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> If you care about security, all you have to do is turn off iCloud backup, and everything is secure.

No, each conversation has at least two endpoints, and it's unlikely that the people you iMessage with have disabled iCloud Backup.

It's sort of like switching from gmail to avoid Google having access to your correspondence: they'll get it from the mailbox of the people still using gmail (so, everyone) that you correspond with.
WhatsApp will re-introduce controversial new privacy policy
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26185389, which was posted a bit earlier.
Antarctica has wind turbines [0]. Arguments that renewable can't be winterized are wrong.

[0] https://www.power-technology.com/projects/rossislandwindfarm...
The idea of growing something from grow lights powered by only nuclear power is intriguing to me as it is food that never got its energy from our sun. Instead, that power came from cast of atoms from merging neutron stars billions of years ago.
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> Texas is NOT anti-renewables.

It's quite bizarre to read this a day after the Texas governor literally went and blamed renewables [1] [2] when in fact their renewables have been performing better than their (far more prevalent) nonrenewables. [3]

And while frozen wind turbines have contributed to the state's energy crisis, that type of energy has only slightly underperformed against published expectations for winter output. Natural gas, the state's dominant energy source, has provided drastically less energy than expected, according to experts and industry data. "Wind was operating almost as well as expected," said Sam Newell, head of the electricity group at the Brattle Group, an energy consulting company that has advised Texas on its power grid. "It's an order of magnitude smaller" than problems with natural gas, coal and nuclear energy, he said.

[1] https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1361868404534112257

[2] https://www.yahoo.com/now/texas-governor-walks-back-fox-0524...

[3] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fact-check-renewable-en...
One thing to look at for any agricultural system is the long-term effect on soil fertility. Are you building up healthy soil and biomass over time, or diminishing it?
This is entirely correct, I would like to add that every single grid-attached power generator I have ever seen has had ample safety devices that would safely disconnect and shut off the generator well before physical damage could occur.

Something "blowing up" is only possible if every possible safety device failed.
If you are going to call other people out (eg California) in a holier than thou fashion for not following a set of ideological and moral standards that you believe in surrounding independence, deregulation, and self-sufficiency, of course you are going to be blasted when it turns out that you can't live up to your own professed standards. This is equivalent to people saying "I don't need your help / rules, and I don't believe in COVID" who then get sick and rush to emergency room begging for help at the first sign of trouble. If you are going to take extreme stances on independence and self-reliance then you can deal with the ramifications of your decisions independently.
“8 hours from bottle to throttle”
Their "suffering" is being embarrassed and looking like idiots. It's not like they're being tortured.
Is it even in theory possible to produce silicon that does not perform well on crypto operations while allows 3D to run at full speed? Or do they simply rely on the same underlying operations?
To make nuclear energy successful you need to stop fear mongering, and invest in improving technology. With scale, it will make far cheaper and reliable energy source than anything on earth. But it will hardly happen when politicians tirelessly promote solar & wind, while increasing the regulation of nuclear energy. And politicians act this way because of said fear mongering, which affects the public deeply.
As someone who lives in Texas, I am hoping now fellow Texan will lean blue. Hopefully, we will remember this when next elections are up.
I think we might be the same background. What notable experiences have you had working in Atlanta? I'm curious because I have never worked there professionally, but have heard some stories.
Felon in possession of a firearm is easy to prove.
I think you can hit Fn-backquote.

You can also order either of two HHKB-style layouts, where the backquote key is replaced by Esc (among other changes).
Look up the time value of money, inflation, and purchasing power.
Not really, since other than the small amount of water that gets shipped out in the plant, the rest is just released right back out. Besides, as long as you're only collecting the water that falls directly on you as rain, you're not taking any more than your lot; someone 'downstream' can also collect water that falls directly on them.
> Do you mind if I ask why you're so against the idea?

Because it is clearly inefficient to convert sunlight -> electricity -> simulated sunlight.
We are more interested in entry-level candidates who are willing to prove themselves, rather than rockstar 10x divas that demand the universe on day one. The 6 month contract is an implicit filter. We look at the work we do as more of a trade than anything. We are essentially hiring apprentices who train alongside masters. We already have enough senior talent. Bringing in more would just screw things up for us at our current scale.

Our requirements for candidates are basically zero. If you have a github account, look like you know what you are doing, and have residency in the US, we would consider you. College education, certifications and other credentials are completely meaningless to us. We are far more interested in work ethic, portfolio, etc. With this in mind, we are undercutting the traditional job market and grabbing some really good talent. The gatekeepers of the past are dead to us now. We welcome candidates from unrelated backgrounds (i.e. individuals trying to break into tech/coding from other industries).

