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SF has ALWAYS been dysfunctional.

California created the "ballot proposition system" which causes the ballot measure to become part of the California constitution because the state political system has ALWAYS been corrupt and dysfunctional! The system was created in 1856!!! Just 6 years after becoming a state - so FU in its very origins. Because politicians could NOT be trusted to be honest or civilly reliable to the mission of the state!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_ballot_proposition

As historical precedent has shown, most California politicians are still corrupt and dysfunctional ALL the time.

So after 165 years, why is anyone surprised or even posing the question??? It's baked into California history and norms!
It being obvious that people wouldn't want tickets because it's unpleasant, and operating being expensive because it's unreliable were contributing factors in it being uneconomical.

The env damaging part was only over land and there were plenty of niches for it. It could have done just fine over oceans. Late 70s/early 80s would have loved an SST going west coast to Japan and Hawaii.
I wouldn’t care to claim that Rust has Lisp macros.

Lisp macros you define just like any Lisp function, and allow you to create new syntax constructs indistinguishable from any built-in constructs, which can execute whatever code they like as part of the process.

In Lisp, macros are evaluated at run-time and can do anything, including access program state (if you play your cards right). They consume something that’s very roughly an AST, and emit something that’s very roughly an AST, and the language makes doing that quite easy, largely because it’s all structural in nature.

In Rust, you’ve got macro_rules! which provides convenient syntax for simple structural macros, and then after that you have procedural macros which have the full power, but have to be written in a completely different place and get evaluated at compile-time only (so no dynamic macros), in a completely different context to the code that calls them (so no program state). They’re a lot harder to work with, consuming a stream of token trees (e.g. `if`, `3`, `.`, `{ … }`, `(…)`) and emitting a stream of token trees, a representation that’s clumsy and prone to error (especially since it’s not structural) though this can be mitigated a lot with crates like syn and quote which can make the process at least somewhat more structural, but it’s still way more clumsy than Lisp, where you can’t really distinguish between structural and procedural because they’re basically the same thing. Also Rust macros look different from built-in language constructs, all being like `foo!(…)`, `foo![…]` or `foo! { … }`.

I can’t comment about any other languages; they may have things much closer to Lisp macros.

(I write this as a Rust expert who writes structural macros regularly but procedural macros only once every year or two at least partly because of how painful they are to write, and a Lisp outsider who’s familiar with all the concepts and written a little here and there over the years but never anything serious.)
Maybe SCO could have spun their properties as advantages: stable driver ABI, ISV/IHV certification, Unix/Posix certification, support, etc. They could have had a free "CentSCO" version and charged for support like Red Hat.
Not speaking about this particular security problem, but instead, more in general:

Such management and snake oil people need not be incompetent -- they might just have different goals, for example, their personal career and making lots of money -- and building very secure software can be off topic?

Someone might seem incompetent, when the underlying problem is different goals? The principal–agent problem
> The state it's in will continue working.

Maybe so. But then again, maybe not if Apple decides to blow a bunch of fuses remotely. Also, your laptop could break. Or you might want to expand to more laptops but the one you are using now runs out of production.
I think a little more deliberation on Kissinger, Murdoch and Mattis’s life is in order.
Very cool project, though not yet at the point where non-MIT untermensch like me can build a replica easily. I’m eagerly awaiting prebuilt controller+force feedback kits that we can attach to our own gloves (instead of getting them from retractable badge holders).
Not a single screenshot on the entire site.
Fairly closely related: http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html
Thanks for your great thoughts and I really appreciate it.

I’m more of thinking about hiring team to convert my ideas into mvps and launch.
Living in the middle of nowhere is probably a better survival strategy, FWIW. In the event that the US is attacked, ICBM silos act as a nuclear sponge -- things adversaries have to blow up, lest we fire back using them. ABMs are targets too, because they enhance the sponge.

So living far from silos (and their command centers), and far from the large cities that the sponge protects, is a better survival strategy. :)
These are my biggest pain points and your solution is similar to what I had in mind but more geared towards the lesser served markets: Portuguese and French speaking countries.
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How do you feel about Israeli scientists being assassinated? Fair game, too?
> Apple decides to blow a bunch of fuses remotely

Then just... not update.
You need to run fiber from somewhere, and something tells me there is no connection office in few hundred miles.
Especially if you read the anecdote about Google Ventures. Apparently they did a bare minimum amount of diligence (went to get their blood tested at a Walgreens) and the fraud was obvious right away.
And it just crashed
In a similar vein: http://iscaliforniaonfire.com/
Now that was an interesting read. He seems like quite a character. I wish we could have more insight into his perspective but:

“Berg received many requests to write his memoirs, but turned them down. He almost began work on them in 1960, but he quit after the co-writer assigned to work with him confused him with Moe Howard of the Three Stooges.”
"Private Relay".
This is an excellent tour of bcc tools. Thanks Brendan!
Spoiler: It did indeed crash :-)
> Eating less and/or moving more will cause the vast, vast majority of obese people to lose weight.

