skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not privy to the trade negotiations involved, but WTO rules don't get 1:1 copied into local law. For example, TRIPS just says countries need to have adequate legal protection for DRM, but DMCA Section 1201 takes that as an excuse to create an anticircumvention regime far stricter than required by TRIPS. I'm also somewhat confident that you can't sue if PDOs weren't locally implemented; even if the US promised to implement them but never got around to it.

I have no idea what hurdles are involved with suing entities in China. I just know that many copyright owners find it too expensive to do so. Presumably, you'd need authorized legal representation in China to sue, which could be even more expensive. Legal translation would also be required, which would also cost money. These are all issues that current international law doesn't cover. Each jurisdiction is allowed to have it's own licensing standards and working languages. The closest thing I could think of to harmonizing that would be something like ISDS (investor-state dispute settlement), a process so onerous even the country that invented it hates them.

There's plenty of other small deviations from WIPO law that member countries have sort-of gotten away with, such as...

1. Moral rights - Canada makes them waivable, which basically makes them meaningless. The US went a step further and never bothered to implement them, arguing that economic rights and contracts were sufficient to protect moral rights. (On the other hand, the US did implement moral rights in VARA, which is why the 5Pointz artists were able to sue and win millions when the property owner badly whitewashed over their authorized graffiti.)
2. Copyright formalities - We spent a literal century trying to get rid of copyright formalities, leading to the world of today where everything is born copyrighted and it is literally impossible for something to fall out of copyright until it has been escheated to the public domain. However, if you do not register your copyright in the US, you cannot sue. Even if you register after-the-fact, you lose your statutory damages if the infringement happened before registration. For the vast majority of infringements, that means there's no money in enforcing your copyright, and all you can really get is some kind of a restraining order on the infringer.
ok on my pentium G3470 running FreeBSD 12.2:

time /bin/sh -c "echo hi"
hi

real 0m0.003s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.003s

time /usr/local/bin/bash -c "echo hi"
hi

real 0m0.006s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.006s

time /usr/local/lib/erlang23/bin/erl -eval 'io:format("hi~n"), exit(0)'

Erlang/OTP 23 [erts-11.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [ds:2:2:10] [async-threads:1] [dtrace]

hi
{"init terminating in do_boot",0}
init terminating in do_boot (0)

Crash dump is being written to: erl_crash.dump...done

real 0m0.304s
user 0m0.117s
sys 0m0.010s

Ok, so 300 ms is clearly too much, but that's running a bunch of stuff.

Turning a bunch of stuff off, I get

time /usr/local/lib/erlang23/bin/erl -eval 'io:format("hi~n"), halt(0, [{flush, false}])' -noshell -start_epmd false -boot no_dot_erlang
hi

real 0m0.077s
user 0m0.094s
sys 0m0.008s

(I tried tuning down the number of schedulers, but couldn't get the real time lower)

This is still a lot worse than bash, but about 75 ms is sort of okish. Maybe a non-stock boot file could help. I usually plan for my BEAMs to run for months or years, so I don't worry too much about startup time :)
Luckily I need to do research on my desktop so always insist on Linux, which the IT department isn't able to administer.

I made the mistake of asking for a windows laptop once even though it was supposedly for research and I had admin access (and they promised not to install anything unless I asked for it). They still installed some remote monitoring/admin crap on it that reinstalls virus protection and other crap whenever I remove it.
The other big thing is the Swiss neutrality policy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_neutrality

which has also contributed to diplomatic meetings often being held there, treaties often being negotiated there, and headquarters or offices of international and intergovernmental organizations often being based there.

Just in Geneva you have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva#International_organisat... and that doesn't include all the treaties, one-off diplomatic conferences and meetings, or confidential diplomatic interactions.

