skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One huge difference you notice right away is groceries. Groceries in central London are half price or less what you'd pay in most of SF.

Rent is definitely lower in London.

That said salaries are lower in London too, so the relative "cost of living" may be higher here. I'm still thinking in America Bucks.
Your assumption that wealth is zero-sum is incorrect. If I run a homebuilding company, building ten homes with 10% profit margin so I can afford to keep a home for myself, I haven’t deprived anyone of that home. I used the price of nine homes to buy a bunch of wood, concrete, and human labor and turned those inputs into ten homes. It’s not zero sum - the amount of wealth in the world actually increased.

Nations with economies that encourage capital investment don’t just distribute wealth differently - they actually generate more wealth. It’s possible for everyone in that nation to be richer, if the government uses taxation to redistribute some of that wealth.
IBM’s new AI-optimized Power10 chip packs dedicated math and encryption circuits
I don't know, Vanguard is pretty good for what its supposed to be used for. You can get money in and out real fast. Even very large sums of money. You can trade without waiting for full settlement and all that, to make all the proper large rebalancing trades quickly without losses. You can have all your retirement accounts in it and tax management and integration works well.

Their flows are all pretty smooth, you really don't need slick UI to make 3-4 trades a month at most.

Of course you do need slicker UI when you are essentially offering an online casino to your users. Nice colors, engaging UI, etc is important to keep your audience entertained and to have them roll the dice more often.
I used to work in the contact centre for my country's radio spectrum regulators, we'd get numerous phone calls from people who were terrified of or complaining about the "radiation" part of "electromagnetic radiation" from power equipment or celltowers or radio transmitters.

I'd say 1/3 were reassured by my explanation of why non-ionising radiation isn't going to harm your unborn child/give you cancer[1], 1/3 decided I was a lying tool of the Establishment and They Knew The Truth, and the last 1/3 had a genuine mental illness - "No you don't understand, the Prime Minister has authorised the Police to monitor my TV viewing using radio waves and it's giving my family cancer".

[1]Unless you're climbing a transmitter tower and exposing your womb to a focused microwave beam at a very close range for a substantial period, then the heating effect probably isn't going to be doing good things.
Facebook and Google are not dependent on the news companies. They can make plenty of money without them. We've already seen Google shut down Google News in Spain when they tried to force payments there.

Even with this form of government intervention, I expect both companies to remove or block links to news wherever the law allows it, rather than pay the publishers.
Covid-19 strain that is '10 times more infectious' detected in Malaysia
I imagine what Epic did helps them out in the legal proceedings considering how the antitrust laws in the US are based on consumer benefit.

Epic introduces a new payment system and passes on the savings to the consumer. Thanks to payment system competition, consumers can save 20% when buying the same items. Apple sees this and completely removes Epic's game to protect its own interests.

It's not hard to see how Apple's behaviour is harming consumers.
"Accept a bad solution because otherwise I'll threaten your children with a worse one" might be a convincing argument, but it's not a good argument.

Designing things around bikes, and then everyone needs a bike, is a worse option than designing everything around humans (instead of some kind of vehicle).
CineStill is basically a rebrand of Kodak motion picture film.

What is worth mentioning is that Kodak invested to start making again Ektachrome slide film after discontinuing it 8 years ago.

Fuji also discontinue its last black and white film Acros but started to produce a new formula after an year.
It's a kind of sleight of hand. It purports to be showing off the power of APL; what it's really showing off is the cleverness of someone who realized that the rules of Life could be expressed as a series of array operations.

APL has a kind of mystique, but all it really is is a bunch of NumPy functions with a quirky DSL (of course, APL came first and heavily inspired NumPy). But we've quietly been doing the APL experiment in the background, by pressuring programmers to avoid pure Python in favor of NumPy functions for speed, and the results are in - you can indeed push the array paradigm very far. But not quite far enough to be general and efficient.

