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I think the article brings attention to a very important aspect of Capitalism, but I cannot agree with the author's conclusions.

Capitalism doesn't cancel passions. On the contrary, it directs them into a constructive direction. And other people willing to pay money is a very strong indicator that your passion is net positive. There's nothing wrong with being passionate about making craft beer. Or artisan bread. Or niche software. This is how most modern companies were founded. This is how the Western society was built.

You break the feedback loop and people start being passionate about tribal feelings. How to take from someone else, rather than create your own. How to make the alleged oppressor's life worse, rather than your customers' lives better.

I think, if we wanted to preserve a civilized society where happiness prevails over suffering, we should find a way to restore the old school pre-corporation Capitalism, rather than focusing on destroying it completely.
Except they never offer much evidence to support this statement. "Capitalism exists therefore it is efficient". While one can point to the proposed historical alternatives, it's not an automatically conclusive argument that "not-capitalism" was the problem in say, Soviet Russia as opposed to the fact that the government was defacto a brutal authoritarian dictatorship (i.e. not democratic) that was also incredibly corrupt (I mean, corruption is essentially pure capitalism in action - monopolize a resource and charge what the market will bear for access).

It's a very specific American thinktank led strain of thought that declares America's success is "capitalism" and not robust and responsive democratic institutions which aggressively try and prevent corruption.
Don’t let it turn you off. Just don’t join the club.

I’ve been doing software dev for close to 20 years. I’ve been watching various frameworks come and go for years. Somehow React gained precedence in web land, but based on the last 6 years of dealing with that hot mess it’s just an even deeper level of dependency hell but go a single framework.

The recent work I’ve been doing has been entirely back to basics. It’s extremely satisfying to write web software again that’s fast, easy to deploy, and easy to debug.
I have that issue that it's an overkill for just resizing images (which is what we're using it for; previously it might have had more uses, but now is reduced to this). Also, it gets patched for security often. Like, really often. Maybe more often than it feels comfortable to update.

Then, there are major incompatibilities between versions 6.9.x (which is what is even in the latest Fedora, likely other distros as well) and 7.x (which is probably what's sane to use in this day and age). Which means that to use 7.x, you're likely to have to roll your own and tuck it in its own LD_LIBRARY_PATH. That hurts.

The cherry on top in my particular case is PerlMagick. It's not installable in any way other than with the ImageMagick itself. You cannot have just Perl modules, which you "perl Makefile.PL && make && make install".

When you see separate packages for ImageMagick and PerlMagick in your distro, it means that the maintainer has compiled the whole ImageMagick, then torn it apart. A corollary to that is that PerlMagick is tied to binaries it came with real tight, and updating one means updating the other most of the time.

Then again, it's very likely that you use some other bindings to ImageMagick and my pain is not like your pain.
Same here. Same place in SF for 10 years. It was pretty predictable to have anywhere from 7 days to 21 days of temperatures in 85-95F range. Some years it's less, others more.

This heatwave doesn't seem out of the norm.
> Why should companies not be allowed to compete along this axis of features?

They can be allowed to compete in those features. That's fine. But people should also be allowed to do whatever they want with devices that they own.

Including getting it fixed by a 3rd party.

> Surely the markets have spoken

No, the market has not spoken. Because Apple will sue you if you try to do independent repairs, without going through them.
We have examples of this in modern society. Actual prisons where people can spend an entire lifetime.

Most people don't commit suicide.
It exists, but because changing rates for existing customers is political toxic you have to opt in.
You might be correct, from an ethical perspective, but this isn’t the way US antitrust law works today.

If different rules should be applied to companies that are essential to modern life, such as classifying them as essential services, that should be a new law that’s explicit about the qualifications, gets debated, and has to reconcile the tradeoffs inherent in that classification. It should definitely not be something defined by a court of law (and it’s unlikely to be in this case).
My kids LOVE Wildkratts too (which is also on youtube by the way)

Recently, they've really gotten into live animal cams and zoo channels on youtube.
I was talking about the latter - using section 51 of the constitution to acquire the intellectual property (the Australian Government can make a law to compulsorily acquire property from citizens "for any purpose" but only "on just terms").

My reasoning is that they're a lot more likely to have another "The Castle" episode (great movie, by the way) while he's alive rather than when the copyright is assigned or inherited to somebody else after his death.
It’s entirely possible to write good and efficient software with node without requiring an excess of dependencies.

