skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Most users on this site are running MacBook Pros, which only last year came with more than 16GB.
I don't think as of this moment in time there are too many people in the world. However, the problems of work/food/water/housing seem like a population problem but it is more of a resource allocation problem. I think humans have proven we are bad at resource allocation/management when money/status influences it.

My thinking is that history has shown that when humans exacerbate resources they shrink back/go away (ghost towns, abandonded civilizations, etc.).
I smoked for around ten years. Switching to a vape with a ~12mg nicotine fluid took me 48hrs to completely put down cigarettes. Cut that nicotine mixture down to half that shortly after. Now I find myself using the vape for around a minute two to three times a day, and reducing that usage to nil.

It's worked far better than any traditional methods to quit. I haven't touched a cigarette in three months.
Or gum. Or patches. Or lozenges. Or go buy another vape or recharge your battery. You'd have to go out and buy the cigarettes anyway. It's not like they magically appear in your home.
Downvoted. Your data is terrible and should be cited. The 737Max has only been flying for 2-3 years. Southwest is irrelevant (I say as I sit on a SWA flight on the tarmac in SAN waiting for a replacement crew member). I made damn sure it wasn’t a Max (which I flew on Aeromexico twice back in September).

I have no idea where your Ethiopian stats come from because I’ve heard nothing but great things about them. Feel free to rebut.

“Or how about Ethiopian Airlines? Here is another impoverished country surrounded by rugged terrain. Yet the record of its national carrier — three fatal events, one of them a hijacking, in over seventy years of operation — is exceptional. Ethiopian is one of the proudest and arguably one of the safest airlines in the world.”

http://www.askthepilot.com/questionanswers/foreign-airline-s...
Or maybe they meant the large established-long-before-tech Asian communities in Sunset & Chinatown, the Latino/African American communities in Mission-Bayview, the Eastern Europeans in Richmond, or the Italians on Russian hill, the Russians sprinkled around Goddard, or the Vietnamese community in San Jose or .... I could go on and on.

If all you do is focus on tech its really easy to miss the massive immigrant enclaves that have formed in the Bay Area and won't be driven out so easily.
It's not the landlords. It's the $30B per year in tax cuts we handout to landowners that gives them super powers here.

And NYC far better for housing. In New York you can get an apartment in Jackson Heights for $200k and take the F train to work.

https://www.redfin.com/NY/Corona/112-50-Northern-Blvd-11368/...

In the Bay Area it's expensive near job centers but it's still expensive 40 miles away.

California's problem is property taxes. Tax people fairly - not based on the time they joined the class of property owners - and our problems go away.
Chromebooks with recent(ish) kernels now support honest-to-goodness (virtualized) Linux[1]. It doesn't even need to be a high-end Chromebook - Linux runs well on a 2GB Samsung Chromebook 3 which was going for $100 over the holidays.

1. https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en
> or much more common users with 4-16GB?

Or the sizable portion of end-users who won't or can't upgrade past 2G; it's a pain to do that on a modern system, but it does work.
The writing idea is solid - thanks for sharing! You should try weighted blankets if you haven't already.
I take something called rozerem which is essentially a prescription melatonin. There is lots of debate if these really work.
Are you on mobile?

The article reads fine w/o JavaScript, desktop Firefox. And the back button keeps working. I assume that's thanks to the absence of JavaScript, rather than something special that Firefox is doing.
Sure but let's flip this. If the US started using China's first exported passenger plane and it went down twice in six months in similar circumstances, we would absolutely be doing the same thing.
Ethiopian Airlines Crash Kills at Least 150
> Each of those ppm requires an immune cell (or multiple) to bond with it, sacrificing itself, and transport it into the kidneys or liver, where it sits around also causing damage, and so on, until it is broken down into more hazardous substances, or finally leaves the body, if ever.

This is wrong on so many levels.

