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> Debreu's work on general equilibrium, which was the basis of the award, had to skirt around the SMD theorem:

Watch out for moving the goalposts. He was awarded the nobel prize after all. "Rigorous reformulation" does not sound like skirting at all.

> This "anything goes" situation then leads to non-unique equilibria, since a supply curve can now intersect the market demand curve at more than one point. But since an equilibrium point is supposed to be where welfare is maximised in a society, the existence of non-unique equilibria means that there can be multiple economic arrangements under which social welfare is maximised.

Economy (or climate or orbits) exhibit chatoic and complex behaviour and it is not surprising that they can have multiple stable points (look up bifurcation diagrams for a simple representation of chatoic solutions). If I am not mistaken, one can hear such things routinely in university economy classrooms today especially when giving caveats about models being wrong in general. Even when you include game theory and Nash equilibria with respect to economic solutions, there might not be efficient ways to reach the equilibrium points at all!

> Then it's a matter of taste (i.e. "ideology") to decide which equilibrium point a society wants to be in.

That is to assume that every equilibrium solution you get is tied to a specific policy or a set of them (or even more, an ideology!) or that points can be reached easily which are very strong assumptions. Maybe some ideologies don't exhibit any reachable equilibrium points or pertain only to unstable ones.
'normal', well balanced people maybe. But the simple fact is, there are tons of people out there that are utterly broken inside for gazillions of reasons, not enough to end up in mental institution (or even enough but ie recently released), but a total mess nevertheless.

Talk to doctors in ER (or cops) about their experiences if you care. It is a sad and sobering report on current state of raw mankind
Exactly. "Eleanor wait to do all her studying the night before the exam" doesn't attempt to insert the part of the story we don't know.

Maybe she waited because she's lazy, maybe because she was waiting for her anxiety to decrease, maybe because she was working two jobs.

When we make a judgement and say that she procrastinates, we shut ourselves out from the rest of the story and insert our own.
Fake takedown/demonetization notices are a HUGE problem on YT.

Number of twitch streamers' YT channels have had the majority of their back catalog of videos deleted because of these.

The same type of videos will all be claimed by 20 different sources, and then those videos will also be copied and turn up on various Russian sites...

And that's not even considering the bogus takedowns from "legitimate" entities.
Google and Ambient Computing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/tripping/wp/2018/06/05/l...

Fines are how many cities stay solvent. The job of police in America, therefore, is not to keep the peace and provide justice, it's to be tax collectors for the city.
> If you can buy multiple cheap, unreliable PCs for the price of 1 sun server, you still win.

Quantity has it's own quality
Micheal Hayden said during his Blackhat keynote that the US considers offensive cyber attacks from nation states to be acts of war, so probably not that much better.
Just touch the screen. It's already on your hands!
> unless the phone is rooted.

That's absolutely not true at all.

All that happens is that, the first time you try to install from such an application (or any other application other than your store, eg: the first time you try to install an apk after you download it from your browser), a settings windows appears telling you this application can't install more applications on your phone until you give it permissions. From there giving the permission is a two click matter, and you don't need to look for it the link is given. See the exemple 2 pictures (and that's the only two steps - note that the "settings" button in the first takes you directly to the second picture, aka straight to the right settings page for the correct application, no looking around needed): https://imgur.com/a/Vafqyic

Then you press back one time after giving the permission, which is the normal way to go back to what you were doing on android, and it works at expected, aka it goes back to the install screen except this time it enables the install button.

Any porn site like youporn and pornhub, or epic with fortnite, etc ... Do it this way with no major issue, because the messages are super clear, and where to click to allow it is super clear, no need to look for it.

If anything, this is almost too easy and I'm surprised there is not a bigger spread of malware through browsers using that, and I would be for it asking you to confirm your password before enabling that permission.

EDIT: it appears I missed that parent was talking about UPDATING apps, not installing.
Oops, thanks for clarifying.
Free Online Code Testing
I published a free online code testing tool (like Codility / HackerRank) if anyone is interested. I hire a lot of software devs as part of my job. I wanted to screen them with some basic 10 minute tests before doing a full interview. Something like reversing a list or FizzBuzz type stuff. Existing tools are pretty expensive to send lots of candidates through and I really didn't need all the bells and whistles, so I just wrote my own very basic Python one a little while back. I decide to polish it up a bit and release it for others that might need it.

It currently supports Python, Javascript, Ruby, and Java. If anyone is interested it's at https://codetester.io/
Unfortunately habitats are not fungible. A square mile of dry land is unlikely to be suitable for the species which live in the wetlands of a tidal estuary.
> you only need to look at the stats for violence against trans people to the see the active harm in pretending otherwise.

