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> Many of the people employed at very low wages have attributes which mean that they are not worth hiring at higher costs.

The whole article was about how that doesn't seem to be the case, empirically. When the minimum wage rises, the effect on employment is minimal, and people on minimum wage get paid more (they're not fired).
NIMBY!

That is seriously all this is.
The long tail of business that's transacted on the assumption that the USPS is a reliable, cost-effective business is absolutely massive.

I honestly can't believe it's being dismantled in this manner for purely short-term partisan goals by an ostensibly "pro-business" political party.
> A reason can be argued against while a policy must just be followed.

And if you talk to people directing policy efforts (who are often not the ones writing, or even actively choosing, policy but generally are the ones formally signing off), you often don't have to dig very far to find that settling discussions is as important of a rationale for the policy as any of the others. This obviously conflicts with ideals like continuous improvement, but it's true lots of places including those with nominal commitments to continuous improvement.
The government doesn't foot the bill. People and businesses do. We pay taxes. Government has no money.

The transfer payment is taken from the entire economy through a tax. A slice off the top.

If a business has higher profits it would also pay larger portion of that transfer to low income persons.

A key feature is indexing the maximum amount i.e. what a person with 0 income would receive to typical cost of living at state or country level. This way it auto adjusts. Then it is in the interest of everyone paying taxes to figure out ways to reduce costs of living.
It definitely varies, though under 400 lbs would be tough to find....it takes a significant amount of effort to make a light, high power engine. Electric motors OTOH are well understood, and relatively easily engineered.

The point still stands though. You're savings a few hundred pounds compared to an ICE, but you're losing more than in battery weight. An x2 (or maybe even x1.5) increase in battery density, and a (ground up) electric vehicle will almost always be lighter than a similar conventional car with a full tank of gas.
I find it hard to believe, with the R0 numbers we were seeing initially, that 40% had a significant level of immunity. If the numbers were that high, then R0 among those without memory T-cell immunity would have been significantly higher, which suggests that the level of exposure/immunity necessary for herd immunity to set in would be significantly higher as well.
So what about those young healthy people that interact with no one who’s at risk? I’m in my mid 20’s, and the best upper bound I’ve seen on risk of death for someone my age who is otherwise healthy is 0.05%. Not nothing, but comparable to 2 years of driving and well within the level of risk we give people agency to make decisions about every day. I’ve been through lockdown and I know what that huge hit to quality of life means to me, and the risk of covid is worth it to not have to live that way again.

My fear is solely that I pass it to someone at higher risk, and to that end I’m working from home, masking up, and there isn’t a single person in my life over the age of 40. But I’m also not holding back on seeing friends my age, and yes even throwing parties. We’re all in the same boat, and if they’re also out and about then they’ve made the decision that they’re comfortable with that level of risk themselves. I don’t think it’s a crazy one, and so I’m not going to make it for them.
Would that side exist if the other side hadn't taken a political position first? Are they only a response?
I disagree. The meta insight of the contradiction elevates it to the level of an argument. The contradiction serves as an argument in this case.

Edit: Interestingly the argument is the antithesis of the contradiction!
I think quick sessions in smaller groups or even 1:1's are better. Give the kids their tasks/activities to do for the day and get out of their way. Some administrations seem to have ridiculous requirements that say kids have to be glued to a screen for X hours a day.
It is evidently the type of write up that is still posted to HN.
Most people aren't going to stick to healthy foods only though, thus moderation is "good enough", It's better to be at 75-80% and not feel guilty rather than 10% good food and 90% junk food because you just couldn't do the 100% good all the time diet
> USPS is a reliable, cost-effective business

I'd even rephrase that to say, USPS is a reliable, cost-effective service, because I think it's important enough that it doesn't need to be considered a "business"--and assumed to have a chance at generating profit.
How do you think we're going to get immunity like we have with the flu, if everyone is hiding in their basement?
Looks like the Chromium team could also snag a few of them, since servo team is axed

https://twitter.com/ddprrt/status/1293570734271406080
You would actually have a flat tax across the system ideally. Eliminates unproductive capital deployment to reduce tax burden.

You take X% off the top of the economy and distribute it to everyone who needs it on a sliding scale basically below a certain income level Y.
> Or policy writers copy n pasted something off web.

The fact that policy sponsors are more than anything looking to a single answer to end debate and establish uniformity is why policy writers can copy and paste stuff from the web and get it adopted as policy without a clear rationale connected to the organization’s particular circumstances. They aren't conflicting, alternative explanations.
Surely you can sell the land for much more money if you haven't ruined it?

Making money by destroying your own property is in general not doable.
My understanding of how it really works is somewhere in between.

