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Microsoft has already released Windows-on-ARM and there are several vendors making ARM laptops. So far adoption seems slow. I think the initial ball drop was running an emulated x86 Chrome binary. I know time to market is important but porting Edge and not porting Chrome was a big mistake. Now that Windows Chrome (and firefox) is built native, I'd bet the biggest challenge is getting critical third party vendors like VPNs.

Apple has fewer third party software vendors AFAIK so they would probably be able to move to ARM with fewer challenges. That said, they have traditionally had a lot of customers in creative industries with specialized software from Adobe. Getting the vendors to port, moving quickly, and trying to keep business plans secret will be tricky.

I have an i5 thinkpad for work that gets atrocious battery life. At home, I have an XPS13 (also i5-based) that gets ~6+ hours which is good. I should be able to go the entire work day on a single charge. All of my build/compile/test work is done remotely on desktops and servers, so my laptop has relatively light duty.
So how can someone do that on a platform such as Twitter?

Edit: I did expect a serious response to this from someone that might know more about effectively delivering feedback to the algorithms that display this content. Frankly, it seems like the nonchalant responses(to say the least) are contributors to why this misinformation continues to proliferate.
IBM PC Compatible's """openness""" is a complete fluke, and the conditions that caused it no longer exist. Ultimately we're all going to get dragged along for the ride in whatever direction the masses decide they can put up with.
It’s unclear how much this matters
> The quotes you've chosen (and the linked website) make no attempt to say that they are privacy related at all.

I was pointing those out because of their obvious privacy implications, not because I thought that the article was presenting them as privacy-related.

> your comment feels like you're building a strawman.

How so? I was merely pointing out two of the several things the article said that got my spidey-senses tingling. I don't see how what I said is anything remotely like a strawman argument.
I thought most of the US labor force relied on trucking?
If there are no savings to be had from using this, people won't use it.
How does your rebuttal differ from the one made against all automation?
If you post "go ahead and downvote me", whether justified or not, readers feel manipulated, and do.
The security of the BlackBerry came from the fact that an organization could deploy their own data message servers, the “BES” that’s connected directly to your intranet. It was a bit vpn-like, but at the application layer. IT guys liked it because it made them feel like they were in charge, which is the main feature enterprise IT guys shop for.
2h3 for interview and report, then 2h ~4 for other kind of meetings (sync, feature discussion, 1-1), then some mentoring sessions, 30m * 3-5.

~16h meeting every weeks. To be honest, I'm very much dislike that, but people seems to love talking more than writing detailed docs.
An ungoogled mobile operating system: fantastic!

> ensure that you have an /e/ account (for /e/ online services such as mail, drive, calendar…). You can register for a free /e/ acount here

right - and I should trust E over Google why?

https://doc.e.foundation/devices/
In France all our Decathlon (generic sport gear) stores already have RFID chips and checking out (at a free outlet to self checkout or at a cashier who'll basically do the same thing as you) consist of only putting the goods in a basket, the recognition / scanning of the RFID chip is very good and fast. If you walk out with goods you didn't buy the guard will have a notification on his smartphone with the list of unpaid items.

They're already very close getting to "Just Walk Out" from Amazon situation but I'm not sure how expensive putting an RFID chip in every product is.. ?
No the Fed can push asset prices through QE
And then with scan-as-you-shop (some shops even have apps, I know Asda does) latency is reduced further, it's only the time to transfer you're already scanned basket and to pay
This was also linked elsewhere but a security researcher was able to identify a significant number of undocumented instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrksBdWcZgQ
> Right now it really isn't that bad. I'm in London and going to work normally, the city is busy and the trains are still full in the mornings.

I flew from Seattle to San Francisco and back this weekend. In both cases, my "prime time" flights were less than 1/3 full. Returning yesterday, there was literally zero wait at bag check and security, I walked straight up to an agent. Haven't seen an airport like that in years, let alone a major.
Having used it a few times, it is really cool. I noticed my local Amazon Go locations never really had items worth stealing out on the shelves though, which make me wonder if they're not actually confident in its performance yet. I'd be curious to see if they're willing to give retailers some kind of loss prevention SLA.
A better example would be norovirus; once that's on a cruise ship, it gets ugly fast.
I really wish everyone offered email receipts. They soon build up, and you spend a lot of time shredding them.
Amazon has a history for being awful with making web pages. I had to peruse the Amazon HTML code once for a research project not long ago, and their code was littered with issues, including duplicate id.
Their UX and even UI is rotten beyond belief.
The support has been there for a long time. `go help importpath`
It's not actually meant literally.

