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Dyslexic's of the world untie!

I actually think a lot of people underestimate quite how many dyslexic people are about in industries you wouldn't expect them. I work in software development for instance and have worked with vast swaths of dyslexic devs, QA/test automation engineers and all sorts of other technical roles. A lot of the time its never really brought up as thanks to syntax & spell check its fairly hard to go wrong (I'll admit to having been responsible for a couple of pretty questionably spelt variable names tho).

Its really only in fully written out text it can become obvious as even with spellcheck, if you bungle a word bad enough (or somehow skip a few which i also do more frequently than i'd like), what gets fixed can sometimes be far more bazaar than the spelling error itself.

For the most part I think people develop coping mechanisms for the majority of day to day issues it gives them, although some bits Ill admit I've never been able to fully work around (I feel most 6 year olds would likely out do me trying to alphabetise a stack of books for instance) - not that its something that comes up regularly in my day job `book.sort();` :)

It's probably also notable that the stuff under the term "Dyslexic" vary's a lot - both my wife and i have it (future kids are doomed), and although we share a lot of stuff, some symptoms are entirely different. Its actually a pretty interesting thing to read up on - especially as a remember some of the info being pretty much none existent only a decade or so ago - while now there is are ton of research about in to what on earth is going on with it.
One major difference is:

Akaunting is multi user
but Firefly is single-user only

https://firefly-iii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/support/feature...
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Sadly the Chinese govt plays no games. See Tienanmen, Tibet or million+ Muslims in concentration camps.

Here they are "just restoring law and order" against vandals, a critical role of any government, so very few critics will be heard.
> I tend to see as anti-useful

I hope to be able to change your view.

Consider hypotheses A and B below:

A: A CS researcher who specializes in 5G networks, and who does not describes his interests as including astrophysics, makes a breakthrough discovery that provides a correct alternative to dark matter
B: non-A

Which one is more probable? I would say B easily by a factor of 100.

Let's consider 2 other hypotheses:
C: someone who can read a paper and point to its conceptual flaws lists some red flags about its authors
D: that person actually can't read the paper

I guess D is about 100 times more likely than C, isn't it?

Considering that we all engage in probabilistic inference like that, why is it wrong to communicate its conclusions?

You may have 2 answers to that:

1. it's against the old adage to critique the work, not the person; I'm pretty sure that's the answer

2. the uneducated masses should refrain from criticizing the ivory tower. And considering that they can't really understand the math, that means they shouldn't even try to use lateral heuristics, even if they try to give them the mathematically sounding label of "probabilistic inference". If there was no Markov Chain Monte Carlo or variational Bayes involved, it's not probabilistic inference :)
I'm assuming you're privileged enough to have never been an enlisted soldier in a military? This isn't hordes of men clamouring to "oppress" someone. Often people are conscripted or come from such a poor background that enlistment helps their life significantly.

After the first 6 months in the military, you'll have been broken enough to have lost a lot of sense of individuality and are willing to just blindly follow orders. After your initial training, you're likely dumped into an established unit where you are at the very bottom of the totem pole. Until about 20 years ago in western militaries, you'd experience physical violence on the first day of your first posting into a "real" unit just to show you your place. I'm assuming this still happens in China. If there are soldiers in those trucks it is very likely they haven't been told a single thing about their mission.

It's very easy to live your comfortable life and talk about how evil the individual soldiers are but in reality, the troops holding the rifles on the ground are simply a tool of those higher.
As far as I've heard from Singaporeans, they didn't "annoy" Malaysia. Ethnic Chinese politicians got popular (well, especially Li Guangyao) and threatened the stability and harmony of majority Muslim Malay country.

