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I think video game adaptations are almost universally bad, when they don't always have to be. We used to get pretty bad superhero movies, too, from directors that didn't seem to understand or respect what they were adapting.

Video games seem difficult to adapt generally --they often don't provide the building blocks for a good narrative. Potentially studios can do like what Detective Pikachu did, get a bit crazy, and still make something decent. Going in the other direction and making something which treats the source seriously hasn't generally worked well, even when it could have with better writing and direction.

It seems to me like Hollywood looks down on video games as an inferior medium, so their hearts (and budgets) are never in it fully. An "Iron Man moment" is possible, I think, where they put out something high quality that's faithful to the source, and its success leads to other high quality adaptations.
Pursue art.
I found that I had a bad reaction to indica strains. One time, I started shivering uncontrollably, though I didn't feel cold. Hit me super hard, super quickly (though it was with someone else's vape - not sure how well I can compare versus edibles, my vape, or smoking flower).

I've never had a problem with sativa, though. Maybe whatever you've used is due to a particular strain?
Read my above comment.
I recently had a similar experience in Richmond, VA. Normal pricing is $35 for uber/lyft and $78 for a taxi to my house from the airport. With the surge pricing, they wanted over $100 with a 10-20 minute wait for pickup, so I just took a taxi and avoided waiting.
When one factors in children (one or more), the calculus of which country to work/live in quickly favours European countries over North American ones. At one child it’s probably comparable, but with multiple children it clearly favours european countries.
It is the EMA for each digit, rather than each code. So you have one EMA for all the first digits of all the codes, one for all the second digits, and so on.

You can then make it more intelligent by having even more different EMAs and picking between them in some more intelligent way than just by digit. By digit is just the easiest option.

Precalculating the probabilities may or may not be more efficient. You lose a tiny bit of efficiency because you have to include the probabilities at the start of the file rather than being able to re-calculate them when decompressing, but if they are very static you may gain a bit of efficiency. However, if the probabilities change throughout the file, the dynamic version again gains the upper hand since it can adapt to changing data. How quickly you let the EMA change also affects this.
Can you both comment and downvote? I have a vague recollection from back in the old days when you could see vote totals that if I downvoted someone and then replied to them that removed the downvote. I could be thinking of some other site, though.

Anyway, there are a couple of problems that come to mind with the proposal.

1. If someone says something that draws a lot of downvotes there is going to be a lot of redundancy in the required comments. Do we really need or want the worst comments to have dozens of replies all giving the same reason for downvoting?

2. It will attract trolls who enjoy posting downvote worthy things for the enjoyment of knowing that people have to waste time commenting in order to downvote them.

You could maybe fix these problems by having an option to instead of writing a new comment explaining your downvote cite an existing comment.
> overhauling how taxies work

Why would taxi services invest if there is no competition which makes them provide a better service?

Not everything is price. It would be interesting to see the outcome if ridesharing apps would exactly match the price of taxis.
I do, I'm just not willing to say more to lionize them further.
rather related https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27555563
something from this site gets posted almost every single month on here, anything new from this share?
Storytelling is for movies..

For maximum conversion fundraising you need a rat inside the VC firm so that you can retroactively put together a startup which ticks all the boxes of whatever thing is on the minds of the decision makers at the VC firm.

Any other tactic is being thrown at founders by gurus who either got lucky using said tactic and now think they discovered fire or even worse some mumbo-jumbo.
Of course they work!

Why do you say this when there are many analyses saying they don't have any impact. At any rate that doesn't really need studies, because places that either didn't lock down, or did and then entirely removed restrictions (like Florida, Texas), did not see any large clearly artificial jump in case numbers. And yet suppressing such spikes was the sole justification for lockdowns.

That's why, when investigated, all claims I've seen that lockdowns work are either mis-analysis of the data (Flaxman et al and friends), or, justified on theoretical grounds like "of course they work, theory says they work".
Do you not have SodaStream in the US?
Along those lines, the NYT isn't writing their 100th FB hit piece "for the good of the people", they see a competitor with a platform. And NYT has a lot of cultural power.
Of course it matters in practice since we're talking about dynamic linking that applications can link against the OS-provided libraries so that they can keep gaining new features and bug fixes.

A trivial example on Windows would be how Win32 applications get to use the Win+; emoji popup even if they were made before Windows even got that feature, or how even classic VB applications can be made to run in HiDPI mode by ticking a shortcut checkbox despite being written decades before HiDPI was even a thing (assuming they use twip instead of pixel coordinates at least).

