skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Note that Tesla doesn't just exclude R&D from gross margins, they also exclude unit marketing costs as well. (Tesla doesn't spend money on ads, but they spend $50-100 million annually on marketing.) Additionally, a number of QC-related costs (like taking back lemon cars, or paying for repairs before cars are accepted by customers) are excluded from the calculation of automotive sales revenues.

But that's not all: Tesla adds regulatory credit sales to their "automotive" gross margin figures.

Yes, that's right, Tesla's "automotive" gross margin isn't just vehicle sales like it is for other car manufacturers. For example, look at Q2 2020 filings. The clean-car credits that they sell to other manufacturers are treated as automotive revenue, and that accounting chicanery is entirely what lets Tesla claim a 20+% gross margin on their vehicles. (The clean-car credits are also what lets Tesla claim to be profitable, though it has yet to make a profit actually selling cars.)

Without treating the sale of clean-car credits as automotive revenue, Tesla's gross margins are at best in line with industry gross margins (and fall below industry margins once you apply automotive GAAP to standardize the financials).
Interesting idea. Like a Universal Basic Income for PhDs... :)
also...

This paper gives background on designing vaccines to maximize rapid antibody responses post-infection, ideally before the virus enters cells:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6936610/

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This paper talks about how this is achieved specifically for SARS-CoV-2:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.15.152835v1....
Almost nothing new, the new record was attained under extremely high pressures.
There's no shortage in anti-Apple articles, because they're an industry leader and a beloved brand, and media loves controversy. However it also seems like for whatever reason, discussions on those stories seem to attract as many knee-jerk Apple defenders as Apple critics, while stories bashing Amazon or Facebook or Google tend to involve everyone agreeing more or less that they're bad or at least not as good as they used to be.

Maybe partly this might even be because Apple's focus is selling actual products you can hold and keep in your home (and not become monetized by) as opposed to being an abstract software program or service. It's easier to be surprised and delighted by real products.
> They did nothing and just ate through the resources until they were no more.

Those resources they ate through -- when were they accumulated? I find it hard to believe that they became a superpower by just coasting on the wealth that existed in 1917.
- Hit $1.5m ARR
- Grow and advance the careers of my team
- Use that growth to stop being involved in every little thing
- Be a better Dad/Husband

I really hope I can finish this year with the successful business I’ve always wanted, while being better at home - they’ve been patient with me on this journey, I want this year to be the year it was all worth it.
This is great. Postmates tricks you into thinking the restaurant is on their platform but then you get charged high fees because they have a Postmate go there and order in person.
Thankfully where I live robocalls only target landlines and rarely cell phones.

My telco moved to voip, and since then I have asterisk pbx software running that only makes the phone ring if the call is from a whitelist of numbers, otherwise it makes it look like the phone is ringing for a while and then goes straight to voice mail.

This works well as 99% of the robo dialers detect the voice mail and don't leave a message. If I was getting lots of voicemails I would probably setup IVR prompts to stifle them.
Something that struck me from books set in the olden days was how children seemed to be parented by the whole community. I wonder if the diminished role of the "village" in our more individualistic era makes it more critical, in perception or in reality, for parents to get everything right.
We already have prisons like that for low-risk, nonviolent offenders. They are called minimum security or "country club" prisons. We also have home detention.
Found this.

http://www.desware.net/Energy-Requirements-Desalination-Proc...

Seems like reverse osmosis takes 3.5-5.5 kwh/m3. Vs 0.86 theoretical. So 15 to 25% of theoretical efficiency.
Also it probably suffers from the "worked fine when we tested it in sunny California" phenomenon.
Your own viewpoint is pretty biased too Drew. Your entire software philosophy is based on your own model of ethics and admitting that the software megacorps might not be the very epitome of evil would invalidate most of the reasons for the existence of sourcehut and your other projects.

