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”My position is nobody ought to probably be running as admin for the vast majority of tasks”

Who disagrees with that? For most users, by a long shot, installing software is only a tiny fraction of the tasks they perform.

Anybody, including that substantial IT department has to elevate to an admin account to install software, and that is a good thing.

Any halfway smart IT department won’t have to type an admin password on every machine or even visit every machine, though.
You know, perl is so ubiquitous, maybe we should vote to make it part of the next POSIX standard...
I was talking about what this technique would do “if successful”—as in, if developed further. A full solution would likely include “generic” platelets and innate-immune cells into the mix, genetically-modified such that they don’t present graft-host disease; but would likely leave out adaptive-immune cells, leaving those to the marrow to reproduce.

(Or, helpfully, not; a “complete blood transplant”, done at the same time as a bone-marrow transplant, would serve as a much more immediate reinitialization of the body’s immune system in the face of autoimmune disease. Right now we try to do that with hemodialysis, but although we filter out the memory B- and T-cells themselves, we don’t manage to [immediately] filter out their chemosignals, so autoimmune response currently continues for a few days.)
Jetson is for inference, not training.
Investing in stocks has long term yields of like 7% or 8% per year if you invest in an SP500 (or similar) index fund, from what I know. Admittedly I am not an expert, but the documentation I read before investing myself lets me think that 7% or 8% is quite standard for 25 year investments.

I'm not sure what you mean with 0.002%. Maybe bonds?
gas is not $2.50/ga everywhere. in california it’s around $5/ga atm. i think the big difference is how spread out things are in the US vs EU. in the EU i may very well be able to go on a road trip in a electric vehicle. in the US, given how few charging stations there are this isn’t really possible.
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Looking for reliable and cost-effective ways to host / deploy APIs in 2019.
IANAL, but I've always wondered if one good way to approach this is as a "micro-theft" of user resources. Specifically, network bandwidth, battery capacity, and screen size.

An additional theft, which is your attention, can also be priced according to "the market", and indeed, if an ad obscures another sites ad then there is, in fact, another (large) set of people the manufacturer is stealing from. Moreover, that last class of people have some powerful advocates in the way of the networks, to wit, Google. But this theft is less straight-forward, I think.

I would argue that the most important theft, which is your right to be secure in your computer mediated dealings, is hardest to argue. But that's there, too.

It's entirely possible that this theory has already been tested, and lost, in US courts.
Takes home $150k. Has access to world-class infrastructure and public services. Complains.

Sounds about right.
This shouldn't be hard to test.

Just create a native executable in your language of choice that connects to a hardcoded address of a server you have access to and try executing it on a windows machine with sample submission enabled.
I tend to, as a team lead, yes. There's also @ mentions in things like Slack or regular old email to get people's attention.
If you ask me to do something that I am not comfortable with or goes against my values, I will not do that thing.

Nothing wrong with that.
Is it not crazy that is has to come down to a Supreme Court case for Jeff Bezos and Amazon to treat their employees fairly?

This isn't a company that's on a sink or swim margin where this will collapse the company. Not when they're fine stocking all the break rooms in corporate offices with starbucks and AWS people get shelves full snacks all day. But give an hourly employee a little more money to accommodate their self enforced security is a line too far.

If you're an Amazon corporate employee, you support these decisions by working there.
> “lambda calculus”, which has existed for even longer than functional programming

The lambda calculus is functional programming, regardless of whether it was intended to be run on a computer or not.

> This is also known as “currying”, a term named after FP pioneer Haskell Curry.

So Curry — a mathematician — is an FP pioneer, but the lambda calculus is not functional programming. I find this a strange stance to take haha.

> These functions can turn many-line loops into incredibly concise one-liners. However, they are often harder for the average programmer to grapple with, especially when compared to the almost-English flow of imperative Python.

I'm undecided whether these concepts are actually more difficult to understand, or if they're more difficult for people who are used to imperative programming specifically because they're used to imperative programming. I'm interested to hear other people's perspectives on this.

> Personally, I can never remember the argument order [of these higher-order functions]

A fault of Python, not the author, I think.

> However, I wouldn’t recommend writing a lot of functional-first Python, especially in a shared or long-lived codebase.

I don't think the author really motivates this thesis, but strangely that's because the rest of the article doesn't seem to be about this thesis (in my opinion).

Writing functionally is, as the author says earlier in the piece, more of a way of life than anything inherent to the language. So long as your language supports higher-order functions, you can write functional code.

