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> This is pretty much what China does, but for every service.

Since when did we aspire to become more like China?

> its not worse than a ban, its so not worse that ByteDance could simply not sell its US operations and stop being present in the US, making it just like a ban

The difference is, why should a US entity own this asset for it to have operations in the US? Why can't it be a EU entity or Australian entity or Canadian entity or Ugandan entity?

Does this mean that US government is going to erratically force foreign businesses to sell US assets when they want?

The equivalent of this would be EU asking Apple to sell all EU operations to Nokia or whatever to be able to operate in that market. Does this sound business friendly?
Munkres is also a great book! It slipped my mind when making the list.

Looking back, maybe I should also have added a group theory textbook.

> This is a really great list. I'm currently about midway through a very similar list that I arrived at through trial and error. It would've saved me a lot of time to have seen this a couple of years ago :).

Thanks, but I wouldn't have had the list a couple of years ago! I finished my undergrad in maths/physics about a year ago, so that's a rough compilation of the books I found most useful. Some were recommended by lecturers, others I found on my own.
How is Oracle a better fit than Microsoft? At least Microsoft deals with customers and not only businesses.
This is shrewd of Ellison to do this. He knows he is the edge as he is a trump supporter. However it’s a terrible idea for tiktok to sell to oracle, a dinosaur that has no idea how to deal with consumer tech. I still don’t know why these companies want tiktok in the first place. It will be a nightmare to disconnect them from China and even then all the Chinese employees who dreamed up the tech are not coming, what’s the point?

Also I suspect this is just election pandering from trump. Initially he gave a 45 day “chance” for companies to find a buyer and then extended it by another 45 days. That takes it close to the election or past that date. At that point he doesn’t care and can push it under the rug just like the other “harsh stances “ against China.
> and why Google Recaptcha treats us all as robots suddenly

Reading that I realized I would not expect to be happy to look like a robot (to another robot I might add) on the internet just 5 years ago.
> They appear to have the requisite resources & staff

What makes you think that?
I bought a Sony XBR65X950G (great name) a year ago and the hardware is nice but the software is terrible. I noticed the ads a couple of days ago and tried to find a way to hide them but there's nothing.

The ads combined with the shitty Android TV software is making me think I need to unplug the TV from the internet and buy an Apple TV or similar device.

Either that or get a Homekit power outlet so that I can power cycle the TV every night.
Can confirm. There certainly are paramil officers and in the roughly exact way you put them. Parent was apparently on some other program, or in some other compartment for whatever reason, but here's another voice who does confirm. If it didn't exist then wtf were we in on? It seems to have existed pretty great; i buy the same pairs of Keens i wore over there. I swear to the Keen shoe brand since they are basically 'worn in' from the start.
Apart from that I look civil though. Not a protese in sight. Support your local decreeped person, either physically or mentally.
Agreed, although the comment was quite hilarious in the same time.
I have said this before. Few reasons why I prefer dumb TVs, just a flat LED panel:

1. You have control over bullshit like this

2. You can make them smart by attaching the external box (like Raspberry PI with osmc)

3. You don't have to throw the TV because your Software is now old, just change the box.

4. There's new format which requires hardware support (av1 is coming), change the box.

5. Want to add new hardware? Upgrade the box.
Adjusted for inflation, the Dutch East India Company had a peak market capitalisation of $7.9t.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-valuable-companies-all...
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It's good news as the USD has been very overvalued for awhile. Was under valued 8-10 years ago but would be nice to see it lose some more value, increase USA export competitiveness, and also USA listed companies that report in USD and make a lot of business overseas will see a nice bump in revenues by virtue of exchanging more valuable EUR/GBP/etc into more USD than they have been able to recently.
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Do you have a handy dataset tracking US inflation?
The article has a clear bias towards vilifying the release of the data and misleads you with their use of the word "exception". They are not truly excepted from the law, rather they are on a list of approved actors/purposes. This section on PIs dictates that they can only access this information for DPPA approved reasons, and providing the location of a person without it being related to one of the approves uses (like that stalker) is illegal, so...

They use machine learning with your license plate data so that they can predict where your home address, where you work, home of people you associate with, etc.

What expectations do you have with the DMV? They didn't break any laws or privacy policies. Was it just an assumption you made?
GDP is value created per year. Market cap is (a proxy for) value created over the whole future existence of the corporation, at some discount rate. The obvious cap on market cap of a company is total world wealth, which is on the order of few hundred trillion.
As a general rule, things "work better on the app" because the companies deliberately crippled all other means of access to get you to install the app so they can harvest location, call history, contacts, and all manner of sweet, sweet data. The app isn't there to benefit you, it's there to benefit the company.
I think it's totally fair to blame the FDA, as it's a monopoly. No entrepreneur is allowed to compete with them and they have no obligation to the consumer -- their only obligations are to politicians. So naturally the costs are sky high and their services don't align with what the consumer wants.

