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I just acquired my first SaaS company for $14,000. I want to share everything
From: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20080030196/downloads/20...

>To keep up with the high downlink, the recorder data gets sent directly to the Ka-band transmitter

Currently aws groundstation doesn't support KA band so no luck there. It's apparently going to do a transmission once a day so you would need to time it right with the ground station.
OpenWRT is the only thing I would recommend - all the consumer routers have turned to trash.
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Greenland may have been inhabited for 5000 years, but that does not mean they share a genetic heritage back that long.

The Thule people, from whom modern indigenous Greenlanders descend, originated around 1000 CE in Alaska.
If religion is the dogmatic structure around spiritual practice, are you spiritual to any degree outside of the dogma?
> no vaccine has ever caused a side effect after 9 weeks post administration in the history of modern medicine.

I can't believe this is your actual position. It's so wild I have to believe you're trolling. Even Paul Offit would agree.
I use a text file where entries have a start timestamp, end timestamp, and a description. I have a macro to automatically enter the timestamps. It takes about 5 seconds to make an entry and about 4 minutes if I'm doing all the entries at once.
It's mostly fine for me, because I'm technical and can do some weird thing or use OCR tools I made myself or whatever. It's incredibly difficult for the average blind person, who is statistically likely also to be older as well.
That question is a pandora's box that can't be given the nuance it deserves in an HN comment so I'll leave you with the Plato encyclopedia entry on naturalism [1] which was a philosophical debate which wrestled with this very topic in the first half of the 20th century. The vast majority of scientists and philosophers default to the definition from physicalism [2]

[1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/naturalism/

[2] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physicalism/
I sporadically listen to a guided meditation apparently inspired by a Hindu mystic named Babaji; a while back I uploaded them here: https://soundcloud.com/peter-marreck-fb/sets/meditation

I've had two separate experiences from this meditation that I'd like to talk about, and I want to preface this by saying that I'm a very rational person (because some of my descriptions, as subjective as they were to me, may be off-putting to some). Generally speaking I find it very relaxing most of the time, so at minimum it gives me that. But about 1/4 of the time (and it would probably be more if I did it more consistently, I noticed that it happened more when I was doing it more consistently), I experience something subtle but definitely unique that I'd call a "thrumming" throughout my body, almost like an electrical sensation but more subtle and definitely not something I've sensed in any other context. I have no idea if it has a name due to other people experiencing it; the meditation itself tells you to look for a "rhythm that isn't your heartbeat" but this felt much higher-frequency than that would indicate. You know how when a limb "falls asleep" and then it gets flush with blood again and it feels tingly? Kind of like that, but more subtle, and in my whole body.

And yeah, I know how crazy that probably already just sounds. But one time it went way beyond that.

One time, something completely unique happened. I came out of the meditation and sensed immediately that something was different but I couldn't immediately identify what. So I did kind of an introspective inventory of my own psyche, and suddenly realized with some shock that all of my fear of death had vanished. And the thing I want to convey is this, because the words can't really describe this part: I realized that we ALL have an ever-present fear of death, even right this minute while you're reading this you do, it's just sitting there like background radiation and you don't notice it literally because it's always there. And I have to emphasize that even that was taken away from me (temporarily, for I'd say about 2-3 days), which is how I realized it even existed in the first place! And it wasn't like, you know, "ok, so it's cool if I suicided now", but if death "had to" happen to me, I wouldn't be afraid. At all.

This last experience was so jarring, honestly, that I've been a bit afraid (ironically!!) to repeat the meditation as consistently as I intended to. (And yet, so few people have a "real" experience like this, from meditation, to the best of my knowledge!)

Of course, speaking as a rational person, it FIGURES that it was entirely subjective and that I can't point to anything to show you that this was completely real to me. But it has certainly made me value people's claims of their subjective experiences more (albeit always with a grain of salt!)
Ah, could be good actually. Definitely better than nothing, thanks for finding that link, appreciate it
The PS5's optical drive is paired with its motherboard[1]. If you replace it, even if you take the disk drive from another PS5, it will not be able to read your PS5 game.

I imagine that 20 years from now you are going to have a hard time finding a working PS5 with its original disk drive.