I hope you continue to explore other places in the design space, but calling people evil because you disagree with them makes people disengage. It makes you look like just another zealot screaming his viewpoint into the uncaring masses.
I streamed all the 3D Zelda games to Twitch except for Skyward Sword because I couldn't comfortably sit at my desk and hold/swing the controller as the game wanted without whacking my hand against all the infrastructure around me (stand mics, lighting stands, etc.).

Between it being incredibly uncomfortable to play (in my situation) and Fi coming up every five minutes to hand-hold me, it was not my favourite thing.

BotW felt freer. I could explore at my own pace and defeat enemies in many more ways than using my weapons. I could use Sheikah Slate abilities, push rocks, send them marching off cliffs, freeze them then plonk them in deep water, etc.

Skyward Sword punished me for sitting still at a desk. BotW didn't. I gave up on Skyward Sword partway during the first temple — which took two four-hour streams to arrive at!
> I don't read that at all

You + article are completely correct. That is the problem. Since correctness lasts until the final 'why'

Then inverses strongly

How can locals be 'rebels' and the Saudi/UAE led forces be legitimate??

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The last BBC link you placed was impressive and accurate. It ends

> The Gulf states and the US appear intent upon denying Ansar Allah international recognition and supporting Mr Hadi's claim to leadership

Gulf states are Sunni, Ansar + Houthi's are Shia. The 'unity' government the BBC refers to is 'unity' because it unites two fractious Sunni governments... Definitely not unity because it unites or represents the people of Yemen!

The war is Sunni countries attacking a Shia people. This bombing is a response to that

The Houthi 'rebels' have held the capital for years. Why are they able to do that in the face of Saudi led bombing campaign? Because they have the support of the people in that area

Nuances yes. But government legitimacy here is I assure you based on how much Gulf states pay for arms, and BBC + ourselves whitewashing the why
I'm with Apple on this one.

Even for legal use the use of the name seems like an endorsement of sorts.
Craftopia or multiplayer Stardew Valley, perhaps?
As a corollary to that person's insight, I've noticed that the reflex to judge and criticize is very strong. Avoiding unnecessary criticism and judgment and focusing on your own life takes constant conscious effort, even though it's probably one of the most logical choices you can make. This is particularly true when the people whom you criticize are manifestly doing quite well in general compared to you.

Commenting online can be an exception of course. Let's not rid ourselves of every sin...
The app store is a closed environment where they can dictate some terms. But don't forget that the developers PAY THEM to use it, and as such their terms cannot trump the consumer laws that exist to protect against abuse.

(By the way, "my shop, my terms" have already faced legal scrutiny, some of which were found to be illegal - popular judgements include that shops cannot refuse to serve people of colour or gays.)
Sure, but they're not denying access to competitors. They're setting rules for use of the facility. "You can't promote illicit drug use in our facility" is a reasonable rule.

Whether the name "Amphetamine" does in fact promote illicit drug use may be up for question, of course, but that's got nothing to do with monopoly power.
I think the “party line” response to this would be that the warranties you get include preventative maintenance as well, making it a different proposition - you’re not just buying a warranty, but a full service plan after all. But I’ve never been convinced by that argument.

I just went through buying a furnace and had a few prospective installers. The first tried to sell the extended coverage: twice annual “checks and maintenance” and a 30% discount on all parts.

The second said he’d let me source the parts myself if I so desired and if I would be responsible for changing the air filter on schedule and hosing down the outside fan every summer I’d be better off putting the annual fee into a sinking fund. Or, I could pay him $200 a year to hold a hose, money he’d happily take. He got the job. ;-)
Why not just give all that money to Alexandra Elbakyan of Sci-Hub ?
Secret history of Windows Format: by original Microsoft author Davepl
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What style of dance do you mean?

I think this "making it look easy" is probably most relevant for ballet, where high level dancers still train very "basic" movements or use a lot of muscular effort to create the illusion of lightness etc.
> When you say, "lots of people," how many are we talking about?

