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I finished and released my design for a small 3d printed drawing robot that runs MicroPython.

https://github.com/russhughes/turtleplotbot3
Battery life isn't their strong suit; for that, I can see newer laptops having the advantage. My experience is closer to 3-4 hours, but then this isn't something I've much tested - even that's mostly an estimate. It's possible some can do much better, but unfortunately I wouldn't know.
One of my favorite after school activities as a kid was playing with Lego’s Mindstorm robot kits — if your kids have any interest, it could be a fun (and productive imo) way to have your interests meet in the middle :).
Perhaps you should write that app, if you're so concerned with how they publish their posts?
Well, if you grab a new battery, then yeah. 8 hours of active use on any laptop is pushing it and Linux is generally a bit less optimized with the power usage so your mileage may wary. My old HP elitebook I bought for a 100 dollars (plus a new battery for about 40) managed around 6 hours on Ubuntu with no special config.
eBay. I'm in Europe but there are some really good refurb sellers in UK and Germany. Got multiple x230 for ~100 GBP (~130 USD). i5, 8 GB RAM, pop in an SSD and you are good to go. Much better than anything else you would find in that price range.
The officer did shoot in self defense. Rayshard shot the taser as he was running away. The officer when seeing the taser being pointed at him immediately dropped his own and drew his sidearm and fired. By that time (under half a second) the taser had fired at him and RB had turned back around with the taser still in his hand. Taser X2s have two shots instead of one, so he was still armed with a deadly weapon according to GA law. He showed utter disregard for the life of the officer whom he fired at and escalated the situation to deadly force. He escalated the situation from a simple and cordial DUI arrest to deadly force because he didn’t want to go back to jail for a parole violation.

From everything I have seen the cop was justified by law. Still a shitty situation but this smells of politics by the DA.

Edit: forgot to mention that Tennessee vs Garner established that officers have justification to use deadly force to stop someone fleeing who is a deadly danger to the public.
> Bach certainly went much further than nearly any composer in advancing the state of music harmony

It's easy to have that impression because JS Bach (justifiably!) looms so enormously over music since then. But it wasn't so much that he advanced the state of harmony as that he was so encyclopedic and powerful in his ability to use the material of his age that he somewhat obscured his source material, rather the way Newton did in classical mechanics.

Then his sons basically created the classical style just to get out of his shadow. And for many years JS Bach was far less famous than his sons JC Bach and CPE Bach.
> Easy to reason about,

I'd like to know what language you use as a baseline for this?

I made my first "real" Javascript code back in 2005 (a vector map system that worked in realtime) and I've been working mostly with frontend for the last 3 years so it is not lack of familiarity. In between that however I have programmed a lot of other languages, worked in a number of different teams, written new code, maintained old code and generally gotten some perspective on life.

That perspective has sent Javascript down my list of languages that are easy to reason about.
That never stopped the gracious folks on the ScummVM team ;)
I'm running windows 10 on my x230 (8GB ram / 240GB SSD) and I am more than happy with it :)
I made a email dispatcher for web forms hosted on shared hosting providers, like Namecheap. I originally did it for a site my wife did, and then decided to open source it. It's here: https://github.com/zedr/simple-mailer

I also wrote a blog post on how to install it: https://medium.com/@zedr/how-to-send-mail-on-namecheap-share...
> Hasn't PC world ALREADY started the transition to ARM?

Sure there are some ARM Windows devices but AFAIK this is not really a trend to moving away from Intel/AMD.

We'll see tomorrow, but it seems Apple intends to move all their laptops to ARM, not just the smaller/cheaper ones.
Here’s a flu comparison:

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas...

In the U.S, 119,131 people have died of COVID-19, as of June 20, 2020.

In the U.S., from Oct. 1, 2019 – Apr. 4, 2020, the CDC estimates that 24,000 to 62,000 people died from the flu.

So I’d entertain the idea that COVID is 2-4 times worse than the Flu. (But you could imagine a bad flu season coming close to that.)