The Swiss neutrality policy would seem to imply that you would be safer overall meeting there or that you could trust the government not to have an alliance which would mean it was helping some other country undermine your activities in Switzerland. So this reporting on Crypto AG as well as this company can be seen as a criticism that the Swiss government failed to uphold its principles of neutrality, or perhaps (depending on the degree to which the government was involved or aware or not) that the companies were getting a benefit from the international perception of the famous Swiss neutrality while themselves having political dealings with particular governments.

I think Snowden also mentions in his autobiography that, because there is so much international activity and discussion in Switzerland, other countries' spy agencies also like to spy on Switzerland and goings-on there -- including him when he was working for the CIA. People who are trying to rely on Switzerland's neutrality might hope that Switzerland succeeds in deterring much of that spying activity, and at least doesn't participate in, condone, or encourage it.
Maybe a little, but just for momentary cleaning it's not a big issue. Wash hands and put on some lotion afterwards anyway. Just don't clean for 30 minutes without gloves on. It gets absorbed through skin (like all solvents).

Regarding aloe, I prefer no extra stuff in the cleaning solution that gets deposited all over whatever I'm trying to clean.
It's a very successful model if you have discipline and the required cash flow to roll from property to property, scaling the cash flow. It's the same reason it can work so well in real-estate. In small franchise attempts, most people get stuck in the first few units, their margins don't kick off enough cash and entropy eats at them persistently. Fat margins are your primary protector against the zillion problems that will try to kill you early on. Anyone that can successfully build a self-sustaining expansion (in franchising) on tiny margins will always have my utmost respect, it's exceptionally difficult to do.
Go join wsb. Yolo on options and make it 5x.
The point you're missing is that unprincipled cops regularly pilfer cash under the fig leaf of civil forfeiture laws in the US, with the end result only being different for most victims of the practice in that it's recorded somewhere that money was taken from them.
https://www.bogleheads.org/ - this is a pretty good resource. While this is more of the journey to get to the point where you can retire, it would probably make sense to follow some of the advice above from a longer-term perspective, as you are aware you cannot retire off of the amount you currently have. The key to stretching it is reducing your living expenses obviously, and after taking a break finding some form of income to supplement what you already have. Moving somewhere cheaper tends to be top of the list, and could go well hand-in-hand with the taking a break bit.
Are you talking about efforts like PARC's CCNx?
What's Newgrounds affiliation with Ruffle? Did they create it?

To test it out: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/113883

No flash player required. Works in HTML 5.

Loaded slow though.

There's a cool song in it: Splashdown - So Ha

Is Albino Blacksheep in on the ruffle.rs stuff? Remember them? They were always pioneering CSS stuff back in the 2000's.
The website is really old in the early days of the web this was normal as you didn’t have the ability to check for these things via google.
The poster in that thread also followed up later saying that this turned out to be a misidentification of the location of a different memorial.
Without listing your expenses, location and cost-of-living, there's not much advice to give.

I do recommend immediately investing that money though. Sitting in a bank account does nothing for you.
Are there any courses/certifications that you did in order to complete this transition?
Oh? In your estimation, how many years passed between Growl being technically possible and it actually existing?

I was using NeXT OS, which is what later became OS X, circa 1990. Growl apparently launched in 2003. So that's a minimum of 13 years that something "obvious" was missed. And it's probably more fair to count from the mid-1980s, when GUIs first started becoming popular. That doesn't sound obvious to me.

Most things are obvious in retrospect. But it's a mistake to confuse your after-the-fact perspective for what was going on at the time. (For those who are interested, Dekker's "Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'" is a great look at how subtle and dangerous that confusion can be.)
Those things are very much worth simplifying: as more and more packages are starting to rely on pkgconfig, getting the headers recognized that ship with whatever SDK you are currently using (Xcode, command line tools) is very tricky and sometimes requires patching the build tools.

