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I suspect it is strongly down to culture and experience (i.e. "common wisdom" is wrong on both sides of the Atlantic). In North America, most everything is built in wood. There are plenty of houses approaching 100 years that are just fine. Good insulation exists and is used. Infestations aren't generally a problem in European climates. There are plenty of techniques for dampening sound.

The point is, in North America, everyone builds with wood so it is very difficult (expensive) to find someone who can build in brick. There is also the issue of material availability and familiarity of building inspectors. Building anything "non-standard" will be a big pain. I am sure the same applies in Germany, but swap wood for brick or concrete.
I know enough financially broke startups to confirm that a working prototype is only a small part of a successful business.

The approach to intellectual property in China is much more open, partly because the leaders understand that technical expertise is more than just a one-off design, and competitors probably can't enter the market without significant capital investment and risk. In the case of healthcare, I suspect that regulators will prevent any vaccines manufactured with sub-standard procedures, such as those made in university labs.
Well, I lived from when I was born up to my 27th birthday in Brazil. I went to school in Brazil, I dated a lot of Brazilian women, I have two sisters in Brazil.

I don't want to dispute your anecdote but I feel I have a bit more hands-on experience with Brazilian society.

Don't compare Carnaval, a one-off whole-nation party week to how society really works on the day-to-day.
I think you should be using push more judiciously. If I visit a site, click 3 buttons and blow up my back button so I have to hit back 4 times to get back to HN/Google, I'm not returning.

Users expect the back button to work for page transitions, not state/UI transitions. And again, this doesn't impact the ability to send the current page state as a link whatsoever.
Do you use Linux as a daily driver?
Europe is bigger than where you live. Scandinavia builds a lot with wood.
From the little I know about it, they asked for people to look into inequality issues at work around hiring, then didn't like what was found and said nobody could talk about politics.

Sounds like they talked the talk, but when it came to walking the walk, they walked back and told everyone to be quiet.
The old age is where it sucks the most, and money/being privileged can only help so much. For example, even with money for great care, it is just torture to be mostly immobilized in bed, in pain, half-deaf and with mild dementia (this describes someone I personally know). And some variant of this is in the cards for a lot of us.
Don’t we know already? In the UK weren’t millions of cows infected and eaten for years with only a few hundred human transmissions?
Okay, but isn't that a good thing?

Because in the normal case, everything will already be there and only the last part must be written. And then, if someone changes the definition of a "River" then you will immediately see all the laws that are impacted and how they are impacted. Sounds good to me.
"Risk"

Yeah, we crossed that Rubicon like Evil Kenevil jumped the Grand Canyon a long time ago.

I'd like to see this sort of rigor applied to the tax code so that we can all agree that "complexity is a subsidy" and just scuttle the whole mess in favor of something not an iron rod of oppression.
Just out of curiosity,
How is this tool different when compared to htop
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To me it seems like you contradict yourself.

> it would be better [to adopt a law system] which maximizes the human interpretive element rather than attempts to remove it.

> twist the law in any direction which benefits them, even in ways that don't feel right.

The first statement seems to say that the more humans can interpret the law the better, the second statement seems to imply that people actually doing such interpretation with the tools available now is a bad thing.

It's a good thing your comment is not a legal text though. Otherwise some formalism would be quite welcome to derive the intended meaning.
Zuck in the Verge article discussed how much pressure there was to sell to Yahoo for 1B. For an average start-up, it might be being pushed to sell for, say, someM when you could wait and chance on 10xsomeM if you had the votes.
I honestly don't see the problem. Abnormally low inflation is a problem, unless a government cunningly takes advantage of the labor force to get ahead of other nations there is no benefit, it merely indicates that the private sector is not competitive enough and rising asset prices are just an indicator of an increasingly unstable economy.

Just think about it, China gives you free shit, you take advantage of the free shit to make your nation grow faster. Trump says, we don't want your free shit (trade war). Biden says, thanks to your free shit we can grow our economy (infrastructure).

Of course if you do neither, the free shit piles up in your country, prices for everything go down and people are unemployed as a result.
Ok, I think that would have helped me learn that the client can some how trigger the bug but I don't think it would have allowed me to narrow it down to flushHeaders.
Error: <<you-said>>: error within widget contents (Error: cannot find a closing tag for HTML <pid>)

This hints to a possible XSS and/or code injection (not completely quoted input). Input was "strace -s128 -f -p <pid>" , as an answer to "how do you strace server process"
Apple recently suggested [1] to Australian authorities that Apple can't possibly have a monopoly on app distribution since they have no restrictions against PWAs which "have the look, feel and functionality of a native app". But they fail to mention that they control exactly what functionality is actually available to PWAs. And right now it's A LOT less than what is available to native apps.

