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> For anyone who dreams of making movies or who is just starting out, the situation at this moment is brutal and inhospitable to art. And the act of simply writing those words fills me with terrible sadness.

I don't know, it seems like Scorsese's critique is for people who might possibly get some sort of actual budget from a production company to make something, because his statements can't possibly apply to someone genuinely just starting out. Having an outlet such as YouTube where you can gain worldwide distribution for your zero-budge work seems pretty amazing compared to options during the period he compares things to.
I never lived there. You can't just assume everyone is an American because you're on a ".com" website.
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They had new interviews after reopening the case to check the reliability of the various old testimonies, as well as talking to some new people, and I guess they concluded that the totality of the evidence wasn't as strong. Presumably some people have changed their testimony somewhat.

In any case, this was always the most likely outcome: very few sexual assault cases ever make it to court in Sweden.
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Yeah, we seem to be able to rightfully forgive people who commit actual crimes once they atone in prison. But cancel culture seems to give you zero ways back despite the most genuine heart-felt apology you can muster for a faux pas you uttered a decade ago.
Here in Canada, there is no price transparency whatsoever. Just when people are facing the stress and uncertainty of fighting a crisis like Cancer, they are given absolutely no inkling what their treatment will cost.

When a physician makes an appointment for you with a plastic surgeon to discuss reconstructive surgery... No transparency about the cost.

When they prescribe chemotherapy... No transparency about what the doses cost.*

When they schedule surgery... You don't have any idea if they'll pull in another nurse or surgeon during the procedure, and again... No transparency about cost.

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I feel icky making jokes about this. But seriously, price transparency is a perfect example of the "XY Problem."

America asks, "How do we make paying for health care an efficient and transparent marketplace," but the correct answer is, "If what you want is a functioning, civilized country, stop trying to make healthcare a marketplace."

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

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* Prescription drugs are still a quagmire in Canada. Basic chemotherapy is somewhat covered by various provincial drug plans, but if you're employed you usually rely on your employment benefits for prescription drugs much as Americans do.

Many of the things covered by employment plans are more convenient than those covered by the public plans. For example, the public plan may require a dose a day, while the product that only requires a dose a week is only covered by an employment plan.

But the bottom line is that if you aren't employed and can't afford chemotherapy, you will get treated.
It would be interesting to see how these numbers have changed since 2016 with the new US corporate tax scheme. The promise was this avoidance would be greatly reduced. I wonder if it has been?
> [VS Code] proved itself when I wanted to implement my own add-on for Sublime Text. I gave up after three days of chasing the arcane documentation and just tried VS Code where I was able to do custom syntax highlighting and deep game script integration in a breeze.

I feel this. The documentation for Sublime seems to be in a permanent state of chaos. Most of the details of how to write plugins were never documented in the first place, and for what you can find you will never be quite sure if it applies to ST2 or ST3. Even the official website has a bunch of outdated documentation for version 2 that still isn’t labeled with version number. I imagine this will only get more confusing with the upcoming version 4.
The metrics make sense: as a user of both platforms, I'm spending far more time on TT these days than IG. My biggest gripe is Instagram is absolutely filled with ads: you get ads in between stories, ads in between posts, then a good portion of actual posts are "sponsored" (so ads from the posters themselves)... it's just a really bad mire of advertising and people trying to sell me stuff. Meanwhile TikTok is still fairly ad-free (I get an ad while scrolling maybe once every 10 mins?) and the content is just better.

In terms of content: remember when Instagram first became popular, and you started using that more compared to Facebook, because FB just felt "stale" and old while IG was the new and exciting thing, with better and more exciting content? That's basically the different between TT and IG now.
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> Even the younger generations still willingly embrace 20th century life (probably more than they realize).

This sounds interesting, but I'm not sure I really understand what you mean. Could you elaborate on what embracing 21st century life would look like in your mind?
Russians could grant him citizenship pretty easily though. I still think he would get picked up by interpol or CIA though if he went to the wrong countries or unescorted/unprotected by the country he traveled to.
There are also union types.
And sum types can be implemented in terms of union types:
https://waleedkhan.name/blog/union-vs-sum-types/
> The platform says it will never sell user data and relies on "the generosity of individual donors" rather than ads

I'd prefer "The platform says it will never sell user data and relies on paying customers rather than ads"
A foolhardy idea would be to surreptitiously go there while some other action is happening elsewhere and tug it out.

Now, it’d be difficult to pull off and offers no upside and lots of downside, but it’d be very intrepid to pull off.
religion != entertainment
I don’t have VR and will be buying a rig for this game and will be willing to rearrange the furniture in my 624 sqft apt to do it.

