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> I'm all for greater accountability of big corp when it comes to climate change, but did I miss where they said "it's not us, we swear"?

Corporations gaslight consumers all the time for anything inconvenient to them and their profits.

If you want to see a good case made for one example of it, plastics and plastic recycling, check out John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on plastics (you probably even believe a few of the lies they've been telling everyone about plastic recycling yourself right now. it even surprised me and I already knew plastic recycling was a little bit bullshit already).

https://youtu.be/Fiu9GSOmt8E

Here's a whole 11 episode podcast put out by the BBC called "How They Made Us Doubt Everything" about big business using the same techniques to tell us lies about smoking causing cancer to make us doubt climate change. I just found out about this now but I do intend to give it a listen:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l7q1

Here's an article that's an excerpt from a book called "The New Climate War" that Michael Mann wrote about this very topic:

"Then there’s the now iconic “Crying Indian” ad. Some readers may recall the commercial from the early 1970s. Featuring a tearful Indian named “Iron Eyes Cody,” it alerted viewers to the accumulating bottle and can waste littering our countryside. The ad, however, wasn’t quite what it appeared to be on the surface. A bit of sleuthing reveals that it was actually the centerpiece of a massive deflection campaign engineered by the beverage industry, which sought to point the finger at us, rather than corporations, emphasizing individual responsibility over collective action and governmental regulation."

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/michael-mann-climate-...

Not really in the mood to argue the crypto front. I'm actually in a bit of a quandary myself, as I was excited about bitcoin when it was first released, and didn't see how much energy it would eventually use, and I actually have some wealth (modest in these circles since a lot of you work in Silicon Valley and I don't) thanks to speculating on it and other cryptocurrencies.

I want to see crypto succeed, but I also want it to not use tons of energy. I'm aware of alternatives to "Proof of Work" (which is why Crypto has started using so much energy) such as "Proof of Stake", but it's not going to be easy to shift Bitcoin to that, and as far as I'm aware we don't yet have any coin that's proven that Proof of Stake will work at scale yet (although Ethereum is working towards that, so hopefully it will show that more environmentally-friendly alternatives can exist).

So long story short, I'm hoping that ultimately the environmental issues of bitcoin will eventually be significantly fixed, or people will shift to a coin that does fix it.

In the meantime, however, there's tons of other industries that are severely damaging our environment and are doing little to nothing to stop it, and blaming everyone else for the problem instead of us.
Or they could have done the same as many paid programs: charge money for updates. Instead they choose to do the opposite, which makes one wonder how they came to the conclusion that not updating is more desirable for their users.
(In response to:
>> The future is statically linked and isolated applications. Distros need to adapt.
)

> 1. Have the users been asking for everything to be a laggy electron app? I don't think so.

Humongous strawman. As if electon apps are the only ones that can be statically linked?!? For shame!
New Bosch here too. We stopped using the 30-minute quick cycle which blasts the dishes with a lot of water but doesn’t seem to get them clean, plus leaves a bitter soapy residue, bleh, and all the plastic is wet.

I couldn’t believe the eco cycle would take 3 hours, but it does a fantastic job. Also never thought I’d care about rinse aid, but now I’m obsessive about never running a cycle without it or having a spare bottle on hand.

This was an excellent post, and zero surprise the secret sauce can be replaced for pence/pennies on the pound/dollar.

Remember the ridiculous “fresh squeezed” juice bags? What’s next? DRM petrol/gasoline for hyper-performance (eco + power + range) auto fuel... but it’s regular gas with a couple drops of stuff added? Music player + headphone combo but you can only listen to Neil Young?
Or build another one where trust doesn’t require burning down a planet.
Farming corporations do it constantly they're by far the biggest wasters of water but they run ad campaigns telling you to turn the faucet off when you're brushing your teeth. The dump so much NPK in the fields now that they're destroying our waterways then they claim it's not farming corporation practices it's all the sewer from the people
I haven’t seen a machine that holds detergent for prewash cycles nor powdered detergent here in Denmark for over a decade
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> The FOSS development paradigm seems to be allergic to good UI design

I'm having a hard time understanding what it is about the development paradigm that's allergic to good UI design. In good faith I'll assume you meant that "FOSS projects seem to lack good UI design". This I'll agree with, if we're talking about GUI design (others have pointed out that the CLI interfaces are usually great). I really don't think the lacking GUI design is necessarily inherent in FOSS, but I too wonder why more people with design skills aren't attracted to working on FOSS stuff.
Someone may be offended seeing the letters u, c, and k.
Just added apple app store as another market, but it will take a while before it finishes to gather all the apps info
The LCG is the improved extension which causes you to have to compute values x_0 = seed to x_n in order to calculate x_{n+1}. What I am talking about is just a mapping of index x -> f(x) which is what the OP seemed to have wanted. In that case, `a` only needs to be relatively prime. This cannot account for every permutation of n since the number of values relatively prime to n, the totient, has an upper bound of n, which is the possible values for a. The number of values for b is also n, so at most n^2 possible sequences are generated, which is less than n! for n > 3.

