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High demand doesn't mean high prices. You can increase supply - but we don't do this. We don't want more supply! Houses are investments. They're supposed to to go up in value! So we limit supply.
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You really think that owner occupiers haven't pushed for policies that inflate the value of their investments at the cost of young people and renters? Having been to community meetings about creating more housing in my area, I'll tell you that there's plenty of people who want to constrain the housing supply who are not hedge fund lobbyists...
Luakit, Pentadactyl, and I think nyxt (the only one I haven’t tried) all offer everything you describe, except that their IRC channels are pretty sleepy, some of luakit’s configuration requires you to edit ~/.config/luakit/rc.conf (a lua filen with all the power that provides, but simple enough to understand without knowing the language) and :restart (which preserves tabs and scroll positions, though not all JS state), and I don’t remember per domain/page JS toggles in Pentadactyl (though global JS toggle worked, and luakit’s per domain JS toggle is great and global toggle fine).

Anything Chromium based is virtually as bad as Chrome in terms of increasing the engine’s market share, making it the de facto standard and making the majority of web devs test their sites less or not at all on other engines (I appreciate you being an exceptional dev in that regard, but I’d appreciate more you doing your small part to influence all the other devs of the sites you use).
> > the requirements have been in such flux

I think the implication is that what's in that table has been changing, though I've not been following closely so I couldn't say for sure.
There is a much simpler explanation: People who can will eventually move into new (or renovated) construction, because of substantial improvements in quality of life. People who can't are left with the older buildings.

The urban planning and architecture was often pretty good -- kindergartens, schools, shops and entertainment all nearby. In some respects, much better availability of services than some contemporary housing projects.
The entire early stage internet raises its hands and says "w'oah there!!! we could have been paid for all that?"
If all the software you want to use is available as a package, it's great. Otherwise it ends up feeling even messier than Windows.

The stuff that's not packaged usually has to be built from source. That can be annoying because you need to figure out what -dev packages to install. And if any of its dependencies also aren't in the package manager, then you're going to have to build that first.

On top of that, many makefiles don't have an inverse operation to the install target, so if you decide you want to remove it it's a manual effort to figure out what to get rid of. Also have to be careful when doing the install because it will happily overwrite already installed files that happen to have the same name.
Not sure that is the actual reason. (Also define worth it)

Wirth had developed that original, but misguided (IMO) notion that the faster a compiler can compile itself the better it is.

Consequently he has removed a lot from latest iterations of its languages/compilers

Pascal had an enum-like feature we could define an enumerated type.

Wirth removed it because... `CONST` should be enough for everyone.

Obviously it has simplified the compiler and increased the self-compilation speed. But I would not call that an improvement.
> hard to monetize ads based on click data.

Google's main product, AdWords, directly monetizes click data by charging advertiser's per click. No click, no payment. Can't get much more direct than that.
Only works of the product designer or project manager actually has empathy to the users, which seems to be just as rare as developers having it. They are hired to manage and track user complaints and keep it below a certain level at minimal costs to the company, not to empathize with users. Or maybe that is what you meant, if you have dedicated people for that role then nobody has to empathize with the user, the product can churn along anyway.
I worked Mac tech support for a regional ISP in Northern California when the 56k modems were announced. It was a time of rapid development in modem technology. When my boss told me of the new modem it sounded impossibly fast - most of our customers at the time were still on 14.4 or 28.8. He then told me that 56k would probably never catch on while pointing at the large point to point radio antennas he wanted to mount on everyone’s homes…
Have you tried vulkan? Curious if it offers any performance benefits.
As others have noted, Process Monitor (ProcMon for short). It’s a really excellent no-nonsense GUI tool. This is a good overview of how to use it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjKNx41Ubxw
Thank you for trying it out, would appreciate your feedback.
Google DNS at 010.010.010.010
It also seems to me. At least it motivates me to use anything which is not owned by Google :]
> Facebook didn't change anyone.

It certainly does. Humans are as much a function of the environment as they are of their genes. Different generations have clearly different value systems.

If what you said were true, parents wouldn't try so hard to put their children in healthy environments, because an environment "doesn't make a good person into a bad person."

> The longer we try to blame a technology for humanities issues...

Again, by this logic, parents should not ever restrict how much screen time their children have. Nor never blink an eye no matter what websites their children spend lots of time on.
A better, more detailed writeup is here: https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/another-day-in-ka...

I've been very interested in the Katerra story for a few reasons:

- I'm a real estate investor

- I have a logistics background

- The founder (or some other exec, can't remember) came to speak to my MBA class a few years back, and we toured their factory

What Katerra was trying to do is highly compelling, and I have to believe it'll eventually get done.

