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SOX section 404 does not mean ops and dev can’t write code or deploy to prod respectively. It means there should be clear roles and oversight and insight into authoritative sources. If there’s an incident in prod that requires code changes that ops knows how to fix, it doesn’t mean to wake up developers while waiting for a new build either. As long as it’s auditable, defensible to support the business, and there’s clear oversight it’s ok. For example, you may be able to temporarily assume a limited access role after recording that you have a business need to perform an action and the process can enforce another party that this taking place and provide temporary, time-sensitive credentials. Most shops that are bad or less mature at security processes don’t get this far and have code czars and prod czars.
> it’s a textbook luxury branding and pricing strategy.

The problem is that this 10x overpricing strategy doesn't apply to their entire lineup, but that's not made explicit. As a result, people might mistakenly generalise it to their other products such as iPhones, leading people to think that their phones are also 10x overpriced and are actually only worth $100, thus diminishing its value.
> Im counting the days until I see one in a rap video or all over rich kid Instagram.

Great except kids on instagram don't buy in the same bulk as video production companies.

If you burn your target market chasing rich kids on instagram thats a big marketing fail.
> I hope something similar takes the place cars have had in American culture.

I have a feeling this has already happened: as you have mentioned, the car originally promised the freedom to "see the world", get in contact with others and was/is also a status symbol. One thing that - arguably - promises all of that and is in my experience one of the most important status symbol for people below 25 is the smartphone. It also transcends race, religion and social status and also seems to address the desire to be "someone else", just like the car. The difference is that with a car, you get a new identity made out of metal, while with a smartphone, you can create all sorts of fake online identities.
Periodical Cicadas? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cicadas
My Estonian grandfather worked as a police officer in Viljandi prior to and during the German occupation. It was only when the Russians invaded Estonia towards the end of the war that he, my grandmother and mother decided it was safer to flee; the terrible reputation of the advancing Russians, murdering and raping as they went, proceeded them. Just was well, as a number of his colleagues were murdered by Russian soon after they escaped.

If you weren't a Jew, you were - in general - treated OK by occupying German soldiers, and least according to accounts I've heard from people who where actually there. The Germans were professional and courteous, the Russians uncontrolled and ravaging thugs.

Funny how Russians always see themselves as 'liberators', not 'occupiers' of Estonia. If this was the case, once they'd driven out the Germans, why didn't they then leave?
I don't think it would have such a large impact since many tires get destroyed before their tread is up. Punktures and curbing hapens a lot especially in cities with poorly maintained pavements which is saddly quite common.

Then you have that many cars now want you to replace at minimum 2 tires and not just the one that has been punctured.
I don't think ''The outcome of the war had already been decided'' is an understandable position if you're talking about an event for a given battle.
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Exactly! The MacOS zealots love to bash Windows (Or "Windoze" as they all call it), but in reality their own house stinks.
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This essay is more thought-provoking than I expected, I read it 2 hours ago and am still thinking about it.
It would also be environmentally smart to have such a tire. The abrasion of current tires is creating very, very small rubber particles that are just flying around with the wind. Creating waste in every corner of the world.
> What’s the point in mass-marketing it? It felt like watching a marketing video to buy an airplane or something.

It's because sites like this have been complaining for years that Apple has left the Pro market behind. This was their response to that. And now this site is switching to complaining that Apple's definition of "Pro" is too "Pro" for us.
> But they might spend the time reading or working out they are sitting in a train/metro compartment.

That's a big "might" that is conditioned on having a seat and space in which to do these things, none if which is a given.

> Bicycles ... are less likely to have accidents (except with cars)

After three years as a pedestrian in NYC I have almost been run over by assholes on bikes more than I have almost been run over by assholes in cars.

> But infrastructure is much cheaper and easier to maintain then that for cars.

How do you figure? Paved streets are still needed, arguably maintained to slightly higher standards than they are for cars. Signalling is still needed, unless you want a free-for-all of bike traffic (which I don't).

In general, you seem to be comparing the happy cases of bicycles and public transit to the negatives of cars. It's and unfair and disingenuous comparison.
I really feel the loss of moral authority is much bigger risk than it seems.

It creates the perfect propaganda for enemies when you criticize what they do and it's hard to see it perpetuating anything but a race to the bottom.
This is a markdown notes app though, who realistically is the target market besides hackers? The only people I have met who like markdown are programmers.
I once saw a guy with (all according to his claim, albeit) a Penny-farthing from the mid to late 1800s. The original tire was there, all beaten up. It was just a strip of rubber.
The big difference between those point of views is that one is about letting people live safely within secular society and the other is the violent murder of the other.