It just requires strong responsibility and good practices.
Your comment is so in depth thanks. It really opened my eyes to some of the industrial subversion going on that I was unaware of, especially about the international standards being a vector for backdoors.
Safe assumption.
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Too overt. Why not just keep slowing it down until it compares poorly and you upgrade to the new snappier version?
I think it is so admirable that you've made such sacrifices to give your child the best education they can possibly have. Have you joined any homeschool co-ops or babysitting co-ops to give you and your partner a little time together?
That notion goes both ways. How do you know we'll be so bored that we'd give up immortality? Extrapolating from information we already have I'd say we get plenty bored with about 80 years of life... I think we'd do well with another million.
I have a pretty basic understanding of this. I think of QM measurement, like trying to find the highest wave in the ocean.

At at any moment, there might be some n number of waves that are the highest. But not until the exact moment you measure the answer exists.
Between us my girlfriend and I have four kids (12,9,5,5) that live with us full time.

The 12 year old is doing fully virtual/remote which was fine this spring and we expect no trouble.

The elementary schools in our state are all enforcing masks all day, no cafeteria (lunch in the classroom), avoiding all interactions with students not in your homeroom, maintain 6’, etc.

This will all add up to something untenable for our 9 year old, he’s got sensory and social issues and it’s just an impossible environment.

The virtual option this spring was also largely impossible for him due to the same issues (combined with the uninspired way the school approached it).

The upshot is that we’re homeschooling our 9,5,5 kids, the two youngest being in kindergarten this is basic stuff we’d be doing anyway, sight words and addition/subtraction.

We’re in a house in the country so when it all becomes too much being cooped up together we just throw them out in the yard and lick the doors. :-) j/k

(No seriously we sometimes actually do this for 20 minutes...)
This is describing cURL, isn't it?
> EDIT>> "Can you do that?" meaning, "Can you sell an open source project?" Not "Can I sell to a scammer?", for people accusing me of planning to commit a crime.

Probably not. I can only think of two reasons someone would buy it: to do something not allowed by the license or to distribute malware.

If you have say copyright on an AGPL-licensed piece of software that a proprietary vendor wants to use/sell, maybe you have a shot at the former. I don't have any experience with this but it's an above board thing to do anyway.

Otherwise, I can't think of a legitimate reason for someone to be willing to buy it for a significant sum. They can always fork for free if they just want to make improvements and distribute them. If it's important to them to take over the existing name/url/credentials it's probably to put in something that users don't want...
Attorney fee bid backfires on Alibaba, eBay in patent case
Mature projects make sure to depend on "well maintained" projects for this reason. However, in general dependencies don't just spontaneously break. If you're serious about the project and have to upgrade due to security vulnerabilities, you typically rely on stable branches whose purpose is to prevent breakages like the ones you're worried about.
We're all building off the work of others, unless you start with silicon from sand. Just choose your dependencies wisely. A web framework might not be around in a year but your OS's socket interface will.

And if a dependency breaks, _you_ can be the one to fix it. Just, you know, don't depend on closed source code.
I don't think many people use GPG keys for SSH only (:
Ah yes, they were called the eternity circuits.
You could but you would be wrong because Chromebooks and Android phones support alternative methods of app distribution including both sideloading and competing app stores. Plus, the operating system itself is open source and the hardware is unlockable to run your own modified OS builds under your own complete control.

In particular, Fortnite is still available on Android with its new payment system after being removed from the Play Store.
If you're out here in future, you'd probably enjoy the museum ships SS Jeremiah O'Brien and USS Pampanito. They're right next to the tourist trap pier at Fisherman's Wharf. https://www.ssjeremiahobrien.org/ https://maritime.org/uss-pampanito/
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Good. The amount of counterfeit crap on Amazon is getting out of control. Indeed they are no longer the first place I think of for electronics.
Ok, I concede it is possible. Just like going to the moon is possible. But in practice everything I see that pulls in the node ecosystem even peripherally suffers from this. 100's of dependencies are not rare at all, and some of those on the most obscure packages.
Rocks. Frost.

Not all locations are amenable to underground cables.

Here is a white paper that lays out all the tradeoffs and includes some costs. New construction costs can differ between overhead and underground by 2-10x. Conversion costs aren't negligible either.
https://www.eei.org/issuesandpolicy/electricreliability/unde...
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There’s a great app on iOS called OpenADSB. It’s not free, but worth the price. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/openadsb/id1178703539
> heuristic that takes into consideration the number of lines of code from the projects source repository

Not only is this a horrible metric of value, it’s ridiculously easy to game.

It’s pretty hard to measure objective value of software. I think the closest is letting the market set a price and that has lots of flaws.

One of the upsides of OSS is that it bypasses that whole aspect.