"high quality positions" is quite a subjective label. Everyone in our organization has a title of Developer. We try to not over-complicate things when its not required. Our organization is very small and everyone has to do their part. The most junior developer we have is more than welcome to suggest changes to the architecture of the application (and has done so many times). There are no arbitrary boundaries. Just opportunities.
Or, we could just realize that when you say "benefits," what you're mostly talking about is stuff like health insurance, which can be handled more efficiently by moving to a single payer system. I don't have a reference immediately handy, but there was a study done a little before the 2016 elections that pointed out how single payer (essentially Medicare for All) would reduce costs throughout the healthcare system, while still providing an excellent quality of care.
Let's agree and call it a 1 to 1 mapping.
How are they getting audio without an atmosphere?
I have Zork from Infocom in the original packaging with 5.25 floppies... wonder if it's worth anything?
Lucid dreaming is awesome. I think if we can make it doable for the common population without needing to practice the various methods, it'll be just like how it's shown in the movie Inception: people spending all their time dreaming in a fantasy world. It's the ultimate VR because whatever you think, the mind will create.

The level of detail is just insane. I once stopped to examine a flower and it was as detailed as real life. I ate sushi and other foods in a dream and it was literally the best tasting sushi I (n)ever ate. I could also give myself super powers like stopping time, flying, elemental manipulation, etc.

It's ridiculous how much power there is still to be harnessed.
Isn't there an audio and video from the descent? The camera are also in this mission like they were for curiosity: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/cameras/
Remember that not all the staff could be at NASA today due to COVID policies. Most of the team is at home.
Nuclear power is the best option that everyone irrationally rejects due to incredibly irresponsible mismanagement in the past. There are some really good reactor designs that are resilient against the kind of human error that struck chernobyl and the kind of natural disaster that struck fukushima - but for some reason there is a large proportion of environmentalists that hold the incredibly anti-environmentally friendly position that nuclear power is bad.
> There are a lot of decent folks in a terrible situation solely because of their awful and incompetent politicians.

Politicians are elected. If the people don't approve, they have a recourse. People pile on Texas (or insert favorite punching bag of the day) because the majority (or plurality in voting) asked for these people to represent them.
A Man Who Recorded, Tamed, and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America
Interest rates have been falling (with some gyrations) for 700 years: (in the West):

* https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/working-paper/2020/eight-cen...

* https://www.visualcapitalist.com/700-year-decline-of-interes...

* 20d ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25951516
They were not even engineers, they were glorified data entry officers and their boss.
There's a few factors that could lead to widespread damage. The other commenter addressed grid frequency which is also important, but the real issue is over drawing current. (Disclaimer - I am not an electrician).

In most houses you have a fuse box or breaker panel, this is to prevent the appliances from drawing too much current. Conductors heat up according to their resistance and the current applied to them, so if a circuit with 14 gauge wires suddenly has a load of 2000 watts applied to it, it will begin to heat up. If this load is applied for too long it can get hot enough to start a fire inside the walls of a house. This is why we have breakers - they will cut the circuit if it exceeds a safe level for too long.

Power grids don't really have breakers. They have complex control systems and highly trained operators to serve the same purpose. If transmission lines have too much current applied to them they can expand and sag, catching on other wires or structures causing damage and outages. Overloads can also damage substations and transformers for similar reasons (heat, thermal expansion). In this case, they did exactly what they had to. They cut the power to millions of people for a few days and saved their infrastructure from months of repairs if things went catastrophically wrong.
Honestly, whatever Estonia or Lithuania do would hardly directly affect total greenhouse gas emissions of our civilization. Given local geopolitics their first priority is survival and prosperity as independent states. If they can do it while getting and staying "clean" - and i think they can do it by using more solar&wind (and that will even enhance their independence) - great, and if they have to burn some natural gas - nobody will really notice given their size especially considering that natural gas is the cleanest energy source among the "dirty". While getting nuclear in any way for them would mean losing a bit of independence (that closing of their own NPP at the will of EU is a clear example that your nuclear industry decisions aren't really yours and are actually subject to the will of the bigger powers).
Hacking your application may be easier than you think
I am also curious, I can't think how it would happen either. Here are 2 guesses that are probably wrong that people can correct:

Maybe, when demand>supply they have to cut demand, but if you cut a whole chunk of grid demand is suddenly a lot less than supply and there is a spike elsewhere causing issues?

I know the frequency of the power supply fluctuates when the there is too much/little power. So if there is too much demand, maybe electronics that work at the correct frequency break at the new bad frequency? Or maybe power stations get out of sink and one pushes positive voltage when the other pushes negative?

