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Work for a company that provides software for Walmart among many others, AWS was a no go from day 1. It was between GCP & Azure and Google has a way of not listening to customers so that experiment ended quickly and we're on Azure now.
Very well written piece, lots of supporting data. However- it bears pointing out the focusing on norms and compromise and mutual understanding is a squarely liberal stance. Remember the John Stewart “Rally to Restore Sanity” which basically made the same points as the article. And unfortunately, Obama discovered that the political right was decidedly unwilling to reciprocate any sort of offers to compromise. So it seems that unless both sides are ready to back down, we are stuck where we are.
Whoops, so long with the "no bullshit" policy.

I stopped using them a while ago but for a different reason. I used to use their website to check availability/whois for domains that I was interested in buying. If it was available I didn't buy it at the time but until I finished the website/app whatever I was going to put there, this took me a few months obviously. It happened to me that when I was finally ready the domain had already been sold to someone else. This repeated five times during six or so years. Now, I know, "someone else could have thought the same thing" but I find it very hard to believe that it happens so often. These domains were a bit of niche words that were not hot topics at the time, some of them using fairly uncommon TLDs (like .one). Another weird thing is that they were always registered to someone living/or doing business at India, and it was a fairly simple landing page with a "contact me" link. I'm a bit superstitious so I don't think it was a coincidence.

Now, I don't think this is a GANDI problem per se, but my theory is that they share this information (who is looking for which domains) with marketers or something like that, or maybe it was a rogue employee trying to make some money squatting domains. I would have expected this from BigDaddy or similar sharks, but from a company whose motto is "no bullshit" I had much better hope. Anyway, I decided to move (to namecheap if you're wondering) and surprisingly the problem went away.
This is a feature that only celebrities with bad/inane/illogical opinions would want. I hope the list of such celebrities that demand this misfeature leaks.
In this alternative universe, Objective-C would have died, Swift would never happened, and C++ would rule across desktop and mobile OSes (thinking only of Windows, BeOS X, Symbian, Windows CE and what might have been BeOS based iOS).

Also POSIX would be even less relevant, and very few would be buying BeOS X for doing Linux coding.
Sounds complicated. I’m sure the world will still be much better off if people used password managers as-is, even with the drawbacks.
I just wonder if the AI would be easier to train for Rome or for the Gauls!
The World Nuclear Report:

> Renewables Continue to Thrive

> * A record 165 GW of renewables were added to the world’s power grids in 2018, up from 157 GW added the previous year. The nuclear operating capacity increased by 9 GW6 to reach 370 GW (excluding 25 GW in LTO), a new historic maxi- mum, slightly exceeding the previous peak of 368 GW in 2006.

> * Globally, wind power output grew by 29% in 2018, solar by 13%, nuclear by 2.4%. Compared to a decade ago, non-hydro renewables generate over 1,900 TWh more power, exceeding coal and natural gas, while nuclear produces less.

> * Over the past decade, levelized cost estimates for utility-scale solar dropped by 88%, wind by 69%, while nuclear increased by 23%. Renewables now come in below the cost of coal and natural gas.

That's today.

If you want more research into Nuclear (which has research in the range of hundreds of billions since the 50s) then you need to say: where, what for and with what goal.

Currently it's clear that the investing even more money into nuclear won't bring any breakthrough with visible effects in the next 20 years.
Nor is it clear how great 22nd century life will be.
Alright, will make some changes, i.e. not showing it to non-EU visitors and making it a little smaller. Thanks!
Since the tariff decisions came down, Elrod has moved to Georgia and isn’t as involved in day-to-day operations. But he’s still heavily invested in the company, financially and emotionally. That’s why it was particularly devastating when the tariffs killed a potential deal to sell Eccotemp to a private equity firm, which would have allowed it to keep growing while ensuring his retirement.

And despite all these, Republicans still love Trump:

Elrod says that despite it all, he still plans to vote for Trump in November, citing the administration’s friendlier stance to his company on regulations. As for draining the swamp, Elrod doesn’t blame the president.
If each element of some_list responds to to_s with something sensible, which it would need to in order for puts to work in the first place, you can just write:

puts some_list

This works as puts implicitly does the equivalent of calling Array() on its arguments and then calls `to_s` on each one.

`some_list.each ...` is somewhat more generic, as `puts some_list` requires `some_list` to respond to `to_ary` for it to work as expected, which is probably less common than implementing 'each'. (if you implement a collection class in Ruby, at least implement `each` and `to_ary`)
There is some tin foil to it, but I think it isn't even what you quoted.

It's that Amazon competes in many markets, and paying millions and millions to AWS is a benefit to Amazon, period.