However Flu targets more young people so perhaps if we look at years of life lost that gap would close further.
The signals are strong tonight!
Yeah you can upgrade the ram on those so its not limited to a certain soldered on amount like these cheap laptops. I did convert a lenovo e300 to an ubuntu tablet but with 4 gigs of ram and a 64 gig mmc its double the spec of the useless walmart laptop.
The reason the matrix A has to be square for det(A-XI_n) is a) because we cannot subtract a matrix A from another matrix B if their dimensions aren’t the same and since XI_n is a nxn matrix A has to be an nxn matrix as well and b) because the determinant is only defined for square matrices.
No, my definition of denialism is someone who 'till this day is still defending the "it's just the flu" meme, just in a little more sophisticated package.
Thank you for responding. Is there any particular model that is better off than others, used? My usecase is programming - I don’t game, but I edit videos
Created a website [1] listing soon-ending Handshake [2] auctions. It's frontend-only, using a 3rd party API. Written in Elm [3] which has been an absolute joy to work with and has the most helpful online community I've ever seen.

[1] http://sniper.tasuki/ - only works with a Handshake-aware DNS resolver [4]

[2] https://handshake.org/

[3] https://elm-lang.org/

[4] https://www.namebase.io/blog/how-to-access-handshake-domains...
I find oxy/acetylene welding super meditative. The sound blocks everything out, putting you in a pink noise cocoon.
This sounds interesting :)

My wife is doing something along the lines (ba-dum tss) with a friend of her: i am keeping a REALLY old version of "legend of the green dragon" online for them and they write a huge fantasy story together on a daily basis. They should get that printed in a book some day :)
We've built a dev dashboard for vscode: so you can do your note taking & your HN reading with minimal context switches.

https://marquee.activecove.com/
The article mentions that it doesn't even have _effective_ passive cooling, nothing beyond a thin copper heat-spreader. You can't possibly expect more than Raspberry Pi levels of performance from this device.
I know that. What eludes me is what advantages SystemJS brings over ESM, for browser runtimes and server runtimes (node, deno)…
But this is a niche application of TypeScript, most day-to-day front-end devs I've interviewed aren't reaching for fp-ts, let alone io-ts, whatever the benefits.

Even then, why not just use any one of Elm, PureScript, Reason, ScalaJS, etc? Why implement yet another FP runtime? If something like this is the surest way to make optimal use of TypeScript then I feel like we're just right back where we started.

For most devs, I'd wager they're still ending up writing all the same tests they were before TypeScript.

tsc even offers to just consume jsdoc annotations for crying out loud. If its just some kind of type convention sandbox, what did it really bring to the table?
I used to run my own mail server
Javascript just needs to die like flash.
I finally started my blog, after putting it off for so long. It's still pretty raw and needs a lot of practice before my writing is really worth sharing, but it's a start.

https://www.unpublished.xyz
In Brazil, if you want to go beyond the 1366x768 screen resolution, you'll have to pay a lot more than those $140.
that sounds pretty cool! and not just for the kids :) how fast does it go?
Under your proposed framework would encyclopedias need permission from the subjects of their biographical entries in order to include those entries?
Made a platform for party/drinking games over Zoom.

https://ziago.co

Games run on Realtime Firebase DB, so players join with a link and everyone is kept updated with game flow and other player actions etc.

So far had 10000 people play, and has 9 games and still working on more. The focus for now is on social/turn-based kind of games.

Runs on Vue and Firebase. FB helped me to launch it in a month. Wrote about it at https://codeburst.io/how-i-built-a-real-time-games-platform-...
> low power consumption

Hmm, well the visual cortex makes up almost a third of our entire brain, and the brain uses ~20% of our daily energy. I’d hardly call that “low power”! Though granted I don’t imagine you can break a sweat just from thinking.
> Forgive me, but when I program I know what the variables I am working with are doing, and what kind of data they are storing.

Will you in two years? Will your coworkers? Will the contractor who has no context for the code understand it?

Like variable names, types convey information that are crucial to the understanding of your application.