First off, your body is topologically closer to a donut than a sphere: your digestive tract is outside of your body for the most part. To actually ingest a compound requires it to pass through an acid (and bacteriological) bath and then diffuse through your intestines to your blood. This process is actually quite dependent on what else is simultaneously in your food at the time (which is why we talk of vitamins being fat- and water-soluble), and there is a deal of selectivity in the process. Note that this is why radioactive isotopes of iodine are more dangerous for you than uranium: your body will happily pick up the iodine but the uranium will largely end up in your feces instead.

As a second matter, immune cells attack living organisms and viruses, not organic and inorganic compounds. These compounds are generally delivered diffused in blood plasma (perhaps in coordination with proteins floating free in plasma), and transport is largely effected by the proteins on the cellular membrane. Naturally, there is an osmotic effect on the movement of constituents of blood plasma.

I will also point out that the EPA does not regulate biological substances on a ppm basis. The regulate it on the basis of "did you find a sample of water with E. coli in it?", even if there was a single specimen in the sample.
There is even some evidence that monoamine oxidase inhibitors in cigarettes, rather than nicotine, may be the causative agent of addiction in cigarettes.
Prepend two white spaces before the line you want to format as monospace.

like this
I am quite sure that if the FAA banned Chinese, or European, aircraft the same accusations would apply.
Melatonin is available OAC in the US, hence some of the difference.
This is just a guess, but my guess is that although gender differences are not so important in today’s world, even back as early as the 80s I as a child saw gender roles in my parents. Dad went to work mom stayed home. Go farther back and those things become stronger yet I believe. I think gender had a much stronger influence on ones mindset then it does today. Now people are okay when other gender identify as the opposite sex. Back then I have no doubt there would have been gender biases.
It’s a common saying in the northwest. If not actually obeyed.
> Hang on, is this DO-178B _different_ from the DO-178B now replaced by DO-178C that is about _safety_ in aircraft systems? It isn't is it. So, you're talking about _safety_ when the parent and article are specifically about _security_.

It's about both. The DO-178B/C standards require software to work as formally specified, and require robust branch testing to ensure the code conforms to the spec. This means different things for different applications, but in an operating system, for example, it means that no process can affect any other process if the two are deemed independent. This requires that the OS prevent all covert channels, strictly limit memory, CPU performance, etc. For example, a fork bomb wouldn't be able to affect other processes, and caches are wiped on every context switch.

So yes, it is definitely relevant to security as well as safety (which in military aerospace go hand-in-hand anyway).
The comment you replied to must have been edited since you replied to it.

Tokyo rents basically haven’t moved in the last 30 years and the population has added 1.5m people. If you want to work in NYC there are many, many affordable options within 1 hours commute.
> I run Slack, vscode, and tons of other apps. Even if they take few gigs of RAM each, there's 62 more where that came from

Okay, and if your apps used sane amounts of resources, then you could do that on <$1000 of hardware - or even <$100 on a Pi or used machine. Sure, on a programmer's budget/salary it's okay to buy expensive hardware, but it still adds up, and you shouldn't need it.
Sorry, I don't.

This is all from my memory of a textbook for a course that I took in 1991 through the Open University of British Columbia, which has since become part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Rivers_University.

I no longer remember what the textbook was.
All advertising of tobacco products has been banned outright for some time in my country, Australia.

Even cigarette packets on a shelf behind a shopkeeper must not be identifiable in any way, and be behind a closed door. And all brands look exactly the same except for small lettering of the product's name (in the same font for everyone).

They all look like this;

https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/29360d2ce7cffa390ad072b2...

Just grey packets with a confronting image of disease.

But it's the cost that has had the most dramatic effect on smoking rates. Particularly with younger people. A single packet of 25 cigarettes costs something like $35-$40 (@$25US) in Australia now. Teenagers just cant afford to start smoking anymore.

https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/...
I don't have specific knowledge to counter this, but am surprised. It implies that humans would need more melatonin over the course of their lives, yet they produce less and less as they age...
Article like this is like how a fortuneteller works. It's vague and can be interpreted in many ways.

