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> Ever since the pandemic started, everyone wants to zoom. Can we do a zoom interview call? Can we do a zoom meeting? Let's set up a zoom. Let's do a quick zoom. Let's all get on a zoom. Zoom classes for students. Zoom yoga. Let's get beers on zoom. Hour long screaming zoom calls with kids and family members (don't point that thing at me).

> Fuuuck zoom.

Good. Perhaps, I have to give it to Zoom for providing extraordinary value to their shareholders during the pandemic. Better than any product or competitor.
They're not "funded by the tax payer." That is exactly what doesn't happen. Money is a not a limited physical resource, and "tax payers" do not generate it.

Money is a set of political choices defined by governments. It's also a draconian form of social credit which enforces individual and corporate competition over political power and access to resources.

The only limitations are literal physical resources, including a stable climate - exactly the things that this Money System fails to conserve or manage intelligently.

The rest is just rhetoric and persuasion with some numbers thrown in.

The point of economic rhetoric isn't to grow "the economy" for everyone, it's to manage faith in the future for both winners and losers, and most of all to maintain and expand differentials between the different castes and levels in the economy.

If the government wanted to narrow those instead of expanding them it could do it tomorrow. It wouldn't even need to raise taxes - although it might sometimes be useful to do so to make a rhetorical point about relative power.
Looking forward to "John Anderton" style unsolicited personalized ads bombarding people via AirDrop.
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Then your input is signed. And now what? How does this authenticate the output?
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REvil ransomware hits US nuclear weapons contractor
And calling regulations against clear abuse "endless democracy" is insidious at best.

Well, GP wrote "endless bureaucracy" not "endless democracy", unless the comment has been edited.

And that, IMNSHO as someone who has founded tech businesses here, is entirely fair criticism. The environment created by all those regulations is insanely hostile to tech entrepreneurship, and it's not as if many of those regulations are well considered or effective at protecting vulnerable groups anyway.

The worst part is, I'm not convinced anyone deep inside the EU corridors of power even realises this is what they are doing. If the first step in solving a problem is understanding that it exists, the EU is still at step 0.
So what's the point? Further degrade a sport where pitching is already the dominant side of the equation to the point where a good hitter hits .190? Where's the limit to what you accept?

If you propose unlimited doctoring then I propose unlimited corking and composite bats with unlimited diameter. Then together we can make a complete joke of baseball.
If you don't turn on your camera I won't really enjoy working with you. For me, facial expression alongside the tonality of your voice are important communication mechanisms.

It's actually quite rude if you don't turn on your camera (ever). It's okay if you need it off every now and then.
I think it's one of those things where 99% of the time there's not much going on, but you need enough volunteers for that 1% when things go sideways.
No, it’s trying to justify these changes. Universities have become bloated and optimized to suck as much value from outside funding sources as possible. The fundamental question is if their not paying for research, why exactly should they own anything?

This is especially true for students, which are paying money to go somewhere and then suddenly also need to give up their IP.
Look, I don't mind reading long form - in fact, I strongly prefer it - but this rambling slow-walk of an article is an incredibly infuriating read.

Moreover the examples the author pulls out as "not being studied by science" are BS: DNA is heavily studied by disciplines such as biology, biochemistry, and genetics. Are these not science? Other counterfactual examples are covered by engineering: like the steam engine.

This is a shallow, uninsightful, and myopic view of the relationship between science and progress. Moreover - and I'll admit to having only skimmed the last third because I was getting so fed up - it never seems to get to any point. The try-hard profundity yields... nothing.
What’s your field of work? In tech, it’s often much better to resolve and discuss things in writing. It gives everyone time to think. There are technical details to work out, and getting a clear picture of things is easier when you have to write it down.
I wholeheartedly recommend reading the primary text by Kuhn because it's both well-written as well as historically interesting. But for those with a short time budget, this short playlist[0] covers his ideas in a very clear and concise manner.

[0]https://youtu.be/sOGZEZ96ynI
There was a bubble.io app (I tried bubble, didn’t enjoy it) built by a non techie, that is making 30k per month in revenue (I am trying to remember the name). Some of these no code / low code tools are really getting powerful and easier to use, at least for CRUD apps that aren’t complex.

I am guessing there are needs for tons of simple tools and businesses that programmers aren’t aware of, or not interested in working on. These would be met by savvy subject matter experts whose tech skills are good enough to build something with these tools.
I always think of the remarkable as a really odd device.
Hardware wise, it looks great, but I seldom hear good things about the software, only that it is "improving" for years now.

Also, while I think the form factor would be great for a text and graphics based computing device, they seem to invest as much energy as possible in playing down the computing angle, so that instead of having something great to do technical sketching, email or even interactive notebooks like Jupiter on, you get a really over engineered piece of paper.