For example, with n = 5:
Let a = 3 and b = 2.
x = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4],
a * x = [0, 3, 6, 9, 12],
a * x + b = [2, 5, 8, 11, 14],
a * x + b mod n = [2, 0, 3, 1, 4]
Low level staff today is the high level staff of 15 years from now, so you just make them dumb now.
Anyone at all, as long as there are millions of them and they want to actually buy those phones, not just rant about Android and Apple online.
> we are able to recognize individuals of other primate species by face at a very early age, but lose this ability soon

I don't buy this. I visit the Primate Rescue Centre (Monkey World) in Dorset, UK, and can recognise several individual chimps and orangutans by their facial features (especially if you include ears). Discriminators include size of brow ridges, facial colouration, distance between nose and mouth, eye separation, etc etc. Here are some facial shots of several individuals to illustrate the range of variations.

https://monkeyworld.org/our-primates/primate-groups/bachelor...

https://monkeyworld.org/our-primates/primate-groups/hananyas...

If you factor in body mass and musculature and other bodily features the differences between individuals can be dramatic.
That's where autonomous comes in. If the car can self-drive to me that's significant. The alternative is the subscription includes $X in Uber / Lyft per month. That is, I reserve a vehicle and the service handles the rest.
I have taken a look at the .mdhtml file and don't know what you mean ;(

I you mean having one file that can contain both markdown and HTML, that's what markdown is already, since you can fallback to inline or block-level HTML in markdown.

If OTOH you want a HTML file that can also contain markdown (or other custom Wiki syntax, and text substitution variables, and a whole lot more), than that's available in SGML (on which HTML is based) via short references.
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> The Android platform represents an enormous amount of work that encompasses a more secure base kernel, an unparalleled selection of applications designed for mobile usage and written in a memory-safe language, fantastic sandboxing and user privacy features leagues ahead of any desktop operating system, and great diversity in the hardware market.

It's also all Google's. At any time, for any reason, Google can arbitrarily decide that they don't want you to run software X, Y or Z. On your device. The situation is, frankly, untenable.

(Yes, you can often work around Google's arbitrary decision at the cost of inconvenience on your part. That still doesn't cut it. My device, my rules! Just like with my PC.)
I think my point is that some lifestyle companies (basecamp’s one of the originals) want to be a fellowship because they see the ideological joining together in shared mission and culture as a valuable thing. I think it is valuable to people who want to experience more band of brothers in their work.

Most companies are mercenaries and most companies are okay with that. Also most individuals are mercenaries and are fine with it as well.

Upon more reflection I do think the ability for fellowship to suppress infighting via mission driven self sacrifice is more of a fantasy rather than a practical application in real world companies. That’s the function of pay and org structure in most other orgs.
Having been blocked on a customer’s locked-down Windows machine where the security software breaks the update process, this isn’t a welcome change.
We better not embrace whales trying to communicate with us. These finned "c!nts" are only interested in taking our jobs, our land, and even our women! Coming up here ... Onto our land ... With their barely developed lungs ... And their hopes and dreams "of a better tomorrow for whales". GET BACK in the SEA I say!!

My name's Tucker Carlson from Fox news, and I say we need to ensure the brightest and best whales STAY IN THE SEA, and concentrate on making it aquatically prosperous, instead of coming up here, onto our land, and beginning the process of evolution that will eventually lead to all life on Earth after the humans.

(apologies, this was paraphrased from Stewart Lee's comedy vehicle "comin over here" bit and is satire)
+1 to Finish. Been using it for an year.

BTW being from India and new to using dishwasher I got into the habit of rising the dishes before placing them in dishwasher. I recommend it. It’s a little extra work but the dishes come out sparkling clean every single time.
>I'm not sure what the market is.

I assume the target is the tiny home/mobile living market.
What Is an NFT?
Do you just wash your dishes with hot water and no kind of soap or detergent?
No matter what product you make, it seems that it's impossible to earn money without using unethical proprietary practices. I guess the brand will argue that the products are "hard to find" and that it requires "precise refilling".

And apparently it's even true for such crazy good home products that really don't get enough visibility.

I mean it's the first time I discover this washing machine, and I want one. It's almost like this hacking article was just designed as a disguised advertisement for this washing machine.
Agreed. In some ways, this situation couldn’t have happened at a better time for Intel.
The two noises I used with cats are:

1. "sssssshheeeeessh" If you want them to leave, like a hissing sound.

