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You didn't read the article, did you? The original title is "Is Switzerland better than Silicon Valley for software developers?" and it is about the Swiss tech scene and the demand and attractiveness for developers. It e.g. says "according to The State of European Tech 2019 study, Switzerland is maintaining a steady pace to become European leading technology country."

It then refers to the article "Here’s why Switzerland is a world innovation leader" (https://www.wearedevelopers.com/blog/heres-why-switzerland-i...).

> that doesn't make life sciences a "tech field"

Where does all this wisdom come from?
I don't understand, so you don't care and it's okay if he cares, but if he says that people not caring is part of the problem then he's an elitist? What is your argument here, that he has no grounds to point out the apathy toward the long-term impact of your decisions?

You go so far as to validate the things he's concerned about and reiterate that you just don't care about them. I don't see what's wrong with pointing out the inherent shortsightedness of that line of thinking.

>it’s disappointing to me that so many here simply can’t conceive that some people don’t share their priorities, and make conscious choices that reflect their own priorities.

Have you considered that those people understand basic human psychology and that they take issue with the exact priorities that they are speaking against?
Being a known quantity is an advantage, to be sure. But there are downsides to size, too; that's part of why every restaurant isn't a chain.

And as restaurants show, you can win off of a better service/product compared to a big company.

But do these small businesses people champion offer a superior service? Because mostly people just seem to urge you to buy from them for moral/ethical reasons, not because they're better.
Above you asked about hypothetical fatality rates. We could just as easily ask about the economic and social damage caused by the lockdowns. Instead of indulging alarmist hypotheticals, we can look at some of the data available.

According to the CDC, there's a 99.97% survival rate for all Americans between the ages of 20-49. This includes people who are already unhealthy.

The total number of deaths in Sweden hasn't increased, despite their lack of lockdowns.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/525353/sweden-number-of-...

We both seem to agree that lockdowns represent a departure from our ideals of individual liberties. If I am reading you correctly, you're asking for a more gradient interpretation of these.

We can agree to disagree here and move on to questioning the efficacy of the lockdowns themselves. If you're suggesting that the ends justify the means, fine. But if the means aren't especially effective at reducing deaths that argument falls apart.

Excuse my cynicism, but it isn't hard to imagine the 'ends' as yet another assault on personal freedoms and the agency of individuals. Here the concept of the ends justifying the means fits perfectly. Unfortunately, this perspective isn't out of place with the trend of a growing security state.
it's inappropriate to hate the people who adopt it, because they're often in a position where they rely on that sort of belief for one reason or another.

However I think it is fairly appropriate to 'hate' the people who preach it. It has a sinister ideological component of advocating individualism above all else, mostly to justify lack of taking responsibility for the collective good, or categorically blaming individuals for their situation. It also has fuelled a gigantic self-help industrial complex that's fairly effective at parting desperate people from their money.
Hey! Glad you liked it :D Please is owned by Thought Machine. They’ve recently (8 months) brought me on the project full time. We’re planning on putting together a dedicated IDE team together but no promises.
Well, I'm pretty sure rms still makes the source available; so take it and make YourEmacs, and make it better. No harm can come from the effort.
Intel's fault? Uhm, they've had some misses recently, but your statement about RAM support is incorrect.

The 7200u supports 32GB or RAM. That chip is over 4 years old and nothing special. Not sure how long that's been supported, I didn't feel like looking further back.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/95443/i...
AWS frontend services are usually implemented in Java. If Kinesis' frontend does too, then it's surprising that the threads created by a frontend service would exceed the OS limit. This tells three possibilities: 1. Kinesis did not impose a max thread count in their app, which is a gross omission; 2. Or there was a resource leak in their code. 3. Each of their frontend instances stored all the placement information of backend servers, which means their frontend was not scalable by backend size.
From your source:

>...The US Senate's November 1992 report concluded that "by any standard, the credible evidence now known falls far short of supporting the allegation of an agreement between the Reagan campaign and Iran to delay the release of the hostages."

>...The House of Representatives' January 1993 report concluded "there is no credible evidence supporting any attempt by the Reagan presidential campaign—or persons associated with the campaign—to delay the release of the American hostages in Iran".[39] The task force Chairman Lee H. Hamilton also added that the vast majority of the sources and material reviewed by the committee were "wholesale fabricators or were impeached by documentary evidence". The report also expressed the belief that several witnesses had committed perjury during their sworn statements to the committee, among them Richard Brenneke,[40] who claimed to be a CIA agent.