Under the hood, there are "types", even if they are weak, so you'll need to know about implicit typing anyway. Making them explicit is both a way to test correctness and a way to document your code.
> let the consumers choose how much they can afford to pay

The article you're commenting under talks about why this leads to poor outcomes.
Nobody's asking them to.
Wholeheartedly agree and would like to point to another library that is capable of providing runtime typechecks: https://github.com/vriad/zod

It doesn't come with the fp-approach that io-ts takes, and has, in my opinion, significantly better error reporting. Just plugging this here because I believe that zod is grossly underused :)
A mess of my personal life
Are you linking to "a politically organized body of people under a single government" or "a race of people, large group of people with common ancestry and language"?
No mention of fusion :/
what did I just read?
his reaction is entirely in line with what 99% or romanians will say. it is a constant state of denial. absolutely shocking. i prefer not to tolerate such abuse nor hide it to sugarcoat it.
Reflections on Father's Day
mind == blown
The problem is that the G4 problems break the narrative about the PPC->Intel transition resembling an Intel->ARM transition. The reason the G4 stagnated was because Motorola was heavily focused on embedded processors and didn't prioritize the Mac. There's a similar risk with moving the Mac to A-series, Apple-developed ARM processors because Apple themselves have been prioritizing mobile devices over the Mac in recent years, leaving a significant risk that desktop-class and even laptop-class processors from Intel and AMD will once again leave them behind in performance.
> The irony of anti-capitalist efforts is that they tend toward monoculture: a single strong actor controlling everything, e.g. the USSR.

That's very much not the case of anti-capitalist efforts generally. It's the case for Leninism and it's descendants, which even other socialists describe as “state capitalism”. But it's not the case for things like leftist anarchism, market socialism, favoring of labor cooperatives as a firm model instead of capital-based ownership, etc., labor cooperatives, and other non-Leninist-descended challenges to the capitalist order.
You can do any manner of stupid things to make any compiler of any language to behave slowly, but that doesn’t mean all compilers are slow. If you want better output don’t deliver garbage for input.
I don't like it but I think the cat is out of the bag, there's no effective way to roll back the machine.

From that POV the issue is control and communication, who has access to the firehose?
I learned how to handle a civil dispute through a lawyer. I was not intending to spend the time and money to learn this.

Would have been nice to have a boring lockdown. Maybe during round 2.
It's entirely valid for them to decide they don't want to change their ways. However, it is frequent that technologies will be rejected because the requisite learning to understand why and how to best use the technology is not done. A common example of this (in my observation and ignoring the application of the technology where it's entirely unnecessary) is NoSql where teams have attempted to use those databases as they used their relational counterparts which obviously didn't work because they didn't shift how they were thinking about using storage and structuring their systems. Anyway, that was how I read the GPs post, as attempting to note that the Deno team may not have pushed through the mental shift required to really get the most out of TypeScript.

[edit: not trying to take a stance in support of the GPS post or either side of this discussion, to be clear]
In my case - and I've purchased 10 of these over the years - it's exclusively eBay. I check the description and photos carefully to see if there are any issues or defects. Only one time did I receive a laptop that was basically a dud - an X61 from many years ago.

I've also bought a couple old 32-bit models from e-waste recyclers who were open to me just grabbing them from out of a pile of to-be-disposed-of equipment.

Not sure where you're located, but if there is a MicroCenter nearby, the I recommend them as well. Sometimes they stock these in refurbished condition, and from my inspections of the laptops, they're in good shape. Only buy if you can look at first-hand at the store.

Sites like NewEgg, TigerDirect, and Amazon also have these, but the reviews generally don't seem favorable. One major difference is that with eBay, you can view multiple pictures of the exact laptop you will be buying. With those other sites, it's just a stock photo, and it seems like there's less quality control over what's grabbed from their warehouses.

