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> This is a reinvention of the the hierarchical database

It's not. Just because data can be fetched as a set of "tree-like" things does not make the model hierarchical in any way. But it makes lots of practical use cases easier.

> The fundamental idea that you have a highly structured data tree is what the relational model threw away.

And then ORMs came and reinstated the status quo. Truth is, many applications actually benefit from a highly structured data graph. That said, you don't have to use the "highly structured" bits of EdgeDB, it's perfectly fine if all your types are simple tuples.

> We compose things into other things, subtype things, and otherwise deal in things. And this turns out to be a disaster when lots of people need to extend and reuse hunks of the same database.

I would be very interested in reading about this. Do you have any references? Most cases of "disaster" in my experience had to do with extremely poorly defined and documented schemas that had barely any relation to the actual business model.
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DNS is a fundemental component of the internet. Currently, computers trust their upstream DNS servers to resolve correctly. Imagine if tpb resolves incorrectly on some networks. People on those networks may choose to use a different DNS server that resolves TPB correctly, but maybe has a grudge against Google and resolves an IP for Yahoo instead. Other DNS servers may have other grudges, or policies, or political pressures.

The end result is that DNS cannot be trusted, and so the design entirely breaks. Imagine ordering a package but not knowing if the delivery driver will see your address at your house or someone else’s.

This isn’t just removing something from the yellow pages, it’s introducing distrust into the phone system itself.
why, the city sold a fresh batch of medallions to raise funds, took their money, then refused to give them a refund after CPUC legalized ridesharing across the state. Who's really at fault?
How are you quantifying (qualifying?) "well-managed". If the metric we care about is along the lines of cost of living, then it's arguably the worst in the county. I could afford to buy a house in pretty much any Red State. What's that a function of? People not wanting to live there? I doubt it. I sincerely doubt it, because every time this topic comes up here on HN we hear stories about people leaving SF/SV for Austin or the South East - and there's plenty of data showing an exodus out of the West Cost corridor. Will housing costs go up in those areas? Maybe - but if/when there's a reshuffling I have a lot more faith in city leaders in those other parts of the country not to use the San Francisco checklist for "how to turn your city upside down".

>And CA voters like to pay for things. Red-state voters do not; they like to pretend that people will do things for free (i.e., teachers) until things break and they accept the reality that nice things cost money.

I think this point is also way off the mark. I should not have to shell out thousands a year for pre-school if I want my kids to be competitive. This is the reality for friends I have in SF. Not so for friends in Houston or Austin.

I don't live in SF, but I turned down a job there entirely because of the cost of living and that, at least from where I'm standing, the city is run by idiots that are completely disconnected from reality. You might think I'm conflating state and city government, and to an extent you're right, I am. But as city leadership is so often a launch pad for state (and then national) government I'm not particularly bullish on California's future.
When my stock vests, it is treated the same as my salary, and I get hit with an immediate income tax. Capital gains tax only kicks in afterwards, if I decide to hold on to the stock.
I can think of three mechanisms to bring down house prices:

1) Build more houses

2) Reduce the amount of lending banks do

3) Distant third, if the government has mucked up the tax/renting incentives so much that people are leaving houses empty that should be fixed.

They all sound good to me. However, if the complaint underlying "prices are too high" is that people don't have a place to live then that can't be fixed without growing the stock of available housing. Growth is required. We don't want people to have to chose where they live because there aren't enough houses being built, we want them to move based on economic opportunity or because they like the lifestyle.

Traffic is different from housing. In a moment of flippancy, I suggest that nobody wants to be sitting in traffic, but they are happy to be sitting in their own house.
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Wow, it was a simplistic passing metaphor. I was not expecting to get into the complexities of physics, but simply that if you operate at a more fundamental level, you can generally address a greater range of problems.
> Autopilot's true believers have yet to recognize the full scope of the problem.

Those guys have their head in the sand about autonomous cars effects on congestion.
I’m looking at just the city proper. 1.5x the GDP per capita, with 1/3 the population = half the GDP.
The Year of the Linux Desktop was 2001. Prior to that, the Year of the UNIX Desktop was 1991.
I think this is a long time trend of kids in their 20s with more disposable income or poor financial judgement than anything else (count myself in that group in the past).
How is yours better then the others? Push that
Complexity of test scenarios. There were already ~6 user states on ~20 supported operating systems with ~10 add-on types. There has already been public announcement of a solution for older versions of Firefox without studies including a manual install option.

