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> I think, generally, the problem is that food service doesn't scale that well.

Maybe?

First and foremost: my knowledge of the industry is limited to a passing interest. I've investigated opening a restaurant, have worked in precisely one professional kitchen, and worked in front-of-house as well.

That said, it depends on what you mean by "food service" and "scale".

Fresh ingredients, prepared with great care, served by a professional staff... yeah, that doesn't scale. It takes years to learn to work with "whatever is available in-season", and finding good people is hard in any industry -- waiters at high-end restaurants do not make minimum wage, I assure you.

But the price is too high for most people, other than as perhaps a special occasion. The French Laundry isn't about to open up in rural Alaska.

Reasonably nutritious food that is both fast and cheap? We have that. Your choice between canned or frozen.

American processed food tends to go nuts on the additives, but that isn't a requirement, and I'd say the Europeans overall do a much better job on this front.

You get a lot less variety, but more quality.

Likely this is an artifact of our history -- preservatives were a godsend before the logistics revolution of WWII made its way into civilian life. American food scientists also went vitamin-crazy early in the 20th century, which combined with the introduction of convenience meals (TV dinners) and fast food, transformed the American culinary landscape into enriched breads, artificially-colored drinks, and "low-fat" snacks (which are horribly unhealthy).

China has a similar problem, funnily enough.

Communism is all about stamping out the slightest differences between people, so during the cultural revolution, preparing and eating your own food was viewed as "counter-revolutionary", and thus banned. Everybody ate in communal kitchens, and never learned to cook with their parents and grandparents.

Killed millennia of culinary history, and is partially why there's so much processed food and so many restaurants in China today.

Anyhow, there are restaurant chains here in Japan that literally serve up nothing but reheated frozen food -- Saizeriya is a good example. It's basically the Japanese answer to Olive Garden (which I believe does the same thing!)

So, you've got options from fresh and gourmet, all the way down to Chef Boyardee served on a posh plate.

What doesn't scale?
Does Wikipedia need all the funds it raises?
Shouldn't it have been a simple find-and-replace?
Not through intentional federal policy. It's a side effect of US companies being the world over and US culture being spread by those companies.
How did Skype do it back then?
I think the most bizarre thing about the last few years to me is very certainly this thing where people are huge pieces of shit convince others that THEY are the victim when they were horrible human beings and got everything they deserved.
Like a year ago I only learned about Patterson, because I got a (random) book out of my uni library about computer architectures. His books are fascinating. He is fascinating.
Nationality has nothing to do with it. I also don't trust Americans with such devices.
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> US tech firms still have a harder time operating in China.

It's entirely hard to believe this considering the obscene amounts of profits that US companies make by just "designing in california". Our whole era is enabled and defined by cheap chinese labor.
> There has never been a case in human history where one group of people voluntarily gave up their wealth, status and privilege to another group of people. Wealth transfer always leads to violence.

The Velvet Revolution comes to mind. Of course there is a possibility/threat of violent escalation in negotiating these things, but rational actors can make the calculus that getting a good enough deal guaranteed is better than fighting and potentially loosing a better one. However, it requires a non-totalitarian view of the world (i.e. the others are not enemies no matter what and must be punished for their bad deeds doesn't really allow you to negotiate in a de-escalatory manner).
White House, no, but no doubt there are career officers and civilians in the Pentagon who have gamed this out in excruciating detail. I'm sure this was done even before the current administration came into power.
Like operator overloading and implicit conversations. https://newpornsites.pro/category/porn-sharing-sites/
Every time I went to configure a toolchain on Jetbrains' CLion, Cmake would create some test files and compile them. Windows Defender deleted every file and even the embedded toolchain. Fun :)
I completely agree with the sentiment of what you expressed.

However, I have to nitpick for accuracy. Despite becoming a cliche, "yelling fire in a crowded theater" was never actually the standard in the US. Currently it's "imminent lawless action". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imminent_lawless_action)
Hydrazine thrusters more likely. Ion thrusters are novel.
Do you mean to imply that advertising and propaganda don't work?

