skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just looking at the numbers, the damage from Harvey (which they call small/lucky) was something like 6x the cost of the cheaper "artificial island" option proposed.

The arguments for UBI have the implication that we have too many people with not enough to do, but that's not the case. We could employ the globe 1000x over in activities for the betterment of humanity, but the system for allocating non-profit-driven work is reliably corrupted by profit-driven enterprises.
Shorten even further to "Exquisite marble figure; which basket?" or "which basket? Exquisite marble figure." Depending on which is more likely to short circuit based on context.
I actually like the results on DDG better than Google most of the time:

1. It's more likely to respond to the actual query, rather than guessing what I want based on the query.

2. The results are not stuffed with ads and Google service substitutions.

However it's not as good at searching every last corner of the web, so occasionally I need to g!. It's pretty rare that I use that these days, and rarer that it actually gives me a better result.
YT gives youtube, FB gives facebook, many more.

Something strange is there with the query 'VK'. Its filled with pics of children.

Don't search
> global trade ... everyone is lifted up and made richer over time

Are you sure about that? "Total global trade" seems unstable to me. Look at the coronavirus, and countries mostly unable to produce their own masks, having to import instead from far away countries — but that country sold to the highest bidder primarily. Here were I live, I couldn't buy any masks (back in April and May).

> the cost of attempting to be self sufficient in everything (like semiconductor manufacturing) means closing borders to competitors outside

Can that be done differently? A country can have a small amount of domestic production, to keep knowledge and tech available in the country. Whilst importing most things from abroad, because of the benefits you mention with global trade. — Then you get both stability in case of crisis, and global trade efficiency? And more local jobs
Very ironic mentioning semiconductors, when it was the protectionist US-Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement pushed by Reagan that propped up the American semiconductor industry, while leading to the decline of the Japanese industry
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>Second order thinking is not obvious, and requires a complex systematic thought process. Hence the observations are more profound, well-reasoned, and unique.

What a terrrible non-sequitur. Just because you think really hard, doesn't mean the conclusion so derived will be profound. Well known example, Newton thought really hard about many things and some paths didnt go anywhere.

The well-reasoned part is begging the question.

And there's no guarantee whatsoever of uniqueness.
Yes.

The one small firm that everyone in the industry has heard of is basically all phd guys screwing around with theory and execution and getting filthy rich in the process.
I like to think of myself having an extraordinary mix of mediocre talents and profound shortcomings...
Now there's no more redwood oppression,

For they passed a noble law;

And the trees are all kept equal

By hatchet, axe, and saw.
I recall some East-Bay based startup a few years ago that basically tried this model.

They allowed individuals to sell food / operate as a pop-up restaurant.

IIRC, it got closed down because of health and food-safety related regulations.

A more sustainable version of this business model is basically a food truck / cart.
I count 7: 4 third-party ad spots on desktop, and 3 subscription pitches (in-house ads) in the article copy.
Still China controls the borders very well and allows only products to enter when it serves the interest of China. This is the definition of nationalism and one of the reasons why the quality of life in China is rising so fast.

Nationalism made China rich. Not globalism.
The risk goes away if you don't care if you lose the drone. Shoot down a manned CAS aircraft and you lose a $20M aircraft plus two priceless pilots. Shoot down a drone and you lose a $1000 drone.

Now which of these mission profiles can destroy an infantry company more cost-effectively? The JDAM may blow up a vehicle plus any infantrymen around it at the cost of $20K. The drone can individually target each infantryman with a bullet from a range of ~50-100 ft, for perhaps 100 kills for a $1000 drone, and it can be tactically controlled by other infantrymen on the ground, with instantaneous communication, to respond exactly where it's needed and avoid friendly fire.
Did you have an adblocker on? It definitely has ads -- I see a few within and a Frost ad to the side. uBlock reports 13 things blocked ... and updates.
He isn't saying that the southeast doesn't get hurricanes... He's talking about the severity of Katrina.
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Some things don't seem very plausible. Obviously he was successful, but I doubt it was on a scale he tells it. If you're smuggling helicopters from Marseille to Chad, you don't deal with 40k insurance scams. I also doubt the claim of 35 million total in insurance fraud. If his scams were in the 40-200k range as mentioned in the article, he would need to deal with hundreds of claims. IMHO he's a medium level Frank Abagnale catch me if you can type con artist, who also likes to exaggerate his success. He's also a bit too open telling his story for everyone to know.

