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> You bring the whiteboard to the grocery store with you?

I take a photo with my phone. It's not perfect because to mark things off you'd have to use the photo-editing on the phone which would be rather clunky for that purpose. But it works if you don't mind checking things off in your head.

> How do you keep it from getting erased?

I've got a glass whiteboard and use liquid chalk markers. It's tough to accidentally erase something with those.
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Some people get hammered. I know that's bad. So, yes, I had that idea.

I'm talking about moderate drinking. Like 1 per day or less.

Yes. I didn't know it was unhealthy. Every substance has a harmful dose. Some of them have safe doses. I didn't know that alcohol (apparently) has no safe dose.
Have an upvote.
This might be my favorite hn comment ever.
This article isn’t arguing for protection measures. It just says that “Big Booze” is working to prevent studies showing that alcohol is bad. Not much different that “Big Tobacco” decades ago.
I've yet to deal with any "data anything" vendor in this business in 20+ years who gives a rats ass about small customers.

Try buying a database sometime.

Every single last one of them sells to you like they're IBM. "Spend six-figures-plus/year or don't even talk to me."

Hardly a surprise at this point.
Better still, grapes. Juicing removes fiber.
I don't know how my comment killed a constructive debate rather than the comment that labeled my initial post "whataboutism" when it is something that objectively does not meet the traditional definition. I really don't know how I am supposed to constructively dispute that without pulling in the actual definition from somewhere like Wikipedia.
And for what it's worth, I can believe that you genuinely don't believe me.
Yeah that's what got me to get rid of my Alexa.

Now only Google can hear my every word via cellphone and Nest.

And look how incompetent Google is. I don't even get creepy suggestions on ads since I deleted facebook.
That is exactly my point. Additionally, if you do want to look at things statistically, alcoholism is far more prevalent, at least in the United States, than heroin. In terms of raw number, alcoholism affects are larger range of people and arguably therefore destroys more lives.
Is it correct to assume the VDM component will be removed by almost any virus scanner before tools like PTM become an option for malicious programs?
Use mouse-move Autohotkey feature and a run a script to move the mouse 1 pixel ever 2 mins. Or on macOS use coffee app.
While I agree, I very much enjoy gambling because it is fun, and gets me the dopamine hit I'm after :)
I had to laugh out loud. I suddenly envisioned a future where we slowly developed an arsenal of such workarounds for the flawed automation creeping into every aspect of private and public life, where it reached a point where people just accepted that that's the way things are done. My grandchildren naturally yell "put that coffee down" when leaving the house, because that's just how you turn off everything. Sure there must be some ancient reason why it's exactly that phrase, but who cares? That's how smart people decided AI is supposed to work.
Alcohol does a lot of bad stuff besides cause cancer as well. Primarily damage to the liver, but other effects as well.
You should talk to a doctor. I doubt there are any blanket statements that apply.
Here are some actual numbers for risk increase. Heavy drinkers have a 5-fold increased risk of getting head and neck cancer, esofageal cancer, and 2-fold increase for liver cancer. The source also reviews colorectal, breast and head+neck cancer. My opinion as a medical professional is that these are significant, and not "very tiny amounts", of increased risk.

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/a...
The OSI reference "Layer 8 issue" is a new one to me. That's a good one!
The "nootropics" communities have been trying to find magic combinations for decades. Most of the compounds that provide results are variations of stimulants, such as modafinil. The cognitive boost is not without downsides, however. Modafinil is uniquely problematic because it was glorified as being a non-stimulant and free of side effects when it became popular. Some of this was driven by overseas vendors who made a lot of money shipping Modafinil into the United States without prescriptions.

Modafinil has a long half-life of 13-15 hours, which means that if you take a dose at 9AM, half of it is still in your bloodstream at midnight. This can have a negative effect on sleep quality the following night, which tends to prompt users to want to take yet another dose the following morning, and so on.

Modafinil is also notorious for reducing verbal fluency in some (though not all) users. There are also plenty of reports of abused and dependence online, though not to the same degree as other stimulants. From what I can gather, most people who use it regularly for non-prescription purposes eventually give up due to escalating tolerance.

Most other nootropics compounds follow similar stories: Initial glorification, widespread uptake, steady loss of momentum as people realize the compound is not without tradeoffs and downsides, and eventually being relegated to an every once-in-a-while tool for those who have it.

In some cases, the negative side effects of a substance are so subtle that people don't make the connection at first. For example, cholinergic supplements are frequently touted as memory enhancers and miracle supplements. Unfortunately, cholinergic supplements also have a tendency to induce or worsen depressive symptoms over time. The Nootropics communities are full of people complaining about unexplained depressive symptoms while taking various choline supplements that they hoped would improve their cognition or memory.