Now, it's pretty open, which is great, but I am not that convinced it will necessary remain so, and at that price, buying it only in the hopes of some people making better software in their free time always seems like a bigger gamble I like to take. I accept that for me ~120€ ereader, but for 5 times the price?

I really wish they would embrace mobile computing. Combining an e-ink tablet optimized for text with a moldable operating system like on the old xerox machines could be so incredibly good.

By the way, does the hardware allow connecting an external keyboard?
The US left aligned view on this is also beyond that of most of the eu. They've basically come to differing consensi on what limits to engage, whether they be waiting periods or time periods.the US left would despise German abortion law for instance, which requires mandatory counselling about their decision.

What I see from the US is an eternal war to drag it further, regardless of its current position. Its culture war for culture wars sake.
These are all the same paradigm, in priciple. 2 is a special case of 3 and 1 is a special case of 2. All circuits differing in how powerful the processing nodes are.
I thought this would be critical of Zoom and not video calls themselves. Video can be nice at times but in moderation.
Video of presentation: https://youtu.be/PGwFyzh2KTA?list=PLVl2hFL_zAh-cAfx6y4k-fODf...
Zoom has one feature that at times is invaluable, it allows you to disable incoming videos while keeping your camera active.

Meet has a presentation mode that acts similarly but you need to join as a presentation and to go back to normal you need to exit and reenter
No, the UI doesn't make sense to English speakers either. It is very clear that people working on the software aren't native speakers of English. Typos and grammatical errors galore, and they never get fixed.
Personally I say fuck written language too! Who needs words!
If you want to communicate with me, just grunt

In all honesty though, we are going through an wonderful revolution in language where people are beginning to acknowledge communication is made up by more than just words.

Emojis make it clear that certain things are hard to put into words, like

It’s also quite a new phenomenon to hold people accountable for tone, facial expressions and body language. (Think toxic masculinity etc)

That said, I am also open to the idea that some work can be done, perhaps better, distilling the communication down to pure word messages that have persistence (IE accountability)
Yeah if you watch the video though it's not a smooth version of that, he stutters and then freezes up for awhile first, like he was completely unprepared for the question.
My field is tech. Ignoring the humanity of employees does not make an excellent product.
You can install a dictionary on the device, they are just stardict dictionary files...it's literally putting a file in a folder. They also have some available to download although mainly focused on Chinese/Russian.

It runs Android. You can just sync things through the cloud provider of your choice. Put the Dropbox, OneDrive, NextCloud etc. app on and just download it from there.

Most eReaders don't have upload by email just Kindles and that doesn't let you send a more recent better formats like KFX or AZW3, just ancient mobi. Ditto Bluetooth.

And guess what? At least with Android phones "Nearby Share" works too (although that may require setting up Google Play Store.
Your claims are unbased.
The main head of the FLCCC Paul E. Marik has 43000 citations, yet he is being called out for lacking trustworthiness, and fabricating evidence.
> I can’t help but see some kind of special interest or agenda whenever I hear a news story now. You have to ask why they chose to report this, why they slant things one way or another with their choice of wording and emphasis. What is the aspect of this story that is too politically incorrect or unfashionable to be included?

You say this like it’s a bad thing. That’s exactly what everyone needs to be doing.
> "Have a look at France - they get over 70% of their electricity from nuclear just fine"

Even France has cooled on nuclear due to the high costs involved. As old reactors are decommissioned, they plan to replace them mainly with renewables:

https://www.power-technology.com/comment/renewable-energy-to...
I appreciate the hard work and expertise. But I absolutely do not get the point in reverse engineering a protocol that has been actively closed off. We can all come up with a universal airdrop RFC instead. That effort would be better spent.

It's not some magic, it will be a very simple protocol.
And meetings that should instead be:

- A Slack message

- An email

- An update to an issue/ticket/PR comment

e.g. you don't need to send me a meeting invite for a meeting that starts in 15 minutes so that you can tell me that you've created a new issue for a bug. Just create the issue and assign it to me, and I'll see it when I'm free to do so.
I have an RM2 and use it a lot but the jagged lines bother me. I got the Onyx Boox and returned it, the software was just too clunky and did not have the paper feel, instead felt very plasticky
Still too bright
Quoting the dictionary? Seriously?
> As for coal - Germany accounts for 45% of all coal consumed in the EU, so Mr. Diess can look much closer to home.

He is addressing the G7, not pointing fingers at individual countries. He also appears to be getting his facts wrong in that emotional statement. Germany is planning to be coal free by 2038, US and Japan blocked the 2030 deal and plan 2035 to be the date.