> Put off the correct, hard work for the easier, less effective work?

What's correct? How does that not conflicts with "future you" problem?

You know that any one who is having the "future you problem" is also doing that while thinking that they taking the correct hard work approach, right?

It's just one of those idea where you can just rationalize whether something fits the philosophy.
The problem with your post is that the Dollar is central to how you think...but ‘currency’, as we know it... is entirely arbitrary.

Systems thinking uproots most of your objections.

On a related note: I do enjoy these kind of exchanges but I feel like you want to ‘take me down’ ..and that’s ok. I feel like any statement I make is a challenge to you. For that reason and because my time is limited, I am stepping back from this discussion.

Thanks for the engagement.
Voting requires anonymity, so you lose a lot of the security because of that.

For a bank, you have a PIN that is tied to your identity. You may also have a second factor that is tied to your identity. The bank can use this to positively identify that you are the one making the transaction, and tie it back to you.

You can also verify the transactions after the fact because it isn't anonymous. You can log into your account and check to make sure what the bank thinks happened actually happened. And if it didn't happen the way you say, you can contest it.

Also, the risk is actually lower because the bank assumes liability. If a false transaction is made you can protest it and if you prove that it wasn't you who made the transaction, you get your money back. With voting, you can't get your vote back.
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Already done. No dementia in family history, and the actual literature leaves much to be desired in terms of qualitative result.

By the way I discourage the use of the term "linked" in light conversation as it has recently and unfortunately become a socio-culturally appropriated term indicating proof of causality. That a linkage exists often means far less than most people think, and this could immediately impact their health-related decision-making for the worse.
Good advice is good advice, even if it is poorly delivered.
Note that the author lives in New York, not SF. He writes about the Bay Area like he is observing it from a distance because he is.
Straightening out brass instruments (2013)
NOTE TO ALL: The use of the word "mas...bation" will automatically kill your comment. Might want to censor yourself, as silly (and understandable, in most contexts) as it is.
the reasoning is that everything is basically advertising/marketing and FB + Google have that stuff locked up from here till eternity
The Chinese government is also a competitor to Boeing (Comac and AVIC)

Competitor is a bit strong given that even the Chinese airlines don't want to fly the domestically designed planes.
You are welcome. I have found that the presence of two cats, one on either side of my body, pinning me into bed, extends my nap time for the better. At nighttime though, a weighted blanket would probably be just the thing! I appreciate the recommendation.
> What about absentee ballots? How do you make sure they were mailed by the right person?

You have to sign the outer envelope, which can be verified (and is not anonymous).

> Think about it... anyone can just as easily bring a ton of paper ballots and stuff the box that way.

There are a lot of controls in place that prevent that. Number one, the ballot box is never attended by just one person. Number two, the count of ballots has to match the number of people whose identity were verified and voted, and that verification is done by different people.

To stuff the ballot box, you'd have to buy off every poll worker in that precinct, get the list of everyone who didn't vote, pretend to vote for them, and make sure your ballot counts lined up. Since each precinct only serves a few hundred people at most, you'd at best get to put maybe 300-500 ballots in the box. You'd have to do that at every precinct.
Interesting. My initial thought was that it was the old article about repairing dents in a brass wind instrument with a super strong rare earth magnet.

https://www.supermagnete.de/eng/Magnet-applications/Straight...
Your arguments are totally garbage because the recommendations are fundamentally untenable. Yeah,if those pesky immigrants want to vote they should just go back, right. I regret having entertained the semblance of an intelligent debate.
I was able to successfully quit cigarettes (for a year) by quitting drinking and switching to the vape. I reduced the nicotine from 12mg to 1.5mg over the course of three months. One day I realized I hadn't touched my vape all day...then I started drinking again after a year. I was bored. Now I smoke cigarettes when I drink and vape other days. It sucks, alcohol and stress is my biggest trigger for smoking cigarettes. When I do drink, I tear through the pack pretty quick too. Basically turn into a chain smoker.

