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The law passed the Senate with unanimous consent, it doesn't seem like there are congressmen out of their budget.
Ok, well in the UK the average is 59 minutes. Being an average it means many people are having longer commutes than that. I'd like to see the mean number.

https://news.sky.com/story/average-commute-to-work-now-takes...
VisionAI has similar image API as well. TinEye is probably the best option out there for your use case.
I also find Google's colour scheme rather obnoxious when I want to use the map to actually orient myself (instead of it being merely a convenient geographical background for displaying POIs and route planning) – forests aren't displayed at all once you start zooming in and the distinction between built-up areas and open space (which isn't great to start with) gets more and more indistinct as well.
Do you have a source on that? As far as I'm aware that is illegal. States can require quarantine periods for visitors, but I don't think they can outright ban travel from US citizens/nationals.
MI6 asked the court service to not give certain papers to the judge. The court service said “no”, and promptly informed an MI6 oversight body.

It’s not great that they asked, but the system does appear to have worked as it should.

Or am I missing something?
This is exactly true. I have a friend who used to spend "long hours" in the office. He basically did a VPN into his home network, where he works on hobby projects. Oh yeah, lots of reddit browsing, too. Presence is often equated with productivity.
Imagine a person with health conditions that fit the high risk population of COVID mortality. Now, imagine those people with other health conditions (let's say obesity or heart disease) having a small accident that isn't life threatening but does require a trip to the hospital where they have a higher likelihood of contracting COVID.

If I'm one of those at risk people, my "active" activities are going to lean to the safer options I can find like walking or jogging. No mountain climbing, kayaking, skiing, and so forth.

I explained this to my parents who have a few existing health conditions that have a high correlation with COVID mortality rates based on the data I've seen. They don't need to go into the hospital for a cut or injured finger if they can avoid the accident in the first place. Obviously if a real emergency arrives you need to weigh the risks of contracting COVID vs the emergency (an admittedly nearly impossible task) but you should try to minimize risks for the time being where you can to try and avoid that situation completely.

Basically you need to be a little more risk averse than you may normally be under the assumption a minor injury is manageable if you're potentially susceptible to COVID right now.
Is your direct experience that you have actually held/brandished/used a firearm during an event when you were physically threatened? Or is this strictly theoretical?
I don't think the case you're trying to make is as clear as you want it to be. Most cities have mayoralties dominated by Democrats; Democrats are the urban party. Pennsylvania has bounced back and forth between the Democrats and Republicans for decades; people are leaving San Francisco because it's too successful. Chicago and Illinois are, to their detriment, run by a Democratic machine, but I think that's the best example you have, and it's not like there aren't basket case Republican states for me to rebut with.
The word "Compete" here is misleading. It's rather: I wish people would build better products than Google's.

According to you, Google should send users to a strictly worse app, so that it can become better over time? And unless it requires a lot of user data to become a better app, I don't see why it needs traffic from Google to become a better product.

Once it is an arguably better product, then yes, Google should definitely link to it first.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be harsh.

By "knee-jerk" I didn't mean new, but meant that it lacked depth. Hopefully my elaboration clarified that I think the company is on the right track, just that they need to go a bit further and extend beyond what traditional video conferencing already (kind of) offers.

They're doing that, and they're a startup -- so I know they're starting lean and that they'll learn, change and add bells and whistles as time goes. This is the right way to do things :).
Having relationships with real-world people is really nothing like a faceless corporation compiling a database on you and I think you probably know that.

Edit: I may have misunderstood the tone of your comment. Are you implying it's bad that people at your local store might know who you are? I should have my coffee.
Yev from Backblaze here -> thanks! We're pretty excited about this, there's never really a better time for AWS users to diversify their cloud storage vendors and keep a working copy somewhere else. :D
Used to. Like 30-40 years ago.
Someone took their MBA vocabulary too seriously.
Nice graphical explanations! It would be nice to see positive/negative look ahead/behind support as they're pretty powerful.

The `\K` flag to clear the capture buffer (e.g. Perl flavor) is also a very useful regexp feature absent here (e.g. when testing `grep` commands).
It was a while ago, but I remember Google maps being far better than any other map service when it first launched.
It's not the complexity that concerns me. I have dealt with more complex things ;)

It's why people use it in the first place. I get the need for it when you're dealing with huge scale. But it seems to be the new default deployment model, for services that really, and I mean really, don't need to scale that much.

And I've seen people justify breaking a nice monolith into microservices (usually badly) so they can deploy it easier using k8s. Which is totally putting the cart before the horse.
I'm not expert. I think lithographic processes are very important.