I read the whole thing and also did not appreciate the writing. Mostly it's just cliches and fluff, and superficial in that it didn't really dig deeper other than taking the said things for granted.
..."What was striking about all of these apps is that only three of them functioned primarily on an iPhone; in the vast majority of cases Apple was demanding in-app purchase offerings for functionality that was largely not dependent on an iPhone:"

https://stratechery.com/2020/rethinking-the-app-store/
Yes, I completely concur. A partial solar eclipse or a total lunar eclipse are just funny meteorological phenomena, like a meteor shower or a double rainbow. Neat, but not a big deal. A total solar eclipse is a completely mind melting experience. It feels like the end of the universe.
This is a true mind-blowing fact. The ratio of the distances between Earth-Sun and Earth-Moon is close to the ratio of the sizes between Sun & Moon. So the Moon & Sun look to be the same apparent size from the perspective of Earthlings... When I last read about this, we hadn't identified any other moons for which this holds true.

It turns out our moon has many seemingly strange properties. It's big but not very dense. Still a bit of a mystery how it formed, too. There are leading theories (ex. Mars-sized planet ramming into a young Earth) but not considered settled science just yet IIRC.
I got in the habit of just appending this to many of my queries in time sensitive situations, as if by reflex, negating the purpose (I default my search engine to DDG so !g is the fastest way to Google for me). I am having a hard time breaking the habit.
My findings are that if your search terms are a question, Google results are usually much better.
I use it as a local Java program and you can enable / disable all kinds of rules. You can also write your own.
That has less to do with being shellable and having a proper library support. The entire Microsoft Office suite is extremely well automatable.
A good intro on Prisoner/at-home workouts can be found here:

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/the-prisoner-workout...

I'll add in that Burpees are real gut busters and that the 'Deck of Pain' system is aptly named yet produces results quickly. I think it's the randomization element that gives you the extra 'umph'.
You mean like all of the shady developers who are already in the App Store selling in app purchases for loot boxes, useless virtual currency and play to win games?

I’m surprised (not really) that people are defending Epic but would never defend King (Candy Crush) or the makers of FarmVille.

I would much rather see BaseCamp (Hey) or the company that was selling virtual workouts with real trainers take them to court. If Apple was really about protecting users and cared about the quality of the App Store they would prohibit in app purchases for games with consumables.
Exactly. At the end of the day it's about profit and not necessarily a better product. Sometimes more profit means making a better product for the end user.
I don't believe startpage. Either they are lying to users about the Google results, or google is lying to them.

Search for '5vh9ld'. It is reddit post's URL.

https://startpage.com/do/metasearch.pl?query=5vh9ld

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=5vh9ld
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Florida isn't perfect, but the structures that you mentioned are designed to survive hurricanes. Those structures in Houston are not as well designed. The city is also not as well planned in general compared to most parts of FL. I know this because I'm also from Houston and not just Florida
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Crud, I read that wrong; you're correct in that it's opt-out.

That said, given that it provides a high value to the end user (I use it daily), I personally don't mind.
I want Android to have stricter control of their Apps that are released in their native appstore. I also want the manufacturer to have complete control so much that I never need to have an anti-virus. Scratch all that, I demand it. How come I cannot get this?

Wait a second, why is there all this bloatware on my phone after I turned it on for the first time? How do I get rid of it? Is it really gone even though it says I deleted it? Why do I need to go on a rabbit hunt in deep tech forums to make sure of that? Why is everyone saying to "just" root your phone to take control over it? Why does this tracking feature turn back on after updates? Why do I get the uncertain feeling that this free antivirus program should be run through a separate antivirus program?... etc. x100 other questions I have. I really don't care to have any of them answered, because I have the option not to.

Instead of demanding all this or asking much of these questions, I have the choice to buy an iPhone. I understand the (great) possibilities that I'm giving up in return, and I'm very good with that. I like this choice. I buy an iPhone for what it can't do. This next sentence sums it all up: it's important to understand that an Android can't do what an iPhone by purposeful design can't do.
In all likelihood the answer is no. They won't survive.
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And why would anyone think that the kind of people who want to utterly destroy the other side are the kind of people who have the moral bearings to be able to rebuild a good society?
>but most of the world runs fine

most of the world doesn't run fine. If airplanes were built like your average software stack they'd drop out of the sky every other day.

Development practise at a place like JaneStreet is an example how things ought to be done. I really dislike the analogy of Ocaml as some sort of esoteric billionaire tool. It's just a sound language that everyone can understand, it's not even particularly academic despite its reputation. This is just what software engineering looks like if you actually treat it like... well engineering.
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The term "user" didn't become ubiquitous until after the people using the software were no longer "customers."

Implying that Silicon Valley borrowed this term from drug dealers is kind of silly, but the tech industry's adoption of this strange term does tie into the author's main point.
The US still blames the victim for their own unemployment.

