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Ruining companies that can't (or won't) get their act together (whether it's security, finance or any other critical and undervalued area) is a short-term pain that fixes the issue. Refusing to fix simply prolong the problem - at some point you have to say "enough is enough" and tear the bandaid off, if you don't, and you don't do so with severe enough consequences then businesses will simply conveniently ignore what they're being asked to do.

Necessity is the mother of invention, I have no doubt that the opportunities created by blowing away poorly-behaved incumbents will cause a healthy collections of startups who will be operating within the required framework.
Ask HN: Possible to send a message that will be delivered in 1k years?
From a European perspective pretty much any diesel car here that has done over 200,000km will have had the DPF removed. In most countries it's illegal, but it's also not tested as part of the emissions tests (particulate matter in general is not tested, other than 'is there black or white smoke? nope, you pass').

Above this mileage it will become clogged and need to be replaced. If it isn't it will increase fuel consumption, reduce power, and damage the engine if left long enough. They are not off-the-shelf parts you can buy (not that they couldn't be, but nobody buys them), so you need to get a 'reconditioned' one which isn't going to last anywhere near as long. For €2500 or more for parts and labour it doesn't make financial sense, especially when your car is probably valued at a similar amount.

I live in a city center next to a relatively busy road and whenever I replace the filters in my apartment ventilation system every 3-6 months they are always thick black. We don't really have any heavy industry in this city, so I assume most of that is from vehicles.
Other Bay Area counties are seeing numbers skyrocket over the past 6 weeks, and want to act decisively now while they have the best chance to prevent a catastrophic outcome.

In SF case counts have been doubling about every 2 weeks; we started from a low baseline (relative to most of the rest of the USA) but another few doublings and we’ll be in huge trouble.

The state-level mandates are timed to be reactive instead of proactive; if we assume the restrictions are successful at curbing spread, we should enact them ASAP, before our hospitals are on track to be completely overwhelmed. (For that matter we should have taken strong steps before Thanksgiving weekend.)

It is extremely unfortunate that this is hammering small businesses; if the US had responsible federal leadership (if the Senate & White House hadn’t just sat on their hands for 7 months) we could do something about this (fingers crossed for January), but counties and even states have limited ability to provide large-scale relief of the type required.

But waiting to impose the same restrictions until the state mandates kick in, if inaction results in cases continuing to rise along their current trajectory, will lead to even larger economic devastation than decisive action a few weeks sooner.
> We went into a tough lockdown, stamped out the virus

Unfortunately no one here in the USA in a position of power recognizes that this should be the goal. Instead the lockdowns last only long enough for the ICU capacity to free up, then reopening the economy becomes the major goal.

We need to stamp this virus out entirely, like you and your neighbors in NZ and TW have done.
It’s important to distinguish between true case burden and diagnosed case burden.

Testing is prone to variance due to behavior, test availability, development of symptoms, contact tracing effectiveness, etc... I suspect their modeling efforts use a more principled measure than positive tests.

Without even seeing the data I would infer among all tests a high positivity rate (certainly double digit).
> In all the internships I had, developers solved problems by searching up the error message and trying suggested solutions one-by-one until something worked

Sounds like shotgun programming to me.
I think it is a clear implications we still don't have enough testing even though CA as a whole is doing relatively well on testing. It seems like once your positive % goes above 5-10% it really means you're missing many cases.
As this goes on, I'm starting to believe that the only way the US (in it's current state of cohesion) is to make decisions that are less effective than the "optimal" total lockdown, but are able to get a larger percent of the population acting in better ways. The human brain can't function at max threat level over time, and more and more people are chafing at the correct (but impractical and toothless) policies.

I feel like those type of good value decisions are hampered by the lack of federal response. A cohesive "wear your mask", massive PPE manufacturing mobilization, and benefits would have really driven home the seriousness of the situation and provided people the tools to weather the storm. Bars are open because owners don't have many other options to support themselves. If the government provided support, that would surely reduce the overall amount of places where masks and social distancing aren't enforced, which in turn would allow for better enforcement of existing policies. All this results in a negative feedback cycle where the reduced cases improve contact tracing, reduce waits for tests, etc.
Venture capital, finance, concentration of mentors, proximity to Asia, liberal culture and massive population of California.

Infrastructure might be the wrong word.

I was mainly thinking of soft factors that take time to grow following the exodus. As well as geography and demographics.
I made it clear that it was conjecture on my part. Pulling the IP from server logs was the most likely reason they got the warrant. Turns out that was indeed the case.
Sure, but on the other hand when Costco claims they're always going to have free samples, then slashes the hours they serve free samples down to an hour a week, and then says you have to have a gold-star membership to have samples, and then cuts the samples down to plain, individual saltine crackers and tortilla chips, and then they start limiting them to one per family, all while proclaiming that they love offering free samples in all of their coupon books...