In terms of how it gets done, two paths initially come to mind:

1) Amazon acquires to leverage the logistics-at-scale approach and funds long enough to find P/M fit.

2) A new startup (or spin-off) focuses on one of the products (I'd choose software first) and nails P/M fit. By strategically making the first product one that removes blockers to pave the way and jump-starts change in the rest of the industry they can expand into adjacent products. Maybe there are existing companies like Houzz that could incubate one of these projects.

IMO solving this and combining it with ESG is world-changing to the extent of Tesla--affordable, sustainable housing for everyone. It could even be a status thing where the wealthy are willing to pay a bit more and for every build a home gets built for someone in need. If I were back in my 20's with no kids/mortgage and looking for a new project, I would tackle this.
How Self-driving vehicles will change the world
This isn't even remotely true. There isn't a single multifamily housing company anywhere in the US that owns more than 1% of the rental units (that's just rental units, not even all properties) in any major urban area. Housing is quite possibly the most commodified industry in the US outside of agriculture.
Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia
I guess, the general layout of the cab? – As I understand it, these locomotives where popular for routes including long tunnels, where the crew would have suffered seriously from the exhaust. If you intend to run the locomotive generally cab-forward, you'd probably adapt the layout and also add a proper wind screen.
And that is only because apple does not support notifications in PWAs.
I’m on GNU with X11, and my Caps Lock key is already mapped to Escape when tapped and Super when held, so I don’t have space for another Control unless I make holding Tab, Enter, \ or something be it.
Zoom was my go-to brand. They were decently well built and inexpensive.
And importantly in this context: The magic word is "piston-driven". Lots of aircraft you see look to a lay person like they don't have a jet engine, because there are propellers just like on a piston-engined plane. But a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboprop is a very efficient jet engine that just happens to be driving a propeller and so they're running on JetA fuel which never had lead in it. (There are still lots of reasons not to exhaust that into the sky either, but at least it doesn't have lead in it)
> Ubuntu is such a productivity killer since it has not taskbar.

By that logic it's impossible to be productive in macOS?

That aside, Kubuntu is supposed to be pretty stable is my understanding.
> One of them had hundreds of electric meters in it

Rare, ancient Maya electric meters? :)
Well EU is one reason to not unlock the phone. Due to their law banking app requires some google safety net which means if we root our phone our bank app wont work. And many app which uses safety net might not work. (I know magisk might make it work but its icky when the opponent is Google).

Regarding unlocking I think Chinese phones like Xiomi, Oneplus are better. We just need to provide phone number (so that distributor can't abuse it so I think its fair) and using fast-boot we can unlock it. And we can go back if we want so AFAIK warranty doesn't gets void due to unlocking as long as we can re flash stock firmware.

Pixel phones are also better for unlocking but they come with premium price.
There were intellectuals that believed in communism in non-soviet countries.
Yeah, this horse has bolted the barn. Never relying on Oracle again.
That's a fair point of view, but I think it's wrong. Travelling might feel way better, because you're doing something, and not waiting, but still, it's slower.
Of course it varies by quite a lot. But 2% of body weight per day is in the area.

And what you feed is based on nutrition, cost, availability, and the specifics of your operation. It can be all one thing for a while, but there’s usually more of a strategy to it.
While ultimately text content will always have a place, I do worry that video content could become way more popular, and text content much less so: simply because advertisers have a big incentive to push video content (bigger ads, more front and centre), and content producers are usually going to cater to the advertisers (unless people start paying for content more often).

I don't see the appeal of TikTok (though I haven't tried it), I much prefer skimming text than skimming through videos (let alone with sound). But it is incredibly popular, and a ton of people find video content addictive. To my surprise it isn't just popular among youth, but I have older smart senior software engineer friends (who didn't grow up surrounded by optimally addictive apps) who say it's amazing, at least once you let the algorithm converge.

So we shouldn't just assume that text will always prevail. Look at other seemingly amazing technologies/mediums that largely died or were at least hidden from the mainstream due to business reasons. These may be weak examples (I just woke up) but hopefully the gist of it is clear:

* RSS?

* I remember hearing that the alternatives to VHS and maybe blu-ray were technically superior but lost due to business reasons.

