skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm saying you as an investor don't know which half is being squandered, and if the company has non-linear growth, you aren't going to care. You only notice waste when you aren't getting value, and if you're getting growth, you aren't going to notice the waste. See: WeWork
I think the "mercenary" bit is (aside from being exaggerated) not really the point. My view on this is that if you want to live in a dense, urban area, you should have to pay a premium to live in a single family home, because SFHs are incredibly inefficient uses of land in that kind of environment. Suburbs, sure, SFHs all over, and that's expected. But not in a city.

The goal of less restrictive zoning like this is that we see more in-law units and 2-, 3-, and 4-plexes cropping up all over (some/many of these replacing existing single family homes). While that may increase the cost of SFHs, the average cost of homes in general will go down, because you'll have greater supply to meet demand. And they don't have to be "tiny apartments", either.

I do think this is a bit overblown; it's not like I see SF's Outer Sunset converting any significant amount of housing stock to duplexes and 4-plexes any time soon (or ever), and I expect residents will (unfortunately) still have other non-zoning-related tools at their disposal to fight development plans they don't like.

A UC Berkeley study (referenced and quoted elsewhere on this post) expects this measure to only increase the statewide housing stock by around 700k units. That's not nothing, but if they expected a significant number of SFHs to get torn down and replaced by multi-unit buildings, that number would be a good order of magnitude higher.
This helps with the future lawsuits.
“User ID also includes your account password…”
When you have a conversation with a landlord about why they raised rent, it’s not confusing corrolation for causation.
Hmm, an LWN comment posted on the Debian wiki claims there are ABI stability issues, but they are being worked on:

https://lwn.net/Articles/797616/
https://wiki.debian.org/StaticLinking#Rust
Resources like this back up my idea that we teach organic chemistry wrong. It always escaped me why rote memorization is how the subject is taught, when it's actually much better suited to the 'learn by doing' approach. If you have references like this, actually doing the work of organic chemistry is much more educational!

For example: rather than trying to force people to memorize solvent-reaction combinations, have them actually try the wrong combinations and show them physically what happens. Seeing the reaction fail, then getting into why that is would likely stick more than just seeing a red X mark beside the wrong selection on paper. Always found doing the lab course first made the subject just make sense.

The "you won't always have a reference" argument is nonsense. Am I going to be teleported back in time and have to recreate modern medicine?
How can it be wasted time if you're able to build context and a mental model of the repo? The whole point is to "rapidly improve at any programming language" right? Sure, you're not going to contribute net new code but you'll be primed and ready to contribute in the future while achieving your original goal. Whether or not this works, I don't know. But dismissing it as worthless is kind of a stretch and offensive. But thanks for your opinion.
Unfortunately, "chafa" means lame in Spanish.
Better stated would be that for other diseases, live attenuated and dead virus vaccines seem to target most of the virus vs just a small part of the virus (spike in this case). I think the target of just the spike was done for calendar speed. If a larger target can be used in the future, I think it'll have more success. Delivery can be mRNA or traditional.
Tower of Hercules
Pretty much any suburban development of single family homes will include a restrictive coveant on each property that it may only be used for a single family dwelling.

Lots of older neighborhoods in cities, however, don't have any such covenants.
Do you believe they would have come clean if the media hadn't challenged their narrative first?
VPN as a protocol is dying.

Wireguard protocol is the new and faster trend.
I lucked out and didn't have any side effects from either round of both types. My wife did the same as I did (the inability for our kids to get vaccinated was a huge driver in this decision for us too); the second round of both Pfizer and Moderna left her feeling crappy and tired the next day and she basically slept it off both times but she was back to normal the following days.
I see Stripe and Plaid SDKs being discussed. Has anyone tried out Square's SDKs: https://developer.squareup.com/docs/sdks#square-api-sdks?

Keen to know some thoughts on the code quality.
150 years ago in New England, it was a common winter occupation for many families to make shoes by hand in one of the back rooms.
The attackers are asking for ransom. So as usual, money.
It might be a popular action for people to take just before they move out. Instead of selling one house for $3M, build the duplices, sell them for a combined $5-6M, and leave instead of living with the consequences.

