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All economies are made exclusively of economic actors (which include every single living person) making resource allocation decisions. This is the basis of every conceivable economic system, including no system at all (which would just be the ultimate free market), and socialism (which is just a system where resource allocation decision making is taken away from individuals, and placed in the hands of a central authority). These resource allocation decisions include decisions that have no relation to money, and decision to allocate a finite resource is an economic decision, including decisions to devote time, effort or attention to something. Wanting topic of passion to be excluded from this system defies the laws of nature itself. However, I’ll assume that you’re taking the (ironically ignorant) position that economics is only about money. Even then the idea that “I wouldn’t want to derive value from things that I’m passionate about” or that “I wouldn’t want to provide value to those who produce things I’m passionate about” just completely defies any sense of reason.
Curious. This is also one of the touted nice things on chrome books, right?

I think I can agree. But the push by all browsers seems to be more search. Not less.
I tracked down a bug once where someone was hashing state that happened to include Python dicts serialized to JSON, which caused different hash values for the same entity. I know, I know, insert tears of blood emoji, and any engineer worth his salt wouldn't be so sloppy. But you don't always get to choose to work only with top talent that understands why you should design things elegantly as a baseline[1]. In these cases, removing implicit gotchas like "the same code has the same behavior" (ie iteration over the same dict) is valuable.

[1] Well you _can_ choose to do so, and I recently have, but it's not without its costs.
I appreciate very much that that is your point of view. I sincerely HOPE we live in a world where men and women can be well-compensated athletes AND be intelligent, regardless of race.I think you make a great point about pop culture/celebrity.
in situations of doubt there's the Precautionary Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle
Excerpts:

The new BART stations originally were supposed to open to the public in 2018, but that schedule has been pushed back several times.

... crews are still working to fix a software problem that is keeping BART’s trains from stopping at precise spots where the trains’ doors line up with the black tiles on the platforms.
Is there money in crypto? I thought the industry heavily favored open source crypto software like ssh, openssl, gpg, etc. Or are you talking about stuff like Protonmail that incorporate crypto into their services, like how they advertise that their client encrypts mail before sending it to their server?
We run our reverse zones on route53. It is just a little bit cumbersome but overall works relatively well with vpc private hosted zones.
Ask HN: Best Language for Programmatically Transforming Large Datasets?
As part of my job I often find myself creating tools to transform large datasets. Some examples include restructuring GTFS feeds for structured consumption, or CRM migration. I come from web development so my tools of choice generally revolve around PHP and MySQL in a Drupal wrapper (for security, utilities, &c). As you might expect this approach seems slow and I know those tools aren’t well suited to the task. What languages, frameworks, or apps do you use for similar tasks?
No one thinks in spoken language. The construct of words is not the kernel of thought. More like the parsing of your subconscious thoughts (neurons firing) into human-readable language.

Think of raw thought as machine code and internal monologue as a high-level programming language. Binary vs JavaScript. Some people are able to interact meaningfully with their subconscious machine code while others must abstract it into spoken language. There is an infinite spectrum between the two extremes that we all constantly tread.

Infants who don't know how to talk yet and animals (as well as hominids before language) do not think in words. Brains are not constructed in such a way as to use spoken language words as the fundamental component of thought.

I, personally, almost never think or reason about things in human language unless I am talking, practicing a speech, or writing. Then I must manually construct each word. I think deeply about things quickly and make useful logical connections between disparate topics that others tend to miss, but I tend to be slow at communicating.
The last line hints at the big difference.

Toys, meh.

Making kids fat for life is also big business.

Gambling and the other drugs on top of sugar aren't great either.

I'm not sure why people worry about toys so much.
It's what an inch is in metric, rounded down.
For a while prgmr gave out complimentary service with no end date and that was a mistake. It's much better to do a year at a time so that you aren't stuck trying to figure out what to do if the account contacts stop responding.
And for non-Californians, you also need to do something about the problem of not having enough sun power at all during winter, while having greatly increased power needs. Right now, you can work around this problem relatively easily by installing a propane or fuel oil tank, and making up winter shortage of sun with fossils, but as I understand it, the long term plan for society is to get off the fossils altogether.
Ask HN: Is there a good JavaScript SQL parser for the front end?
There seem to be a variety of not-mature options. What do you use, when you had to do this for the front end?
Is there some proof that we can never detect consciousness?
Of course there is. The whole season has been a drama about Mercedes and RB trying to smoke out what Ferrari have done with their power unit to get such an increase in power.

