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I can't speak for others, but I'm not a bot. I saw it at the very top of the 'new' page just after it was submitted, scanned the article, and thought it was worthy of discussion. I haven't kept up with bicycle helmet tech, but thought others here might have opinions on whether this is advertising junk or an actual breakthrough. While it's possible there was simultaneously a spectacularly effective promotion campaign, I'm guessing most of the other early votes were similarly real.
Marijuana has medical uses and relieves anxiety for a lot of people, and yet the US is beholden to pharmas pushing addictive drugs while so many sit jailed for minor marijuana possession charges. I am pretty sure that is a violation of rights too.

The availability of low cost prescription drugs definitely is a part of fixing class warfare, that the US is doing nothing about.

And last I checked, chicken, lamb, pork are meats too, and the studies are on vegetarians and there are contradicting studies too. And if you want to tell me that people need to eat only beef to get better, then you better have some solid evidence for that.

India needs work in free speech, no doubt. But minorities do get to have a voice. They are free to participate in the democracy, publish newspapers, write books (and there are plenty of books written about addressing casteism in India).

I never argued India is perfect. I am just telling people to get off the high horse. There are things India does better than the US too. And unless the west is willing to absorb the Asian population, the comparison is particularly useless since people are not just going to be uprooted and moved to the US.
If it turns out PRC messes with HK's traffic, PRC is going to lose a load of trust over this.

Businesses relying on VPN'ing home to function, those believe its a human right to choose their leadership.

Why shouldn't the fragrant harbor enjoy same autonomy the rest of these received?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_ga...

What's there to fear? Do Hong Kongers not share the same kindred blood, language (as far as Cantonese, at least in Guangdong), culture.

Why not let Hong Konger's vote for independence? Scotland had a chance in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_ref.... What keeps it together? I don't know. Trust? Respect?

Is there trust and respect between HK <-> China? I've been between GZ/HK many times. They're different places. If PRC wants to be an example to others of their own philosophy and system, they should do it by building trust over time, not by using a hammer.
Turns out that people who don't have a choice don't have a choice.
These guys make full-face helmets and of course you can always just wear a motorcycle helmet.

https://bike.kaliprotectives.com/helmets/

But it's a tradeoff. Full-faced helmets give the helmet another point of leverage on which to break your neck. On the other hand they won't erase your face, which is nice.
I think it already exists for quite a while: https://www.hnwatcher.com

It seems like their TLS key expired but I've been getting regular emails about topics that I care about posted to HN.
Interesting that this is coming right after the DoJ suggested they might be blocking the construction of the link between HK and the USA: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trans-pacific-tensions-threaten...
Much of small business is about geographic monopoly where simply putting yourself in front of customers that didn't know about you before is wealth creating.
Consider:

1) SPARC was _never_ commercially competitive versus contemporaries. Not an ISA problem but they never had the design acumen other CPU makers did/do and the manufacturing partners always treated it second rate. I could stop here, there is simply no comparison or lesson in SPARC other than how not to run a business. It was successful in spite of this due to many other reasons (primarily ecosystem).

2) POWER9 is still competitive against chips just now launching 3 years later on a full step of manufacturing processes.

3) Other CPU vendors are about to hit an enormous memory wall. IBM is 4 years ahead of the industry here with OMI. Can still use cheap standard DDR4 by putting the buffers on board or on chiplets in P10. OMI submitted to JEDEC for standardization so it may be a total non-issue.

4) IBM's AXON PHY is 4 years ahead of everyone else in design and actually deployed. Glueless AI/ML/DSP nodes with GPUs or FPGAs versus i.e. nvidia DGX. Much better interconnect than infinityfabric.

5) P10, P11, and P12 are already planned. Expect future supercomputing wins especially with P11 (US gov likes to spread contracts among vendors every other generation). The enterprise POWER business is big enough to subsidize this game for a while.

