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>And remind your wife never to touch paper money on the morning of a visit; almost every bill bears traces of drug residue, which will set off the scanners.

so - America has an extremely large prison population. I've never heard this before though. I mean I've heard the money has trace amounts of drugs thing, but not when visiting family members in prison don't touch paper money.

You'd think it was a common problem, people touching paper money and setting off scanners and then getting stopped, searched and maybe questioned depending on a lot of stuff, like skin color. Being black and touching money on the day of visiting a relative in prison must be in some ways an extremely dangerous thing to do.

Unless of course this guy is full of shit. Or I just haven't heard of this problem which I guess is also a possibility, it's just - my sensors are going off here.
Should the caveat be affordability, or just in dreams? Just in dreams I think it would be a large Japanese city, but if affordability comes into it, that complicates things.
I feel like the bit you quoted already captures what I think came of it after I turned it over. It is even from a paragraph labeled "Honest negatives".

Complete certainty of how it turned out is a bit too much to ask. For every story like mine, there's an equivalent story of a legacy system in boring Java/C that no one wants to touch, works like magic, etc.

FWIW, I wrote a pretty extensive documentation of the project before I left, including recommendations for improvement[1]. Again, it's foolish to claim complete certainty but the nature of the project was such that they are unlikely to need to rewrite anything on top of the engine. Any modifications and additions moving forward would be in the declared rules, not in any of the logic. And for that, they have hundreds of examples from me to copy from.

And if they do need to touch the "parser", at ~200LoC the complexity is certainly far below, say, a Spring J2EE code base. It's all in one file too, that shouldn't be too bad.

[1] If I may use HN as a small soapbox, actually, months later, I figured out a further small addition to that project that would've made working with it far easier. If any of my previous team recognizes this and this project is still in use, feel free to reach out to me for one last brilliant idea. :)
Why do you believe "a small percentage of COVID-19 patients die" (which is only true compared to, say, Ebola) has any relevance to the results of this study?
Is there any case for offering people a dose of COVID-19 at the peak of their vaccine immunity and scheduled when people can self isolate? It just seems we’re all going to get a variant of COVID at some point before it becomes like another flu that occurs yearly?
"Seeing car mechanic listed, however, makes me wonder if I should be looking into a new potential way to pay the bills, once white collar tech loses its lustre."

I feel in the future, cars will not have mechanics. Consider the reliability of a large box with a battery and electric motor. By the time something breaks, you trade it in. Perhaps you will just "lease" them until it wears out and pick up another one.

On a related note, a relative was an auto-mechanic. He left the field many years ago citing that automakers no longer want you to fix cars, and the cost of just getting the car info (there is some kind of subscription model there) was killing it.
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A death rate of .5% is not going to change any of these statistics. They have 99.5% of the data.
Those aren't the only options. It would be unethical to force testing on everyone.
What if you get vaccinated and then get a breakthrough infection? How's your immunity then?
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It doesn't have to do with the percentage who die, but rather the variation in susceptibility.

If 2% of people are 80% likely to die from COVID, and the rest have a baseline 0.1% risk. Assume prior infection provides no protection:

* 1000 (of whom 20 are particularly vulnerable) people are naturally infected; .001 * 990 =~ 1 people of average susceptibility die; 16 maximally susceptible people die. Total of 17 deaths.

* Then, you are left with 983 people, (of whom 4 are particularly vulnerable). Upon reinfection, .001 * 983 =~ 1 person of average susceptibility dies; 3.2 people of high susceptibility die. There's a total of ~4 deaths.

This is a 4x reduction in deaths even if there's no protection from prior infection.
It's good as a combination I think. You can get the vaccine to prevent major illness and death, and if you catch Covid as a breakthrough case, you'd be even more strongly immune thereafter, hypothetically.
Yeah I saw that and it’s the reason I rambled on about the license. I should’ve made that clear.
Yes. It's a JS API.
Because then they would learn to write that code. Because it’s not the same exact bit of code, but just a part, or a different version depending on the exact context. Because taking on a dependency is just as costly as rewriting the thing, if not more…

Code reuse is good, but we should not forget that its costs are not nil.
We don’t have any long term data on Covid infection either. Why risk children’s lives?
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That's basically what is being done by auto manufacturers. If you buy certain car models right now, you will get a manually adjustable steering column and a promise to install the motors later.

That second part is what's important. Downgrading the feature without notifying the customer and arranging to correct the shortfall later is pretty terrible.
I gave my kid an old Toshiba with Win95 when he was 3 years. He is now 5 and still likes to use it. His favorite programs are Minesweeper, Word and MSPaint.