Born in 1992, HL1 was what really got me into gaming.
I don't agree with the "it's not cinema" line, but I do agree with "It isn't the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being."

I've watched almost all Marvel and DC movies, and I quite enjoy them. They're a creative endeavor and they're pretty cool. But I sometimes side with Ian McKellen griping about greenscreens on The Hobbit set. Getting your emotions out to a blank space with no feedback must be quite a challenge.
that's awesome, thanks for sharing.

It's amazing how much variability there is between years
I got 1 stitch at the ER (before I was aware that Urgent Care was a a thing). First hospital visit in my adult life. Some saline solution, an alcohol wipe, a shot of Novocaine, and 1 stitch. $3,200. I now avoid the hospital like the plague (ironically).
SUV != rock crawler. Even off-road rally cars run 5-7" ground clearance which is right around where the Y is estimated to be. The X has a clearance of 8.5" / 22cm. I would classify both of them as a sport utility vehicle. These cars just look a little different because they need to be more aerodynamic.
Lbry.io

Think torrenting + youtube + blockchain had a baby.

https://lbry.com/faq
Yes, I'm very interested in this as well. My Pebble is still working fine, but the day will come when I need to replace it, and this is the only thing I've seen that looks like it might be able to do that.

The page says that it's 5 years away from release, though.
If you need an offshore corporation, it can be opened for a few hundred $, but if you need to do the same for example in Germany, then you have to pay 25000 EURO to found a GmbH.
This is one thing Trump is doing that should get broad support. It probably won’t though, because some people are physically incapable of agreeing with him.
For an idea that keeps resurfacing for half a century now, there seems to be a distinct lack of adoption. Perhaps it is a gimmick without a solid use case.
I had no idea that there was a connection between motion sickness and tinnitus, and interestingly I suffer from both! (I was unable to complete the "road to Hana" in Maui because I got out of the car to puke several times!)
I'm pretty sure the $10 a month gives you a service similar to Xbox Game Pass. You can play the games in their catalog, just like Netflix. You also have the option to purchase a game and own if even if it's rotated out of the catalog.
The comment isn't to provide legal advice, only to make a point and provide a little information. There are BOOKS on that sort of information.

Also hopefully to make sure that someone doesn't put themselves into a situation where they can be legally killed by someone else. Being mindful that entering someone's home unannounced or brandishing a knife or fists to intimidate that trespasser on your back 40 could result in your death.

These requirements are from old style common law. I should have mentioned that it varies a lot from state to state and even under varying circumstances. For instance, if someone is 20 feet away from you, holding a knife and threatening to kill you, can you shoot them without going to prison?

The question is, does a "Reasonable Person" have a belief that the man holding a knife at 20 feet is able to kill you before you can react. He can't reach you right? But how long does it take a person to cover 20 feet and stab you? Could you react in time? How do you know that he could have covered the distance before you could draw your weapon? Can you beat that brandishing charge if you don't shoot?

Well if you point that gun at him and didn't know how fast that person can cover that 20 feet at the time then it isn't admissible as evidence for your legal defense to prove that a reasonable person would believe the person CAN kill you. Instead the DA will just say "He was 20 feet away!" and the jury will put you in jail because you didn't have the training or evidence that you KNEW he could cover that distance in less time than you can draw.

IMPORTANT: If you are willing to use deadly force, and arm yourself to do so, then you should be trained to do so legally. Not relying on rumors and advice of Hacker News commenters!
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Your examples prove my point. Those are all wonderfully creative movies (not sure about Robocop since I don't remember it much) I never said I wanted to be surprised. I said I wanted creativity which is something I personally find lacking in many movies these days and especially in the comic book movies.
I would be awesome to see more sites like this:

https://www.mdsave.com/

Wish it worked with insurance
Yeah but Sweden was just going to turn him over to the USA.
soviets never pushed socialism

Never

That word was a mask for totalitarian ideology
the show tune it down hugely compared to the comic because of exactly what moore says. PC culture.
> What we need is a superhero who's just a guy with a crappy office job who wants to make the world a better place

You should probably check out "Dark Waters"

https://youtu.be/jvQUIt0BWcU
Yeah the whole credit thing is nice, but I wonder how many people are pay check to paycheck with less than 1K in savings driving brand new cars, living in a large house with a brand new iPhone and flat screen. Then when people are closed to paying off their mortgage, they refinance or take out a second mortgage.

However there is someone who says if you need a new car, only pay cash so if you only have 500 bucks, get one off of Craigslist to get to point A to point B but in a way I feel like that's bad advice as wouldn't be reliable and you'd end up spending a bunch on repairs.