[1] https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+5+Teardown/13828...
You do not need intersat links for mobility.
Part of me agrees completely but the other part of me remembers reading Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America“ and feeling that he absolutely nailed it.
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Sorry I am so taken aback with your comment, shaming your team members for breaking build is a big no no in my opinion. Code is meant to be broken because that's when the maximum learnings and opportunities for improvement happen. I don't want "stable" build and "broken" team. I heard numerous stories of sr. software engg breakings stuff and have interesting insights to share afterwards. In fact I'd encourage to experiment more with the code base, go where they feel uncomfortable. If something goes wrong I am behind them. If a build is broken it's on me not the team member I am supporting.

PS: In similar situation as OP, leading team of 4 jr software engg.
They’re also way, way harder to pilot than planes, noisier, and slower.
Does it work currently? I can't get the domain name to resolve.
Yes! I used aws transcribe and didn't scrub that. I just fixed it on substack.

You can see the whole transcript w/ all the AWS transcription errors here [0]

[0] https://gist.github.com/breeko/384174b3d6e628ec77c52498a9d92...
this is one of those things that nicely illustrates the gap in network/access/info that ivies+ grant.

i too had no idea of such a thing until i attended (as a guest of a columbia econ phd student) an invited talk by susan athey at columbia where she alluded to the exact same consulting rates (though not for this exactly). at the time, it just didn't register because i couldn't connect it to anything i'd ever had experience with (i was an undergrad). that student has now gone on (after graduating) to work in a consulting group that actually does work on M&A type stuff (though she doesn't bill at that rate). and i am now at one of the schools mentioned in your linked article (as a phd student) and this is so well known that it's completely unremarkable.
Just started listening to this on your recommendation. (Thanks!) I wasn’t familiar with Balaji before now but he’s clearly a smart guy and a deep thinker.

I find myself disagreeing with quite a lot of what he’s saying (to the extent that I’m educated enough on some of the topics to even have an opinion), but will keep listening as it’s interesting to hear a viewpoint that’s perhaps slightly outside of my normal bubble.
Fwiw, sat c&c is the one thing you're allowed to use encryption on the Amateur radio bands for.
LibreOffice 7.3 RC1 is available for testing
I've seen server-side rendered websites that took several seconds to return a page, while not being under any particular load. How is that different?

Of course a static html file will load instantly and likely not cause any issues, but apples to apples would mean comparing dynamic server side rendered websites to dynamic client (or hybrid) websites. In both cases, inexperienced developers can make a mess of it, including by picking the wrong kind of tools to do the job.

I think JS gets part of its bad reputation because of the ads (and ad networks) it empowered and the bad practices they turned into status quo (reflows, cpu usage, to say nothing of in-your-face overlays and that kind of stuff).
> The ultimate accountability to God is inherently at odds with my responsibility for those around me.

If you believe that God is more loving than you are, it is not at odds at all. In fact, if you want what's best for those around you, you are responsible to obey the Lord first and foremost, as he loves those around you more than you do. He also loves you more than you love yourself.

If, however, you don't trust in God's love, then you're totally right. You'd be obeying someone who you're not sure has your neighbors' best interest at heart, and thus abdicating your duty of care.

God ultimately saved Isaac so I'm not sure why Abraham's sacrifice would be a counter-example to God's love here. We can talk about all the people who actually died, seemingly by God's orders, in the Old Testament, but we don't know what happened to these people ultimately, given redemption and salvation by Christ. Death itself being conquered and eternal happiness being granted makes death a poor example of injustice.
thank you. so it wasn't that it was not possible to give away stuff for free but rather that there was a proposal to change the law which would have made it difficult, if not impossible, and as a result the added clause ensured that it would remain possible, at least as long as it is given to the general public.
Thank you for recommending episode 73, it was very interesting. I had some idea from this book https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-of-Economic-Hitman-audiob... but this is even more interesting. I read this book more than 15 years ago, I suppose things are much more sophisticated, crooked and hidden now :(

This is all soooooo depressing :(
"There is no justice in the laws of Nature, Headmaster, no term for fairness in the equations of motion. The universe is neither evil, nor good, it simply does not care. The stars don't care, or the Sun, or the sky. But they don't have to! We care! There is light in the world, and it is us!"

https://www.hpmor.com/chapter/39
How do you write a generic quicksort function without generics?