That might happen in the really rich neighborhoods too.
I've been wanting to use Nix(OS) on my Pi for a year now. But from what I understand, there is no binary cache for ARM yet. Building every required package on Pi is out of the question and I don't have another persistent system for cross-compiling (Pi is the only always-on system I own).

That being said, I've been using NixOS on my main system and loving it! I've been through format-and-resetup dance far too many times to understand NixOS is worst system management tool, except all the others.
Binary doesn't imply executable. A NumPy array is a binary blob.
Usually I would agree. But not in this instance. It really is silly some isps are not doing this by default, just fixing this will reduce so many types of ddos attacks. The current size of ddos attacks are just insane. And thabks to these attacks decentralized nature of the internet is eroding everyday.
Just because they use new construction as a price signal doesn’t mean the underlying causality changes. Small landlords don’t necessarily read market reports or The RealDeal.
Who cares? If you are dead-set on a single family house, you probably shouldn't move to a dense, urban area. SFHs are incredibly inefficient uses of land, and that only makes sense where land is more plentiful and in lower demand.

SFHs in Manhattan easily go for over $2k per square foot, or even a lot more (just found one listed on Zillow for $5k/sqft). No one seriously complains about that, because "wasting" space in an urban area should cost you.

Sure, most of Manhattan is a lot more dense than most of SF, but given demand here, expecting affordable SFHs is unrealistic already.
Isn't most of that outside cost to manufacture though?
Your binary blobs are structures with fixed-size primitives and a known layout, on ABIs with manageable structure packing rules:

struct my_data {
uint32_t x;
uint16_t y;
};

You can transmit data structures like this over the network with write(), if you want. You can say, “sizeof(my_data) == 8” and just refuse to support systems where this is not true. On the other end, you can

obj.x = swap32(obj.x);
obj.y = swap16(obj.y);

where necessary, or avoid the swap if both peers have the same endian. Keep in mind that this is illustrative. Not trying to describe the details of how you would design a system from a higher level.

Note that you’re not making any attempt to support all architectures, here. You can restrict yourself to byte-oriented architectures with the normal 8, 16, 32, and 64 bit integer types that have no stricter than natural alignment. That covers a useful, broad range of architectures. Depending on whether you care about architectures like M68k where uint32_t does not have natural alignment, you can manually pad out structures.
I agree that's a common desire, but how likely is it that actually becomes feasible? I think programmers underestimate the degree to which languages and VMs are coupled.

Adding GC to WASM makes it essentially like the JVM because it has to know about the layout of every type (to find pointers, etc.) As far as I can see, this effort is like bolting a VM that's 2x-5x as big (in terms of semantics) on top of the existing small WASM VM.

I think they will end up with something like the union of JVM and CLR [1], and even that's not enough.

JS already has garbage collection, but its runtime data types can't really host something like Java or OCaml efficiently.

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The CLR is supposedly language-agnostic, but I'd argue it's not. Visual Basic was "broken" for this reason -- VB.NET is more like C# than VB6. The old code doesn't run.

I've heard PowerShell described as a weird shell-like syntax for writing C# programs.

And I remember F#'s behavior around null, algebraic data types, and exceptions was heavily influenced by the CLR. In some ways it's probably closer to C# than its prime influence of OCaml.

So while I don't know anything about the WASM GC effort (and haven't kept up with it), I'm skeptical that we'll get a true polyglot experience. What's more likely is that some languages will be favored over others, with the "losers" experiencing 2x - 10x slowdowns.

And this doesn't even get into the runtime library issues. For example PyPy is essentially perfectly compatible with CPython at the language level, and has been for over a decade. Still, many applications have difficulty migrating to it because they lose bindings to native libraries, like linear algebra with NumPy, and OpenGL, Win32 bindings, etc. (these are enormous)

I expect the analogous issue to be a big problem for using WASM in a polyglot fashion too.

