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If Gates Foundation truly cared about stopping the next pandemic, the strategy we need to embrace is to abolish copyrights and patents.

I think BG just may be blind to how much those are hurting most of the world. His entire life he's lived in an #IdeaPrivilege bubble. From Seattle to Lakeside to Harvard to Redmond. He's always had access to great information.

Most people do not have that, because of #ImaginaryProperty laws. Instead, most people are exposed to ideas in tabloids and shitty tv shows and advertisements and agenda pushing papers.

If this pandemic showed us anything, it's that we need to decentralize intelligence. We should be removing bottlenecks preventing the world's best information from reaching every child on earth. People should have had the information and skillset to be running their own protocols at home testing for COVID-19 last January. Instead everyone was handicapped and had to wait for the CDC to bumble things royally before saying "go figure it out", by which point the pandemic was no longer stoppable.

It's really as simple as that. And no matter how many tens of billions the Gates Foundation spends it can not come close to offsetting the trillions in harm from copyright and patent regimes.
Apple isn't harnessing magic here. The opportunity for competition exists, but everyone else is just sitting on their asses while Apple's chip team puts in the work.

If you want to beat Mx, you have to think outside the box, just like how Apple thought outside of x86.

That being said, I do enjoy the shift to ARM as the dominant arch. x86 has far too many decades of cruft behind it. I don't think Apple will take over the ARM space; in fact I think we will see the emergence of new players as ARM isn't as finicky about licensing their tech as Intel is. The only reason Intel even had a competitor (AMD) in the past 20 years is because they licensed x86 to them before it started becoming the de facto choice.
Bingo. I no longer spend $150 on commuting to work a month plus buying lunch. I spent some of that now on games for a console I had as a kid but could not afford to buy a whole lot of games for.

In the past 2 years some games went up some 100% or more in price.
I bought a game 6 months ago for $90 I see listings for it on ebay for $150. Its pretty insane.
With the added complication of video encoding not being particularly suited to text, colors getting mucked with, theme and accessibility settings different between client and host, etc.
>Pointing the obvious is just silly.

Just as silly as pretending it's not an issue either :p

That's why range extenders are the perfect compromise and I'm excited to see the Mazda solution. A rotary is the perfect engine for a range extender - small, lightweight, few moving parts - and at a fixed speed many of the issues with seals won't be an issue at all. Should be an incredible solution and perfect transitional vehicle.
Then also the core parts (with many dependents) deserve more elegance and readability compared to some less critical side module that can easily be thrown away and replaced.
The noble lie. Never works. Contributes to populism.
Those are the sorts of things that need to be legislated. You should not be able to lockout people from ECU for example, but the person would have to be willing that a compromised ECU can blow up/damage their engine and they will have to accept that the warranty is invalid the second they mess with the ECU programming.
This looks interesting. If you're into surrealist fiction, Labyrinths by Jorge Louis Borge is a great classic and Exhalation by Ted Chiang is sort of like sci-fi surrealism.
Being a naysayer is no fun so here’s a positive question: given you know that your website’s speed is bound by network and not compute, what crazy sites could you build? What could you do with a WebAssembly + WebGPU stack that isn’t being done?
This is a bad way to get in touch with us; it's unreliable. If there's something important that needs responding to, you should email hn@ycombinator.com, as the site guidelines ask: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
Chrome does not provide raw access to the APIs from JavaScript. Instead everything is sandboxed to the hilt.

Also the product has a very heavy emphasis on security, the security team is superb quality and well funded, and Google know that the team is trustworthy.
Help me get users for my finished MVP and change the world
I know this is a long shot, but I was inspired by Brian Armstrong soliciting HN and getting a chilly reception back in 2012. But I believe that there are some killers here on HN who want to enable Visigoth like sacking of competition!

We have a completed MVP of something new and exciting in the social space. Think Tiktok but with a subreddit/hashtag hybrid style organizational structure with short audio, video, pics, or thoughts (tweet like text); combined with better groupchats, w/ highlights of those groupchats appearing also in the feed as well, so the feed has both content from both private gcs and public boards. I did a beta launch @ a few Ivy League clubs, and the retention is good. Here’s our niche:
- “I’m into kickboxing, but it doesn’t make sense for me to post something kickboxing specific on Insta/Tiktok. Reddit is too anonymous for personal stuff. But, if there’s a social platform where I can flex my specific interests...”

I have 2 cofounders, and others who help. I’m a top ten STEM student @ Columbia atm who has previously received offers from some awesome vcs. Cofounder #2 is an excellent programmer and ideal CTO. Cofounder 3 graduated from princeton; works in tech consulting at a good firm + successful startup exp. We’re also helped out on occasion by a Rhodes Scholar, among others.