Why fund a competitor when you could fund not-competitor?
My question is why are they giving developers tax abatements?
If the choice is between blocking a well-made, free app and not blocking it then it's clear that they'd benefit more from not blocking it. Everyone would win.

But that's not the choice.

It's really a choice between blocking a well-made, free app and hundreds of other apps that vary in quality, price, etc, or not blocking any of them, or trying to assess each app on an individual basis. Not blocking anything means their own app will be lost in a swarm of low-quality rip-offs. Assessing each app is hard, and opens the door to complaints (and maybe law suits) about why one app was allowed and another wasn't. It's far simpler, easier, and dare I say fairer to block everything.
By the same token, there are animals who have the „live for 400 years“ problem solved so there must be sth left on the table yes?

Other animals have the „regenerate this body part“ problem solved, same.
Gandi is never really impressive, but they're one of the few registrars where I can get .af domains without a hassle.
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Cancer death rates and overall life expectancy are both accurately measured and have been for decades. There's no reason to doubt either number. There's no mystery about the decline in life expectancy: it has been extensively studied and the major factors include increases in suicides, substance abuse, and obesity.
Is CBD legal?
Looking at the Prop system here in CA, that’s a double edged sword (with a knife for a hilt)
I don't think this is quite the photoelectric effect. The atoms absorb photons and re-emit photons--they aren't emitting electrons.
When Amazon started expanding in retail beyond books, they signed supplier agreements to source inventory, the same way department stores have for decades.

Then Amazon used the retail sales information they gathered from these relationships to structure their Marketplace and Fulfilled by Amazon products, breaking the exclusivity clauses in their existing supplier agreements. Amazon lost lawsuits over this.

Kinda hard to call it a conspiracy theory when Amazon is upfront and out loud about their intention to use customer data to enter new markets whenever they see fit.
Negate the operating environments that calculations are made in and the operating environments are not an issue, alright.

There definitely is a lot of bloat in the software world, but even large bioninformatics organizations have their own data-pipeline management teams to keep these issues in spec.
> Technically, that is incompatible with the AGPL (and the GPL, for that matter). Private modifications without distribution are permitted, and if you don’t allow them, you are violating the license.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant you make a modification AND offer a competing SaaS service. At that point under the AGPL that is considered distribution and would need to be open sourced.

> Sure, but you will then no longer be the sole copyright holder, in which case you do need to adhere to the AGPL license terms, and you can’t require release of any modifications. Also, you can’t then release this code under a proprietary license, like you describe.

Yes, so I was thinking about this as well. Basically what I'd like is an AGPL with a CLA that allows us to incorporate it back into the original service. I guess what would need to happen is specify in the original licensing of the product that the proprietary license converts to AGPL + CLA to Plyint.
You think that stuff would really look that way without water though? I expect many things would lose color quite rapidly.
I can't imagine a scenario in which the authority could be help liable for mistakes made by a third party in scheduled times for public transport.
True, but I'm willing to bet that N deficiency is pretty wild spread world-wide, including in natural soil. Probably the second dominant stunt factor on plants (after water), and way before CO2.
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Nothing... I was just making the point that Microsoft has a number of people on the inside at Enterprise customers (which Amazon typically won't have) who help their sales team. This, rather than technical or service offering differences, is likely a significant factor as to why they appear to be more successful at winning contracts against Amazon.

The 'unfortunately' part of my comment was only referring to the fact that technical differences often don't play a significant factor in these deals.
> It says three employees can currently access stored customer videos.

I can't think of a legitimate reason for 1 employee at Ring to have the capability of viewing customer videos.

1. Law enforcement requests? Blind-forward what the warrant asks for.

2. Verifying service is functioning? Canary devices utilizing the normal application workflow. Login to your canary account and make sure the video is working.

3. Customer asks you to review something? Just say you can't. The world will be happier.
There are laws about dumping prices, beyond that it is business as usual.
U.S. Military Branches Block Access to TikTok App Amid Pentagon Warning
The BeBox had an incredible amount of I/O and little to no professional grade software to take advantage of it.
But normal fonts are easier to read.

Introducing pixel "jaggies" on angled and curved lines makes letterforms harder to distinguish, not easier.

Why do you think pixellated fonts would be better on your eyes?

Perhaps you just need bolder fonts, if it's an eyesight issue?
> Gandi, here, were doing backups and replications

As far as I understand correctly they only made snapshots on the same machine, which is why there's trouble to begin with.

