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A quick search shows that past lawsuits against Nestle and other companies for child labor in their supply chain listed consumers as the plaintiffs claiming damage from false advertising and non -disclosure [1]. These cases have ended up being dismissed.

The difference is that in this case the children and their families are the actual plaintiffs which presumably changes the legal merits. I still suspect that this case will also be dismissed.

I think the point is that these lawsuits are intended to raise public awareness of the issue which will ideally put pressure the companies being sued to institute voluntary policing of their supply chain. Nestle, for example, has done a lot over the last decade to eliminate child labor in their supply chain.

(Edit) It looks like there is a supreme Court precedent related to the Nestle case that held that child/family plaintiffs did have standing to sue for child labor in the supply chain [2]

[1] https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2018/02/13/Nestle-...

[2] https://news.yahoo.com/u-supreme-court-gives-boost-child-sla...
It won't. NL has been preparing quite hard for a rise in sea level and/or worse storms. The port of IJmuiden is being overhauled, the shoreline defenses have all been raised, in some places only about 3 ft, in others much more depending on the likelihood of flooding. A bigger problem is that during an extended period of high water that the rivers won't be able to drain into the North Sea and studies are being made on how to deal with that, the 'room for the river' ("ruimte voor de rivier") plan is one of many ways in which change can be made. Other options are to use the IJsselmeer as buffer storage and to vastly increase pumping capacity.

https://www.ruimtevoorderivier.nl/

https://www.gemalen.nl/gemaal_detail.asp?gem_id=264

(Photo 4 is particularly interesting, that's one of three such pumps, and this is an old one and now relatively small, it is one of many such pumps)

The alarmist tone of the article is a bit strange, if there is a place where I feel safe with respect to water it is here, there is an extensive network of canals, pumps, monitoring and reserve capacity on just about everything to deal with water and flooding. Compared to how other countries fare (annual news from France, Germany, Spain and elsewhere shows extensive damage) we do pretty good here.

Of course on large time scales there is a real risk and it will cost a small fortune to deal with all that but with dikes as a well understood mechanism to keep the see out and one of the wealthiest nations on a per area basis it would highly surprise me if NL were the worst hit.

Consider another angle: if the problem had not been dealt with successfully in the past this country would not even exist today.
It looks to me like Germany has a significant amount of Natura 2000 sites, rather in proportion to NL in terms of land size. However, Germany has triple the percentage of forest compare to NL. Germany also has a lot of manufacturing that NL doesn't have. Both use about 50% of their land for agriculture.

From what I can gather, Dutch farming is higher output - production wise as well as emissions wise.
That's fantastic. But reading that article was a bit depressing.

and the Oscar-winner says he's closer than ever.

(written in 2012, and we still have no Rama)
Has Google or any other company actually used this for "evil" though? It sounds like it's just a necessary part of doing business in the US. Don't hate the player. Hate the game. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm sure rules like these make it easier to sue someone if they steal your source code like with Levandowski.
The target audience are people who don't want to learn Lisp but want to write a bunch of Lisp interpreters and compilers. Obviously.
Amazon and Microsoft are much better at support though. I doubt you’ll see a lot of Google cloud in the European public sector where I work for instance. Google simply doesn’t know how to work with us or give us the reassurances we need to trust them.

I’m by no means a AWA or Azure fanboy, I’m on the team that hopes we get a solid European alternative, but until we do both Amazon and Microsoft are leagues ahead of Google.
The Unix philosophy is all well and good, but it's very limiting. There are major types of valuable software products that simply can't be built out of small tools or services.
A good bed. There is no bed like my own. I have a good night's rest so I can fully take the next day again.

I was doubting to write the next one. Since it's obviously not a "product", but want to mention anyway.

My wife. She really completed me in such a way that it significantly improved my quality of life. She holds the mirror in front of me at the right times and works in an entirely different field, making her a great sparring partner.
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I’m trying an experiment in my new role where I deliberately avoid these types of projects.

They usually don’t deliver on time and are too stressful to work with. It’s not worth it both personally and from a career perspective.

However if they manage to deliver a complex design on time, I’ll have lost a great career opportunity. It’s a gamble either way, but high complexity both in organization and design, usually yields a high failure rate on just about every metric I can think of except the metric of “I’m going to use this complex design to get another job and bail myself out of the dumpster fire I’m creating before I have to deliver anything of value”.
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usign css attr() for getting html data- attributes is also very interesting.

i use this for simple e-mail spam protection: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41566570/1216595
Well, if us Dutch people stop shitting in our kitchen, we import food from other countries shitting in their kitchen, plus we now have extra fuel to burn to get the food here.
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It would make you someone whose children are dead or enslaved.

