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> No details; promise to "leak" details later (but that never happened, and this page seems from ~2013?)

Last update was October 2020.

That he intends to release the whistle-blower mails with full headers suggest that he has confidence that they were sent from Google servers. We'll see, I guess.

Do agree that the language leans a bit too much in the emotional/conspiracy direction. Really doesn't help his case.
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> A malloc failure is not a unrecoverable error

It's not, but it's also a fairly difficult error to recover from effectively. You really need to know what you're doing to get out of this–I think someone did a study for how many STL implementations handled std::bad_alloc correctly (i.e. unwound and didn't accidentally take down the program) and I think the number was zero.

> we've collectively decided that we prefer to have 2,147,483,647 + 1 = -2,147,483,648

Not always, overflowing is often exploitable since it lets you bypass less than checks.
Maybe using LyX's basic functionality has a shallower learning curve than LaTeX, but to use it effectively and completely I find you need to know all about LaTeX anyway, so by definition you actually need more knowledge. I think a lot of people go through a similar process to you, learning LyX first and then finding they can do more when they switch to LaTeX. I suspect if they returned to LyX some time later they'd find they still benefit from editing the vast majority of their document in the graphical view, while also being able to break out into raw LaTeX for the few features that LyX doesn't support.

I was lucky enough to do it the opposite way round to you: I learned LaTeX first and typeset a few documents in it (including an undergraduate thesis) before coming across LaTeX, and that's how I'd recommend others learn it (well, maybe without typesetting a whole thesis in LaTeX!). I found the increase in productivity was literally a factor of three: I was writing up notes for a course in LaTeX and found they took roughly 9 hours for each 3 hour lecture, whereas when I switched to LyX I could write up each lecture in 3 hours. Ultimately I wrote my PhD thesis in LyX, and that took many months so I shudder to think what would've happened if I had had to use LaTeX!
I'm surprised. Do people not sell their old iPhones? Since it's significant money I always sell my old device and obviously I include the (unused) headphones as well as the charger (which I actually do use)
I can't say this is never a problem-can't prove a negative-but my house is full of IKEA furniture, half of it bought used, most of it made of particle board like you say (although they do have nicer real wood products), all of which having survived several decades of use.

A leg came off my desk once. I drilled new holes and was able to screw the leg back in. Similarly a slide on a dresser drawer somehow got bent out of shape and I was able to get a single replacement part sent to me from IKEA. The only real problem I have with IKEA furniture is that most of it can't survive disassembly and reassembly well enough for me to flat-pack it when moving; I have to move it fully assembled.

I am amazed that such cheap (in both price and quality) furniture can last that long. Granted, I haven't ever tried to karate chop my desk in half, but I have come to the conclusion that even the worst furniture is fine. But I probably won't give my $20 desk to my eventual grandkids.
Now I can finally start working on my new pi k8s cluster project. I've been waiting for this release, the proper gigabit support is especially appreciated. I wonder what i could use the pcie port for, can#t think of anything immediately...
"This ultimately led [Einstein] to the realisation that gravity is best described and understood not as a physical external force like the other forces of nature but rather as a manifestation of the geometry and curvature of space-timeitself." This is in the introduction of the paper you shared...
And which kid exactly are they ditching according to your analogy here? The features find their way into another app of the same provider ... or rather, they have been there for quite some time already.
Interesting response. Gently warming frog? If something like this was described in say 1990 I suspect your opinion might be stronger, perhaps even horrified.

Te parent's "...but I really hope they can push the tech further to make it even more useful than what it is at current" is basically 'let's have more of this'. Convenience is evidently winning out over risk or privacy intrusion and a the panopticon not by the back door but by the front door, with a welcome mat outside and a nice cup of tea waiting within.

To be blunt, I find this POV scary.
Only issue is the insane price points of volvos and Audi's here due to the outrageous taxes. Double or triple the Indian makes (arguably not of same features, of course, but still) Is just too much
This only makes sense if you have a total disregard for the ecological effect of such a greed oriented consoomer model. This is about selling more products, there by impacting the environment more than selling less, better quality products.
While that instantly got a "so cooool" reaction out of me, I'd be concerned about chemical byproducts either from the primary reaction itself or leaching of chemicals from the packaging caused by the heating effect. Couldn't be much worse than microwaving a plastic or styrofoam package I suppose.
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> That's said, if you look at last year's season when Ferrari had a more decent car (far worse thank Mercedes still)

If you follow F1, you'll know that there are far more variables than this:

1. The cars perform differently at different tracks, due to their fundamental design

2. The setup is often a balance of qualifying pace and race pace, and teams may approach this differently

3. The cars are constantly developed during the season (with improvements are somewhat unpredictable) meaning the balance of power in a season can shift

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> Leclerc with all his lack of experience and poor judgement at times, slaughtered Hamilton in qualifying.