Sure, for a few months, and then they'll get back to their lifestyle and put the weight back. The real question of course is why so many people have started overeating since the 1980s, and that is definitely not explained by changes in food availability.

So sure, the proximate cause of obesity is chiar - eating more than you excersise - but the reason for this massive change in the behavior of the entire population is definitely not understood.
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LI can be useful. I got my last three jobs from recruiters reaching out via LI. I don’t get much spam at all on LI.
There is a less popular to mention third group. The majority of people are midwits who are neither stupid enough to believe the truly ridiculous (flat earth), nor critical enough to think for themselves. They are the ones welcoming the tyranny our ruling class is only too happy to facilitate.
It develops bird-human relationships, and it makes up for all the lost biomass of insects.
Browser sandboxing is more battle tested, and probably a lot more researched, and with more fuzzing performed on it.

I know that at least X11 is not sandboxed with snap/flatpak/etc., and there is no sandbox for macOS/Windows Zoom client, so using web client is infinitely more isolated.
Pretty wild, it rolled over, then made it +- 6000 msec post-rollover before crashing!
This seems wrong....

git is a form of blockchain.

My use for a blockchain is for a system where even if I were the only writer, I would want there to be an archival, tamperproof record which anyone can verify. I publish a daily hash, which confirms everything behind it.

I don't know of a better way to accomplish that than a simple blockchain, publishing daily SHA hashes.

It is overhyped and oversold as a technology, but it has its uses. Perhaps they're not the same as the uses we have today, but they definitely exist.

When radio was invented, the original planned use cases had little to do with what it was adopted for eventually.
Looks like the integer overflow had the system time try to start back over at zero, but that caused everything else to hang right after it did. Neat stream.
OT, but I still have one of those Roland Sound Canvas expanders. Works flawlessly.
it is. dynamic linking is a mistake on today's desktops/laptop. disk is plentiful and most of a graphic programs space usage is in assets rather than the program.
I believe, this is that comment:

"Whenever I read something like this I can't help but think "Here's a potential customer to whomever can get this right and at the right price". It seems like there's still a huge opening in this market for someone to come in and take all of ZenDesk and eSupport's customers." —megamark16

Zendesk raises their prices 60%-300%, users predictably revolt (2010), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1358398

Congratulations on a reverse-BrandonM, Mark.
If they can do this, surely this evaporates any security-related rationale for not providing a web-accessible version of iMessages.

If they just added that, it would be so incredibly useful. I'm sure they won't though, because that might mean that people could access iMessages from non-Apple hardware (the HORROR).
See also: https://isbillonthewagon.com/
TBH I think there are all solutions to that when you have a big enough fleet. Rent a cargo van, rent a car for the day for storage, more storage options at places, rent a car with car seats for several years and sport equipment racks. When family is over, automatically scale with 3 or 4 cars, etc.

You could make specialized cars that would be way more convenient than the typical suv, but no person would keep as their permanent car configuration. I could see vans with roll in bike racks for example, which is more convenient than latching it on top of the typical suv sports rack for example. Groceries and other retail shopping I could see you just drop in the little cart drone and it gets to your house before you do, already in the pantry, etc. Grocery drones will be well insulated coolers, which is better than your typical suburban shopping trip freshness wise. No more melted ice cream anxiety when you remember something.
You forgot the most important question:

>Do you need to generate media buzz and mislead investors?

I've heard of about 10 local "blockchain" startups and I swear to god this was their #1 reason of using a blockchain (it did work partially for one of them, although they eventually dropped the blockchain, and failed anyway).
This is the only real sensible approach.
Even with open source signal, people say they still might be able to see things.
Is there no way to test this?
How do they know that they can't just say whatever on Twitter? Because it's effectively the same thing.
No, but GL.iNet routers come with a 1-click solution. It's really handy, cheap and capable. Of course, you can install OpenWRT etc on any router as well. Just not quite as easy. Also no affiliation, but I love the little travel routers.
Mine is the R9X "Flying Ginsu"

It's a Hellfire modified to deploy effectively big swords as it closes in, so it only shreds people within 4ft or so of the target.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-u-s-missile-aims-to-kill...
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Did they time the Terminator theme to play along with the crash? That was pretty funny.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23640746

I will believe Apple if they say they officially support booting of other OSes, and will keep doing so in the future.
There’s been suspicion that India has been losing them too on the similar lines.