...maybe they're not doing so well financially and you should start looking at a Sam's Club membership instead of renewing, because this hypothetical Costco might not be around for a full year's membership.
I see you've met the entire front end team where I work...
Yes that's it, thanks.
This is plainly false. Swartz's own lawyer believed, in writing, after Swartz's death, that had Swartz gone to trial and lost, he wouldn't even been given a custodial sentence, and you can look at the sentencing guidelines and see why he reached that conclusion. The prosecutors didn't demand a lifetime in jail; at their grimmest, most hardball state, they were suggesting (a laughable, given the guidelines, the fact that it was a first offense, and a non-remunerative crime) 7 years.

You wrote other things, and I'm sorry I didn't read them carefully, because I'm a nerd and a human and I can't get past "a lifetime in jail". I'll try to revisit later and respond to them, and wouldn't want to suggest my not responding to them is an indication that they aren't good points.
It provides a runtime which developers can link their games against, but there is nothing which enforces or mandates this. You can ship a binary that makes 0 use of the steam runtime, and this binary could be blatantly broken on various distros (though Valve does have some testing in place to make sure games actually launch, but this testing might be limited to Windows)
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Same here. It's ashamed they're going out of business and I feel for them but at the same time I've been an avid Linux user for a little over 20 years now and unfortunately it's the first time I've heard of them.
What legal obligation did she have to answer the door?

Seriously- I’m not just being difficult here. Threats of deadly force should not be the default.

For context, this is coming from someone who carries a handgun every day for personal reasons. I’m not at all uncomfortable with guns. I am extremely uncomfortable with law enforcement using guns in a way that would get me arrested, charged, and convicted when there is zero legal justification for them to do so.
Squeezing 100 people into this thing for a multi-month journey continues to give me pause. It has smaller internal volume than the ISS, which has never had more than 9 people, and it was considered uncomfortably crowded when that happened.
The younger generation is always more likely to go to cities. As they get older they move out. And buy cars.
TeX does do a good job, but it is not totally unique in this, and it’s not perfect because it doesn’t know enough about glyph shapes to avoid creating rivers.

The thing that TeX, InDesign, and other systems that can do really good layout often allow is hints for ways to fix otherwise difficult cases (where it might be good to hyphenate or introduce a line break).

Word is in a tricky middle ground where it is ostensibly concerned with the pure content of the document (where you shouldn’t be worrying about line justification issues) but is being used to produce final output where you would expect to be providing those fix ups.
Using python, the choice between a list comprehension or a for loop is often a style choice.

I can't say this is common practice, but a list comprehension is great when the iteration is simple and quickly becomes hard for a human to parse if you're doing anything slightly complex. If you need any complex logic, you have to use a for-loop. So -- when written by a developer with these perspectives -- a for-loop signals complicated iteration logic and a list comprehension signals simple iteration logic. But you could do either with both if you chose. So, it's a style choice that can be used to convey meaning.
> The only trick is how you convince everyone to comply.

Translate that to: how do we crush the poor, destroy livelihoods and deprive children of education?

Compliance, knave!
She is listed as part of the "and/or on the person or persons of", I did.
There's no accounting for taste. I'm ashamed to admit my father didn't find the works of Douglas Adams funny. I loved him anyway.

In any event, I don't think the piece is meant as a "ha ha" comedy. It's more of a contemplation or a work of philosophy.

Did it make you smile at any point?
You seem to have missed the entire point of the article, as it is not announcing any new policies.
It's itchy when I'm first bitten, but not painful. Just kind of weird to have a massive lump that looks like another elbow in the middle of my arm :D
You'd be incorrect in that inference. According to state data, the positivity rate in San Mateo County is 2.6% currently.
> Maybe Google are licensing a proprietary DX->VK wrapper for Stadia developers to use, so they can't release it elsewhere?

If they are using a wrapper it is probably just dxvk with extra stadia specific patches. ( https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk )
It might not be enough to get an arrest warrant, but it could be enough for a search warrant.

Find out the ISP that owns the address, ask the ISP what customer it was assigned to at the time in question, and while that doesn't tell you who was using it for the particular accesses you are investigating (it could be anyone in the house at the time, or someone outside using that house's WiFi, or someone from anywhere in the world using malware installed on a computer in the house), it does tell you that that house has a decent chance of having relevant evidence, and that will probably be enough to get a warrant to go look for that evidence.
Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians [Axios Exclusive]
> If there's anyone out there designing tech support procedures, you should add an "is this a 5% problem?" question to whatever checklist you give to support staff.

