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It wasn't really possible to flunk out of Caltech. What would happen is students would get discouraged and just leave. If you wanted to return, they'd let you back.

A friend of mine "flunked out" this way, and 10 years later came back and finished with all As. I asked him if he got any smarter in that decade. He laughed, and said no, he was just willing to do the work the second time around.
I'd add to that: How do we keep stereotypes from reinforcing themselves?
The author doesn't seem to be that annoyed, they're just trying to make life easier for themselves and others.

It's equally polite to say "Hello" and type the question in the same message. Do you genuinely not see how saying "Hello" first, which for many people forces them to lose concentration as they mentally prepare to be asked a question, is worse? The author provides multiple, equally polite examples that respect people's desire to politely greet others and respects the concentration of the receiver.
Yeah, I have a co-worker notorious about this. I just quit answering until he writes something amounting to a statement. It's annoying to keep clicking away from a problem for niceties, especially when it's every...single..day.
Indeed. I’m firmly in camp “slack isn’t the problem with workplace communication, it just happens to amplify the problems that were already there”.

Most (not all) tech that tries to “fix” communication in the office suffers from this problem though so I’m not blaming Slack alone for this. It just is what it is.
I usually go for a combined approach: pre-type my long question in Notepad++, then post a polite "hello" immediately followed by another message with the actual question. So it's both polite and considerate.

It has a bonus point of not losing what you typed in case the chat window bugs out.
You, my friend, are a classy messager.
>Phones have been an enormously popular computing platform in significant part because of the security model.

>and reasonably trust the apps they install.

That seems like an illusion though to me.

https://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php

Android comes in at #2 for number of distinct vulnerabilities and iOs at #8 both in the top ten and both above windows of all things. Which rings in at #10 for 7 and #13 for 10. OsX sits at #4.

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-mobiles.en.html
There’s a lot of etiquette we can use to improve chat. Another one is phrasing questions in a “search friendly” way, using log names and error strings.
> . We should look at why people are turning to Telegram when protesting.

Every single person I know who uses Telegram does it for either porn or piracy or both. So using what you already have for protests if they occur makes sense. Trying to get ppl to install a different app is much more complicated at this point. Sometimes may even be prevented by the regime.
I have no idea, but Stanford has an office for it. I assume Harvard does too. This is all completely besides the point of my comment.

One of these things is bribery and corruption. The other may be unfair and people have reason not to like it, but it's above board. You want to pick nits over my use of the word donation and the fair market value of admission, go ahead.
My manager used to do this all the time.

Typical scenario:

Manager: hey

<an hour or so may go by>

Me: what's up?

Manager: nvm
I built a basic X-Window Linux from Scratch many years ago. Then I tried to include one of the popular Desktops and I ran into circular dependency hell

Apart from the kudos of saying "I did it." and learning a bit about the construction of GNU-Linux, there is no benefit in Linux from Scratch except as something crossed-off your bucket-list.

These days I 'buy built' and download a distro that many experts have put lots of time into producing something that I, alone, could never compete with.
> It does need to be the right sort of HPC

Even then, it didn't work out and Intel discontinued it. It was fast enough for some tasks, but not enough popular ones to make it a market success.
I think the point is that basic politeness involves not appearances of being polite, but rather thinking of the other person, their time, and how you would feel if the roles were reversed. I do agree though that going as far as to register a domain for this one social quirk is a bit much.
Grover's Algorithm
I think its magnificent, beautiful!

And people back ten apparently thought so as well, as they even "photoshoped" these monorails, airships, cablecars, baloons, trams, motorcycles and other gadgets on top of real photos and sold the result as postcards (best link I could find, sorry):

https://www.burda-auction.com/en/mail-auction-29/show/2207/p...

https://www.burda-auction.com/en/public-auction-62/show/1390...

https://www.burda-auction.com/en/mail-auction-19/show/2168/p...

https://www.burda-auction.com/en/mail-auction-27/show/2158/p...

This is how people viewed progress and looked forward into the future back then. And it still makes me sad when some nice and intricate industrial infrastructure is simply razed and replaced by anonymous blocks of flats or clone-like office building. This stuff has soul!
What are polite ways to introduce colleagues to this concept?
im in sf and we had a new contractor in india who wanted to ask about my PR comments and started with "hi." yeah...
My plan doesn't include SMS
I have unlimited data, unlimited phone calls, but no SMS

So it’s Apple’s fault that your plan doesn’t have SMS?

Where is the Apple grocery store?

It’s called Android, their are literally dozens of other phones out their from $50-$2000 in every shape and form you can imagine.

I wouldn’t complain because I couldn’t get pizza in a Chinese restaurant. I would go to a Pizza shop.