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As a separate issue, WASM is still not up to par with native code in terms of protections around the stack and the heap: https://lobste.rs/s/a9ghhz/maintain_it_with_zig#c_ghawis . Thus it favors Rust over C/C++, since Rust enforces more integrity at compile time.

Real apps need to poke many holes in the VM to get anything done, and those attack vectors matter more as that happens. WASM follows the principle of least privilege better but it has regressed in other dimensions (at least if you want to run legacy C code, which was the original use case advertised)

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[1] Random article from Google suggests that this is HARD, and these are two of the most similar VMs out there: https://www.overops.com/blog/clr-vs-jvm-how-the-battle-betwe...

CLR includes instructions for closures, coroutines and declaration/manipulation of pointers, the JVM does not

Another smaller difference is that the CLR was built with instructions for dealing with generic types and for applying parametric specializations on those types at runtime.
And a lot has happened in the past 5 years already. From theory to human trials (curing sickle cell, liver diseases) to FDA approved treatment for blindness (Luxturna) and spinal muscular distrophy (Zolgensma). And its not just labs in America doing it.

This is in labs and startups all over the world. It's like a gold rush right now.
You are going on your fourth shot?

Why would you take a second Moderna?

The second dose is for people who had one. If third shots are being offered you don't take a second dose a few weeks later.
Interstitional Space
My experiences:

Bought a charger with a UL mark so my house wouldn't burn down. The UL mark was fake. Tons of complaints on the site about the fake UL mark. Amazon did a refund (great), but kept selling the bad charger (ayfkm). Also, I had no charger that I felt safe using.

Partner has gotten fake cosmetics. Which go on your face and lips and are ingested.

I tried 3 times to buy a new battery for my car keyfob. All of them died within 2-6 weeks. Gave up and bought one from my local hardware store; it lasted 2+ years just like the original.

Amazon is great if it's a book, and the failure mode of a bad book is the pages rip or something. I wouldn't buy anything you need to trust -- food, cosmetics, etc.
KBC Void
ROFL, yes. Fixed
> Traffic on 85 is going to suck even more than it already does, though.

Sounds like a good reason to WFH.
> Building every required package on Pi is out of the question

Are you sure? TBH I don't know if there's a binary cache, but I installed without issue. It was longer than say a Debian install, but can't say it took that long

What timeframe do you need to meet your needs?
I agree with you a lot here. Not in California, so have not looked at the bill so was curious as to if this applied to developers or just homeowners with large lots? Housing has a lot of regulatory capture that benefits already existing property holders unproportionally. I see it here in Central Oregon. Especially as home ownership is the primary way in which families build wealth or reserve wealth.

It can also be a very costly venture to re-zone properties. Even though in a lot of cases, the barrier to re-zone does not make much sense. SFH and MFH, it is not like these are based on some premise of the land has to be a certain quality. The same applies to business zoning. Why does it even make sense to say, you can build a restaurant here, but not a house?
Ali is a genius. I think he has been working hard putting out some amazing knowledge and ideas on studying, learning and testing. I can recommend his YouTube channel. I’m glad this guy is putting his stuff out there. I wish I had half the knowledge in his videos while I was studying.
> I've been through format-and-resetup dance far too many times to understand

I'm curious to hear more about this - can you explain?
The People Want Tiny Houses. Zoning Boards, Not So Much.
https://reason.com/2015/02/22/the-people-want-tiny-houses-zo...
The other question is whether Moderna will also last approximately 3x as long as Pfizer, or if it's a far more nonlinear curve.
$2 trillions could have been used to convert Palestinians into Jews, Christians, Jains or Buddhists, peacefully of-course. While it may not have resolved all the conflicts, it definitely would have reduced it drastically.
You will never find unbiased news. What I recommend doing is trying to understand the bias of the journalists that you read/watch on a regular basis and to follow some from several different sides. You have to treat news articles almost like a court trial. The typical routine in the US is that there are two sides presenting a story, and when applicable there is evidence/data/reports/etc. It's a lot of work to review something from both sides and any supporting work (like reports, papers, pictures, statements, etc) but if you want to get down to the bedrock of a particular issue that's what you have to do. You can't do it for everything, and I don't recommend you try. Be informed on the things that matter to you.

