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Effectively I disagree with utilitarianism and instead believe that intents are what provides moral soundness—this is the counter-argument provided by Singer, where he provides cases where utility calculations failed to the opposite effect, causing despair.

Also read Nozick’s Monster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_monster
> It is not out of the ordinary at all for companies to walk people out on the day of resignation.

I've observed a few cases of this as a bystander. Generally, the employee escorted out had accepted a job offer from a competitor -- and that doesn't appear to be the case here.
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What about security vulnerabilities? Unless these are airgapped machines or otherwise not interoping with the rest of the world, you still need regular security patches to keep up with the latest ingenuity of hackers. And please don't say that old tech is immune to this, remember shellshock, rowhammer, goto-fail, spectre and many more.
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DeFi has just begun, but can you imagine putting Bitcoin into unsafe smart contracts? Upon the launch of Stacks 2.0 and implementation of secure and predictable Clarity Smart Contracts, it will be possible to move Bitcoin from the BTC chain to the Stacks chain and program it, all while being secured by Bitcoin’s Proof of Work.
SVMs can also be trained using gradient descent.
I would kindly suggest that yes you are then. The above is "how you predicted it would be reached". And to be fair how many others probably did and it might have been the original intention of the phrase even. I definitely thought of "peak oil" as the point after which there's just no more deposits we can tap to increase production.

History will tell if this was really the "maximum rate" that humanity ever reached. As it will the terminal part of the decline. And maybe this was a local maximum. The article seems to want to predict that this was the global maximum. For now we can't prove either. Even if someone else in another article (like has happened before) predicts peak oil because there are no more known deposits to tap, it doesn't mean it's a global max. New deposits have been found after and were tapped while others hadn't run out yet and it turned out to be a local max.

Why we reached the max is left open though. Maybe we reached the max now because this is the point at which demand never goes back up to previous levels, who knows. Still meats the definition.

Edited for spelling.
My comment agrees with all of that.
There's a variety of covert surveillance devices that have been remotely powered, but most of those were very early before you could get good batteries. I don't see a lot of reason for one today.
That's not what I asked. If you can't argue the counter of your own position in the most honest way possible then either you're not prepared or not honest.

It's called steel manning.
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Why would Facebook care? As a huge multi-national they have billions in all kinds of currencies across different banks. They already are prepared to exchange in any freely traded currencies.
Cybersecurity training exercise with great success, ah very nice!
I mean, my entry deep learning machine was a refurbished Linux box with a pile of gpus I found in the electronics recycling bin at work. Later upgraded to a 1080 and then a 2080, as one does.

The nice thing about the desktop is that it can just train for days and I don't need to work about using it for other things, losing time moving locations, etc. It's also still probably cheaper than the m1 laptop, even with a nicer gpu than what you can find in the trash.
I've been using it reliably for about 4 months now to control some blinds. At first I had issues but it boiled down to reception issues. After reorienting the antennas on the blinds and moving the Gateway outside of a SME, everything works fine.
It's a port for a temperature probe.
Yup. I read articles during the day. How I pick those can be whatever came up that week/moment or I groom my Pocket backlog.

But before bed, I want my brain to calm down and books help that. Routine is 30 minutes before bed reading a paper novel. I also attempt to make this fiction (as most of my other reading is non-fiction)

It's tough with two kids, but I've prioritized it this year and have appreciated myself for doing so.
MPS has different collectors, and I don't think that the generated code should be subject to a collector or include addresses to collectable objects. MPS is an very interesting library I recently started to familiarize myself with; I think it should be considered by programming languages currently using Boehm GC.
This time it looks like a turning point for authoritarianism.
It's still absurd that you need additional services just to do transfers. I can't understand why an IBAN-like system can't seem to get off the ground in the US.
I love clicking "I do not accept cookies" on a facebook site and having it not do anything else. It feels so liberating.
It’s not clear to me that this is bad advice if safety regulations were followed during construction. Like the 737 MAX, however, rampant unpunished corporate malfeasance has negated it.
The fact that kernel machines can approximate other models isn't new. I think the novel idea is that they have explicitly constructed the "translation" between the arbitrary model to the kernel machine, and it's quite clean.
Not every social network has to be the same. That's OK.

LinkedIn is the professional network, the alternative to swapping business cards (remember those?). It's where you can add that one person you met at a conference so you remember their name and company if needed, or your colleagues. Would you rather add them to your real social network? Personally, I add everyone on LinkedIn and nobody except close friends and family to my real social network. Working as intended.