Not sure that 7 vs. 5 pole positions is "slaughtered". Over the season, LH comfortably out-qualified everyone [1], and of course comfortably out-raced them as well [2].

[1] https://www.racefans.net/2019-f1-season/2019-f1-statistics/2...

[2] https://www.racefans.net/2019-f1-season/2019-f1-statistics/2...

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> That genuinely makes me question if Hamilton's success isn't largely a consequence of Merc's well known superiority. On that topic, I think even Bottas has all the qualities and skills to beat Hamilton but he is mentally losing the battle. Imagine if Hamilton had to face someone like Leclerc, Vettel, Sainz, Russel, or even Raikkonen despite his age or even Riccardo or Hulkenberg. If you look at the biography of each one of those, they had it considerably more difficult than Hamilton.

We're so far apart on this, it's probably not worth continuing much further. But I strongly agree with the other person who replied to you: Hamilton hasn't "had it easy" - he's put himself in strong positions (McLaren, then Mercedes) and has been supported by strong people (Dennis, Lauda, Wolff, etc.) because he's seen as the best overall driver on the grid (qualifying, racing, speed, tyre management, racing temperament, developing and setting up a car, adaptability to different cars & driving styles, etc.). During Hamilton's time, probably only Alonso (IMO) comes as close as such a complete package.

Ultimately, F1 is a dog-eat-dog world. If Hamilton didn't make himself valuable to his team bosses through his performances --didn't make it totally in their interest to continue to employ him-- they'd drop him and move on to someone else. So ultimately, either you're saying that multiple smart successful team bosses are wrong... or maybe Hamilton really is that good.
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Also consider a gravel bike.
Currently, it's my favourite type of bike. You do not have to stick to paved roads, which are infested with unattentive/aggressive drivers.
A gravel bike with wide enough tires is a good compromise between off-road capabilities and speed.
If I had decent mtb trails near my doorstep maybe I would use the mtb more often.
My road bike does not see much use anymore.
> Recycling large furniture, such as sofas, just because they have one tiny part responsible for folding broken is not really a eco friendly way to go.

How is that any different for large furniture from larger vendors like Macys?
Why do you need to keep such close tabs on your wife’s location to the point where you need geofencing? Does she have some sort of disability or do you live somewhere extremely dangerous?

I’m just having trouble wrapping my mind around tracking that used to be reserved for criminals wearing ankle bracelets.
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Something about renting furniture doesn't sit right with me (pun intended). I'd much prefer to be able to sell it back for a fraction of the original cost than to have to pay a monthly fee for my table.
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In which case, why is this a vault service at all? Why not make it a buy/sell coins service which intermingles coins from all customers, and let's you take out different denominations than you put in, etc? That way, the service is better and more effective for banks, and cheaper to run because less physical currency is required overall.
GiveWell has a really great guide for picking charities. It helped me narrow down where to direct my giving.

https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/main
JIRA becomes a lot simpler (in the same way Lisp is simpler, not user-friendly UI) when operated from issue search with JQL filters and heavy use of the keyboard ops.

You can then make a mental model that ultimately JIRA has project, which have a "table" of issues/items, with various attributes each - plus simple workflow engine - everything else is just built around it, whether kanban boards, SCRUM, various reporting tools (very powerful), or random plugins (integration with SCM, time tracking, etc. etc)
I'm a bit disappointed that I can't watch anime at the (home) office from that domain. Wumpus had my hopes up for a moment there!
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This is sort of true. I moved a wardrobe 3 times and by the third time is was kind of falling apart. But also it's pretty irrelevant because if it hadn't been IKEA furniture I wouldn't have been able to move it at all. Most furniture does not disassemble nearly as well as IKEA furniture.

But it sure would be nice if they used fewer one-or-two-time fixings like particle board screws.
On the other hand, supermarkets do that on a regular basis with food. Brand product and inhouse alternative. Sometimes it goes as far as the brand producer providing both products, with the exact same ingredients and the supermarket puts them right next to each other. Only difference: Packaging and price.
OS maps are brilliant so anyone who has walked in n degrees away/with a soldier, scout, or (say) DofE walker will have used an OS map.

In my experience of walking on dartmoor most people are intelligent enough to realise that they build prisons on moors for a reason, so have maps.
You can definitely move couches, beds, and tables from IKEA between houses, I've done it a ton of times. Yes, you generally can't fix it, but that's because you bought the cheap particle stuff instead of their higher end thing.

There are some things that will fall apart (wardrobes, kitchens etc), having participated in a few moves: I assure you that non-ikea stuff from the '70s will also have issues: panels will have bent, cheap parts will crumble, adjustments that were made to fit it to the original position won't work anymore etc.