As one Chinese taxi driver in Kedah told me, they were supposed to keep quiet and stay away from politics. At least back then, especially influential Malays feared their absolute power is in danger. Didn't help that Li (who always wanted Malaysia to be a state were every ethnicity has equal rights) openly spoke about how poor Malays are held back both by their religious and lay leaders.
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It looks like Bahnhhof is $43/month for gigabit, compared to $70-80 in the US for Verizon or AT&T. But income is 50% higher in the US, so in terms of affordability the difference isn’t as big. (Remember, fiber service isn’t a product mass-manufactured in China. Everyone from the guy laying fiber to the guy doing tech support is getting paid much higher US salaries, not lower Swedish salaries.)
How does this handle “pip install” and third party code? It seems the memory safety guarantees depend on reimplementing things in Rust (for stdlib modules), which would be interesting in and of itself, as well as formal verification.
Truth. It's especially stressful, because too many will value your time as much as they pay for it. If you work on a team doing some big $10M deploy for an enterprise client, that client will be buying you dinners and setting you up in a nice hotel. You get on the hotel wifi and check into your foss projects and find a dozen messages saying how angry they are because some feature wasn't implemented, or see a comment on a post about it saying how much your work sucks and that they have written something better (that will be released some day "soon").
I guess Wagyu is just a type of cow and that it's perfectly possible to buy low quality Wagyu beef without crazy marbling ?
True. Though misandry also includes the devaluing of certain ways a masculine identifying person might express that masculinity, just as misogyny also includes ways the devaluing of certain ways a feminine identifying person might express their femininity. Misandry is not simply the wholesale hatred of men and/or masculinity, just as misogyny is not simply the wholesale hatred of women and/or femininity. Toxic masculinity, as a term, encompasses behaviours which are driven by misogyny, misandry, and the, in masculine people, internalised misandry resulting in the perpetuation of mysogyny and misandrist attitudes.

To see it as caused solely by internalised misandry is limiting. Such a view ignores the fact that toxic masculinity is a gestalt of behaviours driven by many different beliefs and attitudes - it ignores the fact that toxic masculinity is exhibited when mysogynistic or misandrisric behaviours are observed, and the observer is coerced by society to act in that manner thus perpetuating the cycle of sexism, internalised or not.

If we want to address the syndrome we call toxic masculinity, we'll need to dissect it thoroughly. We'll need to name and target each component. As it is composed of behaviours resulting from all forms of sexism, we must address all those named forms of sexism in society from all applicable sources. Everyone in society contributes to toxic masculinity - but in different ways. Clearly a multifaceted approach is required - one in which we must all participate actively.

Sexism is unacceptable and the mechanisms by which sexism perpetuates itself must be destroyed. Language is a very powerful weapon in that fight. We have a direct responsibility to use it effectively and with great precision. Let's carefully examine the words we use in this struggle to eliminate what we call toxic masculinity, because clearly there's some real confusion about what we're talking about here and some debate about who needs take action - because we all need to take action.
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What wasn't substantive about the GP's post? It was factual to a fault.
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I guess this isn't so surprising considering the holism with which the brain conducts itself. I.e. no specific functions are entirely localized to specific areas (although some areas do tend towards specialization). All or many parts of the brain are taking part in language, executive function, emotions. I always imagine it as a massive chunk of feedback loops all plastically wired together where there is the possibility for ostensibly pure 'cognitive' functionality (biased towards neocortex) to be processed in an 'emotional' (limbic) way. Hence why there's some interesting emotional/stress-related comorbidities in both ADHD and dyslexia (and in various other neurodevelopmental disorders). Obviously am not a neurobiologist but everything I've read about the topic suggests that our model of neurological ailments (i.e. DSM's strictly discrete categories) is not representative of how such things manifest neuroanatomically (more continuous & intertwined).
> The assumption that if we don't incentivize new births the conomy will collapse is just an assumption

Not really:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/02/21/chinas-agi...

The economy might sort itself, but society has a much harder time of it.

Also, there's a class discrepancy in childbirth. In many affluent countries - as you've rightly pointed out - those who can live off what paltry state benefits exist (or even see the childbirth benefits boost their incomes) will - and will procreate abundantly, relying on the state. But quite frankly, those with limited access to contraception and the work-shy will procreate anyway, whether the state boosts their income or not.

Those with mortgages and careers and high IQ will not. Not that IQ is necessarily genetic, but it does tend to run in families.

The kinds of people who engage with HN are probably the kinds of people we should be encouraging INTO childbirth, not out of it - for the sake of society as well as for the sake of the economy.

And yes, there are limited resources. We need to deal with that. I don't think space travel or the next advance in GM is going to fix it all, by any stretch. We should do serious research into how to best fit the resource at hand, as a species.

But high-brow fear-mongering is the worst solution pragmatically. And parents with babies dying in the streets is the worst solution morally (and hygienically). You clearly have some intelligence, so don't settle for the false economy of unfeeling intellectualism, it's counterproductive. Find real solutions, not rhetoric.
I guess this is where giant Tesla powerwalls or flow batteries come into the picture. A way to efficiently store the energy for when its needed.
> China has nukes. Absolutely nothing will happen

China has shown (again) in their treatment of Hong Kong that they don't care about past agreements. The least that anyone can do, even in the presence of nukes, is to get their business out of China, and that is already happening to some degree. And of course be welcoming to people who choose to emigrate from Hong Kong.
no i never said that. i merely observed that a question in the article is legitimate. not sure how i got dragged into addressing whataboutism in this subthread but ok
That seems to be what they are doing.

