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Case in point: I saw once an older man washing traffic cones in Japan. I don’t think traffic cones get washed in the US.
Seems like a lot of physical infrastructure spread out over a lot of area for little gain. Little gain because it doesn't feel like charging at fixed stations is so bad, and it's not something folks need to do that often. There's other challenges too. You'd also need to build some system for billing, such that people don't start to steal power. Do we trust the cars to meter themselves? Or do we try to have the line monitor who is using how much power continuously?

Personally i more imagine something like this video, except instead of physically towing a car to run it's generator, the "tow" vehicle is merely a truck with a lot of batteries, battery-powered charger (easy), and charge plug at the end of a boom arm. Folks can summon a on-the-go charger & it follows them around for ~30 minutes & charges them.

I like the big-dream nature of your ask, how it seeks to adapt the infrastructure of the road to the new power modality. It seems dauntingly expensive, but it's certainly going to be more power-effective & material-effective than battery-charger-trucks are.
We Rewrote Our IoT Platform in Rust and Got Away with It (2019)
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Pixel 5 does. I tried with one recently and noted it only does mirroring, unlike Samsung and Huawei which launch some pseudo desktop OS when plugged in.
Sure, but what's the advantage to blowing up the file size to losslessly preserve all the lossy artifacts from JPEG or HEIC?
And going up it is empty. Its basically exploiting the fact that rocks at the top of a hill have higher potential energy than at the bottom. If you charged the trucks with wind/solar at peak times and used them to carry the rocks back uphill you could have yourself a very convoluted and mechanically fraught battery!
Good for them, nobody "needs" a new car until the old one breaks or is too unsafe compared to modern safety standards. For the exact same reason, nobody really "needs" a new iPhone every year.

Although I support capitalism to a large degree, this "consumerist alarm" is patently hilarious. The PE firms reading this are probably scurrying to find new ways to "engineer" cars to fail sooner and jack up the price of maintenance and spare parts. I'll wait for the spare parts "shortage" analogous to the lumber "shortage" which in reality was caused by PE firms who own large swaths of harvestable forests just deciding to not log as quickly...
No, everything that's means tested ends up making being poor occasionally beneficial. Which you shouldn't ever do because that makes getting out of poverty harder.
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That's actually pretty cool. It's kinda like a dam... harnessing potential energy stored by geologic processes and turning that into power? I'm sure there's some fancy physics word for it that I don't know.
I think that has a lot more to do with enabling us to walk, jog, and work long hours by sweating to keep cool. More water lost, but huge competitive advantage in endurance. Since we're literally oozing water, I'm guessing all those water-adaptive advantages start to make more sense for landlubbers.
Or your competitor can invest in equipment just the same and keep wages flat, and beat you on price. So nice sleight-of-hand but that's just an accountancy trick. Prices are still higher than they would otherwise be with stable wages.
Interestingly no copies of GCC 1.0 survived. Oddly enough 0.9 survived but 1.0 to 1.20 are all missing.

You would have thought stuff like that would have had historical significance when new but so much of early FSF is lost.
Forbes rarely knows anything about net worth not in the public record or self-reported. It's how some people lie to get into the top 400 and others work hard to avoid it.
The education is just as hard as the incentives. With a complicated system, it’s hard to get people to understand their incentives.

For example, I’ve known people who have turned down raises because it would put them into a higher tax bracket. They thought it would result in less money overall (which is not how it works, in case anyone reading finds themselves in this situation).

That’s a benefit of something like UBI. It’s easy to understand your incentives.
I would very much prefer that we completely abolish tipping. My wife and I went to a restaurant recently where they had a sign on the table declaring that there would be a 20% tip automatically added to every bill because their employees are “worth more than $2.15 an hour“. I don’t know why but I found that to be very offensive, it’s as if saying yes our employees are worth more than $2.15 an hour, but we the business are not going to pay it.
Because there is no guarantee that future expenses (medical, food, housing) will be fixed in cost
A couple reasons, one is that Amazon made that weird denial tweet with "You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?", denying that their drivers ever peed in bottles. Most companies just put out a statement "We're looking for ways to improve etc etc...", so it was bizarre enough that the meme has carried forward. Amazon has a 1.75T market cap and is reporting profits in the many billions, so people are looking for them to start humanizing their jobs.

UPS drivers are, like you said, part of a union and if it was an issue, they have bargaining power and could get it addressed.
Define screwed over? Because in my view getting screwed over is joining the industry on promise of working on deep tech and ending up a tiny cog in a machine.
I don't find reviews helpful in making a decision for a restaurant - as long as the food isn't so bad it'll make me sick it's fine. I do like to see the menus and opening hours, though.