At least, that’s the fear of those who are fleeing. I wouldn’t know how accurate their beliefs are.
I would bet my money on a lack of funding. The IT at other universities in Germany are completely understaffed. They are probably working hard, but its only a few people?
Others have already commented on how this isn't "standard" in places outside the US, so I'll focus on something else.

Ted, you're a Big Deal. You maintain ext4, you're a major kernel contributor. Of course Google is going to keep you happy, give you plenty of time to work on FOSS, and provide you with resources for it. They are paying you to work on FOSS to a large extent. The deal is they give you all this time and resources, and you slap a Google copyright on it and don't care because it's all GPLed anyway, and since you're working on this stuff at work anyway, you throw everything into the same bucket and Google owns whatever commits you make at home too.

This is entirely different from the average Google SWE/SRE, who may have a number of personal projects, and may contribute to random things, but nothing Google cares about much. Google doesn't give a damn if I stop contributing to FOSS. As an SRE, none of my work product at Google had anything to do with FOSS directly (except, like, one 20% project where I ported Linux to some vendor hardware). Google doesn't care if they force me to stop maintaining usbmuxd, which they effectively did by rejecting my IARC application (without answering my questions after it; e.g. they could've proposed going through releasing and Google copyright from then on, but they also didn't do that).

For someone like me, going through all those processes, especially in the form they existed in back when I worked there >5 years ago, was all red tape for zero benefit. Google wasn't sponsoring any of my work. Google doesn't care if I have a commit in ALSA to fix 5.1 audio on a specific Acer laptop. Google doesn't care that I made FireWire not blow up on JMicron controllers on systems with an enabled IOMMU. Google doesn't care that Pulseaudio network discovery now works properly with link-local addresses. Google wasn't paying me to do any of those things. They are just things I did in my own time, as a FOSS user, not as a Google employee. And so, it is not reasonable for Google to own that work, that I do on my own time, that has nothing to do with my job, and to then require me to go through getting permission, and to then slap a Google copyright on all my code. Copyright assignment isn't free. I had to relicense a project from GPL to LGPL recently. It was a simple matter of asking the other 2 one-off contributors and changing the license. It would not have been a simple matter if Google had owned part of the code, which they would've had they not messed up my employment contract in my favor.

Yes, other companies are worse (Apple). That doesn't mean Google gets a pass for being less-bad. It's still broken.
"One of Richard Nixon's top advisers and a key figure in the Watergate scandal said the war on drugs was created as a political tool to fight blacks and hippies" [1]

It's not that different.

1: https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-...
Protecting the sovereignty of your country will be paramount in the future. Future generations will look back at this borderless craze.. as truly insane.
A camera requires orders of magnitude more bandwidth and power than other devices that might be connected over a low-power, low-cost radio network. It needs to transmit that payload 24/7.

Currently, home automation typically uses a variety of custom protocols built on IEEE 802.15.4 (not 802.11*). It's a simple protocol that can be implemented by a cheap 8-bit microcontroller from 2 decades ago. Devices from one manufacturer may or may not communicate with those from another, and the network architecture is typically a hub with spokes - there's limited or no support for multi-router, multi-access point, or mesh networked setups.

This style of network honestly works pretty well for motion sensors, lights, outlets, temperature sensors, thermostats, etc. The master node might query a device every few seconds for a couple bytes of status, or might only send a short command when a user interacts with the device. Most smart home devices send a few bytes of data four times a day when you push "light on" and "light off" on the hub. This is great for operating for months or years on just a couple AA batteries. A camera sends a few bytes per pixel times (simplifying) 720 pixels down times 1280 pixels across times 30 frames per second times 86400 seconds per day, and can only run for an hour or two on a larger battery. That's almost 8 terabytes vs. 8 bytes.

But to use 802.15.4 networks, you need a hub, which is a barrier to entry - instead of one $20 light, you need a $15 light and a $50 hub. You likely already have an 802.11 router that could be the hub if the devices were smart enough to talk to it. And (tinfoil hat on) I think these companies would rather have their servers be the hub, rather than a device in your home they can't monitor and profit off of.
Why not? If such things have happened before, it seems dishonest to use such imagery to conjure a scenario of doom.

Maybe the risk is now higher, more frequent, different, whatever. Fine, then tell me so, show me the numbers.

