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>repeating wrong things

But how can one know what is wrong and right without examining all information first? Liars and True Believers will get you every time, unless you are provided the opportunity to discover truth for yourself.

YouTube is now determining what content should be present on their platform using editorial criteria, which makes them a de facto publisher.

>If you believe in liberty, you believe in the liberty of a set of an individuals (a company) to do what they damn well please with their platform.

Not absolutely. Murder is technically an expression of liberty, but to kill is to remove the person's faculties to express liberty and therefore a wrong usage.
Or, you know, it can be much more disruptive to coworkers that may not handle illness as well, or have vulnerable family members or housemates. It's selfish to the extreme to expect others to expose others to disease because of a mild inconvenience. Saying that as someone with multiple disabilities and who gets severely ill from cold or flu, is grateful when people don't deliberately act as a totally irresponsible adult and expose me unnecessarily. I can be be nearly bed ridden for multiple weeks but almost never get sick with people being courteous and doing everything possible to limit exposures to others.
best fact based comment so far
When did hackers go from celebrating the freedom of information on the internet to acting as apologists for authoritarian censorship by near-monopolistic corporations? When they all started working for them?
I was thinking that Austin didn't have zoning, but that's actually Houston.
I voted WILL WAIT simply because the idea of becoming Will Smith in my own "I Am Legend" city is appealing.
Yes, I agree it would be a shame if these were lost. I do have some (unopened!) Ambrosia CDs with copies of the software.

The activation stuff is beyond what I can offer, but I do speak to Andrew sometimes and will raise it with him. :)
Great, thanks, I like that you have depth.

Interesting mention on the Astro A50s, I used to have a pair and I thought they were brilliantly comfortable and sounded superb in a gaming context. Unfortunately I destroyed the microphone.
Mobility, flexibility of schedule, and portable privacy+storage are far too beneficial to just give up. If there's a problem with the current way those goals are achieved, then we need to solve that, not abandon all our technological progress.
Strict banning of speech about the electoral controversy is more dangerous than the classic example of yelling FIRE in a crowded theater.
Pundits questioning the electoral process is not the same as politicians actively trying to overturn election results.
> Allowing false information to fester is wrong...

That sounds good, but it is not true. If the CEO of YouTube was a committed Hindi the public would demand that he overlook Buddhist/Muslim/Christian/Atheist content on his platform. Tolerance of people we truly believe to be wrong is a key value that needs to be preserved.

The sort of people who talk about "false information" in their policies tend to be running more authoritarian style countries - they don't actually know what is true and false, but they do know what they want to hear to promote stasis in leadership.
People struggle with the idea of any luxury brand that also makes mid-range or mass-market products in addition to their unaffordable luxury items.

Anecdote: I drive a newer BMW 328i. I live in the northern US where it snows, and it's a rear-wheel drive car so it sat on the lot because no one around here wants to buy an expensive car they have to park half of the year. I bought it certified pre-owned for under $30k, but the MSRP brand new was more like $50k with the package/options mine has. And yet I get so many comments about how it's an impractical car (It's a four door with a full size trunk and gets 30mpg...) and I must be rich for driving a BMW. Oftentimes I get this comment from people who drive pickup trucks that cost $60k-$70k, but that's apparently okay because Ford isn't a "luxury brand".

I got my "luxury car" for less than the average purchase price of a new car in the US, and I still get comments about how it's so expensive and I must be rich and I've had family tell me not to drive it to family events because it makes people feel like I'm showing off. Because when they think BMW, they think "fuck that's an expensive car" but it's not. BMW makes expensive cars, yes, but mine was not. Heck I was looking at replacing my SUV and the base-model Chevy Blazer costs more than my BMW.

But also yes, I've frequented some Toyota forums for my SUV and I've seen a lot of comments when someone wants to discuss their Lexus because "it's just a Toyota that costs $10k more!".
IMO, most people aren‘t very good at building their own tribes outside of church, school and work.

Building bubbles of “Like” only is probably not an optimal societal outcome either.
If youtube wants to remove stuff they can, but they should start with removing the values they state on their about page. You can't say you give everyone a voice and then start blanket silencing people.
When a container is kept warm via " min-instances" but is not receiving requests ("idle"), its CPU costs 10x less than when it's actively processing requests, see pricing: https://cloud.google.com/run/pricing
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I created this library in 2013 to solve a very specific problem. Since then it has been refined many times over and made more feature complete. It has been used in some fairly high profile projects with impressive amounts of traffic and proven to be battle tested and production ready. Given i recently left my job (I'm looking for the next thing BTW) I decided to finally write some documentation for it and refine the API a bit so that others may be able to use it and find it as useful as I have.