University starts again soon and it is expected that the protests will loose steam.

That's a boring story so people don't talk about it.
Of all the efforts at an alternative mobile OS so far, Harmony OS seems to have the best chances of success, because it is backed up by the Chinese state and its pervasive surveillance apparatus. With government help and full integration into the total surveillance of all Chinese citizens, they can get their share of the Chinese market and break the application barrier.
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It's likely that you would need to get planning permission to put solar panels on the roof of a building. This generally requires you to be the owner.

Therefore it might not be best described as a market failure. It could be better described as a failure due to planning regulations that only give power to land-owners.

This is big problem in Europe, since as you point out: many people rent.
There's a rehab hospital here in Boston that does assistive bike rides. They have a wide variety of bicycles and tricycles and can get just about anyone out there pedaling with either hands or feet.

Yes, pretty much everyone can ride bikes. Or scooters. Or velomobiles. Or hang gliders. There is some human-powered vehicle out there for everyone.

We just have to get out of this local maxima based around driving oil-burning SUVs.
The most liberal west-loving people I know in China are claiming that these are terrorist acts being pushed by America.

The chances of mainlanders being inspired by this is zero. Most seem to want to see the protesters disappear, and I don’t mean just going home and giving up.

People seem to love hyping up the idea that the young people in China will “wake up” and want democracy, free speech, etc. It’s going in the opposite direction and fast.
A cruise missile nuclear jet engine is indeed not suitable for normal power generation.
The UK got in a bit of a row with China about it: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/03/foreign-offi...
The title is a bit of a clickbait as it clearly states that they didn't manage to cure it 100%
> “Aggression tends to be more socially acceptable to many men than anxiety.”

Is this what is meant by 'toxic masculinity'
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It's still not a clear choice, at least not in Portugal. A solar panel + battery setup pays itself back in 10-12 years, without selling electricity back to the grid. This exceeds the warranty/lifetime on batteries and exceeds the warranty on panels (although not the lifetime). It's a risky proposition.

Selling back to the grid is priced at the wholesale price: 4¢/kWh (slated for 5¢ early next year). It's sold at a loss, since consumer prices are about 10¢/kWh by night and 20¢/kWh by day. The ability to sell back does not move the needle on the payback period.

And note that Portugal is a sunny country. A panel works, on yearly average, 5h/day at full power. In central/northern Europe the numbers are probably worse.
Greater than zero (never trust the heavily massaged public sentiment - and the VPN usage hints at a "silent but substantial" objecting miniority) but HK and Mainland have a history of negative sentiments that goes back to while the British still held it.
Might be a bit of a tangent, but I was looking at the names referenced to support the article. Temple Grandin, Jung, Jane Goodall, etc...

While I have my doubts about the validity of MBTI testing, I Googled the names, and each of those people appear to tend towards *NFJ types (most likely INFJ).

Not sure if that means anything, just thought it was a fun observation.
Better than paying Tesla for each gas or diesel-powered Fiat sold.
Having read all your comments it seems your point is to introduce doubt and muddy the waters. It's a classic propaganda tactic which is routinely employed by the CCP. It might work on reddit but it will take more than that here.
This isn't meant to be troll-y / snark-y, but if the USA factored out subsidies for Big Oil, and then added in the military costs associated with keeping the oil flowing, that would make solar look much more attractive.
I read Lang's bird of paradise when I was a kid and was thoroughly wowed by the fact it was so deep I couldn't understand it. When I grew up I realised long obscure words used to conceal self-indulgent ramblings wasn't a sign of anything good. I can't find an extract of meat of the book, can anyone else?

As someone who also has had, and likely always will have mental health problems, anyone who glorifies that which is fundamentally an illness deserves a good kicking. It's miserable, destructive, isolating and no less a disease than, say, cancer.
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People do buy houses, cars, even electronics like laptops through a lease. It is the banks and financial institutes that need a bit of nudge (or appropriate market signals) to start offering competitive lease options and people will be buying solar panels in no time.

