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None of that is an attack. It is a statement.

I cannot, nor want to own how others take information like that.

Ignorance takes many forms. Willful ignorance tends to be one of the more painful.

Frame it all however you want to. Does not change the brutal impact we are seeing today.

There is absolutely no reason to coddle, sugarcoat these things.

If that is rough? Not my problem. It is our problem, and being brutally honest about it is the right thing to do.
> More pressingly, when it comes to plant life RIGHT NOW, we're still dangerously close to CO₂ starvation levels.

This is the most provocative claim you make and coincidentally the one you don't back up with any evidence. The one article you post from phys.org (1) does not use the colorful and misleading language of CO2 'starvation' and (2) actually concludes the opposite of the less dramatic point (plants will be better off with more CO2):

> But, as we know, C3 plants waste a lot more resources at higher temperatures, so any increase in photosynthesis from rising CO₂ levels seems likely to be at least cancelled out by the effects of the global warming it will cause. And that's without factoring in changes to rainfall patterns such as more frequent droughts. Solutions that seem to be too good to be true generally are – and, for the moment, that still seems to be the case for the idea that CO₂ enhanced crop yields will feed the world.

However the idea of being in a CO2 'famine' was recently brought up by the head of the Presidential Committee on Climate Security, William Harper, and also does not seem to be backed by any evidence or the scientific community:

> "It's a silly argument," added Britton Stephens, a senior scientist in the Earth Observing Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in an interview.

> Both independent academic institutions and government agencies around disparate parts of the globe have concluded more carbon dioxide will "bring many negative impacts" to plant environments, Stephens emphasized. "If someone is going to claim it's good, it's incumbent upon them to show evidence." [0]

I mean just using common sense plants can and clearly have thrived with lower levels of CO2, before the far bigger threat of human deforestation decimated forests and plant life. The issue isn't whether plant life will be slightly better off with more CO2 or not, but what negative effects changing climate will have on crops, which could be catastrophic and is the point the phys.org concludes with.

This seems like just another flavor of a very similar climate change denialist argument that there was higher CO2 levels during previous glacial periods, also debunked [1].

[0] https://mashable.com/article/trump-climate-panel-william-hap...

[1] https://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-higher-in-past-intermed...
What does it even mean for a culture to want something?

Only individuals can want something. Societies can't want something; the Earth can't want something; a company or government can't want something.

It's clear that there are individuals in China who do want tolerance. And it's even clearer that there are government officials who are scared of what individuals might start wanting if exposed to ideas of tolerance and democracy.
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To make things a little stranger, it's worth mentioning that I'm not sure if bepuphysics v2 works well with Unity right now. Attempts in the last several months by users trying to upgrade from v1 to v2 had... less than ideal results under that runtime.

The library is .NET Standard 2.0 compliant, though, so in theory it should work. It may require some extra work on the runtime side of things. As time goes on, I'd hope that mono/CoreRT or whatever the AOT story ends up being/CoreCLR converge and Unity can embrace them for all their target platforms. (Burst is also an option, but that would require a massive rework in bepuphysics that I can't really afford to do given that my projects aren't on Unity.)
That’s a funny one
Where is the nerdy connection? The other anti-China thread on the front page at least is about social media [1] but this one has no connection to tech at all or science or whatever. It's purely political, and the particular issue of religious minorities suppression in Xinjiang has already been on hacker news in form of an excellent NYT a piece a few weeks back [2].

The ASML story from yesterday was beautifully on-topic for example [3].

I get it, the Chinese government is authoritarian and mean and much worse at that than the US government was in the last 30 years. But why repeat this message over and over?

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19712564

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19570594

[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19703909
I used to be more of a pacifist and idealist. The whole "the industrial-military complex is evil" shtick or "US global hegemony is terrible" thing. I've watched all of Chomsky's talks, read his books. I'm painfully aware of all the legit evil things the US has done in the name of protecting its sphere of influence and I've always been deeply suspicious and critical of the US (that whole Iraq war, black sites, etc. tend to be things that don't sit well with people who think values are important).

And I probably would've remained that way if I didn't watch on the news how Russia literally annexed a part of Ukraine without a "war" while NATO twiddled its thumbs and went "Well, they didn't invade, so dunno". Or how the US squanders its influence and power while China branches out into Africa, Asia, Europe and the US by buying out everybody and everything they can - meanwhile ensuring they maintain an iron fist over their own press or any critics, and their entire economy and culture and population. In the middle of all this, Europe is in a decade-long crisis over, well, everything and Germany couldn't influence its way out of a paper bag, despite its impressive economy.