I think the best approach is to let projects choose their own license according to their goals. If they want to charge, let them. If they want to be free, let them.
That’s pretty core to any anti-trust argument that is built on monopoly: is the iOS market distinct from the smartphone and tablet markets?
Not all controlled airports, for example most class D airports are outside ADS-B required airspace. Basically, you need ADS-B in airspace where you already required a mode-C transponder previously.

Further nit: the rule went into effect on Jan 2 this year, because of the wording of the actual law. It seems likely that the intent was to be on the 1st, but that’s not what was written and enacted.
Not the parent poster, but it does a lot and is a regular source of potential security issues, and there's always a worry you haven't turned off everything you don't need etc. So if I process external inputs and don't really need ImageMagick, I prefer using more limited pieces.
I don't think you understand how the App Store works.

You simply can't pay Apple the 30% cut nor can you publish apps without Apple approving it. So it's impossible for a company to violate either of those.
Replying to sibling comment: It's only overkill if you know in advance you only need one specific kind of input file format. If you need to process many (or arbitrary) image formats with excellent compatibility, then ImageMagick is a godsend.
Yeah, I've been using Rust for hobby stuff for the past few years, and I never paid much attention to how many dependencies get pulled in. I checked recently with the postgres crate, and that one crate resulted in just under 100 dependencies being pulled in.
Don't shift the goal posts, we're talking specifically about dependencies and dependency driven bugs.
I came here to make the same comment, I'm surprised they didn't mention EPCOT in the article. Many people don't know that Disney's vision was for EPCOT to be a real city (well, maybe "town" is more appropriate for 20,000 citizens), not a theme park.
Ah. Just now reading your other replies. Unfortunately it's subjective, fuzzy, and often rooted in convention rather than following algorithmic rules. An algorithm is probably impossible in the general case.

In the case of jazz standards (and assorted other genres like Western popular music), melodies are often published alongside the author's intended accompanying chords, so when those are present they could maybe be used as a training set for an automated solution.

But for other genres, a ground truth label might exist only in the author's mind, or in the minds of sophisticated listeners familiar with that genre. Reasonable people might disagree about the fact of the matter in some cases (or shrug and say there is no fact of the matter and either option is okay). Sometimes when there's more emphasis on melody than harmony, the choice of C#/Db might come down to ease of reading (ascending notes B-C-Db might be easier to read than B-C-C#) rather than harmonic considerations. Or maybe as another commenter points out, the reverse convention might be used.
At first, it was "are you sure". Then later versions of macos wanted right-click open. Newer ones ... I don't even know.

I gave up on catalina when I couldn't install little snitch without a network connection.

(Apparently there's a way, but I don't know it - it wasn't csrutil)
I saw a U-2 spy plane a few weeks ago, flying over the SW US. I’ve seen a B-52 as well.
I don't have a lot of information about the scale required; however, I will note that grid-attached energy storage is a big field that is not limited to batteries. Batteries are generally more energy-efficient, but relatively expensive per unit energy and power. Cheaper options tend to use physical phenomena (pumping water up a gravity gradient, compressing air in caves, &c).
is the thing that looks like a hamburger menu icon meant to do something?
Yes I see that, and you can apply that to all sorts of things in our lives. It’s still arbitrary where the line is that keeps everyone happy, I guess Epic thinks it’s < 30% but I am just not with them on this fight
It is weird that there is this symbiotic relationship between environmentalists and industry.
I agree. Everyone knows that this is hard. And I think you should definitely consider asking your school to give you some leeway or change the schedule to make it work better for your kids. I know a lot of parents who have asked their companies and their schools to accommodate to what they needed and were surpised at the flexibility they found. This is a new situation for everyone. Ask for what you need and you might be surprised by the answer.
That is a really good question! The answer is: no one knows. There is at least one serious interpretation of QM that says that the 3-D physical space that we know is just one of many possibilities [1].

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06451
How much good will that do when the government doesn’t represent the people, by design? If you live in California or Texas, you have the same number of Senators as someone who lives in Rhode Island.

Any power given to the government is worse than the power of a corporation. No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, you should be way more concerned about the power of the government. Have you seen what the government can do with its power?

How effective was the consent decree in the MS case two decades ago?

Apple can keep me from side loading apps. The government can literally reach into my bank account and take my money without any kind of trial through civil forfeiture and imminent domain. They can take away my liberty. They can actually compel me to do something.
The first time I read the guidance documents for branding and submission of apps to the Apple and Google App stores, I had to look around and ask myself why no one else was calling it out as anti-competitive. I know what a free market looks like, I also know when onerous requirements are being place on something just to get in. Both companies have done the same things. When you see as many companies acquired and killed as has gone on in the last 20 years or so it becomes pretty damn obvious what is going on. It's just amazing it has taken this long for traction to develop in that regard.
They may not use it for anything, but I think they’re all able to broadcast it.
Yup - B&H gives you the choice of whether you want to trade off price for potential issues down the road.