That doesn't seem like an argument anyone would want to make.
Several orders of magnitude slower. Run in in a Secure Enclave (like SGX) you run at full speed.
I don't have a problem with this. US companies haven't been bringing foreign revenue home because the tax rates are too low in other countries. If EU taxes them then they'll bring the revenue home.
I found it very informative and educational, perhaps it's time to get off your high horses and be more inclusive?
My grand-father lived through WW2. I’d say he was able to give a recollection of memories and experiences that are not found in any books and even though I agree that “good sources for truth” may vary for the use-case, we shouldn’t bee (pun intended) too insecure about believing some of our “past-memory-gut-feel”/“anecdotes”.
There is ample evidence about research being “sponsored by the right people showing the right results” or media outlets shaping certain opinions.
And even though it may be true that the HN reader has a diverse set of sources to form an opinion - this isn’t necessarily right for “average people”. E.g., the effect and the implications of inflation. For decades I have been hearing that “there is no inflation on Europe, the currency is stable”; yet, recalling “what money could buy back then” stories - I probably get a different vibe.
History often repeats itself and “true objective data” may either be spotty and distorted; I have probably grown old and cynic enough to say things like “maybe it’s a good idea to look into the past and remember real good what people said or saw...”

Driving on a highway for 10h without any bugs on it - common sight in Europe nowadays. 10years ago, I would need to handwash it after 3h on the highway.
Anecdotes can be a very powerful tool for critical thinking.
Your Chinese employees will be fine, but foreign personel coming in should indeed be very careful not to pique the party's attention as it will actively be seeking pawns.
Yes, and Hitler was just trying to shore up the German economy after a disastrous couple decades. Good thing Europe did such a good job appeasing him and not being confrontational – it would've really sucked if there had been a WWII.
I don't know why you're being downvoted, the comparison seems completely appropriate. Today's governments (and other entities with a lot of power) have orders of magnitude more private data than Stasi or KGB ever dreamed of. An non-targeted informant network of that scale would be simply redundant and hard to maintain for their lookalikes these days.
Love the feature preview videos, what did you use to create them?
Please demonstrate that TikTok actually "collect[s] info on US citizens" for the CCP or "spread[s] misinformation to benefit a foreign regime". Please also compare to Facebook/Cambridge Analytica or RT Now.

This is a mercantilist stupid response to something that in no way is a "national security" issue.

Sure, ban apps on government/military phones. That's truly about national security.

But 13 year olds doing dance videos, or kpop fans DDOSing Trump's rally ticketing (ie actually an email fishing activity) is not national security.

This is the same sort of isolationist bullshit that has the US DOS currently grading travel to New Zealand as "Level 2" because of their 23 cases of COVID.

Sure, China and the CCP are nasty and infringe their own and other citizens human rights. But these so-called national security EOs are more like "waaaah, but he did it first!" response from a child than the mature response of the supposed lead nation of the Western world.
That would fail freedom of speech issues, so no.
Others have wished for BBS on satellite, as far back as 1988: http://phrack.org/issues/21/5.html
You can get similar records for deceased people, which will give you a sense of what's in there.

Isaac Asimov's FBI file is a case study [1, 2].

People fabricate stories out of jealousy, a desire for retribution, and generic Karen reasons [3]. Isaac Asimov seems to have had a neighbor or colleague in the latter category.

People should study these files to develop robust procedural safeguards.

[1] https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/fbi...

[2] https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2013/nov/07/isaac-asi...

[3] https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/careless-whispers-h...
> There is no evidence of IP theft being established against TikTok and ByteDance

Actually, the forced acquisition of TikTok by MS and its Instagram copy are instances of the US copying from the Chinese.
> The ratio of unlit/lit habitat seems wildly in favor of unlit.

Depends on where. Germany has a very different structure due to its population density than most parts of the US, for example, with comparably less unlit habitat.

So that may be a less important issue in some places but having enough suitable space for themselves in the US doesn't help insects in Germany.
Yes, in this part of Portugal[1] it's almost zero. It's really really beautiful at night, it feels like in a dream.

https://www.visitportugal.com/en/node/73796
And getting downvoted to death, so he does have some point...
Comparing the treatment of black people in the US to the treatment of Uyghurs (ethnic muslim Chinese) is not a realistic comparison at all. Currently Uyghurs in China are forced into prison camps for nothing other then being Uyghurs. They are then forced into labor or in some cases even have their organs harvested. Yes the US did enslave black people but that was stopped long ago and generally Americans agree that was wrong.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/03/05/china-move...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests...
It’s amazing to watch folks deny evolution while their bodies evolve new immunity in real time
China could also just wait 3 more months until the election and decide action after that. If the presidency changes they are able to deal with a more rational player.
FB would have too much scrutiny and chances for the deals to fail to pass regulators. If they are really looking for a quick and guaranteed deal, they’d look elsewhere.
> Those companies are free to operate in China if the comply with Chinese law.