Or on Linux, how some old games made for it need their bundled SDL removed so that the games can use the system-provided version because the old version tried to use OSS or whatever was common at the time the game as written and the new version can use ALSA or even Pulse that didn't even exist in older times. And i remember reading on twitter about some distros planning to provide the SDL1-to-SDL2 wrapper as an option instead of the real SDL1 because it provides better compatibility with some modern window managers... and Wayland (that SDL1 doesn't support at all but the API doesn't really make a difference and could work perfectly fine with Wayland).

> which is the same that I have to do in Windows anyways.

Windows comes with WAY more functionality out of the box so that applications do not have to rely as much in their own libraries and can rely on the OS to provide and keep functionality up to date. Of course applications can ignore that, but they just do not get those new features and fixes.

The recent Visual C++ runtimes not being part of Windows is a baffling and really stupid decision though. I am certain it has more to do with internal politics and feuds between WinDiv and DevDiv than something practical.
Yes that’s why I thought it odd to say the AWS devs have it hardest in the whole company. It’s not a competition though it always feels a bit silly to pretend back breaking physical labor is easier than sitting in an air conditioned office in a chair.
A bunch of service industry people I know (and focusing on the good workers) used the stimulus to help break them out of the cycle of service industry work. A lot of data science certificates and real estate licenses were earned in that group over the past year, and they don't plan on going back to the service industry.
It's objectively true. The US ignores many widely accepted international standards, and in multiple cases stands alone in doing so. It's not the defacto world view and shouldn't be treated as such.
One of the largest programs generated had consisted of about 300 instructions.

This particular program included if/then conditionals, counting down in a loop, concatenation of a numeric value with text, and displaying output.

The system also attempts to optimize the number of programming instructions executed, in which case complexity can actually be considered based upon the resulting behavior, rather than LOC.
Electron gets things wrong too. macOS Services don't work in Electron apps for example. And arrow keys don't work right in menus on Windows and Linux.
Show HN: World smallest web server in Docker with Redbean
I like the feel of polyester shirts better in hot weather. But I don't buy polyester or polyester blends anymore because they stink after just an hour or two of sweating in the sun. Merino doesn't have the same "cooling" feel but is good at wicking away and evaporating sweat, which helps your body keep a consistent temperature as long as you're hydrated. And merino doesn't reek like polyester clothing.
Tax returns don’t give you any clue (upper bound) about how much wealth anyone has.

But yeah, so many countries are so tiny (economically), I’d be shocked (from my afterlife in heaven looking down with god) if most of them aren’t really indirectly controlled by some centi billionaires.
google and other big tech already allowed WFH for senior people before the pandemic. it's just a negotiation; you need leverage.
Search reveals useful dimensions in latent idea space
Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba wouldn't exist in their current form without companies like Google and Amazon to take heavy inspiration/copy from.

Let's be real here, China's tech industry revolves around mimicking American/European/Japanese/Korean tech, they rarely ever innovate and create first of their kind things.
Uber is the same app anywhere in the world. Lyft is the same all over the US. You don't have to memorize or discover different ways to call a cab in all the places you're traveling to. That's the main advantage I see.
TikTok’s algorithm licensing signals China’s play for AI dominance
Is anyone surprised? Biden is a career establishment politician, so it’s back to business as usual for those interacting with his administration.
Interestingly, not necessarily true. (https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul)

"Rule 25. Medical personnel exclusively assigned to medical duties must be respected and protected in all circumstances. They lose their protection if they commit, outside their humanitarian function, acts harmful to the enemy.

"As explained below, the equipment of medical personnel with small arms to defend themselves or their patients and the use of such arms for this purpose do not lead to loss of protection. Furthermore, in analogous application of the similar rule applying to medical units, it is not to be considered a hostile act if medical personnel are escorted by military personnel or such personnel are present or if the medical personnel are in possession of small arms and ammunition taken from their patients and not yet handed over to the proper service.

"Rule 29. Medical transports assigned exclusively to medical transportation must be respected and protected in all circumstances. They lose their protection if they are being used, outside their humanitarian function, to commit acts harmful to the enemy."

Not sure about armor, although the general statement seems to be they would only lose their protected status if they commit specific actions.
Funny I’m back to using taxis in Orlando. Had way too many terrible drivers on Lyft and Uber that I’m not sure we’re even legally driving. My faith in both companies “inspecting” cars completely lost. Plus they have a bad problem over there of people hiring other people to drive for them.
I seriously never heard of anyone that was addicted to the "taste" of beer so much that they would need an alternative.

At the opposite, I know close to no one that is a beer drinker and that would drink an alcohol-free beer. In all cases, it is almost always better to drink something else.
Alcohol-free beer are targeting persons that don't normally drink alcohol.

It is like if you would say a person loving "burgers" would appreciate to temporarily eat "meat-free" burgers when they can't eat "meat", just to have the "taste" of a burger...

