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> The fact that people spend lots of time on social media just demonstrates that they derive something from it, not that it’s addictive or harmful.

I can't tell you how many times I hear my wife say "I need to get off Facebook" but never does. There's very much an addiction.

I use Facebook, but I've found that I spend nearly all my time in specific groups (for me that's motorcycle related groups) because it's a great source of help for "who wants to go riding" or "how do I fix this" or "can I borrow a tool". When it's very topic specific, social media can be really awesome.

What my wife complains about is "friends" that are posting about politics. She just wants to hear about their personal lives but wants them to shut the hell up about politics.
I'm going to have to think more about the author's thesis about runtimes. It reminds me that I would love to see more language implementations with region-based memory reclamation instead of garbage collection, if only to be able to have more predictable overhead. A pure functional language would seem to be amenable to performing little collections over new objects that aren't reachable from function results, for example.
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It depends... if you need someone for a year a contractor is cheaper even at a higher prorated rate. You can terminate them at will as well.
We are currently on the only viable space station that we have or know of, Earth.

Until we have a better answer, we should work damn hard to keep this one running. And we don't know enough about how it works, so we should try preserve the current systems as well as we can.
So what is the punishment going to be for IBM? Pizza for all laid off employees and a free resuming writing class?
In my experience, it happens gradually.

1) You have a few successes when a few people (who know each other) ask you to solve a problem in a particular area. You may have to study and stretch in order to accomplish those successes, but if the people asking you have far less previous knowledge of the problems that you solved than you do, solving the types of questions that they could formulate might be easy.

2) They start calling you an expert between each other, and referring other people who are solving the same types of problems to you. You study hard to protect this reputation, to avoid failures that will reflect on the people talking you up.

3) They make up myths about your genius and spread them, which also fluffs up their own reputation for knowing you and referring others to you.

4) You start to believe the myths.

So extensive practice motivated by fear of failures which would result in rejection and looking like a fraud (and possible commensurate loss of income.) I think you can only get this as a hobbyist if you belong to a hobbyist community that could also provide that social pressure. That community would also have to have an element of material output; i.e. something to differentiate talk from skill, and something that allows you to collaborate with and advise others.

I think you can become pretty adequate at something by yourself, without social elements, but not an expert. I don't even think there's such a thing as an unrecognized expert; that's like an unrecognized genius. Being called an expert or a genius is just code for being respected.
You're right that renewably-generated waste heat isn't a big deal all-else-being-equal; but all else usually isn't equal, and climate change is a always question of numbers (my favourite example: extracting a barrel of oil from the air/flue using renewable energy and sequestering it long-term, compared to the cost of leaving a barrel's worth of oil where it is in the ground; the latter is free, except for opportunity cost)
But you need uikit/appkit. And if you aren't satisfied with those, your options to bring or build your own abstractions are very limited.
> Does bzflag have something to do with this term?

Not so far as I know.
> From at least 900 until around 1650 CE

For those still struggling with modern political correctness, CE=AD & BCE=BC. (Now somebody will probably correct me with some nuanced semi-controversial gregorian tangle about beer-swilling belgian monks forgetting the prior thursday and correcting the error some 550 years later by inventing The Book of Hlargh which itself is only recognized by certain ancient sects persecuted out of existence, because dates are never simple well then why do we have to around making them even worse because we're offended by some crazed ranty ascetic and his cabal of fishing buddies from 2000 years ago and can't let well enough alone)
you have my name, and my views. I don't know how to feel about this. there's some solace in knowing Mike Lyons is an extraordinarily popular name though.
Even if/when RISCV takes over, Intel and AMD will be in a unique position to offer "combination" chips with both x86 and RISCV cores which could milk the richest enterprise and government markets for decades to come.
Simple question, is this about ARM architecture and IP... or securing a worldwide competitive advantage in 5G?
You’re very wrong on the security threat. I think people just like to dismiss anything if Trump also said it. Nobody should be using TikTok and we have said this for a while.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne...

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/26/reddit-ceo-tiktok-is-funda...
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I think I follow, but it seems rather fuzzy. Compile-time functionality doesn't strike me as really extending the language.

How about BOOST_SCOPE_EXIT in C++? [0] Is it extending the language, or just a trivial macro-based hack on RAII? What's the difference?

My other issue with it is that the major features of programming languages that people actually care about, aren't the kinds of things you can implement with clever macros. They tend to rely on serious engineering.