>...The first printed instance of the October Surprise conspiracy theory has been attributed to a story in the December 2, 1980, issue of Executive Intelligence Review, a periodical published by followers of Lyndon LaRouche

Alex Jones wasn't the first conspiracy theorist. Here is some background on on Lyndon LaRouche:

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

The link I gave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis_negotiatio...) illustrates how long and drawn out the negotiations were for the release of the hostages.
Perhaps it would just move the problem from the earth to the moon? If we're going to the effort to build "satellite movers" to get unwanted/dead satellites to a moon orbit, then perhaps we would be better of just sending them into the sun, or on a path out into deep space?
This referred to IcePowder's comment, I revived it since the information given in it seems to be accurate as far as I can tell.

You can do this yourself by the way: click the time of the post (".. minutes ago" / ".. days ago") to view the comment on its own and click the link to "Vouch" in the top line, where also the name and the time since commenting is shown.
My first thought was that this was related to multilinear algebra (algebra of tensors and higher-order vector spaces) which has lead to many interesting and suggestive advances in machine learning, but apparently it's not. What a truly opaque collection of nomenclature they've chosen...

After glancing through a couple papers I can't entirely shake the feeling that the entire thing might be a social experiment to see how much jargon and fantastical sound words can be mashed together before people notice it's nonsense (even though I realise it's not).
Scientists propose a new periodic table based on the Mendeleev Number
I stopped ordering light bulbs from Home Depot as they always arrived smashed, and I had to enter the store to return them.
There's an inverse notion too, that doubling down on efforts in an unfavorable context is just a quicker death.
Upvoting because although I disagree strongly with "dead end" (something more like "closed world", maybe), this is a critical aspect of Mishima. His policy was thoroughly anti-Western but his ideology was heavily influenced by German philosophy and he had many personal and professional contacts with westerners.

Mishima is among the first to embody his conception of Yamato-damashii in the same way Ta-Nehisi Coates labeled Donald Trump the US's "first white president" - not literally the first, but the first who needed to frame it explicitly in antithesis.
Won't address SpaceX though I know people there, but I too used to be on a track with an emphasis on individual accomplishment (academic mathematician) -- a lot about single-handed delivery. Sometime in my late 30s I realized that unfortunately, haha, the most impactful accomplishments are team efforts. To do big work, I realized I should find the right team. I am still working out what this means for my own career, but it's a huge change in mindset. And I'm working at a large, old-ish corporation now, and I think we are slowly & painfully changing how something very practical gets done.
I agree with most of what’s being said but I don’t think that it’s just that it’s a bad bargain. It looks like he’s saying, “will you work harder for the same money” and people are saying, “yes”. It makes him a jerk but he’s being fairly transparent about it. What’s really evil about it is it’s a Ponzi scheme of being crappy to other people. I think what’s really going on is he’s saying, “ I’m going to be crappy to you and in return I’m going to allow and expect you to be crappy to others.” As long as you can find more people to be crappy to you’re going to come out ahead.
On a desktop, power consumption doesn't really matter.

But on a laptop, it matters a ton. Personally I prefer doing work from my couch rather than my desk; ergonomics and external monitors be damned.
> Removing double negatives, sentence one reads:

No, you changed the meaning when editing. The original sentence does not confirm the personal data is collected, but if it is it's not used to target ads. This is pedantic, but if you're trying to explain someone's written policy it's important not to put words in their mouth.
Similar trend here -

2020 - 181

2019 - 124

2018 - 116

2017 - 93

2016 - 62
> is most certainly

So you're just assuming.
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The problem here is not really about a mask mandate, while some people piss and moan about wearing a mask the majority of people would not protest or outright risist such a mandate

However like with all government actions there is always subjective enforcement, and over reaction to the point that is no longer about inconvenience of a mask, but out right prohibition on activity including the ability of one to provide for their family via voluntary exchange with others that want to provide for their families.

I have had many debates with people that simply want the government to "pay people to stay home" all the while these people do not understand interdependent economics and how that is not possible in modern society. Such a measure when in fact collapse society not just at an economic level

So again you are claiming this is just "reasonable government measure" to wear masks, but the reality on the ground is far far far far different where governments are ordering businesses to close completely, and imposing other far more draconian measures on public.

if we are going to debate government response to COVID it must be about the governments ACTUAL, and ACTIVE response not simply about the non-controversial measures that have become controversial and politically precisely because of the over action and other draconian measures put into place by that very same government

Your final argument "when the individual should be allowed to create mortal risk for others" is also a false one and a dangerous one. The other problem with your argument is that your position that Person A that leaves there home is involuntarily subjecting "everyone else" is possible sickness, yet everyone else has assumed some level of risk on themselves that they may be exposed to sickness, but is COVID or the Flu, or the common cold every time they interact with others. They also have the option to limit to eliminate their contact with others, just as Person A has that option. If both parties have voluntarily agreed to the interaction, then both parties have consented to that by assessing their own personal risk.