Enough that this whole original idea that you stated which was "Can't the government simply shut down the internet", is obviously not true.

The real world examples of real world countries, show that places like china are not "shutting down the internet", and that such an idea is obviously stupid.

There are tons of stories that you could make up in your head, about why China would want to shut down the internet right now.

And yet, the fact of the matter is, that China is not "shutting down the internet". Thats the facts. Countries are simply not doing that. Despite many motivations to do so.

> you'd think the government would just give up trying to have control, it wouldn't be worth the effort

And yet we see that the governments of the world are not successfully cracking down on the internet enough to shut down crypto. Thats not happening. Despite the fact that crypto is often used for illegal purposes. And yet countries aren't enacting authoritarian control over all of the internet to shut it all down.

We do not need to consider hypotheticals here. Just look at the real world, right now, and all the illegal activity that happens using crypto, and yet we are seeing that the world governments are not willing to enact measures to shut it all down.

Apparently, it is not worth the effort to shut down that illegal activity, right now. That is already the state of the world.
"Jews will not replace us" is not an appeal to human rights, it's just racist. I don't see the connection you're trying to make.

I'm genuinely confused on what your position is. Why do you have an association with freedom and the alt-right? Implicit in that position is that the Democratic left is somehow anti-rights. How can you simultaneously believe that:

1) the alt right champions rights / freedoms.
2) this makes the alt right fascist / authoritarian.
3) your party / alignment / position opposes the alt right, and therefore opposes the freedoms they advocate for.
4) by opposing freedom and human rights, your party is anti fascist.

I'm genuinely confused. And why the connection with free speech in particular? The alt right also stages protests alot, do you think protesting is bad?
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I grew up in a large neighborhood with an HOA. There were a few times where my family butted heads with the HOA (replacing fences with a non-standard style, a play swing/slide thing being a bit tall) but for the most part the HOA was nice. They managed a park and pool for the neighborhood's exclusive use. They decorated the entrance signs to the neighborhood for the holidays. They put on some holiday events like an easter egg hunt/picnic, a fourth of july bike parade, Christmas light judging/awards. People didn't have tons of clutter in their front yards, the streets weren't super crowded with cars.
Thats why I use https://scammerblasterblaster.com/
All of the criticisms of megacorps listed here are just as applicable to startups (especially with any whiff of VC funding) and mid-sized companies, without competitive compensation.

You very likely won’t be happier at other tech companies, because despite promises of career growth, autonomy, greater responsibility and company mission, it will just be the same ruthless corporate shilling, just with worse hours, worse vacation, worse pay, and worthless lottery-like equity.

I urge a lot of caution. The only reason to work at a startup (all other constraints like visa issues, geolocation preferences, etc., being equal), is because you have absolute faith in the core business model.

Choosing to work at a startup because of the technologies you will supposedly use, the seniority of the role you’ll supposedly be given, the fun-seeming optics and kid-like atmosphere, lack of dress code, etc., is a massive, massive mistake - not because those preferences are wrong, but because startups absolutely don’t fulfill them. They just pay lip service to it.

For 90% of employees, the choice is purely between medium-corp and mega-corp, based on your relative appraisal of work/life balance and compensation.

It would be great if this were different and the charismatic nature of startups really did offer offsetting benefits through learning, autonomy, etc. But that is just across the board a total false promise bill of lies in startup marketing to bait & switch tech workers they otherwise can’t afford on the basis of market compensation.
Down vote away, my challenge still stands for you to catch up to the cop or to pull over and ask "Hey I was just going x over the limit, do you want to give me a ticket?" :P

All jokes aside, I feel that this is a poor analogy that really misses the key issues (in my mind).