2. A squeaking (by pursing lips together) to calls them or tell them you are interested to play.

Generally I don't believe cats really try so much to communicate - at least I don't get this impression.

I would say that with dogs they understand a lot more. They understand the concept of pointing and use it to communicate something of interest to me. For example, one of my dogs ran out of the gate and the other dog pointed to where they went using their entire body as an arrow. Another time a ball was lost in a stack of tires, so the dog requested help from me to retrieve it my pointing. I can ask "where is <object they know>" and they'll take me to it, or help me search for it - to the point where one of my dogs will help me look for my keys.

My dogs will also try to communicate with me too, mimicking what they believe I sound like. "Helllooooo" they really try to copy as a greeting. They also like to get involved in singing too - I think they somewhat enjoy some music.

What I like about my dogs too is that they understand the more subtle things. When two people are arguing or speaking heatedly they will try to break them up by pushing in-between. They are not allowed into certain rooms unless invited, but a small sideways nod lets them know they have a one time pass.

Dogs also very much like routine, the human world is confusing and if you delay feeding for a few hours for example, they don't understand why. They often do their best to fit in if you help them to.

I think people really underestimate how smart dogs can be. They * really * try to communicate back, but they are mostly unsuccessful. Try sometime to take an interest in their attempts to communicate with you, encourage it even. If they think they can communicate with you, you'll have a much better time. My dogs even help me keep my daily schedule.
I use tablets too, but this is a ultra compact dishwasher so tablets aren't going to work on it, they are meant for full sized machines.
presumably "houses" is the key word here?
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If I remember properly: lots of proprietary data that was painstakingly assembled, and quite simple models on that data.
I’ll take a shot. If it takes years of exposure, or is delayed, to be effective you want to aim for staffers before they are in key/important positions. Maybe staffers in embassy positions track well into higher, more important jobs?
You can use `xdg-open`.
> you trade Monero for Y-coin and lose your privacy again

This seems to work fine, though. If Y coin is Bitcoin, all anyone can tell is you traded Monero for Bitcoin. They can't go and track where the Monero came from as they could with Bitcoin. It gives plausible deniability.
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Most crypto are running on Ethereum at this point.
A lots of useless Bitcoin clone indeed.

But a lot is happening still.
Heck, I think some of those chains even serve a actual purpose, without the computational issues. Crazy right ?

As for Bitcoin, I hope the money in it trickle down to actual useful things.
But, trickling down. Well, we know how it goes .
> And the eth (and who knows how many other coin) crowd certainly does still mine on gpus.

And is actively on the path to proof of stake.
Docker the company seems to be in a pretty tough place. Docker desktop and their hub are the only revenue streams they have. That's after ~$300M of investments.
> It also transmits a HUGE amount of sensitive data about your system to Docker without your consent, so it's spyware. [...] If you work on any sort of private codebases or under NDA, this thing is a liability magnet.

Can you please share a full list of what gets transmit with and without having the "Send usage statistics" option enabled? I'm assuming you have this data available because the wording of your reply is so specific.
I get what you're saying, and I don't much expect to win a debate over this as I know it's just a difference of perspective, but for the record:

> I am focusing on Raising questions, whereas you are focusing on the rhetorical quip

There is not a single question in that whole comment. It's just anger. "Rhetorical quip" is an interpretation that serves the argument you're trying to present, but it's hardly neutral.

> It is a well known fact that the web bloat....

The Mighty team is trying to address the issue of web bloat with a project that took two years, rather than trying to reprogram every website/webapp in the world, which would take somewhat longer. If people have actual practical ideas to share that would address the issue of web bloat rather than hating on one's own entire industry and spewing bile over another hacker's product launch, they should 100% share them and it would be great. I'd love to read good ideas on this topic. The comment I quoted didn't contain even an attempt to engage with this issue, it was venting and nothing else.

> in accordance to the hacker spirit

The hacker spirit I know of entails building things and improving things, and engaging seriously with other people's attempts to do so. The comments in the Mighty thread that do that are great. The ones I quoted/linked don't do that.

> you're emotionally involved with this topic

A few commenters have written variants of this, but it's deflection. My comments in this thread are mostly correcting factual errors. I'm happy to concede I have a soft spot for Suhail and hackers like him who build things that others think are crazy, because that's how important/difficult problems get solved. So, sure, that's my emotional investment in the topic. The comments I've quoted/linked are far more emotionally-charged than anything I've written.

> people are not buying PG's simplistic arguments

The emotionally charged, defensive nature of most of the negative comments are interesting, coming from people who are so keen to dismiss others as too emotional, but that aside, this isn't an essay that matters much if HN commenters agree or disagree; it's for people like Suhail and future founders, to help them discern between useful feedback and unhelpful noise.