Thanks!
As a person who voted for Trump twice, I’m horrified by the blasé way the left ignores serious issues with the vote. If you were a Facebook moderator, I truly believe that you would censor me because of your own political beliefs, and allow hate speech by those you agree with. I’m not alarmed by his desire to hang on to power, I champion it.
The allure of Tesla is that their DNA and proposed vision is all-electric performance without compromise. They've forgone the luxury market and gone all-in with performance. The 3, Y, and even X rely on the nostalgia of the Roadster and soon the S. Despite the fanfare of the S, Tesla hasn't been able to convince the average consumer with multiple cars to own multiple Teslas nor the PR firm that their other models deserve to be on the Top 10s, etc. I'm never going to bet against Tesla. I've seen my $500 TSLA purchase go up 15,000% to $75k in just a few years. That being said there's a lot more work to be done for Elon to get to the top and stay there.
It will be overseen by the individual states in the US.
If you mean the poorly presented one, then yes.

The gross receipts structure is used instead of business income tax in some areas and is a separate thing from sales tax. Conflating the two doesn't help anything.

The author's link to support the structure that collects sales tax at every step is really gross receipts. Perhaps there's a better site with a good example and a link to a sales tax structure that exists as they depict it in this article. Even if it did work that way, the primary drivers for vertical integration would be the option to shrink the margins at each step and supply chain control (quality, moating, etc).

Is there an article discussing the differences in policies and rates of vertical integration between counties and the effects of it? It might be better to show that, rather than this article.
I wonder when HN gets to the stage that all the negativity is directed towards Austin instead of San Francisco, and when we see all the posts about how tech is ruining Austin.
Actually, reality is quite conservative, as in evolutionary theory. Our wishes have a liberal bias.
But I'll be last in line, white-collar work-at-home, privileged person that i am.
3) since I'm not sure about quality of vaccine available in my country. Will wait until more statistics will be gathered for it, or until other types of vaccines will become available for purchase.
Wondering where this magic lives in the stack. Is this possible in Knative? Just elaborate ctl-Z?
I don’t trust the US government and would prefer to wait and see if there are side effects. Are there risks to taking a vaccine that was rapidly produced? We won’t know until we know, and so I will wait at the minimum.

So no, I won’t take it until I see how it plays out in society. And if I am persuaded by the evidence, I might take it. I’ve taken only 1 flu shot. As someone in mid-20s, I have low risk and honestly would prefer getting the flu to injecting myself with a vaccine. So I’ve elected to stop getting flu shots and take the risk. For now, I think 18 hours of suffering isn’t that bad. When I’m over the age of 40, or over 60, or at whatever age I decide, then maybe I’ll reconsider if I prefer to get sick or take a vaccine that may or may not work, given the multitude of strains of the flu.

For now, I wash my hands, wash my food, keep shoes outside, and stay home if I’m sick. Responsible self-quarantining and healthy diet are my strategies to avoid contracting or spreading sickness.
> Evidence that no one reads the FAQ!

Turns out you could confirm this suspicion with a poll.
If you’re already immune, I guess it won’t affect you anyway, so you might as well get it to be doubly sure (your first case could have been a false positive)
This sums it up pretty well. I'm not opposed to vaccines, and probably have had a lot more than the average HNer, but I feel like I'm being "sold" this a bit too hard... question everything, as they say.
Consider a utilitarian point of view. This is not about grounding people who already went off the deep end, it's about reducing the number of people who get radicalized. I think from that perspective deplatforming radicals is both ethical and effective.
Will have to wait 7 months or more because of my age (30s). So I will wait
>The Californians, after years of having higher salary, more savings, and a job that lets them move, goes to Texas and offers $400k for that same house.

Nobody pays more for something just because they have more savings. They pay more because they might be getting outbid by someone.

I don't see the purpose of characterizing that as "California exporting higher costs of living".

People with more money outbid people with less money all over the world all the time. You can say "Americans are exporting higher cost of living" by purchasing avocados from Mexico, or factory capacity in China, etc. and depriving the locals who can't afford to pay the same.

I'm sure the people in the poorer neighborhoods of Dallas and Austin are complaining about the richer neighborhoods exporting a higher cost of living.
It is amazing to me that there are so many people, smart people even, that are adamant that we shouldn't have free speech in society.
I agree! I think 'word of mouth' marketing is very powerful. Although, I don't think I've ever thought about building product features with it in mind. Thanks for the input!
Autonomy is the game changer here. For $250K you can buy 5 of these little tractors and draw 5 12ft cultivators rather than a single 60 footer. Drive one manually to mark the headland and let the other 4 fill it in.
>Democracy and free speech are intrinsically linked.

Yes but the only "free speech" that's realistically able to be implemented is freedom of speech without fear of the government putting you jail for criticizing the government.

The other idealism of free speech implemented by commercial businesses is not possible because we (the collective "we") won't allow it to happen.