I don't want to be manipulated with emotional imagery. I want to be informed. I don't read the news for entertainment. I mean yeah I do, but I actually want to read it for information.
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Does anyone know whether password+key is a supported WebAuthn use case? I don't mean whether the standard supports it (it does), but whether it's planned. I would love to use my Yubikey + PIN to log in to sites passwordlessly, but it seems that so far the only thing that anyone uses WebAuthn for is as a second factor.
I love this.. Definitely going to set something like this up.

And anyone who does go for the help gets an immediate offer.

I hate people too stubborn to admit they don't know.
Handwriting isn't exactly uncommon in China. Nobody's forgetting how to write characters they write all the time, and if they do need to write a character they can't quite remember, they can squiggle something and rely on the reader to understand it.

Handwriting is actually a moderate-level problem for me -- I can't recognize most handwritten characters. Often a special handwriting form will be used.
Theory is very systematic if you start with listening, but will seem haphazard if you start with the physics.
Sounds like you've been playing Assassin's Creed!

Maybe not quite a 'long-term' memory in the context you're after, but I wonder how this would compare to something like instinct and how we would tell the difference?

Somewhat related to this is Microsoft Research's project to use DNA for data storage: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/dna-storage...
Subjunctive is a mood not a tense. And it is experiencing something of a revival in English.

You can have subjunctive in the past as well as in the future.

All languages are ridiculous to varying degrees. Why do tables have gender? Why do the French continue to write final t's and s's when they stopped pronouncing them two centuries ago? Why must adjectives agree with their nouns? Why do many languages not have any way of easily referring to someone without mentioning their sex. Why do declensions exist when auxiliary words can perform the same functions?
> That should be up to us (not government) to decide if such is allowed or not.

It is up to us to elect those who represent us in our governments.
No, they don't care. They, like many older people in other countries, feel that they have a right to their "way of life". It's a strange failure of thinking when someone believes that they have a right to be how they have previously been (especially when their previous behavior has been demonstrated to be foolish or harmful to themselves or others).
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It's absurd for any company to say they're going to attract passionate programmers, and then expect them to just roll over and give up projects that were started before they even joined at the company.

If you're Google, you can get away with this because you just throw so much money at people that they're willing to temporarily put their life on hold for 3-4 years.

But for any other company, people who are genuinely passionate about something are not going to let you dictate their entire involvement or own everything they produce. My current employer doesn't own "everything" that I produce, only projects that would present a clear conflict of interest. I don't have to be secretive, they know what I'm working on outside of my job -- not even just Open Source stuff, but even closed-source projects that I'm looking to monetize.

I would never, ever join a company that didn't (in writing) allow me to retain ownership of my side projects.

That's the tradeoff. You want your programmers to take initiative, stay up to date in the field, stay creative? You want them to be able to propose novel solutions to your problems, and think outside of the box? You have to let them go outside of the box, and do the things outside of work that keep them in that frame of mind.

If your programmers are scared to experiment outside of work, because they have to run a calculus of whether or not an idea is worth putting on hold until they can actually own it -- well then, surprise, they're not going to experiment outside of work, and your software quality will suffer for it.

People like tytso, who are effectively being sponsored by Google to work on their side projects, might be an exception. Most of your programmers will not be an exception.
I had a similar problem. In my opinion Blogs and tutorials are great for the very beginning and probably for specific advanced/obscure topics. I picked up interesting bits and pieces about theory and their application on Youtube from 12Tone, Ben Levin, Adam Neely, Nahre Sol, Sideways, David Bruce and 8-Bit Music Theory which are all great educational and thoughtful channels.

But what I was missing was a coherent path from beginner to more advanced levels without having to cobble it together myself which wouldn't work well because I don't know what I don't know.

I endend up buying bundles of the 12-part (and growing I think) "Music Theory Comprehensive" course on Udemy and it has been amazing value for the money so far.

https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-complete/

I think one should start music theory with some free basic introductions that are everywhere to see whether you actually enjoy learning about it. After that I reckon the best way forward is to put some money down for either books or courses.
In the end it all comes back to weak politics. Our 'polder model, which is basically appeasement imo, has meant that for decades we have not done anything about the fact we have too many farmers, cows and pigs. (After the USA the Dutch are the largest exporter of food worldwide.)

And now, when push comes to shove, they get pissed because they are not protected from by the government anymore. Measures that should have been slowly introduced over years have to be implemented quick now and that hurts. But ANY other branch would have had to adjust to market conditions and not complain.
Yet the farmers got subsidized when they produced to much milk driving the prices below production costs...
Anyone knows the reasoning for using `--` as the prefix for variables?
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> They were seeking asylum and political refuge

Asylum and political refuge? Cause you're poor and from a violent place? Might as well bring in the whole of south America then...