Homebrew is the perfect glue between the traditional Unix world and the somewhat unexpected Unix environment that macOS is providing these days (mostly a consequence of Xcode wanting to be a self-contained .app and /usr being read-only while still honoring the tradition of leaving /usr/local alone for you as a user)
Tried Super Mario Crossover and unfortunately it freezes at the first screen, but it gives me hope that some day I can play it again on a modern browser.
Interestingly, he does not consider the Holomodor to be a genocide against ukrainians.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/03/swallo...
This is a handy rule of thumb. On average, you can pull 4% from a balanced portfolio and it should last in perpetuity. Again, on average, across a range of scenarios.

So $1M nets you $40k, before tax or around $33k after tax (assuming no-state tax state of residence).

That's $3k per month free and clear, which would be doable a single person in a LCOL area, even having to pony up for a high-deductible health insurance plan. You'd have almost nothing left at the end of the month, but that's the plan?

Edit: Good point below - most/all of the returns will be capital gains and the rate is 0% under $40k (which should be easy to keep below, since you'd be selling a percentage of initial investment + returns)
go to a low cost country. that money is plenty in parts of asia, middle east etc.
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I would be curious to see a breakdown of 100k of expenses.
Having kids is the primary thing. With no kids, sure you can live however you want. I'd probably work through covid, given there's not a whole lot else to do right now. But certainly don't feel bad about taking a year or two off to do whatever (but do it on a budget--you want to err on the side of caution when starting out, and set that as your precedent), then see how you feel.

I spent three years variously traveling, working low-wage jobs, taking classes, spending about 10K/yr (which was less than what I was making on my investments). I'm back in software now and maybe a bit behind my peers who stayed in, but happy I did what I did.

I anticipate most people who "retire" in their 30's end up coming back to work at some point. Not for money necessarily, but because we find ourselves missing the feeling of being productive.
They're not all the same month! I think there was an emerging consensus by summer that surface transmission wasn't a priority concern, but now that the weather is changing and with it the humidity, there's a lot more uncertainty.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utah_Monolith.jpg

- Monolith taken by Patrick A. Mackie.

- Date and time of data generation: 08:05, 15 May 2016

- 4,000 × 6,000

OpenStreetMap status:

- https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8162265901

- removed:tourism=artwork

- removed:artwork_type=sculpture
Yes the M1 is revolutionary and Apple definitely deserves a Nobel for all the innovations they’ve done to deliver this industry-changing technology.
You need to set some parameters for us!

- How much per year do you want in your pocket?
- Where do you want to live? (think climate, cost of living)
- What will you do with your time? (take a year or two off, you may get bored)
- How much will your retirement activities cost?

You get the idea.

Also consider part time remote work. If you're skilled I'm sure you can find a company that you can put in 10 hours per week at and it doesn't even have to be programming.
I got a Dummy's Guide to QBasic and wrote a very simple text-based RPG in like 5th grade. (a simple weapon shop plus battling monsters and a simple plot)
yea never had any performance related problems on the visual end of things with flux (typing this with it on). Although flux is getting pretty outdated on Big Sur, so there are some hiccups and lockup bugs that could be interpreted as "performance issues".
You can get nice homes in the mid-West for $100k. In smaller cities, with low crime and good schools.
Paying to put 1 gallon of gas in your car at your local mall would sound ridiculous because gas stations are everywhere.

They only make any sense because of the lack of fast charging infrastructure. They show up on charging maps that drives traffic. They're essentially noise if you need to fill up.
You do have it easy today in the USA.

The USA is an absolute paradise for an immigrant. The business environment is unbelievably friendly and helpful, capital is easily available. The country is filled with entrepreneurs who are incredibly supportive. There is a stable economy and system of laws. And the country is safe. These things don’t exist in most other countries.

I expect nothing but contempt for my comments above from this community, particularly given how popular it is to drown oneself in self pity. But trust me that when you step off the boat in this country it is exhilarating and inspiring and the world seems filled with possibilities that never existed before.