It's interesting to watch from the sidelines, but at this point I've decided that nothing beats good sleep, exercise, social exposure, and good diet. Caffeine is an okay band-aid on difficult days when used in moderation, but any attempts to use powerful compounds to override sleepiness seem doomed to backfire with rebound effects later.
> Are you saying there are no lessons the West can learn from China's infrastructure projects without resorting to authoritarianism, IP theft, or environmental harm? That there is no way to pick apart and separate some positive learnings from the negatives?

Not at all. Every nation can always learn from others, or at least be motivated by the accomplishments of others to improve internally.

> Are you saying THIS is the best we can do as a Western democracy?

Maybe? Again, it depends on what your definition of "best" is. If not enough people in Toronto think it's important enough to have a robust public transit system, then it doesn't happen. I'm very confident Toronto has the resources required to complete an ambitious project if desired.

> To me, this kind of paralysis on infrastructure projects is not "better" by any definition you use. It's not an intentional tradeoff between infrastructure and environmental protection, or between public development and property rights. It's just indecision, waste, and stagnation.

If the project isn't a good use of resources, indecision and inaction is the better outcome.

> Every time a comparison to China's infrastructure comes up, the knee jerk reaction is to point out that it's an authoritarian regime so of course they can force through any infrastructure project they want. Which is fair enough, but it drowns out any discussion asking "Hey, CAN we do any better in the West than we are doing right now? Is what we have good enough?"

Unlike in China, these discussions already happen regularly, and the key difference between the status quo in China and the West is the decision making process, so that's where the conversation is focused.
"Your ideas are not nearly as important as your process — and the best process starts with understanding what the customers you wish to serve already do to solve their problems today and even more importantly, understanding why."

Ideas matter, if your ideas do not include a reflection of current ways people are solving problems you have bad ideas and would be better off thinking and researching before talking to anyone.
People here are proud of the "small scale agriculture" that is still somewhat common here but truth be told most farmers don't treat their cows any better just because they only have 5 of them.

I rarely see cows on pastures any more.
A lot of fun things are fundamentally unproductive, risk taking and surprises that playing the lottery entail are fun to a lot of people.
I decline to even try to imagine anyone in any role in any service industry that hasn't heard of expense accounts. Come on.
> Since pdftotext has been officially discontinued

Do you have a link for that? That's news to me.
I didn't say that it means you shouldn't listen. I just really don't like the interviewer's style and don't know why he's gotten the fame he has.
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Rule of thumb: if your food, beverage, dye, or aromatic scent readily undergoes chemical reactions, it might not be safe.

Alcohol is quite chemically reactive:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol#Reactions

Burnt or charred food has loads of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) that have lots of potential for chemistry (delocalized electrons = very reactive). They pose extreme cancer risk, and might be one of the most important things you frequently encounter that you can remove from your diet! Don't eat burnt food.

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

If reactive substances reach your DNA, they could cause mutation. DNA mutation brings you closer to developing cancer. Even if these substances don't reach your DNA, they could cause other deleterious effects to your cellular biochemistry that might have downstream impact.

Proteins, fats, and carbs are much less dangerous than some of the other things we ingest, inhale, and apply.

It helps to know some basic chemistry and biochemistry. It's all about the chemistry. Cancer is a disease state caused by biochemical phenomena.

(Fun fact: Oxygen is one of the most reactive things you put in your body. But there isn't any escaping that. The reaction is how we sustain life.)
> was allegedly dating three employees at a time

LOL. He never heard of the saying: "Don't dip your pen in the company ink."

There are easier places to get that ink, that doesn't create a "conflict of interests" risk.
The distinction, at least to me, comes from the fact that alcohol is more prevalent, and even though the rate of addiction may be lower, still harms more lives given the much larger population of people who consume alcohol.
This article describes madame blavatsky as a fraud, which sent me down a rabbithole.

I'm admittedly a huge fan of her work. So i was happy to find a late rejection of the charges from the same society that had impugned her.

https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/hpb-spr/hpbspr-h.htm
People talk about breaking up FAANG and I'm thinking they are going to self implode on themselves.

Maybe not Apple because their fanatics will apologize for any wrong doing.
Michael1999 does a far better job summarizing this than I did. They've replied to the parent comment to this thread.
> then the state looks like it's doing something for people without changing anything materially.

You've just described California politics perfectly.
It says that infrastructure accomplishments shouldn't be the sole metric on which nations are measured.
I wish that along with that a lot of these vendors were happy to start small.