The jury is still out on whether the quirky DSL is worth anything. My suspicion is that having names for array operators is very valuable indeed, but dedicated symbols for them much less so, and cryptic ASCII digraphs are barking completely up the wrong tree. But if you really want the weird syntax - well, it's not exactly a difficult language to parse, and Unicode is a thing now. If the notation is worthwhile, there's no real reason why any language couldn't have APL built-in as a DSL, just like regex.
Most of them are there either because local laws, or purely to benefit Apple, or both, e.g. region restriction helps Apple add content to their store, and circumvent local restrictions, if apply.
Apple terminating Epic’s developer account over Fortnite App Store protest
One thing missing from this discussion is: where is academia? The WWW was created inside academia, and it's because of that that it's still open and competitive. The internet itself was created in the military. Where is the equivalent for mobile apps? It's a problematic category that is wholly dominated by 2 actors, one of which isn't even interested in phones. We need a common set of standards for mobile development in order to open up the competition
If Epic was being honest they would have sued Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.

This way this is just PR stunt.
Future research can examine what can be done to make mindfulness beneficial to the few individuals who do not benefit from standard programs. Is it possible that they need to attain a particular ground level of mindfulness before engaging in formal practices? Could engaging in yoga or tai chi (or even exercise) before engaging in formal mindfulness classes help them? Can we do something about better training teachers? These are questions to ask in future research – just like we ask how to we can engage people to exercise (without getting injured as a result of falls, etc.)
I opted out, too. I figured "It can't be without any downside as they say." I'm glad I did.
I don't own an iPhone in large part because I cannot install an alternative app store or install non-Apple approved apps.

> Right, and the rest of us don't want that, and I also don't want games or apps that don't adhere to Apple's rules.

Why do you care? If you don't want to install a third-party app store, then don't. The games available on Apple's store will continue to adhere to Apple's rules, and if you want that curation, you still get it.

> They've earned my complete trust.

This blind devotion to the Apple Way is baffling, especially considering how Apple-approved apps are not free of the tracking and user-data abuse you (correctly!) rail against.
> Call a spade a spade. Not even the mafia extorted businesses for 30%.

What do you call Steam, Xbox, Nintendo, Best Buy, Game Stop, Playstation, Microsoft...
ToS doesn't mean you can break federal antitrust laws.
Such a weird phenomenon what when a famous person does an ordinary thing it becomes "FamousPerson's infamous $OrdinaryThing".
It will cost you ~$450 in a real independent shop. Apples only option for repairing logic boards was always swapping whole thing for $850-1600 or up-sell to a new device.
Keep it simple and get the basics right. That's when having good education matters. College won't prepare you to the market in sense of cutting-edge technologies but will give you good basics on "boring" but essential knowledge that helps you think in terms of trade-offs and evaluate new technology properly. So you don't have to shoot yourself in the foot jumping into, say, an Electron bandwagon and writing big, resources-consuming applications when something simpler could suffice or adopting NoSQL and having to deal with the lack of ACID just because "shiny new tech" and "everybody is doing it".
This isn’t the sort of lawsuit a “little guy” can win.
I don't know about Apple, but my Iphone has had 9 calls from 631 area code today pushing the social security scam.