There are two ways I know of: (1) throw type and memory safety out the window and use void pointers plus size/alignment like qsort(3) does; (2) require that users manually write an interface with a swap(int i, int j) function like Go before generics does. Both solutions are really bad.
It depends on the process.

If you take it that the 1st draft is supposed to be as close to the final as possible (or 1st draft only draft) then computer-first is the only option for modern distribution schemes (excepting typewriter bloggers who photograph typed pages, of course.)

However, if it is taken as a given that the text will be revised, broken apart, re-contextualized, added to, subtracted from, etc, then transcribing from one medium to another (typewriter or handwritten to computer, in this case) is merely a point for such to occur. In some regards this can even force good practice in that a casual glance no longer suffices and the text has to be thought about again as it is re-typed.
Can anyone elaborate on “Stop: Modern C++” under 2021 Tech Radar?
One day :) We’re a 2-person team with 1 dev, so resources are quite limited, but hope to get there.

Great suggestion! We have auto-tags for that right now, but of course it’s not perfect yet. But could be nice to suggest similar ones at the end of the one I just read, like you suggested
You see - applications. I am also developing heavy JavaScript applications where people manipulate or edit / collaborate on the content in many ways.

For me problem is with pages/documents where I simply want to read stuff, maybe have some basic filtering options and that does not require loads of JS.

Like webshops where I am customer probably don't need 80% of JS that they drop in there for browsing just products.

I understand they need JS heavy content editor side where people add/remove/modify products.
Keep: the web 1.0 that still exists out there (dreamwidth, neocities, Ao3, archive.org, etc.)

Throw away: I'd break up FAANG/Microsoft/etc.

Bring back: looser "content restrictions" a la the wild west web that it used to be. If there's something truly heinous posted that's not controversial art or a nipple, let the feds follow up. The internet was never made for kiddos and we have to stop gelding it.

See more of: [gestures at the above] fixing the above would go a long way to naturally bringing back the flora and fauna of the digital world that I was fond of. Won't replace everything, but it'd be something. The only things I'd want deliberately digitized is archive.org continuing to fill its library. Knowledge, freedom, creativity - these are all things I used to associate with the web and I still fight to keep doing.
My observation is that while religious people are kind and charitable, religious societies tend to be the opposite. An example is that the US is full of charitable organizations, yet in the aggregate, we are relatively uncharitable as a nation, especially towards the poor and weak. And how religious organizations actually spend their money overseas is anybody's guess, when a little bit of money can buy a lot of political power in a poor country.

From my reading of the gospel stories, this doesn't shock me. The religious doctrines have a lot to say about individual behavior, whether you agree with them or not, but nothing to say about how societies and governments treat people. In fact, my impression is that the gospels consider societies and governments to be irredeemable, and offer the "good news" of basically saving the good individuals and incinerating everything else, soon.

With this said, I'm hesitant to make a strong argument of this, because I have a rule that I don't try to interpret anybody else's religious doctrines or holy books. I hope that someone's religion motivates them to build a better society, but I can't prove that such a thing accurately reflects their doctrines.
> If this mutation gives a health or fitness advantage it would be selected for.

the more important question is if a mutation presents as a disadvantage for reproduction.
TL;DR: They were kicked from every payment option and have no choice but to use cryptocurrencies, and now they have gotten richer from that.

Also:

> Ariel Bogle is a researcher and journalist with a focus on technology and extremism. She owns a small amount of ethereum.

Terrorists and far-right extremists also use Ethereum and the author admitted they they own some. Does that mean the author is also a far-right extremist?

Now I get why The Guardian writes such low quality articles like this one. Especially when one is so deeply obsessed with these groups.
Yep, of course, if worries like that prevent a person from actually living their life and being a functional member of society (in whatever capacity they wish to be one), then it's probably helpful to seek counseling or additional help with that. However, if things aren't so dire, being aware of the approximate time that you have left might actually motivate you to focus on what you want to achieve etc. The first time i saw a "life calendar", it felt a bit macabre, but upon further consideration, that's just one form of practicing mindfulness.