Unless you’ve lived in a corrupt country, seen hyperinflation of 1% per day first hand, experienced the increase in mental bandwidth that comes from feeling safe and the opposite, experienced tall poppy syndrome and the opposite, seen how hard it is to raise money elsewhere and raised money in the USA, you will never understand how absolutely amazing this country is.

I remember when I first moved here. I was incorporating my first California corporation using a Nolo book. I called the secretary of state’s office with a question. Someone answered the phone after one ring. I thought I’d called the wrong number. I couldn’t believe how helpful and friendly they were. Doing business on other countries is very hard. This country truly is amazing. If you live here and are an entrepreneur, you’re very fortunate.
The 100k/yr would be the first thing to look at.
Hardwork and grit are absolutely not overrated and deliver a comfortable life for millions of people.

If you're talking about cases of extraordinary success like this person, then hard work can vastly increase the amount of opportunity you're exposed to. Nobody says luck isn't involved, but you can improve your odds of getting lucky.
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Split $750k between Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum.

Rent and pay 6-12 months in advance, try to get a discount.

Give yourself a 1 year budget and make it on the low end.

Everytime Bitcoin doubles take out 10% (Rake Method).

Wait one year and re-evaluate.
Don’t beat yourself up about it.
Maybe not everywhere, but in some states you need to pay for lottery tickets with cash.
> I’ve worked hard in the tech industry for the last eight years...

> I like my job, but it’s stressful.

> Am I jumping the gun?

I think so. I'd work on reducing stress on the job. If there are specific causes, a decent manager should be able to help. If that doesn't work, try something else! If you've worked in tech for 8 years, you're pretty hireable, so there are lots of other opportunities. Part-time work is also an option.

It's also not the best time to retire like that. Interest rates are historically low, stock prices are nominally high, the way covid plays out is up in the air, and the impact of monetary and fiscal policy on the value of the dollar isn't clear.
The critical piece of information thats missing is: how long are you stretching for? If you joined tech industry right out of college you are probably in your 30s, which means you need to make it stretch for 40+ years at least. Thats pretty hard.

On the other side if you moved to tech from somewhere else and you are actually older, the numbers start to become more reasonable.

You also said you recently sold a house, but what is your living situation now? What do you want it to be? Having $1M in the bank doesn't mean much if next year you need to turn around and buy another house for $1M
Could you share pointers for part time remote work? (Especially for software)
As a guy in mid 20s I can drain that in couple mos.
> What shocked was the speed of its intervention. Mr Goswami spent just a week in detention, and his case had hardly reached the lowest rung of courts, yet the country’s topmost judges ignored the court’s backlog of some 60,000 cases to schedule a bail hearing within a day of the anchor’s appeal. This is in a country where prisons hold twice as many inmates awaiting trial, some 330,000 people, as they do convicts.

This is a big problem. The Supreme Court has long ignored cases of higher importance (corruption of different kinds by the central government and the cronyism for corporates). It’s shameful that consecutive Chief Justices have harmed the country through simple delays and not hearing cases.

At this stage, the High Courts in the states have been doing a better job of upholding justice and freedom for citizens than the Supreme Court has done in the last decade.
Figure out what number you can live on and compare that to the expected growth of your investment. If you have $1 million and you assume a 6% growth rate, you can live on 60k and not work. If you want less risk, assume a lower growth rate. If you want a higher standard of living, work until your nest egg provides a greater income through investment.
javascript-golf challenge: expose the content of heydonworks.com from the browser console using only javascript.
I loved growl. There was an iOS app called Prowl that used the growl notification system that I used in a past life to alert me if things in production were weird without me manually checking all the time. Good memories. Thank you Growl!
It would actually be pretty funny if the extraterrestrial technology we like to imagine taking the form of some geometrically-perfect prism of exotic nano-materials did indeed exist, but had to be enclosed, for entirely practical reasons, in plain old riveted stainless steel.