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/01/06/from-the-archiv...

This article says hundreds of deaths https://asiatimes.com/2019/07/indias-vanishing-nuclear-scien...
It seems that the only two possible answers are "perhaps" and "no".

If the answer is "perhaps", why don't the authors list viable alternatives?

Perhaps this is how we could all actually learn something new.
Typical västgötaklimax.
Simple: NIMBY. There are places they can live where they don't have to dip their toes into the literal shit. And they keep the "riff-raff" out with harsh NIMBY-ism.

You have Pacific Heights, Presidio/Richmond (especially where Feinsteins, Pelosis, Cockers, Dorseys, etc. live) as well as Marin and Hillsborough, et al.

They can let it happen because they can create their own little bubble world and never interact with "the deplorables".

I grew up in the Bay Area and went to "good schools" with these peoples' children so I've seen them up-close-and-personal. They are not nice people.

New Yorkers in my experience are far more practical and "based" compared to Western large blue cities.
The strongest case for using blockchain tech right now seems to be increasing you chance of getting VC funding.
I assumed that this case had been resolved like a decade ago. Does anybody else remember when SCO vs Linux (as reported by Groklaw) was an obsession of tech news sites?
if you lend her $100million she'll tell you how she did it!
Saddened this wasn't just a static HTML page that said "No"
It's viable in a lot more areas than it exists in currently.

I'm not suggesting no one should ever live in a remote area. If that's what people want, cool.

When I say nationwide, I mean we need more housing that makes sense in all 50 states, not just California. I don't mean this should be the only kind of infrastructure we allow.
A parlor trick that doesn't implement what it claims to, even if cool, doesn't make a point very well...
So, it looked like what happened was the system didn't immediately crash, but quickly degraded. It looked like the system was partially responsive, and Foone reported that the ctrl-alt-delete screen wouldn't kill the app. The uptime monitor app hung, although it's unclear where that failure originated from.
With autonomous drones and cyberwar being the future of military power my bet in on AI experts.

While the OP is about nuclear scientists, i think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull#Death assassinated by Israel for building the space gun for Saddam fits the story too.

I think also somewhat related - i.e. it isn't only enemies who target strategic scientists - after having developed hypersonic missile (Mach 6) in the recent years, Russia put several top scientists and engineers who worked directly either on the project or its key technologies in prison on charges of spying. As the charges are outright bogus - one guy for example was convicted for publishing a scientific article describing results of his unclassified research funded by a European grant (and nobody said a word nor when he received the grant and was doing the work, nor later when the article was making its way through peer-review/publishing/etc. and for quite some time afterward) - it looks to me like they are preventatively making sure that the tech would have no chances to leak by putting those key people in prison once the tech got done in such a wrong way while also sending clear message to the rest.
2. It makes perfect sense if you actually learn how Emacs works. It provides superficial elements like GTK-look-and-feel (scrollbars, menubars). Most Emacs experts disable all of these anyway, thus nothing of value is lost. On the other hand, toolkit-less Emacs tends to be a lot more stable. That was definitely the case for GTK since it had well-known bugs that the GTK developers refused to fix that would crash Emacs. I suggest you compile graphical Emacs on Linux without any toolkit (or with Athena/Lucid/Motif) to see for yourself.

3. Because there are trade-offs involved and the (informed) user should be responsible for enabling them.
I think the definition of "blockchain" should include some notion of distributed consensus. Git doesn't have that at all.
On both macOS and Linux, process scheduling goes further than just niceness. On macOS in particular, it has a concept of process priorities[1] and I/O policies, and the OS itself defines special priorities and policies for background processes.

[1] https://www.manpagez.com/man/2/setpriority/
E2E encryption != Encryption at rest.
I remember seeing Cowboy Neal on IRC and feeling like it was a celebrity sighting.

The world needs a Cowboy Neal option.
Well that was anticlimactic :(
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For those coming along after:

The counter rolled over, then the system hung at about 6800 ms after the rollover.

The mouse responded and a ctrl-alt-del brought up the process-manager / restart dialogue, but the system didn't respond otherwise. It was restarted with a second ctrl-alt-del.

Final song was Toto's "Africa", followed by the theme to Terminator.

If the stream remains up, the next crash will occur on October 17, 2021.
Tesla isn't selling FSD and claiming it already works when it doesn't. Nor is FSD the crux of their business. They've shipped hundreds of thousands of EVs and have turned quarterly profits already. Also, FSD isn't physically impossible the way Theranos' tech was.
In this case, it doesn’t sound like books were cooked. That would be motivated by falsifying past sales. In this case the future sales didn’t materialize.