They are not morally equivalent positions. Stop treating them that way.
While the screen seems decently priced (though hard to tell before reviews), the base configuration of the new Mac Pro is at $6k at least twice as expensive as it has any right to be, and much more expensive than previous base models. And given how low-specced that base model is and how expensive Apple upgrade always are compared to normal market prices we can expect the Mac Pro to be at least twice as expensive as comparable PCs across the entire line.

The price for the phone likely has to be this low, though if this genuinely is a new strategy they might introduce a gold version or something like that. However getting the newest iPhone each year is already mostly a status symbol, while the monitor stand probably has a lifetime more comparable with a watch.
The poster above is trying to say that luxury branding has to have at least a veneer of justification for its pricing. The $1000 painted tree stump supposes its own value as a piece of art. A $1000 watch might cost $200 to produce, but it's jewelry - the whole point is you're paying for the pure aesthetic value of it.

The monitor stand has a nice appearance, but everyone understands that it's a mass-produced, functional product that can't justify its cost artistically or by virtue of materials and construction. The stand is also usually included with the monitor!

There's a clear message change. We've moved from "this is the cost of luxury" to "this is the cost we've greedily slapped onto a random part you need"

The difference between the two isn't vast- you have to pay attention to the nuance here.
>Peak democracy was WWII

uh... Do you mean the time just before WWII, when most European nations were either Fascist or Communist? Or do you mean the time just after WWII when all of Europe was destroyed?
Status symbols have to be visible to others, not hiding behind the monitor in private. It cannot be a status symbol.
Yep, that would be the digital sensor vs analog film scenario all over again.

Kodak lost out (even though they were one of the first with quality high resolution sensors) because they didn’t want to cannibalizes and threaten their cash cow (and legacy or patrimony).
Censorship isn't limited to government even though that's the first example that rushes to mind. Any organization or person (i.e. "self-censored") can censor themselves or others. So yes, YouTube is most definitely censoring others who advertisers might object to -- dangerous considering YouTube's position as the new town square.

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Definition of censor (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb
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I spent a few nights there in an apartment on the island, so I was able to see it in a slower time. I may have been a little harsh in my original comment. I'm glad I visited Venice, but it's not a place I would go again. I will admit, my view was also likely a bit tainted because I had just spent time in Slovenia and Croatia. Cities like Rovinj, Piran, and Pula are great. If I had to do it again, I would stay in Rovinj and take a ferry day trip to Venice.
Windows 98 needed 16 MB RAM and 120-295 MB harddrive storage. Why would a note taking app need more memory than an entire OS?

Because browsers are their own OS pretty much, and shipping one per application is not ideal.
The other partial reason for not wanting to know is that I can't then unknow. Willfull ignorance it is. Can those who know say they're happy using languages on the daily without the features you miss and think in?
Without the experience of making and supporting such tools, you'll never acquire wisdom, or many useful skills.

Thought.py is maybe my 4th note-taking system, simpler and more precisely what I needed than any previous. Practice makes perfect. Doing nothing makes nothing.
Australia is a member of the "Five Eyes": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement

From what I understand, Australia, Canada, NZ, UK, and USA intelligence agencies can all spy on each others' citizens legally and share the information with each other. That's not the intent of the agreement, but allows a loophole where the countries can spy on their own citizens by proxy. Correct?
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If you don’t log into personal accounts on it what difference would it make if there was a web app version of this notes thing? You wouldn’t log into it anyway.
I also sell my own software and I would pass along the following feedback:

1. Take breaks every now and then
2. People complaining about your software is good: that means they want to use it but something is preventing them from doing so.
3. Finally, don't do anything for free.

Good luck :)
Your comment snapped me out of the RAM-obliviousness in which I usually live and work. I know memory is plentiful on modern PCs, but 150 MB of RAM for a note-taking app!?
> I can say for sure - the right wing government want to impose a common identity across the nation which is a very bad idea.

Strengthening national identity is the job of any national government. And this doesn't mean it has to come at the cost of regional identity. I
am an Indian and a Maharashtrian at the same time. I don't see the national government harming regional identity anyway.
Maybe targeting businesses that want the same thing but also want to make money. They could open it up to people, maintain the server with updates and if anything goes wrong you (OP) can step in and fix it. You'd (OP) be able to focus on developing it rather than infrastructure.
The latter. It was a resounding victory for democracy, and it flourished all over the world for decades.