That's why companies like ASML are so critical. The technology to work at these scales and wavelengths is very tricky.

From Wikipedia: "ASML manufactures extreme ultraviolet lithography machines that produce light in the 13.3-13.7 nm wavelength range. A high-energy laser is focused on microscopic droplets of molten tin to produce a plasma, which emits EUV light." (that's UV close to the X-ray range...)
Source? According to https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/travel/state-travel-restr..., it looks like there are quarantine orders, but nothing preventing you from getting in.
For the record, this absolutely had the requisite level of engagement for the front page, but mysteriously languished under new.
For Wayland users DMA-BUF video textures are now used when the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) is enabled.

I personally saw a number of regressions[0] on Debian testing for video playback on the beta releases for 79, but it largely seems to have settled down now.

[0] particularly this one: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1643855

(Copied from my comment on the submission for the official release notes)
Counterpoint to your counterpoint: the prevalence of inexpensive off-camera light kits means it's much easier than it used to be to get the kind of lighting you want, where you want it (i.e. somewhere less sterile than a studio). None of the photographers I know have studios, but they all have great strobe kits and are quite skilled at creating the kind of light you're talking about outdoors or in some other interesting location.
Linux vi like text editor using Structural Regular Expressions too https://github.com/martanne/vis
There are some great translation tools besides Google translate. I find Microsoft translate sometimes outperforms Google translate for certain languages. For example Google doesn't even have Cantonese. And there are some translation apps coming out of China that are also really awesome. I can't speak for other languages. I just wanted to point out that Google putting themselves first in the results is not always an indicator that it is the best results.
It's definitely framed by where you live. I had a buddy in rural West Texas who had a loaded AR-15 mounted on the wall of his living room. I thought it was some insane gun nut thing, until I asked him about it. He explained that the nearest sheriff was 45 minutes away and he'd also had problems with coyotes attacking his chickens. For him, it would be crazy not have a high-powered weapon at the ready since there was no one nearby to help and there was significant wildlife in the area.

On the other hand, having an AR-15 in NYC would be a nightmare for obvious reasons.

I think folks on both sides of gun debate forget this - that there are dramatically different living situations across America. In this respect, it really doesn't make sense to talk about gun laws at the federal level (I know, 2nd Amendment), because what makes good sense in New York is ridiculous to someone living in rural Texas and vice-versa. It's not purely political, there's a very real practical element that doesn't often get discussed.
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It's from the chorus of a song ("867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo

On a side note, the phone system has a reserved number range (555-XXXX) for fictitious numbers for TV/movies/etc. to use. This song didn't use that but instead used a real number. When the song came out in 1981, people who had this number got so many phone calls they had to change their number. I'm not sure, but phone companies may have retired the number because it has become impractical to use.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny
No, the article is mentioning that the "downfall" is because of "the onset of COVID-19", mentioned later in the article. Although 30-40 years ago is probably closer to when the US passport lost its power in reality.
It is a problem but it raises a question: Are 4 / 5 Americans unable to stay afloat because they are underpaid or because they expand their expenses to fit their income?

We talk about a race to the bottom irt. companies but it might be wise to apply the same thinking to society at large as well.

Companies have been criticized(rightly imho) over their lack of reserves to handle the corona virus and shutdown. The defense of the companies is that by keeping cash on hand instead of spending it, they are at a competitive disadvantage.

This holds true for individuals as well, abet in a more abstract manner. If you are young and trying to attract a mate, wearing old/unfashionable clothes is detrimental. In some circles, what car you drive and it's age is important.

This thinking also extends to non-tangible things as well. What TV shows do you watch? Subscription to cable or even streaming is expensive but it is something we often feel we have to have, not only for our entertainment but also to be connected culturally with our peer group.

These pressures and factors are not new, the phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses" came from a comic in 1913. It has been argued that social media is making these pressures even greater, as people share(and reward the sharing of) the positive aspects of lives but leave out the negative aspects. This creates a sort of perverse view of the world where you see people taking vacations, going out to eat and buying new gadgets where it all runs together and does not show the effort, hardships and sacrifices made to obtain those things.

If we as a society do not value having savings then why should we expect anyone to save? Especially is the reward for doing so is not visible?
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"The reference-types proposal is now supported. It provides a new type, externref, which can hold any JavaScript value, for example strings, DOM references, or objects."