... only if you want people to actually be able to escalate. Suspect AT&T are going to lose a lot less money over this issue than hiring an extra high quality support person would cost
Athens, GA is named due to having seven hills like of the famous cities in antiquity.
Less than one hour turnaround. Three flights per day per Starship. According to Elon (who can be admittedly optimistic): https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=50346.0
Better not to do that with sheep in Scotland!
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I thought they increased penalties as a response to the epidemic, but that was heroine slightly earlier, same point though

https://www.npr.org/2013/02/14/171822608/the-drug-laws-that-...
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You may be able to donate them to a charity, which the Board might be more likely to approve since it doesn’t imply the company is worthless. Maybe someone on the board is on the board of a charity, too.

Also just a quick note that this would be capital “gains” and there’s a limit on how much you can offset income taxes with capital losses, at least in the US. If you’re offsetting other capital gains, then no issues.
This sends a much different and much more coherent message than what I’ve heard in LA County, which makes me believe the Bay Area has this more under control than SoCal even if San Mateo isn’t following in lockstep with the other Bay Area counties.

A mix of Mayor Garcetti’s (the city of LA) messaging mixed with the state and county orders, alongside two conflicting health department orders (Pasadena + LA County) have made navigating guidance totally confusing. There’s even infighting within the LA County Board of Supervisors, and talk of some cities to create their own health departments.

>14. The new State framework is rife with inexplicable inconsistencies of logic.

Not just that, you should read Garcetti’s stay at home orders last week, ordering people to stay home with 12 pages of exceptions.

>15. Beyond the basic human needs for air, water, food, shelter, and safety, it has, to date, been impossible for me to define what is “essential” to the 800,000 people who live here.

At this point, it seems like it’s up to the business owner to decide if they’re essential. Anecdotally I’ve heard of every small business owner here in LA call themselves essential simply because they “support essential infrastructure”.
> Non-utilitarian deontological systems typically have rules about which means are appropriate to which ends, so, no, ends properly justifying means isn’t exclusive to utilitarian systems.

In the example you mention, the means are justified by the rules, not the ends.
Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, or whatever could have bought Travis in order to make it remain free. All these companies rely heavily on open source work thus open source project CI. None of them did. Well that's the result of all this.

People are now moving to github actions, which are fine, but for how long github actions are going to be free for OSS projects as well? One cannot expect all these freebees to last forever, that's why open source needs financing like any other software development.
Lot of upvotes for the site so please do support the author(s) by buying the book[0].

All parts together is $18 (epub + pdf). I am not a front-end developer so not much use for me personally but spreading the good word :)

https://javascript.info/ebook
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> Like is missing a year of 4th grade going to be a problem for anyone?

Yes definitely. I've been tutoring students in 5-7th grade for about two years, most of them benefit from tutoring because they have knowledge gaps missing from previous school years (for whatever reason). Before March this year, all the tutoring was in-person and it was relatively easy to keep them engaged and they made good progress. Now that I'm doing this over video calls, their attention wanders much more easily. Motivating them to do work is very challenging nowadays.
In some parts of the East Bay as well, but I can't find exact maps. If they sell you "Fusion IP Broadband", it's rebranded AT&T. If it's "Fusion Fiber", it's Sonic's own.
Come and make use of your un-used domains!

https://www.newsy.co

I built a little tool to make use of all of my ~30 un-used domains.
A wormable, widely deployed, Chubb lock would be interesting.

Let's see how Ring goes over the next few years... ;)
Another example of nullable types is Crystal, BTW.
If the expectation is that the cops will come in with weapons drawn any time they execute a warrant then we have to realize that this will result in people accidentally being killed. Does the standard for evidence for obtaining a search warrant justify the increased risk of someone innocent dying?

Some people would argue that not having guns drawn in this type of case would result in more police deaths. I agree but don't view this as a deal breaker. How many civilians will die with guns drawn vs how many police officers die without? Should we count civilian and police lives the same in this situation? Police officers are compensated for the risks they take and have protective gear like body armour to reduce this risk. In the linked video I don't see the police using any head covering other than ball caps. If they thought there was a risk why didn't they put on helmets? I'm sure the Tallahassee police have access to that kind of PPE. The fact that they chose not to wear full PPE suggests to me that they didn't believe there was a substantial threat in the home.
In a situation like that, you only have a choice between really bad options. If everyone ran for the door, people would likely have been hurt or killed due to trampling. If everyone panics, you are guaranteed to have a bad outcome. In your case, staying in place might have allowed the dust to (literally) settle by the time you left the building. Obviously the people in the 2nd tower had a different outcome.
>There is no training for “shoot to injure” ... the logic being that if you are injured, you can reach into your clothes and pull out a gun, potentially killing the officer who shot you.

