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> I dunno, I think it's pretty easy to judge the value of not easily testable wacky conjectures.

Can you describe the process you use to easily judge the value of such conjectures? I'm at a loss of how that would be done since, even though a conjecture might not be testable easily, it might still end up being true.

Even if not completely true, it might in some sense be close enough to inspire new ways of thinking that ultimately lead to the correct solution. For this reason, I'm wary of premature dismissal of "wacky" ideas.

> Putting that aside; computer guys seem to think "computability" is important in physics. I don't.

Taking a step back, the very ability to realize computational systems in physical systems seems very peculiar and interesting in itself, in the same way that noticing how peculiar it is that mathematics is able to describe such a large portion (all?) of physics. It then seems natural to ask oneself whether any physical system could then be considered to model some computation, which would make the connection bidirectional. I do not consider this observation to be that ludicrous nor exclusive to the computer guys.
Rickshaw also means motorcycle (usually cng) with a cabin, not just pedal powered.
Can you substantiate "bigotry" or are you satisfied with just dropping the insult?

There is no refutation that the current Brexit plans will result at best in temporary Chaos and a recession, at worst a permanent damage to the UK economy. Banks are already leaving. EU Academics are leaving in droves. Companies in the UK are holding back investments.

So the small part of the Remainers' predictions which haven't come true already are quite on track to coming true in the near future.
Do you even have a point to make other than ... you don't really like people doing them?

Drugs are not regulated but are illegal. If you don't understand the difference between regulating and illegality ... you are so intelligent.
We have very similar in UK, but scammers don't care about no-call lists, and some companies offering physical goods will use Indian (exclusively in my experience) call centres - I don't know the UK law in this area but suspect is not sophisticated enough to apply upstream to those booking people to make nuisance calls.
No, PRISM had nothing to do with this at all. PRISM didn’t involve any sort of attack or offensive capability, and anything doing that would not be PRISM.
Skin in the game is more recent.
It should be noted that these gardens are comparatively cheap. For many there is no other feasible way to own a few 100m² of green and free sky.
It's amazing how they took calculated risk and ended up with net gains and avoided any criminal charges.

Do you need a really high IQ to think way? Is one person able to make such strategy or do you need a group of high IQ people to pull off something like this?

Are there lots of people they know in power?
Linux users are a minority, still we don't have a practically usable Linux on mobile phones.
You'd need to make your bridges out of this fancy metal foam instead of boring old (read: "cheap") hot rolled I beams. That would be a massive technical challenge. It's theoretically possible but would require new construction techniques. At the very least we'd need to figure out a new way to protect it from the elements that doesn't negate the self healing properties (this foam doesn't look closed cell, hello corrosion) Probably expensive beyond all practicality.

Furthermore, vehicles basically just bounce off the structural elements of bridges and other structures like that. It's not really a problem.

If anything we'll see this kind of stuff used in expensive niche applications. Low volume bespoke electronics in high vibration environments would benefit from being able to "heal" like this. I can also see it being useful when applied as a coating that protects the material underneath, basically a self touching up paint job (like galvanizing, but possibly with a wider array of materials than just zinc). This could be very useful for items in corrosive environments.
And yet, people blindly follow their GPS on their phones all day, all managed and run by the US government.
Most Linux users are fine using any mobile OS, but most normal users won't use a non-polished linux.
I thought that opiates were stimulant at lower doses. Sedative at higher doses.
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Black Swan was just a simple analogy that the author decided to write an entire book about.
He's probably speaking mostly of European airlines.

I flew from London to Florence last year. A passenger had peanut allergies. The flight did not serve any food at all because they can't guarantee any of their food doesn't contain peanuts. Peanut particles easily spread inside airplanes because air is recycled.
Now that’s the kind of thing I’m looking for! How’s the learning curve?

Edit: too bad about the $199 price tag. Way out of my impulse purchase range.
If this were true, then India would be a fully vegetarian country. Except it is not, and it is quite routine to find meat and fish served at public events here.

(FYI, the actual stats are that only 30% of Indians are vegetarian, although the proportion varies quite a bit from state to state. Some states in the north are about 70% vegetarian and other states in the east are nearly 100% non-vegetarian. Your anecdata about how you couldn't find meat at a particular event should weighted appropriately based on these stats.)
In-kernel resource-specific counters are great, but those are limited to 10/60/300 seconds averages.

For historic resource utilization, sar/sadc tool is still a go-to.
Is Western media biased against China?
The let me posit another idea...

There's 2 ways of finding out these artifacts of AI essay grading: pure luck, and being able to afford extensive test-prep (rich).

