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Early age CS, math, science enthusiast here that left undergraduate with 3 classes left.
I have no respect for what passes as university education. Obfuscation and book burning is the MO - and it is most prevalent in these 'economics' classes (hint: always read the original works+history for your math classes) . Econ is not science or math - don't dare conflate the dogmas of modern science (or the copy errors of your mathematics curriculum) with the utter nonsense of university economics. It is pure gaslighting dogma of inconsistent and erroneous dogma. The courses serve nothing more than to demonstrate how not to build a model and how improper definitions and first principles lead to nonsense. This is the crown jewl of post modernist institutions:

1 Comoditize and sell shitty models.
2 rigorous tests to see if you remembered erroneous definitions and concepts.
3 refuse to acknowledge inconvenient evidence
4 worship figures that engage in plagerism and open dishonesty.
5 hide the true power in upper level math courses after brainwashing population to despise math. Bonus points if public university endorses purposefully confusing high school curriculum.
6 distract from the fact that real science is a constructive discipline - like CS without the cargo culting. Remove constructive math from high school and erroneously claim foundational texts such as Euclid's elements are obsolete. Back up said claims with dishonest translations. Don't forget to memorize the periodic table without question or further discussion. Define stupid shit like Electrons are point particles and make up some cloud bullshit. Always confuse territory and maps.

Edit: claim that the dragon book is obsolete. Never expose students to it's insights into logic, modeling, and language.
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Attempt to have a discussion on economics without understanding banking and government. It's like trying to have a discussion of CS without discussing binary or other bases.
I wouldn’t take the act of destruction as being literal. However, if all of a sudden Nike’s became actually uncool and not just uncool with the alt-right then that would be a Disco Demolition.
Indeed, why not just switch back to the old design instead of yet another "new" design that will need to be proven - even if the old design is expensive, this is a premium laptop, for professionals, and I'd argue the keyboard is one area you should not be compromising too heavily for cost.
Eerie as I am working on an unsecured ES instance and then I see this. My one is just for playing though. No sensitive data there :-)
Transcoding was a relatively late addition to the whole system— for a long time we only passed through the original video bits unchanged and tried to advise broadcasters about picking compromise settings.

By the time we decided transcoding was necessary, we had enough in-house video engineering knowledge to build our own system integrated with everything else.
Mind sharing what you used to get this Esc behavior? (single vs combo hit)
That's good news—for the people who are buying laptops next year.

Hopefully the return to scissor switches is combined with some improvements to the touch bar. My suggestion to Apple would be: put a small physical ESC key on the far left of the touch bar on 13 inch models, and include both physical F-keys AND a touch bar on the larger models.

Bonus points: allow people to choose classic F-keys on the 13 inch models as a BTO option.
Not every "influencer" is the same. Some have actual skills and adequate reach to justify advertising via them (I believe this is what you labeled "influencer" in your comment) while others are just trying to get freebies without contributing any value back to the client.

Additionally, regarding politics: While I do believe that empowering people who are actually concerned with the well-being of their community is important and an area in which our political systems could improve, I also think that "disrupting" politics by giving power to influencers would ultimately lead to more bad than good (in the form of indoctrination, corruption and populism).
Yeah, YouTube's definition is self serving, and breaks apart for many important use cases. Their real definition is "we allow/block whatever makes us look good in the court of public opinion", and to think they have any real definition beyond that is a fallacy.
yeah, super exciting.
OTOH going all the way to organic farming means more area needed for the same output, exacerbating the biodiversity threat due to land use change.

Similarly, no-till farming has environmental benefits, but probably needs more herbicides.
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Are the butterflies justifiably thinner than the older chicklet keyboard? I feel like there is no way they made a measurable difference... But maybe it did.
It is trivial to hide your identity in the UK / US / Australia etc.

You must understand that the "City" (London's financial district) has different rules than the rest of the country. It is an off-shore jurisdiction in the centre of London.
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Because it's about realiability, they just can't get the butterfly mechanism to work without failing eventually and don't want to replace keyboards constantly. It's irrelavant that some people like the feel of the butterfly keyboard more if it breaks far too often.
I have a Mazda 2 (2017 model) with a touchscreen, but my model also has a rotary control knob which works great - I never have to touch the screen - in fact it's being disabled when I reach 30km/h. The nastiest problem I have is bluetooth volume - where FM/USB (mp3) playback at volume 9-10 (out of 50) are perfect, for bluetooth I have to be at 34-37 to be on the same level. And the problem is when switching between them - the horror!!! But even worse is if I forget to activate bluetooth on my phone and start the car, which after a few seconds of trying to connect to the phone switches automatically to FM and BLARES the fucking sound at me! It's insane.