Considering they're currently "reminding" customers that backups are an industry standard right after losing data due to missing backups I wouldn't just shrug it off.
Why are they @&$ing around on Twitter when they should be fixing the damn problem. Unbelievable.
> and C++ would rule across desktop and mobile OSes

C++ in a non-standard version as compiled by gcc 2.96 release! Awesome.
This is a quote from the video, the host took time to explain how it was not the same as “photoshopping” when it really is, not much different from your phone processing the image as you’ve mentioned.
You'd be surprised. Some cities even claim copyright over their own laws.

https://abovethelaw.com/2017/10/can-you-copyright-the-law/
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I have had a similar experience with other registrars.

Edit: Sad to hear of the data loss and for anyone affected. Trusting cloud providers doesn't always work out either.
"Stuff like making it easier to hide teams-emails from the company-wide outlook address-book" is not this an implementation thing instead of infrastructure? Say you use LDAP to manage user and permissions etc and it is up to you how you want to set it up. I am curious to find out if you are using some out of box solutions form AZURE for this.
A little bit of nuance might help.

I can like the idea of the BSL.

I have no problems seing the justification for that.

What certain people does, that makes me and others react is when they insist on their commons clause licensed applications or libraries being open source.
> You host your data on someone else's computer to save on costs and get rid of the burden of dealing with metal and stabbing yourself with screwdrivers , and you're the victim when they fuckup?

A company violates their agreement with you in a way that costs you time, money, and potentially business, and you're not the victim?
I dont get how the purpose of a warrant is relevant to the discussion about the effects of actions. We are faced with the issue, that technological development has created new opportunities for mass surveillance. Some people might think mass surveillance is a good idea, others dont. Both have their reasons, both are convinced they are right. It has been like this for ever, the only thing new is that new opportunities present themself. Everyone thinks they are right, but some think this means they can tell others what to do. You have pushes of authoritarianism and antiauthoritarianism in every society, depending on your moral believes you will either be in favor or against it. So far goes human history.

>In fact, you might not even have a problem with involuntary brain scans, provided they were proven accurate. As long as the rule of law is strong and the materials were used only for a defined and limited purpose, you might think it would be better if the government could compel the true personal perspective of the accused.

Hits it right on the nail how the argument goes, but i dont see how its related to the question of the true original meaning of a warrant. Its a moral question if you think it should be allowed or not. And since we are stuck together, at least some of us, this means its a political question. Do more of us think its good or bad, and can the other side prevent or do it either way? Can we compel the government to stop this? But framing this as a question of constitutional law instead of a moral question misses the point from my perspective. The point isnt if warrants should cover digital age surveillance. Why would anyone care about this who isnt a fundamentalist proponent of the status quo? Its not the dictatorship of the eternal legal code. Which of course would also just another motivation for your morals and thus your actions.

This just sounds like a religious discussion to me. Similar to, what does the bible say about flying planes? Allowed on Sunday? I first thought people in the discussion were just being pedantic, but i dont get how this changes someones view on the world.

To me its just same old same old, this stark difference has to be interesting to figure out.
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Is CBD effective as a nootropic?
How does absorption and reemission preserve phase information?

What about total internal reflection? Why does the light travel through the entire body of a glass prism without issue and then suddenly get absorbed and reemitted at the surface? Glass (and water) are transparent specifically because they don't absorb photons in the visible spectrum, so how is it that they absorb and reemit?
Me and my wife were actually joking the other day that at some point there's going to be a human milk industry. We envisioned something similar to the places you can go to sell your blood plasma.

There already is a network of sorts where lactating moms will donate milk to hospitals and mothers that can't nurse for whatever reason. [1]

[1] https://uichildrens.org/mothers-milk-bank-iowa
I'm a big fan of muCommander as well.
The federal government's works are public domain, however state and local government may claim copyright.
It's the 2020 version of NSA employees using their vast surveillance apparatus to spy on their ex's[1]. Except this time people willingly let a for-profit company have streaming video access to their home.

What's next, people installing microphones in their home that stream audio to Google or Amazon?

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveil-lance-watchdo...
I don’t maintain much software with downstream users, but I would expect feature flags like this to make the job also easier for maintainers. It’s a little bit more code, but since you don’t break anything for your users you can take your time and don’t need to rush to push out fixes for new features, since these are opt-in first.
Facebook should maybe take a lesson fron early ISPs like Uunet, Earthlink and a few others. Everyone except Uunet thought Uunet had a spam problem. Uunet would act on some spammers, but not the high volume problems. It turned out that Uunet had "pink contracts" some some spammers, and wouldn't turn them off.

Where is Uunet today? An odious memory, merged into MCI and forgotten. Corporations aren't forever. They can ruin themselves.
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I can think of two reasons:

A sort of Dutch Disease caused by Rails is probably the biggest one. When one killer feature drives the adoption of a language, everyone who is interested and good at the language is involved with that ecosystem, and it becomes self sustaining.