Also it's worth mentioning that refurbished Dell Latitude and HP EliteBook laptops are comparable. There seems to be less demand for these than Lenovo ThinkPads, so often you can get better specs for the same price. In my experience, the Dell Latitude laptops have maintained greater backwards-compatibility with older docking stations. If you're into embedded development or ever want to connect to a headless server directly, then only Dell will give you that docking station with a serial port. The drawbacks is the TrackPoint on a ThinkPad is always guaranteed to be there, while it's an optional feature with Latitude and EliteBook, and even when it is there, it isn't as good as what IBM/Lenovo has engineered. Another drawback is refurbished Latitude laptops often have dedicated GPUs, which is great for Windows, but often a pain for Linux.
I have a condition called nystagmus[1] which makes my eyes saccade constantly. It mostly happens when I look to the left or right, with what's called a "null point" in the middle. Having a null point in the middle is a lucky break.

It doesn't affect my day-to-day, which I think is surprising. In fact I have very good hand-eye coordination and visual perception, which may be a side-effect of constantly having to track moving objects.

It's also a symptom of being drunk, or a brain injury. Medical students are always very concerned and ask whether I've hit my head, and I often get breathalysed when I'm pulled over.

[1] https://www.aoa.org/patients-and-public/eye-and-vision-probl....
DbVisualizer licenses one of their libraries for its ERD feature: https://www.dbvis.com/images/features/screens/navigator1.png
I'm already way invested in this Libson -> Istanbul bike trek. Also, I get 404'd when I try to subscribe to your email list
I think you have to watch someone writing a great novel or writing good code. Not just read it.

I believe that just reading without understanding the thought process only helps a little.
Cheeky. The “Enterprise Feature” is hilarious, but it did make me wonder about such a thing: having disposable/specific email addresses for different “personalities” with automated personalized communications. What I’m imagining: an email address for <insert cause here> that can be used to actually email, SMS, call your congressperson(s) in your own style based upon its contents. I’m on mobile and being lazy and not researching what is already possible and/or legal, but the current waves and momentum for social movements now are rising and my experience in software development is making me connect the two.
michael1e

Today I learned

https://www.michael1e.com/
Yes, with all the startups going out of business, there're some nice laptops coming to the auction market. I picked up a two year old fully speced T470s for about $200. No OS though. Installed Mint and it ran like new. Also picked up an one year old MacBook Pro A1989 for 1/3 of the price. Good thing Apple honors the purchase of the OS with the laptop and allows a full reinstallation.
Did this page really need Javascript?

It’s like people never read JavaScript: The no parts

Most of that page could have been done with image maps, shrugs.

Edit: Don’t downvote me just because I like text.

I will say this, Hey.com is getting some awesome free marketing lately.
I'd love to see some revenue numbers from this business :)
https://www.hopupon.com

HopUpon is a Cheap Multi-City Flight Generator that allows you to explore new cities as you "hop" along to your destination. Our algorithm creates itineraries that are often cheaper than a direct flight.
I assume emergency procedures are still being done.
The CDC only lists the estimate for CFR (.4%) on that page.

If you consider their projection that 35% of all infected cases remain asymptomatic (same page), the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) drops to just 0.26 %.
> When you write a function in an Excel cell, IIANM it's a VBA function

No, its uses the Excel formula language, which isn't the same as VBA (nor is it a subset of VBA; Excel formula language expressions generally aren't valid VBA.)
"Fuck apple
This website was made in Microsoft Publisher on Windows 95."

I like Bye logo much more than Hey's one

https://imgur.com/a/GhjBjGY
I can't say I agree with the mental model critique for the most part. I think some languages do make it easy to write convoluted code, but through judicious use of coding standards (including a helping of common sense [don't be clever where you can at all avoid it, which IME is ~~almost~~ all the time], code linters, and so on) I think how you use a language plays a huge part in code maintainability.