For all its flaws (and there are a depressing fuckload), I prefer the US's world order over China's, where they can imprison a million Muslims with no repercussion. I just wish the US were better, in every way, because I know there are tons of people who'll point at the US-Mexico border and what Trump has done and say "See, they're just as bad". And they have a point that the US does terrible things, while still missing the point, and it's both infuriating and depressing because if the US actually held itself to its own standards, I wouldn't have to qualify my every statement where I defend the US over China/Russia.
Ok, we'll take that bit out.
Very few companies may have excessive alcohol consumption as part of their informal culture.

However, unless any two employees of the same company are explicitly banned from meeting in a place where alcohol is served, there will be incidents. People will find ways to get drunk and sooner or later someone will do something stupid.
> If you apply the theory that any conquered land still eternally belongs to whoever it was conquered from, then almost everybody on Earth owes their land to someone else, since everyone is descended from conquerors. This includes the American natives, who warred and took land from each other frequently.

This statement eliminates the necessary nuance.
It is perfectly understandable for christians to be concerned about the welfare of all people.
Nice Whataboutism there

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
Well, there's always the caveat of capacitors. Don't expect a Game Gear for example to work well without a fair bit of soldering.
Well, this year there's heightened security because of past attacks: https://www.ucanews.com/news/indonesian-churches-tighten-eas...

And yes, doing a quick Google search brings up a Christmas attack and another a month after Easter. As I said, attacks on churches are common enough that lots of info gets drowned out.

And yet they still feel the need to have thousands of security troops guard churches this year.
I've experienced American healthcare and European healthcare. I'll take European any day of the week, over the Silicon valley version (and seriously if that's the best, god help the rest. I'm actually lucky I survived the US system.)

The issue in America is essentially that the system is paid by piecework. So the entire system optimises for the number of tests/procedures/operations etc. that can be performed. And that might not be so bad in and of itself, if 21st century medicine was reliable. But it's not, and the sad truth of the US system is that many of the (very expensive) procedures it performs have worst outcomes than leaving the patient alone.
I have a bunch on 1kprojects.

A football odds aggregator, a celebrity exclusive club website, a auto transcription and task manager app/web
Yep.

The wealthy control the society that...

a) ...has food deserts where poor people can't access fresh food and vegetables, and in many of these areas, junk food IS the cheapest option.

Learn more: https://www.moveforhunger.org/harsh-reality-food-deserts-ame...

b) ...has tons of enriching and educational and recreational activities for wealthier students compared to poor students. In addition, just being poor has HUNDREDS of correlating factors for poor academic performance -- it's very lazy to just say "poor people are bad parents who just let their kids watch TV, that's why they are bad at school."

Learn more: https://www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/education

c) ... does NOT, despite your strawman point, ever tell poor people "that having a budget and sticking to it is a dumb idea." Every financial counseling service for poor people includes budgeting classes. But if you're a single parent of two kids with $1900/month gross income (well above minimum wage) and the median rent for a 2BR apartment in your city is $1200/month, good luck with that budget.

Learn more: https://povertyusa.org/facts

So, we might not blame an individual wealthy person but it's fair to blame the people holding the cards in society.

By the way, when people repeat the arguments above, it reads to many people as incredibly uninformed and displaying an astonishing lack of empathy. I don't mean that as an attack, since many people on this site pride themselves on their lack of empathy and their ability to never have to interact with any lower-class people, other than complaining about homeless poop in the Tenderloin.

One more thing: rarely, there are incredibly driven and talented and lucky poor people who break through every possible disadvantage of childhood poverty and become successful. Sometimes those people will reply to a post like this and say "Well, I did it, so it's possible! [fuck the rest of them!]" But MOST of the people in that situation developed enough empathy and real word apperception to realize the rarity of their success, and agree that society should strive to offer more pathways up for everyone.
You're basically just stating that the objective has already been achieved (not exactly a surprise with decades of murdering dissidents), and I never claimed otherwise.
Only small amounts of the carbon are converted to methane... enough that capture is worthwhile, but there is certainly a significant portion remaining below ground.
The goal of my side project is to use human science to put people back at the center of business decision-making. I work specifically with the founders of business and not their sales or marketing personal.

Studying consumers on their own isn’t enough to be successful. I look at all the data I can regarding technology, marginal practices, client and industry data, and speak to many experts with knowledge on the topic. I analyze the assumptions underlying what I observe happening and identify the gaps (e.g. between the client’s assumptions about their customers and what I observe in the real world, or between the industry’s assumptions about the future and consumers’ marginal practices).