I’m looking for someone social who can help us with user acquisition. If something is dreamed up with the app, we can get it done basically same day. We just need to get the users in the first place, and that’s not any of our core skill sets. So, we’re looking for someone who can help us to digitize one or two niche hobbies, from which we can close rounds and scale like crazy. This role is decidedly nontechnical.

If you’re interested, send an email to getamberapp@gmail.com. I’d like to sit down for a quick zoom call, and introduce the product as it currently stands as well as myself and get to know you! Let’s take over the world together?
A spoonful weighs a ton.
Take the scenario where you have an 9 node redis cluster. With KeyDB you could shrink that down to 3 nodes with 3 threads while getting the same throughput. This reduces the maintenance burden while also reducing latency. There's overhead to connecting to a different cluster server each time you access a seperate shard.

Even better you might be able to avoid having a cluster at all. For many that’s the biggest win with KeyDB.
That's the guy on youtube that builds the mansions with swimming pools with a knife and a stick, right?
For those who want to jump in and query this dataset, I uploaded it here: https://bit.io/boyd/airports

I'm still working on bit.io and would love feedback so hit me.
>This conversion of energy during refueling is why I personally think that battery-electric cars are not the best solution for clean cars.

Yup - I used to think hydrogen fuel cells were ridiculously over complicated until you run into this aspect of battery driven electric vehicles. Now the allure of hydrogen makes sense - quick fill ups!
> This tool as I understand it effectively provides a loophole that lets people run non-curated code without jailbreak.

Installing non-curated apps has always been supported on Android - no jailbreaking required. Just get an APK either straight from the developer or through any number of alternative app stores, open it, click the "yes, I'm sure" option in the security popup and you've got yourself an app.
The problem with machinery and trail maintenance is that machinery is heavy, and unless it can wheel itself to your worksite under its own power, it's unlikely going to save you any labor.
Not exactly. Your program will still have threads, but RR intercepts the pthreads API and runs all your threads in a single OS thread; it handles context switches between your threads as if your computer only had a single CPU core. This does mean that the overhead can be much higher than 40%! The 40% number is for a program like Firefox, that might jump up to 16 active threads to render a webpage, but also had to idle for 50ms while it waited for the TCP connection to start up.

I found that it was also a reasonable estimate for Reposurgeon, which is written in Go and uses concurrency during some repository operations, and when doing garbage collection. Other parts cannot be parallelized at all, so it balances out. I never measured that very precisely though; it would take anywhere from seconds to minutes to run a test without RR (depending on the data I loaded, etc), and only somewhat longer with RR.
Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
The problem is that when you put a file out into the world, you can't continuously update it with the latest advances in adversarial machine learning. It'll have a reprieve ranging from months to years, then be vulnerable forever more.
> Independence is a big factor in the identity of people from Europe with many failed attempts to join into bigger states or falling apart with many people wanting even their regions of countries to split into separate countries right now.

The EU changes nothing regarding that, on the contrary, by being European as well as of X nationality, it helps overcome traditional national rivalries. One of the main points in recent Catalonian and Scottish independence movements has been that due to the EU, the economic and legal impact will be minimal.

> On the other hand, many people feel like their countries are constantly giving handouts to the less developed ones and feel like that money could have gone to them personally instead

And they don't realise that the improvements in neighbouring countries concern them as well, by adding extra markets and expanding them ( a better developed Romania can buy more German-made washing machines, etc.).

The cheap labor that moves is a positive contribution.

Then there's the incalculable positive from EU sponsored and made possible programmes of cultural and educational exchanges.

The worst thing about the EU is its lacking marketing. Most of the bureaucratic problems with it aren't really that far from the same thing in countries.
What percentage of students need to be hired in programming roles before it's not a predatory scam?

> You are ignoring the evidence presented, ask open questions beside the point and attack him personally. That's not a way to have a discussion and it feels like you're acting on an agenda.

Where have I attacked him? Telling him I think he misunderstood me is attacking? Seriously?

To go over my initial contention here,

Austen's original statement:

"Their approval is a huge testament to our team and our students, as well as an official endorsement of our all-remote, career-focused educational model."

The user's response:

"The BPPE does not endorse schools. They simply said you were no longer operating illegally."

So, Austen clearly said approval, and then I would argue embellished it at worst, and I would further argue it's not unreasonable. "Approval" and "Endorsement" are literally synonyms.

Beyond that, the BPPE doesn't endorse schools, but it clearly does approve them.

Does the user's response seem a generous interpretation to you at all? Or should it not be?

> A contract can have clauses made in good will in the interest of both parties that turn out to be against the law. E.g. in my country copyright is absolutely nontransferable, but of course I wanna transfer the usage rights for paid work. If the contract would say my copyright is transferred rather than me transferring usage rights it's certainly wrong and against the law, but it's neither misleading nor deceptive of the intent behind the clause.