But a lot of people really do appreciate that kind of help, so much so I don't think any competitor will get anywhere without that kind of data.
The cost of video cards didn't go up despite everyone getting $2000 checks! I mean, you can't actually buy one unless you want to wait in line at a Microcenter for three days, but they are still the same price.
Follow-up question: how do I learn systems programming on Windows? I know it’s pretty easy to just set up a Linux VM or use WSL2, and I’m prepared to do that if I must, but it would be even easier if I could work in the same Windows environment I normally use. However, from what I’ve seen, practically all guides to systems programming seem to start off by assuming you’re using Linux.

(And by the way, thanks OP for asking this question! I’ve also been wanting to learn systems programming, but I haven’t gotten around to asking yet. And all the suggested resources look fascinating… there goes my university vacation!)
Bonus points if it can detect deer and launch them over the vehicle cabin. Deer intrusion is a big safety hazard in some places.
It strikes me as more likely that bunny is just memorizing button combinations (or more likely just a button, with ad-lib other buttons thrown in) that lead to certain actions - totally independent of the words being said.

Take chimps for example, who learned hundreds of sign words. Despite knowing how to "communicate", they never once asked a question.

I haven't watched a bunch of bunny videos, but it strikes me more as astrological sign reading than "dogs finally have a meaningful way to communicate".
It promotes a better culture. I would support this system over USA's welfare.
> None of that was stolen, so after this model, they will just keep repeating the mistakes we made.

The competitor probably could have purchased a sewing machine and replicated the engineering drawings themselves. Teardowns of competitor products is common today, and I'm sure it was back then as well.

I think Toyota's "helpful" attitude comes from the Western paranoia in the 70-90s that Japan was going to completely dominate worldwide manufacturing. After all, their rise was fast: in the mid 60s, Japanese manufactures were practically begging to sell rudimentary formed metal components in the USA, but by the early 80s, they were a leader in the high-tech manufacturing. That rise caught many people off guard and I've heard it said that the "lost decade" in Japan was the result of American trade policy specifically designed to curtail Japan's growth in manufacturing.

Viewed in that light, it makes sense that Japanese companies would appear "helpful" to American ones. Why else would Toyota co-build a plant with GM in order to teach GM their Kaizen philosophy for manufacturing?
Does China have a significant problem with supply-restricted housing being bought up and turned into rentals by investment firms?
Where do you think businesses get the money to pay for things
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If it’s about side money, it usually also implies a smaller, side project, not necessarily, but eventually for smaller businesses to whom technological choices don’t matter.

You just define the outcome together with your client, and use C++ if it’s a technological fit.
I don't understand this comment. The English language already has "libra", "library"... As someone who's fluent in English (but not a native speaker) there is no distinction.
They are balking simply because "curated" is a word that's become trendy for years in the tech/startup world and they are tired of hearing it.
Great points in the article.

One thing I see traveling around the world and observing cultures, is lack of direction. It's a common theme in every country and culture.

And by that I don't mean just providing raw information.

But actually holding someone by the hand and showing them a better way too -- and arming them with the information and examples in real life to show that it actually works.

Example -- it's all well and good to give that mom lower bus fares. Good. But also how do you help that mom to craft a good sustainable 5 year plan to get her out of poverty by following it.

What's needed is to point out that - say - becoming a nurse is a good option. And that to become that nurse you start with A, then go to B, then C then Nurse.

The low bus fares alone, not gonna do that.
Okay. That would not even be possible in most of the EU. That's why I wondered. Some EU countries have limits on the maximum amount of cash transactions that can happen legally. Mostly between 3000-10000 euros allowed, depending on the country.
There are several ways to calculate GDP, one of which involves counting the money paid in salary, rather than the money people spend on stuff. In theory, they're supposed to be equal: dollars going in = dollars going out.

"Income" means more than just income. It also factors in profits, and money leaving the economy through trade.

So it's not comparing apples to oranges, but it's still very wrong. Most obviously, the profit is a big factor. GDP can go up and everybody's salaries go down: it means that somebody is making more profit.

And, of course, GDP is the sum. You get the mean by dividing by the population. But that makes the assumption that income is divided equally, which it isn't. Income inequality means that the median can go down while the mean goes up.