Also, most users are not aware that third-party iOS browsers like Chrome, Brave, and Firefox are actually just light UI "skins" on top of the Safari browser engine, Webkit. Apple refuses to allow third party browser engines on iOS.

So this means that it's not possible for users to just switch to another browser in order to use more powerful web apps. They're literally prevented from doing so by Apple's policy to ban browser competition on iOS.

[1]: https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Apple%20Pty%20Limited%2...
Having just seen JBD from AWS mention now working on this project full time my complete assumption is that AWS will offer it as a service and this isn't possible if the licensing goes in the direction of blocking commercialisation. Since the startup that was building this got acquired by New Relic and Peter Fenton serves on that board I assume they're trying to attack this strategically in a different way. If that's not that case then this is otherwise a fairly naive effort or moreso about drive large scale adoption with open monetisation around it by everyone who wants to.
I'm not sure where you live, but where I live in the UK, every house I've lived in has had a concrete floor. All 1960s - 1990s houses. Internal structure is definitely not a wooden frame, it is brick, wood is used for decoration, floor boards and the roof.

Maybe modern houses are built as you say
Didn’t a huge number of cows get infected back then with only a small number of cases?
I think soldiers should see this as part of their training

I served in the British Army and before I went out to Afghanistan I'd watch all of the gory Middle East stuff because I wanted to know what I was getting myself in for. Also to see the kind of situations that had killed my friend.

I'm glad I did, because although most of it was extremely boring stuff like you describe I probably would have brushed off the capabilities of the Taliban
It's also because Python has such an awesome stdlib that it's so popular. So there is that.
"To our surprise"
> Now if someone asks me "Hey where can I go see that thing that was taken off of Youtube" I don't have a ready answer that isn't an alt-right cesspool.

Does this mean that only the alt-right have access to uncensored information?
I'm surprised to learn that btrfs still has corruption issues, even for simple cases. It's been in development for 12 years already; I wonder what the factors behind this are?
The version itself is fine, but specifically listing Ubuntu as a system requirement is strange. If Ubuntu truly is a requirement, the name of the project should be "ProcMon for Ubuntu".

Presumably it isn't, and the README should list the actual requirements (kernel versions, etc.), with a note to the effect of "packages are available for Ubuntu LTS releases since 18.04".
If you've seen 300+ line react components marching off the right of the screen, you'll know that maintaining the parse tree in your head isn't a barrier to popularity.
Moderna themselves have pledged (temporarily) not to enforce their COVID-19 patents anyways, so I’m not sure who you’re defending.

If McDonalds gave out their hamburger recipe today, I don’t think they’d be on the brink of bankruptcy tomorrow.

I would imagine stopping a global pandemic is in the best interest of everyone, including the creators of any vaccine. They’ve made a killing so far and will continue to make plenty of money, patents or not.
It's a cool idea. I'd bet that it's unlikely for a sufficiently intelligent species (say one capable of creating machines to cross interstellar distances) to stay dumb, though.

Humanity is fast approaching the point where we can edit our genes or otherwise select for intelligence. Even the idea of creating non-human super intelligent agents of some sort is arguably within reach over the course of the next few hundred years.

I like to think that though the starting average intelligence for a given species might be lower than others, eventually we all wind up at the same place, either turning ourselves into or building some hypothetically (given the laws of the universe) maximally intelligent system.
Its confusing as to which implementation of Python is appropriate for certain use case or all are just competing with each other ?

Someone from python community should write a blogpost about features, merits and limitations of CPython, PyPy, Cinder, GraalVM and Pyston
Thats what cookies are for.
That's the scary thing about life, not war in particular. Everything you just said applies to everyone alive right now. What difference does a few decades make?
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I’m really happy to hear that.

Honestly hackernews has been a treasure full of knowledge for me and I wanna thank all the people who actively contribute to this platform by sharing and actively engaging in discussions
A similar thing seems to happen in alzeimers (protein conglomerates)
Same except I don't bin it, I put it in the "projects for fun" box.

NB: "What's the competition" is a very hard question when you're trying to innovate.
In rural America where fixed line, high speed providers do not want to spend money laying cable, a service like Starlink fills a needed gap. But so will 6G or 7G, which will "probably" fix the high speed at a distance issue with 5G...and require a new phone to be purchased.

That being said, I don't think it's really the end game of Starlink. It's a gap, to provide funding for the service to be fully launched (pun, I guess), and make it near break even. But is there such a market to support the large investment in the system? Much less, the additional two or three competitors who are planning to do the same thing?

I suspect, the end game with Starlink is going to be connected (er, linked) to future functionality in the Tesla fleet. Instead of using cellular networks to provide data updates for maps, etc., Tesla may build the receivers into the cars (Not sure how well the system is designed to work with a moving receiver) and use their own network for data updates.