On the other hand, the recent California law about new houses needing solar panels is a step in the right direction.
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One of which is finding a company that is a major contributor to OSS projects. It probably won't be the same as being simply a pure OSS contributor, but nothing that earns you money is likely to be.
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I can relate to this article. I didn't know how to handle anxiety so I handled it like a man, by drinking, fighting, screaming.
But where to draw the line in this economic assessment? What about the cost of the stress and mental health problems for both parents and children that are caused when lots of people are not given the opportunity to look after their newborns properly? The first few months for a new family are absolutely crucial in terms of baby health and parental relationships etc.
The Install Gentoo wiki from /g/ has a good beginner's guide. Unfortunately, it looks like the wiki is down right now, but here's an archive of the SDR page.

http://archive.is/eJYEy
> That's an interesting interpretation. FCA is buying ZEV credits in the market, of which Tesla has a large supply. Would you describe Facebook buying servers as "Facebook paying Intel billions so they can keep selling advertisements online"?

That's a specious comparison. ZEV credits are a punitive measure designed to make automakers want to convert their fleet to electric where the market itself can't force it. Facebook buying components for their datacenter from said manufacturers of components has nothing to do with it. A more apt comparison would be Facebook being forced to pay doubleclick for each ad served on facebook.
Installing solar panels has become more and more uninteresting, at least in Germany.

In former times there were generous subsidies for installing solar panels: You got, I think, a fixed amount per kWh that you installed on your roof and you also got a better price for the electricity that you put back into the grid. In Germany it's called "Einspeisevergütung" if I remember correctly.

This program was limited though, and now you have to pay for the panels all yourself (or you get only a little bonus from the state) and the prices for "selling" into the grid have fallen drastically because there's just too much electricity on sunny days and its sold for negative values on the international electricity markets.

Installing new solar panels on your roof is now only interesting when you can use the electricity for yourself. That means charging EVs, filling battery-powered storage (also expensive and not subsidized, I think) or using the electricity around and in your house.

If you've got an older installation you might benefit from the old tariffs and get a little bit more money, but building new systems is rather uninteresting for private households.

With rising prices for electricity there will be new "motivation" for installing new solar systems on your house. But as already said, only for using the electricity for yourself.

Also a law was changed recently, so that renters can now install their own "balcony solar systems" (one panel for example) and feed that electricity right back into their grid through the wall outlet. This is only allowed with small systems though, so that you may produce enough energy for your household base load, but not make your meter turn backwards.

In the bigger picture all of this shows how Germany has, so far, failed to do a real switch to renewable energies or really take a step into that direction.

We got lots of solar systems and lots of wind turbines, but we are not able to store the produced electricity for later use. So lots of wind turbines are turned out of the wind, because there's an overproduction of electricity on windy days. And prices for solar generated electricity have dropped, as already mentioned.

Meanwhile the four large energy companies in Germany are doing what they want and are holding the government as hostage.

Chopping down woods without any need, because some coal-fired power stations needs to be run because we could otherwise lose 20.000 jobs all over Germany.

Nobody thinks about how many jobs we could create with a heavy switch and investment in renewable energies and storage solutions for energy.

After all, taking a step backwards it's kind of a sad situation.
Kind of agree, but it's still sad to see authoritarian China take Hong Kong by force, against their will, while other nations stay deaf to their cries for help.

At least some serious sanctions / embargo on some chinese industries as a direct result of their actions in Hong Kong would be good.
This isn't only sunk cost, it's attributed to different budgets. You would struggle to get many people to accept the subsidy exists. Likewise in car manufacture, or aircraft, or almost any established industry with a large cost/price distinction and externalities unmet.

All gas and oil has fugitive C02 issues. Look what happened with that gas storage well in California which had months long leaks. Were the owners required to offset the extra CO2? Or the gulf oil leaks which have been continuously flowing since the sixties? Or tar sands?

Nobody budgets the remediation cost into the unit cost of the energy.
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I would think that it would be possible to take the hot ashes directly from the boiler firebox and smelt out the different heavy metals to recover them, different temperatures for each metal. Another possibility would be to convert the coal to coal gas first using coal heated anaerobically combined with steam. This is an old technology that can recover waste heat from the steam turbines at the power plant. The gas produced would be used at the electric power plant the same way that natural gas is used. The main thing is that the waste left behind can be processed to extract the heavy metals,radioactive elements,and arsenic before using the remaining ash as construction material. There has to be a market for each of these materials.
Mostly a sports-oriented diet. I try to maintain a healthy balance between carbs, protein(2g per kg bodyweight) and fat(1-1.2g per kg bodyweight). Meat usually once a week. Loads of greens, fruits, eggs, oats, cheese/yoghurt and nuts.
Also whole-grain bread.
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