I didn't have this problem with a Sony player in a rather old car (Opel Astra 2001). It remembered the volume setting for each function separately, so when you switched between FM, usb playback or bluetooth you had the volume you used previously for each.

I contacted Mazda with this problem, but they never bothered to answer.
Hi, I sent an email to a previously posted address regarding any possibilities for bioinformatics work, I hope it arrived to you successfully. Thanks
Ah yes, my bad, you are correct. I meant to say that it's not simply that the distinction is between "named individual" and "stranger" but is more complex.

It seems like "they" is used 'correctly' for a singular subject when the subject has been previously referred to, but hasn't been given a proper name. But I'm sure a linguist has studied this in further detail.
It's not that difficult or expensive in Germany (and most of Europe), though.
I was wondering what is the actual unit. 90 degrees is a bit overloaded.
And at the same time, Dell switches its XPS line to butterfly switches...
Given that I am not a vi user, ESC being there doesn't matter to me.

There are the F keys when debugging, but I tend to jump between them and mouse anyway.

Since I only use Mac devices occasionally at work, I guess all in all it doesn't make that bad impression on me, versus fighting single keys for input.
In the last 100 years. Missing from the title.
Same copy paste on every climate change post is starting to feel like tedious spam at this point.

I see from your history it's the only thing you have ever posted on HN.
Don't understand the problem. I like new keyboard more than the previous one, I'm indifferent to touchbar and mapping escape to capslock was the best thing ever. The only thing I hate is keys getting stuck, but it actually stopped happening(2017 model). I wouldn't like to come back to old keyboard now.
How can you for instance verify the checksum of the file when it's deleted?
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About time, been wanting get a MacBook pro to replace my 2011 MacBook Air but wasn't going to get one with that keyboard. Will still wait a while to see if new design is any good.
Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Btrfs?
i doubt that. people don't seem to make connections like that intuitively
> I listened, I cared, for years. Then I stopped.

Please don't take my comment as a personal attack. I am really wondering if you could elaborate on what you mean by "cared" and "stopped"?

From my own experience, once you make some profound (permanent) changes to your lifestyle it's not even that easy to just stop and go back any more.
> Keyboard ergonomics and feel is dependent on many factors, but it is a promising sign that Apple is reverting to the same key switch mechanism used in every MacBook before 2015, which was widely praised.

If Apple builds an MBPr with the 2015 keyboard with newer materials and calls this a new and improved keyboard. They will have a purchase from me.

I will also hope that it's essentially a 2015 chassis and comes with magsafe and an improved cord so it doesn't wear out as quick. With the extra thickness they shouldn't have the screen issues with the cord wearing out either, solving that problem as well.

The only two wishes that I have are a micro-oled screen and arm processor. Maybe in 2022 I get delivered these, but I can wait.

edit: i meant micro-oled, not mini
Do the former on 13 inch models and the latter for 15+ inch models.
Right now, it is a cultural marker. If you run a linguistic use analysis, you see that it is used on the coasts and a few key urban areas in the US and it hasn't made progress toward universality.
I don't think that's very fair. Some people are extremely gifted mathematicians with incredible talent for algorithmic thinking, yet can be totally shut down by build configuration bullshit. It's a huge pain point in C-land.
I sometimes feel that many people and companies need to take a lesson in the art of doing nothing.

Change for change’s sake is pretty shitty. The feeling of needing to do or change something is sometimes wrong.

Like this app which used to work pretty damn good... Scanbot. Every single release they mess it up even more, simply because the developers need to be doing something.
As much as I prefer the file protocol, an other option would be:

$ busybox httpd -p 8080 -f

-p for port (also possible to bind to specific IP: -p 127.0.0.1:8080), -f for foreground, also optional -h for served directory (default is .).

But the difference between doing almost nothing, a double click once and then it stays there even between restarts, to giving a specific command in a terminal is monstrously huge.
How do researchers just "come across" these massive data dumps
And at the same time, while Apple is moving away from butterfly switches, Dell is moving to them with new business laptop lines and XPS
Perpendicular?
> Human consensus is a valid form of blockchain consensus.

No, Linus is a form of an oracle here. Linus says the head is X therefore it is.

(oracles are fine! we could also just call them "authorities"! having an authority at the head of a project is fine! but it's not really blockchain.)
> litany of people who decry the lack of physical buttons to control everything

So how about you as a car manufacturer make these people happy but with an even better design than they expected?

Car usability is not subjective, it can easily be measured. For example, how often do drivers adjust the audio volume while driving? If they are doing it less often it means the volume function is less usable (the driver feels it would be unsafe to try and use the function). And so on.
I'm really hoping for materials improvements across the board on the next 13" MBP. I haven't had that many issues with the keyboard, though do find it a little loud. However, I find that the aluminum scratches too easily, gets stained quickly, and the screen coating is very vulnerable to damage from both the keyboard pressing against it and just bout anything touching it. Likewise, while I happen to have only been using it exclusively as a portable laptop with not much plugged into it, the thought of trying to plug this into the wall, a monitor, and an external HD at the same time is infuriating. Even if I had a USB-C to displayport connector, I'd be out of ports. Couldn't even plug in a Logitech wireless mouse at the same time. It's pretty upsetting that I spent so much money and have more constraints than I did before.
I agree with youtube in this case.