If there is an error or impasse, it is that most developers now consume VMs on cloud services and for cloud operators the decision to move off x86 is a bureaucratic nightmare in the few companies that are technical enough to do it. POWER will live for a long time under IBM. The most likely outcome of this announcement is PowerISA MCUs and SoCs may see a resurgence. I can't see any trends clearly enough to predict POWER uptake outside that.
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Definitely agree here. I have a 2014 MBP. I can't let go of it. Last year I bought a brand new laptop with Windows 10 on it. I definitely think it is a major improvement over all Windows since XP (better than XP of course too).

I told myself I have to eventually migrate... still hasn't happened. There's just no reason to dive into horrible Pythoning, Dockering, NodeJSing (do I have to bring up Node-Gyp?)

For development Windows has a long way to go, even with WSL.
Not to mention the finger joint pain.

Yes, really.

This thing is a joke.
Apparently calendar invite spam is on the rise, and CamScanner might not be related. See https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20829615/google-calendar-...
I know that Apple got in trouble for storing and passing around unencrypted location data a while back.[1] I also remember a story about predator drones sending unencrypted video feeds, apparently because key management is hard and they thought their enemies were too low tech to intercept.[2] I'm not a security/cryptography guy, but my impression is developers do this because it's easier.

[1]: https://www.fastcompany.com/40477441/facebook-google-apple-k...

[2]: https://www.wired.com/2012/10/hack-proof-drone/
This is the Windows 7-era way to do this. Hit WindowsKey-Shift-S instead.
> Why not let Hong Konger’s vote for independence?

Probably the same reason Spain doesn’t let Catalonia vote for independence.
We've had great luck with our switch from 'write everything to files' to Graylog. We've got a bunch of different microservices and having all of the logs in one searchable place has been a boon. That and our switch to Kubernetes had made our logfiles harder to get at.
The ban was on specific countries. Pass on the kool aid. People be thirsty. No $200 for u
The funny thing about helmets, any bike helmet, is that the don't protect against EVERY accident, but they do help protect sometimes. I raced for a few years and my helmet saved me some serious injuries at least twice that I know of.

They aren't perfect, and they don't need to be. They help sometimes and almost never make things worse, that's about all we can hope for. If someone made a helmet that's better sometimes, then that's a good thing. It'll help someone at some point.
Yup, I've had my XPS15 for over 3 years and the keyboard (and webcam) are the weakest elements. The keyboard still feels terrible...somehow it has the worst of both worlds, poor key travel and too large a spacing between keys. Typing has always felt very awkward. In comparison, I absolutely love the Surface Pro 4 keyboard which has wonderful key travel and spacing.
I wish more CEOs were as witty, plain and blunt as his remarks were. All his talking points were true, all of his jokes on point, and the only people who probably gave a crap were a very small handful of financial investors that are easily (and completely unreasonably) spooked.

I say there should be more Ratners. Standardize his personality-type across all industries and political spheres.
Same! I have legitimate joint pain in my index and middle fingers because of this thing. Have to use an external keyboard now for anything but a few minutes.

It's so bad!
Noticeable economic status differences (read: status symbols) are one of the most motivating forces in social behavior.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-psychology-of...

>...apart from economic payoffs, social status seems to be the most important incentive and motivating force of social behavior.” The more noticeable status disparities are, the more concerned with status people become, and the differences between the haves and have-nots have been extremely pronounced during the economic recession of recent years.
I have the first generation TouchBar MacBook Pro. And I've gotten the bottom part replaced twice: once because I spilled coffee on my desk and my MacBook decided to drink it, and the second time because they didn't attach the bottom plate properly (they forgot 2 screws and 1 other just fell out).

The keyboard they replaced it with is significantly better. It feels softer to the touch, and it's quieter. The keys don't get stuck anymore and it generally feels like a proper nice keyboard.

That said. I rarely use the laptop in an opened-up state anyway. I tend to connect it to a screen + keyboard + mouse and enjoy the computer without that idiotic TouchBar.

