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Okay, on your first point: You're comparing two very, very different things. For the sake of assuming you're not the one trolling here: Employee salary is different from company income. A company can be paid very well for their work, and then not properly compensate their workforce for that work. Hence, unionization.

For your second point: The intent of this article, which I hope you have read by now, specifically talks with people who say they are not being paid well working for Google as a contractor. They directly quote people who say they are not being paid reasonably for their work.

For your third point: Yes, I'm sure Google does business with unionized employees. This article is about a contractor, which is working for Google, using anti-union practices to prevent their workforce from unionizing because according to the workers they are underpaid.

And your final point has literally nothing to do with the article we're discussing or the entire argument chain we're in right now.
Could you elaborate? This would be news to me
Why is this on the front page? It's not interesting, or even a valid complaint if you ask me.

The guys screscreen shot clearly says "nearly" all phones will be unlocked. Well in my world, that doesn't mean 'all', yet he insists on playing the victim & crying about Apple being liars.

I'm a Verizon customer and the 60 day lock policy is clear on all the new iPhone marketing material from Verizon. I suspect he saw this and thought he could work around it by ordering from the Apple website instead.

The excuse of getting the Verizon version "in case' she ever wants to switch doesn't make sense if he is expecting an unlocked phone.

He was eligible for an upgrade she wasn't. He tried to game the system and lost. Boo hoo!

Just use the new iPhone on your own verizon account for 60 days & be happy. His girlfriend's phone can't be THAT old if she not eligible for an upgrade. Maybe she can use his old one haha.
Like sibling commenter says, a compile/link error is even better and faster than finding out at runtime with a crash.
There’s no reason the the government would be any better at keeping data safe, but at least it would reduce the points of failure from 3 to 1... and I guess the government already knows your SSN!
The most spectacular one so far won’t render a place uninhabitable for a century, and it’s a terribly old design.

Where is the evidence of your century of uninhabitable failure mode going forward?
I looked it up, and current sea level rise is around 3mm/year, which adds up to a foot per century.

More than I thought, but hardly a non outrunnable flood.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sealevel.html
You are joking, of course. A safe place would not have subzero temperatures during cold season. The world is full of much safer places where there are no weather extremes, earthquakes, or other natural disasters. Of course, you must also consider manmade disasters like overreaching government, civil unrest, and if there are oil reserves you risk invasion by other countries to liberate the population.
Sounds like a good idea to me, for those without driver's license it'd provide a way to vote without the hassle of getting a non-drivers ID card.

Only issues I could think of are:
1. No central registry of addresses, so how would the government know where to send the IDs.
2. Where would the photograph for the ID come from?
3. Possible fraud/abuse from stolen mail
What do you think is the cost of making an additional ID? Probably 1/2 hour of work (if that), printing and mailing.

So, like, a 24-pack of expensive hipster brew? $50?

It costs $31 to get an ID in California, and $9 if you can't afford $31.

They can afford their booze and still get an ID here, and hopefully in other states too.
Oh, it's not. A trip to India is on my long-term todo list though, and it's something I'd be interested in doing there. Definitely not mutually exclusive!
I'm showing double the amount of hosted zones in Route 53. Kind of odd
Having worked as an apartment manager, I can say that credit ratings were the single best factor for selecting a good tenant. I gave three tenants with bad credit a shot (single mom I felt bad for, blue color couple who seemed really nice and hardworking at screening and a couple who moved from abroad and had no credit at all) and I got burned by all of them ending up missing rent and needing to evict, sob stories and late rent, or causing other problems and fighting with their neighbors. After those experiences I basically only selected people above 750 to for our units and it always seemed like the higher the credit score yielded us responsible tenants who paid on time, didn't cause headaches at the building and left their units in good condition when they moved out.

As an aside, one interesting thing I noticed over the years fielding applications for open units, EVERY single person in the world who has bad credit or subpar credit apparently has the same psycho ex. It was rather amusing hearing that story over and over again. If you have poor credit and you're trying to rent a place- own up to it and be honest about why it's bad!
There's nothing in the 'Conflict of Interest' section to suggest that. Getting a cohort of experienced meditators together is not the easiest so perhaps they're just using what (who) they have. I know nothing about BMV but an antecedent paper they cite contrasts it with mindfulness, the most commonly-studied form of meditation, and it mentions that BMV involves movement, so it at least seems to be an atypical practice.
It's not a performance optimisation not to give space back. GCs could easily give space back after a GC if they know a range (bigger than a page) is empty, it's just that they rarely know it is empty unless they GC everything, and even then there is likely to be a few bytes used. Hence the various experiments with generational GC, to try to deal with fragmentation.