I've found a trend where SaaS vendors will only sell licenses in bundles that are either way less or way more than anyone needs, pushing to start the relationship with you overprovisioned.

Then at renewal time there's pressure to add more licenses and you're still not using all of the ones you have.
Trust me, the reason that it takes two years to do sewer repairs is not because painstaking effort is taken to consult all stakeholders. That's just an excuse.

In my city, the reason why this happens is because municipal officials are corrupt, incompetent, and not held accountable. It has nothing to do with what you said.
Using smartphone must be falling into this category as well, no? It would be fun to see those pretty iPhone boxes with cigarette like label on it.

Also how do they test this because trial lasting 70 years with 2x 100,000 people would not be enough to conclude in most cases.
At this point, the autoimmune dangers of vaccines are well understood but the autoimmune dangers of COVID-19 aren't. Doesn't that mean it's safer to avoid the vaccine, until that situation changes? In fact it's exactly the opposite of what many people here are saying, considering only themselves and not others, but using their own logic!
You only pay for what you use, but you must purchase their virtual currency Snowbux, at least 10,000 units per year.
I thought the main carcinogen were the liver byproducts of alcohol, mainly acetaldehyde.
Increased oxygen correlates also nicely to increased cancer. Reduce it enough and cancer will no longer be a concern.
Story time!

My mom worked at a gas station convenience story in an rough part of Atlanta (Bankhead) in the late 1970s/early 80s. Alcohol sales in Georgia used to be prohibited on Sundays, so the most addicted alcoholics would come into her store and buy pretty much anything that had any type of alcohol in it. She said every Sunday that they would almost always sell out of mouthwash, cough syrup, rubbing alcohol, vanilla extract, nail polish remover, and even windshield wiper fluid.
Here is an interesting break down on why booze went from good to bad. https://www.popsci.com/moderate-drinking-benefits-risks/
Liquidity is coming. (Introducing CartaX)
The health benefits of wine (if they exist) seem to stem from chemicals in the grape skin (e.g., resveratrol and other phenols). The alcohol is likely a net negative. Because of this a glass of white wine is unlikely to provide the same health benefits as a glass of red wine.
Don't forget that in the initial source-code, Yarvin called the planets and moons, dukes and earls. To me, that's a pretty clear indicator that feudalism was on his mind at the time of developing the software.
Here is an informative video on the health effects of alcohol:
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-any-benefits-of-alcohol-...
I don't think that's fair to TempleOS. While portions of it reflect Davis' bouts of insanity, the core of it is a world that has passed us by, and all of the anger that goes along with losing something that you can never get back. For all of the shortcomings, it's hard to not look back at what computers were like in the time of the Commodore 64 and not have at least a little contempt for how everything panned out afterwards.

Urbit is what happens when you have smoke blown up your ass for too long. It's everything that TempleOS didn't want to be; for all of its aspirations of being a Third Temple, the point was always that TempleOS was within your ability to understand. Urbit is postured in a way that implies it's never meant to be truly understood.
Which is why in the US at least, most states take about 40-50% of the lottery winnings to fund education programs. In Georgia, we have the HOPE scholarship which is funded by the Georgia Lottery. If you have a good GPA in high school, and you maintain it in college, you basically get a free ride and don't have to pay tuition. While the HOPE scholarship can probably be tailored, more towards the household income, from a distribution perspective, it still works well.

It allowed myself and many of my peers to graduate with significantly less debt than if we had to pay for college ourselves.
Ditto. I find it bizarre that there's people who use the same device to span pictures of their weekends and their kids, as photos of whiteboards with highly-confidential trade secrets. Tawdry jokes with friends and family alongside messages from your manager.
There are Western businesses that really do want an invoice, not a receipt. But since most governments don't go to the length China does to make an invoice functionally better than a receipt I don't see the point in this.
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I'd argue the other dangers of (significant) alcohol use far outweigh cancer.
I'm wondering if, as a web-surfer, I can still call to order the soundtrack's cassette for $8.99

https://spacejam.com/cmp/tunes/soundtrackframes.html
Sounds like a typical prepaid gift card (with expiration), nothing more. It's not uncommon for a company to say, if you prepay - we'll give you a discount. But we need the usage to expire at some point (for GAAP accounting reasons)

Or am I missing something here.
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Same here. I have been on the other side of the equation too, having to impliment and admin MDM, and every time it made me feel dirty knowing the power it really gave me over an employees personal phone. The worst part about it, especially the more I have adventured into SV land, is how often the culture pretends "we dont do that sort of thing" but being the kind of person who knows lots of lawyers, I read the legal docs and yep, sure enough, the handbooks and vast array of other docs all talk about it in the fine print. So there are employees that balk when I tell them why I don't use company email on my personal phone... and I get a bit frustrated that these are the people who ought to understand this sort of thing!