I reached out to tmobile to ask them to incorporate the block numbers I set into their Scam Call blocker. I am hoping they do something.
Up to a point yes. Decentralised is also nice if co-sited with substations because the utility can use it to flatten out spikes/dips and generally make other parts of the infrastructure happier, which reduces maintenance costs on those other parts.
There are a lot of opinions packed in your description of the app - I'm sure there are apps that meet reasonable bar for replacement.
Apple has been pushing for "services" under Cook ever since he took the helm. Being forced to allow secondary app stores would undo all of that work.
Yep, lack of apps is why Windows Phone died
Sorry for offtopicness but could you please email hn@ycombinator.com? I want to send you some repost invites.
I agree with that, but it’s then also a broader question that covers all computing devices. Should I be able to run free whatever software I want in my car, in any of its systems? How about medical devices or any of the gaming consoles? It’ll probably end up being an argument on what a general computing device is.
Cobalt is required today. There's a major push for cobalt-free batteries.
Where does one typically hit limits with this such that it's time to switch to something like Tkinter?
Are there Apple Arcade games that use the Unreal Engine? Is Apple shooting itself in the leg to punish Epic?
This post is only scratching the surface of what can be achieved with a.. fully armed, and operational battle station.. powered by recursive SQL in postgres. Simply adding a parent_id column to a table (and a few constraints) can facilitate all sorts of useful network topologies. I doubt that the recursive query against a DAG is going to give better performance than a query against a DAG within a graph database, but the relational query may be sufficient for your work and not require the cost of graph db investment.

I think that people need to move beyond simple recursive sql example blog posts and share the more challenging examples. Recursive queries can become challenging quickly.
Usually when I hear "might make fun video..." I'm intrigued.

I'll pass on this though.
Apple are the one that made sure that people had to do business with them for anything relating to their platform. After getting my Windows license, I can works on stuff compatible with Windows without ever interacting with them, hell I could do that without even interacting with them at all if I used open source software. I could sue Microsoft and they could decide like you to no longer do any business with me, and it wouldn't affect my capacities in any way to make a Windows compatible software.
Am I the only one that is creeped out that this email is public?
> We want multiple stores on iOS.

No no no no no no!!!!!!

It's this type of thinking that has caused me to have more freaking messaging and video apps on my phone so I can talk to everyone: Zoom, Skype, Meet, Meetings, Facetime, Messenger, Chime,...etc, etc. etc.

NO. I ABSOLUTELY do not want that. Freaking nightmare.

When that happens I ditch my iPhone and buy a flip phone.

Seriously - stop the insanity. There is no "choice" when we need to have every alternative installed in order to do the things we need to do. That's not choice - it's insanity.
Apple has terms and conditions for developer accounts, which, if broken, result in account termination.

Epic agreed to, and then broke, those terms and conditions. This results in account termination.

I'm not sure how this is retaliatory behavior. If I had an app and snuck violations into my app to get past review, then had my app removed, then instantly released a PR campaign and filed a lawsuit, I think it would be pretty clear to most people that:

1. I broke the rules and having my account terminated is the obvious result.

2. I didn't break the rules accidentally, but instead broke them very deliberately.

3. I am not interested in discussing this through normal channels, and instead broke the rules to get my app removed as a PR power play so that I would look like the good guy.

That's what happened here. Epic sneaking the IAP workaround into their app shows they broke the rules; Epic filing a lawsuit and launching a PR campaign instantaneously shows that they broke the rules deliberately, knowing the consequences, and are not interested in following the App Store T&C. Doing anything other than closing their developer accounts would be preferential treatment that other developers are unlikely to get in the same situation.

Whether you agree with the rules or not (Epic obviously doesn't), according to the terms and conditions Apple is doing the correct and obvious thing.
> haters and lovers

You mean people who drive revenue for you and people who don't. Emotions don't matter.
I think the concept is really cool and it’s awesome that Linux makes it relatively easy to play around with authentication methods. I love this kind of stuff.

But I’m also a pragmatist. While I run Linux everywhere I reasonably can, my daily driver is macOS and I can’t help but wonder if a fingerprint reader would be a better solution.

On my Mac, the fingerprint reader can unlock the system immediately and works across the operating system for root access, including sudo. (There’s a pam module.)

Locking can be done OS-wide using a keystroke (Cmd+Crtl+Q), touchbar button,
or by closing the lid.

Windows has had similar capabilities far longer than macOS.
Full-time tech worker in Seattle in a stressful job, wife works full-time, one 9yo.

We are going to get an Alexa or Google smart speaker to help maintain schedules and screen-allowance timers. Maintaining a set schedule is key.