That's because best buy and Amazon are competitors
And competition is good
Apple, on the other hand, don't like competitors, Apple loves a monopoly, and doesn't let you advertise your own website

You are just as free to say that you can get a cheaper subscription on your one website as you can say you can buy a TV cheaper somewhere else - just not in a competitors store.

Apple, on the other hand, don't like competitors, Apple loves a monopoly, and doesn't let you advertise your own website

Apple has plenty of competition. I go into a cell phone store, I see dozens of phones besides iPhones. Just like when I go into GameStop I see three incompatible consoles.

Of course you wouldn't, you would retire it immediately and sell it on the many other channels available, because there isn't only best buy.
But when it's about Apple you are ok with it.

I don’t complain on the internet about Android or Windows. I choose the alternative. I didn’t need the government for that. Free will is great isn’t it. I also didn’t complain back in the day that Nintendo only allowed certain types of games - I bought an alternate console.

Even when people were complaining that Microsoft was a monopoly. I had an MS free house.

I guess that's what happen when people suffer from Stockholm syndrome

What do you say about people that constantly complain about products that they don’t own?

If Apple is stifling competition, where all of the profitable, successful Android only apps?
The first two paragraphs sound as if you'd love "99 francs" (novel or movie, the movie captures the novel quite well IMO). It's about the topic of marketing and advertisement from the perpective of a creative producing advertisements (with lots of drama and sex for the story)
A related peeve...

Using chat for support. The first thing it asks is "Please explain why you need assistance"...

I fill it in with all the pertinent details...

Then, when the support person finally comes online their first or second message is: ...and how may I help you today?
The most stressful version of this for me is when someone sidles up to you on chat and asks "is X working?" or "is Y supposed to do Z?"

Like, if you're saying it's not working: say that. If you're saying it's not doing what you expect: say that. It's the QA version of "we have to talk" and I'm instantly anxious until you clarify.
> The people who have been prosecuted as part of this scandal aren't being prosecuted for devaluing earned degrees at selective colleges; they're being prosecuted for finding a cheaper way to get their children into selective colleges than paying the ten million+ selective colleges charge a for legacy admission.

Yes, and the cheaper way involves fraud, which is why people are being prosecuted. It's like you're saying robbing a bank shouldn't be a crime because people are just trying to find a cheaper way to get money from a bank than depositing the money first.
Having Fun with Microsoft's IoC Container for .NET Core
I own Sony cameras and like them, but all the software they make to connect to the camera is bad period. They should just enable the camera to act as a webcam via firmware update.
Is it just me getting bothered or somebody noticed that too? Quote and pin had broken image links. O come on! You never do demo with broken images!
But it's the kind of thing you can put in your Slack status so that the moment someone opens up a DM with you, they might see it, read it, and then know, all before they've typed out their first message.
Regarding "huge, across-the-board gains in human flourishing and well-being," how do you envision economics and labor would play out? What does this look like with regard to resource allocation?
This raised the question of - why not use email instead, then?

Then answer I came up with is that the asker wants an immediate-ish response.

But in this case, the "hello" makes sense not as a pleasantry, but as a way of finding out, "if I ask you a question right now, will I be able to get an immediate-ish response?"

It doesn't sound like this problem can be easily solved with "nohello", it sounds like a more involved solution might be needed.
Fan-Built Ages in Myst Online
How wouldn't it? Your link just seems to indicate we shouldn't allow China to have this kind of data.
Ultima 7 was probably my favorite game of all time. I don't think I ever beat it, just explored endlessly the amazing world, finding pirate islands, companions, magic carpets, and dragons deep in dungeons.

Modern games have better graphics but they don't have the same richness that Ultima had.
Did they ever say why it's not possible to have a different nick for different channels?
i think it would be reasonable to just guide him to say "hey, you often just start off these online messages with 'hi.' can you just get to the point first?"
if you write "hello" and they answer "hello", they are under some social obligation to answer rather promptly, whereas if you write your question first, it may simply get ignored. So I tend to write a short hello first.

possibly some other social factors at play here, but still, my experience.
Entertainment. No more, no less. You'd be surprised by how many of the asian F2P games are completely playable without spending a dime- yet people do anyway.
> admissions isn't really about who can succeed at the school

At Caltech this definitely was not true. None of my fellow students were legacy that I knew of, and none were rich that I was aware of.

> (since basically anyone who gets in will be fine)

Also not true of Caltech. Caltech sometimes did make mistakes in admitting students who couldn't hack the program, and those poor students suffered until they gave up. It didn't matter how hard they worked, it just didn't work for them.

On the other hand, some students (like Hal Finney) effortlessly, and I mean effortlessly, aced everything.

Not me, I had to work fairly assiduously or I got F's.
Related thought,

But how do we feel about people breaking their thoughts up?

Into individually

sent

Messages?

Like this?

One

Right after

The other.