A developer creates an app and then submits an app for review. The app is approved and the app starts to build an organic following. At some later date, and without any explicit changes to the app or to the terms, Apple decides that the app is in violation of the terms for information that was available upon review. The developer and app are unfortunately the ones to pay the cost, as the organic growth is deterred. Will the new app be able to recapture the same market share? Hard to say. Regardless of Apple's action in this case, I think it would be in the company's best interest to consider the developer's experience when proceeding with issues like this.
Yes. And when “it’s just a job” people dominate it sets the culture, and makes Einstein’s life very difficult / improbable.
That's an amazingly rude and closed-minded viewpoint. Everybody who disagrees with you is wrong, by definition. Any respect I had for what you had written is shattered. Instead I see this as childish anger.
In my experience, it's just some particular syntaxes that vim is slow to process - large XML/HTML files in particular. But just ":synax off" when you want responsiveness more than you want colors :)
Sounds like alot of complaining. If it's so terrible, don't use it or build something better! Bitcoin is completely optional. Thanks for sharing your opinion I guess?
You may find that comment disagreeable, but it is hardly abusive. The neutered tone sung by most Hacker News castrati seems to have made folks forget what passion reads like.
Desalination has been inexpensive for 10+ years - ~$0.45/1000 liters (m^3) if you are willing to enter a long term (10+ year) contract. Down in Cabo, Hotels build their own desalination plants.

The reason why you don't see broad adoption is that the competition is free, and often comes with gravity assist. The challenge with desalination isn't so much the cost of the product, but (A) its competition and (B) The ocean (almost) always has to be pumped up to get to its destination, which can be expensive (C) Pollution - you end up with a lot of byproducts that you need to dilute out into the ocean (and you still end up with pretty devastated areas of the ocean floor where it goes out).

Cutting the price of desalination only helps with (A) - Even if desalination were completely free, you would still need to deal with geographic/pumping issues and the pollution.
3 years ago ~ I powered an led on a breadboard. It felt more magical than deriving a y combinator in my own lambda calculus. Strange (and beautiful feeling (and counter intuitive))
Late 2019, I launched https://stocks2.com , a financial site that posts a daily updated report for all NASDAQ/NYSE stocks.

It started well, increasingly growing audience and Adsense revenues until Google's May 2020 core update. Since then, the site started sliding in the SERPs and finally it now disappeared from Google.

Honestly, I still don't understand why Google has penalized the site so much. Any feedback will be appreciated.
Article from October.

Achieved only under extreme pressure...
Since I had to look it up: LEO = Law Enforcement Officer(s) in this context.
Agreed. Internet gives it away, they likely want control akin to Google Maps:roads. Their example of “nearby observer” is a hilarious decoy from the real problem of a big data panopticon and monopoly.

Wi-Fi is a power hog and its range also won’t work with BVLOS, unless more infrastructure is built. Google would be well positioned for such a play too, given Fiber.
I still think that’s an overgeneralisation. I’d say make sure you can be content with your work. But would I trade half the fulfilment for double the salary? You bet I would. My family could have a better life, I could do more exciting things in my spare time, I could even make sure my children have a better education, etc etc.

It all goes back to what the OP was saying: it depends what’s most important to you.
I couldn’t disagree with this mentality more.
I think adults become seekers of efficient learning. You know

1) time is limited

2) the map is huge

3) the topic might be totally unknown

You have to devise ways to explore neither too fast nor too slow.
Yeah, because students won't turn that into your permanent nickname mr. peepeepants.
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I have called no one evil. I have spoken of behaviors that I believe are unethical, and necessarily if someone in this thread is doing these behaviors then they may be offended by this. If we are unwilling to talk about ethics for the risk of offending someone who doesn't meet them, then we are inevitably going to fail to uphold our ethics at all.

Some of the stuff megacorps are doing is so unethical that we would use it as a grandiose example for the purpose of debate. If there is a point at which it's acceptable to call behavior out as unethical, and we aren't there yet, then I don't know where it is.
Your perspective requires agreeing with a specific interpretation that is just your opinion, then is wrapped into an accusatory tone that is unlikely to be particularly effective at getting OP to consider any changes that you think they should make.
That's not a strong argument for strict bathroom rules. That's an argument for guidelines that don't require explicit permission: let kids go any time they want, and they silently signal it by holding up 2 fingers as they get up & go.