Aero innovation is still ongoing, times are going down even with the simpler formula due to the engineers finding new ways to increase DF. It's only now starting to converge more because the rules have been somewhat stable on the PU side since 2014. Aero had a big change last year for turbulence reduction and increasing speeds.
In the case of Iran at least, the enmity began after Iran nationalized some BP oil in the gulf, prompting the UK to ask for CIA help in getting rid of the democratic Iranian government at the time, and reinstating the military dictatorship of the Shah. That plan succeeded for a while, but later backfired with the Iranian Revolution which led to the current Israel-hating, fundamentalist Islamic regime [1].

So in thisccase at least, the US - Iran enmity would still be there even if Israel was completely neutral. Of course, a lot of other sources of enmity have accumulated over the years, but this is most likely the 'original' reason.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...
I too have problems with contrast, but it worked fine in Firefox reader mode.
It would be hilarious if this got a game based on a Disney movie reclassified as M for Mature, kinda like the GTA Hot Coffee mod or how Elder Scrolls:Oblivion got reclassified based on unused art assets on the disc
Likely a rhetorical question, but they're trying trying to become the place where people go to look for things ... since apparently there is a massive amount of value (at least enough to risk the windows user experience) in controlling that entry point into search.
Ask HN: Anyone attempted an autodoc tool for Java code based on Deep Learning?
Considering the fact that most java sdk apis have good java docs at the function level and if we take the time to expand them further (one time activity). Would it be possible to come up with an auto documenting tool for java/python code based on deep learning ? I know caption bots can give image -> caption, so couldn't we build something from code -> documentation ? Has anyone tried this before ?
There's a something like 20% hospitalisation rate. That seems kind of scary compared to the flu which is "you have a sniffle, get over it."
> past the distance where transmitting electrical power is feasible

A 1,100 kV link in China was completed in 2019 over a distance of 3,300 km with a power of 12 GW.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current

It is feasible to transmit electrical power over far greater distances than most people imagine. For reference Barcelona to Moscow is a 3,000 km flight.
Whether that's relevant depends on the source of the doubt, and the relative payoffs.

The primary source of doubt in this case (ie. something with no numbers attached being thought of as 'scary') is ignorance. If that doubt remained after expert consultation, and the negative payoff from the release had a potential to be high, sure, it would be reasonable to apply the principle.

But only after that process, not before.
More discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22260731
Google presented pitches to customers and employees alike that it cares about things like sustainability https://sustainability.google/, along with a breadth of other commitments https://about.google/commitments/ and I'm sure you'll find more examples if you Google Google.

All employees, contractors and business partners who are working with or for Google have had those or similar pitches thrown at them. They are hopefully part of the reasons why they chose Google and each has a right to complain when they don't get what they signed up for.

If people apply their conscience anywhere then great, but surely one step at a time, maybe the author will run for president one day, fix homelessness and buy everyone SUVs, but we can only do one battle at a time and it seems like he's got some good domain knowledge about Google to tackle this one.
The parent post is referring to cryptocurrencies, not cryptography in general.
In competitive swimming, there have been expensive low durability swim suits that promise performance enhancement. There's nothing new under the sun.
I believe there is a way to disable bing search by setting some flags in the windows registry. I was affected by this bug, and the way to fix it was to disable online search.

There's a bunch of articles online on how to do it, eg:

https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/05/its-not-just-you-wi...

Basically have to set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\BingSearchEnabled to 0

and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\CortanaConsent to 0

However, I agree with you, that I would've preferd this to be turned off by default. Extra dependencies that bring no extra value are net negative, as seen in there current case where a server-side problem stopped my local search from working.
It's that running has never before seen one company get this far ahead of others and it historically been more egalitarian than cycling.
The flu can be very serious.
One great option would be to open up a college savings plan (529 Plan) for your children and ask them to contribute some small amount to that. It's less awkward than just saying "please stop buying us junk", but it can have the same effect + money for education!
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A new money-laundering rule is forcing crypto exchanges to scramble
The same reason IE was integrated into the OS in 1998. To embrace, extend & extinguish.
The state of this webpage and most i visit on a daily basis makes me sad. Can’t just open a page and read stuff anymore. There’s a vide being loaded and before that finishes the cookie popup comes up.
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Interestingly, the advent of these asynchronous, context-switch-less interfaces might see microkernels make a comeback, as they were originally decried for performance reasons (they traditionally need many expensive context switches to operate).
Obviously because this is nonsense.
What are they embracing so they can extinguish in this instance?
Why don't you take your own advice. The dealer clearly paid for it and the buyer paid for it from the dealer.

> When the dealer bought the car at auction from Tesla on November 15, it was optioned with both Enhanced Autopilot and Tesla’s confusingly-named Full Self Driving Capability; together, these options totaled $8,000. You can see them right on the Monroney sticker for the car: [1]

Further, this is not the only instance.