BTW, some internet lore:

"The social dynamics of the net are a direct consequence of the fact that nobody has yet developed a Remote Strangulation Protocol." -- Larry Wall
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Not in most (all?) online shopping scenarios, and I don't really see any uproar about privacy concerns with those.

AFAIK many retailers (Target, for example) use an identifier derived from your CC number and don't even need your email or phone number to build a profile on you.

I totally agree with being concerned about your privacy, but I don't understand the increased harshness on this service specifically as opposed to the already-pervasive services that already collect your data on a daily basis. Is it just because this one is Amazon and it's fun to hate on them?
Actually no because the output (reward or penalty) is not selective on your rationale. You can be bullish or bearish. The the input and the output are both allowed, just working at asymmetrical speeds (slower for bearish).

Wouldn't overall cause a "sustentation effect" similar to the asymmetrical speed in the airflow in the wings of a plane?

I'm not convinced myself of this, but the idea made me curious and maybe worth of experimenting with in a limited context?
Would a "sexist statement" been a better use of terms?
No, but it removes the choice of paying via cash as part of your privacy defense strategy. Some of us don't pay with credit cards and never have receipts emailed, because of the obvious privacy issues involved.
Tradition has it that it was Kings that stole his head. After all, Kings was founded as a religious alternative to "that godless institution on Gower Street". UCL: proudly secular since 1826.
The RH app is nicer for simple trades. From open, authentication, to trade can be just a few seconds. Fidelity app feels very heavy opening just to get to a trade prompt.
I really don't think there is. I think this is going to be more like the loyalty cards - at first people oppose it on principle, but it becomes so commonplace that opposing it seems absurd
This is incorrect, it was somewhere during/after the 2008 recession that these circuit breakers went into effect (because I remember they didn't exist at that time)
Sure.

Many of those business models still rely on people finding your site (although there are exceptions)
Have you ever worked on a vaccine?
I bet. Places like Kroger already apply coupons just by having them on your account and scanning your member barcode/QR at checkout, so that's most likely how couponing will work with this (if the store decides to have the 'scan your ID when you walk in' system for regular customers).
Should have used Agile development to iterate on an MVP snow cruiser. Let's have a standup to talk about any blocker re: the wheels getting stuck and [spike] a quick solution.
I'm worried that a lot of app devs might just move all the app logic to an Electron app or entirely online as a webapp...

The days of desktop apps are numbered already, and this might accelerate that transition.
hyperbole: noun

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
The "two" are the use of technologies like geofence warrants and wrongful convictions or charges at the accused expense.

Geofence warrants seem too broad to me, providing them with access to people (and therefore probable cause for heavier warrants) merely for passing through an area of a crime.
Thanks. Wish the controls were more obvious. After learning this the game is actually quite playable.
South Korea seem quite open about the mess, even Italy.. Do you have maybe some references to the others the same way there was evidence of China's ?
The biggest problem is that this information compounds with the reality on the ground (for example the stringent test requirements in King county - symptomatic patients being turned away from testing) which further breeds mistrust in the government, panic and susceptibility to any explanation which makes sense.
The current AMD GPU in the 16" is the first one in a while (except maybe the Vega series) which has 'acceptable' performance, and there's all kinds of stink about how much extra power/heat the GPU generates when it is in use, even though it's been that way with the MacBook Pro since Apple went to the dual graphics models.
This article really should have included pictures and maybe a short GIF. The description is clear to anyone who's run into these day after day, but the visuals would really drive home how badly this type of UX reflects on the web property's brand.

Surprisingly, for an article named "infinite scroll", there was no mention of actual "infinite scroll" mechanisms on sites like Reddit, Quartz and Techcrunch, where scrolling below a a certain point will auto-load the next article or paginate to the next series of posts.
Another reason would be to justify differences in salaries. When some people are getting paid 30K more than some of their colleagues, a difference in title makes it somehow acceptable, or at least moves the debates to "should X be a senior" instead of "should X be paid that amount".

This is not ideal and should not be necessary, as in a perfect world pay bands should come from factual skills, performance and responsibility.