Anyone else find the constant badgering of dings and vibrations when colleagues communicate like this to be a real teeth grinder when you’re zeroed in on work (or trying to take a short pomodoro / coffee break and space out for a bit between tasks)?
Worrying Effect
My point is that "people who play video games" doesn't mean much if you define it so broadly that it includes both people who play primarily core games and people who play exclusively casual games.

From a business perspective, they are unlikely to be the same target market. Gaming related memes and similar cultural artifacts are unlikely to be shared. Etc.
I'm confused why there's some implication of diminished frequency with "casual" gamers.

On the subway, it's not uncommon to see people playing games like candy crush on their commute to and from work. The average subway commute is an hour long each way. Playing two hours a day is a decent chunk of time. Engaging in any other hobby for even 30 minutes a day would put you squarely in at least the "enthusiast" category by most definitions.

Even excluding commutes, it's quite common for me to see people playing mobile games during e.g. their lunch break.

So, I think a better analogy would be more like:

"Over three billion people are now drinkers"

> "If you count drinking a budweiser every day then sure"

Which, yeah, I would.
Or the chat AND phone systems that have you fill out all the info about your account, then they ask "what is your account number"

Why the hell did I just spend the time to type that in to my phone if I know have to type it again for you.....
Yes, usually in real life unless it's a close friend I just don't respond to "Hello" until I get something more. It's not aggressive, it's just me waiting until I have a question.

Close friends get a pass because their "hello" might just in some cases mean "hey I'm lonely and want someone to talk to".
The legal names of a business don't always match the names they operate under or that of their branding. They seem to have changed names while keeping their existing branding for now.
What's polite in verbal conversation is not necessarily what's polite in realtime text communication.

For texting, requesting someone's attention and then wasting their time is rude. Get to the point quicker.
You not knowing in any level of detail is intentional. At best, the US military might have that under lock and key. These are more or less the most secretive projects a military has. If specs like "we sort of suck at x distance" were released, you give away a massive edge. Also, there is most definitely false info like that going around somewhere, so even if you find something, give that a lot of skepticism. Things like this are as much a war of intelligence as it is combat.

I remember a couple months ago, a video explaining the physics of a submarine being blown up showed up here. That was the first time I learned that a strategy for submarine warfare was to target an explosion under the center of the enemy sub, causing the water to rush up and creating a pressure differential that would crack the sub. Does that mean that is how sub warfare is done now? Or if that's the standard attack vector? Or that sub warfare would even be done with torpedoes now? No. The general public, and probably people not actively in the military with top secret clearance, only get bits and pieces of modern warfare strategy.

Edit: When I said the military might have those specs under lock and key, I meant my understanding is that the military is extremely compartmentalized and, aside from the highest ranking generals, there is almost no data aggregation on the details of what is capable.
How do you think they got that endowment? :-)
I'm more skeptical. VR will remain a niche, and future games will feature improved graphics. The new haptic feedback on the PS5 controller will add a minor feature. Other than that, games will remain the same on the fundamentals. Couch co-op may make a comeback.
Yes, this'd probably be a better idea.

But the issue is there are many different ransomware gangs and malware families. We'd probably start seeing a twisted form of corporate PR from most of them. "We're not like the rest. We abide by a strict code of ethics and believe fair and honest dealing is paramount to our reputation and customers' trust in us. We will never add hidden charges or 'alter the deal'. Rest assured that your keys are stored securely and will always be delivered to you within 4 hours of payment. That's the CryptoLockDeluxe guarantee."

It reminds me a lot of piracy in EVE Online, where pirates' reputation for allowing ships to carry on after paying the random was considered a big deal.
No pilot doesn't change the fundamental calculus that high-G maneuvers are virtually useless against an oncoming missile.

Even if you could pull an instantaneous 10G acceleration completely perpendicular to your direction of flight without shedding airspeed (think: sideways-mounted rocket motor), in the time it takes a missile to close the last mile, you've moved less than 100ft. And all the while, the oncoming missile is actively tracking you. Even if it misses that's no big deal, since it uses proximity fuzing to blow up at its closest point to you.

High-G maneuvers are great for close-in battles to outmaneuver another plane and prevent a guns solution. They're becoming increasingly useless against modern IR missiles like the AIM-9X, and they're absolutely useless against a missile approaching at ludicrous speeds from 75+ miles away.
I'm guilty of doing this. A large part of it is that I'm thinking of what to write as I write it and keeping on coming up with afterthoughts etc.
Even if the sample size is the same size as the population?
I heartily recommend Seeing Like a State to anyone interested in the development of the modern state, some of the largest misteps made by a slew of modernist authoritarian regimes (such as the Soviet Union), and an introduction to some very legitimate criticisms of modernism which postmodernism makes.