Thinking about upgrading to Raspberry Pi Keyboard.

Maybe we should try the 49.7 days overflow as an fun example in memory overflow.
Right, but those deaths were in an environment when there were interventions to protect people. Take away those interventions and you have more deaths.
The 555 timer IC book I got when I was a kid in the 1980s taught me about pulse width modulation when I was less only 10 or 11 years old. Granted, I had a father who was an electronics technician that got me started with a Radio Shack 101 electronics kit. While such knowledge is quite accessible on the internet these days, there's just so much more high level knowledge that people are driven towards, it's not surprising that many of the basics are missed. The level of complexity in modern devices makes it nearly impossible to tinker with them, and you can't salvage surface mount parts as easily as discrete components once made electronics accessible. Gone are the days when most electronic devices shipped with schematics and were eminently hackable.
We don't know the long term effects of COVID either. How many decades are between chicken pox and shingles?
While I agree that systems programming has nowhere near the demands of business application developer these days, “almost nobody” seems like a hyperbole. There are a number of jobs out there for Unix/Linux systems programmers. Driver development at hardware companies, all sorts of security software, etc.
Americans disagreeing over fair elections is nothing new. In 2016, Democrats made more objections than Republicans in 2020: https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-democrats-object-mor...

Let's also not forget about Stacy Abrams and Bush. There's even the whole Kennedy election controversy.
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I wouldn't say most toxic, I think Twitter is more toxic, but on FB there are a lot more non-technical people and people that tend towards narcisism (judging by how many die or neglect their children while live-streaming on Facebook trying to be cool).
Because the vaccine is a risk factor on its own as well. Do you not agree with that?
Ivermectin is very well studied and well tolerated. It's literally one of the safest drugs on the planet. I know propaganda when i see it. This is propaganda.
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Is Cloudflare's Quiche QUIC library https://github.com/cloudflare/quiche similar to what you're looking for? All I/O must be done by the caller.
If you're young and not fat, why would you get the vaccine? Just lose weight and exercise.

If you're a child, why would your parents want you to get vaccinated if there's no risk at all?

I hope these studies are conclusive once and for all.
I feel like LINQ is pretty close to the equivalent SQL if you're already using DataTables or some other easily composeable type. But I agree SQL is great.
I want to ask about source material for a minute. What is ThinkCivics? Why is it reasonable second-hand source for analysis of a non-peer reviewed article? Does it have editorial biases?

I am asking sincerely. It is a new site to me, and I don't know if it is a trustworthy source of information. The site is also unresponsive at the time I'm writing this.
"The Cyberspace Administration of China on Friday issued a pair of connected notices. In one, it said that it would take punitive action against the spread of harmful information in celebrity fan groups. Discussion channels may be shut down.

"In the second move, the CAC announced draft regulations for internet recommendation algorithms. It wants to halt algorithms that encourage users to spend large amounts of money or spend money in a way that “may disrupt public order.” Internet companies must make it harder to create fake user accounts and make it easier for users to turn off recommendation systems." [emphasis added]

Wow. Can we have this?
IANAL but I assume to close the books and be able to stop paying their own lawyers on anything related to the case, however relatively minor--and perhaps to mitigate any future risk, however minor.
When people come to the door and you have loose dogs at home, you crack the door and say "one minute, let me put the dogs away," then close the door and put the dogs away. Or you just put them away before you open the door. It's crazy that you think appliance people coming to your door to an appointment you've scheduled with them is some uncontrollable environment in which you couldn't have done anything. It's your job to keep your dogs safe.
I haven't ever been challenged for proof, but typically provide it if anyone even questions it. Nobody demanded proof, but they questioned it, so I volunteered.

One came from a recruiter with a diversity quota who mostly cared that I would be consistent and the other was for a scholarship for people with Jamaican background.
It's complicated and I can't do it justice in a comment here. This is a pretty good summary [0] of the atmosphere near the end and some thoughts from PJ on why it all had to end, at least her part in it.

[0] http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175
This must be taken down, all Science must be ordained by the USA Fact-Check Algorithm of the Science Ministry. Communists unite in diaper face unity!
Tesla just did it again.[1]

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Happening now: Orange County. Trooper stopped to help a disabled motorist on I-4. When Tesla driving on “auto” mode struck the patrol car. Trooper was outside of car and extremely lucky to have not been struck. #moveover. WB lanes of I-4 remain block as scene is being cleared."

[1] https://twitter.com/FHPOrlando/status/1431565185899171840
You've got to be a good reader to begin with plus have an interest in research which there is plenty of interest.