But I still find it better than having no title distinction while still having completely opaque salary gaps.
This sounds like the kind of thing that works better at scale. Against a regular 7-11, probably not. But what stops the model in question from being applied to a warehouse-style store with still only four employees needed?
What about using "block" and "spam" reporting? Are enough people using these features?
>Insofar as he can be said to understand anything

Well, while he doesn't seem to have much understanding of economics or how to run a government properly, let's give credit where credit is due: he certainly seemed to understand how to get people to vote for him a lot better than his political competitors did.
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Is a lack of PFS still a problem if you periodically retire and regenerate keys?
yeah exactly. I guess I don't understand the marginal improvement in adding so many cameras and advanced processing, all so that you can "just walk out", with the possibility of having to deal with billing related customer service issues.
Given the set of design decisions Linux has made, and assuming the Linux driver development model isn't going to change to accommodate manufacturers that want to keep their source to themselves, the proprietary drivers are part of the issue here. (The other part is manufacturers not working with the Linux community on upstreaming their drivers, even when there are free drivers.)

Yes, a stable interface is another potential solution. It's unlikely to happen[0], but it would solve the issue.

(Quite honestly, though, I'm glad we don't have to deal with manufacturers pulling stuff like this in the Linux world: https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1172237142485078016)

[0] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/stable-api-...
> Not in most (all?) online shopping scenarios

But this is real-life shopping, not online. Online shopping is 100% optional. Real-life shopping is not.

> Is it just because this one is Amazon and it's fun to hate on them?

No, my criticisms and concerns about this would be no different regardless of what company was doing it.
I encourage everyone who wants to stay up to date to follow the daily video updates from Dr John Campbell. He’s a (semi) retired academic doctor who specialises in respiratory diseases.

He looks at it from a scientific and pragmatic point of view, without typical media hyperbole. He’ll often get info from doctors on the ground. He’s been posting videos on COVID-19 since January.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Campbellteaching/videos
Good or bad, this just tickles me because it reminds me of that ibm rfid commercial from the 90's (I think?) where it looks like a shoplifter is blatantly robbing a supermarket and the security guard stops them and says they forgot their receipt. They also had a bunch of other commercials that got super close like kids watching on demand streaming movies.
The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect resonates with me. Here is why. The few times I've read an article about something with which I have intimate knowledge there have been mistakes in the article. What should one do with this knowledge? Should I ignore that the evidence I have on hand is that when the article is about something with which I know a great deal there usually are errors in it? The evidence I have suggests that reporters get things wrong frequently.

It's possible that reporters only get things wrong in the areas that I know and understand but it seems much more likely to me that falsehoods in articles are much more common than people realize.
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Isn't medium bankrupt or close?
Interestingly the "BritLinkedIn" kind of did exist in the UK. It was called Universal Jobmatch and was built by Monster. Universal Credit claimants were required to use it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jobseekers-required-to-us...
We're already out of pocket about US$1000 this year with basic check ups, lab tests, and one allergy test (more to come) for my SO. That's with one of the best employer provided healthcare benefits I've ever had that has about $400 a month in premiums.

If I need a sleep study or further surgery as already recommended then we are looking at $4-5k for that alone not including followup, medications, supplies, or other appointments.

Without the ACA I might be dead today due to costs and availability like if I was denied insurance based on pre-existing conditions and could not afford medical care I needed over the last 5-8 years plus mental health care. My parents paid about $22k out of pocket for a surgery I needed during that time (and on their insurance).

I'd have about $45-50k in the bank if my healthcare over the past decade was 100% covered. That is about 10x my current retirement savings or could be a down payment on a house. The USA is not representative of first world countries or at least should not be directly compared to them when it comes to health care.
I love self-checkout and use it when available and reasonable. However, I have seen lines. It feels the same as ATMs for me. Occasionally I am waiting behind someone who just takes forever. I always wonder what they are doing, how it can take what feels like 10 minutes to do what I attempt to get done in 1 minute.

Self-checkout is a bottleneck since there are a limited number of available machines. I can see efficiency gains by removing that bottleneck.
Was probably a local pilot. Wallmart labs is located in Mountain View. Would not be surprised if that area was used for a lot of experiments.
It was coming since before ARM's rise [1]. But you are right that it is coming. Signed bootloaders are simultaneously fantastic and horrible. I think open hardware initiatives may be a potential way out.

But will we see a ban on anonymity in the coming decades? Only licensed devices could connect to the Internet? It would be similarly fantastic and horrible IMO.

[1] https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
These kinds of stunts are happening everywhere, with governments left and right oriented. My parents remember how everyone was panicked because of the Chernobyl disaster in Turkey, how Cahit Aral (then Turkey's industry and trade minister) drank tea in front of the cameras to prove the Black Sea region, which produces most of Turkey's tea, wasn't contaminated, and how Turgut Özal (then Turkey's PM) commented that radioactive tea tasted better (huge sigh).