This is exciting! It opens up faster possibilities for wasm apps
I don't actually know that's true, and I don't think we have numbers to test that hypothesis. But I also don't know it's false.
What are you referring to? That's a pretty wild thing to just throw out there, considering how unprecedented that would be.
From the post:

I wondered why the book was banned. Was Courant Jewish? I’d never considered this before, because I couldn’t care less about the ethnicity of authors. Jew or Greek, bond or free, male or female, I just care about their content.

John, you start a post about Courant's Jewishness by denying that you have any interest in his Jewishness. This conveys the sense that being a Jew is dirty and should not be brought up in polite company. Don't do this.
I'd rather be unreasonable and "wrong" but alive than reasonable and "right" but permanently scarred and/or dead.

COVID is a serious threat, and people need to stop taking it lightly. I do not believe devin is a COVID denier, but he is using language that is dangerously close to being misinterpreted as being one, at least, in my opinion.

It isn't a question of who is more intelligent, it is a question of what does the science say, and what is the most accurate interpretation of it. I stick with what I said originally: we're fucked.

Arguably, it is now worse than the Spanish Flu. The 1918 pandemic killed about 3% of the world population, which COVID is unlikely to reach; however, some projections (on the outside) give about that many people that could be infected before this is over. Some people may never show any long term damage from being infected, but it seems that most people infected eventually will.

Why is that important? Because those people will be a strain on an already screwed up healthcare system, potentially, for the rest of their lives. So either healthcare internationally is revolutionized to such an extent that this isn't an issue, or it is going to cause extreme pressure on the world economy, especially in countries like the US.

We currently do not know how many people will make it out with no scars, we may not know the full extent of the damage for another 10-20 years. The more we understand of SARS-CoV-2, the worse it looks.

COVID doesn't care what your race is, your gender, your political affiliation. Please, all of you, keep yourselves safe.
Importantly, it doesn't rank Pinterest highly, which is a major source of Google search spam
Does anyone know:

How difficult is it for a Sri Lankan citizen to get a temporary visa to come to a developed nation (e.g. for vacation or a business trip)?

What is the reasoning for this situation? Other than edge cases where a nation is a security risk or where illegal immigration is a concern what does democratic a country gain by keeping visitors out?
I would be very surprised if hitting even a bear could cause a problem for a train. Light rail, maybe. Heavy rail, or a freight train? I doubt it.
I suppose it depends on whether by "Protestant work ethic", you are referring to people who are actually in the Protestant/Calvinist faith, or if you are using it as a euphemism for general workaholism, as there are many non-Protestant communities which espouse hard work and frugality as main tenets to follow in life, which do have a higher rate of multigenerational-housing-based communities.

Also, it would be interesting to explore exactly how and why "protestant work ethic"-based communities and "multigenerational housing"-based communities became generally mutually exclusive, whether there is causation, or just a happenstance correlation.
It matters half as much as conscientiousness, was the conclusion.
What’s the endgame with SO here? A series F investment? Going public? Selling to Microsoft?

I would assume selling to Microsoft would be the thing to do.

But whoever buys it has no revenue model so that’s tricky. Unless they’re doing it for altruistic purposes.

Don’t get it twisted I love SO.
How many people on HN have reported unethical behavior of their coworkers to their bosses?

Now combine that already low number with the fact that there is strong belief among cops that doing so will negatively affect their career trajectory.

As far as cops coming to defense of other cops, every single officer I know has had false allegations against him, including one with a rape allegation that was only proven false because he had his body camera on the entire time he was with the suspect. So anything that's even slightly grey will get the benefit of the doubt as far as cops are concerned.

I've experienced the same thing as a foster parent. I'm not actually sure how many allegations have been made against my wife and I, so I tend to immediately dismiss any news of such against other foster parents (then occasionally it will be be "oh shit they were keeping kids in dog kennels?" and I'll have to backtrack). I'm almost certainly dismissing some actual misdeeds in there, but I also feel fairly secure that the signal to noise of allegations against foster parents is very low.
"The media's just not picking those voices up" is definitely a part of the story. Portland for example is looking pretty bad right now, but the Portland officers did kneel with the protesters.
Even within cities, people have been having that realization over the past two months with how the cops have been unable to keep up with the rioting. Permit applications are up 500% in Illinois, and sales are skyrocketing all over.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-illi...
Reading the API reference or source code of the libraries I interface with is my first instinct today. In the past I would Google for the answer and land on StackOverflow. I don’t feel there was a radical change across all libraries I just have more experience under my belt, and it is faster to navigate the docs.
A 14-day quarantine upon return effectively bans many people from traveling.
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Happened when pilot was alone
My experience:

WiFi device comes with CD but I have no CD-ROM. Then I try to google this no name brand and find the official website but fail.