I've long said that Level 5 autonomy will require smart roads and car-to-car communication, this could be a stepping stone in that direction.

I should also add that I'm not familiar with how well Starlink is designed to work in large metropolitan areas with a high number of simultaneous connections. Do the satellites have a higher bandwidth/connection capability then cell towers, etc.
Hello everyone, I'm the founder of Warmspace. Feel free to ask me any questions! Let me share a little bit about the story behind why we created Warmspace and how it works.

Humans are social creatures and we all crave intimacy - to belong, to be seen and accepted for who we are - not just for the pretty parts but also for our flaws, misfortune and shame. Unfortunately many people don't have any avenue to tap into this. Showing vulnerability can feel scary, awkward and uncomfortable. The rise of social media and division today has made it worse and prevent us from seeing past our differences on the surface and not realizing the common human experiences we share underneath. So, many ended up recoiling, sucked in a pit of disconnected loneliness that has just gotten worse during the pandemic.

We created Warmspace to make deep human connection accessible to anyone at anytime. We want to engineer the serendipity and ease for heart-opening conversation to take place over a guided video. It's a place where two people can be totally real with each other. A safe space. A trusting space. A warm space.

First, you connect with a stranger over video. But unlike a regular video call, we use music, mindfulness practice and interactive prompts to guide you through a conversation to dive deep into what's real. It's like having a facilitator that makes you feel safe to reveal whatever is alive within you, to develop empathy and share vulnerability, no matter who you're speaking with.

What makes Warmspace a warm space:
- Authentic relating framework: follow a carefully designed conversation flow with audio guidance that ensures everyone gets the chance to share and be listened to
- Quality prompts: receive handpicked questions and themes that give you the permission to dive into the deeper side of our human experience
- Heart opening music: enjoy curated tunes that will play throughout the conversation to help open up and soothe your heart
- Mindfulness practice: feel present and connected with grounding techniques accompanying your conversation
- Global connection: connect with people from all over the world and realize how much there is in common that we all share

Our users averaged a 38% uplift in positive emotion coupled with a strong 8/10 connection with their partner - in a single one hour session. Many skeptical users have shared that they were surprised at how deeply they were able to connect with a stranger - as if they had been friends for years. They learned something deeper about themselves and feel valued for being exactly who they are. They feel human again.
Why ? I've heard that things might have changed 80k years ago when thanks to cultural progress autism went from negative to positive (for the community), but otherwise AFAIK there haven't been any significant changes since the apparition of homo sapiens 350k-400k years ago ?
This is giving me all kinds of horrible ideas for the dystopian screenplay I’ve just been inspired to write. Awful.
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That was exceptionally fun. I thought I had the answer but I was completely wrong. I shouldn't have stopped the debugging and rush to the solution. Unfortunately it is a game, and it allowed me to do it.

To me this seems pretty obscure and you debug pretty deep into and outside of your application. One part of me thinks of this as Somebody Else's Problem, but definitively makes me rethink it as a SEP and something devs should know about. Specially in time critical/real time systems.
Katala means devious in Finnish. Possibly not coincidence.
But are they actually full time employees?

If yes, then it truly is brag-worthy.
Q. Why can't we test all beef for BSE safety?

A. BSE tests are not conducted on cuts of meat, but involve taking samples from the brain of a dead animal to see if the infectious agent is present. We know that the earliest point at which current tests can accurately detect BSE is 2-to-3 months before the animal begins to show symptoms. The time between initial infection and the appearance of symptoms is about 5 years. Since most cattle that go to slaughter in the United States are both young and clinically normal, testing all slaughter cattle for BSE might offer misleading assurances of safety to the public.

The BSE surveillance program is not for the purposes of determining food safety. Rather, it is an animal health surveillance program. USDA's BSE surveillance program allows USDA to detect the disease if it exists at very low levels in the U.S. cattle population and provides assurances to consumers and our international trading partners that the interlocking system of safeguards in place to prevent BSE are working.
The snipping in particular is pretty cancerous. Distilling a five hour event or talk into a 2 minute highlights reel loses all nuance.
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UK signed a deal for the Brexit. Now UK doesn't want to honor its part of the deal, aka give european (and french) fishermen the authorization required by the deal...

Moreover, Jersey limited the parts of the fishing zone to be less than what the Brexit deal was negociated...