So I feel like credit is good, but in a way people use it for too much instead of saving. My favorite idea is to just use credit cards no differently than a debit card, don't spend anything you know you won't be able to pay off. Then instead of paying banks, they pay you! Sounds like cashback is worthless with interest. So I guess a different mindset than the majority of people, but the credit card companies are probably hoping you slip up at some point.

Then as for credit in business, I feel like the best way to use credit is to scale up something that is already working out for you... Maybe you need more inventory because you are selling fast but still waiting on your supplies to pay you, so throwing in a bit of credit you know you can for sure pay back would help keep up with the demand.

I know some people hate credit, but having a good score might help you when you get a job, auto insurance premiums, apartment but laws vary by states too in what companies can use your score for. For example I know California doesn't allow them to use it for auto insurance, and I think credit checks for job applicants is limited too but Ohio doesn't care really what companies use your credit score for.

So if you are 18, get a credit card just to treat yourself to some McDonalds once a month, then pay it off fully when you get your statement you'd be better off credit wise than someone who didn't have any credit at all. A lot of stuff they don't teach in school, you can get a better financial education on YouTube.
Most Americans probably don't even know that practicing Jews don't eat bacon. If anything, snarky bacon memes seem to be directed at vegans.
> Then a non VR version will be made.

That's what I'm hoping for.
This is IMO the "simple solution" to healthcare -
nothing will bring down healthcare costs faster than the following

- be allowed to choose

- know how much something costs

- pay some of the cost themselves (co-pay, health savings account) etc.
Illinois is a leader in taxes, if anything this highlights how poorly taxes are utilized
Ugh, that privacy policy really is a total showstopper.
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Like clockwork you can't mention anything vaguely related to China without someone accusing everyone else of being a pro-China shill. This is a fucking social network. We don't bring up Guantanamo Bay and the NSA scandals whenever Twitter does anything.
I'm not trying to say there's no fun in the newer sets—that'd be dumb—but they're harder to build & maintain in play due to higher part-counts for the same (or smaller!) size, and tend to devote a lot of that part count to smoothing over surfaces or building up odd angles, which harms customizability. If a lot of what you liked about LEGO sets (versus brick buckets) was customizing, building atop, or re-theming them, the modern ones are a huge step back for that, though they definitely look way better.

The way higher part-count of mostly-tiny bricks also makes them miserable to pick out of a mixed set of bricks. Damn near impossible to re-construct if they get torn up and make it into a well-populated brick bin. I remember being able to mix the generic bricks and a dozen largish sets freely and never having much trouble picking them back out—phew man, these new ones are not like that.

My kids have lots of fun with LEGO but the sets are... not a big contributor to that, minifigs aside. Once they get busted up—and again, they're harder to restore post-customization or repair as they take a little damage here and there—that's it, probably never see them together again, and my kids are drowning in tiny pieces from those sets and starved for larger ones when they build their own stuff. Brick buckets and large plates purchased piecemeal are much better bang-for-the-buck, the way they use them. We're mostly sticking to those and much smaller sets, having been burned by the big ones.

The new ones definitely aren't as well suited to the same play-purposes as the old sets, though maybe they're better for some other play styles or uses than those were, I dunno. They absolutely, 100% look much better.
Awesome! Glad to help, have fun :)
Of course doctors and hospitals don't want price transparency. That would create pricing competition, which would drive down consumer prices, lower profit margins, and force them to become more efficient. Price transparency is one of the key elements of the highly successful Singapore healthcare system. Add in universal tax-free (or tax-deferred) Health Savings Accounts, and we could not only improve the US healthcare system but also help more Americans save for retirement and build wealth. There's no excuse not to try simple regulatory solutions before committing to a massive government takeover. I hope we get bipartisan support for price transparency.
I don’t feel compelled.
I thoroughly dislike the bad orange man, but I will save my strongest words for a more appropriate forum. That said, just because you may dislike someone doesn't mean that you have to opposed everything they do. I do agree with this push for price transparency.
While I like the idea, there are other, better "alternative" social media platforms out there. Mastodon[1] being a good example (even if it's more a Twitter than a Facebook): open, federated, free (as in beer and freedom).

[1] https://joinmastodon.org/
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I don't think the above commenter was defending China, so much as pointing out that the US does much worse.

Each one of your bullets is true, and more extremely applicable to the US.
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To be clear, I think in virtually all respects orange man indeed is very bad. This headline suggested to me that orange man may actually be attempting something worthwhile.
This isn't legal advice, mostly advice on how to not get shot. If you go into someone's home unannounced (even just to return their lost cat) or try to threaten a trespasser on your land you can be killed and it will be YOUR fault.
All of the following can be true at the same time:

- Sweden dropped the charges after the US pressured them to

- The US has been seeking his extradition for years

- Sweden is extremely servile to the US in security/foreign policy

- He raped a girl in Sweden
Yeah but Sweden is a US ally and was just going to turn around and extradite him to the USA after they were done with him. I don't think you've been following the story closely enough. This is what he said for like the past decade. He know that Federal prison will probably end up with him beaten to death, shanked to death, or in solitary confinement for the rest of his life.
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Please someone from the US seriously tell me how can you keep on living and allow this to your children. Even though you don't live in a state that allows this practice, don't you feel guilty knowing that this happens in your country?