> Ctrl+F 'users' on article: 0 results found

Terribly bad-faith comment. "Listen to your users" is the dominant theme of PG's essays and public comments for the 15+ years he's been writing/speaking about startups.

Anyway, my central point in my original comment was that we all need to reflect on the role we play when we critique others' work. We can help by engaging seriously with a fellow hacker's work and providing constructive feedback, or we can react with indignation and help them in a different way, by motivating them to prove the haters wrong. Either way we're still helping! It's up to us as to which path makes us feel good about ourselves.

If people really think they're living by the "hacker spirit" and offering constructive feedback with those comments I linked, that's fine, good luck to them!
Smartphone memory is used for lots of things, e.g. modem carve-outs, graphics buffers, and page cache. The fraction left over for actual code is pretty small, especially on the smaller devices common in the developing world. Shared libraries are essential for using this memory efficiently.
I've used tabs (brand name ones) for nearly 20 years and they're perfect.
Data science in a nutshell.
Investors don't want to invest in only HW. They want their MRR. This is all just going to get worse. We'll start seeing everything coming with built in cellular soon.
I guess you could predictably enumerate the permutations, so that you could lookup with parameters size/n, position/i, seed/r - where r is the permutation.

For size=1, all parameters are 1, and only result is 1.

For size 2, r can be 1 or 2, naming the permutations [1,2];[2,1] - and eg: rand_at(n=2,r=2,i=2) would return 2, but i=1, would return 2.

I'm not sure how I'd implement this - I suppose it might be possible to generate a predictable "walk" based on n/r/i?

But for sizes less than, say, a million i would think that a shuffled array would be easier?

r would need to be in the range 1..n!
The Apple Camera app has no manual focus. It has autofocus, tap to focus and it has focus lock if you tap and hold.

How come your “favorite example” isn’t even a real example...
Also don’t know about the paradigm per se, but I suspect a lot of FOSS developers are CLI first type users. Secondly, they are mostly not working in environments where GUI UX designers are part of the process. Thirdly, good UX design doesn’t happen by committee. Pure speculation on the first two.
There is no three finger manual focus gesture on iPhone. Not sure where he got that from.
I tried few years ago, and it didn't fit my needs. Just tried again :

- must sign up to use the application
- impossible to select several items to mark them as read/unread (possible in Aggregator, and I can't live without it)
- the grouping is based on the feeds (same as Aggregator), but I'm looking for label grouping ala Gmail
- must pay for the search/label feature
- in text only mode, the items are hard to read. I like Aggregator's way of seeing the source's favicon next to the items
- ads

RSS is free open standard, it's not supposed to change and does not require maintenance. Aggregator's last update was almost 3 years ago and the app still fully works as intended today. I'm not looking for an app that is updated every week for new features.

I tried all the free Android RSS readers under the sun, and none has the perfect combo of features I would like.
How are you performing this "Monero for Bitcoin" trade without loosing your privacy to at least the person/entity you're trading with? You can't.
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Oh, it's hard work, but you can totally have trade deals and subsidize industries - you "just need to" get your trade partners to agree - Canada still has its dairy management system more or less intact for example.

Like ya, it'd be a lot of work (probably take years!) to get these deals going, but let's not lie to ourselves about what these subsidies are about - they're about trying to setup a more or less sustainable system in important industries that is supposed to last for decades. After years of "paperwork" it'll take years (maybe over a decade!) to actually come up to steam in production.

At least for the USMCA and EU, I think a lot of American interests are more or less aligned with partner interests. The obvious common ground is "let's work out ways to reduce our reliance in certain strategic areas from sources concentrated in China's sphere of influence". I think there's sufficient political AND popular backing of that that something could probably be figured out. Notably this might require that America itself "settle" for bringing back "western manufacturing" not "American manufacturing". That might be the hardest sell in this whole deal.
> Micro plastics are terrifying, but I’m trying to think why exactly.

Mainly because when it rains, all those particles end up in the ocean. And we know fish are permeated with plastics now.

(There was an HN post on this last week on museums finding fish specimens full of plastic particles.)

"Fish have been swallowing microplastics since the 1950s"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210429133929.h...
I visited an incineration plan once and they showed how the make really sure the temperature is over 900 degrees Celsius st all times so that plastics and biological toxins are properly destroyed.

They also make sure there is lots of air available to the combustion process and thats done in an interesting way. They draw it in via the waste storage bunker solving two issues at once - the stinky air from all the waste gets effectively burned and the bunker is kept as negative air pressure so the smell doesn't get out.

And of course all the exhaust gases pass via a sophisticated fikter plant.