The man is stirring emotions before elections in Germany. Green party taking over means boost of sales in the EV segment in the next couple of years. He is executing the CEO tasks perfectly, regardless the overall cost.
They've been doing this for years to prisoners, political or otherwise, but there's been no action. I hope they actually start doing something about it now, because a world with a superpower that does things like this is an unpleasant thought.
I work in the display industry. My take is neither will happen. Lets start with B.

> B) Color e-ink displays get good enough for interactive use, movie watching, etc.

There is no commercially sold genuine color e-ink today. Kaleido is a grayscale e-ink with a color filter laminated on top. Kaleido Plus is just the same with a light guide.

E Ink did show off a genuine color display back in 2018 called Advanced Color and marketed as "Gallery". But it would take 30s to display an image and it was 32 colors or 16 colors. Not 16-bit color. I mean only 16 colors. E Ink tried to get the industry to buy in and start making products using this technology but nobody really signed on. They revamped their production to then start producing 7 color panels in much smaller sizes like 5" for signage. I heard that hasn't hit the numbers they needed to even cover their RnD costs. I doubt it will be a commercial success.

When you say "good enough for movie watching", I'll say that'll never ever happen with electrophoresis. You can't violate physics. Either a pigment particle moves slowly and stably or it moves fast and is unstable. You'll never be able to get both. That's why newer technologies by various startups like ClearInk sacrifice the bi-stability in order to get fast video speeds. But look at the market response, the market isn't exactly embracing that either. Venture capitalists aren't exactly eager to fund the billions needed to create new display tech when they could invest in some new internet services startup or AI/ML startup instead.

As for A), these are all emissive technologies. They will by their physics always be distinguishable from paper. As to whether you'll care or not, that is something I can't predict.
I don’t understand how they put so little effort into software compared to hardware. They raised money recently they should be able to hire a decent software team, but I’m afraid they’ll start pushing towards subscription only features now
Yeah, no argument there. And I definitely like the Go community’s tendency towards straightforward code. But even there (among less Go philosophy-minded engineers, possibly) I’ve seen crazy abstractions built using interface{} that didn’t need that kind of generic code for the use case. Another one in Go is the nil/interface type interaction, for example. And this kind of thing can be hard to reason about, and that’s what I’m trying to say. All the languages have these complex and tricky bits and it’s best to stay away from them unless truly necessary.
And a from-0-to-100 gain in privacy.

Calling this a "regression" is nonsense.
The comments here reflect a lot of backlash against mainstream media. To some extent, I could see it being a simple reflection of the media being drawn toward bad but eye-catching stories. I've heard from many outlets that the media is drawn to this because it's lucrative - and the rise of technology disrupted their traditional funding sources. Pissing people off through their stories wound up being the only way to make money. It'd only be natural then that after decades of swinging towards "birdbox stories" the media would itself be associated with the negative emotions it's been living off (as in the movie where people use a birds in a box to sense when overpowering forces are nearby). If you live off someone else's largess then you quickly become associated with them intimately.

The trouble is, journalism does fill a necessary need within society. Frankly, people are going to "talk" and without someone having a reputation for holding themselves to a standard somewhere the "talk" will back the ruling elite's objectives.

I don't have the systemic answer - but tech being the initial problem and this being a good place to discuss technical issues - the people here could probably figure out some potential options and see what springs forth.

Personally, I learned how to read the news in public school and through cross sampling from multiple outlets. Every story's got to answer the five "W"s (who, what, when, where and why). If a story has similar photos/names/content across multiple outlets then that's probably close to what happened. Over time, I've watched the rise of the "birdbox" stories and developed a thicker skin towards them.

More personally, I grew up with a parent and a large set of relatives who wanted to rebel against anything and everything without any need for justification. Sometimes it's because it makes them look smart and they like how people treat them with authority. Sometimes it's because they were wronged by someone in authority somewhere and rebellion feels like a form of righting a perceived wrong. Definitely, if a conspiracy theory landed in their laps they were receptive especially when there wasn't any evidence - just another way of bucking the trend and rebelling.

I've learned these rebellions are fundamentally destructive. Society would quickly get turned over to something more like Mad Max and regional warlords if my rebellious family were in the majority. Though sometimes society definitely is in the wrong - as in the times of slavery or oppression of women (neither of those is a US-only past practice, btw).

The news does fill a fundamental need even in its current state. But it definitely needs reformation. Probably, there's a way to fund proper journalism without burning the house down.
I don't use most of their stuff on it; anything Android works and that's what I use. However I do like their reader. Never tried a dictionary installation but the rest is all resolvable with Android apps I would think; for synching anything you would use on an android phone works here too; dropbox, google drive etc.

The fact it runs Android is vastly better than some custom software (like Kindle and others) because of this reason.
What was this startup?
Does it matter? We have vaccines that are almost 100% effective at preventing hospitalization.