Could you reference some of these stats? This argument comes up very often in discussions about trans peoples issues. But, not once have I seen or read someone citing a particular statistic or even pull up a number out of thin air. It is always claimed, there are stats showing increased violence against trans people. Where are the statistics?
Singapore grew by 22% since independence in 1965 thanks to land reclamation. And they started reclaiming before that already.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_Singapore
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I don't follow your argument. Is it that we should not worry about morals and ethics, and instead just look at actions in vacuum, and decide whether or not an action should be taken with no regard to context?

It's not hypocritical for someone to believe that Cloudflare should kick nazis off their service and at the same time believe Blizzard should stand up to China.

Human beings are capable of exercising nuance and understanding complex topics. I don't want to generally go around punching or kicking people, but if I'm cornered and someone is trying to do harm to me, I'm going to fight back. It's the context around such actiona that defines whether or not it was just.
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Sorry for your loss, I've lost cats in the past and it sucks badly. If I may be of advice, don't let the loss put you down ("I'll never get a cat again because losing it is too much of a pain", been in the same situation) and when you feel ready get a new one. No, it won't take away the suffering of the loss, but you will slowly start to love the new one and find more motivation.
About 16 years ago we lost a small kitten and were devastated to the point we arranged a sort of viking funeral on a river; initially I didn't want to get a new cat but my girlfriend convinced me and in a few days we had a wonderful new kitten. It lived 13 years before cancer took it away, but it became part of the family and brought happiness to the house. When it died I got a new one, and this one is growing an attachment to us just like the old one: I can't go out if I don't spend a good 10 minutes cuddling it, and have almost succeeded in "teaching" it to shake hands (search "rainman the handshaking cat", mine is just like that one:).
My point, so we can sorta get back to the topic, is that when something bad happens, it is possible that it could trigger a series of events that might end up producing something positive. If I didn't lose the first cat I'd never have got the second and the third. I'm not being religiously optimist here, just pointing out that moving forward after a loss can be of help.
A very interesting article. As I read it, SaaS providers can integrate GPL code in their service without opening up any of their code, competing with other, similar services. But, isn't that what open source is about? Providing an utility for everyone to use, even in a corporate setting? It's like someone providing a Linux distribution with a license which says, that you're not allowed to make money with it.

I think MongoDB from the article simply provided a SaaS service, which was too simple too copy without any unique features. Ain't this their own fault?
UK Government drops controversial 'porn blocker' plan
>I mean, think of it this way: If you are a poor, violent and traumatized youth, and drugs were legal and you wanted to make a quick buck, you'd turn to robbery or worse, kidnapping/murder.

Is there any evidence of such a "rise the lowest forbidden fruits won't impact the crop"?

Without data, one could just as well argue that it favors criminal paths by smoothing the road.

Think of it this way: if you rule death penalty for illegal music download, you further banalize evil by broadcasting the message that the worst social behaviors is ethically equivalent, as far as law pretends to pursue some ethical aims, as something as harmless.

Nota bene: I don't imply that death penalty is acceptable for any kind of judicial sentence. Human errors and possibility of political abuses should be sufficient points to definitely end such a practice out of any legislation that pretends to respect its citizen dignity.
Didn't know that the Cabinet War Rooms only came into operation after the Blitz; I'd always assumed all those underground scenes we see in war movies like the recent Gary Oldman Churchill movie were set in the War Rooms.
Probably want Iran to not assume it's coming from Israel/Saudi etc...but then again these days people are crazy addicted to getting those like/click/view counts and I wouldn't be the least surprised if the Intel/Military community isn't immune. Can see two Generals competing for Likes somewhere.
This should take 5 years and cost a few tens of billions.

In California, it would take several generations and ultimately bankrupt the state.
Marketing can’t for instance force you to read an ad before you read an article in the newspaper. They can’t force you to sit through a video before you drive into town. They can’t swap out one newspaper article for another for money and they can’t completely change the focus of a newspaper by using SEO.
Same here, but as a side effect to two doses of magic truffles with a few month break between them (15gr and 25gr respectively at ~120kg. With the weight, remember fresh truffles are a lot heavier then dried shrooms). Granted, i have only been sober for half a year but i dont really have the urge to start again. I didnt think this was an option before. But just describing it as "stopped drinking" also cuts it short, I am happy again for the first time since what feels like childhood, I lost the death wish I was dragging around with me for close to a decade and i am actively working on self reflection and self improvements. I am self aware enough to cut stuff out that makes me unhappy and I actually like myself. If you told me that a year ago i would have laughed in your face, but it gave me a very subtle change of perspective that helped to break out of destructive patterns.