The luck one can't be accounted for. So I im lead to believe that the purpose of these essays and their AI grading is to find and escalate rich people.
Security vulnerabilities can only occur when the software bridges two different levels of privilege ("crossing the airtight hatchway", as Raymond Chen puts it). An EPUB reader has no business doing that, it can run completely inside the same restricted environment as any other potentially-malicious website.

Other bugs, sure, but since when did presence of bugs prevent anyone - much less Microsoft - from shipping anything? Especially since the whole browser is going away anyway, so there's no long term burden.
That's a huge stretch, but whatever.
Usually, when something is being oberly hyped by too many people, it means that they are falling victim to good marketing and the actual improvements are mediocre at best. A real, honest improvement comes only when there are clearly communicated downsides and it is obvious that their impact is tolerable. Rust fanboyism is like git fanboyism in that they claim having the one true solution. It didn't hold for git, so being cautious and jaded is the right attitude at this point.
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Does anyone know of an HN room or pub we can join? I've been wanting to try SSB out but never really clicked with a community.
people who use literally to mean figuratively literally give me the shits.
The premise of this article might reason that Linux users (as the niche) can/will use non-linux systems, but the reverse is not true.
How does sharding/partitioning works in these cases ? How do you partition persistent connections going to 1 url/load-balancer in the backend ?
How about; *nix users 'refusing' to use closed source development tools and languages has led to Microsoft supporting/creating a lot of open source development tools and languages.
I am from Europe and and I remember that robocalls were a problem in the past. Until like 10 years ago I received multiple spam calls per week, but then it suddently ended. Now I cannot even remember when I got the last spam call, but it has to be years ago.

So I don't think it must have been a language barrier or a market size thing.
Bone requires an external power source too.
or worse, forgotten the lessons of recent history
Did you talk about that to Linus :):) ?
Even many Leave-voters say they feel duped by the NHS claims and other things. Nobody prevents parliament to put 150m additionally into the NHS right now, the EU has never had any say in that!

About Russian interference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_20...

It's really strange that some people want to push through a catastrophic brexit against the current will of the majority for "nationalistic" reasons and to strengthen the UK, but they don't have a problem that Putin clearly wanted this to happen.

Do these people really think Putin wants Brexit because it's good for the UK?
Was waiting for an article like this to appear. I have an X1 and integration with iPhone is a disaster.

The Audible app on the iPhone will popup a warning that consists of the BMW logo taking up 80% of the screen with a small text warning at the bottom saying "don't use this while driving" and a small "x" hidden somewhere to close the warning. It's beyond ridiculous.

What gets me most is the Audm app on the iPhone. Whenever I get back in the car after using it, it will cause the car to start playing the same song from my Apple Music library. Always the same song, but randomly picked as far as I can tell (it's not the last one I listened to nor or the first one alphabetically). It's like an alarm clock - you end up hating the song because it comes on every single time you start the car. When I delete the song from my library it will just pick another one. When I stop using Audm, this annoyance stops. No idea what the logic behind this behavior is.

The BMW connect app is currently stuck in a loop where it says it's "doing something", even after having restarted my phone. So it's currently unusable, guess I should reinstall it. This is an 80EUR app which I got so I can remote lock the car cause I always forget and people have helped themselves to stuff in my car so many times. The X1 doesn't lock itself when I walk away, unlike the 116D did.

GPS - garbage interface compared to Waze which I can't stop using despite my aversion to being tracked.

Great car, but many software annoyances.
Ah okay.

But back in the days? Bash seems to be released a year or so after Perl.
Programming languages.
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kees99, you should check the "total" fields. They have information in microsecond resolution.
Since you are here you are aware that it is broadcasting back to mothership to an application that, like all other applications, contains bug. Bug that send audio from strangers to you. The same bugs that probably send some of your audio to other strangers. If even there are no bugs and nothing is being sent to any strangers by mistake, it is at the end of the day you that has decided, by own free will, to place an internet connected audio recording device in you're room. And now you are shocked that it is sending audio to strangers. A device where it is no secret that audio is being listen to by the manufacturer. If you have any issues with that you audio is being send to others (strangers or employees of amazon, Google, others) you should throw you device into the trash where thar spy device belong
Wow, are those gardens really that big? Here in the Netherlands there are huge waiting lists for your allotted 12m².
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Try to find node, go, vscode etc ... documentation in chm. They have third parties versions sure, but not official. And for those that still uses it, it’s rarely up to date.
> The actual question is of course, why does something as simple as a chat client has to be so complex. Is a complete browser engine really necessary to embed images and videos?