I will always want separate phones for employers that want to use MDM on the device, or else I just won't do any work on the phone... which unfortunately in some companies is looked down on. Glad I'm in a better environment these days (mdm exists on the sly, but I am not pressured to use email outside work hours) That said, this is also why I don't want to shift into the management path either, because that changes once you are in mgmt.
Obviously their designer is using macOS. :)
True story, a person I know who was offered a job at Google got the employment agreement (prior to arriving which was pretty standard at the time) and read that bit about "allowing Google to protect it's IP by installing a rootkit" and they red lined it to change it "May only access Google related information and no personal information."

When they showed up HR started with "But that isn't how we use it, we would never access your personal data." To which this person said, "Great then we're agreed, all this does is make that limitation explicit.", To which HR said, "But we don't have a changed agreement", the person responded "Here is the agreement red-lined and clear, this is the only change, feel free to have legal review it."

The day proceeded until the point in the normal on-boarding process where your "mentor" would pick you up. No mentor, no employment agreement back from HR yet. Two hours later HR came back, asked for all the equipment and the badge to be returned and said, "We're sorry Google has decided we do not wish to proceed with your hire. Thanks."

I was pretty amazed by that.
People that drink one glass of wine have very low propensity to over indulge. The latter trait has all sorts of benefits including health and income. It is the adult marshmallow test.
I think the labels are over the top. If you make people put big cancer labels on everything which causes cancer and ignore the relative risks of one versus the other, it is impossible to make a rational choice about the issue.

Even a simple color guide would be a huge help.
>Who gets to move that piece? It would be your opponent wouldn't it?

More an amusing curiosity than anything truly interesting. It would rarely be practical to give your opponent another piece. Puzzle creators have apparently come up with a few ways to make a scenario where that would be a move required to win, but my understanding is that none of them are terribly realistic.
Yes, prop 65 is absurd. Pro 65 among other things requires labels on:

* Parking garages

* French fries - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-acrylamide-warni... (This sign is real; the McDonald's by my house has one)

* Toast

* Seaweed

* Coffee has been a battleground: https://www.consumerproductslawblog.com/2019/06/what-now-cal...

* Sand

You would be hard pressed to find something that prop 65 does not require to be labelled as cancer causing.
Very well optimized inlined functions?

I didn't actually check the zig std source. I was referring to what I was seeing in radare2 :)
I learned this from my brother who is a dentist. He said not to use mouthwash with alcohol in it, because there is a link with mouth cancer.

But yeah, also doesn't help that alcohol is blatantly advertised and the health benefits loudly promoted (e.g. glass of wine a day).
Yeah, hard to say, one could certainly make an argument that it did fall under that though. It would need to be decided in court.
>Elon: "We'll have some small number of customers in Los Angeles but we can't do a lot of customers in Los Angeles because the bandwidth per cell is simply not high enough" also "I wanna be clear, it's not like Starlink is a huge threat to telcos. I want to be super clear. It is not. In fact it will be helpful to telcos because Starlink will serve the hardest to serve customers that telcos otherwise have trouble doing with landlines or even with cell radio stations, cell towers."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/wiki/index#wiki_-_will_sta...

That links to two timestamps in a 47 minute livestream by Elon Musk. There's no canonical answer on starlink.com.... because that site has basically no info on it.
I think it's a combination of copyright and licensing.

The pop music they use on these tapes are cheap to license --- they weren't even popular when they were contemporary. They were just generic cheap music.

For Christmas, there is a set of Christmas music that just gets played every year and is licensed in blocks that are fairly cheap. That's why you hear a lot of "traditional standards" and not much else.
16 years old Charli D'Amelio invests in a $50M round fintech's Series B
About 16 years ago, I worked in the IBM Solutions Experience Lab (with the smart kitchen and living room and stuff). One thing I did was to set up the "smart car" simulator, which connected with IBM's cloud stuff at the time, including their voice recognition. I'm testing this diddly-bob and say, "Turn on headlights." The simulacar honks its horn. Loudly.

Unfortunately, there was a tour going through the lab at the time. Some VPs from some company got to watch me honk the horn and then bang my head against the desk.

In the last 16 years, the state of the art has not advanced, as far as recognizing my speech goes. It still don't work.
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