> For users who cannot update to the latest version of Firefox or Firefox ESR, we plan to distribute an update that automatically applies the fix to versions 52 through 60. This fix will also be available as a user-installable extension. - https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/02/add-on-policy-and...
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See also https://sambambam.github.io/zuckerberg.ears/
Maybe. However, as TFA shows, "conversion" isn't irreversible.
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Rather, the choice of video games is: (keep) wasting ("entertaining") your life away--while you are exploited.
I just feel that spiteful voting is damaging and a recent abuse of the confidence in the voter to do what’s right for 4 years.
https://www.blueorigin.com/engines/be-7 has a bit more information about the new engine, since there's basically none in the article. Looks like a small, restartable, low-thrust LH2/LOX engine meant for in-space use.
HR: The acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of human resources (i.e. people).
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See also: complexity thresholds in Big History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_History
Depends on what your students are doing right? Also I'd bet your running out of ram before CPU. You should try doing the same workload without JH involved - I'd bet you'd still run out of ram. Also - I'd throw hardware at software problems all day long if I could. Hardware is cheap compared to developer time
The city uses an expanded definition of homelessness that includes people who are "doubled-up" in the homes of family or friends [1]. The survey referenced in the source you've linked counts people dealing with LGBTQ-related issues that, while terrible, aren't what most people think of when they picture homelessness in SF.

The "man shooting heroin on the street" sorts of homeless folks are, in my limited experience volunteering, generally not from SF but some other part of CA.

[1]: http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-SF-Poin...
Yeah... all the talk of emotion-driven-politics makes me dizzy. Politics should be boring (if everything is ok)
Good. As long as cash is still legal tender, you should be required to take it.
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Look at lots of graphic design books
Got a laugh, but I'm uncomfortable with this type of content being posted
Its not designed for phones but the Vive Knuckles seem to do independent digit tracking and pressure sensing on grip.
Simply knowing salary tells us almost nothing about the benefit(s) of your move. How much more/less do you spend on:

* Vehicle Registration, Public Transportation, Gas

* Housing (rent/mortgage)

* Sales tax

* Etc.

The housing is a huge factor, given that 30% of $55k is $1300/mo (A decent house in most of America), yet 30% of 150k is $3750/mo (A nice cardboard box in the bay area)
I did. I am not a native language speaker, so I did not notice the difference.
FWIW, I was genuinely shocked that this could happen, and it has severely damaged my trust in Firefox.

I am extremely wary, having been bitten more than once, about software that automatically updates itself or is otherwise subject to remote interference. I don't run Windows 10. I don't use Chrome for anything important. I avoid subscription-based or activation-required software as much as possible. And in Firefox, I specifically chose to be prompted to install updates (which I usually do immediately, but it's my choice and I can do a quick search first in case there ever is a problem being widely reported).

I find the argument that it's impossible to make this configurable because malware could then circumvent it very weak. If we're talking about that level of interference, anyone with access to the Firefox executable could in theory replace it, and given the open source nature of the Firefox codebase this wouldn't be particularly difficult technically for anyone willing to go to such lengths in the first place.

In any case, even if the argument about hard-coding protection into the executable did stand up to scrutiny, there are alternatives possible instead of retrospectively disabling addons with no possible workaround. Perhaps most obviously, you could show a warning message and require explicit user approval at startup before activating the addon, for example, as is already done with various other useful features that are also potentially open to abuse.

As things stand, far from protecting our privacy and security from malicious addons, the current system in fact deactivated all of our privacy- and security-protecting addons, without warning, right in the middle of browsing sessions. One of these seems to be very much worse than the other in terms of the risks created, and I urge you to consider that when deciding how addons are treated in the future.
> The instances in question occurred nearly five years ago, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday. ... Investigators found evidence in Hale's home that included two thumb drives, according to the indictment.

Hold on, was this evidence collected over five years ago and the Feds are just now getting around to arresting Hale, or did Hale keep this evidence around in his home for years? Either way seems crazy.
I thought this was the goal of project tango.

I had one of the tablets, and even started to explore the idea of mapping caves with it for a while.

The combination of an accurate IMU and the depth sensor made it perfect for mapping this type of environment.
In your analogy, SQL is the periodic table.
It's not that simple in SF. Lots and lots of neighborhood associations and local groups like that who are really loud and who hold a lot more power than their equivalents in other cities.

There's a whole infrastructure on one half of the political spectrum in SF that you have to defeat.
This perception is due to the comparable longevity of the Windows ecosystem. Rate of change is the same as Android, or Apple's products. They just they keep the old ones around, and have twice the history.
Nice to see some private LH2/LOX propulsion being developed, but I was hoping to see some pictures of some real hardware, not just simulations.
> benefit the rich minority of residents and harm everyone else

But is that true? As a Midwesterner, I have no skin in the game. But is it ever OK for city to say "We like the size we are, we don't want drop zoning and turn our entire coastal town into 100 story mega-skyscrapers?"