Last I checked you can send your MBP back to Apple and they'll replace the faulty keyboard. I did it during a vacation, it only took them 1 week to send the fixed system back.
That's what a bot would say :) I'm not sure how HN's ranking algorithm works, but it seems similar to Reddit where there is a velocity factor. So all you need to do to boost your submission on to the front page is a decent submission and a few upvotes in the first few minutes. Then it's on the front page and organic votes will keep it there. Of course they have systems in place to prevent it, but it's an arms race.

EDIT: can you remember how many upvotes it had when you voted?
Have you considered joining the Dozenal Society?

http://www.dozenal.org/
The calendar thing is probably this: https://lifehacker.com/how-to-prevent-spammers-from-infiltra...

check your emails
Finally a new and refreshing take on the MacBook keyboards.
What Britain should have done, long before '97:

(1) Made recognition of PRC conditional on PRC agreeing to an indefinite extension of lease on New Territories, such that no handover of HK was required

(2) Threaten that, if PRC didn't agree, UK would return New Territories to ROC instead, with British troops deployed to defend it

(3) Make clear to PRC that any military action against UK-controlled (or ROC-controlled) HK would result in a war between two nuclear weapon states (UK vs PRC)

(4) Give HK real democracy back in the 50s/60s/70s/80s, rather than waiting until 5 years before handover

(5) Build nuclear-powered desalination plants to remove HK dependency on mainland water
Depends in the severity. Some people literally can't handle it after a concussion, even if they try. It's pretty miserable for them.

And severity of impact does not correlate strongly with severity of symptoms.
Thinkpad T480s, goes space, alt, prtsc, ctrl.
Don't forget makes you buy a monitor stand separately for that few thousand dollar monitor
Bostrom also wrote a paper on The Simulation Argument that was pretty awesome[1]. It was referenced recently in The End of the World podcast. [2]

1- https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.pdf
2- https://www.theendwithjosh.com/
Note that the first OMI controller from Microchip (nee Microsemi) will have fully open source firmware. This is huge coming from Microsemi/Microchip ... and likely a result of IBM strongarming them for it. Even with a complete shift in memory architecture, IBM have still managed to ensure that their ecosystem is fully open and auditable - beautiful.

Also, take a look at the Protected Execution Facility (aka Ultravisor) ... it permits systems owners to separate hypervisor administration and code from guest machines and shrinks the trusted code base to almost nothing. Also, fully open source. Intel and AMD have something kind of similar but it requires proprietary firmware and trusted key signing by the vendor while IBM's design doesn't require any proprietary firmware or trusted key signing by the vendor at all. Very very cool.
Mac to Dell/Ubuntu here and completely agree. I can understand if you need some media creation applications sticking with Mac (although I'd switch to Win10), but as a fellow developer it has been awesome. I mean I'm completely shocked how I don't even remotely miss anything from Mac. Well, ok, not quite true - Macs have a slightly smoother UI which I like and a bit better fonts, and I miss 1 or 2 trackpad gestures. But everything else is equal on Ubuntu or better. I ran into 2-3 problems that needed some non-trivial linux admin, so I'm not advocating it for non-tech person usage.

The only irritation about the experience is when you switch windows and touch the touchpad, it forces a quick scroll down the page. It used to be maddening, but I found one "fix" that made it happen less frequently.

Otherwise, it's by far my favorite dev environment I've had in my 30+ year career! Well, except for maybe my first job using a Wang terminal, if only because I enjoyed telling coworkers I needed to get back to my Wang. Lots of Wang jokes.
I knew this one guy who still did a little VBA when he thought no one was looking. . .
Oh, you're absolutely right, I shouldn't have limited that to officialdom - it's definitely used at least as much if not more so by corporate PR. Exactly the same reading applies.
You can’t achieve parallelism.
The point of this gesture would be to protect them from a tyrannical government not our pecuniary gain. We didn't ask for payment after Omaha Beach.
“World Oil Consumption:99.84M bbl/d for 2018“

That /d means “per day.”