LinkedIn is also approximately the only place in the world that I know of that you can go to and actually contact someone, when you only know their name. You can't find people's numbers (and nobody wants to call or be called anyway), there's no way to find their email, so unless you're already in their social circle there's nothing else except LinkedIn to reach out with.
Yeah static structural reflection is an important use-case. The main objection I’ve heard to standardization in C++ has to do with maintaining the mistake of conflating structs and classes and supporting C’s long broken unit type.
Agree! Like a Judge I was thinking: obviously there is a payment dispute since otherwise why would I be reading pleadings? But where in hell does it say what IT is?

The whole long story behind the dispute may be interesting for the writer of the story, but not in general. And those with long history, or institutional history by now the N+1th version of yet another dispute is not inherently interesting.

What is interesting is the OP's link may have discovered new area in the solution space. So please talk about that!
If a company owns the regulation of a widely used currency, how will it be devalued if it becomes necessary.

Popular currencies need to be regulated by the people, even if indirectly. Otherwise in times of crisis these currencies will be harmful to most.
I have several books going at any given time and will generally only read a chapter or a couple of pages. If it is material I find especially tough (for me it's been Deleuze or Lacan) I might only read a page or so a day.

Typically, I am doing this in the evening and I have a regular time after my evening meditation and walk.

Being able to structure that only happened after my kiddo got into high school and it's been easier since he's at college and I am wholly on my own.
Some other projects:

- Haptic Thumbstick for racing games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LXcpFpmw_k&t=76s&ab_channel...

- Homemade MotoGP Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxnQN0ZXmYk&ab_channel=3run0
I prefer books over articles for a few reasons. One, it feels like more of an accomplishment (I know this is a shallow reason to read, but it's a reason nonetheless). Second, I'm much more likely to remember the source of a piece of information if I read it in a book, which helps with organizing and remembering what I've read. Random articles just leave me with a vague feeling of knowing something but not why I know it. Third, a published book is more likely to good.
I don't always agree w/ my government here in the US, but I do like that--while it's not a perfect process--as a democracy I can influence it. The reason it's illegal to buy certain things in the US (people, organs, drugs, assassinations) is that we all got together and thought people shouldn't do that. Many people disagree but, that's what voting is for. Subverting the will of a democratic people is... immoral?

The typical counterargument is something like "well what about Saudi Arabia", but I think it's pretty easy for an oppressive regime to just say "you can't use cryptocurrency" and punish you severely for it--to the degree you won't.

Anyway, I just don't think cryptocurrency is a solution to this, and even if it is it's antidemocratic.
Indeed, some of the cost of a 1080 at this point may be that the demand is constrained to people that want replacement parts for uniform deployments...
> 3) leaseholders were not billed for the repairs.

I would assume that most, if not all, of the Grenfell residents were renting. I don't think they'd be liable for repairs?
I have a much higher skepticism of self reported symptoms like this than the average person. I know a lot of hypochondriacs personally, so that may be a factor in my judgement. I think the human brain is excellent at coming up with little stories about how we are victims of bad actors.
If they can make it so the companies that produced the cladding have to pay for refitting the various buildings, it's a pretty huge win for government(s).

Those companies have deep pockets too, so the government may feel like they're a good target in this instance.
Because that's a manipulative question. The true question is "Would you rather have a TV that spies on you, runs slow, stops working after a few years, and sends pictures of everything you watch to some other country, or a TV that does none of those things and lasts 10+ years?"
How many programs care literally what year it is?

Why would they stop working? Very few apps care the exact time.

And if we want we can just reset the clock back for a system that does not care.
The real mistake happened around 1976 when they settled on the basic design which they estimated had a 2-3% chance of blowing up on any launch.

From what I remember from this case study in university wasn't that the launch risks weren't ignored, they were evaluated and deemed acceptable. The problem was that the effect of outside (weather) temperature on the efficacy of the rubber seals in the fuel conduits wasn't factored into the risk assessments.

After-the-fact analysis of the data from previous launches showed a clear relationship between the outside temperature during launch and the amount of fuel (or oxygen, don't remember) leaked from the joints. But this relationship wasn't known before launch, because (IIRC) nobody had done such a temperature-gradient analysis on the launch data before.
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> It does not help to "prove" an assertion by making further unsubstantiated assertions.

Exactly, so stop doing that, then. Including sealioning.

> Why is Lisp the "best programming language"?

First, the best programming language is Common Lisp, not just any Lisp. Second, I already gave hints towards answering your question above, but you do have to do your homework if you want to even have a chance at understanding.

> How can we recognize a programming language as the "best" one at all?

Easily, if you understand the best programming language and see that all others are blub.

> Why do "we need even more sophisticated" extensive advocacy pieces?

Because then we can just point non-believers like you at it to automatically win all arguments.

> What "better infrastructure" is required for what purpose?