I plug the device in Linux and figure out exactly the real chip used (many devices reuse same chips and put their own antenna and branding on top).

Now I know the real chip name but the guys that make it do not offer driver downloads to regular users, so I need to Google and find some driver.

Then the next problem, what website that offers driver downloads should I trust? I never heard of any of them, in the end I remember that many years ago I was downloading stuff from softpedia, decided that I already spent too much time on this and since it was my son PC I can risk it and grabbed a few potential drivers from there.

After that I needed to refresh my memory how to install drivers when you don't have a wizard and read a quick tutorial and follow it.

Conclusion, there are tons of hardware , as a Linux users in more then 15 years I can list only this issues(I am not using 4K or multiple screens setups):

- a few years back AMD catalyst driver dropped support for my 1 year old laptop (maybe the chip was older) forcing me to decide if I use older software or the crappy at that time open source software ( this costed AMD sicne I bought NVIDIA next time)

- for latest NVIDIA driver I just need to google , find and enable and official repository and now I can install from a list of drivers versions, I do not need to make an NVIDIA account to get updates.

- my Cannon printer was detect fine, I had to select a similar model from a dropdown and change a setting from RGM to CMYK (I had to google this)

- I had issues with microphones on cheap headphones, my solution was to buy USB headphones - they just work (including Microsoft ones) no driver installs

I never had to install an audio or network driver on Linux, on Windows I had issues with same hardware where installing drivers from Windows and not from the original CD would make the audio and network conflict (both were Realteck chips and Windows would get confused).

Btw I am not saying your experience is not happening, I am sure that some new hardware will be missing support and some other hardware might experience bugs, I added my experience to put things in balance.
For me, "Restart stack frame" is probably the biggest impact I've seen in a while.
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> the meaninglessness of modern work

Compound that with the insistence that you interview for your job sometimes as often as every day (if you do daily standups): even if there's nothing visibly productive to do, you have to conjure something that somebody else can observe the effects of. Programmers, for example, ought to be able to spend time - lots of it - investigating new technologies in preparation for future tasks, but with the tyranny of JIRA, we're expected to do something that somebody else can easily check on at least every day if not more often. And this is a job that requires years of self-study just to qualify to do.
Access is only via the service workers API. Basically it's exactly what your browser (Chrome, anyway) will run as a service worker, but running a little farther away. There are some extra APIs available as well, for key value storage and caching.
My parents did while my house was being broken into one night by multiple men. Semi-rural area. Thankfully they left before anything happened. I have close friends with darker stories.
I'm not sure that is quite right either. It's not just visitors, anyone traveling to or from the marked region must quarantine. A local citizen returning home must be treated the same as a visitor traveling from another state.
If it makes you feel better, Atlantic provinces in Canada have also put substantial limitations on who can enter from the rest of Canada.
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The article initially makes it sound like they broke into the judge's house and stole if from their desk after feeding their dog poisoned liver.

Reality sounds more like they made a procedural request (possibly not a correct one) which was denied and they apologised.
"Self-made" is an hyperbolic oxymoron propagated by blind worship of the false god named "Exceptionalism". Everyone stands on the shoulders of humanity's past, for better or worse.
Yeah, so benign that hospitals are being overrun... oh, but that must be made up. Come on and open your eyes.
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One business that's already great at this is Target. I've observed through personal experience, they will send a coupon for a really great price on items you normally buy like diapers or formula, if you have kids, to try to get you back in the store. They're not sending that diaper coupon to every customer.
its mildly more complex. As someone that never enjoyed the moderation angle that SO took (forgoing community for correctness and generally tending towards librarian stuffiness), to me the mods are most certainly not "us".
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I've never experienced the issues you describe with status icons or steam having pointer issues except perhaps when changing the DPI settings without logging out and back in. When was the last time you tried it?

With regard to Win32 apps appearing blurry, I think that's a fair compromise considering Windows heavy focus on backwards compatibility.
Thanks for your thoughts. I'm also a fan of opinionated frameworks. I was an early Rails developer and over years of freelancing seeing both framework codebases and micro-framework or from-scratch codebases I believe frameworks make decisions for you that are unimportant to your work in 80-90% of use cases.
Grocery stores can sell client data to their suppliers and use it to negotiate with suppliers. They also monetize it by sending you (supposedly) well-timed coupons.

this is a huge money stream, and for retail they don't have many other options-- amazon and online delivery is eating their lunch.
I wonder how the developers feel - working for a leadership team / company that apparently doesn't care much about ethics

You could ask the same of any adtech employees.