What I can say about vaping is, my endurance and performance in gym/sports is noticeable improved after 3 days of vaping instead of smoking. I can breath deep and feel better. That's the only proof I need until a study tells me otherwise. I would love to quit everything, but I do enjoy a drink.

Does this story sound similar to anyone who successfully quit? Send advice if so.
>If we are OK with wildly different pay scales in sports because of audience preference, couldn't Hollywood claim the same?

Isn't that the way it is though, movie stars are paid tons more than the rest ?
Same as without the sign. It could be a useful communication tool though.
Came across this little PCB mill just today: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX44z-SSL7LzcB4xxgUdHHA
Why down-voting? Did you know that the US attacked Venezuela's Power Grid. Is that "Freedom" and "Democracy"?
Quite. Who the fuck wants to smell of smoke when you can just have lozenges or the gum? Also: actual cigarettes are prohibitively expensive in most countries.
> Downvoted.

Cool, good for you. random person on internet disagrees with other random person on internet.

Ethiopian airline stats from here:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datek...
Right, fair enough. I only thought of that after I posted. Not used to thinking that memory is limited lol

The author did indicate that they had problems with oom and memory eviction so it probably is a memory limited use case.
Interesting, it appears that multiple dispatch is accurate. Thanks.
this article came a month back: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/world/asia/lion-air-plane...
You aware aware that nicotine is not the part that gives you cancer and other diseases, right?

Nicotine is essentially the same thing as caffeine. Addictive? Yes. Harmful? Not really.

No one is going to die from vaping. It's not even possible.

That's the entire point. It doesn't have all the toxic stuff that cigarettes contain.
> No latitude. No longitude.

That's wrong. Tracking which star zeniths is exactly latitude.. you measure, for example Arcturus (which is super easy to find) for Hawaii or Sirius for Tahiti, and keep going due South or North until the "home star" zeniths; you can nearly guarantee due north and southness by traveling perpendicular to solar or stellar motion. Then you head due east or west (which does require stateful knowledge); accuracy can be in a say 200 mile swath and by carefully observing clouds which rise due to orographic precipitation, you can know when you're close.
> Emailed someone where a call would be better?

Better for you? Or for them?

Funny how you can read something, mostly agree and then see an example and nope right out of the whole idea because the example tells you the author has an entirely different set of what ‘valuable’ is, compared to you.

Maybe doing the ‘hard thing’ of jumping straight into action is good in some cases... but, mostly, it’s not.

Plan first. Act second. Evaluate third.

If you miss any of the steps, or get stuck at any of the steps you’re doing it wrong.

I contend the authors supposition that most people get stuck on step 1 is wrong.

Most people I know get stuck on step 2, and give up without trying to iterate on what they were trying to do, because they didn’t understand that maybe step 1 didn’t come up with a perfect plan the first time around.

Sure, maybe it’s cool to have a step 0, which is ‘try it right now!’ to give you some idea & experience on how to get started.

...but the basic contention I this article; “the best thing to do is just to do something right now”; is wrong, and most modern learning & self development frameworks will back that assertion.

Isn’t there some famous fallacy thing about this being how terrible political decisions are made?
Will it remain random at high/low voltage and temperatures?
> Health officials know next to nothing about the flavorings or about other chemicals generated by the heating of e-liquids.

Even the officials knew anything about the flavourings today, they will spin another five flavours by tomorrow.

And even if knew everything about a flavour.... what's in the mass produced / delivered to consumer flavouring will not remain the same day on day.