Find a group of markers that are collective a very strong proxy for demographic 2, such as zip code, education, credit score, and they charge them higher rates or restrict enrollment.
As far as NYC, all the milestones were met long ago but we still can’t do most indoor things.
It is a foundational utility of a developed country, and our folly is not defending it as such (as you would for water, power, schools, fire services, etc).
Is there a workflow tool that’s designed with micro service in mind?

My particular use case:
- several workers process the data on the workers’ local threads
- several workers serve as relays to interface with external third party services, hold all the necessary credentials, and conduct cron-like checking.
- the ETL tool doesn’t directly provision these workers.

The second point is part of the reason why we don’t want to use Airflow’s k8s operator.

But it doesn’t seem like there is a better option in terms commonly used and robustness. So we are leaning towards write some custom operators and sensors to make Airflow more friendly to micro services.

Thought?
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100% agree on your correction.
Imagine thinking the political center was a bad place to be
It's like sha256sum but cost $99 a year.
At some point, probably when it's too late, people will realize that Trump appointing people who intentionally destroy the agencies they oversee was an intentional plan to destabilize the government.
> creating output images with file sizes up to 2500 times larger than the originals.

This is the perfect format for storing all of my family photos! I never thought I'd find a good use for the 8TB of storage I impulse bought last black Friday.
They've already effectively prohibited it because, as you can see from the article, installing software that doesn't go through Apple is made incredibly painful and essentially nobody will succeed in doing it.

Apple doesn't really care that you can run it by using a bunch of workarounds if they have 99.9% control over all software distribution.
Then stop eating it. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? If I can say no to sweets anyone can.
Any range you can achieve with batteries in a plane it's basically going to decimate operational cost and be unbeatable from that point of view for missions falling into that range. There are a number of products in development that have interesting enough range that they are pre-selling well because there are companies out there that can fit that in their missions. Double the range, and there are going to be more such companies.

There are a number of battery companies looking to improve energy densities by a factor of 2x to 7x. It's increasingly looking like a matter of when; not if we hit 2x-3x. Five years seems reasonable; even quite long given the constant barrage of announcements from various companies and research groups. These improved batteries will likely be expensive initially and not produced in mass volumes right away. But could be perfect for niche markets where volume and cost are less of a concern; i.e. aviation.

Tesla's battery day next month is going to be interesting as well. Rumors are currently flying about longevity and energy density of that particular battery. It's clearly going to be better than what they are currently shipping and some insiders seem to hint it's quite close to the magical 400 wh/kg that e.g. Elon Musk has been citing as a minimum viable battery for electric flight.

Another thing to consider is that a lot of already announced electrical airplanes are equipped with what are now already obsolete batteries. That's not because the companies behind them are stupid but because certifying planes just takes a very long time and does not allow for massive technical overhauls in between. So, there are some gains to be had by simply updating existing designs with newer off the shelf technology as it becomes available. Second and third generations of a lot of the products that are close to production ready are going to be interesting in the next few years and in some cases, manufacturers are already planning such products. Doubling or tripling ranges is going to be very disruptive in that market.
That dataset is super useful and interesting, but it has a huge caveat, assuming we're talking about the same dataset (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/nyregion/new-york-city-an...).

Oh, I see where the 68% comes from - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-...

That's from one clinic, for people seeking an antibody test.

Anyway, the first link I mention is the broader dataset from all the clinics like this, so it helps smooth out anomalies. But, the big caveat in all of this is that these suffer from selection bias - it's not a randomized sampling of people in each borough. It's still useful data, but it's far from being able to tell one the incidence rate to a reasonable degree of precision. Still, many reasonable inferences one can make.
New Yorkers are only interacting outside, where there is airflow constant supply of fresh air.

Same with the beaches you photo'd.

People in NY/NJ are NOT hanging out together inside. They're not in schools, not in offices, etc.

So YES, they are being more careful.
If you were my customer, I would fire you.
The taxpayers of Toronto will pay.
Plastic face shields seem to make masks better
Yeah, in the end, they're taking a somewhat sane approach, it's just rather odd that they identify this as item number 1 that needs addressing.

I'm not sure whether it's actually better to abstract all the unsafe away, or force it to shown where it's used. In one respect, they may be right, it might lesson the impact of unsafe and it gets used more freely. On the other, it also means that it's not necessarily immediately obvious when you're crossing boundaries, since the obvious bits and intentionally hidden away.

Though I'll freely admit my initial responses were a bit hyperbolic and... testy. :)
> I find it amazing we can not see short term sacrifice for long term gain.