> Any other dialog is pure rhetoric and Trump based fear mongering.

I don't have a horse in this race. I'm a south-American immigrant myself. I didn't vote nor care for y'alls Orange Leader. I just feel personal responsibility shouldn't be downplayed.
Well that's stupid. If I wanted American throw-back nostalgia, I'd watch Saved by the Bell, the Wonder Years, or something set there.
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And this is why I will never move back to Oregon.
30% of 2016's cobalt consumption is 34800 tonnes. Most cobalt is used in alloys[0], and it is mathematically impossible that each of five companies uses more than a third of the supply in any case.

In other words, it's quite possible that any, or even all, of those companies don't use DRC cobalt. I'll grant you that it's unlikely, particularly in Tesla's case, given how many batteries they produce.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt#Applications
Do you agree that your analogy is very very far fetched?

If the analogy would hold up just a little bit, all this nature already would have perished, right?

This is about the subtle opinion of some green leaning people who think it is not the 'right' nature which is growing in the Natura2000 areas right know.

Nothing catastrophic, just a purely intellectual debate.
Zigbee can use sub-GHz as well.
I religiously follow producthunt now because of the Devo extension ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/devo/elkhalpmbmbae... ), but have noticed that the forum portion tends to be mostly pats on the back. With other endeavors have you been able to create a space where people are more critical?
I bet you also think taxation is theft and Ayn Rand is a great author.

I hope you never see a real prison. I'm serious about this. They are horrifying.
Not sure if you read the thread, but this person's agreement allowed them to own their side projects.

Some issues are a problem across the industry. But also, more importantly, some people like to solve problems in their workplaces and make them better.
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Sure, but I would still want to check that network's clients as well, so I would still want to identify the devices on that network to ensure that only my devices are on it.

Either way, it's still an additional step compared to Z-wave. Other than the hub, I don't need to set up an IP network for my Z-wave devices to connect to at all.
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Millions of people live just fine in Mexico without being targeted by "The Cartels".

If you choose to enforce your presence on a country that doesn't want you, you're in the wrong.
Alternative take: people are prioritizing the compromises they need to make in order to minimize emissions. Ignoring the 12 year doomsday clock (which has been stuck on ≈10 years for about 30 years), it will be much easier to convince people to make gradual sacrifices of their quality of life rather than telling them to drop everything and move into a mud hut, and people like meat.
Or entrance versus entrance, alternate versus alternate, refuse versus refuse, and more.

Edit: Sorry, I should perhaps not leave that hanging. These depend on your emphasis. More specifically:

* en-TRANCE (hypnotise) versus EN-trance (doorway);

* AL-ternate (switch between) versus al-TER-nate (the other thing);

* re-FUSE (to decline) versus RE-fuse (rubbish).

Not to mention the multiple meanings of "lead", "set", "row", "bow", and more.
This was the Hire by Google sales pitch.
Genocidal maniacs: We're going to ethnically cleanse you and your family!

Victim of Genocidal Maniacs: Hah, I'll become a criminal that will protect me!

Genocidal Maniacs: ?

That confuse the heck out of them tactic never fails.
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First test of any software dev: Do you know how to look for answers on stackoverflow?

Second test of any software dev: Do you know how to ask a good question on SO?
I really hope they recognize the need that people want to keep their data on their lan. Actually that would be required by the GDPR if they won't let me sign anything. My derived data is my own people, it does not belong to who ever collects it.

I.e. I just want a thermostat the is a big rotating button and speaks mqtt. It does not exist. If you want it to look good you end up with a Nest thermostat. Home Assistant needs to talk to the Nest online API, not to the device itself. Really annoying and unnecessary. I wish I could just pay 50$ more and get a Nest that does let me talk to it locally. Or whatever are they going to earn with my data? I'd probably pay it straight up.
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Typical dramatic Hacker News user. JS is a great language and enjoyed by millions of developers.
In the past 10 years, I haven't seen even one Zigbee device sold in retail besides IKEA remote.

Zigbee is pretty much a zombie standard now
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The US is larger than Turkey, but that's irrelevant to the argument; the US locks up a larger percentage of its population than practically any other country on Earth. The US has more people in prison than China, which has 4 times the population.

I'm not denying there's a lot wrong in Turkey, but the US isn't all freedom and democracy either.
That is plain and simple FUD
yeah, that's why it's not such a minimal language anymore.
How much evil can be packed into one standard?

Rhetorical question.