There is no broadcasting medium (including websites) in any country that doesn't have interference and pressure to remove/ban content via consumer boycotts, advertiser influence, subscribers, business' self-discretion, or decrees from government officials.

The above list of actors in society is the collective "we" that makes absolute free speech an unattainable goal. There is no business with an infinite bank account that can withstand all outside pressures to censor information. Apple has $200 billion in the bank and yet they bowed to China pressure to remove podcasts that supported Hong Kong.

If a successful/influential giant like Apple can't implement absolute free speech, what's the proposed alternative corporate structure that can do it? Nobody ever lays out a concrete plan that makes free speech possible.

[I don't mind the downvotes but I would really appreciate some replies with constructive comments explaining how commercial businesses can realistically implement free speech.]
Interesting - I wonder if the misspellings (he references "paradice") may be a lead.
As far as i know, there has been multiple cases in Finland alone. There has been multiple news reports regarding to it. We just don’t know the extent of it yet.
Really? Never been in Phoenix but I saw last summer they had some heat waves reaching temperatures around 120F (on top of being very humid). Why is it popular?
Do you think payment processors and ISPs should be able to deny service to customers for any arbitrary reason as well?
Have you ever tried to "draw" somebody who spent last 20 years working for HP into startup? In most cases these people are not flexible enough, stuck in a ways things have been done at their previous job and having difficulty adjusting. I recall hiring one such engineer for then 5 person startup and he asked who will be the IT guy to set up his computer! Disclaimer: of course there are exceptions.
I started doing an MBA at a top Australian university. I won the top student award in digital marketing.

I found that I was spending most of my time carrying other students rather than actually learning something beyond what I could read in a book or already knew, at least at the conceptual level.

And believe me when I say I’m not smart in an academic sense.

Family issues came up and with a waning interest I dropped out while getting enough points for a Grad Cert.

Fast forward a decade later and I’ve filed a patent pending in AI and another one in video messaging.

The MBA was for the most part a waste of time, money and energy.

I really didn’t learn much, except to recognise getting an MBA is more to do with ones ability to persevere through an incredibly dry and uninteresting range of subjects for many years at a time.

Save your money, and spend it on something more useful. $40k gets you a lot of azure/aws/gcp credits plus lifetime accounts of Lynda.com training and pretty much any other online course aggregator you care to imagine.
Aren't they already used in Russian submarines?
Try working for a product company instead of an agency?
Actually, I think the reverse.

Some of the people who are just sitting in those companies collecting a paycheck have to make a choice now. They either leave the state or leave the company.

The good ones are likely to leave the company rather than move. That's going to be helpful to Silicon Valley as it's going to unlock a bunch of brainpower that was sitting mostly idle.
Bolo was a cult phenomenon back in its heyday in the early-to-mid 1990s. It was a game with a great deal of tactical and strategic depth that it allowed a huge range of player ability. It definitely wasn't the kind of game where some newbie could just start playing and get a lucky win or be a master in days or weeks. It felt more like a sport where you needed to practice the basics (like you mentioned on taking PBs) while you also learned a lot about strategy.

My favorite times were the Bolofests where traveling boloers would come into town and we'd all get together to play on a LAN.
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A series of questions/answers I've had with doctors and nurses and quite a few intelligent and educated people. (PhD's, MD's and RN's included)

Q: Does all medicine go through a rigorous efficacy testing that is certified by the FDA?

A: Yes.

Q: Do vaccines?

A: No.

Q: Why?

A: It would be unethical.

This is surprising to people who don't know how vaccines are made.

edit: removed hyperbole
I'm excited about Project Connect, but let's not kid ourselves: construction on the rail lines and highway improvements isn't even going to begin until 2024, with completion dates (barring no delays) in 2029, with most of the completion dates in the mid 2030s.

At Austin's current rate of growth, by the time Project Connect makes any material progress, it'll already be obsolete and overburdened.
I have not seen this problem on Linux in the past decade.

I am obliged to conclude that it must be just an NVidia problem, because I always avoid those. (My laptops are built with an NVidia chip in them, but powered off. On-chip Intel graphics work very, very well lately.)
> The Californians, after years of having higher salary, more savings, and a job that lets them move, goes to Texas and offers $400k for that same house. The Californian thinks it's a great deal, because they get the same size house they previously lived in for only half the price! And the seller thinks it's great, because he now suddenly gets a huge premium on his previously-valued-at-$250k-house. All of the real estate responds in kind, expecting to get $400k+ from all the Cali transplants. However, the average Texan, who doesn't have that high paying salary, gets priced out and can no longer afford a house in their city.