Many C/C++ allocators don't release to the OS often or ever.
Neqo, an Implementation of QUIC Written in Rust
Jake here, and I work on the Jira team at Atlassian.

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Based on much of the feedback we've received, we're making good progress on this front with the next-gen project types that we launched a year ago. Next-gen projects marry the power of Jira with the simplicity of Trello. You can learn more about the next-gen experience here: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/next-gen.

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I was thinking one day, that if you assume that in the beginning was a consciousness, but nothing else, which for the sake of argument, we can call God, then it could not create anything like our world (or the world of the Bible) without inspiration. It couldn't even conceive of light or matter. It would essentially be trapped in a void without time or space. So creating infinite universes according to arbitrary and random rules and seeing what would develop would be the best it could do to escape nothingness. And then once something interesting developed, it would have to inhabit things (like us) located in time and space to avoid it all being like a dead crystal or painting.

I would speculate that the original state of things was hell, and the universe exists as a mechanism to invent heaven and forget hell, but it's inordinately difficult.
Government is buying her out because government is the cause of her problem.

Buried all the way at the bottom of the article is this little gem:

> Her insurance payout of about $100,000 would cover repairs to the 640-square-foot house. But the county requires that when more than 50% of a home is damaged, that it be completely rebuilt to meet modern storm-resiliency codes and — in her flood zone — on stilts. That would cost at least $200,000, money she doesn’t have.

So, effectively, she can rebuild her home in a way that would (presumptively) make her happy but government legislation forces her to spend double the money to rebuild it in way she probably isn't a fan of. Simple solution is to limit the ability of local building codes to force people to completely demolish/rebuild in situations like these. She had a non-elevated non-flood-proof home before, she should be able to keep her home the way she likes it at a cost she can afford, assuming the people financially invested (mortgage company, insurance company) agree, why shouldn't she be allowed?
> I suspect he saw this and thought he could work around it by ordering from the Apple website instead.

That sounds like a completely reasonable expectation.

> He tried to game the system and lost. Boo hoo!

He paid for a phone and had it crippled without being told.
I don't think that's Chrome, 'cause the same thing happens to me under Firefox.
Sorry, I was unclear, I'm confident the messaging and incorrect communication was an oversight on the part of Apple, and I'm sure the 60 day lock is a result of the recent FCC ruling [1] permitting Verizon to do so. Which, I imagine, has to do with political connections between Verizon and the FCC (Ajit Pai and his giant Reese's Pieces mug used to work there).

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/26/18759602/verizon-60-day-p...
Anyone can start a CRA, there is no legislation or regulation stopping competitors from popping up, although I agree it’s government’s fault there is no legislation to provide a corporate death sentence for egregious data breaches.
You care.
PyTorch – Tensor computation with strong GPU acceleration
Ah. The China model. Piecewise. Shocking /s.
Hi there,

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Obviously there will be some time between renters where units will sit vacant, but that's not the issue. Units are vacant because landlords don't want to rent them out for various reasons. Totally different situation! So, during this housing crunch units sit vacant and very little supply is being added. Sure, owning property means they're allowed to do whatever they want with it (within reason), but we're also free to complaint about the situation.

As to why landlords leave units empty; rent control. Rent control and strong renters protections, combined with dramatically increasing market rate, means landlords will get more money if they keep a unit empty for a year.
America continuous its never ending search for more profits at the expense of being human.
Last time I rode Amtrak (2016) the food was fairly good. Not exactly a five-star restaurant, but much better than airline food.
>The guys screscreen shot clearly says "nearly" all phones will be unlocked. Well in my world, that doesn't mean 'all', yet he insists on playing the victim & crying about Apple being liars.

It VERY CLEARLY says all except ones purchased through AT&T Next.
You need a government ID to apply for food stamps or welfare or medicaid/social security, and to apply for unemployment or a job. It would seem like a poor person would utilize those services.

Also, you need an ID to have a bank account, buy a cellphone, buy alcohol or cigarettes.
Last time I’ve been to a dining car was on a Budapest—Vienna train a few years back.

My personal opinion on this, having a dedicated dining car (A) reduces the probability of fellow passengers eating in their seats around me and (B) provides an optional location to escape to if desired.

It’s not eating itself that bothers me, just the place-appropriateness of it—I can block the noises but not the smell.
Same with me. ISS will cross me in few mins.(Edit: changed the exact minutes)

Edit:Saw it. I wanted to take a photo or video but the street light and overexposed the photo. How do I take a reasonably good photo of ISS?
> He paid for a phone and had it crippled without being told.