This whole thing makes my spidey sense tingle.
This is good advice, will read the article now. Just checked out lofi, looks really great actually! Been looking for a minimalistic spotify visualiser / interface for my linux htpc.
If any other country ground 737s it's better for safety concerns. But if it's China, it must be political motivated.
Well in the UK, housing prices have certainly gone up. It's a small country and we have net immigration of about 210,000 annually. Houses may be cheaper to build, but there is much competition for them.
Does the media cover stories in a way that fits the narrative? Yes, but in this case, Facebook owns all the blame. They used to be on the golden side of the narrative (boy genius connecting the world) and got to the bad side entirely through their own actions.
You clearly live in an urban area. You can see them on maps represented as little dots. Sometimes little blobs. All the other 'empty' parts of the map? Well, this may come as a surprise, but it consists of millions of acres of forests, trees, and wilderness.

You could nuke every city in America and the 'worm' population wouldn't even notice.

It's amusingly myopic to worry about the leaves in an urban area where, most likely, all the trees have been cut down and replaced with buildings and asphalt. Real honestly, nobody cares what the soil is like in an urban/suburban area as (a) the 'soil' was most likely carted in from somewhere else to begin with and (b) the plants and trees one finds in a suburban/urban area aren't native anyway.

I really don't care about the leaves or lack thereof on your 'college campus.' But, I find it astounding that, very often on HN, there is this absolute lack of awareness of how BIG this country and is. Some posts come across as if the author's only interaction with the 'real world' is watching BBC nature documentaries and picnicking in the 'public park.' No offense intended.
How common are contraband cigarettes, or roll-your-owns? I know that here in Canada, many people get their cigarettes by the carton from the nearest native reservation, who can produce them for their own use or are exempt from the rules (I don't know which).
Cryptonomicon/Reamde sized too!

(It's a expression, but I'm sure someone else will get it :) )
You can cryptographically sign things with your private key on your device also, which is put there when you register to vote. Either way, someone can theoretically forge your signature.

You don’t have to get a list of those who didn’t vote. You just take the pile of punched ballots or whatever and replace them with your pile.

All the matching of counts etc. can be done electronically too.
> California wisely keeps its snow in one place: Tahoe.

Yes but Michigan is also not known for widespread mudslides, wildfires, and earthquakes.
I notice a weird tar looking substance in my vape chamber sometimes. I use a 70/30 VG/PG. Not sure what it is, but makes me question things...
The ‘secretary problem’ is so unrealistic it can't inform our decisions
But why write this comment? You’re a critic, but are you a creator?

Post so your creations. I’d like to offer my valuable input.
The FAA doesn't operate on altruism. They were quite happy to take money from and do work for Southwest during Trump's last shutdown. And regarding the MAX, the FAA happily buried any mention of MCAS (while the Brazilian authorities wisely thought it was significant enough to document in the differences training).
Thanks for the article links that underscores my point. Somehow businesses are always fleeing California and we have the worst business climate, while at the same time becoming the fifth largest economy of the world, home to 3 of the 5 most valuable companies in the world, and home to the next set of valuable startups.
I reference one of the articles but I hadn’t look at the other one! Very interesting. Thanks for sharing
Yes, and if 2% of Americans who would not have ever smoked start vaping and get addicted to nicotine, and 2% of those people subsequently develop a cigarette habit...

My concern is not that e-cigs are dangerous (they might be, but they're very probably not more dangerous than actual tobacco), but that e-cigs' perceived safety might eventually get people, a lot of them, to start actually smoking.

Personal anecdote: I'm an ex-smoker. I love that e-cigs are helping smokers quit, but I don't like that e-cigs are getting non-smokers addicted to nicotine.

I'm not enthusiastic about banning things in general, and e-cigs are no different. But as someone who was dependent on nicotine for years, I hope The Public is wary: nicotine goes from being your lover to being your boss very very quickly. And once it's your boss, all it does is make you feel terrible if you aren't consuming nicotine.

If you have a nicotine habit: try to kick it. Life's great on the other side.

If you don't have a nicotine habit: life's great on the side you're already on.
Well we could have more people with less consumeristic lifestyle and smaller houses, but is that really what we want?

I don't want to live in a tiny apartment. I want to live in a big house with a garage so I can start companies like Jeff Bezos.