For me, I have stopped in person shopping, stopped attending social and family events, etc. My risk assessments preclude me from participation in those things, however I have no either right to force other people to live under my personal risk assessment, thus if others choose a different path and want to take that person risk well that is on them

This is all with out getting into the fact that the CDC data says there 99.97% survival rate for all Americans between the ages of 20-49. So the "mortal risk" you have used to ethically justify the government intervention is debatable as well, as if that is the bar for extreme government intervention then we no longer have any civil liberties at all and must impose complete Authoritarianism upon all
This is a discussion regarding third party developers who use the Apple platform. I honestly have no clue how your statements tie into that in any way.
Also you have 'can do it' and 'correct' which imply the issue here amounts to ability.

I'd argue that grit, status and luck have just as much to do with success than anything.

So 'having the talent' is really just one small part of it.

And FYI it's not about 'being wrong', really I do think large numbers of people could do A or B if they had the right connections, were born wealthy, and wanted to work really hard at it. The talent part is somewhat unique, but far unique so in sports than for example business.
It can't be more then a gigabyte... I guess DNS was ahead of its time when it comes to clouds... but clouds are killing the internet as we used to know it
Ask HN: Pros and cons of web app vs. desktop
Are there any pros of first shipping a web app before moving to desktop and then mobile?
How does pricing work?
And don't forget Duplicati!
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As a pretty new parent, I don't think the grit / hard work focused trend is as you describe it. The idea, as I understand it, is to teach the value of hard work as an end to itself, rather than as a means to achieve the impossible. This really resonates with me, as someone who felt like the lesson of my own childhood was to achieve quite arbitrary goals (grades on tests, correct answers to trivia questions, that sort of thing), which didn't really require me to work very hard, to my detriment.

Properly interpreted, I like the "hard work is what matters" child rearing trend.
OK. so now the retail store has to hold both Philips and Torx screws. Over the their whole store, they need to hold double the selection/inventory. All while keeping prices low.

They can't do that.
> IntelliJ is working on porting the JetBrains Runtime to Apple Silicon. The apps currently work through Rosetta 2, however building via Gradle is extremely slow. Gradle creates code at runtime, which seems a particular bad combination with the Rosetta 2 ahead-of-time translation logic.

Java does not need to be run through emulation. Azul already published ARM64 Zulu builds for OpenJDK (here: https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu-community/?package=jdk) and they work great on the M1. I'm currently using IntelliJ running in emulation mode (an official release for the M1 was originally expected by the end of November) and but build/run my projects on a local Zulu JVM with ARM64 support.
Thanks! I’ve got your book next to my desk on the top of the pile of things to read next
Don't take this the wrong way but, are you young?

I used to have the same perspective, used to scoff at religion, ritual, blind beliefs, etc.

The truth is, I don't think they're meant to be taken literally. When someone says "Just believe in yourself and anything is possible", they don't actually believe that ANYTHING is possible.

Phrases like that provide a framework for people to live their life by. Religion is the same thing. These are psychological tools that can be used, to help keep yourself on the right path - One of happiness, productivity, etc.

Anyways, just another way to look at it I guess rather than dismissing them. I have that initial reaction too.
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No you couldn’t. That was to choose how the exit was handled and didn’t include a referendum.
I recently just did the same after realizing GSuite doesn’t work with half of my logins.

I switched my domain from Google to Cloudfare, switched from Gmail to FastMail, kept google photos on a personal Gmail account that is never used, and signed up with Qobuz music.
>"For me probably the coolest thing about RISC-V is it has version with a simple enough architecture that students can code it in a quarter"

What do you mean by "version" here? How does it add to its accessibility?

I'm curious about your or anyone else's opinion of that "CMSO VLSI Design" text book you linked to. It's quite expensive and I haven't been able to bring myself to buy it. Would you recommend it?
Just a gasket, but you need to be really confident it maintains its sealant properties for years, or else you get botulism and die when you eat your jam
I'm curious about your approach to software side projects that's been so successful. I'd appreciate answers to any of the below that you feel comfortable sharing:

- How many have you built? (Either in net terms or per year/month). How many do you still maintain?

- Is that level of income based on 1 or 2 big wins, or is it dozens of smaller-netting projects that don't take much maintenance?