That is, even if you wanted, because the style of a 30 year old wardrobe is likely to not fit anything you will buy in this decade and you'll still not want it around.

The idea of furniture that lasts a lifetime is dead because of the pace of modern fashion changes, not because you can't reuse things, the same way it is for shoes and clothes.
Same here. When I was in college I bought the shitiest, cheapest IKEA shelves (LACK?) basically made from cartboard that's mounted on a steel rack. They survived three moves, no damage whatsoever.

I'm sure that this does not apply to every piece they make, but I wouldn't shit on every thing they make.

Another thing I like about IKEA is that I can get parts for most of the things that tend to break. My friend had a custom made kitchen. One of the cabinet hindges broke but the contractor was nowhere to be found to replace it, and he had to scour the internets for that specific replacement. If one of the hindges in my IKEA kitchen breaks I'm sure I'll be able to replace it, probably at no cost, because it's still being made and probably will still be made in 10 years.
I’ve done it, up and down a few different staircases and across the country in a container.

Tighten a few screws and the cabinets and drawers seem to work year after year.
Would love to play around with this data but there are no seeds for this torrent. Anyone here who can provide this dataset?
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The title of the article doesn’t says that hyperthyroidism is 20x times higher because of flame retardants. I’m not sure if the article’s title was changed, or edited by the OP.

The odds ratios for the levels of thyroid hormone in cats exposed to the compounds detected are no higher than 1.61x times higher.

The 20x increase is an increase over time, and isn’t explained by the paper or the article.
Redmine?

No limit on task nesting, gantt charts built in, git integration, and very customizable.
Not arguing that this could be used in an abusive relationship, but if we work on the basis that someone could install a similar program on their partner's phone that's not Google. There are a lot of pro's for the tracked person with the Google implementation.

Google email you quite frequently (I believe monthly?) to tell you that you are sharing your location and with whom.
You can disable it at any time. Obviously disabling such a feature in an abusive relationship may not be an option.
Great review, as always!
mprev you should have kept your comment; twas a good one.
Give the commentor some credit -- I doubt they'd link a paper they are not familiar with.

Also in the paper:

"In a certain sense the main effect of curvature (or gravity) is that initially paralleltrajectories of freely falling non-interacting particles(dust, pebbles,. . . ) do not remainparallel, i.e. that gravity is an attractive force that has the tendency to focus matter."

Maybe don't immediately look for ways to discredit someone's contribution to the discourse without examining all of the content they have shared?
my physics teacher would always say that "Gravity is not a force, but we experience a force due to gravity and call it weight"
To pass a UBI we need to change how we think about work and life
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In my blog post (linked elsewhere in a top level comment) I noted that NVMe over the PCIe interface gives ~70 MB/sec random write performance, and ~300 MB/sec sequential read; it is twice as fast as the same drive over USB 3.0 for random IO, and that makes it a good option for persistent volumes, Ceph, NFS, etc.
To stop the cause from happening is not always feasible. It might also be against human rights.
where did you buy oak made furniture? in my experience most furniture of a similar price is worse than IKEA not better
Seems like a good feature to catch your spouse cheating, but I always wonder, how would such transparency let me go buy a surprise birthday gift. I have the same problem with our shared bank account.
Sounds like you would've benefited from a couple of useful LyX features:

* A critical and unfortunately very well hidden feature of LyX is "instant preview" (disabled by default, you have to enable it in preferences). This runs each individual equation through LaTeX so the equations you see are not some rough approximation of the PDF but very literally what you'll see. You can also manually make preview environments to wrap around ERTs like your TikZ diagrams. In both cases, when you actually edit the equation or ERT you'll still get the classic editor. Apart from that, it makes it feel like you're really editing the PDF directly.

* Another useful well-hidden feature is math macros. These are a lot like LaTeX's \newcommand, except that in LyX a math macro has three parts: the command name (plus any arguments), what literal LaTeX should be output, and a visual approximation to show up in equations that you're editing. That means that if there's some command in a package that LyX doesn't recognise (e.g. \foo) then you can make your own name for it (e.g. \myfoo), map its real LaTeX to \foo and its LyX display to whatever LyX-recognised features look vaguely like the real thing and then use that macro in your equations. Admittedly, this does require more upfront effort than using the LaTeX package directly but I think the payoff can be worth it.
A dictatorship of politifact? No, tech firms are experimenting with that already. It results in things like tables of public data being classed as "disinformation".