This is actually an answer to my question which the other user never addressed. How does this constitute me attacking him? Do I seem too ignorant to warrant an answer...?

At this point I feel I'm simply being high roaded. The other user clearly ignored or misunderstood many of my questions, and I'm not attacking him for acting in bad faith the way you're attacking me. If you'd like to address any other specific points I'm happy to continue discussion.

edit: spelling/grammar
https://fas.org/ has a huge selection of national defense related manuals and guides https://fas.org/irp/doddir/ covering a lot of topics

My favorite one is the Army Survival guide. Probably the best and most detailed guide one out there

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-70.pdf
True, though you still need to transport all those panels to the site and assemble them - one interesting aspect here is that the materials are (mostly) present. That doesn't make for much savings of emissions for a single house, but if you built ten at once... I also wonder if you couldn't carve out a basement/cellar and use the dirt displaced to build the house over it, that'd provide storage.
I disagree. If you buy a product from me with 30 day warranty and it breaks on day 31 and you contact me, I will not give you a refund because: a) I haven't agreed to do so b) I'm not bound to do so c) I don't think it's warranted in this case.

But I'm not "unable" to issue a refund.

In another case I may say "hm it's out of warranty but you know what, it really shouldn't have broken like that and you're a good customer, so I'll give a refund anyway." I can do that because I am able to issue a refund.

As for their policy, they are both the authors and interpreters of their own policy, so the "my hands are tied" argument is pure BS. If they are unable to reinstate accounts, why do they have an appeals process at all?
I shared this in another thread yesterday, but appropriate here — this is my favorite all-around tool:

https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/products.ph...

It’s a trail tool, but serves many purposes — from grubbing out weeds, to contouring paths, to leveraging boulders. I love it.

I also have a Japanese saw referred to as a human powered chainsaw (I think it’s called “The Silky Big Boy”) and it’s a close second. I use it to limb up trees to reduce fire hazards, prune larger branches, etc.
Probably due to _significant_ quantity of alcohol... and certainly not a good idea.
You would need to think quite far out of the box and hit it to be able to beat a vertically integrated, extremely well-funded, and successful company.
It logically makes sense for Windows to move to ARM as well at this point. They already ported it with Windows RT, and now all they have to do is provide a translation layer like Rosetta and release the full Windows experience (instead of the locked down version RT was).
How Did YouTube Empower Creators with Smart Reply?
> winning lottery tickets have even better odds but they're not solving inequality either.

lotteries are cancer and I'm in no way a supporter of them (except to acknowledge they may be the best answer to a problem that has no good solutions), but the model does work like a vice tax, in that a substantial fraction of ticket proceeds go toward various social and investment programs.

the prizes only consume 20-70% of the revenue (specific fraction depends on the game).
https://xinyangdut.github.io/mirror_glass/index.html
I think it is a good move for Fedora, especially because they stick to the latest kernel releases. Something like ZFS is probably technically superior for a file server, but for a Linux workstation Btrfs is best option, IMO.

Anecdotally, I've been running Btrfs for over five years with zero problems. And it has saved me from data corruption multiple times.
Well they gave a real density size and shape, it just doesn’t matter.

Inside could be shaped like a dolphin a potted plant or a whale. Outside of horizon we couldn’t tell from outside.
Not many families can afford that luxury - so they drive.

And that's the real resistance here - freedom. EV enthusiasts do themselves zero favors when they try to pretend that it's not a real issue.
The PDF mentions chainsaws, and concludes that they are less effective than manual saws. It does seem like you want your tools to be as light as possible so that getting to the work site doesn't become a behemoth task!
RedisLess – Fast Serverless Redis
Those are known as Heisenbugs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug
Huge respect for YC and Suhail. I understand what Mighty is solving. Also, I understand there are more Chrome users. But...
1. I want everyone to take a look at it after using Safari on M1, this solution sounded obsolete already. 2. The-Balaji mentioned Mighty is not building browser but a web based OS. Well, yes! I liked that part. 3. And, the price of Mighty is too much! When compared to the M1 performance per MBP cost - it is the cheapest yet highly performing device. Why would I use Chrome? That too a hosted model of Chrome. 4. Building a solution around Chrome and a problem caused by Chrome have been puzzling for me. Chrome itself is a memory hungry machine. To solve that problem, we can't just go for a radical problem while other FREE alternatives are there. Is this for Chrome fan base?

I am very curious to see the future of this product and observe. Much to learn from this.

Kudos team!
Yes, but it is a dodge. Like an apology wrapped in an excuse. I read this post and I made a mental note to try to never say I am "unable" when I am unwilling. It's corporate speak that I have used myself.
Wow you have 5 times more ram than mine.
Anyways I have used qutebrowser it makes things slow especially when I’m watching something on YouTube this is why I sticked to firefox
My point was more about collective punishment than about the value of the contributions. Unrelated people at UMN that have contributed code to Linux shouldn't have their work thrown away.