- What kinds of projects? Apps, websites, services?

- Are there any guides/websites that you found particularly helpful in discovering an exploitable niche, or learning the necessary marketing/etc?
Fee structure for less developed countries
Kind of related: Wussification of America: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/12/the-wus...
Are there any projects to help manufacture these? Maybe to give them to front line workers?
Incredible.

Maybe worth people checking up on videos like these from time to time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiN_A-OSt8

(Turns out Thanksgiving is peak season for house fires.)
HN has a black bar at the top today
I'm guessing in honor of Tony Hsieh?
Thanks for giving the name, it's been bugging me for the past hour at least. I just couldn't get it.

When I read over SDM I got the impression it wasn't terribly useful, if anyone wants to set me right please do.
IMO, Mr. Rogers message was "be yourself, regardless of circumstance". Self-esteem is more like "tell yourself you are great and powerful, regardless of circumstance".
> Cellularization is an approach we use to isolate the effects of failure within a service, and to keep the components of the service (in this case, the shard-map cache) operating within a previously tested and operated range. This had been under way for the front-end fleet in Kinesis, but unfortunately the work is significant and had not yet been completed.

Translation: The eng team knew that they had accumulated tech debt by cutting a corner here in order to meet one of Amazon's typical and insane "just get the feature out the door" timelines. Eng warned management about it, and management decided to take the risk and lean on on-call to pull heroics to just fix any issues as they come up. Most of the time yanking a team out of bed in the middle of the night works, so that's the modus operandi at Amazon. This time, the actual problem was more fundamental and wasn't effectively addressable with middle-of-the-night heroics.

Management rolled the "just page everyone and hope they can fix it" dice yet again, as they usually do, and this time they got snake eyes.

I guarantee you that the "cellularization" of the front-end fleet wasn't actually under way, but the teams were instead completely consumed with whatever the next typical and insane "just get the feature out the door" thing was at AWS. The eng team was never going to get around to cellularizing the front-end fleet because they were given no time or incentive to do so by management. During/after this incident, I wouldn't be surprised if management didn't yell at the eng team, "Wait, you KNEW this was a problem, and you're not done yet?!?" Without recognizing that THEY are the ones actually culpable for failing to prioritize payments on tech debt vs. "new shiny" feature work, which is typical of Amazon product development culture.

I've worked with enough former AWS engineers to know what goes on there, and there's a really good reason why anybody who CAN move on from AWS will happily walk away from their 3rd- and 4th-year stock vest schedules (when the majority of your promised amount of your sign-on RSUs actually starts to vest) to flee to a company that fosters a healthy product development and engineering culture.

(Not to mention that, this time, a whole bunch of peoples' Thanksgiving plans were preempted with the demand to get a full investation and post-mortem written up, including the public post, ASAP. Was that really necessary? Couldn't it have waited until next Wednesday or something?)
You will be inside of Xcode for most of your time - I just upgraded to a 13" Air (maxed out configuration) from my 2012 11" Macbook Air which was still fine with Xcode. I think any Mac will run Xcode well enough.
it's explained in section 4.2 of the paper https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~bleong/publications/sigmetrics2...
I was looking for flour and yeast back in the spring because there was no bread on the shelf in my supermarket, not because I wanted to take up a new hobby. Luckily the bread hoarding or shortage or whatever it was didn't last too long.
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Small point to make regarding your quote, since I see it come up very frequently in these sorts of conversations.

> It is a quotation that defends the authority of a legislature to govern in the interests of collective security. It means, in context, not quite the opposite of what it's almost always quoted as saying but much closer to the opposite than to the thing that people think it means.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2015/03/02/390245038/ben-franklins-famou...
It sounds like you're argument is actually stating that probability is in fact a real attribute of physical systems, but the accuracy with which you can accurately predict a probabilistic event is dependant on the amount of information you have about the system. Interestingly, someone only observing results of a probabilistic event will eventually learn to predict events with an accuracy approaching ideal (I.e. the true probability distribution of the system - or someone who knows every single detail about the causal system down to the limits of physical reality - subatomic particles and all of the underlying physics we don't understand yet).

There's that phrase again - "true probability" (implying the word "True" == "Real"). You could imagine a system that yields non-linear results, such that no matter how many observations were made, your ability to accuratelt predict outcomes in the system never increases. In this case, you might conclude that you're dealing with one of two special cases: 1.) a non-probablistic event (i.e. a purely random (0% predicatable) event or 2.) on the other end of hyperbole, a purely deterministic event (100% predictable)).