"Peoples lives matter" is meaningless nonsense, and even taken at face value does not imply standards should be high. Remember that high costs and overly restrictive rules introduce delays and prevent drugs from reaching the consumer, and people are harmed and die because of this.

How do we know when the FDA procedures are too restrictive? Well, we can't! Only the consumer can make those tradeoffs for him/herself and communicate their needs and desires via their preferences when selecting products where there are alternatives. With the FDA being a government monopoly there is no such feedback loop, so we just don't know how well their procedures actually align with what the people need.

It's depressing to see how many Americans believe that if something "matters" the only option is to have the government micromanage it. If you're not American then I understand, of course.
"Aalto University researchers have developed a black silicon photodetector that has reached above 130% efficiency. Thus, for the first time, a photovoltaic device has exceeded the 100% limit..."

Well, looks like the apparently correct physics which, up until now, defined the limit on photovoltaic efficiency -- was wrong... <g>

Physics is such a fickle subject... <g>

"You cannot change the laws of physics!"

-Star Trek's Scotty (James Doohan)
This, or at least the breakout that led to this, has been achieved on the strength of product and user experience.

Apple's tech isn't really much better than its rivals, except in a few areas like inputs and haptics. Its high performance ARM cores are impressive but there are other impressive ARM cores and it's a very recent development anyway. Until a few years ago they were "good enough for a phone" but not rivals of Intel or AMD for anything serious. In fact I seem to remember Qualcomm Snapdragon chips being better on some metrics a couple years ago.

The thing that made Apple really stand out was the polish and attention to detail in its product. This has two parts. One is the product being good. The other is the striking absence of tacked-on crap features and shitware.

I recently switched to an iPhone from Android due to privacy issues and the thing that immediately struck me about the iPhone was the lack of shitware preloaded on the device. It did not come preloaded with Google Spy... err... Play Services or Facebook, let alone a bunch of Samsung and carrier apps that are surely encrusted with spyware. I can even uninstall most Apple apps that I don't want!

Same goes for the Mac. A new Mac does not show you ads. Its equivalent of the start menu isn't full of loot box games and other shitware of the sort found on Windows or Android tablet or "laplet" (or is it "tabtop?") devices. On the Mac I can uninstall pretty much anything except system apps (well you could but that might be problematic). You can even uninstall Safari and replace it wholly with Firefox or Chrome AFAIK.

Going way, way back, when I first tried an early 'oughts Mac I was struck by the lack of the worthless but prominent "Thinkvantage" button found on my Thinkpad or any other obvious committee tack-ons. The design was clean.

This same lack of shit is what made the original Google break out way back in the early 'oughts. Back then most search engine web sites looked like the home pages of online casinos. Google had a blank and a button that said "search." The instant I saw it, I never again returned to another search engine.

Apple has occasionally gone too far with "clean" or "thin and light," but if you are going to err I'd err on that side. Erring on the side of cruft and shitware is much worse.

Take note people.
My personal metric is seeing these publicly traded non-state enterprises catch up to Saudi Aramco!

The American engine is producing awesome results, still a long way to go!

Saudi Aramco 2018 net income was $110 billion
Saudi Aramco 2019 net income was $88 billion

Apple 2018 net income was $59 billion
Apple 2019 net income was $55 billion

Then I will be really impressed! It is more likely to be an inflection point as incumbent oil producers fail to diversify and revenues go down. But I'll accept either result.
One interesting thing I noticed is my kids who have grown up with touchscreens think that everything is a touchscreen. One of them even tried to swipe one of those adverts that's made of a big flatscreen. What confuses them is that some flatscreens aren't touchscreens, eg my macbook, while most of the smaller screens like phones and tablets are.

Overall I'd say it's pretty hard to stay conservative about exposing them to screens. They're all over the place now, if I don't give them one they'll want mine. Plus their friends see them everywhere, too. I'm trying to at least steer the screen time towards useful things like math and coding, but it's not always easy.