However, I want to caution anyone from thinking that this book says anything about Game Theory. I'm not sure why it's being recommended here, it doesn't have much to say about the current topic, except in that it often points out that authoritarian governments are free to ignore any feedback, feedback of the kind that incentive schemes are usually designed to generate.
I wonder if crosswords are moving away from a commute activity and toward a home leisure/hobby activity. (That's what I see, but I'm biased by the way I relate to crosswords myself and the way people I met through puzzle activities relate to them.)
Nope. Not my duty to modulate my communication to YOUR notification preferences.

I say this as someone who has been working remote with various teams for nearly seven years.

Crucial to the success of any remote team is feeling comfortable sharing and communicating via async and text based means.

You can always just turn $SLACKISH off and actually focus. If you're on call or in a situation wherein you need to watch messages and respond immediately - you're not going to reach flow state anyways.

Do not disturb and other notification settings exist so you can decide when you get dings.

I'll leave my bite sized messages for detailed threading, thanks!
>* Although, I think production has somewhat plateau’d in the past five years.*

Production value or number of games? I still see lots of games being made. But there most stuff to wade through to find a good one.
Colleges should compete for students based on the number of endowed buildings and sports facilities, and not on irrelevant metrics like academics.

In fact there should be a two-speed college system - one for very wealthy people who like having buildings and stadiums named after them, and a separate vocational academic system for those who can't afford to operate on that level.

Studying would be optional on the fast track. Academic life would become a round of partying, networking, and assortative mating, and efficiency would be enhanced by shortening it by a year or two. This would increase student throughput and further boost the property portfolios of the high status educational institutions.

With this system everyone would know exactly what their money was buying, and immoral attempts to cheat the system would become very easy to spot.
Produing the Democratic National Convention from a living room
Good question. Well first before that happens, you'll get warnings at approximately T-3 hours, 1 hour left, 30 mins left, 10 mins left.

From there you just need to find a wall outlet and use the included charger. Typical use will have you good to go for an 8 hours of continuous high energy use (up to 12 on lower intensity activities).
Finally the king is naked. Chinese industry has show that what the US wants is to submit other countries, not real competition.
IPhone is expensive, who can spend 1000 euro on a damn phone? Not many even here in Europe. Americans have tons of disposable money, see wealthier and in general like ti consume.
IIRC the current form of Grand Central station in New York was built when they buried all the tracks leading to it underground, to free up for building what is now some of the most expensive real estate in the world.
This comment is so far into Poe's law territory, I'm past the ability to tell if I'm being trolled or not.

In case I'm not being trolled: the way to defeat a radar-guided missile is to beam (fly perpendicular to) the radar source. For an missile with active or semi-active radar guidance, this means you need to fly perpendicular to it. And, preferably, fire lots of chaff.

This is fundamentally incompatible with the idea of flying straight at the missile trying to shoot it with guns. Head-on, a missile will close the last mile in under one second. During this second, you need to accurately track, predict the flight path of, and reliably put guns onto a target that's cold (all the fuel has been burnt) and has (in the case of an AMRAAM) a 7 inch diameter. And that very well may not even care about being shot up with bullets; at best, I think you'd kill the seeker, but within the last mile it's not changing course much to have to come close enough to kill you by the proximity fuze (of which I believe there are two, one in the nose and one in the tail). By the time the first of your slow-moving bullets has any shot of reaching it, it will easily be within a quarter of a mile.

This is not even a remotely plausible way to defeat an oncoming missile. It runs directly counter to the actions you already be taking to maximize your chance of survival. And on top of that, bullets are only going to damage the leading-edge parts of the missile which aren't particularly critical to its ability to kill you, at least not within the distance it will be by the time your hail-mary bullet salvo hits it.
We work in an open space and people usually ask to make sure they arent the crazy one. It can go either direction: we had to do that cause x, or yeah thats not how its supposed to work... Followed by... Well its how it works for now cause of this and this... Along with everyone agreeing its wrong. They arent trying to mess with you just confirm intended behavior.
politeness is also not wasting my time.... I have a limited amount of it

Good: Hello, can you help me with <<<explain the problem or request>>>

Bad: Hello.. <<wait for response>>

Chat is more like email, less like phone call treat it as such
I’m not asking you or anyone to moderate or change anything about how you communicate, friend (entirely because I know how futile it is). Just idly pondering if others have similar reactions to it.
> One player wrote to say that Garriott taught him “almost everything I know about morality and ethics.”

I was in fifth grade when I played--I still remember painfully mapping out nearly the entire world on graph paper. The first time I ever really deeply thought about morality and ethics was because of Ultima IV. It honestly probably changed my life, at least a little.
There is also less-known Briar project which is supposed to work over bluetooth as well https://briarproject.org/
I am extremely guilty of doing this!