That said, there were hundreds of reverted commits and many of them were fixing real security bugs. In particular, the same security researchers that did the questionable experiment has also contributed many real bug fixes.
> The biggest problem with "alternative" platforms is just the lack of app support.

Websites.
They're always showing interest in lighter weight sandboxing mechanisms. For example, AWS has FireCracker which they use on Serverless, CloudFlare can run WASM workloads in V8, etc.

In general, the clouds want the unit of deployable compute to be as small as possible, because it means they can make more money packing more customers into the same machines.
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>Then the January 6, 2021 insurrection occurred and we began seeing more customer support cases asking about whether Basecamp “discriminated” against its customers. Whether it supported “free speech”.

/r/suspiciousquotes
Exactly. Also, who needs those resources just for a browser? Why not make it a full VDI instead? With those resources it feels like a waste to limit it that way.
TLDR - the CEO was granted 1 million shares over 3 years at $5 per share. Now that GameStop's stock price went up due to the WSB frenzy, that stock is worth $170 million. He is departing earlier than expected, and per his contract he retains those shares but gives up a cash payout and another $50M in shares he could have had if GameStop's performance improved over the next few years.
Remember, as Thomas Sowell has correctly pointed out, the true minimum wage is always ZERO. I'm advising a smallish manufacturer now whose goal (as a response to minimum wage and other govt regulation) is to eliminate ALL of their employees, through both automation and outsourcing. I've seen the numbers, and this takes them from barely profitable in a good economy to marginally profitable even in a fairly down economy. They will not survive another downturn if they don't do this, so all the jobs will be gone soon, anyway.

This isn't what they want to do, but what they must do, especially with no barrier to Chinese cheating in the market.

Policy has consequences, and right now, most of our government policies are actually arguing against creating (or even maintaining) jobs.
And despite the additional complexity, reliability has improved. I have an old carbureted vehicle, and while it might be simple, the environmental shortcomings it has well outweigh any o2 sensor that might need replaced at 200k miles.
Modelling the trajectory of Covid-19 in India and elsewhere
this meme[1] translates perfectly the current state of tech interviews

[1]https://starecat.com/the-technical-interview-vs-the-actual-j...
I was under the possibly incorrect impression that black holes result when the gravitational force is so great that it even overcomes Pauli's exclusion principle, collapsing the neutrons into an overlapping mass of staggering density. Now that I write that out, I'm a little more doubtful.
Yes I thought "Dragons Egg" was a classic. I remember reading it as a child and getting interested in Physics.

I read it's an example of the "hard" science fiction genre - I think the author Robert Forward was actually a physicist...
Make the person but the hour, say $100. It's a very different value proposition for some one saving their business vs some one trying to game a system.
Lsp can be used with any IDE, better markup language (static typing, proper module concept), rust and JS APIs, markup compiled to proper C++/Rust AOT, compiler can do asset optimizations (todo) - for example:).

In short: we try to do one thing (UI) and do it well :)
What you just described only happens for me with Chrome on my M1 MBA. Try loading Safari, its instant.
I guess the unintended consequence of outlawing internal political discussions is that those discussions then become external...
Barracudas can freak you out because they seem to be curious. They just hang out and watch you. The only time I've heard of someone getting bitten was on a YouTube sailing channel where the group was making fun of one of the crew for being the only known human to actually be bit by a barracuda. IIRC he was messing with it.

Jelly fish, OTOH, suck.
Also, isn't x86 ISA just a translation layer today? I thought on the metal, there is a RISC like architecture these days anyway.
The NPS preservation briefs (ex. historic masonry [1]) are fantastic, and like the grandparent, document knowledge that is largely lost in practice.

[1] https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/2-repoint-mor...
I think calling this "lazy" is cute and has its history, but really it's about not wanting to do manual work, like copy/pasting, or manual testing etc., where you could instead automate it.

That said, it would be nice if this really was widespread, because it seems to me organizations and leaders of orgs, put so much value on appearance. People want to hear the good news, and forget that in fact, the status is just a reflection of where things are at and not predictions of where things will be. Optimizing for appearance and sounding nice, in my experience, takes away from this "lazy" mentality, and creates process-driven programmers that take days to add a simple feature like a button.
Previous discussion of the post this is responding to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192
Thanks for posting. I saw this happen on twitter, but the comments immediately derailed into the predictable culture war and never really drilled down to the specifics of why Basecamp choose to put this policy into effect. This makes it very clear.
Yeah, the old "easy come, easy go" saying.
You won’t find a Displaylink adapter that supports Thunderbolt monitors. It just won’t work from a technical aspect.