> I sell dozens of Teslas a year, and sold my father in law a Model X P90D with ludicrous speed package. 60 days after the purchase of the car, Tesla removed his ludicrous speed package. Upon complaints to them they said he never paid for it. We have video evidence and multiple pictures of the vehicle with it. They even removed the line under the P90D. I am still shocked at these acts.

Tesla can claim it was not paid for, but that in no way makes their claim valid. The car had this feature and they took it away. They are thieves.

[1] https://jalopnik.com/tesla-remotely-removes-autopilot-featur...
Ask HN: How should a Kickstarter work with its backers?
Hi Hacker News readers! I'm the marketing person for a startup that making a sustainable alternative to chemical glowsticks which is powered by bioluminescence.

It looks like we will reach our Kickstarter goal very soon so I had a question for all you awesome people. How should a small startup communicate/keep in touch with their Kickstarter backers? Were there things other folks did that you liked or disliked? What else should we keep in mind?

Also I'd be happy to answer you questions if you have any!

Otherwise I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Link here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pagexrage/eco-friendly-glow-stick-powered-with-bioluminescence/description
I don't see how this is ideological but the other top comment in this thread isn't. They both convey an emotional sentiment without any real information or substantive insights. Why do people who make blunt but direct posts get chastised while people who are parroting alarmist talking points without adding citations or evidence get a pass? It seems like an obvious enforcement bias.
Internet Archive Link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20200208003003/https://www.nytim...
> 1) Some industries refuse to even consider it because it means they're effectively dead -- coal, oil, and a few other industries.

If coal/oil/gas is dead then most of humanity is dead too. Do you realize that coal, oil, gas are responsible for almost all of the world's energy production?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bp_world_energy_consumpti...

Not to mention the world's agricultural production is dependent on oil, not just for transportation, but also for petrochemical fertizilers.

Also, almost every product ( medicine, electronic, clothes, etc ) have petrochemical derivatives in them. If those fossil fuel industries are dead, then civilization ends and most of humanity dies.

> They fuel propaganda because of this

There are plenty of propaganda on both sides along with the fearmongering. And the propaganda and fearmongering doesn't help anything.

Unless there is some technological breakthrough in energy production, we aren't going to stop using fossil fuels.

Much of the world is underdeveloped and looking to industrialize.

There are 1.3 billion people without electricity. Can you believe that?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/world-without-...

Climate change isn't a political issue. It is a technological one. Europeans aren't going to give up fossil fuels to end their first world lifestyle and destroy their society and starve themselves to death. The chinese are going to use as much fossil fuels needed to reach the first world lifestyle of the europeans. Indians, once they get their act together, are going to follow in china's footsteps. Same goes for ASEAN. And eventually Africa, etc. Can't expect the poor nations to stay poor forever. And of course, we aren't going to give up fossil fuels anytime soon in the US, especially since we just became a fossil fuel energy exporter recently.

So given these realities, what do you think the climate change issue is really about? It certainly isn't about fossil fuels or reducing fossil fuels because it's simply not possible anytime soon. So what is it about?
> is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu?

There are test kits but China has very few of them compared to the mass of patients who have flu-like symptoms. So... from what I heard we dont really know.
Ok. I should have said completely unsafe for commercial passenger use instead.
Yes, that's why capitalists drive on private roads only, and go to private courts when they get in trouble with private police forces. They also honk to honor their private armies and thank them for their service. The private fire service is of course a pillar of most capitalist communities as well.
In reality, cars are safer now then they have ever been. Allowing people to buy pickup trucks isn’t some dastardly move made out of excess and negligence. Anyone who needs a pickup truck has there own reasons, and as long as the vehicle has passed the legally required safety measures, why not just let people have the freedom to do what they want?
One of the points of the article is that the vaporfly isn't the first shoe to do this, in fact, it has been going on for decades now. Moving the tech back to 2015 would not achieve your goal of no energy return. So if there is some energy return allowed, how and where can we draw a line?
"the flu", i.e. influenza, is definitely not "you have a sniffle, get over it"

more like feeling like you've been hit by a truck for 2 weeks while you shiver in bed with a fever, coughing your lungs out, unable to function
wow!

So what kind of professions, and how many years of experience, get £1m+ bonuses (if you happen to know)? AFAIK the only example that I'm aware is traders and/or high-level investment bankers (Director+ level)...
Airbags are not a simple system that just reacts to impacts. They have to categorize the impact and the occupants of the vehicle and decide which if any airbags to deploy and at what time. Getting this wrong absolutely has killed people. For example deploying a passenger airbag when the passenger is too small or out of position can be fatal. Failing to deploy the airbag because misjudging the position or size of the passenger or the nature of the crash can also be fatal. The systems to decide this are not at all simple and involve multiple accelerometers and and sensors throughout the car.