Which will never happen. The Chinese know that Western companies would never want to comply with the Chinese law because the law was purposefully designed in such a way as to benefit the totalitarian regime. So they were forced to quit China. This is nothing but an indirect ban. This is very common actually.

For example: India imposed a 200% tariff on all Pakistani goods instead of banning them after the Pulwama Terror Attack [1]. Why not outright ban them? Because of global trade rules that prohibit taking such measures. So imposing a 200% tariff would effectively mean a ban only. No one in their right mind would import goods/services at 200% import duty. This is what Chinese were doing to US companies the past decade. Which is why US companies left China in the first place. Because staying around and doing business in China became untenable.

[1]: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/ind...
“That’s almost an arm full” old Tony Hancock reference for the older British reader (google Tony Hancock blood donor Sketch).
This is impressive work, and I would like to have this, or something like this.

A question is whether the amount of clever effort that went into working around constraints of the Pi Zero, would be enough to incorporate the Pi Zero aspects of this assembly into a single board?

Also, maybe not even an exact Pi, but using a RISC-V core and fully open firmware, even if less powerful at this time?
Sure. But then there was a letter from what in this case can be seen as an expert warning of potential danger. If that was intentionally ignored, would it be impossible to claim some level of negligence?

Shady.
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Looking at this product, it seems failsafe. You just put the sponges on your scalp and adjust the voltage?
Ironically it seems like you and GC are on the same side (China didn't kill Vine), but you actually have unintentionally made an argument in favor of the opposite stance – maybe Vine would've done better if the CCP had allowed it to exist in China.
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>Do you support a barb wire wall around both the Canadian and Mexican border with lethal force counter measures if anyone tries to pass and forced isolation of all travelers?

If needed for public health reasons, and is short/mid-term, why not?
Which is why nobody will push the button, even if they're being invaded, they'll just accept being occupied and mount a resistance. MAD always relied on a fiction of natural insanity that doesn't actually exist. I don't think any tactician takes widespread nuclear exchanges seriously as a likely outcome to any contemporary global conflict.
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You can have an alt account where you build a reputation but do not divulge personal information.

That way if you got something important to say there is a backstory to verify.

Of course this can be gamed and personas can be built as a weapon for future conflicts but at least the option is available for me and you to communicate with some credibility without opening us up to offline attacks. (I was originally writing IRL, but online is Real Life IMO, it is just that some parts of my online life doesn't point back a single identity.)

There are a number of people here who run two accounts, like me. It is mostly a good thing IMO and totally OK with the mods as long as the alt accounts follow the rules and doesn't change too often. This is my third in a decade or so I think.
For WeChat, how much impact will this have on Americans? As an American, I tried signing up to communicate w/ someone in China, and I couldn't get through the verification process.

Obviously TikTok has a big USA presence.
Just a disclaimer, while I don't want to take a position on what is being said in this article (apart from the statement that its worth sharing), I do want to say that the tone is ... a bit unforgiving. I understand the author is a bit bitter because of the legal troubles mentioned at the top of the article, but I don't think it color's their opinion, just their language.
Ask HN: How to think about retention when the goal is churn?
I'm running a medical device startup. We make a treatment for depression. A discussion that often comes up is how we should think about and present our retention numbers. Since, ultimately our goal is to make our users recover from depression, and churn. Im looking for articles or other resources discussing growth and retention for these types of businesses. Or does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Dating apps have the same problem to some extent I guess.

This is a great article about growth, but I feel it doesn't really apply to our case: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/59-how-to-set-up-hire-and-scale-a-growth-strategy-and-team
Why do you think that?
Are you just guessing?
Yeah I get a full Google data dump every 3 months and it's about 350GB at the moment. Most of it is photos, but still.
It is a quantitative comparison of alternatives with a very different quality. Apples and oranges, if you will. The fact that both spy on private information does not mean that the information is roughly equivalent, nor the level of betrayal.

Apart from the first sentence, I agree with your statement though.
My wife is having a TMS treatment right now.