Even in a highly extensible language, you can't easily throw together features like industry-strength garbage collection, or a type system, or borrower-checking. (I considered listing formal verification but that would be unfair, it can't really be added to an existing language.) These things are implemented by compiler engineers, and always will be. (If I'm mistaken about that, and am underestimating anything, I'd be interested to know, but I don't think I am.)

What's the 'killer example' of LISP macros? I can see a pretty neat example at [1].

[0] https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/scope_exit/doc/h...

[1] https://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/pattern-macros.html#%28pa...
If you don't mind buying used - but 10,000 miles is barely worn in - the car works out cheaper:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202006079887116
While maybe true 64bits was available for more than 10 year with Snow Leopard (10.6) being the last OS supporting 32bits architecture (and dropping PowerPC support At the same time). So let's say you could have seen this coming.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard
Is it not significant that this level of expertise is required? Do you think Microsoft paid Naval, or did they want to acquire expertise? Why use Naval rather than a civilian focused fabricator?

When you consider the significance of undersea cables to the global economy, the propensity of states to intercept them covertly, the difficulty of attacking or even finding submersed compute, and so on, the ramifications are significantly greater than 'green compute'.
Right, just fine until there's a massive data leak and a slick of SSNs is spreading towards the shore, and then what will the Greens say?
Thanks for reporting it. I will fix it as soon as possible.
> Creatures adapt.

You're missing half the saying. Creatures adapt, or die. Given the recent articles about how species extermination is accelerating, it's a valid assumption that as many are dying as are adapting.

Not to mention, oceanic currents are propelled by heat. Changing that balance (whether by man-made resources or natural sources) could change the currents, which would impact coastal weather patterns.

https://e360.yale.edu/features/will_climate_change_jam_the_g...
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Median age at Facebook is 28? Wow. https://www.businessinsider.com/median-tech-employee-age-cha...
He's right.

The tone sounds histrionical because it is way ahead of the herd's perception. It's been terrifying to have feet in multiple communities, have a strong foot in Apple's community, and see how things are done over there and gotten worse over the years, particularly after Swift's release.
> communicating the science

That's not what's happening. What is happening is cherrypicking of speculative results, presenting them as a certainty, because CLICK HERE TO SEE WHY YOU WILL DIE is a lot more attractive than "All the changes will be gradual, and if we keep improving at the current rate of improvements (as opposed to sticking with what we currently have), we will get this under control."
Timescale.

An older employee with experience can often see and avoid problems before they occur. A younger, inexperienced employee will not and will have to find the problem and attempt to fix it, usually three or four times before the problem is actually solved.

So, for six or twelve months, the employer can sail along gloriously, enjoying the benefits of cheaper employees. Until the bill comes due. And at that time no one can really help them except their current employees, who are the only ones who understand the history-dependent system they've built.

Fortunately, the time scales that most employers operate at rarely exceeds six to twelve months.
I am mostly countering the libertarian "innovative hero" talking point that paints progress as an inherent part of profit-driven late stage capitalism.

Humans are cooperative by nature. We would have scientists even under different production systems. Therefore, I think it is a default failure state to just hope for heroes to emerge. Obama was portrayed as such, and he failed to tackle most of US's pressing social issues.
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> How do people become experts?

Marketing. Most "experts" are also very good at marketing themselves as such. They may not know much more than their peers in that area - but they are the go-to because they are visible: either on social media, through their writings, etc...

I recognize this is a somewhat alternative view point from many of the responses provided here. I am certainly not downplaying the time and dedication required to a particular subject matter as a pre-requisite to becoming an expert. An additional viewpoint that positioning yourself as an expert in the public eye may also improve your communication and teaching skills when conveying ideas in that subject matter, thus further reinforcing your expertise.
Hi

I tested it in Chrome and Edge and did not give much thought of FF in the final stages. Just realized not all icons are displayed. I will take a look at it soon.
Who said it's simple?

It's simpler than literally dodging a bullet, but that doesn't make it simple.
Every job I've ever gotten I had to provide ID.
I guess high-gauge wires are more hazardous in the socket.
You can definitely buy ringtones, you just have to remember that the iTunes music store exists first. I haven't bought anything new on there in over a decade, so I'm waking up to music from High School still.
The literal dollars per hour worked is often higher For a contract employee but the company isn’t paying into PTO or other benefits especially healthcare and I think (?) an employer has to pay higher costs in healthcare is their workers are expected to cost more (or older). So hiring older workers back as contractors can save $$$
Not if you're interested in Formula 1 racing. The average price of an F1 car engine alone is $10.5 million.
[0]https://www.essentiallysports.com/formula-one-car-cost/
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If a companies main asset is their data, that means that you can ascribe a value to each person's data that they hold. If your data is stolen, they should be on the hook for value of that data to each of the people whose data was stolen.