We have tried white-boards, but they get messy with lots of other priorities we try to organize (shopping, garbage night, bills, etc).
Agreed. The focus on error-free communication at the early stages is what I think turns off a lot of would-be language learners. I like the idea of only correcting learners when really needed (i.e. when their message can not be understood) but letting the other stuff go (used the wrong preposition? don't worry about it. he/she will pick it up as they progress)
Not to clients like myself who bought it because of the security provided by that locked-down environment. I'm not concerned about a game not being sold on it. It provides for a host of other purposes.
Most tesla owners have a couple hundred miles of range. I'd be worried about LEAF owners with 65 mile ranges.

The LEAF people at my former company complained that Teslas shouldn't be allowed to plug in in the limited chargnig spots because they need to be able to plug in to get home! Fortunately, the company said "tough. First come first served."
That's extremely cool. Julia has something very similar, in the form of CuArrays [0].

I do wish we had some better cross-platform solutions though, instead of cementing nVidia's hegemony. There's no technical reason why GPGPU should be any more difficult on AMD hardware.

[0] https://github.com/JuliaGPU/CuArrays.jl
The Epic Games Store takes a 12% commission on all games sales though.

https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/tim-sweeney-epic-games-...

And I'm sure they're not happy about the fees on other platforms, but they can't fight everyone at once.
Many worlds interpretation of QM is that everything continues evolving unitarily, even you when you hear about the result. It's just that "being in a superposition" doesn't feel like listening to the garbled sound of someone simultaneously telling you that the result was positive and that it was negative, or looking at a blurry instrument screen reporting two results at once. Each component of you in the superposition feels like it got a single clear definitive measurement result. It feels the same as not being in a superposition.
Most people I've seen commenting on this Epic vs. Apple debate seem to think that it's okay on game consoles but not okay on iPhones, which is just preposterous. At least you're consistent. But what about e-readers, GPS devices, car entertainment systems, etc.? Should all Turing-complete computing devices be forced to provide a way for the owner to run unsigned code?
I use the charging port on my phone pretty much daily and haven't had too many problems breaking the port.
None of that requires 30%.
Wife wanted kids since we got married. Infertility made it nearly impossible, but after 8 rounds of IVF we finally got one, then round 9 was a dud, but round 10 was our 2nd.

I often wavered and thought, I'm cool not having kids. Now that I have them, it's a totally different thing.

You become someone completely different. You live for nothing else but seeing what new cute thing your kid does today. The other day my 1.5 year old took his sock off and said "I did IT!" in a partial squeal. Cutest fucking thing I ever saw.

Sometimes they make your life a living hell, but you get to see them make choices, and decisions and in a way you get to live your life again through them.

When our first was born, I had deep bouts of depression. The only thing that could bring me out of them was just cuddling with him on the couch. You look down at this little guy who needs you for everything, and its hard to be selfish and think of self-harm. I got therapy and stuff, and found out i had ADHD and my lack of focus was causing my depression. Been better ever since, even lost 90 pounds.

Lots of people probably feel the opposite that kids hold them back, but some people just aren't meant to have kids. Some people are so mad that schools are closed because they have no clue how to be a parent and be with their kids extra time (the ones who were already homemakers or stay-at-home or had the money to afford to, not the ones who need schools for childcare to work).