Maybe it's a logistical thing: imagine if you have 3 neighbourhoods in a row ABC, and you supply power to A and C from high capacity systems, and power B indirectly from each side. Now, if you want to turn off A (rolling blackout), the operator might not realise that doing so means B has to pull all its power from Cs supply. So Cs supply suddenly sees a 30% jump and maybe the transformers etc can't handle that and catch fire?

Those are my guesses.
A company sold for 3 million is... I mean, in average, I see that the worth is about 1m$ per employee. If you sold for less, your stock performed poorly compared to others. Maybe the product or the engineering was great, but on the wrong market or never met its window. Business is difficult.

The question is, would you have had excellent returns if the company had been worth $1m per employee?
"kill troll with sword" was my mavis beacon
> so what's the issue, really?

I'll go on the record and say it's fine to use Ted "it's sunny in Cancun" Cruz as a punching bag right now.

The issue is the schadenfreude regarding the people who live in Texas. Individuals have very little power over their state, and are suffering the decisions made by self-serving politicians. The country is cracking under polarization, and rather than come together as a nation, we're using this to widen the chasm. It's tragedy upon tragedy.
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I have to agree with the other comment. I found the Bay Area to be more hostile and discriminatory than any other work environment I've been in. Specifically if you even slightly disagree with certain social viewpoints. We may have achieved better racial diversity (somewhat) in the Bay but at the expense of minimal ideological diversity.

I've even seen firsthand how racism against asians and Indians is rampant and often conducted by those that supposedly are advocates for minorities.
Maybe you are confusing with the series 20XX? The RTX 3070 were only released a bit more than 4 months ago.
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Ha. Yes. I apologise for the auto correct.

Building basic CRUD apps as a hobbyist, I've just never had that problem. My app needs some data. I fire of a query af psocopg2 gives me back my data.

I know I'm the least experienced. So I'm not arguing. I just don't understand it

(I work mostly be with data / BI, so I'm familiar with SQL)
The main problem is that bootstrapping the grpc server with correct TLS is always a barrier. so developers usually enable the InsecureOption to be able to test the grpc server, and after that they forgot to change the configurations for the production.
A great video where the host visits the drone, interviews its makers, and goes over the cool technical aspects of it and its mission: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GhsZUZmJvaM
> I'm somewhat disappointed that the author, or half the comments on the post, didn't question these _wildly_ different results though...

Given that Chrome is busy trying to subsume the web and the OS (it has bluetooth now, and usb, and serial ports, and over a thousand chrome-specific web apis [1]), no one is even remotely surprised to see such results, because by now people just assume Chrome to be a beast. And Chrome has in the past been the most RAM-eating of all browsers out there.

The graphs should be questioned, of course, but Chrome has already earned its reputation, and it's very hard to un-earn it.

[1] https://web-confluence.appspot.com/#!/confluence see "Browser-Specific" tab
I think that the bitcoin mining companies that run in China have a pretty good handle on how to get very low cost electricity, and hydro doesn't produce the CO2 emissions you're so concerned about.

So what's your point?
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>If the electricity for a vertical farm is supplied by solar panels
so use nuclear
Already fixed in Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9: https://bugs.python.org/issue42938

3.6.13 and 3.7.10 have already been released with the fix: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3613/ https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3710/

The 3.8.8 and 3.9.2 release candidates with the fix will be promoted on Monday March 1st: https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-9-2rc1-and-3-8-8rc1-ar...

If you're on 3.5 or lower, these versions are no longer receiving security fixes and will not be patched: https://python-release-cycle.glitch.me/
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26184190.
Same goes for log output - if you get thousands of lines every day, no-one ever looks at the logs and things get missed. If you only get log messages when things are really broken, people actually notice.
Of course they won't compete on their own price/merit.

This will be like Quadro: Same chip, a couple of feature flags flipped, then sold at several times the price to price-insensitive market segments.

Nvidia have noticed miners will pay $1000 for an MSRP $500 card, and they want to take a cut without alienating the gaming market too much.
This isn't like an old camera that can still be used to shoot amazing pictures... Your floppies are mostly sentimental. The game is wildly available online and even on the web as web app.

I'd recommend you frame them carefully and hang them in pride on your wall.
Another case of "I like what I know and I know what I like" :-)
> If we want to fit the universe into a box, its sides would have to be twice that size. That is 5.4 × 10^61 Planck lengths.

206 bits is enough to address the precise position of anything in the universe.
I didn't like Regehr's proposal because I don't want a friendly dialect of C. I mostly just want C the way it worked up until, say, GCC 4.x.