* Maybe Windows too, beat out technically superior alternatives because of business reasons

* Google+ apparently had a number of innovative features (like "circles"), but I barely know anyone who used it over facebook back in the day)

Now of course text content couldn't just "die", but perhaps the main companies hosting content could give strong incentives to produce video content instead of text, and control what the vast majority of people see. From what I understand: content producing companies (like CollegeHumor) that were super popular before Facebook were basically screwed when Facebook was the main way that people discovered content. Even though it was still possible to visit their website, the majority (or at least many) people would just watch whatever videos showed up on their facebook feed, so CollegeHumor took a huge hit. (I think that was what I read a while ago, anyway. I forget a lot of details so please correct me or add more information)

That scares the hell out of me: if a few tech companies ultimately control what the majority of people see, the content producers are basically chosen by the tech companies' algorithms. And the algorithms are ultimately going to optimize for profit, and not "quality content" or even "content that isn't harmful". (And more relevant to the comment I'm responding to: favouring ad heavy video over text). Potential up side: maybe it will be easier to filter out crap content if it all goes to video.
> Perhaps a bit more info though like pics would be good haha. Some indication of the quality.

Maybe some value-added services like transportation, credit, and insurance too? Oh and a seller and buyer reputation system so you know you're not getting stiffed. A convenient IoT button to reorder hay without opening the computer. Ads, to pay for the servers. An app to know where your hay's at?

Nah you and I know all that bullshit ends up getting gamed with meager user benefit. Surely at some point even this gets up on freaking Amazon or Etsy or "eHay" but until then here's the sound of a creaky dude pouring one out for the old Craigslist-style BBS out there. Make it last and fuck the VCs.
Sure there is. You take each programmer’s self-ranked hardest N problems and get the other programmer to try and solve them.
I swapped to Ubuntu when Win 7 support ended. That was 18.04. Now on 20.01. I have always had a taskbar. What version are you thinking of?
Kinda like saying ReactOS count's as Windows as it's just another NT flavor, but even less accurate.
I think this comes down to personal needs. The first step might be to check what applications was running recent week and what applications have been opened during last year. Then rank the applications based on importance and look if they have alternatives. Sometimes there is also other ways to look at the tasks/problems. Certainly for gaming there could be better ways such as gaming consoles, for productivity/multimedia a mobile device may do the job better (due to app availability). Everything aren't bound to be solved on a single computer as was mostly the fact 20 years ago.

Although, I am certainly opinionated and biased as I've opted for open (mostly GPL#/BSD licensed) solutions where they apply for at least 20 years and always in some nix-based operating system on my desktop. I feel miserable whenever I am forced to be on a Windows desktop, but that tend to be the case on an Apple mobile device or Android device too.. (but I happily use Apple and Android devices for certain tasks).
Is there a comparable written document by Stroustrup?
Anyone can set their own price for how much they sell their labor. There is no guarantee that they will find a willing buyer at any price.
I think it's just a matter of different industries having different situations.In game industry performance is a real business advantage thus it’s a goal. On consoles, every game developer works on the same machine, the one who can get the most computation out of the box can cram more visual effects or more complex AI behaviour into the game and win the race. (I know not all developers are into this photorealistic madness, but some big studios are still fighting over it) Even if you are working on mobile games, better performance means less battery drain (longer player engagement), less overheating, and being able to deploy onto older or weaker devices. (The performance scaling characteristic of the new Doom is so good that it can run on Switch) Again, these are real business values.

On the other hand, premium games generally generate little to none revenue after release. The gameplay and hardware would likely be different for the next title. For instance the rendering architecture changed from forward, deferred, to cluster in response to new hardware capabilities. Which means the maintainability and reusability of the game codebase is less important compared to other software projects. Also there is a tendency that game programmers receive less compensation compare to other industries (Higher supply of junior devs), so the calculation of man * hours would be different as well.
It's true that remote work isn't compatible with every job but I think it'll have more of an impact than you're predicting because those jobs don't all have to be in the same places as they have been historically. We've seen an over-concentration in certain areas where existing major businesses drove demand up stratospherically in places like NYC, SF, etc. I'd predict that remote work will spread things out more by making it more viable to make living decisions based on things like proximity to family or lifestyle amenities which would be completely inconsistent with being in the office in Manhattan at 8:30am every day. That should be good for a lot of those service industry jobs in smaller regional cities where the cost of living is much lower.

Socialism is an interesting angle because that term has a lot of different meanings and it's loaded in the U.S. because Americans try to use it as synonym for communism, despite many counter examples. I wouldn't, for example, consider Europe or Canada devoid of competition and those examples show how much money we could be saving with more socialist policies in ways which actually improve competition. For example, unlinking health coverage from employment removes a significant risk for small businesses, improves job market competition, and significantly lowers one of the factors driving prices up. Similarly, subsidizing childcare both helps parents work — with costs in the $20-30K range per child there are a lot of lower-income people who could work but are unable to make the finances work. I'd prefer to pay that out of general tax revenue than expect every coffeeshop to be able to pay baristas that much more since that's a big expense to spread over a small pool of workers.
I found this quite amusing as it seems as if Google is trying to impersonate Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1, whereas 010.010.010.010 is indeed the octal representation of 8.8.8.8.