I keep seeing this stuff being pushed by anti vaxxers on Facebook as an alternative to getting vaccinated.

Do we see drugs being pushed for smallpox or measles? No. Because the vaccine is cheap and more effective.

Get vaccinated.
Yea, I stopped trying to read and understand the data after I got annoyed by the scrolling.
If it phones home to China count me out. I’ll go for the reMarkable tyvm

I can just see me working on a brilliant invention (one can dream , right?) and putting my notes into the note boox, only to realize it gets patented before me by a Chinese company.
Is it grammatically plural? In "You are tall", "you" can be singular, and then so should "are" be, if I am not mistaken.

(I'm not a native English speaker)
Because, sometimes it is said that fully homomorphic encryption means that you don't have to trust the server anymore. And as you pointed out, that is not true. You have to trust a server less.
But that's a fair representation of both computer ownership and real programming.
(real question) aren't e.g Tesla, SpaceX, NASA, Boeing using govt money too?
Getting a clear picture of your recipient's understanding is much harder when you have to back-and-forth async. In discussion it's considerably easier to see when a point hasn't landed, ask questions to check for understanding, and dive more deeply into the areas of confusion. It can be a real time-saver.
> Apple doesn’t control the exit point (that’s cloudflare?)

I mean they do, Apple can switch provider at any point, and Apple is the legal entity controlling the service. Cloudflare will do whatever Apple contracts them to do. Any legislation will target Apple.

The UK Online Safety Bill will almost certainly require Apple to censor it. I don't think it's at all certain such legislation would apply to Cloudflare - Cloudflare do not offer a consumer service that I buy (well, they do offer 1.1.1.1 but that has a fairly small amount of users and is irrelevant).

> Finally you can always just turn it off - it asks you the first time as well, it is explicitly opt in, and isn’t available in countries that have strict censorship laws.

The problem is that Apple are going to have to restrict the number of countries a lot or start doing more control. The US is very unusual for example in not requiring ISPs to block access to the Pirate Bay. European law is pretty settled that all member states need ISPs to do blocking in trademark cases in some circumstances. And yes, a VPN provider already bypasses this, but laws tend to ignore when they don't work for 5% of the population, in a way legislators suddenly can't ignore when 40% of the population is sailing past the blocks.
From a 2017 article: “According to the UN, globally [concentrated animal feeding operations] account for 72% of poultry, 42% of egg, and 55% of pork production.”

It’s entirely plausible that most animals live under those conditions by now, or will quite soon without intervention.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/18/rise-of-...
> Please people, learn to touch type and write.

This seems to conflate Zoom usage with a lack of typing and writing skills? Given how many people use Zoom now, I'd like to see the numbers on that, if that's really OP's position. (You want to vent about the boss via anecdata, ok fine but that's different)

That's strange to me because I find it easier to go high-level (concept level) in Zoom calls without getting bogged down. In effect it's a much better communications tool when a short trip through the stratosphere can replace a week long trip over bumpy and windy roads.

Plus as others have mentioned there's the tonality aspect, of which OP's post is a great example: Are they angry, and if so how much--and would it be helpful feedback to see the shocked faces of the people on the other end of the communique?
it's not lightweight if you can't install a real adblocker https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158

enjoy your "promoted content"
Does anybody know a nontrivial example of such a counterfactual law that came out of this new approach?

The conservation of energy is mentioned in the article, but that’s old science. Theory of computation is implied as another example, but that didn’t come out of this new science either. The other examples look like trivialities, but I may be missing something here.
The primary reason to use a stable/long term distribution is to avoid updates which break my workflow, not to avoid security holes. For Debian the most visible example of that is that in Debian Stable default repos you only have Firefox ESR, which helps avoid a lot of pain for the user. There are other examples, but nothing breaks my workflow as much as new Firefox releases.
Usual signatures do not allow homomorphic operations on the signed values. You will have to use special fully homomorphic signatures (FHS) for that.

Suppose you did this and encrypted + signed your values with FHE and FHS as Sign(Encrypt(x)) and Sign(Encrypt(y)). Now you want to add x and y. For that, you will have to run the homomorphic addition of Encrypt(·) values using homomorphic operations of Sign(·), i.e. you do Encrypt(x) + Encrypt(y) inside Sign(·), not just x + y.

This means that the overheads introduced by FHE and FHE do not just add up, they get composed (as in composition of functions). This will be a terrible blow-up in performance. I guess, for this reason people try to build authenticated FHE that will have the properties of FHE + FHS but as a one, more efficient block.
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Did you ever figure that some candidate pro athletes DONT want to use steroids? Do you see the ethical problem here as well as the total pool of participation problem?