Maybe once you get through the whole thing you have to be able to pick your jaw up off the keyboard to make a comment or there is no record of it happening?
Try Googling mesothelioma symptoms if you want to see how deep this particular rabbit hole goes (and cost some ambulance-chasing law firms some money while you're at it.)
Yeah, whatever. How long does immunity last?

I had Covid in February, kinda curious if I still have the antibodies.

But I'm not paying 80 Euros to find out, unless you crowdfund me :D
Yes, they plan. But people make counter plans, too.
Okay, well that's still a very different scenario than just leaving your dogs loose and letting one get out when someone comes to the door.
It sounds like that might be our endgame now. If covid becomes endemic, which may be inevitable, then the only question is whether you want your body to be prepared for its first infection or not.

I wonder if this could end up like the 'common cold' coronaviruses, where future generations build up immunity through exposure very early in life, resulting in mild infections in adulthood.

That would beg an interesting question: how lethal would 'common colds' be if we hadn't all been exposed to them multiple times throughout our childhoods?
Well the 'tax is theft' brigade beg to differ. For them they have turned tax avoidance into a sport and take great pride in having multiple shell companies in Panama to avoid paying taxes.
Many children already get vaccinated for the Flu, so there were interventions to protect people then too.
Yes, but my first reaction in such cases is usually to leave the page, rather than searching for options.
can we change the URL to the paper?[0] The "article" is just blog spam consisting of a few quotes from the abstract of the paper. And I had to go find a cached version because the site was down.

0. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v...
You can't trust people to self report having covid. Because a very high percentage will lie about it. Same as rules that allow vaccinated people to not wear masks. Unvaccinate people will up and lie about being vaccinated.
Driving through Rocky Mountain National Park is 45 times more lethal than staying home, so I'm wearing a mask to protect my shadow.
Wait, which country isn't treating the recovered like the vaccinated? I thought it's standard, at least in Europe.
> Is natural immunity from a previous variant as effective against delta?

This study's data come from during Israel's Delta-variant surge, so yes.
How does it compare to natural immunity from a "breakthrough infection"? If risk of hospitalization is low and following immunity is stronger, that seems relevant to whether we some should get booster shots, esp when so many haven't been able to get their first round
Seems the title writer was using the second definition of “on trial”

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20trial
Just a comment to say that I had no intent to piss you off, and I don't think you are flaming, just exposing your perspective. Maybe I should not have included my question on your hobbies. It was more for the readers, including you, to answer in their head.
But first you would need to get infected to acquire such immunity. Pretty much defeats the purpose when it could cause severe outcomes which you wanted to avoid in the first place. But rather, even though you may get the infected after vaccination, it will lower the chance of severe outcome by nearly as much.

I’d rather acquire natural immunity via the vaccine route.
>This information is interesting, but a poor basis on which to shift policy from vaccination to infecting the entire population and blessing the survivors.

Only if we were starting from a point of nobody having been infected already. In LA, Chicago, NYC, Miami, ~50% of the population has been infected[0]. If the Israeli study is accurate, then all of those people should be considered as immune as vaccinated, therefore not requiring any additional vaccination. That should absolutely shift policy wrt vaccinations.

0. https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news...
> 'common cold' coronaviruses

I think you mean rhinoviruses?
It's unethical to withhold mental health medication, too, but strangely no one gives a fuck about that.
Do you have kids?

As a father of two kids unable to be vaccinated I disagree. The risk of long term health issues is worrying for many parents. You are welcome to do what you feel is best for your family but we shouldn't consider systematic widespread exposure as a solution.
You wanna volunteer your kids while you’re at it? 165M vaccinated people. The trial participants have been vaccinated for over a year.
I don't understand the catch, can you elaborate (keeping in mind I have no knowledge of how smart contracts work)?
What's the benefits to anyone being able to end the round at any time, even someone with no stake in it?
Also doesn't it mean trolls can end the round at any time for example as soon as a token is entered destroying the system entirely?
Highly doubt this kind of equipment is present at the majority of institutions, or that it’s sensitive enough to find the trace of a trace amount like this. Sounds cool for a movie, though
Thanks for those important facts.
> There's one thing that's worse. When nobody contacts you at all.