Now I understand why you have so many school shootings in the US...
I must have missed the issue where Batman leaves a burning cross on Mr Freeze's yard.
One advantage of smaller companies is that the amount of damage they can do is more limited.
> I had a TS/SCI for years but opted to not get it renewed.
Why? I like to smoke weed and don't wish to cause issues with my employment if it were ever to be discovered or found out.

You're hiding something because you fear negative repercussions if it were revealed. Isn't that problematic behavior for security clearance, regardless of what you think about marijuana or what you're hiding?

The attitude that "I only follow rules that I personally think are justified" is also problematic for security clearance. Smoking weed despite its federal illegality clearly demonstrates that attitude. It's reasonable to assume such a person would be less likely to follow burdensome security procedures they (perhaps ignorantly and stupidly) don't understand or disagree with.

> Meanwhile a guy I know who still has a TS/SCI gets blackout drunk weekly.

People like that do lose their clearance. They don't know what they did when they were blacked out; they could have done something they could be blackmailed with or they could be convinced they did without too much effort by an adversary.

Here's proof:

This clearance denial is the first one I found with ctrl-f that goes into detail:

https://ogc.osd.mil/doha/industrial/2019.html:

> Case Number: 19-00733.h1

> Alcohol Consumption

> 09/26/2019

> Applicant has a substantial history of maladaptive alcohol use that has resulted in three alcohol-related arrests and convictions within seven years, with the most recent incident occurring in January 2019. By his own admission, Applicant consumed alcohol two times per week during the week and weekends at parties, and he drank to intoxication at every party. He also acknowledged that he has gone to work hung over on many occasions. Applicant’s actions under the circumstances continue to cast doubt on his current reliability, trustworthiness, and good judgment. Eligibility is denied. CASE NO: 19-00733.h1

Here's another that doesn't mention any arrests, just plain alcohol abuse:

> Case Number: 18-00767.h1

> Alcohol

> 05/23/2019

> Applicant continued to consume alcohol after being diagnosed with alcohol dependence in 2013 and after receiving inpatient alcohol-detoxification treatment in 2016 for alcohol use disorder, moderate. He continues to drink alcohol against medical advice. Clearance is denied. CASE NO: 18-00767.h1

This is apparently the clearance guideline that forbids alcohol abuse:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2012-title32-vol1/xm...:

> § 147.9 Guideline G—Alcohol consumption.

> (a) The concern. Excessive alcohol consumption often leads to the exercise of questionable judgment, unreliability, failure to control impulses, and increases the risk of unauthorized disclosure of classified information due to carelessness.

> ...

> (5) Habitual or binge consumption of alcohol to the point of impaired judgment;
Will they also offer an alternative to Facebook login? Because it’s not just the social network itself that’s all-pervasive on the internet, and locks you into its network.
some say
this one app just gets hot for less than two years, a lot of promotion and marketing power behind it.
> but there's no indication they're good at anything else at this point

You mean apart from creating and still consistently updating CS:GO and DotA 2, which are both some of the most played games in the world?

Their "The Lab" VR demo, which is a collection of mini games, is also one of the most enjoyable VR experiences, so I'm very optimistic they can make something great again if they put their mind to it.
Well, as I wrote, a technician should be able to repair it and that does not mean sending the device around for weeks. Availability of a device is an important thing if you use it for your work. Also, many "repairs" Apple offers are priced such, that quite often the device is totalled. A broken keyboard should cost $100, not >$600. A broken screen cable shouldn't cost > $800. A dead SSD should cost what an SSD does cost.

If you throw away a machine, that for any other brand could have been quickly repaired because it is totalled, this is not environmental friendly, even if Apple recycles the aluminum afterwards.
>I never said I wanted to be surprised

This is probably why the parent was getting downvoted. I blew right past that and conflated surprise with unpredictability when they're, arguably, not the same thing.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21572963.
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There are shades of bad. The US health care system with price transparency is better than the US health care system without it.

The same procedure can cost 1,000x more if you go across town. It's been long reported that Hospitals mostly pull prices out of their asses. The health care problem in the US is not just a health insurance problem, it is also a health care provider problem. Even if you had a single payer system, pricing like this is insane.