I think this is a particularly salient point. Today, all iPhones regardless of carrier cost exactly the same. However, the Verizon one carries additional undue burden on it in the form of this 60 day lock. The phone should be discounted to make up for its lack of functionality.
"Officials, learned, for example, that the public’s perception of food boxes wasn’t as favorable as it hoped, and that passengers wanted more hot food options."

You know what has hot food options and no food boxes? Cooked-onboard meals at a table in the dining car. Seriously, did anyone focus-group this move at least?
Phosphor mixes changed over the years. Initially white phosphor was the thing everyone used because TV, you could do grey scale (aka black and white TV) with one phosphor.

This was expensive stuff (relatively as it needed reasonably linear response to beam energy) and in test equipmentment (like oscilloscopes) green phosphor came into use. Both because it was monochrome anyway, and because it had higher "persistence" which was bad for video but good for things where you wanted to see where the beam had been.

I recall when DEC introduced amber phosphor terminals in the mid 70's arguing that they ghosted less (lower persistence) and they were easier on the eyes (less eye strain). Full color terminals followed with the growth of color TVs.
It’s really a shame how insular people have become. Just today I had very pleasant conversation with a couple from Toronto after I helped them figure out which station the train was stopping at.

I noticed their Blue Jays jersey and asked if they had a game and we chatted about baseball, the sights in New York they’d visited, and Toronto.

I really enjoy my little conversations with strangers and find it hard to imagine a world where immediately upon stepping outside I’ve got headphones in and am totally insulated from the world around me.

No judgement, I get it, not everyone is gregarious, or in the mood for a chat with a stranger at every given moment.

But it sure is a more pleasant and fulfilling world for me when I’m interacting with other people even if it’s just for a few small moments here and there.

Hell, I spent a train ride talking to a man from Newark about all the clothes he stole from JC Penny’s that day. I don’t condone that behavior and I wouldn’t have struck up the conversation with him. But when he talked to me I listened and learned he got some of those clothes for his nephew. Even people you might judge as bad are trying to bring joy to others a lot of time and it’s certainly interesting to hear people’s perspectives. He showed me his food stamp card and told me how he was excited to help his friends have groceries, of course he was really hoping they’d make him a meal with them too!
Area. Or width. It doesn't matter.
Poor investment decisions and hubris by SoftBank.
According to Wikipedia RYB aka artist’s primaries work by accident:

“One reason the artist's primary colors work at all is due to the imperfect pigments being used have sloped absorption curves, and change color with concentration. A pigment which is pure red at high concentrations can behave more like magenta at low concentrations. This allows it to make purples that would otherwise be impossible. Likewise, a blue that is ultramarine at high concentrations appears cyan at low concentrations, allowing it to be used to mix green. Chromium red pigments can appear orange, and then yellow, as the concentration is reduced. It is even possible to mix very low concentrations of the blue mentioned and the chromium red to get a greenish color. This works much better with oil colors than it does with watercolors and dyes.

The old primaries depend on sloped absorption curves and pigment leakages to work, while newer scientifically derived ones depend solely on controlling the amount of absorption in certain parts of the spectrum.

Another reason the correct primary colors were not used by early artists is they were not available as durable pigments. Modern methods in chemistry were needed to produce them.”
Alex’s book: https://www.databass.dev/
God forbid we have those we work with be those we commune with!
I'm a Verizon customer and the 60 day lock policy is clear on all the new iPhone marketing material from Verizon

If you read the thread, the guy bought the phone directly from Apple, as a new phone (not an upgrade), under the IUP. The phone had nothing to do with Verizon, Verizon financing, or any existing upgrade eligibility. He relied on Apple's representation that he was buying an unlocked iPhone, and received a locked one, apparently as part of Verizon's new policy.

Apple is selling locked Verizon iPhones while claiming they are unlocked. The fact that Verizon may choose to unlock them after 60 days doesn't negate that.
The circle of people in those two countries who actually control the arsenal is very small in relation to the population. Diplomats from other countries probably have better access to them than any citizen of their own country.

Nationality plays a role in who has the actual power but anyone can promote peace and have a real impact. Influential words and good ideas can come from anywhere.
Per another comment, it seems this is a Verizon thing and not an Apple thing [0]. However, I do believe Apple should have explained it better and made users aware.

Kinda shitty situation, really.