I'd have thought the logic is, "If you want to injure, use a baton. Guns are tools for killing."

Teaching "shoot to injure" would be reckless considering the chances a "wounding" shot ends up killing somebody.
Good luck with that https://theintercept.com/2018/03/01/norway-nsa-victory-garde...
I don’t have numbers off hand, but from a feeling I have from memory, I would think it is extremely unlikely that TCP checksums are consistently failing to trigger retransmission. Someone must be altering packets along the way.
> The Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate until the problems of global warming and ocean acidification are resolved.

Yes and Australia has been actively working against that while laughing about the plight of the islanders who're most affected by climate change "time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door" - Home Affairs Min. Dutton https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-11/dutton-overheard-joki...

At COP25, it was Australia (along with Saudi Arabia and Brazil) who were blocking progress.
It did come at a terrible economic cost that has yet to be fully understood, and arguably was only possible due to the rest of Australia being largely COVID free and open.
Reminds me of this tweet: 60yrs from Wright Cycle Co. to Supersonic

https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1332292031427833858
Isn't the only solution here to escape the dichotomy, and say that it's just not anyone's fault if the government doesn't land on an optimal solution to a deadly new disease?
> people who do not speak your language can just read your subtitles in their native language so that they can understand the message that you want to deliver.

If subtitles are not in my native language it might help also. It is easier to learn to read a foreign language, than to listen. Foreign speakers just don't get what it means to speak their language, they always end up with a mess of noises instead of clearly spoken sequence of letters.
Sure! Yes, the one thing I am trying not to do is fall into this trap. Constantly telling myself I have nothing figured out and I need to figure it out the right way. Attributing everything to luck.
I hope when this is all over we can have an apolitcal discussion and learn some lessons for next time.

I appreciate the statement, and it's nice to see the reasoning of a health official laid bare. That said, it seems to be an inconsistent message and not something I think a health official should be putting out in the midst of a politicized pandemic rife with misinformation.

I really wish we had a functioning central government to help coordinate local responses, assist with data collection and monitoring, disseminate clear information, etc, etc.
Colorado is telling us that 2.5% of the state population is actively contagious. I don’t know the state number of positive cases off the top of my head but many counties I look at around right around 1% or less of positive cases / county population.

How can Colorado estimate at roughly 2.5x and San Mateo county is 4-7x? I’m shocked that the variance can be so great between counties.
I didn't see that in the video that was posted, where is the evidence for this claim?
> 51 years later ... still waiting for the future to arrive.

I feel this acutely too. The trajectory we've been on feels a lot more Bladerunner than it does Star Trek[0] and it's honestly somewhat disappointing. All that promise, and possibly all that hubris, come to naught.

We have to acknowledge the impact the Cold War had and, perhaps, with it winding down as the 80s wore on the impetus was no longer there. Nobody wanted to spend the money on these grand developments and great explorations any more.

Yes, we've sent probes to many parts of the solar system but, whilst much better than not going at all, in no way is this comparable to going ourselves (it's much easier and safer, for one thing).

It is weird though, because the drive towards flight and, ultimately, space exploration predates the Cold War, kicking off big time back in the Victorian era, so it's unclear why the end of the Cold War also marked the end of that era of advancement. I don't think it had to be inevitable. Our dreams didn't have to become smaller; nobody forced us to become less.

(Of course I realise Mars is a much tougher proposition than the moon, but we haven't even really bothered to try, which is what frustrates me.)

[0] Don't worry: I realise Star Trek is ridiculous.
You might be able to have a hub and spoke model, where the Starship drops off its cargo then hops back to a hub for stacking on another Super Heavy.
What Are the Humanities?
There were many people (other politicians, news/press stories, etc) saying it was unachievable and unrealistic, which added more pressure to our Premier to abandon his plans because it was keeping businesses shutdown and impacting mental health.

As you mention NZ did a great job (and the PM even offered to consult to other health officials [1] in how they carried out the lockdown), such leadership should be commended and people resisting should get out of the way to let leaders lead.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzea...
I understand where you’re coming from, but it really isn’t.

Most training is to shoot “center of mass”. That often kills, yes, but if the goal was to kill (or even kill quickly), tactics like the “Mozambique drill” - two shots center of mass and one shot to the head - would be standard. It’s not. It’s specifically used as training for exceptional circumstances.
I despise lockdowns and my state won't enforce them. I am so thankful to be in a level headed state. Forcing people into poverty is just as bad or even worse as getting a virus.

In my area beyond after the initial reopening its business as normal. Everyone is having parties and celebrating, living a normal life.