That being said, history is written by the victors.
Good observation, but I wonder how many drivers actually do that? Increase tire pressure when they are planning to travel with a higher load? I'm guessing under 5%, the others will just accept the higher tire wear and fuel consumption, or, more likely, be completely oblivious about it...
my personal take on this:

Apple did not want people to talk about other things introduced or not introduced at WWDC. With so much attention from non-developers for a developer event, they need to carefully handle expectations until the hardware event in fall, with its focus on the general public, will hopefully introduce the amazing new things everyone always expects.

This year was not a disappointment for sure but the things shown are incremental improvements at best.
Putting that stand out there will give the public something largely irrelevant to complain about and at the same time generate more attention for a specific niche product: the new mac pro.

And in doing so they avoid real criticism for all the other products that are so much more important for their success. Apple does not lose anything here

side note: anyone else remember when Tim Cook thanked everyone involved in the end and emphasized the overtime and weekends they worked through?
No idea what to make of this, does not sound like a normal thing to admit tbh as CEO. To me that sounded like a plea for something, perhaps to be more understanding and to wait until fall to see how everything plays out?

(timestamp 2:15:56 at https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2019/)

> these guys have given up their nights and weekends from their families
In my note taking "system" (vim on a text file inside a GNU screen session) for work, I think I've only hit 1MB total for the last 10 years.

If the OP is going to do a time-unlimited demo, it should be really small, like 5K or less. The point is the same: try it out for a little while, and see if it works for you.
You've never used a linked list in 10 years?
>They are also likely to cause wheel damage, due to their poor cushioning ability

Even regular run-flat tires seem to make wheel damage more likely. My car came with run flats and had multiple bent wheels over time, but I haven’t had any issues since I replaced them with normal tires a few years ago. Dramatically smoother and quieter ride as well. Lacking a spare tire I put some fix a flat and a 12v inflator in the trunk and hope for the best...
How can anyone transport 30kg without a 1500+kg vehicle that destroys our environment? A small folding shopping cart, perhaps? A bicycle with baskets? Your alternative is worse than those you dismiss.
For me, it comes down to this: if I really want to enjoy a piece of music (i.e. close my eyes), or if I really want to commit to a conversation with another passenger, I can do that on a train. In a car, I and/or others will be dead.

The same goes for audiobooks: it may be possible to listen to shallow fiction in a car, but anything that requires true attention and concentration is very hard to follow while driving without putting yourself in danger, at least in an urban environment or at high speeds.
Some would say that is not how you draw a (live) butterfly: http://emilydamstra.com/news/please-enough-dead-butterflies/
Modern building standards make it extremely likely a fire cannot pass between units (you can never realistically entirely remove it - people occassionally do things like hang sheets off balconies or store tanks of fuel etc). This is before we talk about how many fires are put out by fire brigades before they've fully destroyed a single unit.

Honestly - the risk of a fire in your own apartment is drastically higher than the risk of it being engulfed in a fire caused outside of it.
>You are forgetting that time spent driving is essentially dead time,

Not to me it isn't. I listen to podcasts and/or music and/or YouTube videos I don't need to watch and have saved to my watch later list for listening to. And I'm alone in my car and will occasionally just sit in quiet enjoying alone time where I don't have multiple people blabbing in the background.

Some of the best laughs I've had are from driving and reading bumper stickers and vanity plates.

I don't want to be working on something 24/7/365 like people on HN seem to want to do. There's no exercise I'm going to do on a bus or a train as I don't walk around with hundreds of pounds of bumper plates, a barbell and a squat rack/rig or chalk (I'm a strength athlete so light calisthenics aren't even warming up for me).

As far as biking, yeah good luck riding a bicycle in central Indiana in the summer, you will show up to your destination completely soaked. I don't remember if I said it in this comment chain or another but the temperature today will be in the mid 80F's (29-30C) with 87% humidity. Go stand still outside for 90 seconds in that and you'll be sweating, do physical exertion and you'll be soaked. Want to bike somewhere in the winter? Past few winters the actual temperature has gotten down to -17F/-27C with copious amounts of snow and ice. Compare that to Hamburg which has an average low -0.5C in January vs -7.7C and seems to see an average high of only 22.7C in July vs 29.4F in Indy.
Not if you don't want to spend your late thirties on dealing with the health problems.
Whatever happened to re-vulcanizing tires? Trucks and tractors still have their worn treads re-vulcanized. Why not private autos? Seems it would be friendlier to the pocket (not having to buy a whole new set) and friendlier to the environment...
> switching to complaining that Apple's definition of "Pro" is too "Pro" for us.