The other one (already alluded to elsewhere here) is the culture of monkey patching and meta-code. I worked professionally in Rails for years, and I really enjoy Ruby, but every time I had a problem or question that required digging into the Rails source I was tearing my hear out. Almost everything is a cascade of hundreds of single line methods built on an avalanche of DSL abstraction and depending on implicit monkey patching and other crazy stuff that's a nightmare to understand.

It's not a culture of readable code in sizeable projects, which is what you need if you want to be widely adopted by people who don't primarily write code for a living (scientific work, other general work). Ironic considering how expressive and beautiful Ruby can be.
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State and local governments oven plenty of copyrights and trademarks.
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That's such an obnoxiously passive-aggressive response from the CEO. Bit of a red flag for the company culture.
At a minimum I would follow his Twitter account if he's sharing stories.
AMD launches new entry-level mobile ‘Dali’ processors
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What lack of imagination, as if they wouldn't be upgrading their toolchains.

In fact, Haiku does support more modern toolchains and the BeOS R5 is only kept around due to ABI issues with binary only BeOS software.
It’s a computer changing colored pixels, it’s marketing fluff to try and say it’s not the same. Especially the concept that these things will really look that way on dry land, I can assure you they would not.
It's more that a conversation among top leadership at Google and Alphabet was leaked, where they put GCP into an artificial do-or-die situation regarding growth and funding. https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/google-reportedly-set-ambitio...
Whenever end-to-end encryption is not used, scenarios like these are bound to happen eventually.

As far as I know, the only home surveillance products that use E2EE are ones that support HomeKit Secure Video [1].

1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210538
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I uses coded prototypes. Deckware and clickables are sub-optimal. If you can code it and put it in someones hands, it allows them to see and experience the actual value. The former explain to people what you think the value is. It's a nuanced by distinct difference.

The former encourages group think and confirmation bias; I think the problem is important and the solution brings value, therefore it does. The latter allows you to identify who your customer is.
I think the biggest challenges arise from a lack of oversight. A 2017 study published in JAMA suggests only about 30% of CBD products are labeled correctly. The failing products either had inaccurate CBD concentrations or contained things they shouldn't, like THC in a THC-free products or mycotoxins from poor quality control.

The FDA has said they are trying to fast track regulations for hemp and CBD, but it has been much too slow for the industry. Once there are clear (and hopefully sane) rules and regulations, I think you will see a drop off in the number of companies and a rise in the quality of products. We also need to work on getting the price down for consumers.
But a lot of those boundaries are learned, and most people are not as sensitive as they would like to be. While Americans feel uncomfortable with people standing too close, many other cultures feel uncomfortable with people that speak too loudly or smile too much.
I would like to know if this changed the incidence or predisposition to cancer. No such thing as free lunch..
Well yea that’s why you pay them, to do a job. That payment comes with certain expectations and when they aren’t met you incur cost. In this case downtown and effort and time to restore from your own backup. Victim may be a bit strong but of course it’s Gandi’s fault and not their customers’.
> it's not a sign of a financial relationship or underhand behaviour.

It may or may not be a sign of a financial relationship, but it's certainly underhanded behavior.
I was always skeptical of cloud-based camera solutions due to privacy & bandwidth concerns, but now that those concerns are being proven true and reported in mainstream outlets I can’t imagine any reason to purchase them now. Long-term prospects for Ring can’t be looking good.
> No replication involved. The backup is just a bunch of sql statements to recover the last known state of the database.

You probably should look up the definition of “replication”.
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Nice to know I'm not the only one! :D
> Also POSIX would be even less relevant, and very few would be buying BeOS X for doing Linux coding.

I don't think I'd enjoy a GNU userland/glibc/Linux monoculture, quite honestly. I'm glad POSIX exists to have a slightly less moving target.
That is a waste of or an invalid warrant then, as the correct response to a warrant for something you don't have isn't everything you do have, but the null set.

That's still problematic though, because with clever orchestration of multiple warrants, you essentially figure out the "shape" of hidden information anyway, until you can get the request just right.

The idea though is that a judge should get tired of signing warrants for the same person by that point though, as it should not be an automatic process, and should only be being done on a case by case basis as evidence or procedure requires.

In theory at least.
Domain registrars giving away domains to squatters when people search for them is a time honored practice. The advice I've seen is to not search for the domain first, just register it outright from the start. The domain registration business is run with all of the integrity and customer focus of TicketMaster.
I don't get the criticism.

If they lost all the data, then obviously the only option for customers is to either use their own backups if they have them or accept that the data is permanently lost.

One can criticize their lack of additional redundancy, but don't see what's wrong with the response.
trump has a steve jobs like power over them. no matter how much they are hurt by his actions, they will always love him. love is the only word to describe how they feel about him