I don't know specifically how to fix the standard, although I've been thinking about it. A simple idea would be like the Linux mandate "don't break userspace." The language-lawyering has to stop, and more rules are unlikely to help.
Pandas and S3, how to work with it the right way
Picture : https://twitter.com/PlanetDr/status/1362487492662996996
Anthony Levandowski closes his Church of AI
I don't have a great view of humanity as a whole - so if this disaster was avoided because we had particularly skilled people in the right place at the right time I applaud them but think that system really needs to be unbroken. By default I assume that someone in a position to make a critical decision at a critical time is going to be incompetent and won't trust a system that doesn't have a good set of safeguards - ideally regulated into being present.
The standard in the UK is "Faster Payments" for domestic transfers and are near instant up to £10K ($14K). For higher amounts you can use BACs (the automatic fallback for FP) which is typically next day.

All free
You can argue whatever you want, it's distributing coins to the people who secure the network.
And the suggestion that one can live on a loaf of bread, using that price to extrapolate a yearly cost, it's a true worst case scenario.
This may have more to do with the US not getting blown up during WW2, and the US being the largest single market(in the sense that everyone speaks the same language, has same culture, comparable laws everywhere etc.). And less to do with good policies.
Impact of Covid-19 interventions on influenza
What weak assumptions does it make?
I've been considering attempting something like this with Verilator output which is mixed into a GUI produced by QT.

This is truly awesome. I can't wait to play with it!
>We're #2 in the US for solar[0], #1 for wind[1], and #5 for nuclear[2] with roughly 25% of our power coming from wind alone.

Not for long. Renewables are already being blamed for this (regardless of whether it's accurate or fair) and the politically expedient thing for Texas Republicans to do, in order to to be seen doing something, is to cut funding for green energy in favor of greater investment in coal, oil and natural gas.
Even just eliminating the whole 401(k) shit show by converting them to IRAs and raising the contribution limits for IRAs to ~$25k (roughly the sum total of what a W2 employee can contribute to an IRA + 401(k) combined) would solve the retirement account problem fairly efficiently. I'd be willing to bet that could be accomplished with approximately a page or two of legislation.

Edit: The problem is "lack of political will," i.e.. lack of people or corporations willing to hire lobbyists to make it happen.

Edit 2: While we're at it, why not just let everybody make Roth contributions, at least up to the amount one could contribute to an IRA? Let's just get rid of the whole "backdoor Roth" shenanigans and let people contribute directly.
Is this feature related to the proposed RAID-Z expansion?

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/pull/8853

It's mentioned in the pull request comments. Maybe it will help?
Note that the source you're using for California lists 'large hydro' as around 15%, but doesn't count it as a "renewable".

Texas, by contrast, has close to zero 'large hydro'. It's not clear to me that 'large hydro' is a non-renewable', certainly it's a lot different from most non-renewables, and it's not carbon dioxide producing. If you take that into account, then from (coal/natural gas/oil/nuclear) California has more like 53% of energy while Texas has 80%. That gives a little different perspective.

Compare, e.g., with this list, which includes hydro as a category of renewables: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electri...
I'm a nuclear engineer working at a laboratory known for fusion research. Commercial fusion power at any scale is not happening by 2030. 2040 or 2050 are more realistic and may still be a stretch.
Does this affect standard json parsing libraries?
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I think number of video encoding streams is artificially limited to 2 as well on consumer cards.
It was a truly great program. I remember the initial controversies but the suspicions from the trade proved unfounded. A lot of great science and archaeology was done or caused by TT. Read some of the comments in the article - a lot of people loved it and many are asking for advice on how to do a similar job around the world.

Not directly connected as such but you have to see this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5611345...
The primary ISPs competing with Starlink are geo-stationary satellite internet providers. They can't compete with Starlink just based on the speed of light delays inherent to being in GEO. Once I can get Starlink, Hughesnet can offer their service for free and I'll still be more than happy to tell them where to shove their dish.
If curious see also

Gleam: A statically typed language for the Erlang VM - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902462 - April 2020 (109 comments)

An interview with the creator of Gleam: an ML like language for the Erlang VM - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19547418 - April 2019 (0 comments)
Agreed, I loved working in Elixir but hated the typespecs. Felt like it was a lot of work for only a little benefit. It's not typing that I don't like but the way it's implemented in Elixir felt like it was very hard to get correct quickly. Very fiddly and time consuming. About the 10th time Dialyzer broke the build for no easily discernible reason, I wanted to scrap it.
A fun science demonstration is to take an old-timey hand crank electrical generator, crank it by hand with nothing attached to the power output, then attach a light bulb and crank it a second time. The amount of resistance resulting from the light bulb using the generated electricity is remarkable. It is much harder to turn the crank with the light bulb attached and that really drives home that electrical devices really do use a lot of energy.
The real question now is, after some people have survived this disaster only by keeping their oven on to keep from freezing to death in their own homes - will we see a shift to pay that little bit extra to avoid this sort of a disaster in the future.