With all the upsides, it is however still necessary to warn of the dangers of taking mushrooms without knowing what to expect or taking care for set and setting. If you are thinking about taking psychedelics I can recommend the book "The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys", though you should better be taking a guided trip with someone who has the experience and who you trust.
It is more subtle than that. In most cases a female PoC in business attire is more likely to be sorted into the "not criminal" bin than a white man with a typical "white trash" look.

The racism comes in when you compare reactions to casually dressed white vs casually dressed PoC. And it gets dialed up even higher if the PoC is showing any ethnic styles.

If you use a model of "Random officer X encounters random citizen Y" if citizen Y is a PoC, they are more likely to be prejudged into the "criminal" bin, but this is not the only factor (gender, inferred socioeconomic class, &c. will also play a role).

This is very different than labeling the bins "not white" and "white"
They both say they allow it, but don't.

Both are lying to you and everyone else. They instead demand their private tax while lying to you about it beforehand.
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Donald Trump does not belong to any class protected under the Civil Rights Act.
srsly?? oil...
Indeed, it seems like they have no idea what conventions are, and just wanted to change everything for whatever reason. The default low contrast gray "button" is garbage.

Also, I get switching to a black outline on the focused text element, but now you have two colours signifying that something is focused.
We do need more people in San Francisco. It's one of the most productive cities in the world.

But there's plenty of space there already: upwards. It's just illegal to use.
that will come as a surprise to all the first floor restaurants i have lunch at in those buildings.
Video Reportedly Shows Man Stumbling into Open Manhole
I haven't read the book, but what I heard about it second hand is that 10k hours is about mastery, not success. You can be a master without being successful and visa versa. But mastery sure improves your odds of success.

Of course 10k hours doesn't guarantee mastery either. I've put in that much on the golf course and still suck at it.
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How do I upvote this harder!
No One Knows Why Humans Can Walk
If only ICE/CBP could release the video where they caught them trespassing.

Feels like the family wants to gain emotional support through three months old child saga.

I side solely with ICE in this particular case, that they didn't simply offer a 'Return back' option. Common, if ICE starts to do that - there will be a handful flux of people giving it a try hoping that if they were caught - they can simply return back.

Expecting a catered service in the detention center is overboard. Government run facilities, over-crowded all the time, they got a family detention center, not an ordinary one itself should make them feel safer. I am assuming the British family is trying to use the white privilege.

Whole 16K cash in hand story and two families blah blah - there is way more to the story.
Like an Open Office? You're Probably a Millennial
And industrial wasteland is suitable for neither.
Long-lasting effects of relative age at school
I worked with both types of people.

Funny thing is, when I am a freelancer, who gets paid much more money per hour than an employee, people valued my time and would send me mails or text messages and wait hours or days for an answer,.

When I was an remote employee, people paid me less and called me three times before 10am.

Somehow, many employers have the perception to own every minute their employees are awake.

I would never go back to such a work culture.
I guess this is exactly the problem. Men trying to form close friendships are seen as gay in the United States. Meanwhile we've got ever increasing suicide rates and astronomical amounts of lonely men.
This is big news, but unfortunately, it sounds like it was dropped due to implementation issue as opposed to the fact that it is censorship and, moreover, an invasion of privacy.

As I always said, opt-in is not an option.
A huge problem with ticketing systems is then management uses it to track all productivity.

We had a ticketing system and one guy in our group had between 60% and 80% more tickets than the rest of us. So it would seem we were all slackers, however he took the tickets that took like 2 minutes to do (password resets, account unlocks, etc...), meanwhile i would get stuck troubleshooting a production performance issue that would consume hours. Management didn't care what the ticket was, they liked to see pretty numbers of tickets completed.

I might be the only one who had this experience, and i am not saying ticketing systems are bad, they are extremely useful, as long as everyone knows how they work.
I'm sympathetic to this line of thought. I don't think remote work is for everyone.

However, I see fewer people on net because I work in-office. Basically just my coworkers, no one else. The vast majority of public interactions I have going into work are fleeting and poor (driving next to someone, ignoring someone on the train with headphones). At work, I talk to the same people every single day. Then because of my commute time, I get home late enough that I can't go out or do anything after work. On weekends, I usually have chores to do that I can't do during the week because of how busy I am.

In comparison, back when I was working from home, I would go running and pass people on trails. I would go to meetups at my local church after I got out of work, or take trips into the city to attend conferences on weekends. If you're spending 2 hours or above commuting to work every day (which is not that unusual), you're going to be pushed towards human interactions that are very brief and inconsequential, because you literally will not have time to do anything more significant.