If you keep adding features, at some point you're going to re-implement a browser engine from scratch. So why not start with one in the first place?
For many modern languages, the language ecosystem often comes with a tool to generate docs that also work offline.
You are mostly correct, there's no real barrier to just anyone submitting a patch. However, the kernel does have a rule against anonymous or pseudonymous contributions, mainly for licensing clarity reasons (not that you need to submit any form of proof of identity).
That would make sense, certainly what I would call a further stage of development and currently they are doing viability and a basic level of operation. So that would seem like a logical progression.

Coz they could add a brainwave scanner that measures the reaction to the input of the eye, or have a higher resolution camera that measures blood flow being active in the eye. Many avenues of addressing this. But as a previous comment mentioned - generally easier to have a physical person next to the iris. After all, not like there is a shortage of humans to do jobs in the World today.
> For many there is no other feasible way to own a few 100m² of green and free sky.

For many this is not a feasible way either, as there are 12 000 people in line before them.
It's sort of like a SQL version of etcd, so maybe some of the use cases for etcd would be similar: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/master/Documentation/pr...
You mean services built with Linux are mission critical?
I bought a brand new 1969 Chevelle SS and it was made in Canada.
Real-world C++ code often copies data far more than is really necessary, because that's the easy way to be sure you aren't mutating a string that someone else expects to remain immutable.

Rust's borrow-checker, obviously, prevents that problem. Certainly it's possible to write C++ code which is as efficient -- and in some cases more efficient -- but will it actually happen?
I think it is because the phone companies (in the US) refuse to identify and block such calls.
Not related to cars, but your comment is exactly what I recently thought about infotainment systems on long haul flights. Annoying, sluggish to the point I don't want to navigate the menu since the response time is in order of seconds, and the UX is terrible in most of those interfaces. Furthermore, the content is randomly added (oh, you like Big Bang theory, here's episode 7 and 12 of the 4th series, and 1 and 10 of the 7th).

I don't know if these systems are outsourced or built in house by the airlines, but they make my blood boil every time. Especially considering that airlines pay the plane 100+ M$ but they save money on putting crappy Android tablets with a bloated software on it...
A fair number of them are foreign companies, but the “our records show you were in an accident” calls are very much from the UK.

The foreign companies are basically criminal operations and countries like the US have taken action against them in the past by working with local law enforcement[1].

[1] https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2179175/mo...
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I wrote a post few month ago on how the minority rule could be leveraged to bring privacy to personal payment apps:
https://agost.blog/2019/06/mapping-crypto-minority-rule/
"Fast, good, cheap"

The state chose fast and cheap. Well, its cheaper than more teachers.
Not eating meat (as a non-vegetarian) cost more than eating halal meat as a non-Muslim or drinking kosher juice as a gentile does.
That doesn't seem to be a pure invalidation. Food that is not vegetarian is not the only food served to non-vegetarians since most people prefer a variety of meat and non-meat options when dining. Add to that the way food is prepared and served as separate dishes and that most vegetarians don't have a hard rule about not eating food that was near meat or slightly in contact with meat. It's easy enough to provide options for everyone when serving dinner or stocking a store so it is not necessary to make special affordances for vegetarians.
Similarly though, those that are hyped about something are more likely to speak louder than those who are just interested in using it. Looking from the outside you are likely to get a very biased sample.
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Do you have any evidence of phone companies elsewhere doing this?
Even the patches are not vetted that much, give the track record of the linux kernel from the security point of view.
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'Most Intolerant' is the key part.
Indian vegetarians are far from it.
Your samples dont work, you only get 3 menu choices in the left corner, no menu, just a black page, chrome and ff.
> with a bit of C++ (2%)

That sounded strange to me, since the dislike of C++ within the Linux kernel is well-known, so I took a quick look. All uses I found were on user space tools, not in the kernel itself, and all of them (except for a "check if this compiles" test file) are in C++ because they have to call into libraries with a C++-only API (LLVM and Qt).
Yes you can, or you could when I was using < 1.0.0. It made developing with it really easy.
How was the key compromised?

Did someone breach Facebook to steal it, or did Facebook employees post it somewhere?

Curious to learn more details. Probably again much worse then initially being reported on.
>rapid growth, is/was the first priority above all else, including "technical excellence"

That's the modus operandi of many unpleasant things like bacteria or cancer cells, why should it be commendable on its own?
Are they intolerant as well? Just being minority doesn't cut it.
Chronic weed usage changes the way you're high. The time distortion nearly goes away and you can control your attention pretty well. I'm not endorsing driving high of course.
Interest in small, distributed, local food production systems is really trending right now. Topsoil degradation, the future of the climate, and the malnutrition of our food are key factors - it seems like this is an important piece of the puzzle for keeping populations healthy and fed.
Telegram is able to do this just fine.
Maybe we should put some of these perennial favourites on a schedule, we could use spaced repetition so they come up for discussion just when we need them.
You can use the menu button and scroll wheel on the steering wheel and see the response in the dashboard.
You mean they can't enter the "educational centers" in Xinjiang? Do you think they can easily enter the "detention centers" in Texas?