Analyzing these gaps helps me see white spaces that have impact in the market, which allows me to advise my clients on where the market is likely to be years out and ensure that my recommendations are actionable. Since these are new perspectives they often make it actionable. Execution is something they handle and all of my clients have seen a change. Most are repeat customers.
Central production planning and restriction of consumer choice has already been tried. It didn't work. I can't imagine why anyone would want to repeat the same mistake.
Python 2.7 in 2019 is the best Python 2.7 there has ever been -- which is to say, it works very, very well. "more heat than light" on this particular topic. Do not start new projects in Python 2.7 -- ok fine. However, not done with Python 2.7 here
It's not great since the IRS is mad and feels cheated, but I think I'm in the 'very cunning' camp. I'm always interested in ways peoples use derivatives.

If people think RenTech is just that much smarter than them, and they're half right, because a main part was they were doing kind of straightforward and shady tax strategies, I dunno, that sounds terrific.
Homebrew where the package is available and Docker where it's not. But I'd just stay with Linux. The only reason I'm using homebrew is because new MBP is broken enough it can't run Linux natively.
One analysis I read some time back claimed that Trees are net positive when they are closer to equator, IIRC 30deg each way. fortunately for this topic, the areas close to equator are also significantly poorer countries thereby maximizing the roi of a fixed dollar expense.

Overall I believe that if a functioning carbon credit marketplace is established we can fund the whole green movement with a fraction of world GDP and might even end up creating a whole bunch of jobs doing it.
See also the classic book How to Lie with Statistics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics
I wonder how the boiling method (https://www.saveur.com/perfect-brown-rice-recipe) fares in regards to arsenic, given that: 1. You can use a higher water-to-rice ratio than with traditional methods, and 2. The remaining cooking water is discarded at the end.
It's also possible to beat Doom2 without firing a shot, although you must go tool-assisted to exploit the random number generator to beat level 30. It takes nine minutes of setup to spawn all the Arch-Viles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpmPLrpGSos
I'm also pretty sure that this will happen.
It absolutely breaks any use for information produced in the last month. Here's a few things that come to mind:

While you say "news" really that covers any information about current-ish events. It's not just "what happened today" but background on things like the Muller report right now.

Any technology release, or update.

Reviews of any hardware or software.

Information about security vulnerabilities.

Film reviews.

Game reviews.

Book reviews.

New scientific publications.
Even if he did, a taser is not a lethal threat. Cops don’t have any right to use lethal force when they are not so threatened.

We don’t have to accept “death by cop” as a force of nature any more than we have to accept “death by bacterial infection” - much less so, really, as “death by cop” is an entirely localized problem caused by a policing culture embraced by a very, very tiny percentage of human beings.

It is not a force of nature. It can be changed, and straightforwardly.
Probably being downvoted because of the implied stark "socialism/capitalism" dichotomy, and describing the need for a fundamental change of human nature, and the downvoters have seen that a regulated capitalist economy with a strong social safety net seem to work pretty well. :)
A lot of what's been going on in the PL community would have been called "symbolic AI" in the 80's. Program synthesis, symbolic execution, test generation, many forms of verification --- all involving some kind of SAT or constraint-solving.
Me to I normally leave it over night and rinse 3 or 4 times.

I do use the 100g rice 100ml water method not sure if adding more water and steaming for longer would work or not.
Please don't post generalizations like the ones in your first paragraph. They're frequently wrong, and it sucks to be misassessed that way.
So then you'd support a kind of carbon credits market for such tree planting scheme?
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It’s funny how you resort to using this thread by criticizing all Muslims (over a billion people of different nationalities, politics and races) instead of recognizing the clear and evident violation of human rights that these govt. mandated internment camps have inflicted on a particular ethnic minority.

Maybe we should place you in a re-education camp against your will for a few weeks and see how you feel?
I do it as a way to deal with perfectionism. I write program0 (hey, this is computer science, we start at 0) and often never get around to program1, since program0 works, despite being a bunch of hacks. But I feel less bad about the hacks while I'm writing them, since it is version 0, after all...
So, does anybody know what happened there?

Did the "C level executive" just drunkenly hug an employee or he was dancing naked on a table dangling his carrot in front of the victim's face?
Uh, the surveillance state imposed in Xinjiang?
Religious flamewar will get you banned here. Please do not post like this again.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: we've already had to warn you about using HN for nationalistic and ideological flamewar in the past. If you keep posting like this, we will ban the account.
> I've entertained the idea of selling BMW M cars, Audi S/RS and Merc AMGs, but the reality is there's far more labor involved, far more to usually fix, higher acquisition costs, less demand, and buyers who are completely insufferable. I've sold several, but in retrospect it wasn't ever worth the time and effort.

That's interesting, when I used to have a shop and flip cars on the side, honda civics and euro cars were the most profitable. Civics because you can fix them up, lower them and throw on a set of wheels and you're good to go are super easy to turn over. Euro cars are easy to pick up at steep discounts when they're older and need repairs, and the parts are actually not bad and once you get the hang of it, they're not too bad to work on.