Quality vs quantity matters a lot here. I think people occasionally hype up inter-office relationships too much. I like the people I work with, but I would much rather spend my limited "interaction time" on family members or friends that I've known for years, instead of on coworkers and commuters on the train. I make casual conversation with my coworkers, I don't talk to them about intimate struggles or goals in my life.

Not everyone wants to work remotely because they're antisocial -- sometimes it's literally the opposite motivation.
Portugal is within border-free EU and no so far away from Africa as well, there is plenty of opportunity for cartels there.
Good riddance. A moronic idea to begin with.

“The decision will disappoint a number of British businesses that had invested substantial time and money developing verification products.”

I’m devastated. Let’s hope they all follow their morals and go bankrupt.
> Do you ever start to feel alone, isolated, and mis- or not understood too?

Reading literature helps. It largely deals with the big, sad themes & topics of life and existence. Yes, the "stuffy" "canon" stuff. At least you know all these famous (or famous among lit-reading folks, anyway) authors saw the same things you do, then, which is a kind of camaraderie. Hell, Gilgamesh is about this stuff, very directly. Egyptian didactic literature treats of it. The Bible. Homer and the Greek tragedians. It's been around as long as we've had written culture, basically. You Are Not Alone (aside from how you totally, completely are, naturally! hahaha).

Then find other people who read that stuff and talk with them about it and set up dinner & wine parties to talk about it and hey you guys wanna go see the latest Lars Von Trier film and congratulations, you've distracted yourself from the fundamental horror at the center of existence by way of engaging with it, mission accomplished.
Why not make some additional wetlands too? Land is so expensive in SF that doubling the construction cost of this project won't really change anything.
I imagine these sort of attacks are more like spear phishing, in that they look for high value targets. No one is paying $25k for the family laptop files, but a medium sized business,perhaps digital in nature, would be quick it pay that price to fix the problem.
> It leads to lower quality discussions and suboptimal solutions. When you have to respond immediately, people don’t have time to think through key issues thoroughly and provide thoughtful responses. Your first response to any given situation is often not your best response.

I feel like this is the main benefit.
To anyone curious, this was studied at a small scale with promising results across several psychedelics. Most notably lsd and mdma (in addition to mushrooms and dmt). I can't seem to locate links to studies at the moment, but I'd suggest reading How to change your mind by Michael Pollan if you're interested in this stuff.
New crypto portfolio harnesses Twitter “feels” to place your bets
I didn't like a review saying it's small because some components were left in the cable and hence not all USB-C cables work. It might be an outlier/mistake, but yeah...

I have been using this RAVPower 61W Wall Charger for some weeks now, and it's GaN: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07TC53ZYD
Thank you, internet.
PCI-Express Steps Up to the Bandwidth Challenge
>Just click the smiley face in the top-right to Send Feedback, and let us know what you think!

It's telling that when I wanted to provide feedback I did a ctrl-f to find some sort of feedback link and it took me a while to figure out they meant to download the actual build and then submit feedback... that feels as wonky as some of the choices.
There goes a lot of collective history... I hope archive.org is able to snapshot it.
If I over stayed my visa in most of Europe, especially in Turkey or Russia why would you expect a different outcome?

If you break the law there are consequences - welcome to the real world...
Good one squirt! Trump has low IQ. He won't win 2020 in landslide. He's def not going to make traps gay again. He's def not unstoppable God...
they specifically point out on the page that it's not a camera, doesn't capture any visual images, even works through some solid materials, and can sense in all directions around the device.

This looks literally perfect for something like a smart display. I have a google home smart display on my desk, and I like to keep it back far enough that it's a bit of a reach to touch the screen and interact with it. If i could just wave in front of it, that would improve things significantly! But add in the other benefits of something like this (just being able to sense where a person is around a device like a smart speaker or display seems like it could be extremely useful for better sound projection and better microphone listening), and it seems like it really could be a game changer.

I am wondering why they decided to first release it in a phone, where it seems like it has the least benefits...
>Many value and enjoy being among nature. My ex-coworkers who live in rural areas seem to have a good time on their quads,

Listening to an extremely noisy engine for hours on end is not my idea of "enjoying nature".

I've lived in rural areas. They generally suck, even for nature. In America, all the wooded land is "POSTED" (no trespassing), so you can't go there, and will probably be shot if you do; you have to find a park instead. If your rural house is located near a park, great, but otherwise you're out of luck.
VPN Providers will be crying into their beer.
Don't know if it's still true, but i heard once the the UK phone number portability system was run on a yahoo group.

(a quick google shows the rumors were true.. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/56646/s...)
Shocked this isn't getting more discussion on here. This almost seems off-brand for GitLab.
Nice. If I can suggest a cosmetic improvement, you list number of possible paths, it would be cool to see how many paths algorithm tried so far until it finishes (and how many paths it tried in total).