What diligence would have saved you? You would have to learn enough about how blood tests work to conclude that it was not likely they had achieved it.

You could have passed on the investment unless they trusted you with the trade secret I suppose.

I’m not saying I have the right answer, but I am saying that it’s not as simple as checking the books.
But this is not what we really call a blockchain usually. A blockchain has all the proof of work / of stake fluff around it.

The mechanism behind git is most probably what most people seeking to use a blockchain actually need though, for the reasons you gave.
This UI is so confusing on mobile. There is no visual indication that you're supposed to swipe left for the questions to show up.

Honestly it should probably just be presented as a static flow chart instead of a quiz with these strange 3D cube transitions.
LOL. Not remotely surprised. Real life and physical reality are far more complex than what you can encode into any algorithm or ML/NN. So by definition, this will happen.

Predictive models can only be 100% accurate when they contain as much information as the system they are modeling.
In my day job[0], I talk to a lot of start-up ventures about blockchain. Only one was honest enough to say they were only using it because, at the time, it was easier to get funding.

[0]: https://hyperledger.org/
Depends on which ones. If you mean that guy who was reviewer #2, go at it.
Do you need a self driving car?
It's OK to be critical of Theranos but I think it's pretty bad to criticize a woman for deciding to have a child.
Wasn’t that at a much later stage?
After the crash, the video author typed inside Notepad:

"It hung! I ctrl-alt-deleted it, but it wouldn't respond so I rebooted it with another ctrl-alt-delete

Thanks for watching.

TRANS RIGHTS!"

https://imgur.com/a/yoGyo6B
> You can't trust anything to be e2ee if it's not open source too.

You can't trust anything unless you built it yourself [0]. Just because I tell you that binary is built from the source code does not mean it's not backdoored.

[0] Theoretically, reproducible builds provide the same security, but in the end you need to build it yourself to get the hash, at which point you just replace one `cp` with two `sha256sum`.
The bedrock is over 100ft down, so that would be fun
> It was no longer supported so I would have been forced to upgrade while there was this trojan variant going around.

Safely done by downloading a new version from the official website (which wasn't compromised) + verifying its signature.

I agree that allowing nodes to pop up messages was a huge error.
He is THE Java guy, and java is pain without massive IDEs.

What I find here funny is that Netbeans is dead, and nobody ever mentions it on HN. And we still talk about emacs.
I got the stream when it was Crash Test Dummies.

Yep, it was funny.
Like endocrine//nervous disruption, and other such fun diseases.
Git isn't a blockchain...
I think the issue is the kind of accidents will be very different from humans, uncomfortable and very fatal. You also have to compare against sober and awake drivers, not 'the typical driver', because you have a choice to be sober and awake if you're more safety minded, while you don't really have those choices with AI driving.

Like tesla cars going straight into concrete barriers on highway exits instead of down the 2 lane options on autopilot mode.
This is offtopic but I think people need to realize that BrandonM's comment has been unfairly characterized.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28293146

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23229275
I'm confused. If I could tell you want the expected level was before the study, then you'd be right not me. My point is that we didn't know for certain until the study was done. We could reasonably predict it would be "some" but not that if it was more or less than a vaccine response.
At present, the accepted definition doesn't.

From Wikipedia: "A blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked together using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree). The timestamp proves that the transaction data existed when the block was published in order to get into its hash. As blocks each contain information about the block previous to it, they form a chain, with each additional block reinforcing the ones before it. Therefore, blockchains are resistant to modification of their data because once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered retroactively without altering all subsequent blocks."

Perhaps it ought to, but I would prefer a different word ("distributed ledger?"). For "blockchain," I actually rather like the simpler definition of a cryptographically-linked chain of blocks.

This is contradicted by the popularly-believed inventor / date of invention.
Clicking "learn more" worked well enough for me, no swiping.
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Yeah agreed.

The key distinction where much of it turns to fluff is around decentralized & permissionless models.

Relying on Nakamoto Consensus/Proof of Work/Proof of stake when you can just as easily rely on a centralized model is where the BS starts happening.
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> Both laws are of about the same significance.

No they aren't in any conceivable universe. I know US or other powerful countries can be and often are bullies to the weaker if its convenient for them, but even strong countries need good friends. And that's one hell of a stupid short-sighted way to lose them, sometimes for good.
I saw a new in box copy of Windows NT Server 5 user today for $4.99. I wonder what it cost new.
Noted. In order to stop forced Windows Updates, all I have to do is have an old enough CPU.
Voltage is a completely different issue, that has only indirect impact on "how big will this thing be?", at least until you start measuring it by the hundreds.

Of course, all of those are relevant, but the one number that sizes the thing is current.