It wouldn't even be that far off from what our species does anyway, putting our advanced nano-materials (integrated circuits) inside cases made of much lower-tech materials.

All that said, I don't think aliens would have left the lid behind.
I’m not from the US, could you explain this perspective to me?

You give me internet on device X. How is it up to you how I use it?
I've been averaging about ~15 hours per charge on my 13" MacBook Pro M1 so far.

That includes compiling/running tests/and not just web browsing/checking mail.
Quite possibly because they had actually experienced what happens when the summer doesn't come.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather_events_of_53...
Images of Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop 4 Leaked
That's a brilliant suggestion. We are making a change to allow all public Cloudbooks to be run in guest mode (without registration) for 30 mins. The Cloudbook will auto shutdown in 30 mins to prevent any misuse. Would this be enough to assess the value prop?
currently exploring view-source:https://heydonworks.com/ by deconstructing the rendered source and injecting the output back into the body..
You are odd. I just use soapy water.
Surface transmission is almost certainly an extremely unlikely vector for COVID-19. I tried doing some research the other day, and could find no information supporting the notion that surface transmission is likely. It’s also telling that the CDC’s guidelines for initiating quarantine are solely based on physical proximity to someone with covid for an extended period.

That said, if others have found evidence that surface transmission is likely (or even possible), I would love to see that evidence. Now that we are quite a ways into the pandemic, there should be some scientific consensus emerging on how/where transmission is likely.
"just"

Also need to track down and install all of the dependencies, and the dependencies dependencies and all the way down, and figure out the right configure flags to pass, and what environment variables it needs and where it expects to look for header files and the like.

Doing all of that from scratch takes hours and hours. Homebrew lets me not worry about that, and instead be productive.
Warning: fellow engineer here. I am not a financial advisor.

You can follow one of two stock-based strategies:

1. Invest 100% in an S&P500 index fund, returning 8%/year [1] and growing to $11M in 30 years [2], minus withdrawals.

2. Invest 100% in bonds, or a high yield savings account, yielding 0.6%/year [3] and growing to $1.2M in 30 years [2], minus withdrawals.

You want to do as much of (1) as possible, while doing (2) as little as possible in order to pay for things (mortgage, rent, food, kids, etc.). You can't rely on (1) for day to day expenses, since stock returns are super variable (recessions, depressions are inevitable over time).

To balance the two, you can think of it as: consider retirement when MIN(1, 2) > expenses. The exact mix of 1 and 2 depends on your personal risk tolerance.

EDIT: Numbers for (2) were off, as suggested by multiple people in the comments. Updated.

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[1] https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/042415/what-average...

[2] Calculate this with an online interest calculator (being sure to re-invest earnings), or remember the rule of 7 (your stocks will double in value every seven years).

[3] https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/best-high-yield-int...
Since accruals and dividends will mostly be capital gains, and the 0% tax bracket for federal cap. gains goes up to 40k, the 40k will still be just under 40k after taxes (assuming no state).
I can't imagine the boredom he felt. Why didnt't they put him in front of netflix, or I don't know, any educational youtube channel, instead of television all day.
Much of the development world has moved to laptops, docks for ergonomic desktop use, and cloud compute for when beefier hardware is needed. As a developer, I haven't used a desktop machine either at work or at home in well over a decade.

This is all off topic in any event.
I will always remember the Zappos culture and the way the company interacted with customers and supported them. It’s rare to see companies of that kind.
the black bar needs a link (say mouse over) to the story explaining why its there. I had to guess by going to the front page.
When it comes to someone asking for life advice on HN, let's not play games.

WSB is a terrible idea for someone looking for financial security and next steps.
> "I don't have enough information."

My point exactly. Probability theory is a precise mathematical formalization of the concept of "not enough information".
Don’t forget inflation and taxes.

Your 6% might only give you 48k after tax.

Subtract 2% for inflation and it’s only 28k per year you get to live off in perpetuity.