In other words, yeah, TFA is BS. But it's worth noting that salaries + profits should equal GDP. (There are some other factors involving taxes and trade, but that's the gist.)
This is clearly in bad faith. You've jumped for stating you own fears, to some malthusian nonsense, and now proposing that vaccines lower fertility. You're spewing conspiracy and not acting within the standards of the community. Please take this elsewhere.
Thanks for the reply, but I was thinking that the developers would be making direct API calls to endpoints that I will publish. There'll be adequate documentation of course, so I guess my question boils down to which protocol easier to adopt by developers.
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There were generally three "tiers" at the camps. The SS were at the top, in command. At most camps there were very few of them, a couple of dozen. Below them were the Trawnikis/Hiwis, the soviet "helpers" who largely consisted of POW's who "volunteered" for guard duty. In German they held the title of Wachmann, watchman. They made up the majority of the guards. Then there were the prisoner workers and leaders, the kapos and sonderkommandos. They did most of the actual work of the camps.
Have you considered GNUNet? That could also over a solution for the username problem.
I like how you put steal in quotes to minimize the fact that is what you are doing. If you walk into an art gallery or musuem, you can't just take art of the wall and walk out with it. Just because the gallery is a website, people feel like they can just right-click and save as and walk out the door with it. Yet, people understand that highlighting text copy&pasting it into their own work is plagiarism. I honestly do not understand the disconnect. If the website felt like the imagery should be free for people to do what they want with, then they would provide a link to a higher quality image rather than a highly compressed one.
When a business has to shame customers into tipping or require mandatory tips, maybe they should not be in business? Perhaps that’s a little extreme, here’s a better one: raise the prices. Pay your employees a fair wage and stop whining that you can’t afford it, because you can afford it, and if you can’t, then perhaps your business model is not sustainable.
Sounds more like a brand name prescription drug than a Linux distro.
This reminds me of another story about an unorthodox way of using SVN https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-inner-json-effect
I wonder if our closest living relatives have lesser or greater water capacities? You'd think persistence hunting in the savannah would select pretty hard for such an advantage, but perhaps that particular need was already offset by early tool-use? (portable water containers, wet furs)
Being trans also isn't a "delusion".

A trans person doesn't believe they literally have the same body as the opposite sex, although admittedly the bumper sticker slogans surrounding this issue ("trans women are women") may create confusion. Trans people are acutely aware of their bodies - they just don't find comfort or pleasure in them. Since changing their bodies to the maximum current medical extent can be done safely and effectively, and this often yields good results, this is the standard of treatment.

"Trans women are women" doesn't acknowledge that the issue is a delusion, it is more of a rhetorical device that redefines what "woman" even is (similar to how "marriage" was redefined from its historical definition to be inclusive of gay people).

Subtly, someone who _did_ believe they had a natal opposite sex body would _not_ be classified as trans, but genuinely affected by a delusional disorder. Perhaps this would be the prime differentiator between the two.

Comparing it to "puppy pregnancy delusion" is like comparing apples and oranges and demonstrates that OP may have been confused by political rhetoric surrounding the issue.
Facebook likes it too. And honestly that's a pretty big egg if browsers are the chicken. What are you looking for to recognize a "concrete" product?
thanks! I missed that.
Don't forget to tie your hair when using powertools (I'm referring to the video)
I don't know. He is a Russian doctor working in Russia. The rules are different.

But as a psychologist I see it as a good practice. Maybe bad from organizational point of view (how to validate actions of doctor?), but (assuming a good will of a doctor) good for a doctor and a patient.

1. A doctor might talk to a patient without constant failed attempts to prove his patient that his delusions are not real. Such attempts just make trust impossible, the patient might jump to conclusions, like doctor is an alien controlled agent himself. What doctor would do then? Forced hospitalization? But it is important to talk, because doctor needs to know some properties of hallucinations to make a diagnosis. Like if hallucinations are true ones. Is they are "inner" (like voices in a head) or "outer" like a spider attacking feet? If there are external triggers for hallucinations? All this needs to talk a lot, it needs trust of a patient. How to get it while telling to a patient constantly, that all he feels is a lie?

2. The aliens are real in some sense. If a patient speaks about aliens, it means that there is some real process triggering his hallucinations, or maybe he is seeking attentions and consciously tell lies. But in any case, to find a reason for a patient behavior we need to talk with him about aliens. In some sense aliens are real thing, we just do not know a nature of it. Probably it is something physiological, but a patient doesn't know about physiology, and in any case a doctor would need to resort to some fiction, to explain the process to a patient. "It is not really so, but it is a damn good lie" tells Lu Tze a few times in Terry Pratchett novels in the same situations, when to explain properly means to spent several years talking.

3. Finally, when a patient gets a real way to get rid of aliens, it is a good thing. His aliens become grounded in reality for him. They are not just doing everything they want, they cannot do everything, they become a falsifiable phenomenon. I mean, we can form statements about them and to check them experimentally. It may become a first step to accept aliens as an artifact of physiology.
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It has to do with the rhythm of the way words are joined. I'm not a linguist, so I don't know the exact right term to use here, but in English there isn't usually that kind of "pause" sound between words/consonants-- whereas, in my limited knowledge of French, it seems like that is quite common (many words seem to end in -re).
Betteridge's Law of Headlines, and everything else, says, "No."
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I'm not sure anyone's "authentic self" is taking nudes for cash. It seems more like a job that people take because it pays well. Or it pays anything, because some of those people make very little money.