The rest of the article's suggestions — opting for pure functions, limiting use of classes, etc — all fit in with a functional-first paradigm, I think, despite the author's claim that they "wouldn't recommend writing a lot of functional-first Python". You don't need to use map/reduce to be a functional programmer. You just need to be working with functions and their composition instead of data and its mutation, and you're mostly all set.
Who do you suggest does have the resources?

Bitwarden is essentially the work of one person[0].

Are you suggesting that we only rely on Apple Keychain and Chrome password sync due to their MegaCorp backing?

0: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/graphs/contributors
It must be a better filler than the ordinary, though because from what I remember being told, there already is a standard filler using in "bloodless surgeries" for people refusing blood transfusions; AFAIR a saline solution is good enough if all you need is to keep the blood pressure up.
- They are NOT speaking of the 1% (such as medical professional or high income technical professionals)

- They are NOT speaking of the 0.1 %.

- They are speaking of the 0.01%. One person out of 10000. Not multimillionaires. 100 millionaires and billionaires.

There is a very good reason why the tax foundating speaks of the 1% and not of the 0.1% or 0.01% : it is usefull to protect billionaires.
Very risky side-effects.

Use at low power only.
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This sounds exactly like the Gervais Principle, aka Mgmt Strategies as demonstrated by The Office:

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

Mostly a joke... but still painfully accurate at times.
Yes, daily detailed standups are not useful. BUT, since development teams tend to be slightly to very introverted, it helps ease 'department wide' communication and 'solutioning' that wouldn't happen otherwise. The underlying goal is to help personality types that often don't like to communicate outside of a small group, and often don't like to ask for help, and in some cases helps the few developers who 'cannot see the forest for the trees' that focus on trivialties when they need to look past them. Edit: It also helps product or leadership types who may not be well versed in technology.
Not Spotify, but for Pandora nothing beats pianobar[1]. I've been using it for years and it's just a delight. No bloated interface, simple and quick to use.

1: https://6xq.net/pianobar/ or https://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar
The person isn't trolling, though. It's a fun anecdote that makes you both seem more human, and you didn't come across as a dick in it.

EDIT: For the record, most of us probably revere your blog.
I see universities trying to bolster interest in quantum computing by putting out open source projects to simulate programming for one. I suppose their hoping some kid will create their industry by giving them a cool idea.

I genuinely cant wait to see what will come of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're expecting quantum snapchat or quantum youtube.
Your source is a controversial one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Foundation
>the website that was launched alongside the fraud allegations has already been removed.

Maybe the SEC is starting the case and asked the tipsters to remove all relevant documents online to prevent prejury?
early versions

beta

I think you answered your own question there.

People have to stop treating betas like gospel.
Damn, yeah, I guess these guys should really be asking their new employer if they'll be subject to wage theft before they get hired.
I would never use it though, I’m guessing it breaks all default browser image behavior. Drag image from browser to desktop, right click, accessibility, etc.
If I understand your comment (which is much clearer than the article) the 2014 US Supreme Court decision with respect to the 1947 Act is still valid Federal. The 6th Circuit ruled that the US Supreme Court decision and the 1947 Act do not preclude lawsuits on the state level. That makes more sense, because it seemed odd that if the 6th Circuit disagreed with a 2014 Supreme Court ruling, they would hear it.
basically this.

in these mostly socialist countries, the top income bracket starts much much lower than in the US. these countries tax the middle class and consumption with VAT ranging from 15-21% on consumption. in spain the top bracket starts around 60,000 euros a year and its 45% not including local tax.

these policies and similar ones in other countries in effect keep the rich rich and make it much, much harder for the poor/middle class to move up.
Do you have a starting point for me to read up on this? I'm very interested but this is so far from what I know I didn't even understand half your post. Thanks.
Is a base Tesla really too expensive, I mean the new Jeep Gladiator can top out at 55,000?
No, Communism: there is no governemnt, we're a workers' utopia now.
So what? If you make electricity cheap, somebody will put it to good use, and whether it's exported or not, you are improving people's lives.
Would it help to start a fund specific to this purpose? I'd imagine there would be significant ROI on it, in the big picture sense.