That makes no sense. If the housing prices in a market go up, it is because there is more demand without an increase in supply. Not because a certain group is paying almost double the market value for absolutely no reason.
A phrase that comes to mind: Make Orwell Fiction Again
Ha! Although I have read the FAQ numerous times, but I don't regularly check it. Maybe it needs an RSS feed :-P
Which is still countered by:

2. Cross sectional variation. There's no such thing as "what industry wants". Every place wants something different, with only a small subset common to 80% of employers.

No?
There are a lot of operations that use midsized utility tractors extensively. This certainly won't replace a large tractor in wheat, hay, corn, and soy (plowing, disc, mowing, bailing, etc.) but can definitely replace utility tractors in orchard/vineyard spraying, CSA and organic farm style mixed-crop cultivation, etc. Think more California than Nebraska.
There's a reason we wear shoes indoors in Texas...
>One of the most critical to-do items for the American democracy movement over the next four years will be to more effectively counter domestic anti-democracy disinformation. If possible, it should be done on both the supply and demand sides. We can't ignore this issue any longer.

Hmmm...

I can think of some historical examples where governments used rhetoric oddly reminiscent of that rhetoric spoken by the ex-cia officer that tried to run for president the quote's taken from.

Germany during the 1930's

The Soviet Union during the 1920's...well...most of time existing I guess

Cambodia in the 1970's

China....currently
Yep, the Model S is a large family sedan, that's why it's a bit absurd for it to win. My point was that a sports car from Porsche should be winning, and not by a little.

That video is comparing the Turbo S (the $185k version of the Taycan) to the $92k version of the Model S. The $140k version is significantly faster, let alone the 2021 Roadster.

The ID.3 seems to have a stated range of ~200 miles?
I'm pretty sure I got the real thing, but they are still working on the trial unblinding procedure with the regulator.

They want to keep the trial running as long as possible to get longer-term data (understandable) but it is also potentially unethical to not tell someone if they got a placebo if they are at-risk and a known-good vaccine is otherwise available. I'm in the UK where they are already vaccinating thousands of people everyday with the Pfizer one, so I expect them to figure out the unblinding details very shortly.
I'd like to travel out of the country, and I imagine vaccine documentation will become a part of airport customs processes for a year or two.
I disagree. App Engine is nothing like Cloud Functions/Run. The former is a better fit for your entire app stack (think Heroku) while the latter is for ad-hoc.

As for Cloud Functions and Cloud Run, the way you deploy is completely different. Cloud Run is strictly meant for containers.
I've seen it and I'm unimpressed. It's a last-ditch effort, but a truly last-ditch effort. Here's PA's response.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163367/2020...

"""
Texas has not suffered harm simply because it dislikes the result of the election, and nothing in the text, history, or structure of the Constitution supports Texas’s view that it can dictate the manner in
which four other states run their elections. Nor is that view grounded in any precedent from this Court. Texas does not seek to have the Court interpret the Constitution, so much as disregard it.
"""

As much as Texas tends to be on the "state's rights" side of things usually, they're really off the bead here. There is, indeed, no legal mechanism by which Texas can say "We have the wrong President because Pennsylvania didn't follow its laws." They could say "Pennsylvania violated Federal voting law via discrimination," but they aren't trying to say that. What they're trying to argue is they suffered harm because PA's laws allow too much chance of fraud, and our government doesn't work that way in general. PA could pass a law saying that everyone gets to write a name on a piece of paper and put it in a giant hat, and the first name drawn is who they'll send their electors to vote for, and there's no grounds by which Texas could contest that. State voting process (barring violations of the 14th Amendment or the Voting Rights Act) are State affairs.

It's the best chance Trump has to somehow become President and it's already DOA.
As the saying goes "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem."

An organization that pays $10MM per year has a lot of leverage and likely has long term contracts to hedge risk. So why, basically, waste $100k?
I understand this, the thought also occurred to me. Consider that if you are already aware of the issue, then maybe you are no longer the intended audience of those news reports. https://xkcd.com/1053/
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I read HN comments before visiting a submitted link maybe 99% of the time. After that I would visit the link less than 10% of the time. Eternal September[1] hasn't hit us here, and I also attribute that to HN's moderation policy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Yeah I am also a very opened mined person and really don't get your comment, What would you see me do differently? Whats your main issue here? Lets find a solution together.
Wow, the good people of NC who he represents must be very mad about copyright infringement... Oh wait, what is this section of that post entitled:

Thom Tillis' Entertainment Industry PAC Donors

Oh, I see...
Or (c) I will tell everyone that I'm waiting so that more at-risk people can have access it to first, but secretly I'll be happy others are field-testing it for me...
love the classic 'are story points hours / no / then wtf are they' conversation when PMs intro jira + cousins

have never been sure how summing together something that is supposed to have no relationship with time magically provides an estimate of anything

also not sure why teams are using the central source of truth for progress as the 'daily todo list making' tool

I live in the real world so I estimate in hours
Ironically I read it as part of my eMBA.