I also don't think that the actual incidence of people doing it matters as much as you think for social acceptance.
Welfare / UBI ignores that one of the realities of the human condition is that we are social creatures that have a desire for purpose and utility to those around us, and having that purposes in a society that recognizes us helps give us dignity and a place in society.

It's not important that all jobs are high value, it is important that we as a society have a way to create and recognize purpose for individuals to support their mental and personal wellbeing. While welfare / UBI may ensure they have basic needs met to sustain life, it does nothing to support their mental and personal wellbeing, which is why these systems often results in the creation of delinquent behaviors that are mostly absent in a system like that in Japan.

It may be the the same economically, but socially it is much better to have someone doing an "unnecessary" job that is recognize as valued by society vs simply collecting a check.
Its a great name. Its your general knowledge that is the problem.
The overhead of employing properly compensated people instead of signage and traffic cones is fairly high, while the work they do is not necessary in any meaningful sense. Which is moot anyway as apparently these folks are paid a pittance.
I definitely acknowledge it happens. I guess this goes back to the initial post saying that the VFX industry is based around on not paying people.

That implies norm. I know there's been several issues throughout the years at various studios, but those have largely been exceptions not the norm thankfully.
Serious question, but what's wrong with having a two class system? Wouldn't these people be better off living in the US rather than living in whatever country they are assumably leaving for economic opportunity, even if they don't have as many rights as a citizen.
No, the BOFH is a ancient, self-indulgent series of comedic writings done partially as self-help.
Let's break it down:

Low res thin shell means that this is a model without many vertices. The "position based dynamics" is a more modern term for what was sometimes called "verlet integration", using the positions to compute immediately velocity relative to the ideal undeformed cage. So this is our simulation model. This is still how cloth sim is done today in games.

To compute the final render, Loop subdivision is used to turn the "thin shell" into a tighter model. You can Google for it, it's a way of subdividing triangles.
There is another famous book by also an embedded war journalist.
Volokolamsk_Highway by Alexander Bek.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volokolamsk_Highway

It's much shorter book and an easier read but still an important account of a specific part of war that Grossman also briefly touched. That is a retreating army and what happens to soldiers and the leadership. The leadership skills are an important learning part. How to inspire and lead a completely demoralized, tired and hungry group of people.
Maybe I am old-school, but I still prefer (perhaps outside tourist use) a Garmin GPS handheld, especially for cycling, hiking, and geocaching.

Benefits: (1) battery life for 15-25 hours with the screen on (for popular models such as the gpsmap or eTrex); (2) If the battery dies, I can just replace them (2 AA NiMH rechargeable batteries); (3) they are robust, dropped mine various times without any issues; (4) the models with a quad-helix antenna are usually more accurate, especially if you are not near a lot of WiFi AP or cell towers for triangulation; (5) since they have buttons, you can easily operate them with gloves on in the winter.

Of course, as with camera's, the best GPS is the one with you, which is typically a smartphone.
Thanks for mentioning this, I was curious and I thought it would be getting more discussion here.
Please, please think this through on a case-by-case basis. Adopting some poorly-maintained FOSS solution just because it's free instead of paying $10/mo isn't always the right choice. It creates a lot of tech debt that you or someone else has to pay down later, often at a MUCH higher cost.

Something like postman, for example, is easily a multi-month or year project for a big team of devs to create/maintain. I've been using the free version for years and it's saved an amazing amount of time. I'd use the paid version if I had a bigger team.

Something like Cloudflare is a whole different scale altogether. Their free tier is a loss-leader for their enterprise plan, but even the free tier is better than most paid CDNs out there. And good luck trying to replicate that on a FOSS stack and shared infrastructure.

If you're worried about secret billing, either don't provide your billing info to begin with, cancel trial subscriptions as soon as you start them (usually they won't expire until the end), or use a virtual CC# service like privacy.com.
When you only raise it for a minority of a populace. While UBI is "universal" it gets clawed back via taxes for majority of populace. So prices really only raise for the products/services that are dominated by the marginal labor rates of those whose wages are net-increased. AFAIK, that is primarily the lower-end of the restaurant industry and the non-mechanized segments of agriculture (mainly squishy fruit/veg).
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We can learn a lot from this about distributed, decentralized systems and their resilience. Caching as much and as local as possible, while accepting that the processes might have no network connectivity is key. This way each node, and whoever can reach this one node, can work independently for long stretches of time.