The virus kills old people. Yes, it is very sentimental to let your grandmother die. But the savings in long term care alone will more than pay for any emotional distress you have in the short term.
the rational actor would pay the value of production if the actor worked in a worker co-op. then 'profit' doesn't make any sense. if the value of the group's production increases, so does the actor's wages.

addiction to profit is a hell of a habit to kick, but it's not impossible.
I don't think this could explain the huge jump in cases and then decline post-reopening in Fl,Az, and LA. They aren't being more careful now than they were in early June. Disney world is open, people are outright refusing to distance or wear masks, the beaches are packed and yet we are seeing a drop in cases.
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These same people would have had the same ire for a rich guy of the wrong politics building a mansion in the wrong style there.
> Adding to the post, I read it earlier... it is really strange that people feel they have to go work out in groups. Or get together, or go to bars. I find it amazing we can not see short term sacrifice for long term gain.

When problems are on this massive of a scale it is easy for individuals to think "cannot be me". Reality is that it is all of us.
I shouldn't be a surprise, the Republican party created the EPA under Nixon for good reasons, and now does everything it can to undermine it.
Coronavirus creeps into US mink farms, “unusually large numbers” dead
Yes, but there weren’t pesky inspectors sneaking around with custom iPods then either
> I honestly can't believe it's being dismantled

I think your news is about a day old. USPS backed off any changes until later:

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/18/usps-postmas...

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/18/politics/post-office-dejo...
I think mask wearing and social distancing is slowing the spread in some places. CA and OH for example have seen a slow when more stringent policies were put into place. But I don't think Louisiana and Florida are being more careful and they are seeing a drop in cases.
Most CAs can do this. It's not restricted.
I'm suggesting that the story is missing very important pieces or possibly not true at all.

(And if it didn't actually harm her, was she even wrong to think a light beer was safe to drink? And by that I mean safe in the amount she drank, not some strawman about it being impossible to harm a human ever in any quantity. Note that not even water passes that strawman test.)
USPS regulations for day-old poultry: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm
As a non-user of MacOS, this strikes me as utterly bonkers.

I assume you use Linux or anything other than Windows? Because the "SmartScreen"[1] feature in the newer versions of Windows does the same thing.

[1] A common trend in these times: the word "smart" really means "we think you are stupid"
It's very partial support, but it is a step in the right direction. If they keep going in this direction they could eventually add the webextension request-blocking/modification APIs.
It isn't being done by a political party for partisan goals, though there are certainly innumerable willing and willfully blind accomplishes in the party infrastructure.

It is being done by a criminal leadership, as part of ordinary practice. It's really, really important to make that distinction.

Across the US government, infrastructure is being dismantled. That is what criminal organizations do. These are the spoils of war.

It is not inside the system. It is outside the system, destroying it.

That people believe this is a legitimate, though twisted, partisan enterprise...is part of the fun of the criminal act.

It is happening, out in the open, by sociopaths.
Who thought it was a good idea to 'mail' live animals? Seems like a rather harsh thing to do... especially when it's done using a process that doesn't care about what it is mailing. (regardless of who is influencing that process)
You underestimate all the levers they can pull and have not yet explored to obtain revenue. Their financing strategy (Apple Card) has made it easier than ever to purchase thousand $ computers for a low monthly fee, interest free. They’re playing chess here.
As a user it’s just frustrating to find a place you like and then see that you need to give them say two months notice. Or you can’t cancel at all.

It’s made me go back to hotels where you can usually cancel pretty freely.

There’s probably nothing you can do about that.
It's under control from a death perspective. Daily deaths number have been in the 0-20 range for 2+ months in France. The numbers are 100x higher in the US (500-1500/day) over the same period with 5 times the population.
Why is it even allowed to mail animals at all? I would have expected a specialised service for that.
> I honestly can't believe it's being dismantled in this manner for purely short-term partisan goals by an ostensibly "pro-business" political party.

Well, it's not? This has been a long time coming. [1]

[1]: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2015/09/01/its-...
This is a normal, regulated, and common use of the USPS.
My primary concern was the 6500 gallons of drilling fluid abandoned in the hole as with normal coastal erosion it ain’t gonna stay there, but it appears largely non-toxic? From research online it contains bentonite clay which is fine, but also unnamed “chemicals”. I can’t immediately find if that’s a problem, like if they contain heavy metals or anything sketchy.

Honestly that is a detail the author should have researched and included in the article if it was supposed to be actual journalism...
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> People do not want to live like this, regardless of economics or theory.

That's fine. People are going to do what they're going to do. I'm not quite willing to let them do it behind nonsense arguments and justifications though.

If someone's unwilling to give up going to the gym, so be it. When they couch it (as some have here) as them actually doing it for the benefit of everyone else by helping the economy, I'm going to loudly and vehemently call bullshit.