Your other link has the same figure. Or search “world oil consumption” and find a bazillion other sources all saying it’s per day.

This doesn’t even pass a basic smell test. That’s about 3 billion gallons. That’s about 10 gallons per American with the rest of the world getting nothing. Do you really think worldwide oil consumption is 10 gallons per American per year? The average American driver drives twelve thousand miles a year!
> the feedback you get is minimal

I've been in hiring roles for 15+ years and I've interviewed somewhere around 1000 candidates. I don't work at Stripe, but I can probably explain why you didn't get feedback.

Giving candidates feedback is really fraught. First, even honest feedback is unlikely to be satisfying. It's entirely possible that your recruiter told you exactly what the team's feedback was. "Your answers were fine, but we want better" or "... but candidate X was stronger" is super-common, but very unsatisfying. Second, while some candidates take feedback well, most don't. When I've been specific -- e.g. "your answers to questions about software architecture fell short" or "you didn't clearly demonstrate experience solving production issues" -- most candidates argue or get angry. People are really, really bad about taking criticism well. I've even had two candidates threaten to sue me, and one threaten violence. These are obviously outliers, but they do happen.

Finally, the upside is limited: to the company, what's the value of feedback? We've already decided you're not a fit, so what value is feedback to us? Especially if, as I've explained, you're unlikely to get much value from it either?

The best way to get feedback about your prospects as a job candidate isn't from someone a company you're interviewing with. Instead, ask someone you trust to conduct a mock interview with you and give you feedback. You'll be more to be able to listen if it's someone you know has your best interest in mind; they'll be more likely to give honest feedback if they know you'll take it well.
Can’t you just side load the google apps? Might be a great price because of that
No. You just can't be seen typing on anything but a Mac. It would destroy your street cred.
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I'm curious about your thoughts on the remarks by this Nobel Laureate Economist on status and behaviors:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-psychology-of...

>...apart from economic payoffs, social status seems to be the most important incentive and motivating force of social behavior.” The more noticeable status disparities are, the more concerned with status people become, and the differences between the haves and have-nots have been extremely pronounced during the economic recession of recent years.
Conditional types and the `infer` directive, I’d imagine. Which end up being very powerful.
Yea I know, plenty of people still use showdead and many of the interesting people are dead because dang is an awful moderator who doesn't understand how humans who are't giant pussies actually communicate and sometimes disagree.
I don't know anyone who was a real TTY user who likes <ESC> on touchbar.

I don't know any EMACS user who likes <ESC> on touchbar.

If I do the join over these and anyone else I ask, I actually don't know anyone who likes <ESC> on touchbar.

I think Apple took a long standing market acceptance in the community I live in, and basically trashed it, for lipgloss.

I expect to move to a Lenovo Carbon X1, with qualms.
> US (and Canadian, Australian, Malaysian) fuel is of much lower quality, and BMW engines are notoriously sensitive to this. As an example, the BMW I own wasn't ever sold in North America or these other markets because of the high sulfur content in the fuel.

This hasnt been true in a long time, at least with regards to sulfur. Current US regulations limit sulfur to 15 ppm [0], EU limits to 10 ppm [1]. Compared to the 1990s and earlier, when it could be as much as several thousand ppm in both the US and Europe, sulfur has been nearly eliminated in current diesel fuels (for road use, at least).

[0] https://www.epa.gov/diesel-fuel-standards/diesel-fuel-standa...

[1] https://www.transportpolicy.net/standard/eu-fuels-diesel-and...
Didn't think they were allowed to charge extra to pay by card in the EU anymore?
It isn't filtered out as noise, but rather drowned out by noise.