We have a long way to go before the US system feels like a a kindly helping grandfather rather than an abusive angry father that blames you for not working harder.
This is the crux of the matter: is it anticompetitive to setup an ecosystem where you always get a cut?

Generally, historically, no, this is not anticompetitive, especially given there is another ecosystem with far more market share (but maybe not profitability because more people spend money on iOS apps). Inserting yourself to take a cut for a service or a key component is good business practice, and built the empires that every student in business school or in tech entrepreneurship is taught to emulate. So long as the wealth pie grows, it isn’t rent seeking to keep taking your cut.

What amazes me is that people think iOS and Apple (and even Android and Google) are near-permanent fixtures that should be regulated as utilities, rather than a temporary incumbent that will eventually be disrupted as the world changes.

Microsoft’s reign of dictating terms to ISVs a lasted around 20 years. They’re still incredibly profitable and still take a cut of almost every PC sale (or XBox game / movie / tv show sale). They don’t have the clout they used to because the tech changed.

At some point, new things will come, such as AR/VR, and we may see companies such as Valve and Oculus/Facebook become the new tech ecosystem dictators. The winner takes all dynamics of platforms seem to make this inevitable. Why enshrine Apple and Google as utilities now, when they’ll be less relevant in 10 years?
Now imagine my son making a small game and wants to share it with his cousin but now the cousin needs to run Linux to run code not approved by a corporation.(you need to not forget people that might not be rich and can afford many different devices).

Anyway do you have any examples (more then 1) of companies that ONLY offer side loading because they are evil and want to trick the customer (with subscriptions or to steal data).
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What, exactly, will that do for them?
What a waste of talent.
Why didn't insurers keep track of his record of filing claims and charge increasingly high premiums after his super-early claims?
https://semiwiki.com/ has a lot of cool stuff on the semiconductor side.

https://www.nextplatform.com/category/hyperscale/ has interesting stuff on uses and development you don't see from a consumer POV
As it turns out, you were wrong, and all the ancient redwoods survived. I suggest being a bit more introspective and open to the idea that you could be wrong.
If you have a DB cluster running on multiple EC2 instances, you can definitely do that. There are advantages/disadvantages compared to just paying for RDS (eg managing backups, system complexity, and failover) but if you already have that expertise in-house, I can imagine a scale where there might be cost savings.

My comment was specifically discussing the challenges of keeping block storage-dependent, stateful apps within k8s (as opposed to using RDS or rolling your own HA cluster on EC2 or elsewhere). Apologies to GP if I incorrectly assumed they were discussing container volumes more broadly.
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We need a long think about digital survivorship: accounts/data should be able to be escrowed/put into Trusts for future generations. Most terms of service agreements are between you specifically and the company, and will not survive you. "Could I gift my account/purchases when I pass to my loved ones?" is currently "legally and/or technically no" on almost every digital goods service.

Even if we have mostly given up on the more general "right of first sale" and "first sale doctrine" on digital goods (that we can resell purchases as "used"), survivorship should not be forgotten.
No idea how it works. Click on "start" and nothing happens.
Oops sorry. Mostly Steph Curry there, not much food. Very different than Google, can't tell what is better - depends which kind of curry one needs...
The most 'pleasant' option is sitting at home and doing nothing. Most people aren't optimising for 'pleasant'.
I'm not sure about the "without leaking your info to Google" part, there. All it does is forward you search query to Google as if you'd entered it on google.com. There's not really anything DuckDuckGo can do about that.
"E-Myth - Revisited" is very good as an "operational handbook".
Basically "systematised" everything and don't do "special request/things" for customers, since most of the time they are not repeatable by other branches or members of staff and get buy-in (for your vision) from your employees. There are many more practical lessons in there.
This is a funny thing about science. The ancients totally had an "explanation" of why the sun and the moon are the same size. Naturally, because the sun is highest form of yang energy, the moon must be the highest form of yin energy, etc. Modern science, OTOH, doesn't recognize this is a question to be explained. It's an example of how if your system doesn't have a place for something, you don't even notice the absence.
> Logging will create jobs, stimulate the economies of rural towns, help the forest ecology.

The types of plant growth that significantly increase wildfire risk significantly (by providing kindling) are not the big profitable trees, but rather the low growing brush and low diameter trees, for which there isn't much of a market (although Sierra Pacific Co. in CA is trying to turn those in to particle board).

Also, the forestry industry is very mechanized, and doesn't rely on a lot of human labor compared to the past.

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/29/642955787/will-more-logging-s...
What you're saying is true, but this fire was not a good thing. Trees don't do well when you set forest fires year after year after year.
It's especially ironic, when you consider the whole anti-competitive lawsuit against Microsoft and them bundling Internet Explorer with Windows back in the day.