I respectfully disagree. The value of the data to the company when used for its intended purpose is not necessarily the same as the amount of damage that can be caused to you if someone else gets hold of the data and uses it for other purposes.

It seems reasonable that a company that is negligent in its handling of personal data should be on the hook for, at a minimum, any actual damages caused by a resulting breach. I think the negligence condition is important, because a company that has taken reasonable and proportionate measures to safeguard personal data and has generally acted in good faith is also a victim if it is subsequently hacked through criminal action.

The problem with personal data in particular is that there may well be damage caused by a leak that is difficult to quantify or to attribute to any specific failure in managing the data. Suppose two businesses are both compromised, and someone whose personal data was in both databases is subsequently the victim of identity theft six months later. It is quite possible that the victim will then spend several months of their life trying to clean up a mess that was made through no fault of their own, possibly at considerable financial cost and certainly wasting a lot of their time and causing a lot of stress. However, the businesses will likely argue that there is nothing to link the identity thieves to the specific breach at that business so they should bear no responsibility for the consequences. And in a sense, they are right, because there probably is no way to know which of those two breaches was responsible for that particular identity thief obtaining the data, or indeed whether some other unidentified breach was the true origin of that leak.

For this reason, I think some form of presumed damages should probably also be allowed in law, at least for types of personal data that are particularly vulnerable to exploitation by bad actors if they can get hold of it -- financial details, health records, correspondence or photos/videos of a personal nature, etc. Different legal systems handle this kind of issue very differently, and in some cases I'm not sure they're really up to the task at the moment, but I suspect that will need to change before certain businesses see data protection as important and the penalties as more than just a "cost of doing business".
This might just save Bytedance/TikTok. Any word on when they will go public?

Their TikTok app sort of has first-mover-advantage in the new realm of AI-recommendation-engine that actually is worthwhile. Their AI algorithm is the key.

Netflix and YouTube uses the same algorithm for video recommendations, but to be honest, that implementation is not as relevant in adding more value to those companies.
Understanding what is OC is an increasingly important point for digital content makers, from memes to ideas for explainer videos.

I think with actual articles written by presumed journalists, linking to source data is what establishes the credibility of the author’s writing and suggests they have read and understand the content.

Not linking to it doesn’t mean the author doesn’t understand it, but it may mean their work does nothing more than regurgitate (adds nothing of value apart from increased distribution)
It appears that IBM executives specifically told managers to direct layoffs at older workers to make room for younger hires. And apparently they did so in recorded communications:

> The investigation uncovered top-down messaging from Respondent’s highest ranks directing managers to engage in an aggressive approach to significantly reduce the headcount of older workers to make room for Early Professional Hires.
There is a kinda cheesy quote from Dhalgren: 'You have confused the true and the real'.
It is purposefully esoteric but I think the dichotomy between the two can account for many differing views, and why humans need to see the 'real' vs the truth they think they have gleaned from behind a screen or book.
Ok.

I never said ‘responsible restriction of childbirth’. I said ‘incentivise responsible procreation’.

I don’t know if you twisted my words on purpose or you really don’t see the difference?

Why is it genocide to offer incentives for a greater quality of life for their thoughtful and mindful roadmap to nurture their progeny and to protect the commons from over exploitation. We should be rewarding responsible procreation and parenting.

Human beings like ‘to do the right thing’. We are rationalizing animals rather than rational animals.

Supporting and incentivizing irresponsible procreation economically and empathetically simply gives people reasons to mindlessly offer themselves rationalizations to continue making wrong and harmful personal decisions.

Giving people incentives and support to provide the greatest chances of their gene pool to thrive along with the rest of the human species is a rational solution to the depopulation event that is a mathematical surety to occur within a century.

Having said that, maybe it’s also time to have discussions about ‘thorny’ subjects. The lack of open discourse is why even reasonable suggestions are downvoted here. Because there is nothing to compare common sense with..
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> If either generates profits in line with their current expected returns, the stock price stays the same

This is a pretty naive depiction of Wall Street.
https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-sof...

ARM directly maintains the main ARM parts of the Linux kernel among other things.
I am certainly not pro this website, in fact this website seems to basically just be full of Buzzfeed type keyword stuffed articles about nothing.