For instance, I've heard PHP get shit on pretty badly all around the web, but I've worked at PHP shops that had nice, clean codebases, and my current Perl codebase is, in many ways, nicely structured. That's not to say there aren't some hairy codepaths that could use refactoring, but I really think that kind of thing, again, can happen in almost any language.
I used to play a lot of these games when they had state of the art graphics.
I loved the art style but the story&characters didnt really grow on me.
yup - they all say “it happens everywhere” as if that makes it ok. yet corruption in romania js at such a scale i am surprised it is a member of the eu. most west europeans would be amazed at what their money is spent on through eu funding.
Finally launched Newsy.

https://www.newsy.co

I had lots of un-used domains and wanted to make use of them without having to maintain them. So I decided to make a tool that turns un-used domains into a content-aggregator like Reddit, except, it runs itself. :)
I think the main thing you're looking for is 1) RAM - as much as you can get for your buck (might be worth lurking for a week to find out how much that is) 2) SSD.

If you get a high number on 1 and a checkmark on 2, it's almost guaranteed to be good for programming - realistically, for allowing you to run your browsers and something like GIMP and/or video editing.

I have a ThinkPad with 32 GB RAM and it takes a really heavy workload to pause my computer.

I frequently have several browsers & several browser windows open (say 6 windows total, mix of Chrome Brave and Firefox), and GIMP. No slowdowns noticeable (EDIT: some things do take a few seconds, like filters & exporting images from GIMP). Most importantly, using my window manager, I can switch from a full-screen browser to Emacs to GIMP instantaneously - not even a millisecond of noticeable delay.

Even many new computers purchased today can't beat that.
Tyvm, this is super handy! More precisely, ~1.01670 ns/ft (~0.983571 ft/ns).
It only has to be able to express abstract ideas, with a power at least close to ours. Presumably, we are not going to communicate with alien species unless they have a sufficiently developed science and technology, and it is hard to imagine that without a language.

And by “a language like ours”, do you mean English? (The one language that we know you and I both have in common.) Noam Chomsky has spent a career looking for a common deep grammar for all human language, and it turns out that there is not much in common, except at the most fundamental and abstract level. Despite this, there are no human populations divided by having mutually incomprehensible languages, and maybe that is so throughout the galaxy.
Nursing Homes Evict Residents for Lucrative Coronavirus Paitents
They both sort of fit, but NIMBYism in SF hampers its development more than Seattle. Seattle appears more functional to me. (No city is perfect; for each one I mentioned I could list a number of problems, except maybe Amsterdam which I know rather poorly.)
DOJ Wants Internet Companies to Stop Censorship, Get Tough on Illegal Content
Looks like an alternative to hey.com :-)
I highly recommend you upgrade to the Trinamic drivers! I modded my 3D printer that used the whiny A4988s with TMC2208s and the results are amazingly silent.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MPSelectMiniOwners/comments/gsiai0/...
Thanks for this link. I wasn't aware of the book, but this "theoretical background" page on the Cinderella website made a big impression on me years ago. Maybe it would work as a taster for your proposed group. https://doc.cinderella.de/tiki-index.php?page=Theoretical+Ba...
You make very good points and I concur that getting professional help helps a lot - from past experiences. It seems that most likely I exhausted my coping mechanism pool, and if the state continues to deteriorate, I will most definitely reach out to some professional. Thanks!
I think the exclusive, if both inputs are zero the output should be zero, but it look like the output will be a one in that situation.
Based on conversations with some colleagues from Brazil (working in the US under work visa) it is due to the taxes that Brazil has on imported electronics/computer goods.

This has had some notable side-effects on Brazil's computing and gaming industries however, perhaps the most visible of which Tec Toys and their Genesis/Mega Drive 'port' of Duke Nukem 3D.
Do Walmart's tablets next https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/walmarts-99-android-...
i know - just amazed at the state of affairs. we have to argue over who steals less to the point where romanias president - a proven human trafficker and cheat - is actually decent compared to other candidates.
Does it claim to be?

It is an option which may or may not fit the varying needs of readers of HN, just as draw.io is.
Do they have street view equivalent data? My understanding was they have crowdsourced images/panoramas which are overlayed on a map using the geotags.

I'm not sure how that's even useful as anything other than a curiosity.

Perhaps I've missed something
This is a good write up imo: http://lh3.github.io/2020/05/17/fast-high-level-programming-...
Hooray for recession.