Any video that gives an opportunity to malevolent people to do harm must be banned from youtube.

But it must be banned from general purpose video viewing sites only, not from the internet.

Specialized sites should be allowed to host these videos.

Altenatively, youtube must create a new category of videos that are viewable only when the real identity of the viewer is confirmed.
Gothamist had some decent articles / videos on mad recently. Including one on Al Jafffee who did the folding back page. They’re short and pretty interesting.

https://gothamist.com/2016/05/18/mad_magazine_video_tour.php

Al Jaffee interview:

https://gothamist.com/2016/05/05/al_jaffee_mad_magazine.php
> When did Apple realise the butterfly switches were not salvagable?

Probably about five minutes after Jony Ive left. Somehow I doubt the timing is a coincidence.
As a long term FreeBSD user I have to say that the Foundation has been great for me because they made it easy for me to donate money every year. I don't give a lot, only about $50, but I've donated every year because it's easy and they are polite.
If any mod could edit the title to be "90°F" that would be great, it took me longer than I'm willing to admit to understand what it meant :)
There is also https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ which doesn't require any particular skills. Maybe you want to include that in your copypasta for the next thread.
"The highest temperature ever recorded at Anchorage’s official station was 85 degrees"
Trying out Frama-C (2018)
3D-visualization of ancient sanctuary shows ritual connected to astronomy
I'm not sure if using hidden services is considered a viable solution here on HN, but it seems to to me to be the solution. Don't know any video streaming services but I assume that such sites already exist. The main selling point would be relative difficulty to take down a specific video through a legal action. I assume that youtube takedowns are either results of complaints/legal threats that they have received or a preemptive action to avoid such legal problems happening in future, i.e. their legal department assessed that the risk of such motions in future to be likely. On the other hand, considering bandwidth requirements for video streaming deanonymization of such service appears to be relatively easy, hence possibly some service centered around ipfs would be viable.
Of course not, they need that oil and gas to power the AC units everyone will be buying now. Won't somebody think of the revenue?
Exactly

It’s a piece of shit, and even after a replacement it’s broken within weeks.
Why am I not surprised
The problem with the design is that it breaks, not that it is otherwise bad. I prefer it over the older design, as do many others.
America 'Land of the free'.
I quite agree that the “punching down” thing is different this time. The progressives haven’t consolidated yet - especially economically. The white cis male behind the computer screen definitely has the economic higher ground (or, his socioeracial status does). But, critically, I think they are punching “up” in terms of social status.

I don’t think, and we should all hope, that most people uncomfortable with pronouns are also those that egg on a synagogue shooter. There are levels here. Who’s going to give them a place to belong first?
https://www.adminer.org/ for both
Ask HN: Do you believe that you can write secure code and applications?
What the title says basically.
I'm doing some research for a thesis and I'm looking for some feedback on this question.
When I say secure, I mean :
- Do you think that the code you write is exempt of basic/common vulnerabilities ?
- If you think so, where/how did you learn to ?
- Is there a process in your company to check for those vulnerabilities ?
Committed emissions from existing infrastructure jeopardize 1.5°C climate target
The problem is that the keyboard breaks very easily, at random.
What are your estimates for the cost of climate change?
You know what they say: it's the 'S' in 'IoT' that stands for security.
> That implies that he thinks Taxis are a public transport, but of course, they aren't.

In Germany, Taxis are considered part of public transport, and regulated as such. This is justified by them providing an essential service (transportation), to everyone in a community when regular public transport is not available (e.g. no line or a night) or impossible to take (e.g. people with limited mobility)

The private counterpart to the public Taxi is the minicar.

The most important federal regulation, without which a Taxis isn't a Taxi is the "Beförderungspflicht" - the obligation to carry someone. It doesn't matter if you just wanna go around the corner or it the direction is inconvenient for the driver. Within the designated area (usually the city limit) they _have to_ transport you where you want to go, at the regulated price. (Obviously there are exception for people who are behaving violently, etc.).

Connected to this is also the "Betriebspflicht", if your company has a license to provide Taxi services it _has_ to be provided at a certain minimum level. This is a way to guarantee that there's always a minimum amount of Taxis.
Show HN: A/B player Chrome extension for musicians
We have had it already, several times over but people dont care. Once it is something big enough (like I now own your house or bank account) people will care, although big bank and government will protect us surely...
First good signs after Ive departure. I hope that new blood will improve their product line.
It's very easy to host a video elsewhere than YouTube.