Funny, it occurs that the little increase of radiation in that region really had no significant effect on cancer rates, but those people didn't know that. I still can't explain why government officials keep doing such stunts. Maybe there should be a Wikipedia list for these.
Yes, if you don't trust the retailer with your privacy, you shouldn't use their store.

That rule applies in general. Even 7-11 has security cameras capturing faces of people entering and leaving the store.
The information revolution appears to be having the opposite effect, with massive productivity gains resulting in fewer employees needed.

One of the outcomes of this is that parts of the country have been 'left behind' economically. This isn't only in England, but happening in other countries too (e.g. the USA). The surge in 'nostalgic'[0] voting (Brexit and MAGA spring to mind, respectively) is one of the outcomes of that occurring.

I'm hoping I'm wrong, and I'm hoping there's something around the corner that changes the situation specific to the information revolution, rather than an outside force (like say, a virus causing a massive shift in demographics), but the way things look right now, that's not a given.

[0] I'm deliberately ignoring the more controversial and/or negative aspects to those voting choices, as that would derail the conversation
Interesting. I was under , apparently wrong, impression that any real trading happens using C and C++. I had no idea it is Python behind the scenes.

Nothing wrong with Python in itself. It just feels like the wrong tool for the job.
It's a bit of both.

Early versions of Firefox shipped with a prominent stylesheet chooser in the status bar, that allowed alternate stylesheets on the page to be selected. Of course, hardly any website offered alternate stylesheets. So this later got moved to a menu and forgotten. According to this MDN page [1], IE8 has this feature too, which is wild to me, because that's right around the time most people accepted this feature as irrelevant.

Several browsers offer a way for the user to set a custom stylesheet that will be applied to every page. These options are almost always buried in some forgotten corner of an accessibility menu, if a UI is provided at all. The utility of this feature is passable when used to, say, enlarge text, or apply basic formatting to well-identifiable elements like h1, a, or table, and very useful for pseudoclasses. But because page layouts (i.e. the specific nesting of container elements, and the styles that affect them) between any two random websites can differ so widely, it's only capable of crude attempts to alter layout.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Alternative...
> Language design would be easy if it weren't for those pesky programmers :).

What kind of a language would you make if time-to-learn-it were not a factor in it?

I've been thinking about language design for years but I still haven't arrived at anything specific. There are ideas floating in the air, but I haven't had the time to try them out in practice.

I think it'd be nice to see efforts like this, where language designers drop on the floor every concern about familiarity or similarity to existing languages and just find out what results in the most powerful language (in general, or in a particular domain).

It's a very difficult problem.

> Most programmers, quite rightly, aren't willing to commit a significant chunk of personal time to learning something with little immediate benefit, and most employers won't adopt a language that requires a significant training programme, and I'm not convinced they're wrong either.

They might be pragmatic, but I feel like we're kinda stuck in local minimas on too many fronts, thanks to such shortsightedness.

But don't you think it's mind boggling, and perhaps even a little hypocritical, that we spend up to around two decades of our lives in education (with a bunch of fluff that somebody always argues might be useful some day). And then after that, learning a new tool that would require more than a few weekends is no-no? I find it quite absurd.

But yeah I'm not really expecting companies to care, even though I think they should. To be honest I don't care too much about companies; from what I've seen, the vast majority of them are just crap ;) Thankfully there's open source.

Long term, I think something about the system needs to change. We should have more flexibility to train people on demand without putting all the burden and cost on the individual alone (or their company). For all the talk about lifetime learning, I don't think we've done much yet.
This goes hand in hand with a comment i saw earlier that people’s written communication skills are bad. Some people are more efficient with async communication than others.
My biggest problem with this is that from what I can tell, the only way to know how much you're going to be automatically charged (as well as what items the tech thinks you're purchasing), is to go to a kiosk in the store and get a receipt. Which seems to completely defeat the convenience of just walking out in the first place.

I wouldn't feel comfortable just walking out without knowing how much I'm going to be charged, so this tech is essentially useless to me.
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It's really more like the Interpreter pattern (another one of the original GoF patterns)[0]. Instead of doing something directly, you create a description of it, and then provide an interpreter to do the work elsewhere in the program. That leaves you free to serialize/optimize/test/etc. the description prior to or instead of actually executing the work.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter_pattern
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