This. People complain about getting micro-harassed by recruiters when others are desperate for a job and would actually enjoy being head-hunted.
I know for my flight from the US to Europe, I need proof of vaccination. Proof "of immunity" is not sufficient.
How many chickens should I plan on for a household of two? We dispose of just a few handfuls of veggie scrapings & trim and a coffee puck each day, some fatty scraps of meat over the course of a week, and not much else. Currently composting but could well do a few chickens…
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I think for an assertion like this it's better to link directly to the study preprint rather than a tendentious summary of it.
Start a company that searches for you:

“How to pay my bills on time”

“How to save more money for retirement”
Nah, happens quite often when Google refuses to serve the results you're asking for (ignoring a keyword, using something it believes is a synonym but is actually not in this context etc.), and one therefore do many successive almost identical searches with small tweaks.
Yes although the delta variant has undermined the efficacy of vaccines at preventing infection (from 91% to 66% [1]), it is still fairly effective at preventing severe outcomes such as hospitalization and death.

> but a poor basis on which to shift policy from vaccination to infecting the entire population and blessing the survivors

This is not at all what the paper is suggesting, and people should not be interpreting it as such. The fact is that a vast majority of people infected by SARS-CoV-2 will survive without any severe outcomes. In fact a significant proportion (at least 33% and up to 65% [2][3], perhaps even more [4][5]) will be completely asymptomatic.

This has implications for vaccine strategy because supply of doses is limited - these findings imply that individuals who are immunologically naive or vulnerable due to age and comorbidities should be prioritized for vaccination, rather than people who have already acquired robust and durable immunity from natural infection [6].

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034e4.htm

[2] The Proportion of SARS-CoV-2 Infections That Are Asymptomatic
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M20-6976

[3] Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population: Analysis of nationwide serosurvey data in the Netherlands
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00768-y

[4] Evaluating the massive underreporting and undertesting of COVID-19 cases in multiple global epicenters
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S253104372...

[5] Undiagnosed SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/13/601/eabh3826

[6] Model-informed COVID-19 vaccine prioritization strategies by age and serostatus
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/371/6532/916.full...
Do all you people complaining about this really pay any more tax than you legally need to?
So, let's think about this and assume Microsoft are behaving rationally rather than just being out to screw users for the hell of it. Most of Microsoft's incentives are to get as many people as possible to upgrade to Windows 11. Why aren't they making it as easy as possible?

I think it's because they're planning on supporting Windows 11 for 10 years. Supporting 20 year old hardware in 2031 would be a massive pain, both in terms of testing and in terms of still not being able to depend on platform features and needing all kinds of kludgy fallbacks (e.g. virtualization or the TPM).

The cost of allowing installation on older hardware for now is basically zero, and is an easy concession to make to help with the negative PR. The cost of promising updates on that old hardware is impossible to estimate, but could be quite high.
> vaccine is a risk factor on its own as well

We have evidence, in adults, of long-term effects from Covid. These effects aren't benign, either, e.g. permanent damage to the brain's grey matter. We have zero evidence of long-term side effects from the vaccine.

Ceteris paribus, infection is riskier than vaccines to adults. (I can think of zero diseases for which the vaccines are fine for adults and harmful to children and whose infections are harmful for adults and fine for children.)

This study is compelling evidence for creating an analog to the vaccine passport for the provably previously infected. It is not good evidence for intentional infection.
Where I am from in Europe, in Estonia, we havr a negative credit score system and when you want to get a big loan then you have to give the bsnk your account transactions from the last 6 months so they can see what you are spending on. Casinos and such are frowned upon. But nobody uses Credit cards. There are talks about creating a positive credit registry also, but it is for the short term lenders who should be able to see that you took out a loan yesterday and then they should not give you one today
generally, yes.
Less effective at preventing infection, no less effective in preventing death or hospitalizations. We need to get everyone vaccinated to avoid the crush on our healthcare systems. Hospitals are facing bed shortages because many have given up on basic precautions in the USA.
I agree if you sign a waiver saying you get no healthcare in the rare case that your infection requires hospitalization.

That's my stance on prescription medication, too, in case you think I'm just being an asshole about CV. I'd sign a waiver for the freedom to buy antidepressants.
They added back the 'recovery key' feature in iOS 14[0] but I'm not sure if it includes full encryption of backups or other iCloud data. I couldn't find anything on recovery keys in the Platform Security index either[1].

0: https://www.macworld.com/article/234693/apple-id-adds-recove...

1: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web
There are four endemic coronaviruses that infect humans. One of them uses the same receptor ACE2 to infect cells. That one is getting a harder look.

There is also SARS which is extinct. And MERS which is producing sporadic outbreaks.
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Err, the angles of our better natures.
> As he told me recently, “Business rewards a certain type of attitude and assertiveness—all things that will get you killed in prison.”

Are these people going to the same sort of prisons where getting killed is a serious risk?
Congrats, you've just described nearly every other company's hiring procedure...
Anything that questions the value of vaccines should be suspected as misinformation, regardless of the source.