It's very easy to view a video elsewhere than YouTube.

It's difficult to convince other people to view a video elsewhere than YouTube. You'd have to be on YouTube to begin with to reach them. Sure, there are Facebook and Twitter. But if you want to get off those as well (and I do)… good luck.
It is, and it's not just YouTube, I follow alot of "niche" channels, and the distribution of enforcement is comical.
That’s pretty much the conclusion I’ve reached; now just narrowing down which species (or mix thereof) will make things better in a year or two but won’t be a complete PITA to deal with if I later want to take the next step and grow food.
Hey NeedMoreTea, you're right - so far I haven't posted so much else. Do you have any idea on how to raise awareness of community projects that you would feel are more respectful? 50+ people have joined the projects over the last week, attributing it to threads on HN, so it seems that for some users it is providing some value.
> Any video that gives an opportunity to malevolent people to do harm must be banned from youtube.

What if those same videos help oppressed people do do good?
Youtube is not a chat app, where you have 10 alternatives (whatsapp, viber, wechat, fb, telegram, signal,...), but it's the site where most users search for videos, and if eg. wallmart had such a monopoly as youtube does, if they decide not to sell your products, you're basically fuked.
I get the sense that their new new design will be little more than an incremental improvement on the tried-and-true scissor switch, with a fun story about breakthrough materials design.

And I also get the sense that whatever Apple does here will be tested within an inch of its life. Hopefully that includes chocolate crumbs followed by a spilt latte.
I don't expect Alaska residents will immediately start buying AC units just because 1 day in a year reaches 32°C.

32C is not that bad, a simple fan is more than enough to keep you cool.
Nah. Developers learned to do something without producing anything: Refactoring! We can do it all the day as long as you want, there's no end at perfection. That's managers who feel that they need to do something.
Wouldn't the decompression fail in that case?
It probably shouldn't be visible in title tag: https://i.imgur.com/a1RLCt0.png
That's what I initially thought.
This is of course a welcome move, but it's mostly meaningless when the reduction curve is not defined. We can't continue on the current path until 2040 and then switch over till 2050. We need quick reductions now. What are the targets for 2025 and 2030?
> How can I continue caring when everyone around me exploits the way things are and gets ahead because of it?

Nice guys finish last. The tragedy of the commons. Etc.
It’s in the alt attribute, like it should.
Short term economic gains now, with deferred death-tolls later, sounds like business as usual then when it comes to earthquake risks.
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Feel the same—but I’d probably feel differently if I had a keyboard failure, especially before the free repair program.

Going back to the previous generation feels mushy now...
Google-savvy reputation consultants cover up content for the right price
How about a trade-off, something like:

In order to receive "Safe harbour" copyright immunity for uploaded user content, you have to have fairly lax rules on content (e.g. only blocking actual criminal content, which is all youtube have done before this, right?).

If you want to significantly curate your content, you can't hide behind the legal protection of "uncurated user content".
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I don't think we've really had "the big one" yet, it's going to be something like several years of recorded private audio conversations from the interiors of luxury cars being dumped, or every amazon echo on the planet simultaneously playing 'fuck the police' by NWA.
Brute force search and intuition for areas to target (eg. likely open ports, dictionary attacks)
>"The firmware contained a few certificates and a corresponding private key."

A cunning plot by Huawei to distribute private keys in Cisco firmware?
The certificate is only valid for www.immux.com, immux.com can be directly accessed and isn't redirected to www.
this is simply server security... the application happens to be classed as IoT, but this is has nothing to do with the IoT aspects.
What "media response" are you seeing, and where? From the article:

> Given the ongoing political controversy around Huawei, we did not want to speculate any further [..] According to Cisco, no attack vectors have been identified

What's wrong with that, and how would it be "different" if it was the other way around?
Indeed. I started with with a perpendicular wth, and then did the conversion.
Likely explanation for this type of discovery would be either internet wide scans of known services or happening across these servers while reverse-engineering an app / protocol related to the specific service. The former seems to be the case here, as the authors refer to some of their "web-mapping" efforts in the last paragraph and have previously published similar findings [1, 2] they discovered through the same process. You can get starting points for probing into this as a service from places like [3] if you don't want to perform the scan on your own infrastructure - although the tools for this became insanely accessible over the last few years (at least for IPv4 coverage).

[1] https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/report-millions-homes-exposed...
[2] https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/report-theta360-leak/
[3] https://www.shodan.io/
Heidigger isn't worth reading by anyone of any age. He's one of the OG Charlatans before DnG and Lacan beat him out
each user has many records.... from the numbers, I'm guessing around 2000 each (probably light-on... light-off... light-on... light-off).