If by too Pro you mean someone using an 8 core CPU with 32 GB of RAM ...

The higher end models might be great, with some genuine innovation in the GPU interface that to some will justify high prices. But I don't know who the target demographic for a $6k PC with those specs is supposed to be.
Many artists aren't trying to simplify an final subject. If anything, they come from the opposite direction - they don't worry at all about the final object - just look at it. Look at its lines. Mark out the major shapes. And there you have your abstraction. Now if you want to finish it, keep adding the next layer of detail. Mark out the smaller shapes. Mark out lines and endpoints. Start filling in some shading. Then add some texture.

In other words, you start from a simple abstract and fill in. And most of the 'how to draw' sketches from the original post do exactly that.
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A year ago or so I read a webpage about car tires. The guy claimed that some high ranked Michelin guy said in the 80s "we can make infinite tires right now, why would we do that ?". :)
Perhaps because of the conditions of space + limited power supply?

Edit: Thank you to all the other posters who wrote way better answers with more information!
"As with many technological advancements, white men usurp the privileges they afford themselves and deny those same benefits to everyone else..."

So racist.
My $200, 6 year old stand came with one too, and it even includes the ability to raise and lower the screen, plus the 90° rotation. And wait, there’s more! It also pivots.

Underwhelming indeed.
This has been my approach as well. I always make sure to talk about the experience with projects new grads may have encountered during their CS degree, but it’s hard to have an in-depth talk about your experience if you don’t have much.
> Veblen goods are types of luxury goods for which the quantity demanded increases as the price increases, an apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. A higher price may make a product desirable as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. A product may be a Veblen good because it is a positional good, something few others can own.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good
I can't be the only one that lol'ed when they didn't dive into bed together. I see what you did there, IKEA.
This is called induced 'demand'¹, and it is why I love biking in downtown.

I like to play a game where I pick a distinctive car 3 blocks ahead, and see if I can catch up to it and pass it. If the car does not turn off the road, I almost always do, and by a wide margin.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand
What about Perry, Davis-Besse, and Beaver Valley nuclear plants along with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Ohio and hydro on Ohio river?
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Haha, no. The average person does not think that deeply or use that much math.
"run circles around" What do you even mean? You fan boys are hilarious.
Expect they are morally equivalent because morality is relative and individual.
I can imagine these being great for non-loading city vehicles. Something like a small hatchback generally only has a weight differential of few passengers, fuel, and some shopping bags. For something larger like a pick-up or 7-seater I'd be sceptical.
I use the program "xcape" [1] to map CapsLock to Esc when no other button is pressed and Ctrl when it is pressed together with another button.

Similarly you could remap the Spacebar to e.g. R_Shift with Xmodmap and let xcape emit a Space when R_Shift (which is now the Space bar) is pressed in isolation.

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"Safety" comes at the expense of freedoms, such as the freedom to read the shooter's manifesto. Whether or not you think the freedom/safety it is worth the trade off is you opinion, but you can't deny it's one step closer to total authoritarianism.

I've personally read a few shooter manifestos, including "My Twisted World", and don't see why it's a big deal to do so. I found it to be a fascinating insight into a world of mental illness I would never have imagined.
Correct, compounded by the passing of the AABill last year. Australian agencies can now intercept any communications in Australia, including foreign entities that operate in Australia. We are yet to see whether any foreign corp will deny such a request (but they come with inbuilt gag order so we may never know).
Describing Google's data collection practices as "opt in" is a bit generous.

>In going through a set of privacy popups put out in May by Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, the researchers found that the first two especially feature “dark patterns, techniques and features of interface design mean to manipulate users…used to nudge users towards privacy intrusive options.”

https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/27/study-calls-out-dark-patte...
Can you please explain what positions do you think are being treated as equivalent in the parent comment?
Right when, they were supposed to - when Hitler attacked Poland. If Hitler had to fight on two fronts in September 1939 there would be no Blitzkrieg. And possibly Russian would not attack Poland, Finland and other countries at that time.
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My point was it's politically correct to pick on a certain class of people and people that are otherwise extremely politically correct don't find the hypocrisy in doing so.

The "enlightened city folk" is from the disparaged group's point of view, not mine.