I don't think the end game of every city has to be to become Tokyo. As prices rise, more industry moves out of the city. Seems like a valid case for a local resident to want?
I wasn’t being specific. When I said that policy, I mean the policy the company invoked to justify the ban, which the customer may not know.
It’s a one party town. Whoever you vote in does the same as the previous supe. They’re into high-profile, low-impact pet projects the likes of which are reminiscent of ideas high school students would propose to solve issues.

Ban plastic straws, but don’t prosecute people who defecate on the street. That’s SF politics. Nothing of consequence happens except when something has the potential to propel them into state politics, and again it’s a high viz low impact issue.
I would, but I can't afford to live in the city!
A magnitude 9+ earthquake most likely can't occur in California [0]. Even a magnitude 8 only has a very small chance of occuring. We're most likely to see 7.5 and below.

0: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2015/3009/pdf/fs2015-3009.pdf
I really hope this brings more jobs and businesses to Oakland. Oakland has a lot more undeveloped space, better major rail access (BART / Amtrak), and is way more open to newcomers (both business and individuals). Does anyone know what happened with the Square office (formerly Uber) in Oakland?
I'd like to see us put two return rockets on the moon. Would increase the safety factor of all future manned missions significantly if a crash landing wouldn't necessarily mean death.

If you could safely verify the return vehicle is ready to go before sending the people, you could potentially use a one-way lander, vastly decreasing launch weight.
Most cities do tack surcharges on to ridesharing. At least I know mine does.
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Wonderful work. I’m curious about the representation. Does it take a scene graph and infer a scene graph? Can you predict future scenes, given a sequence of previous scenes?

Seems like a nice way to debug and create more complex models.
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Another issue is the lack of documentation. For example, the VPN API has zero documentation (it has the functions but not what they do or any sort of app notes) and you have to apply to MS for permission to use it. So most apps still use the massive, outdated WinTAP adapter.
And for bonus disaster problems:

Should AGIF continue to autoplay when in more efficient other formats it may not?
> There are people working for the City of SF who know economics, but that doesn't mean the people passing the laws do

> Instead, we have extremely vocal NIMBYs who lobby to get laws passed that benefit the rich minority of residents and harm everyone else.

The politicians understand economics perfectly well, they just know who puts food on their table.
Chicago’s problem is that it’s in a state that until quite recently taxed like a red state (3% flat income tax!). But that’s on the revenue side—it has nothing to do with how much money is reasonable to spend on city services.
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> Bezos is suggesting he can do that in 5 years.

It was “only” 12 years between Sputnik and Apollo 11.

You’d think we’d be able to do things faster now.
wait how can they claim having precise landing etc. if the thing have never been tested? did they land it on the moon before ?
Musk is certainly talented, but is he a talented CEO? Perhaps, but Bezos unquestionably is in my eye.
LOL at this hilarious post. SF is in a negative trajectory ? SF has absolutely destroyed every city in the last decade when it comes to job creation, economic engine, value creation, startup creation etc. SF is in such a positive trajectory that has very few historical precedence.
"I'm sorry that you felt like you were..." is the worst form of apology, because it admits no guilt or responsibility. "I'm sorry that you were..." or "I'm sorry that we..." would be a legitimate apology.

That said, nuking this data is the first good thing Mozilla has done in this whole fiasco. It's a small but real act of contrition, so kudos for that.
Haha, that’s funny!

“An IPO a day keeps street feces away”
The retroactive component will be tossed out by any sane judge. There’s no way that’ll hold up in court.
> I personally think we've exhausted all categories of software possibilities.

640k programs should be enough for everyone.
This seems a little bit like saying that companies should be held to similar standards as governments ought to be, with regards to “the rule of law”, and the whole “the law should be publicly stated, and laws shouldn’t apply retroactively” thing.

Which is, a claim worth considering? I am not convinced yet.

I suppose that the fact that PayPal is a money transfer service, which is necessary for many kinds of businesses, and maybe kind of a monopoly, that could be a reason to treat them as more like a government than some businesses should be treated?

Hm.
"what exactly stops a city from enacting a 100 year retroactive income tax on those in the 1%?"

