throwaway because Marriott may or may not be a customer of mine. Ugh.)
I was told your permanent record wasn't a real thing!!
I'm not... I've seen enough government operations that you cannot convince me that additional taxation is necessary vs. reducing excess spending and bureaucracy.