Now Apple just gets away with the same thing, but even worse (because they don't even allow other competing browsers on their iOS platform at all).

It's kind of puzzling to me.
Visual and IR sensors don't work well in bad weather. Modern cameras have superior resolution to human eyes but dynamic range is still worse. Solar powered drones don't have the power or payload to handle useful radars. For that mission you need something like an RQ-4, which is roughly equivalent to a U-2 in performance and just as expensive.
I haven't seen people give any unkind judgment towards Danese Cooper for helping write the CDDL and stating it was done to block tools from Linux. And so many people already blame them for the incompatibility, it's hard to think a confirmation would make it worse for them.
DDG's raison d'etre is to position itself as the Gutmensch of search engines but when it comes to providing peace of mind that I'm getting the best and most relevant results, there's a reason why my grandmother hasn't heard of it.
Who cares if your local IP is sent somewhere?!??
Which they clearly haven’t violated, by any historical or legal measure. But we will see.

And also, it’s up to the DOJ to litigate this, not competitors. They don’t have the standing.
Imagine writing a long ass comment quibbling over getting paid tons of money.
Noting there is a difference in population and potential impact is not the same as saying X million lives don't matter.

At least try and engage with good faith.
> I gained this anxiety when Netflix pulled away "House M.D."

To be clear Netflix didn't pull House, NBC Universal pulled it from Netflix and sold it to Amazon Prime. It's likely it will get pulled from Amazon Prime and end up on Peacock.
I've done similar with online groups like freecycle when selling or giving away things. Include "to prove you've actually read this post, mention the word elephant in your response" in the advert and have my mail agent delete everything to that address[1] which doesn't include the word.

Massively reduces the number of messages you get from time wasters who just mash "can I have this?" or "is this still available?" to get in first, who will then ghost you because they've taken an extra half second to decide they don't want the item after all[2] so you spend time writing replies that achieve nothing.

Probably means some genuinely interested people get redirected to trash too, but if the item is worth having there will be enough responders to make this not matter. If you see no responses after a time, maybe then check your trash to see if there are any there worth responding to.

[1] those services attract much spam, always have a specific address for each that you can turn off once the junk starts flowing in

[2] as it isn't the right colour, or the right size, or you can't deliver, or will deliver but can't conveniently offer collection, or they completely misread the subject line, ...
> why don't they loudly advertise the data collection
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I often wonder who's going to buy all of the boomers valuable stuff when they are gone.
Well, there's all this is intelligence equivalent to doing well on IQ tests and different kinds of intelligence debate going on in the culture for the last decade or two, and then there does seem to be a history in the U.S at least of undervaluing some sorts of intelligence in some regions and so on and so forth so I'm thinking - yeah, there kind of are a lot of taboos around this subject!

Ask yourself this - is there anyone you have ever met that would be willing to let their kids be a little bit dumber if that meant they would have the genes to be a little bit better at being a quarterback? Because I have met a lot of those people.
It an argument against wasting your time reviewing a "theory", because if the author failed to spot a simple tautology, what does it say about him being logical in the rest of the work?

Especially with the extraordinary claims.
Maybe I'm wrong with election math, sure have to check it, but the point is not that some towns are completely dumb forever. The point is that voters would be more aware of candidates plans intellectually rather than emotionally.

>Why is a candidate's policy on tariff rates on steel imports from Canada more important than that?

Not more important. Important thing is voters would better realize what a program actually is and in future elections vote a little more for programs than for candidates to be sure that their votes count as 1. It is $subj idea — "please read on the paper before you comment". By looking for tariff rates you have to read the paper at least until these numbers.

Ed: as a politician you also cannot be sure if that town would or would not read their plan this time. You can agitate them to do that and convert 0.5 to 1 for you (and not for others). Isn't it a positive feedback all things considered?
The important machines from TSMC are made by other companies. Competitors can and will also make 5nm chips. TSMC definitely has a headstart and it requires a huge investment to realize a fab (machines, clean rooms) also a lot of integration work and many optimisations to become profitable.
The reply there from troydavis is a good one:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24272714

I know you're keen, I know you're enthusiastic, I know you're desperate to make this work. But what you're doing here ... submitting endlessly ... isn't working.

Read what people have said, take stock, and reshape your approach.

EDIT: Also to let you know ... that submission had been DOA, and someone has vouched for it, so people really are cutting you a lot of slack.
I live in a small studio and mostly read physical books. Probably a 50/50 between borrowing from the library and buying physical copies, I have a few bookshelves. The entire concept of having a license to read a book (which, as we've seen, can be revoked randomly) is ridiculous once you stop and think about it.