Hang onto that 323, sounds like a fun car.
It's not on display at BestBuy or anywhere else that I know of. But you're saying I should just buy any old piece of garbage or else I'm entitled? I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "entitled" then.
FWIW, I can generally start feeling a pair of shoes going off at about 300-400 miles. And I get more prone to injury after 500-600. At this point, they are visibly worn and the foam is often visibly squished. The uppers are nowhere near worn out. If it’s a pair I like aesthetically, I’ll wear the casually for a lot longer.
You should have more than one supervisor (and solicit information from peers). But basically...yes...using judgement, learning how to assess skills...that is all part of management. You cannot turn a bad manager into a good one with information.

I have seen no evidence that "hard numbers" work (they aren't "hard"...there is usually almost no justification for a particular metric). And it feeds on innumerable human biases (inability to confront uncertainty, using "hard" information to justify an emotional conclusion, creating meaningless targets, etc.).

In my experience, the practical issue is two-fold: one, people are just going to do what they do anyway but they ignore warnings signs/are more unflexible and two, you optimise for data that is obvious, collectable, and (usually) completely irrelevant.

This is a trend, it will pass as all these trends do. It started off as quite a good idea (businesses were often failing to set targets or quantify success/failure) and has just got totally out of control.
> Has anyone found any technique/recipe books that attempt to deal with this ambiguity?

Absolutely! If you are looking for this kind of specificity, Cooks Illustrated is your source. The will discuss multiple variables of basic techniques. Like in your example, dice size vs. browning time vs. just what the hell does "browned" mean anyway?

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The other solution to this: practice. If you cook thoughtfully, you will eventually come to understand how these variables impact your dish. But you need to pay attention while you cook, like a good engineer!

I'll give you a 3 examples, specifically about onions, that took me years of practice to understand.

Indian gravy base (essentially all dark curries and masalas)
A <1cm dice, cooked very slowly until dark brown with no spot of white and not burned. You literally want a uniform brown paste because that gives the gravy a solid base and has a very earthy taste to it. Hard to do without burning.

Mire Poix (a base used in many, many dishes in Europe: 50%carrot, 50%celery, 100%onion by mass):
A <1cm dice, cooked slolwy until translucent. You don't want a toasty flavor at ALL, you want the savory taste of the onion with no zing. (easy, can be done in ~8-10 minutes)

Spanish Caponata:
A <1cm dice, cooked until browned edges (higher heat), but still white center, meaning sweet with some zing but still a toasty part. (tricky to not burn and still get a brown edge)

And all of this skill changes if you buy a new pan or move to a new house with a new range! Or if your yellow onions are dried and cured properly, or overly moist or greenish.

But cooks Illustrated will cover a lot of this, you just need to buy a lot of books though because they spread this out across several volumes. :(

Practice though. Read cookbooks. Literally read them, the intros are usually very thoughtful. Marcella Hazan, Madhur Jaffry, Alma Lach, OTTOLENGHI... just to name a few of the greats you should check out.
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> It's still far, far from "mainstream" for desktops.

Desktops themselves are far from mainstream! The vast majority must be owned by gamers and video editors; both groups use predominantly non-Linux for reasons mostly unrelated to support that is or isn't in the kernel.
To fit my Excel model, I really need to know how many barn-megaparsecs of water this produces per square smoot.

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

https://www.google.com/search?q=barn%20megaparsec&oq=barn%20...
Interesting... assuming that everyone else is the same as you is common, but assuming that they aren’t is odd. What made you think that nobody else did?
Ok and what does this mean?

“ nCoV2019 has a furin-sensitive motif at the traditional S1/S2 border fo the spike protein, i.e. RRAR, that was lacking in SARS (which depends on cathepsin cleavage a few amino acids downstream). nCoV2019 lacks the secondary minimal furin cleavage site, i.e. RNTR, that is found in SARS. Therefore, the endoproteolytic cleavage pattern is expected to be different between nCoV2019 and SARS.

Prediction of O-glycosylation sites reveals a cluster of Serine residues, just before and after the RRAR cleavage site, with a high propensity to form a “mini-mucin” patch at that site. It is positioned to protect the putative fusion peptide region in the native or pre-fusion Swiss-Model projection of the probable nCoV2019 structure.”

Not sure how to ‘follow the research’ when the first page has 12 proper nouns/terms I’ve never encountered...
Are you suggesting that Nike's goal is actually to make it more difficult to buy shoes so they sell fewer?
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I understand what you mean, but no. If you use a linear y-asis, you want to see for example that it goes to twice the amount, or halve the amount. The data-to-x-axis distance does this when the zero is not suppressed.

Alternatively, you can go to a log plot, where constant factors produce constant shifts. But even then, one would typically not put the x-axis origin at 1 on the y-axis.