They will have no funds for their re-election campaign. In an extreme case they may die of a mysterious stroke or have an affair suddenly made public.
For context I live near to where the Daniel Shaver incident took place. Many of these look troubling for several reasons. I am very much convinced that the people expressing support for the violence do so in part because it aligns with their sense of a just society, but I am not so sure that alignment is as obvious as it maybe have appeared in the past. The allusions to racism (the real kind, i.e. “what race was he; ahh, then he had it coming”) only add to my doubt.
I’ve never worked in a company so large that certificate expiration was a completely solved problem. I’ve seen it bite every company I’ve worked for, and I’ve been part of ones much larger than Mozilla.
Are you referring to civil or criminal law? Innocent until proven guilty is only relevant for criminal and in those cases the burden of proof is definitely on the state.
A "shitty local government" that delivers the biggest economic miracle in the world while at the same time advancing progressive values. Surely we must vote it out.
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And look at what happened to SolarCity, and similar firms. That space is unable to operate profitably, despite large federal subsidies. It also has no shortage of scammy ownership/loans-for-your-solar-install model, is a bad investment for most homeowners, and doesn't even answer the hundred-thousand-dollar-per-home question of peak energy storage. (Or how it can operate in a world where you are on an even playing field for selling power to the grid as the utility.)

The home solar industry makes most power utilities look both efficient and competent.
> I replaced the battery on it ~6 months ago.

Where did you purchase the battery from, and how is the performance, if you do not mind me asking?

I also use a mid 2009 Core 2 duo, but lately I have struggled to find a source for a battery that will last more that 1.5 hours in typical usage. I assume the issue is that any authentic Apple battery must have been manufactured so long ago that its capacity is severely degraded after having been stored (at non-ideal temperature) for so long, and it seems like even many third party batteries available are old and had inferior capacity to begin with.
That, as well as their new icons, the applications icons and even more so the icons inside the applications is terrible in my eyes. It feels like when your side lose the elections, the future is gloomy because of wrong decisions someone else took and you have zero control over it, while they have so much effect on you.
Unfortunately, the public APIs for the ribbon interface are broken to an extent. I havent checked recently, but as an add-on, it was impossible to get 2 excel windows to display different values in a textbox embedded in a ribbon for 2 sheets openned in the same excel process.

Despite the appearance of being separate processes because of separate windows, excel is basically a detached MDI interface where each sheet gets its own window, but same process. I think the other Office products are the same (but I'm not sure). I dont know how many hours I wasted at a previous employer trying to figure out what was wrong, but finally gave up after many frustrating hours.
Alas, we don't support matviews yet, but it's on the TODO list.
San Francisco is a county, so it includes county budgets like prisons. It is not an apples to apples comparison
In the business world (e-commerce in my case) I know plenty of business analysts who write SQL as their only programming experience. That’s part of what I like about SQL. It bridges the gap.
What is the current recommended API if you want to build a big new desktop GUI application for Windows today? Something demanding like a CAD application, perhaps. Something you'd have built using MFC or pure Window API in the past.
As a fourth-gen Southern Oregonian, my family is perpetually irritated that Californian policies eventually end up here as well.
sure, but it's kind of a shame. Ever larger VC funds today pursue opportunities that require little actual new technology. VC today buys marketshare in markets that represent a new application of widely available tech. Look at the difference between what VC once invested in (semiconductors, new kinds of computers) and what they invest in today (Uber, AirBnB). People still get rich, but i'm not sure society benefits to the same degree.
You can use google voice for free, and get text also via email. This way you don't even have to worry about swapping the number.

Edit: as others mentioned this sort of defeat 2FA, but I read the OP message as not trying to have a good 2FA solution, but being forced to use SMS by banks & co.
Failure to pay taxes is not criminal. You cannot go to jail for not paying taxes. The most that can happen is additional penalties and fines.

The only time taxes become a criminal matter is if you lie on the paperwork.
What I'm saying is, in uses akin to this article, apng is not a meaningful upgrade over gif.

It's a huge upgrade for certain kinds of content, especially animated icons with aliased edges. But that narrowness means there's only a moderately small push toward adoption.
Do you have sources for these claims? I feel this narrative is often repeated on HN and it becomes kind of an echo chamber. Then I read in the SF Chronicle that there’s permitted and approved projects that developers are not moving forward with, like around the new hospital off of Van Ness, due to the “tightening of capital markets” and “soaring construction costs.”[1] Not NIMBYs or government regulations.

And then I dig a little deeper into the “it’s just supply and demand, dummy” narrative and find articles that document how luxury housing development actually is associated with a rise in rents for the working class.[2] Who would have thought macroeconomics is complicated?

I feel the narrative here is highly politicized around are particular market-driven philosophy, so much so that people feel comfortable posting unsourced polemics. In the spirit of HN I would like to steer us toward a real analysis of the facts in the ground.

[1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Turns-out-SF-s-b...

[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-expensive...
You’re suggesting that Uber didn’t have lobbyists involved? My view is that Uber manipulated the system (I don’t agree with the previous system), and the people who suffered are the medallion holders.
Noticed it said brick and mortar. I’ve seen the practice much more prevalent with the popular food trucks. In both cases I feel like speed is essential and the moments where change is being made add up.

It is also like the article says dog-whistling the type of client you want at your establishment though.