I have this scary feeling that how you spent your screen time as a kid of this generation (current children) is going to be one of the major determinants of your life. You can use the relatively new power of having all the world's knowledge at your fingertips, or you can use your time looking at cat pictures. The difference is going to magnify the natural differences that occured in previous generations, as the kids who want to learn about stuff can teach themselves while there's never been a better way to waste time for kids who are inclined that way.
Yes, me too. Although I'd hypothesize you would like to explore tangential parts of the lessons rather than heads down follow without mental digestion.
Your phone number is probably already verified by being caught in their net from your friends and relatives. I assume it'd be a different situation with a burner number.
The laws of physics are the human interpretation of God's definition of the world. And the corporate policies are the human interpretation of the CEO's definition of the world. It all makes sense! \o/
I saw a poster in the police station (where we get our passports), saying: would you buy 500SEK for 100SEK? ... Etc
There may be something better, but I found something similar to what you are looking for in https://www.allmusic.com years ago. They grouped music by genre (and sub-genres) and noted significant artists and albums by year within each genre.

I went through the genres, working from the past to the present and ended up with a much broader experience in music because of it.

They still seem to have most of those features.

For example, they have a list of genres (https://www.allmusic.com/genres). If you go into a genre, say blues, there are lists of significant albums and artists. You have to click on the "list view", but that exposes the year of the album or artist. At the very bottom of the genre page (almost hidden) are lists of sub genres that you can break out. Each of these has the same highlighted album and artist information. If you go into detail on an individual artist, say Robert Johnson, they have bio, discography, and related artist / influences (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-johnson-mn0000832288/...) information.

All that said, the site does not seem as easy to use as I remember (but that could be my memory). But, hopefully, it is at least a start towards what you are looking for!
How did you jump from offering a workshop about race to "teaching children to think of everything in terms of race." ? Actually, race is not talked about in most classrooms at all. We're trying to create a more well-rounded curriculum that incorporates all points of view, not just one. Black history and women's history is absent from most of our school curriculum. The fact that you responded to this post shows that race and the way it's talked about it is on your mind too. If kids can learn about race, how it impacts our society and how to think and talk about it in a way that encourages connection, not division, that unites us, instead of separates us, that fuels healthy discussion and positive change, not arguments, I see that as a huge plus. As an example, we're all talking about it now and it encourages us all to think! I think education is about teaching people to think and that's a good thing!
Depends on if you correct for inflation.
They will all clearly taper off at some point, and one day go to zero / be subsumed by another company.
I wonder if it's possible to make such a contract that works? If it curtails Facebook, and they breach the contract, then what? They pay the seller some more money?

If you reverted ownership there's no way that FB are going to sign that contract (a small risk you could inadvertently lose the asset and the cost price, eg through an unforeseen loophole that favours the seller - lawyers should veto such things, surely).

Also, are you going to make it a perpetual term applied to all future owners? If not then FB can probably make an entity to sell it to. Or use a third-party login that itself requires Facebook login and workaround your selling constraints.

I like the idea of it: just practically I can't see how it would be workable to technically constrain a company in a contract of sale of that company.

Are there examples of where this has been done successfully?
I have a rackmount server running centos, however many people like to stream from pi's or nvidia shields with external hard drives.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/221099648-limitations-when-...

https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/configuration/rasp....

Plex also automatically backs up my family's photos to the server so we dont have to use just google cloud.. though I use both google cloud and plex. (I wanted the full res copies of my photos and videos without google scaling) I should also mention emby works well and I have friends on that side of the camp who are very happy if you dont want to use plex on philosophical reasons. (Closed Source v. Open Source)
I use Redreader on android. The experience is magnitudes better than the "real" app

It's free and opensource, available on f-droid or if you are so inclined google playstore.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.quantumbadger.redreader/
I'm missing your point... What would power cycling the TV daily do?
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> As mentioned in the comment you're replying to, the countries described as social democracies (typically Nordic) are also capitalist.

I'm aware, being that I live in one, which is why I didn't mention social democracy. Democratic socialism is not social democracy which my reference explains.

> What countries have mutualist economies?

The question betrays a misunderstanding of what mutualism is.
>But people who don’t earn much money aren’t going to be responsible for that bill because they pay no (or almost no) income tax.

Maybe, but the devaluation of the dollar as a result of this additional and significant debt is only going to effect the daily lives of people "who don't earn much money."
It's becoming infuriating as the mobile experience is god-awful.
Would be interesting to see how well their approach coped with the trivial countermeasure of playing competing recordings of (different) key sounds at the same time.

Admittedly computers can now easily spilt parallel conversations apart fairly effectively (eg cocktail party problem) but in this case with the individual noises being very similar in character it would make it harder to get the timing between genuine signals, which seems like it would make the attack much less likely to recreate an accurate key replica.
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Even better, electric bicycles.