Looking at your examples, I don't think that they are correct:

if you are pregnant, even alcoholic-free beer is probably still a shitty drink for you.

If you are a "recovering alcoholic", you would probably avoid everything that will give you the "brain feeling" and the "habit" of drinking any alcohol.

To say that you are "tasty" alternatives, you are probably North American, because alcohol-free might taste like american beers, but at least nothing like tasteful Europeans beers.
It makes sense! Thank you for your response.
I’m sure it’s reduced supply, but prices are much higher. I’ve never used pool/line and I’ve still got sticker shock.

I think the bigger issues are that most drivers found new jobs given demand was so low for so long.

And unemployment payments are still pretty high in many states. You probably lose money driving an Uber if you qualify for unemployment insurance right.
My experience at Amazon was as soon as someone knew they were on a PIP, they went out and got another job. It's much easier to get a job when you are currently employed, and your PIP doesn't show up in any background checks so it was basically a "please leave or we will make you leave"
I like Asdf, but I have ended up just using Nox and its version management: https://nox.thea.codes/en/stable/tutorial.html#testing-again...

As far as pip alternatives go, Poetry seems to have the highest adoption and rate of adoption. I am currently rolling a project with PDM, but I am nervous about lack of support / adoption.
Shpongle is an amazing group to listen to
Is anything not spying on you?
The strongest plausible interpretation is they meant for equivalent jobs.
The command line is much more productive for programmers. The entire issue with open source OS adoption is that these systems are not being designed with non-technical users in mind, and their GUIs are lackluster to say the least.

I really don't understand this attitude. It's like a woodworker talking about how much better handcrafted furniture is than the mass-produced stuff you'd buy online. Of course it's better! But does that really mean the answer is for everyone to spend years learning furniture-making? Same goes for computer systems: most people are not, don't want to be, and never will be technical users.

If we want open-source systems to beat closed-source, consent-engineered spyware from dominating people's online lives then we need to meet them where they are.
Uber/Lyft was also a breeze of fresh air for non-white riders.

Not being refused rides (after waiting the usual half hour for the taxi to show up) and not seeing the driver speed away when hailing from the curb was a great experience.
I've encountered a fake candidate before (recruiter with a fake linkedin profile applying for jobs to scope out the market and build contact lists). I don't think they went as far as actually turning up to anyone's interview of course.

This particular person claimed to have worked as a senior developer in our team. Someone contacted them to ask who they were, they apologized and removed the linkedin profile.

We were originally tipped off by another recruiter who had received the fake candidate's profile for one of their jobs.
This reminds me of the scene in The Shining when Wendy disturbs Jack. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to do Jack’s reaction when someone interrupts me.
Well since articles more often have comments like mine, maybe you're in the minority of locations that have a decent taxi service?

Last time I took a taxi, it was on the East coast and it took an hour for someone to show up. I called 3 times to the dispatch and each time they said 10min. Then the car showed up and they said the CC machine was broken and I had to pay in cash. I didn't have cash. Then suddenly the CC machine was fine and I finally was able to get my ride.
I wonder if you've opted out of promotional emails from them in the past? Do you still have the app installed on the same phone you used as a driver?

As a consumer I get push notifications and emails from them every week if I haven't ordered food in a while with new deals, etc. I would strongly suspect they're doing the same thing for drivers these past couple months and maybe they just don't have a way to reach you. If they aren't even doing that it would be truly bizarre, there are billions of dollars on the line and it's their entire business.
Been on the wagon for close to 20 yrs, so I have had it all. Surreal Brewing(SF based) is by far and away my favorite. Very low cal - 17-75 cals (Kolsch is 17 cals). Might be a good option if you are looking for something less sugary.
It might be possible to predict the pattern in the lava lamp, but to do so would require cutting it off from the rest of the universe. Light, heat, convection with room air, variations in local gravity all are going to effect the flow.
Shouldn’t that investigation happen before they are considered a performance problem and put on the list?

Giving the employee a chance to rebut any performance problem assumptions would be an important part of this, and would also require they know.
Or maybe they cannot Afford to even think in wanting. Sometimes when you can't even conceive it as a possibility, you'll say you don't want it

Also after thousands of years, the society could be way more supportive and helpful to parents. Parents are so unprepared for pregnancy and to take care of the baby. Me and my girlfriend spent hundreds of hours googling every fart. It is literary another life of things to worry about

Not easy but totally worth it
as opposed to 23andMe, ancestry.com, etc which use it for profit, and in the latter case provide it to law enforcement.
I guess the reasoning is as follows: Ignoring or being ignorant about visual signals associated with live/health threatening objects/situations (Red Cross sign, high voltage logo, radiation/pathogen/hazards logos etc.) undoubtedly cost(ed) lives in the past, and actions which are contributing to confusion about those signs should share some part of the blame, instinctively proportionally to their public influence. I think I can live with this approach, if we don't stretch it too far.