And how much valuable time is lost here, weighed against the extreme distraction a student has if they can't go? Besides, once the student has raised their hand and been called on, the flow is already disrupted. Answering "yes" or "no" is irrelevant at that point.

Do you have a proposal that both meets biological needs and doesn't run the minor risk of disruption? Disruptions occur constantly anyway every time a student asks a questions when they don't understand, even when most others do.

I simply fail to see how "stop the flow of the lesson" is either very relevant to unpreventable biological needs, or an unsolvable problem in its own right.
Yeah, see that is when I joined a FAANG. So it was basically the Borg collective- you, mindless drone repair plamsa conduit x347B.

I was not able to use my creativity and problem solving and it was soul killing. I am now back in Small-Mid Enterprise and I love it. I get to design solutions from the ground up, sell them to other teams and build consensus then slam through development and implementation. So I guess my lesson was, never join a megacorp again- people are expendable there and there is no value placed on their individuality.
Facebook had an engineer commit suicide and the company tried to cover it up. Going as far as firing an engineer that spoke up about it - https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvgn9q/do-not-discuss-the-in...

So yes, this does happen. Typically to visa workers who are easily exploitable due to their precarious status in the country.
There are registration databases, but there are issues.

Who trawls the (now huge) database to find the registered studies which never reported? In any case, that could indicate a file drawer problem publication bias or simply that the funding disappeared or a researcher decided not to proceed.

How do you move from very spotty preregistration to compulsory preregistration? It would probably take a coordinated push from all the major funders. And they haven't successfully moved to fully open access publication in over a decade of trying, despite the obvious financial gain to the non-publisher world of winning at that coordination game.

How do you handle work on the margins of registerability? Not all scientific work is testing hypotheses, some is exploratory. Should a quantitative description be ruled out if it wasn't registered? If so, how are reasonable hypotheses for future work established? If not, you have to be extra vigilant to stop people smuggling phrases that imply confirmation into nominally exploratory work.

And the other problem with the replication crisis is that even decently-planned, pre-registered, straightforward studies can not replicate. Sometimes for reasonable reasons (significance was actually by chance, some unanticipated confounder interfered) and sometimes for thoroughly blameworthy ones (rather than p-hacking you can just fudge the data, or make 'accidental' programming errors).

So I'm all in favour of pre-registration, but it's not a magic bullet.
> ... especially when Apple is your legal opponent.

If the facts are on the employee's side, then many lawyers would take such a case on contingency because Apple (or any large, successful company) has very deep pockets to pay a judgment or settlement.

Conversely, finding a lawyer to sue a small employer on contingency would be more difficult because the small employer could declare bankruptcy, making collecting a judgment difficult or impossible.
Not just the US. Almost every nation regardless of whether it is capitalist ( US, Britain, etc ) or communist? ( China, North Korea ) or theocratic ( Saudi Arabia ). You'll notice most of the leaders come from wealthy families.
After doing small startups, government work (research), and contract work.

Megacorp is easily the best. That pay of nearly $500k/year is actually really really great.
No, they should not do this. They have six years of strong brand value, and they have a fairly solid case. And they have the world (well, part of the world at least) watching. Apple can and does change if you have those things, if you do it right. We did it with iSH (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25028252). If anything, this is their best opportunity to effect change, and I would very much hope they take it while they still have it.
That reminds me of a one-line summary of the Cold War: "The Americans play Poker. The Russians play Chess."
They can be. If you're curious, check out "worlds toughest prisons" on Netflix, an episode that shows a Norwegian rehabilitation-focused prison. You can see how the place is both secure and warm.
It’s probably obvious, but I’d suggest never working on a product doctors use.