> I'd also argue that the role of the UN Human Rights Council (whose recent illustrious members have included Venezuela, Cuba, the Philippines, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia) is minuscule compared to that of the global press in terms of fomenting any actual change.

I mean the US is also a member, torturing people and commiting war crimes around the clock. Not sure you can dismiss the UN Human Rights Council due to the deeds of some members.
Well, I know people who've had 100m² around Nijmegen, so it exists.
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Someone needs to tell Taleb there is a field called Social Psychology where everything he is raving about is formally studied under the heading of Conformism or Group Dynamics.

For those actually interested in this stuff, beyond Taleb's stand-up routines, look up the work of Kurt Lewin, Stanley Milgram, Solomon Asch, Phil Zambrado or Mel Slater. It's much more thought provoking.

These are very interesting times, because we finally have tons of data on how groups form, grow, break, merge etc And the ongoing merger of social psychology, political science, network theory as seen in the emergence of computational social science depts, doesn't just tell us how things work, but how to change and regulate the behavior and actions of groups. Early days but full of promise.
The minority rule is about accommodating the preferences of the minority if it comes at low enough cost to the majority. Since forcing meat eaters to eat vegetarian is obviously problematic, the minority rule doesn’t come into effect, but since providing both vegetarian and meat options is relatively cheap, I assume you can find vegetarian food in most restaurants in India?
They have refused to grant an interim interdict - the full case hasn't actually been decided yet:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-495...
We have a 2006 Subaru. We don’t drive for our commutes so it’s in great shape but have debated what we’ll do when it’s due to be replaced. I’ve driven some rentals along with loaners when we’ve had our car serviced, and the primary reason I have not to buy a new car is uniformly terrible software combined with a touchscreen interface. Physical controls are so much faster and safer to use that I won’t consider a car which doesn’t have them — it’s amazing how bad the QA is on new vehicles, with slow, laggy buttons for things like climate control. Having 10k tracks in iTunes meant an entire generation of entertainment systems would literally crash after plugging in a USB cable; now they’ve progressed to popping up a modal dialog which blocks all functionality until you acknowledge that they’re bad at their jobs.
You can tell Americans don't like paying taxes just by this, chronic under funding of public services. That and just a general disregard for public places, unless that neighborhood "belongs" to you and other like-minded and well financed individuals.
Recently I learned, that you can sideload apps on iOS too. Using tool cydia impactor.
Our scientifically-centered world has its disadvantages. That is one of them.

Relevant song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGpoEPcmOK4
Thanks for the article!
and why exactly is he/she a scumbag?
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These used to be the ultimate symbol of “Spießertum”. Funny how things change and trends come and go.
Why?

2 decades of advertising has misinformed people that Apple products are safer.

The longer I live, the more I think nothing is safe.
And at that point you go and buy a Rolls-Royce or Bentley because you find that they are very suitable for a backseat passenger.
Rust's memory safety rarely comes with a significant performance penalty, especially compared with normal C++ practice.
That is not how that works. What about actual Chrome with ad blockers then? What about other browsers pretending to be Chrome? There are add-ons that allow you to randomise your user agent, etc, etc.
That's why 2FA should be performed at transaction confirmation time for sensitive operations, not just at login or periodically.
* in Berlin

I’m pretty sure you can buy land in rural areas for pennies.
Sorry I am not familiar with monomorphization. What does it mean in the context of Rust?
I’m in recovery for drug and alcohol abuse and spent a lot of time with other recovering drug addicts. None of us look down on stoners as “having it easy”.

Addiction and the destruction it can bring to a person’s life is universal. The choice of drug is irrelevant.

The (elevator pitch) point behind addiction is that I, as an addict, have avoided reality by using, rather than actually facing reality as it is.

Paying my bills? F*ck that, I’m rolling a spliff. etc. etc.
Email in particular. Sending your own isn't the problem. Managing your reputation, deliverability, etc just isn't fun to deal with.
He writes pop science here in what is an entertaining style for many. (He does reference Serge Galam in his book, one of the fathers of modern sociophysics.)
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I expect that they do so for the high profile apps, since the negative press from a compromised Facebook/Snapchat download would probably kill the site outright.
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