Of course you'd want to also have accounts with parts stores otherwise you're losing too much on those costs.

However this was 5 years ago so the small crossover suv craze wasn't what it is today.
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Do you float the titles or just bend over and take whatever arbitrary limit for non-dealer title transfers that the dealers lobbied into existence in your state?
There's an official statement of sorts here: https://www.cyc.com/opencyc/

That meshes with what I've heard at conferences, that Cyc management was worried people were treating OpenCyc as an evaluation version of Cyc, even though it was significantly less capable, and using its capabilities to decide whether to license Cyc or not. The new approach seems to be that you can get a free version of Cyc (the full version) for evaluation or research purposes, and the open-source version was discontinued.
I would disagree about the idea of someone with an IQ of only 100 (average) not being able to engage is this sort of thing. I know any number of people who are undisputably in the average range of IQ but have nonetheless managed to acquire a unique and deep expertise in one area or another. This does not speak to general intelligence itself, but rather the extreme limits of IQ as a measure of intellectual capacity.
1. There are tons of externalities at point of sale. Was the item produced using water from a common source like a river? How were non-solid waste products disposed? When it’s source materials were extracted, what impact did that have on the extraction site? Not even counting the fossil fuels needed to make the item...

2. Assuming that certain places have lower externalities doesn’t make sense. Aside from the global footprint of trash in general, there have been tons of rehabilitated sites but they will need maintenance and monitoring for hundreds years.
At what point does it all become ridiculous? Until the Chinese government reaches this point I don't see them ever becoming a true superpower.
Articles on HN do not need a "nerdy connection". What's on topic is stated at the beginning of the site guidelines: anything that gratifies intellectual curiosity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
In addition, while planting a tree costs only a few dollars, cutting down a 100 ft high tree in an urban space can easily set you back thousands of dollars.
No one wants to upset a good thing, that being in the United States of America.
Comparing JVM alternatives to JavaScript
Out of sight: the orphanages where disabled children are abandoned
There are some tricks, so to speak. I purposefully will only live a 30 minute walk to work. While I realize not everyone can do this, I make it such a high priority that I do sacrifice a lot to ensure it happens. I also try to ensure a gym is between work and home. This way on average I walk an hour a day to and from work, and the fixed cost of adding a 30 minute workout is essentially zero. So 1.5 hours a day is spent combined physical activity and commuting. It makes exercise very cheap.
Where do you live where shade trees are not a thing? Genuinely curious. I've never known someone that didn't know what they were.

I live in Michigan and have four large trees surrounding the house, although we let their branches hang over the house, so 3 or so hours around noon, the house gets no shade.
> Vegetables are tying to kill us.

I seem to remember a Bruce Sterling book(Islands in the Net?) where one of the characters avoided vegetables for this reason.
If you didn't get the point when Karl Popper explained it, I doubt I'll be any more effective at conveying it here.
That's a good question. It almost wasn't; there was a period post-WinRT, pre-"microsoft open sources everything" where investing a huge amount of effort in the ecosystem didn't seem like it would make sense. I did consider a more traditional (for the games industry) path of C++, but even simple things like the effort required to keep build times reasonable were... not appealing. And modules kept getting kicked back. Even back then, I was considering rust as a preferred alternative.

And then everything went open source, some fruits of Midori started getting rolled in, and a focus on performance appeared. Stack that on top of the fact that C# has some pretty darn good tools, and I was comfortable jumping in more deeply. Notably, I did not just start making bepuphysics v2 at that point. It's sort of the tip of the iceberg- bepuphysics v2 is C# because all the other private stuff I've built is C#, and it's nice to minimize the developmental and runtime overheads between projects when possible.
I get the idea but I had learned it wasn’t an effective sequestration method. Do you have references I can check out?
The fall of Ceaușescu or going back further Robespierre being two examples
What kind of experiments have you guys done that combine symbolic and statistical/ML methods? It sounds like an area ripe for research
Thanks, this is insightful. Sounds like the opportunity cost of a side business isn't worth it for you right?
1. Cryptocurrency isn't an investment, it's more like unregulated gambling.

2. This [1] is the guy that you think is a good economist? Really?

[1] https://www.youtube.com/user/whygoldandsilver/featured
This was aired in Israel when I was growing up there in the 80s. We saw it and loved it. Not that we had a choice. One channel was all we had. I loved that car and that future vibe of the show. Funny thing is I was just talking about this show last month and spent some time trying to remember it's name.
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You don't think offering cash back is a way to get people to use their service?
Hiring non U.S.employees on your U.S. payroll is a bad idea. The employee will have a dual tax nightmare having to reconcile the tax and social security against their home country regime.