I mean a lot of people try to spend as little time w/ their kids during the week as possible and do a family activity on Saturday and that's that. So, it's definitely a tough decision. Like I said, I wasn't really sure anymore, esp w/ my depression and stuff, but wife insisted so I kept signing the paperwork and paying the bills. Now, I'd not change a thing and can't imagine what I'd do without my two little boys. I get teary eyed with parent/child bonding crap now, and songs about fatherhood like Fade in / Fade out. It really messes up your sentimentality switches in the head.
Oh I agree. My suspicion is that Apple’s intent was to revoke their developer account/iTunes Connect access but not attempt to enforce their inability to use XCode; there may be legal language to that effect but you’ve been able to install XCode and generate iOS provisioning profiles without a developer account for some time now. I can’t imagine that any Apple executives think the recent anti-trust hearings went so well that they think they can get away with this sort of snipe.
If only Epic had ever published a game on PS4 or the Xbox…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_by_Epic_Games
I hope they become a martyr and this turns public opinion.
It would be more straightforward if they waived fees in those categories.
As someone who has not played Fortnite, I have a question. Can I as an independent developer create mods or addons equal to what Epic sells using their in game currency and have my mods, skins, etc work in the game? If not, then are they not acting even more egregiously than Apple since Epic has now a "Monopoly" on the Fortnite platform and refuses to allow others to monetize it?
Bob's slack was strong with us all back then.. my 486/40 screamed back then.... oh god I'm old. ;)
This is Apple trying to do the least that allows them to get away from more regulation.
Valid comments but there really is no reason not to use Typescript these days if you are considering JavaScript. Even for small/single-person projects there is no reason not to use it given its benefits and the fact that it takes 10 minutes to learn if you are a JavaScript developer already.
>Epic didn't take Fortnite off of the App store. If it's about your freedom, then talk to the people who did take it off.

Lol. Ok. Thanks for sharing your opinion of us, once again.
Epic's developer account will be suspended, meaning they can no longer use Xcode (!) or sign/notarize apps to run on the Mac.
It's not a single grade. It's a set of usually 3 or 4 grades in subjects the students selected at (US) grade 10 . The choice of subjects contains a lot of information about the students' objectives and the grades show the performance level. The national normalized exam structure is intended to compensate somewhat for large regional and social inequalities. It does not achieve this perfectly, of course.
Are you also living in a crippling fear because you have the ability to buy things in multiple stores in your city? Is that a nightmare as well?
You sure about that? Apple already has a bad rep for software not working on Mac. Not many are gaming with macs. I own one game that's mac-compatible and it crashes a lot. Mac is great for dev and design/art related pursuits... and that's about it.
Minimize particles bumping in to each other
In what sort of physical system does this interaction occur? Can you make an observer out of carefully arranged doped silicon? How does it manage to trigger a collapse rather than ending up in a superposition itself?
This is not retaliation, it is consequences.

First comes an action, then a re-action.

(you can't switch 'em round for your own satisfaction)
Suppose Apple and Google started making cars and put every other car company out of business. Both made the rule that if you bought their car, every product or service that went into the car also had to be purchased through them. You preferred the Apple car world to the Google car world. (All Google cars streamed your location and live video of you and your facially recognized passengers back to Google for analysis of who you did what with where and when, for your "convenience", and Google was the only alternative to Apple.)

Avoiding Google surveillance meant you could only buy an Apple car. You could then only buy gasoline at Apple gas stations. People in your town who wanted to change your oil had to pay an annual fee to Apple to even be considered, would have to pay 30% of revenue to Apple if approved, and could be put out of business at any moment with no recourse by whatever happened in secret behind the Apple fortress walls.

You as a car owner could not choose to buy tires or get "your" car painted or even get your car washed by anyone without going through Apple. You paid Apple for the car wash, because (no matter what you or the people washing your car would prefer) you were Apple's customer and the car you paid for was Apple's car.

For your "safety", of course.

A phone is as fundamental to the infrastructure of your life today as a car. Any company that could utterly control it would probably become a trillion-dollar company.
Let's go with this for a start: https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/30/facebook-says-app...

Also, notice that FB has done everything possible to gather information. Frankly, the NSA should just hire FB to do their work - it'b be faster and cheaper.

Locking stuff down is hard. Doing it with multiple app stores will be impossible.
The Alternative to Dark Matter May Be General Relativity Itself
No, but this is now definitely going on a sticker :D