With Amazon you may get zonked and have no way of knowing until after the fact. And seeing the other comments about Newegg, that's disappointing too. Luckily I live near more than a few Microcenters - but finding reliable, trustworthy electronics retailers is becoming harder and harder.
The title instantly reminded me of "Capitalism and Schizophrenia" authored by Deleuze & Guattari. A very interesting text on micropolitics of desire.
The misunderstanding here is because the word "trust" has been misappropriated in this context to mean something slightly different from its everyday meaning.

You do indeed have to trust the designers, manufacturers and suppliers of your equipment, in the sense that they are in a position to cause you harm without a realistic way to prevent that beforehand.

However, when "trust" is used in the sense of "what is allowed", what we're actually talking about is sovereignty or authority, not "trust". I believe the word is used in this context because giving a third party authority over your device necessarily puts them in a position of trust, but it is actually the authority that is important here, and the fact that you have some measure of trust in a party does not imply that the party should also be granted authority.

If you recast the GP's comment in these terms, I believe it captures the essence without muddying the waters with "trust":

> On a device I own, there should be no parties with more authority than myself. It's ridiculous I even have to write this.
I think you all are reading more into this that Apple is claiming. Apple is claiming expanded access to genuine parts and it seems they are delivering that.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/08/apple-offers-customer...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-repair/apple-expand...

"Apple said Wednesday that 140 businesses with 700 locations have signed up for the program in the United States. Some of the independent shops, such as uBreakiFix, have multiple locations, while some are sole proprietorships."

That seems like expanded access, for shops and customers, to me.
You aren’t wrong. After years of seeing things going that way, I’m hyper critical of any new additions I make to my own software or anything my team is working on.
I think you need to be connected to the network for the button to show up.
What deaths? I would tend to disagree that the algorithms caused deaths in any event, unless they were maybe physically brought about by the algorithm in some way... You might as well say electricity or the internet itself caused those deaths.
Pen Addict- one of my longest running must listens. I get an hour a week of people I've known online talking pens and to some extent many things analog. I spent a lot of time writing on paper and with fountain pens. It's very cathartic.

Small Town Murder- a couple of comedians from Phoenix prove that they know nothing about small towns, agriculture, or geography. What they do have is a couple hours of ripping good time making fun of small town and historical missteps. It's one of our favorite driving podcasts. We've been nomads for the past 3+ years. We do a lot of driving, especially post pandemic.
This culture was absolutely pervasive throughout Silicon Valley, likely since the first ground was broken for the first office park. I remember being taken to a strip club lunch by a field team, years before Zuckerberg graduated high school. In this regard, in 2012, Facebook was nothing special. In fact, there was probably less of that kind of bullshit than elsewhere.
Not true. Most of the US is controlled airspace where you aren’t required to be ADS-B equipped. It’s a small minority of airspace under 10K MSL where it’s required (just class B veil and class C airspace and above class C rings). Most of class D and E airspace is not in the above category and therefore not ADS-B required while still being controlled airspace.
That's superficial. How many "high level languages" roll their own SSL from scratch? I'd bet most of them link down to the C++ libssl, so of course that one gets a lot of heat, but it also means it's a very robust piece of software.
I'd also add that kids learn a lot faster with 1-1 instruction than in a group setting, so if you want to consider homeschooling, you might find that you only need to teach them an hour or two a day and that will be more than enough to keep them at or above grade level. The rest of the time they can plan and enjoy being kids. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_learning
Combatting the impact of soil without doing anything about our impossible to scale diet is bound to fail isn't it?

A huge chunk of our net impact on global warming and deforestation is a direct result of our food system, namely animal agriculture.

There is disagreement about just how inefficient turning an acre of corn into slabs of cow, but it should be clear that it is some fraction of the efficiency of just eating that corn as food itself.
So don't use huge dependency trees. I largely keep to the standard library of a language plus very precise libraries that handle a lot of complicated logic in one domain like, say, XML handling.

Also, some things are going to be around for the foreseeable future, like POSIX, Win32, or PostgreSQL. Debian Linux isn't going away any time soon, nor is TCP/IP. Too much of our economy depends on TLS for it to be horribly abandoned for long. After a decade or so you will get a feel for what things you can assume will be there for you and what things are ephemeral.
I made https://github.com/mimoo/cargo-dephell to see how many github stars, contributors, last updated, etc. for your rust dependencies