Have you even read the Common Lisp Revival 2020 Fundraiser pitch? I encourage everyone to do so, and urgently.

https://github.com/sponsors/Hexstream
Here's one way to learn courtesy:

Deal with folks that are on the bad end of the stick, and consider violence to be an appropriate way to solve problems. Be someone that is trying to help them, which includes teaching them that there are other ways to resolve issues.

This kind of relationship means that we need to have an empathetic, respectful, authoritative aspect, but that we also need to realize that we could have a real, physical threat of violence directed our way, if we are not respectful and courteous (and sometimes, even then). We also need to not be doormats.

Teaches you to be polite, but firm, real quick.
I do the same and yes, results are similar. I delete most of the material I marked after some time. It also prevents me to chase the breaking news. When I go over a list, usually the "breaking" value is already lost so I can skip them.

I also have a two or three layer setup. I star the material in rss reader, then if it looks ok after some time, I add to Pocket. I skim the article in Pocket and if it looks worthy enough, I favorite it and an IFTTT rule adds it to Instapaper. I read once more in Instapaper.

In my opinion, if you don't think you'll revisit an article, it's not worth reading even once.

Edit: typo
Yes, that you should be better able to justify why you are the right person for the job; after all, it is you who is asking for money and questioning the competence of others. In any case, you are not able to convince me, and on the basis of the other comments one can assume that this also applies to others. It's not enough that you are very convinced of your own abilities.
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More people die of heart disease than covid, but it isn't used as a reason to fast track drugs.
Is there something comparable for PostgreSQL that makes it easy to setup clusters with? Maybe with automatic fail overs and HA?
I don't have any books specifically for options, I learned options through random online courses, and read other general books about investment and stock trading.

What's important is to not take other people's experiences in the market as "knowledge". People say a ton of stupid shit and give you the sense you cannot even make 1% more than whatever the market does so you might as well just buy an index and hold forever. Literally in 2020 my stock portfolio is 83% higher than what it was at the start, which is probably an unbelievable amount for people who think anything more than 10% gain in a year probably means you're taking massive Las Vegas style risks or whatever. To be fair though, I'm sure anyone who has remained invested in this market has seen similar gains, so it's not like I should be working at a hedge fund or something.

I took a lot of the conservative advice for too long: investing in value, looking at fundamentals, avoiding cultish stocks. It was a waste of time. I bought Cloudflare and Fastly last year at IPO putting almost $20k in each and have made over $75k profit off of both, and that's just two of my stocks.

I find the amount of money you're willing to risk is a very personal thing, and often is influenced on how much money you're getting from other sources of income in your life. Since I'm a typical dev making six figures a year I'm willing to risk quite a bit.

For me, I treat my stock portfolio more like a business than some kind of savings account for the future. That helps me make optimal decisions and not get swept up in emotions. Businesses do go out of business and you can lose all the money you invest in them, so why not a stock portfolio?

Truth is though, my risk was never all that great anyway. A couple tens of thousands in losses doesn't really move me anymore since I know recovery is always possible, and almost always seems to propel you to greater highs if it happens. There was a point this year I lost $60k in gains, but I held strong and it all came back and then went on to make even more massive gains.

Enough of this rambling though, my advice is just get out there and see the truth for yourself. You'll see what I mean.
What about web applications without using javascript?

Could you send out Content-Type text/html and react on FORM-Posts?

I still develop webapplications with only additional javascript. The webapp on itself is completely usable with javascript turned off (the way it should be!)
I'm not sure any of this is a surprise. It is surprising to see The Spectator call it out though!
I've only seen it increase. If you haven't seen the movie The Story of Plastic, I recommend it. Eventbrite lists free screenings all the time, which is how I saw it: https://www.eventbrite.com/d/online/story-of-plastic and eventually hosted my own screening. Here's the video of the panel discussion following the screening, featuring some important panelists: https://joshuaspodek.com/the-story-of-plastic-panel-video, all surprised by how much more plastic we create than they expect.

To your point, it also documents that we're increasing virgin plastic production, to say nothing of all other sorts of litter and waste.
I only read articles that I believe are making me more intelligent by expanding my understanding of a concept or incredibly thought provoking. Doing the same for books is quite tedious so I only read fiction books that revolve around good stories.
Can you point out any proof that the government was trying to 'force' anyone back to the office. It doesn't ring any bells with me (someone who has been WFH in the UK since March)?
It's also effectively defrauding whomever provided the affiliate link. I'm not claiming that it's legal fraud, but it's a mild ethical lapse. They did their job of marketing the product effectively enough that the parent was motivated to buy, and then the parent cheated them out of their reward. It's petty.
> (Or actually, read the whole thing, it's interesting, but it's obvious that the experiment really didn't turn out the way it was planned)

Bitcoin set out to implement the ideas of Wei Dai's b-money system and was also inspired by 2008 financial crush. I think Bitcoin is a success from the cypherpunks/crypto-anarchy perscpective and it is the fruits of their discussions/debates.
I think the largest tech monopoly platform in education is the text book publishing racket. They have moved on from trying to come out with "new" versions every couple years to selling "ebook" platforms that are, of course, drmed and proprietary and students can only access for a limited time. So even if you wanted to keep your books you can't.