It's not unthinkable to conceive a scenario in which this symbol is misinterpreted, loss of health or life or property follows, and the ignorance of the perpetrators cannot be pinpointed - maybe it'd be lack of proper education, maybe missing classes during military training, maybe seeing red-cross logo misused in games, maybe bad memory - the thing is that all of those explanations are IMO "reasonable", so we might want to do at least something about each of those (if possible).
Totally agree here. Especially since a lot of the newer projectors and movies I think are digital formats. There's a local art theater here that is excellent that does a lot of older movies and movie marathons. But I think also getting the rights can be a trick too.

I just want to say being able to see Wrath of Khan in a theater was really worth it!
Biden signs Right to Repair order
That design is inspiring. Now I have visions of a hard disk wiper hidden inside a toaster.
Yeah, Uber/Lyft could succeed even if they charged more. Outside of the small town cab services (mostly due to poor mapping, where local knowledge has more value), they are far better than the competition.
I remember reading about the fermentation thing before, it just seemed so bizarre.
Just strikes me as so odd, that the real innovation, is a tax workaround. And that innovation basically created an entire market category.

At that point if I were the government, I would look at the current policies and determine if they still made sense. Meanwhile, the actual US customs didn't like that dodge, and apparently wanted imports of it re-classified for tariff purposes. That apparently happened last month.
Call, bind and apply should be discarded and forgotten about, they add too much confusion, there are better ways, and they end up being used as terrible interview questions.

Incidentally, we should also discard `this`, unless directly inside an instance method of a class.
Thank u 4 USEFUL TRUTH
> Every model the sales guy or manager uses has very few knobs to twist and are mostly intuitive models for which everyone has a template and practices use of every day: emotions, status, hierarchy, urgency, etc.

The fundamental issue I have with this argument is that it assumes the role of “sales guy” and “manager” are always the same.

I’ve spent quite a few years in the Enterprise software space, and I can assure you that the knobs to twist on a massive deal are numerous, highly complex, and would paralyze some devs in their tracks.

It’s easy to trivialize these roles because they often appear to be full of “busy work”. If you have the opportunity, go spend some time with the sales team! Listen in on some calls. Get involved in a hiring round. Participate in a marketing meeting about establishing positioning for your next product/feature.
Donating to the red cross is downright evil already. This is the same organization which, in the US at least, will not take blood from gay cis men who sleep with men, even though it's happy to take blood from straight trans women who sleep with men — biologically identical acts, with the only difference being sexual orientation.
Event logging is irrelevant if you have incorporated certain optimizations into your game.

For instance, many forms of netcode necessitate revealing slightly more information to players than you otherwise would want to. The world coordinates of player footstep sounds is almost certainly some information flowing across the network.

All you would need to do is intercept this information on the network and view it on an entirely decoupled system in a 3d coordinate space - potentially one synchronized to your player character using similar snooping tactics. Valve has done a pretty good job at making this harder with asymmetric encryption, but its still something the client can ultimately decode or otherwise you wouldn't hear shit during a multiplayer match.

Trying to lock down/validate the actual gamer's PC is a fool's errand. Just go back to first principles in information theory to see what a joke this is. If a certain fact made its way to a player's computer (or simply their home network), you should assume that they know it in the most adversarial way possible and model for that outcome. Obfuscation is just playing yourself in the long run.
> Now I'm in NY and I use taxis almost as often as rideshares.

That’s because New York is corrupt and artificially limits both ride shares and taxis. But they’re heavily biased towards taxis and their outrageous medallion system.

Taxi’s have definitely been forced to improve thanks to competition from Uber/Lyft. But don’t be fooled into thinking scarcity and high price of ride share in NYC is a naturally occurring phenomena.
I think this is why I've been struggling with finding good films to watch nowadays. Shows are doing great but movies have been suffering. Take the movie "Nobody" for instance. How the hell that movie got the ratings it did I will never know. Not only is it not good, but it was nothing what it was marketed as.

My solution to this is to watch actual films that are made with artistic intent or to see certain things that are submitted into festivals instead of just the main films shown to everyone. It's helped tremendously but it becomes a chore quick when there are a lot of "artsy" movies that tell the exact same story you've seen a million times.
Accept a job, and get paid to be fired and never reached out to again?
yeah the bizarre reliability of CC machines not working in SF taxis was amazing. Almost like it was by choice rather than accident.
What's hilarious about it?