There is also the idea (that I think is a responsible thing to do) that will have to tell people you are talking to that you may not have looked in to whatever they are bringing up and you are not really the person to expect informed conversation from. Some people will continue talking about it and it's up to you whether or not you want to try to engage in the conversation beyond the courtesy acknowledgments. However, I find it a disservice to myself and the people I am talking to to try and interject an uninformed opinion or data point.

Ultimately, focus on those things that are important to you. Do your homework on those things. Recognize when you do and don't know something and don't be afraid to stop talking when you don't know something. Be willing to stop and listen, and don't go in to a conversation that you are informed in expecting to change minds.
Facebook slams Wall Street Journal reports as ‘deliberate mischaracterisations’
wow, so your "bootser" shot was actually 2 shots?

Wasn't expecting that... or was that because of the carefully asked and answered question about previously having had moderna, and not mentioning the previous pfizer?
TV tuner cards have been available forever. I have no idea how much DRM and legal encumbrance there is to actually using one, but it is possible.
I would type in "Golang" (for example) into Github search, then order by most stars and then see what the trends are and investigate any particular libraries that catch my interest.
They were bought by Kape Technologies, an Israeli surveillance firm whose founders have ties to Unit 8200. PIA literally couldn't up a bigger red flag if they tried.
I wonder how they compare to the AZ vaccine.
I'm in the same boat as you. I think the iPhone X was the last 'great' iPhone. 3D Touch is part of my daily routine. Yes, I know you can just hold and tap on the new phones, but can you weigh things on your screen (even if it's hysterically inaccurate!)?
Mentioned his one of several fascinating comments in a recent HN post (source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28574406).

> It's been known since the 1990s (https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9503044 ) that cosmic voids & supervoids aren't strictly speaking empty at the largest scales. More recently sky surveys have found evidence that we are probably in a supervoid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBC_Void
Parallel construction also isn't out of the question for these VPN providers that have testified under oath. If I were the NSA I'd buy some "no logs" VPN providers that don't provide logs in court, but do have them to make catching criminals much easier.

It doesn't hurt that the "no logs under oath" assertion will no doubt engender trust with the very people you want to log.
Shoutout to the good folks at LineageOS[1] and PixelExperience[2]. They are really a key piece in extending the life of old, but perfectly working phones by keeping up with security updates in Android (but not in proprietary firmware).

Generally I just donate to them instead of buying new phones.

There is also a German startup[3] selling second-hand phones with warranty, but I don't see them dealing with outstanding software updates.

1: https://lineageos.org/

2: https://download.pixelexperience.org/

3: https://www.refurbed.de/
Unfortunately with POWER10, a couple of blobs are required, so Raptor are sticking to the older POWER9 for now.
Ah, more of Zuckerberg's jealousy because Snapchat refused their acquisition offer?
Didn't the OnePlus 3T come out in late 2016?
> MAD can still be effective if you say any non conventional attack by any actor would trigger it.

Isn't this a terrorist's wet dream?
The reason for Raptor not having POWER10 is due to IBM introducing some proprietary blobs, IIRC for RAM bringup and something else.
https://pastebin.com/2MEKNGx5

This is an Excel macro that is self-aware: it only tries to print itself if it is a quine.

It's sensitive to whitespace, so I provided the pastebin link above.