[0]: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/26/18759602/verizon-60-day-p...
Other countries were able to figure it out, so can we. Voting license proponents never seem to want to send eligible voters their free voting licenses, though.
Nothing really prevents you from doing that.
Yeah no activity in 6 months on any social media means they are possibly out of business. Maybe you can look up the individual people on LinkedIn and send them a message?
It also says that phones will be unlocked except for AT&T.
The Ghosts of Sigmaringen
I doubt Verizon is going to apply a discount and I don’t see why Apple should, considering this is a Verizon policy brought on by the FCC.
One problem I see in education today is that we give lots of extra resources to kids with learning problems, behavior problems, and physical handicaps, but not many resources go to gifted kids because "they'll do okay on their own". Yes, they might do "okay", but they might turn into brilliant innovators if they were given the same extra attention that the kids below the median get.

This article is specifically about kids who score above average in math in 3rd grade. As a society, we have chosen (or someone has) to provide extra teaching staff to help kids that are below the median, not the ones who are exceptional.
We are moving to a more flexible world, eg AWS. It’s not unreasonable to seek, prioritise and expect flexibility in office space.

Why _do I_ have to sign a 5 year lease?
As the study points it out ("cross-sectional/longitudinal design") there may be a fundamental flaw in any conclusion one may draw from it: which part of any difference between observed populations is a "cause" (leading the subject to meditate), and which is an effect of it?

To illustrate the point let's say (as a maybe slightly contrived hypothesis) that meditation is interesting for you, or maybe even that you can only tolerate practicing it seriously, _iff_ (if and only if) your brain has the adequate structure, or is predisposed to evolve towards it.
Super sad. I really enjoyed talking with people in the dining car. The idea that I'm sharing a real dinner with other people, not just tucking into a sandwich at my assigned seat, was part of the romance of long distance rail travel.

This reminds me of how bizarre it is when you're in a coffee shop with little tables that can fit 2-4, but because there's one person at it, nobody shares. Our personal bubbles have grown bigger. Is there a way to hang a sign that says "open to socialization - I don't bite" ?
I just looked and it will add ~$3 to my electric bill to only use wind and solar. Thanks for the tip.
> For more than a century, companies have followed Ford’s basic principle—you give me 40 hours of dutiful toil and I’ll give you the financial means to pursue happiness at home.

Much of the tech industry has already abandoned that concept. The compensation is often good, but the trade offs can be in much greater than 40 hour weeks.

Personally I would like to see a migration to balance over a reinvention.
>He graduated from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture in Columbia, Missouri with a degree in Agronomy.
I won't speak for my entire generation, but I'm fairly introverted and wasn't thrilled with the dining car setup on Amtrak. I wouldn't say I was "uncomfortable", but it was sort of awkward.
So... How are we to ensure that we have these "benevolent Capitalists"?

Seriously. Capitalism has shown twice within 100 years that it will manufacture sociopaths en masse. This is where we are now, and what made the Labor movement possible. (Join the IWW.)

This is what created the Great Depression - too much concentrated Capital, too few profitable projects. This is normal to Capitalism - booms and busts that wipe out us little people, but those big players quickly find themselves with enough wealth leftover to live as Feudal Lords.

From Cigarette Companies hiding that their product cases cancer to oil companies hiding that their product is actually killing the planet, even as they buy up patents for any competing technologies - the Modern Corporation has proven itself incapable of doing right by our world.

Here's a fun documentary on the structure of modern Corporations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMNZXV7jOG0
If you grant location access there is a fast/low accuracy response, and the site can request a slow/high accuracy response which would be your exact GPS location, potentially down to the meter.

https://www.andygup.net/how-accurate-is-html5-geolocation-re...
An Edit-Centric Approach for Wikipedia Article Quality Assessment
The danger of nuclear war is that there is no time to double check from other stations.

Imagine, your radars see the incoming, by which time they’re already a third of the way.

The SSNN are somewhere, close, about to launch. Those are close, so little time to react.

Short range missiles in Germany are 5 minutes away from wiping your allies.

In the meantime you have to pass this memo along, silo doors have to be opened, missiles warmed up, etc.

Today it’s much more dangerous. Nukes are hundreds, not thousands of mi. away from Moscow, so Moscow has 5 minutes head up before it’s hit. We’re unlikely to have a Petrov double guess a radar full of clouds. Any bug in the Russians radar software that looks like clouds, and poof!
Do you (or anyone) have recommendations on a type of meditation that does not totally disengage your mind?

I have a problem that after lots of meditation I become more disengaged and "spacey". Its fine to look at myself in a detached way, but sometimes I want appropriate engagement with those feelings. During stressful times I don't end up more engaged or challenged, I just feel "checked out". This became pervasive in social situations as well.