Feom what I can tell something has changed, and she seems happier.
China is a lot more stable, both economically and politically, than the Soviet Union. While it's not quite par with the United States yet, China has a population 4x the size of the United States, which gives them unprecedented scale to build out and deploy new tech that can easily leapfrog any edge the United States has right now.

In the long term, the only thing going for the US are alliances with other developed countries and democracies. But the current administration doesn't seem to care very much about that.
"China can ban Boeing from China..."

Not if they don't want an airline industry. China does not have the capacity to build a jet engine yet alone a commercial plane in service.
I just mean that culturally it's the classic example that people would always bring up to illustrate the limits of free speech. The legal standard is a different question of course. But that's part of the issue here. Free speech isn't just a narrow legal question. It's a cultural value, and it's under assault in a way we've never seen in our lifetimes. The fact that "yelling fire in a crowded theater" was never actually the legal standard (which is interesting by the way!) supports this point.
The problem with measles parties is that measles cause long term damage and not the delibirate infection.

If mild common cold can make you immune to covid19, delibirate infections may be a much more efficient way to achieve herd immunity than a propiatary vaccine.
What is it mean to the future of ADRs?
Actually average CdA (drag area) would certainly have gone up in most parts of the world due to SUVs becoming popular. Looking at values on Wikipedia [1] definitely does not show an obvious reduction over the the last 20 years.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient
Lopsided how? Because the US has a trade deficit with China? That's not "lopsided". That just means that the US buys more stuff from China than China buys from the US.

Trump introduced tariffs. They increased costs for US consumers (they pay the tariffs). China lost some exports. In the meantime, China decided to buy soybeans from other nations. The US lost a lot more in exports, requiring government bailouts of farmers. Thus further increased costs to US consumers and taxpayers.

Given this increased sovereign risk of de-facto nationalisation of a foreign owned US company (TikTok et al), why should other foreigners invest in the US?

As a reminder, the US has a net foreign trade deficit of USD400B for 2020 so far. So the US buys $400B more than it sells.
I love the name.

For obvious reasons, I've been thinking a lot on this topic, and it's... just flat-out complicated.

For any culture -- be it a business or a country -- there is both (a) a maximum rate of sustainable change; (b) a minimum rate of necessary change; and (c) the need to walk back from poor decisions.

Too much change, and the culture breaks down. Too little change, and the culture can't handle growth.

Walking back from poor decisions is super-hard. The harder it is to get a law passed, the more incentive there is to try and justify it for eternity, rather than being able to say things like "Our law proposed to decrease the murder rate faster than it was already. That didn't happen, so we're rolling things back to where they were and trying something different."

Not sure what the answers are here, though.
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My work requires me to travel with guides, I have no idea if they are all above average income 'gentlemens' as you say (before you edited it out) so I can't really comment on that. I'm an immigrant myself along with my community so there's that. If you consider that a 'narrow' view not sure what more to say. There's a difference between fluency and native-like fluency that kids obtain. I would love you to post recordings of you speaking and ask the public to see if they can tell if you're a native speaker or not because I genuinely am curious.
The black bar either just coincidentally timed out or went away after I clicked Fran's topic. That's a nice subtle hint
The US has been a champion of global free trade for more than a century.

Of course, the US wants to be top dog in this free trade Utopia, and the means employed to get to those free-trade ends have frequently been terrible.

But just as frequently the means have been a reasonable (and moral / amoral) push to encourage globalization, which has demonstrably helped reduce poverty and other negative stats the world over.
Whacking their knees with a crowbar wouldn't stop them from speaking either, but we don't do that when someone expresses a wrong view, nor should we try to get them fired. Free speech as a cultural value requires that people actually be free to speak. If one fears losing one's livelihood, one is not free to speak. That's obvious.

For a long time, it was the left who championed this. Noam Chomsky, an archetype of the left, has always been one of the biggest free-speech advocates in the US, and takes a far more expansive view than "free speech only means the government can't put you in prison". He advocated for Walt Rostow, a technocrat whom he had condemned in print as a war criminal, to be allowed to teach at MIT. But he's a libertarian socialist, and the left has taken an authoritarian turn.

The social-media driven ideological lust for driving wrong-speakers out of their jobs (and inflicting anything else the mob can muster) is clearly a recent development in America, and you have to go back at least to McCarthyism to find anything comparable.