The whole idea of fact checking is naive. Nobody is trustworthy enough to determine truth. Everyone who tries turns it into "truth is whatever powerful people say it is" (which is itself circular logic of course, but the people deciding on the meaning of truth are rarely all that bright).
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That's a fairly recent development. IKEA still has a fair bit of pretty solid furniture, and much of their older stuff will last for decades.
why is XSS inevitable? I've made plenty of Electron apps that don't connect to the net and or don't display any user data. I still chose electron because it was easy to use and let me be cross platform with effectively zero effort
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Nah. In normal times (non-covid) I'm like death warmed over in the morning, but by the evening I've really perked up, don't want to go to bed, want to paaarty[0]. Always been that way. Always can think better later in the day. Owls/larks have been studied, it's real (interesting fact heard recently, owls are less sociable than larks. Curious, no).

[0] Thank you covid, for ridding me of these unhealthy passtimes.
I think your parent was writing Ruby, not Elixir. (Unless this is Ruby's new pattern-matching syntax that I'm not familiar with.)
Calculus. The basics and ways of thinking stick quite well, but specific execution of some algorithms escape my head as soon as I don't use them anymore. I guess that's just the way learning at uni works though
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Igel UI is the official GUI cross platform desktop app that allows you to interact with igel: https://github.com/nidhaloff/igel with a few clicks instead of using the terminal.

I started this project based on people's feedback on the igel tool. The project is still under heavy development. I just made a beta release yesterday. Stay tuned
And an hour or two to stand it up, and a domain name, and an email host since you have to respond to abuse@.

A new subreddit is two minutes and there is no reason why a federated system has to be markedly harder.
Actually you can find this type of houses in Brittany.
> CEO of edisonlf.com, a law firm

Their web site makes it clear that they are not a law firm, they are a litigation finance firm. As I understand it, litigation financing takes away some of the financial risk from plaintiffs and/or attorneys by allowing them to borrow against a future return from a judgment or settlement. For plaintiffs, they can get access to money when a normal bank would not loan against an uncertain recovery. For law firms, they may be able to take cases on contingency without having to advance all of the costs of litigation. Loans are non-recourse, meaning that if the plaintiff loses, then the lender is not repaid and has no way to collect. As you might expect, the interest rates on these types of loans are incredibly high.
IKEAs around here will give you any spare bolts, screws etc.
Sure, I'll do my best and hope I'm recalling this correctly.

1. Central banks are regulators, they set the monetary policy that commercial banks must follow

2. Debt is largely created by commercial banks

3. Now the regulator (ECB) wants to be the only creator of debt, thus the regulator is now in direct competition with those it regulates

4. ECB wants to wipe out all the banks and have the pie to itself.

5. Central banks say one thing but their actions often say another

6. CBDCs are not new or revolutionary. Currency is already largely digital and so is debt creation. The only difference here is that the central bank wants to now be the main bank. So the entire public will all bank with one bank. Everyone will have an account at the central bank rather than at a commercial bank of their choice.

7. History tells us this doesn't bode well. This model was run in the Soviet Union and failed terribly. The Central Banks think they are smarter this time but they will fail.

8. Community, non-profit banks are proven to be much better for the economy. Germany had this for a long time which is why it weathered the GFC of 2008, however those community banks are also now being wiped out which means it will struggle to weather this recession successfully.

9. China had a policy change in 1978 which resulted in more community banks and this has contributed significantly to their economic rise.

10. The ECB is not the only central bank with such intentions. Most central banks around the world have the same intentions.
IKEA Pax wardrobes are quite decent and easy to fix as they are modular. Bit more expensive but still very affordable.
Hmm, yeah, it would make a great way to build a ceph cluster.

Dreaming up a bit of a glass palace, I'd imagine you could fit a cluster of 3x4 CM4s without much extra and 1x4 CM4s with NVMe connectors into a 1U server chassis after some angle grinding. Possibly even two layers above eachother. That would be quite a computer cluster to have to play with at the homelab.
Isn't gravity somewhat like the forces that one observes in non-inertial frames of reference in classical mechanics?
The distillation is powered completely by the solar heat. You can also use quite low tech transportation because you do it only once in a while.
He might be manually sharing his route with you every time, perhaps because he thinks you might be interested where he's off to today...
And it still isn't digitized and at risk of loss while everyone wrings their hands about budgets and schedules and perfection and what an abomination a phone picture would be :-)

BTW, I watched a segment on TV on the Vatican Library where they turned pages on ancient books by - turning the pages! For gosh sakes, these are not Dead Sea Scroll fragments.
These days I buy almost all my furniture from John Lewis. Stopped giving Ikea more chances after I graduated.
There's a project that does exactly this. (I can't comment on the quality or the trustworthiness.)

https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
Such an "honor" can only be afforded by the hyper-rich. The rest of us need to carefully plan our money and investments.
I see Bette Davis fans have passed into history.
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