Relevant Article: https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/09/the-rise-of-public-sect...
They're even worse when the team stops standing up for them. Then they turn into a daily agendaless mandatory half-hour meeting.
I was just going by what the person I was replying to (who wasn't you) was saying. If, as that person said, apps will break (or appear to break to average users) once "hardening" kicks in, then delaying it by a mere two months seems almost pointless. On the other hand, if as you say nothing will break, then a two-month delay in hardening seems equally pointless.
I didn't say anything about primarily. I mean I have languages I don't use anymore, except on the odd times when I know they're the best solution.

on edit: anyway I guess my point really is the language will not be extinct until the last human user of it no longer uses it all. I don't think it is gone within 4 years.
Some might, but some are older and have roots in family ties and local ties. It is actually pretty hard and not especially desirable for many to abandon friends and family to save a money that is only to buy even more luxuries/see a bigger number in an account somewhere.
My 2003 Honda Pilot had the airbags, a transmission part and a key cylinder replaced under recall in the last 4 years.

Also normal car companies that follow the law have third parties called mechanics that can order parts and get cars fixed.
Widely known by whom? I'm not sure how that could be true even in theory; there is no universally agreed on definition of "progressive".
Exactly. Let’s change the laws.
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When something is given out for free, why are you surprised when people take it for free?
>Tesla’s should be better if anything due to the simpler drivetrain and lack of maintenance

Eh, their reliability is much worse than other brands, even luxury brands.

https://www.truedelta.com/car-reliability-by-brand?min=2016&...

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf...

If it "works" it's great. But, once out of warranty it can be expensive and delayed before you can get your car fixed. On my S, I had to replace 3 door handles, drive unit, screen, TPS, passenger mirror was replaced, and a few other things. This was ~3 years of ownership and < 30k miles. Many of these things had a long delay before they could get fixed. I was in a loaner for over 3 weeks while they fixed the drive unit.

My father had an X that got bought back due to never being able to fix the rear door sensor. It would open a foot and freeze. He also had a handful of other issues. This was in less than a year of ownership.

My neighbor with the 3 got into an accident. It's ~6-8 months for them to fix their rear bumper. Additionally, one of the seatbelt adjusters and one of the AC vents rattle. So he stuck a piece of foam in there. His charging port has frozen and needed a manual release. And he says the screen sometimes doesn't come on. The nearest dealership is 100 miles away. He got an appointment, drove, got a loaner, drove home. They were 'Unable to reproduce' the rattles/screen issue. So he had to drive back and pick up his car with nothing getting fixed.
The problem with this point of view is that people drive incredibly poorly. I went back and hit my dashcam over the last week, and there were _5_ illegal actions, two of which could have resulted in potentially fatal outcomes if one more thing went wrong.

Yes, software is limited. So are people, so I choose to combine both systems for safety. I use autopilot, but my hands stick on the wheel. I spend much more time on total awareness as opposed to just what is immediately in front of me.

Compare the Tesla's system to the current flawed system, not a utopian system where people don't make any mistakes.
This is precisely why I went with the Sansa Clips back in the day. They were inexpensive enough to replace easily if one broke, and RockBox gave them a lot more life. I still have a few of them laying around but haven't been used much anymore due to using streaming services.
> Not that it is the supreme court's fault, assuming that test is very explicit in the act.

Couldn't the Supreme Court declare the test unconstitutional?
Slightly better worded article:

Amazon Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court on Pay Claims by Workers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-07/amazon-re...
I don't see how it's that similar. Employees getting a new job is often very difficult, so would create a lot of difficulty for a lot of people. Whereas Amazon raising their prices by a few cents shouldn't be much work.
Conversely, batteries don’t lose power at altitude. Test driving a model 3 performance and doing day trip to Vail may change your views a bit.
I agree, but the parent is responding to the article’s claim that the rich pay less. This isn’t in support of the parent’s comment, just trying to clarify the conversation and root out accidental straw men.
There are just as many issues with that as the beginning of the day, IMO. What constitutes the end of the day, for example? It isn't unusual for teams to have someone who comes in really early and leaves early. Or someone else who comes in late and leaves late.

Early enough for the 6-3 worker might be well before the end of the day for a lot of others.
Careful. The two articles rely on vastly different cherry-picked definitions of who counts as rich, and neither claim is even remotely true anymore if you use the other definition. The top 1% are indeed audited at about the same rate as the working poor, but they also pay higher taxes than everyone else. This NYT article on the other hand picks out the top 400, who apparently pay lower taxes but are much more aggressively audited by the IRS than less wealthy people even with the funding cuts limiting their ability to do so. (According to the linked letter from the IRS, they heavily audit roughly the top 20,000 most well-off Americans.)
>There is simply no comparison.