See Figure 5a: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.00439.pdf
Because it was literally failing in the market. IBM PAID global foundries $1.5 BILLION to take the chip business from them. Now they're giving away the IP in hopes that someone will actually start making chips from it to drive demand for Redhat. If you think Power was a massive success you must be waiting on the edge of your seat for Itanium to finally reach global dominance too.

https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2015/01/anal...
Quieter? You must have softest typing finger touch imaginable. Every person I see use it is dramatically louder than the old style.
I’ve had concussions and never been told to abstain from screens. So, I did some quick googling... by the looks of it, screens (and other bright light sources) can exacerbate post-concussion headaches, but I didn’t see anything that indicated screen use slows recovery or causes further damage.
It's been largely updated from several weeks (months?) ago (windows shift S now replaces the old snipping tool).
Agreed- a replica of this thread seems to be produced on a weekly basis on HN.
Seconded. I have watch words setup for several keywords. I turn off lobste.rs since I feel HN is already high enough for me in the ivory tower (aka I haven't networked enough to get an in crowd lobsters invite).
Until your guests start talking to one another. Then you might have isolation but it's at the wrong level.
Apple could triple the price of the MBP and reduce quality still further and the HN crowd would still queue up to buy it!!!
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It'd be good, just saying, if you read some non-biased Western sources too, such as some Indian media perhaps..
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So, partially correct. The ISA, along with the new memory bus (OMI) and some other infrastructural specs - are being licensed under an open source license with patent grants; it's still very much copyrighted, in the same way the Linux kernel is Open Source but still copyrighted. The microarchitectural implementations of that ISA specification - POWER9, etc - are still proprietary, even if extremely well publicly documented. IBM still expects to make a lot of money with the highest performing open source ISA implementation on the market.
And did America fight Germany because it must bring freedom to oppressed people? Or is it because Japanese bombed Pearl harbor and Hitler gladly declared war on the US right after that?.
Just to clarify the headline: the app didn't have malware when most of the users installed it. A recent update added the malware.
> Python extensions in Rust? That could be a good thing. Much easier to write a reliable Python extension. I imagine tooling for that already exists and I am simply unaware.

There is https://pyo3.rs/v0.7.0/
> No tax is asked from farmers and kids of farmers are free to get higher pay either by either working as migrants in city or become new middle class through education

Largely because they can't afford education[1], children become migrants. That's largely the group I'm talking about.

Apparently, the current numbers stand at ~300 million migrant workers[2] in 2015 (stats I quoted was from 2008), BUT that's largely due to reclassification of the workers to "urban" as opposed to "migrant" class. Which means they can stay in their residence without a job. That does not mean they can afford things like education. Implying there's likely still closer to that ~700 million number who can't break out of poverty.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_China

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_in_China
So startups want to hire kids right out of school for entry level wages and expect them to command the skillset of a Sr. Developer... Makes sense. I too would like to hire a low cost, plentiful resource thats identical in skill level to a more experienced person while paying them less.
You would benefit more from actual feedback that lets you know when you've actuated the press before bottoming out (which causes you to apply excessive force). It's not usually the travel distance that hurts you.
If you don’t get the money you’ll call up Citibank again to complain and they’ll take the hit to their operational losses budget [0], which happens infrequently as a percentage of transactions but quite frequently over the totality of the system. That’s what the budget is for.

[0] Contingent on the transaction going through and not being reversible, which can happen for many reasons (staleness by the time you report it, disinclination of someone who enjoys Monopoly to repay Bank Error In Your Favor, CS staff not having a button that reverses the transaction, Citi’s ops team [1] considering it beneath their notice, etc.)

[1] I oddly enough know the name of their SVP in charge of this team because Citi escheated a check due to me to the state of Illinois back in 200X. Illinois told me they had insufficient information to determine that I’m the same Patrick McKenzie so they want said SVP to file a report on my behalf. I assess 80%+ likelihood that they’ll comply. This is boring inside baseball mostly meant to underline the fact that BigBank actually does have people with names and addresses who deal individually with transactions according to some fairly involved business processes.
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That's exactly what many UROP schemes are (/were, anecdotally after all). (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Placement, I think. Speaking from UK but I believe it's a pan-European scheme.)