So... how do you deal with a country that signed a treaty 5 month ago and doesn't want to respect it ???? Jersey is just "another brick in the wall"
I think coding the law is not just great, but also the only way forwards. A couple of things:

- Comparing codifying law vs codifying human language/communication in general I think is very unfair. No doubt law is using the form of human written communication but it has structure and it is meant (at least in principle) to be precise. Even if there is some legislation that goes beyond that structure (honestly interested in seeing a few cases) why would we restrict ourselves from codifying all the rest of the legislation? We can have at least part of our law in an executable form, I can't see a drawback with that.

- Just for fun, let's start thinking about the intersection of law binaries and software licences, oh boy! :D
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What about your name? Have they figured out you gave them a fake name?
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I really like Clojure and I'm glad it is around, but I'll prefer something with strong types any day.

From the article I see a lot f reasons why:

> "Don't break things!" is part of the culture.

If you cannot have compile time guarantees on correctness, the discipline to not break things becomes a key feature. On the other hand, if you have strong correctness guarantees, you may more easily incur some breakage (and thus actually fix things).

> Some discipline required [...] with great freedom comes great responsibility.

There's always some discipline required, but without a type system discipline become more important.

> you often need to find specific places where a function or a piece of data is referenced [which is hard in Clojure] because there are no links established via a type system.

Yups. IDEs also like types to build their features on.

> Documentation becomes more important

I dont like documentation as a fix. Docs should tell me why some code is there, not what it does or how to use it (that is preferably obvious).

Again: I like the language a lot. I also like Ruby a lot. But when a new project with serious complexity requires me to pick language I go with something that has: no implicit nulls, strong type safety, sum types, exhaustivity checks.
I would like to share my personal view on prostate cancer screening : my father was found 'positive' at around ~61 yrs. He evaluated the offered treatments and opted for 'internal radiation' : a bunch of radio-active pellets are implanted in the prostate.

I heard from him one of the pellets went 'missing' and was assumed to be 'wandering'.

At 63 yrs, he developed acute leukemia and basically died within a week.

I am not going to research and pursue this, but I am very bitter.
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Exactly my thoughts while browsing. Comparing the silenced m4 with the famas for example, they look nearly identical in stats but feel very different. Granted, I haven’t played in about 10 years, but that’s my recollection.

Quantifying recoil could be very useful.
AI is only very rarely software written by software.
Lots of reasons a document might user my camera - to fill in a form, for example. Obviously there’s a blurry line between document and app, and for some use cases it makes sense to be more app-like.

I’m very fine with this blurry line, and using web tech for all these things, even full apps if you want, as long as you don’t expect access to intrusive or persistent features when I browse to your website, but only when I decide to install/allow your “app”.

Whether Apple is obliged to provide a platform in which web tech used in apps matches native performance and features… I don’t see why they should be, though it’d be nice.

I totally agree forcing all apps via the App Store is bad btw. Alternative app stores and side loading should probably be allowed, but that doesn’t mean the answer is more ways for websites to intrude and behave badly in the browser.
Which pays their workers and suppliers, and the money circulates.
I used Linux as a daily driver until the end of 2020 (Void Linux + ZFS + ZBM), but now running M1 Mac as a primary machine. I'm still using Linux regularly though (gaming via Proton, which is why I'm not running FreeBSD on a desktop yet).
> I feel like this is killing the goose that laid the golden egg.

That is quite hyperbolic, because at worst it will reduce profits, but hardly "kill" them.

> I want the companies and investors in the pharmaceuticals that have made these to become fabulously wealthy as an incentive for companies to invest in the capabilities to produce these.

The incentive to invest is the chance of future profits. Those still exists, as the technology has a lot of use-cases beyond covid-19 vaccines. The vaccine is just the show-case of that.

> The stock of these companies dropped on this announcement.

Short-term developments are hardly a good indicator for future development.

> Long term this kind of patent waiver will drive investment and at some level smart people from these companies.

You really think, losing the ability to profit more from a, hopefully, once in a century event will determine, if someone invests in something in the future? And by that not being able to profit from the technology in all the other areas they can improve?

I really doubt that.
I assume you refer to his results regarding axiomatic systems for arithmetic on natural numbers? If a law attempts to capture this, then, sure, it's problematic. But I don't that's very common.

From what I've seen, formal methods for legal systems would take the "facts" of a case as given (assumptions), and deduce legal consequences of those.
Not at all, Buffet rambles a lot. It takes significantly more effort to understand the points he is making.

His writing style is quite good though and often very insightful.
They rightly fear that in 2-3 years, when the pandemic is likely over everywhere and other people have figured out how to commercialize the IP, they won't be the only ones producing their vaccines.

This isn't going to help India or anyone in the short term and there'll be more than enough doses for every person on Earth by next year. Why should they not retain the IP rights to make a profit on new generations that need to be vaccinated or potential booster shots? The manufacturing capacity will have been built up so scarcity won't be a problem at that point.