But I was just adding on if you did want to do this, you certainly could.

Why would you? Heroku does have a lot of very nice components on it that can make it appealing for someone already using Heroku.

But I agree, Netlify/others would be better.
Flutter has been the most fun I've had writing mobile apps in a long time. Generally just works and with just a bit more effort you can even get the desktop version of your app running. Definitely recommend for a fun side project.
Key is having them hold you accountable. Schedule a fixed bi-weekly or monthly time with them, and set deadlines (given to them) for the next meeting. This helps push you to meet them.
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Delete the app. There’s no reason to install it.
It totally makes sense for someone to try to capture the public attention about the impacts of climate change and habitat destruction on species most of don't get to see on the other side of the planet. Those impacts are important, and worth discussing.

But would you expect it would convince anyone to change their lifestyle or behavior, given the other evidence that people seem to just accept as the new normal? The west coast of the US is burning. And when California isn't burning, Australia is. Chunks of Florida already regularly experience "nuisance flooding" related to sea level rise, and it's frankly confusing to me that people are still building stuff in Miami. Rising temperatures have meant that the ranges of some infectious diseases have expanded in rich countries (e.g. Lyme disease in parts of Canada, Zika and Dengue in parts of the US). But most Americans, Canadians, Australians and others haven't substantially reorganized their lives to stop emissions.

If direct impacts on the lives of people living in rich and powerful countries doesn't cause people in those places to change their behavior, why would you expect them to be moved or motivated by threats to pangolins or rhinos?
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That's a similar but different problem IMO.

I think I mostly want Google to help me find things. If I search for "windows" I'm 99% more likely to be looking for Microsoft Windows where as some carpenter or interior decorator is probably looking for glass windows.

This new issue is google claiming to tell me the right answer about any topic and it's really Google's AI claiming to know the answer on any topic. I admit it might be me. The old presentation of webpage hits suggested to me that google was not taking responsibility for the answers themselves, only for "search results". The new presentation is that Google is making it appear this are official answers. I know somewhere in the fine print Google will claim no responsibility but the presentation suggests they are.
Wow, this is the most useless angry rant directed at strawman SJWs I've ever encountered on this website.

EDIT: Why was this flagged?
This accusation has been apparent inside IBM since the early '90s.
> avoid installing native applications when you can help it

Why couldn't a web site have stolen his credentials in the same way?
Hi

I will add a page to report bugs and suggestions soon. I am adding more and more logos. I will add your suggestions too.

Did not expect a sudden surge of visitors from HN :) . I am fixing the bugs one by one.
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think what that does to owl populations

Ok. If there was an abundance of food for the owls then we'd have many, many more owls, and they would kill billions of birds instead. We'd just be sacrificing cats for owls. Why is that better?
Those are big issues for Android. What about IOS? As far as i know there is no persistent ID an app can grab from the OS.
Pure functional programming is (IMO) more of a style than a language phylum. One can (and I can argue should) write C++ in a pure functional style, esp. now with C++17 having sum types.
Do you not consider lake Powell to be an artificial body of water?
It’s not even clear that spending money gets you an actual advantage in the game, it appears to mostly just accelerate the process of getting the higher tiered ships in a given nation’s tech tree.
One of your sources is literally just a competitor making baseless accusations.
I use Vim. Thanks for mentioning edit conflicts, I had overlooked that important feature. Will add it to the next version of Wikian by comparing timestamps of the local and most recent revisions.
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Even if it was on private land that practice is likely illegal at the federal level, IIRC.

Doesn't sound like a nice guy.
It's both: People are upset but they lack agency, so they deal.
It doesn't kill you directly, but the vulnerable are easy prey (elderly, immobile, etc.). A story that was shared with me about the lethality of heat was basically an overweight individual fell off his mobility scooter and was knocked unconscious, and just cooked to death.
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I feel like what you describe is possible. When I think of what Transmeta was able to accomplish in the early 2000s just with CMS, certainly so.
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> Honestly, ITER is so bad that you're insulting the Shuttle with this comparison.
> [ ... ]
> It won't even produce any electrical power.

Worse. It won't even address the question what could be the so far unknown near magic materials which a breeding blanket would need to be made of. to support sustainable Tritium re-generation, which would be needed a long time before any demonstration could be hoped to produce any electrical power.

In short, D-T fusion - the only process which can be imagined to be accessible by magnetic inclusion - needs a supply of Tritium and this needs a working Tritium breeding system, with a neutron loss factor below 1. It is completely unknown how to achieve that.