If they say they just aren't willing to change and don't care about any of the data, well as long as they actually know the data, then I'll have nothing more to discuss with them.
Apply that thinking to all the other "bad things people could be tricked into doing" and that's how you end up with an authoritarian government controlling every aspect of our lives...
Temporarily suspending the dismantling does not retro actively fix the damage done to date. The USPS has been under attack by forces that want to privatize postal delivery for many years.
> On the other hand, a reason can convince people,

Policies very often have official reasons for just this propaganda purpose, but it's worth noting that the reasons cited for the purpose of motivating compliance are often chosen for the specific purpose of how well they are anticipated to motivate compliance and not how well they reflect the actual reasons the policy is adopted, and thus they often are not in practice a good tool for understanding how to challenge the policy effectively.
They’ve already removed hundreds of sorting machines, thousands of blue boxes, removed almost all overtime and a host of other things. Sure they “stopped” but those things aren’t coming back. Damage done.
Well, you can voice your complaint on the Internet and hope that Apple notices this problem and fixes it in less than 24 hours. I wouldn’t advise betting one’s business on this, but it did work in this case.

(Hopefully Apple comes up with a more formal process going forward...)
That's what I was wondering.

Why did the guy sell at a loss when the market was up.
> This assumes that there is much "ahead" to get and that people want more features (well, some do, but the vast majority don't seem to)

You have a point there - maybe the "catching up" is not relevant to the majority of the developers. I always find that surprising but I think you are right.
> But it brings up questions for the future - what happens when AI is wrong but used as proof of something?

You bring up a fair point, but I don't think AI is special in this regard. Imperfect sources of information synthesis (humans, naive algorithms, etc) are used all the time. Hopefully, AI should simply add one more data point from which to understand a given situation.
So do I get my money back from all the problems with the last generation?
Data company tracks traffic into 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
That doesn't bring back online all the mail sorting machines that have already been dismantled (and in some cases left outside in the rain).

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/08/dismantled-equipment-...
From the article:

Usually they arrive every three weeks like clockwork,” she said Wednesday. “And out of 100 birds you may have one or two that die in shipping.

The wrongness of what's happening here is not just that the Post Office is experiencing unusual delays. Even the normal state of affairs shows a grotesque indifference to life.
Seems rather absurd to put a live animal in a box and put it in a process that is designed for moving non-living man-made objects around. The only time I've heard about animals shipping via a postal service was illegal imports of birds (tied up and put in tubes).
And I'm angry about that too.
Odd that this review doesn’t mention that Hamnet’s early death and its impact on the Bard are dissected in the “Scylla and Charybdis” episode of Joyce’s Ulysses, as well as echoing against the cornerstone of the protagonist, Bloom.
This is, or will be seen in retrospect, to be fabrication, unreflective of reality.

Perspectives like these around Trump are Charlie Brown with the football.

The pattern throughout his career is to go too far, claim ignorance and stop, wait for the next news cycle, and continue.

That he was caught just means there wasn't enough distraction, so the noise and bluster will be turned up when it starts again.

Best wishes.
Maybe this will lead to speed limit reform in Japan.

There is a legal requirement that the police need to prove that someone is definitely speeding, so police and automated speed cameras both allow speeding 15-20km over posted speed limits, which means that de jure speed limits are all set 20km under the de facto speed limit.
I'd say that problem comes in two parts.

One is... maybe the right way to describe it is hormones and experience?

Like, the first time you fall in love as a teenager, it's intense.

You literally have never felt that way about another person, ever. And, sure, from a cognitive development perspective, you're an adult, you just don't yet have the experience to deal with it.

That's true for a lot of life, and well beyond being a teenager.

As a teenager, you are, cognitively, a newly-minted adult. You don't know where you fit in the world, much less where you are going, and you're at the beginning stages of sorting out who you want to be. And sure, adults can give you advice, but only you can go through the process of figuring out who you are.

You are also, at the same time, both absolutely confident and totally insecure.

It's rough, full stop. My teenage years were hell on my parents.

This is compounded by American culture and education thoroughly insulating kids -- well into young adulthood! -- from developing emotional maturity or learning to accept responsibility.

That's all about upbringing, by the way. I have met teenagers that I would rank as more mature than a large number of people in their early thirties.

It's totally possible, and from what I have seen, easier -- we just don't do it.

Americans also do nothing, or at least nothing effective, to equip kids with critical life-skills: financial management, personal fitness, nutrition, martial arts, negotiation, the list goes on. The only thing we prepare them for is to "go to college".

That has to change.
>There is not a single democratic government in the ME sans Israel.

This is a tiring propaganda point and no one buys it anymore.
Is "I don't like working any more, I'm retiring" considered a valid plan here?