The numbers would indicate that Dodge makes several points of comparison though making such a comparison would certainly get everyone to recoil in horror as though you brought up Bud Light in a discussion of micro-brews.
The problem is that policies targeted at them would really only end up affecting the reasonably well off and not the rich/super rich.
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These numbers are consistent across studies, and across countries. So try harder next time you want to discredit sources of data you don't like.
As a student I learned C and how OSS projects work through hacking Rockbox to add features to my iRiver H320. Fond memories and a very valuable learning experience.
Because it shows that you have the money to buy a $2M car.
It’s seems degrading to be subject to this but at the same time the majority of theft is from employees. I’ve hear about these type of precautions at UPS sorting centers. It’s also why cash register security cameras are pointed at the register not where a robber would be in clear view.
That said I’m almost certain the UPS employees are paid while doing the screening. That’s a benefit of labor unions.
Okay, I would consider transporting a mattress on a bike (with a trailer) easy, not just a bike!
I was telling my family this yesterday. This is the first car I have ever owned where it is unquestionably a better car a year later then when I purchased it.
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As usual, when involving a Supreme Court case, I'd recommend reading the case directly as they are usually eminently readable. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-433_5h26.pdf

It was a unanimous decision here, because the Portal-to-Portal Act (the 1947 law referenced) has pretty consistently been interpreted both by regulatory bodies and courts in the intervening 70+ years to explicitly exclude such activities from the FLSA. If you want to change this, you definitely need to go to Congress with this.
Don't forget all the binary blobs you need to get full functionality, the monstrous size of the codebase (and corresponding attack surface), the baseband processor, etc.

Also, don't get me started on the terrible security hygeine of the actual ROM distribution practices.
I'm tired to read articles written inside "Opinions" sections.(not that I necessarily disagree with it, you guys are explaining how this article is right or wrong better than me).

I would really like (not intended at HN, it's a general crisis in my life) to read more articles about politics that are neutral and factually oriented. It seems like 90% of the political content I read twists facts and build cheap, cherry-picked arguments to push for their opinions without any scientifical / logical humility (Discussing hypotheses, advancing honest counter arguments...). I am yet to find political writers / journalists raising questions without already knowing the answers to them. Real thinking instead of outrage porn (as another commenter wrote ; I like that expression)
Import substitution is what Asia countries did to become rich. Latin America countries adopted the name as propaganda for our protectionist programs (one of the necessary components of import substitution is imports). Chile did some of the real thing, but for the most part, Latin America never practiced it.
I've literally never seen one of these - are they the new thing? Sounds like an upscale hipster version of a mall food court. No surprise that owners are looking to hold the vendors over a barrel - everybody sees dollar-signs at being able to capture upscale dollars with "rustic" setting.

I mean, we have an indoor farmer's market with eateries in it in my city, and of course it is a popular destination for hipsters. But I could see how trying to force that experience could just make a mess.
This seems like the "looking for your keys under the lamp post" joke. https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2016/03/the-street...
That's how it used to be in many European countries. Insurance is an old concept that predates the modern nation state. Problem is that in an unregulated market, private will not keep a big enough buffer to avoid ruination because that hurts profits. In the 19th century a lot of upper class people had such insurances for their businesses which turned out to be worthless because when disaster struck they found that the money wasn't there. Gradually such worthless insurance funds were nationalized and became the foundations of many European welfare systems.
How many dice would you have to roll for sending this message?
How long would that take?
>The problem of course, is that you have to be familiar with it.

This is generally what formal education is supposed to solve.
I've had teams bigger than that with a fixed 10 minute slot for standups, where the next team would have their standup after those 10 minutes. It was not a problem, but it enforced meeting discipline.

As for going off track, you will need to learn to tell people (including yourself) to take a time out and discuss matters after the standup. If anyone says more than a sentence or two, and if there is more than a single counterquestion and a short answer, then that should be taken after the meeting.
https://www.truedelta.com/car-reliability-by-brand?min=2016&...
Well I think the one thing that I'm gathering is that a normal user won't know to do that (right-click and click "open").

The scary thing to me is there's no "Open Anyway" button that was mentioned further up in the thread.

I haven't used Catalina yet though so I'm not super sure of all these facts.
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This was an interesting read. If you wrote more of these stories out into a longer blog format I'd totally read it!
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I really wish I had more of the know how to make a Kickstarter/Crowd Supply for this. I imagine an mp3 player with native Rockbox support would be very popular, especially in the form factor of an iPod and/or a Sansa Clip.