Take all the transportation conveniences a regular bike can without getting sweaty.
Also, similar to Amazon, they treat customers really well. Customer centricity definitely played a role in Apple's rise.
and their value is the most defensible as well. Devs might see the pitfalls of Apple's walled garden restrictions but for general public their image still holds supreme. In developing world their products are seen as sort of status symbols. Imagine loving a brand so much that you put their stickers on your car. [1]

I think only Google probably had the image of superior products(Search, Maps, Mail) which rivalled/beat Apple but that has been kind of tarnished now.

[1] http://damniwish.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/car-sticker-...
> at what cost to the future growth of the kid?

Does there need to be a cost? From my experience, it's just like most activities you do with your children.

You can use it as babysitter or you can use it as a learning tool by participating and engaging with your child.

Here's how I've done it and he's doing great:

- We mostly use the tablet together, especially when we try a new app.

- I avoid the crack-head apps. The ones with bells, whistles, popups, and other toxic rewards for simple actives. It's fine to rewards like that for something challenging.

- We talk about what he's doing. For example, why he chooses certain colors or why he likes the features. Anything to start a conversation.

- Moderation. 15-30 minutes once every few days.

- Reference what he learned from the app during real-life activities. For example, one app he likes is a virtual dog washing app. He uses soap, a brush, water, etc. When we're playing together, we pretend to clean his stuffed animals just like he did in the app.
The more people buy it, the more value there is in active or truly risky investing. Let them have fake safety, I'll take real antifragility and abundant capital flowing to my business any day.
That occurred before the law was implemented. The law put restrictions on who could access the information and for what purposes. That's why I'm asking if it is still a problem.

Also, using the 'one is too many' argument is not valid. We could apply that to outlaw cars, electricity, or any other thing that is accepted as useful but also kills people. The DPPA law allows debt collectors, repo men, and other neccessary societal systems to function while providing protection for the data. If there have been only a handful of incidents over the years, then I think it would still be a net gain for society. If there is a better way to regulate the data and still allow the systems in society to function, that would be great to explore, but I don't see any obvious improvements.
Apple Surges to $2T Market Value
Ask HN: How do you remain in one industry with the prevalence of non-competes?
As a software engineer, every employment contract I’ve ever received has had a non compete attached, and it’s never been much of an issue because the companies I’ve worked for haven’t coincidentally competed in the same space. But long term I don’t want to have to learn all about a new business space every time I start a new job, but I don’t see how people outside of California avoid that path.
To elaborate on this, very young human beings have a fascinating aptitude for figuring things out. They aren't very good at it, or at least lack the motor skills to apply what they learn, but you can tell that there is a lot of cerebral activity happening as they try to puzzle things out. So when a puzzle presents itself, such as "why is mom staring at this glowing rectangle so much?" they will will want to try and find out why.
There's a version of Mancala included in the Clubhouse Games collection for the Nintendo Switch. At first I didn't get it, but now it's one of the more popular games in my home.
Hi there, Martin from Quell here. We feel we're different from existing options like the various games on the Wii or VR systems for two key reasons. The first is that we use resistance to boost the effectiveness of the workout and help prevent the joint injuries that can happen when shadowboxing. The second is that our game goes much deeper that existing offerings, with a fully fledged story set in an engaging fantasy world, providing a lot more variety in the types of gameplay we can offer than your typical boxing simulator.

PS as a keen cyclist I have to agree about Peloton. That's why we decided to make a game about punching monsters instead—much more fun!
Yes, the app store was genius. We'll see how the 30% shakes out in the long term, with the recent revolt from Epic etc, but creating a platform on top of your software/hardware vertical integration is a decent monopoly play that creates sustainable revenues.
Thanks, yeah, I felt a little uneasy with the comparison. I figure this means market cap should be a bounded function of GDP, yeah?
They hit $1T on August 2nd, 2018.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/apple-is-the...
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When we assume K3 capabilities, why don't we assume they dump their waste emissions away into something like (artificial even?) black holes? Maybe they are shy and afraid of the intergalactic "Dark Forest"? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Forest )
Trump isn't bad guy at all.
Is there a name for the formula that blackberry and others follow?

1) successful consumer business

2) lose in the market so pivot to b2b

3) slow long decline

4) sell brand / assets to somebody else

5) new money results in a “hey we are going back to our roots” and launch products they originally were known for

6) finally go out of business for real, or sell remaining IP to a troll
Yep, and that's just 40 doublings. Add 10 doublings to go up 3 orders of magnitude.
> My personal metric is seeing these publicly traded non-state enterprises catch up to Saudi Aramco!

Why is this a good metric?
Humans are still humans.
Examining the price of coffee I buy every day, it hasn't risen. Do you predict it will? Should this take awhile, or will it happen pretty soon?