Credit: IPv4 addresses are silly, inet_aton(3) doubly so. https://www.netmeister.org/blog/inet_aton.html
My only interpretation is that google is using a intentionally narrow definition that is misleading. I could certainly be wrong, but it seems preposterous to me to claim that google never uses information related to users clicking through to search results to inform search.
I know the main issue with Windows here on HN is usually around the telemetry that Microsoft collects but I don't have an issue with that.

Windows 10 for me has been a rock solid OS for years. I think I've had 2 bluescreen issues since i've been using it. One was plugging in a very faulty USB device and the other was caused by code I wrote.

WSL2 is a great addition and has replaced the places where I used to use a Linux VM or even a dual boot system.

I've only tried Windows 11 on a spare laptop so far and while I didn't like the changing of the start menu, it seems like a decent OS.

I have to use windows for my job as I still need to use some old embedded development tools that are only available on Windows. MacOS has some nice features but I've never got on with Macs that well and now I have a full Linux command line I can use.

Unless you devleop iPhone/iPad apps, I would say that windows is becoming one of the best operating systems for development these days.
https://johnaaronnelson.com/i-cant-anymore-with-copilot/

TLDR; the subtleness of its wrongness destroys my ability to follow my train of thought. I always had to take myself out of my train of thought and evaluate the correctness of the suggestion instead of just writing.

For simple things, intellisense, autocomplete and snippets are far more effective.

For anything more complex, I already know what I want to write.

For exploratory stuff I RTFM

copilot was ineffective at every level for me.
My favorite reply in that thread: https://twitter.com/Birax/status/1454085938334867459

I’m still pissed that they won’t support Apple silicon after a year of it being on the market. All that beautiful battery life in those new MacBooks just shot to pieces because this supposedly large public tech company can’t bother themselves to update their app.
The best adaptations are short stories, like Predestination, from All you zombies. They also didn't meddle with the logic there, since the writers already found it perfect.
Agreed. If Ring doorbell cameras were giving bogus probable cause at the rate these dogs were, the NYT would be all over it. But because it's not novel no reporters can be bothered to write about it...
I guess the Rockwell chipset based would be "middle class". But what about Zyxel?
Who would offer a 30 year loan on an asset guaranteed to depreciate?
Such hogwash. Because people dismiss the latest lofty vision of a tech behemoth (that has a long graveyard of unsuccessful services behind them) we're now "legacy" and "old people yelling at clouds"?

Disregarding Meta entirely, I would say it's completely normal for people on HN to be sceptical of new things. Most new things don't work out. Most new things are either vaporware or snake oil. It's hard to tell the good from the bad sometimes.
Ask HN: How far away are we from mass-deployed self-driving vehicles?
Someone already linked a thread by a GrapheneOS dev. This is useful too.

https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/android.html#rootin...
> politicians have publicly stated they wouldn’t stand housing market going down

This statement is equivalent to saying that rents will never go down. And that's the core problem. Fiddling with interest rates or whatever is fine, but if your broader strategy results in every generation having to pay a larger fraction of their income on housing than the previous one, that is a problem...
It's just a question of probabilities. There will be more people infected near the origin of the disease before a pandemic is detected. Some of them will travel and infects others, starting new foyers, but they will all be smaller than the starting location. The pandemic is therefore more likely to be detected at the starting point, because more people will have been affected right there.
My metaverse is work. Every morning I get up go to my office and spend 8 hours jumping from zoom call to zoom call from my gcal.
MacBook Pro 2021 Teardown: Easier to Repair, Harder to Score
The truth is that the framework is built on another framework, which is built on another, which is built on another, until we get down to individual transistors.

The highest level framework isn't always the one best suited to solving the problem you have. Maybe it's a one-liner, but due to the overhead you have to run a giant distributed system instead of a single machine with share memory. Then the overhead of orchestrating all these machines might be more than writing 10 lines in a lower level framework.
There was a news mention months ago of a dog at a police department that “detected” drugs 100% of the time ot was deployed - the running joke was that the dog was brought in whenever they wanted to detain anybody. A dog is only as good as it’s training and there is plenty of room for abuse in the system.
That seems soon. Other estimates say that won’t be true until the year 4545.

https://genius.com/Zager-and-evans-in-the-year-2525-lyrics
Netflix employees at the heart of the Dave Chappelle controversy file charges