Sub selfCheckingExcelQuine()
s = "Sub selfCheckingExcelQuine()\ s = ~\ result = Replace(Replace(Replace(s, Chr(36), Chr(34)), Chr(92), vbCrLf), Chr(126), Chr(34) & s & Chr(34))\ \ If myText() = result Then\ Debug.Print result\ Else\ Debug.Print $Not a quine!$\ End If\End Sub\\Function myText()\ Dim p As VBProject: Set p = ThisWorkbook.VBProject\ Dim m As CodeModule: Set m = p.VBComponents(p.VBE.SelectedVBComponent.Name).CodeModule\ \ myText = m.Lines(1, m.CountOfLines)\End Function\"
result = Replace(Replace(Replace(s, Chr(36), Chr(34)), Chr(92), vbCrLf), Chr(126), Chr(34) & s & Chr(34))

If myText() = result Then
Debug.Print result
Else
Debug.Print "Not a quine!"
End If
End Sub

Function myText()
Dim p As VBProject: Set p = ThisWorkbook.VBProject
Dim m As CodeModule: Set m = p.VBComponents(p.VBE.SelectedVBComponent.Name).CodeModule

myText = m.Lines(1, m.CountOfLines)
End Function
The military has really intense product specification and testing requirements (you can find a mil-spec for pop tarts), they are essentially getting exactly the quality they specify and reject what doesn’t meet spec. This is necessary because of scale and part of why things are so expensive.
I use a VPN purely for torrents. Have a VM with a torrent downloading server. Only way that VM can route beyond the local net is they a static VPN address and the VPN interface. No VPN connection means no internet leakage.
But those improvements aren't worth buying a new phone for most of us, as the existing camera and speed is just fine for messaging, reddit, twitter, all the most common smartphone stuff. Also, the newest phones still cripple mobile WebGL game development so that gamedevs can't bypass the App Store 30% commission.

It's just like how buying a shiny new car is pointless for most of us: old cars get us from home to the grocery store and back just as fast, they have airbags and crash safety testing, etc. Older cars are also less likely to have broken software updates than newer "smart cars", too. In rural areas farmers pay premium prices for 40+ year old tractors because they don't have the anti-right-to-repair electronic doodads that ensure only dealers can service the thing.
Just tested on my pi4, seems to use cache

> ssh pi4
(nelson@pi4) Password:
Last login: Sun Aug 15 10:44:23 2021 from 192.168.86.235
nelson@pi4:~/ > sudo nix-channel --update
[sudo] password for nelson:
unpacking channels...
created 1 symlinks in user environment
nelson@pi4:~/ > sudo nixos-rebuild switch

...
> copying path '/nix/store/qpd30425yap9y2mhsa4lg8cfid6703cz-glibc-locales-2.33-49' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/59mpcrm3ndbg32834038v1c6lzjh9yi7-linux-5.10.52-1.20210805' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path

ect
what was the point of the OP in this thread? I went to that page, but I can't make sense of what the page is all about!?!

https://kparc.com/
SF isn't the only city in california.
There is a binary cache, at least for the rpi 3b (aarch64) and I know from friends that it also exists for the 4.
I'm not surprised. I did say this experiment in Salvador was nonsense and Bitcoin didn't make any sense for this use case.

Why would a government that messed up one currency succeed with another?

There's no skill required to make money "work". Silver worked as money before there were governments but it's not legal tender in Salvador.

We don't need a government to be involved. When it is, the risk of corruption and failure dramatically increases.
The previous implementation used Wintun (wintun.net) which was developed originally for Wireguard but spun off into its own layer 3 tunneling driver.

And yes, Wintun beats the pants of OpenVPN's TAP driver, but the kernel implementation is even faster yet.
That’s true, but it is difficult to do in the USA since the company town concept/complex fell out of style in this country after WW2. People don’t generally live where they work, especially if they bought 10 years ago and switched jobs twice since then (and that isn’t even counting second body problems). Transit is really needed to fill in the gaps, or perhaps renting should be encouraged so people more easily move when they change jobs (but the second body problem remains).

WFH works also, but then you don’t need to be near where your jobs is.
It seems to me to be a worse idea than choosing to invest in the stock market … while following Cramer’s advice. I certainly don’t trust stock market talking (shrieking) heads, nor do I trust internet hype.
It does not exist. Choose media with a consistent bias and you will rarely be surprised by lies, especially if you diversify your sources and pull from across political and economic spectra. For US news, you're better off with foreign coverage than domestic, but it might be upsetting if you are nationalistic (I would imagine that holds true everywhere).