To make things worse, at least in my field, the only "interactive" platforms are pretty pointless and consist of watching a video and answering questions about it. I was using a creative commons book but I was "asked" to use the same book as others so it wouldn't be confusing for the bookstore (which is owned by Barnes and Noble who run tons of college bookstores)
Oh I care about that too, and I also care about the draining of aquifers in the US Southwest, etc. etc. But this is a cryptocurrency thread so, here we are.
More pugnaciously...

> Q17: You've been a very important part of the Free Software movement, some argue the most important part. I very much appreciate that! Thank you. I think it's necessary to encourage more diversity within Emacs, however, that's difficult to do with the instances of sexual harassment that have come out. Are you or do you plan to work on addressing those situations and preventing further situations going forward?

> I will forgive them if they stop bullying.

> Note from RMS: "If someone who has condemned me unjustly takes it back, that will make it safe for me to empathize with any feelings of hurt that pers might have felt as a result of the misunderstanding and I will be very glad to show compassion."
I would prefer Python or Node over JVM for a light weight microservice.

I would choose a NoSQL store for something that needs to scale.
Plenty of reasons, but among the top ones:

- They don't seem as interesting as they appeared to be at first. Example: https://www.wired.com/story/his-writing-radicalized-young-ha... (captivating title, but I find Doctorow's fiction mediocre at best)

- I open them, get their essence in the first few sentences, decide it's not worth the time compared to others in queue. Example: https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-yo... (don't need to spend 8 min on that, I got the gist from the title)

- Context gets removed. I forget what made me save them, making my judgement on them more objective. Example: https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/03/how-seriously-rea... (I read like 2-5 papers a year front-to-back, I don't really need to know this)
Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, Square, Apple Pay - there are a ton of companies that all do this same thing in the US because the bank software is terrible and expensive.

I thought stellar was similar to what the parent comment describes, but it’s also not proof of work (which makes need for blockchain unclear).

https://www.stellar.org/
Any time. I'd love to hear your experience. I'm just back from my neighborhood's weekly cleanup.
I can't tell if this is satire. Looks very much like it.
Does anybody else thinks the same?
If anyone’s interested, I figured out a way to compute the exact odds for Betfair’s online Exchange Hi Lo card game [1] in polynomial time and space.

Overview at [2], algorithm and explanation of the underlying maths at [3].

I’m quite sure that this isn’t a breakthrough. Anyone making money on the game has probably also figured this out. In any case, I didn’t come across any other resources on this online.

I’m trying to figure out how best to automate the betting right now. Computing the exact odds is one thing, but given the odds, I am still not sure how to execute lay bets over all separate outcomes so as to ensure a positive expected return. This is because bets over separate outcomes are matched separately.

[1] https://games.betfair.com/exchange-hi-lo/standard

[2] https://github.com/jpcooper/betfair-exchange-hi-lo-odds

[3] https://github.com/jpcooper/betfair-exchange-hi-lo-odds/blob...
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I think this same thing happens when displaying HDR photographs. The main photo taken has much brighter highlights, but the rest of the Live Photo frames don’t.
I'm not a civil engineer but from what I understand each apartment in a high rise is basically it's own fire resistant unit. This theory has been tested many times before.

The problem comes when 1% decided that these ugly old high-rises were ruining the view from their million pound townhouse.

The council respond to these perfectly reasonable complaints by cladding the ugly building in some nice cladding, sourced from the lowest bidder, with little consideration for how it would affect the safety of these properties.

The council gets to feel good about spending money improving low cost housing; the companies producing and fitting the cladding are happy to take the money; and the only people who suffer are mostly poor immigrants. Basically a win all around.
That audio feature sounds cool, can’t wait to hack it.
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Would just like to toss in CLR for folks who like .NET. You get C# which is great (but I'm biased), and F# if you have a functional paradigm. Both EF and Dapper can pretty easily hook into Postgres. I'm also partial to Azure over AWS so there's obviously a bias toward C# over something like Java there. There are similarly great ES/CQRS libraries for .NET - I'm not sure about CDC on the Postgres side but they exist for SQL Server if you're using that.
The only thing the merchant cares about is CAC. If a customer walks in on their own, and they can acquire their business for less than the affiliate fee, then why not?