At the very least, it seems to be working out nicely for some rather productive people out there, like Randall Thomas (you can see one such calendar in the background in some of his videos about programming his own game engine): https://www.youtube.com/c/RandallThomas/videos

Personally, that awareness helped me deal with worrying about what my peers would think of me and so on. I mean, come on, we're all hurtling through space on an impeccable piece of rock with our entire existence being a splendid display of maths, physics and chemistry, yet even so it's just a blip on the overall time scale of the universe. Why should i worry in the slightest about what my clothes look like, or the stupid thing that i said 4 years ago, that no one even cares about?

I'd still call what i'm experiencing a "crisis" since the underlying problem of being mortal isn't really solved and might not be in my life span, but it can definitely be interpreted as something not wholly negative.

That said, i bet one can write a lot of amazing fiction after pondering the eventual point in time where it could reasonably be solved. At first, imagine our elderly being able to live out their days in peak physical shape, without being forced to witness their bodies breaking down with age. Then, imagine those few who'd actually want that sort of thing, being able to live for thousands if not tens or hundreds of thousands of years. Oh, how much one could learn. Oh, how much you'd start caring about the long term impacts of your actions, then. Truly an interesting topic!
Prices for new generating capacity are plunging globally. Prices to users of power will follow as they are built out.
Ha, thanks! Just trying my best, first time (or maybe second) posting here
The earlier post is comparing the size (1.7 million) to the distance (2.5 million) to give a sense of scale.
Oh boy. Before anyone goes too far believing this paid consultant, you should really be surveying homeschooled children who are now adults.

I say that because I'm a homeschooled child who is now an adult. From my immersion and circle of friends who were also homeschooled, these are my takeaways:

Parents are untrustworthy proxies for their children's experiences. If you surveyed parents, they would all say that they kept their child socialized through homeschool groups. If you surveyed the children, they would strongly disagree. The point made in the ask HN "and have witnessed it to be very social" is the same one every homeschooling parent I've ever met makes, and pretty much every homeschooling child disagrees with. (And I've met a lot of homeschooling parents!)

An astonishing number of homeschooled acquaintances I know have estranged themselves from their parents, and would cite their decision to homeschool as a factor in that decision (> 50%, n=~25.) Of the 5 children in my family, 4 cite homeschooling as a lingering negative that affects their social relationships to this day. 3 have forgiven my parents for it. The others still limit contact with them. (Siblings are all around their 30s.)

Children who are still school aged are incredibly unwilling to insinuate that homeschooling doesn't work for fear of the consequences. If you see your parents devote their time to homeschooling you and are constantly saying stuff like "You'd think that homeschooling isn't social, but look! We found 5 other weird families that our children only pretend to like because they're desperate for a peer group, and they get along OK!" you would also be hesitant to say to your parents that they approach they've dedicated their life to makes you lonely.

This is a decision, that, if you mess it up, you really mess it up. Be cautious interpreting a study that only asks parents their opinions, given by a consultant with a self-admitted homeschooling bias.
I've been very confused in the last couple decades about who the experts truly are. On one hand you have government agencies that hire "experts", and on the other hand you have the New York Times, Hacker News, Reddit, and CNN. There was a time when we thought the government was best to listen to, but now with the murder of George Floyd and the election of QAnoner Donald Trump and neoliberal Joe Biden I'm not so sure that they have our best interests in mind. Plus demonizing the press is textbook fascism.

In my view the real experts are writing for the New York Times, tirelessly searching for contradictions and ulterior motives in science so that the public may know the truth. Time and time again the press has shown that the real health foods are bacon, pork, and butter, and that we must avoid heart-disease causing foods such as rice, potatoes, fruit and carrots.
I'd almost think that believing in a particular religion would lead to cognitive dissonance rather than the other way around. Could you expand on that a bit?
We all come by it by different ways but I'll share my story.

I was mormon up until around 30ish. However, researching the history of the mormon religion ultimately led me to completely disbelieve the faith claims of the church.

From there, atheism was just sort of natural. Why, for example, would I suddenly believe that any other religious sect got it's supernatural claims correct when the one I was raised with, got a bunch of the "good feelings" from and was 1000% convinced was true ended up having really major issues?

I certainly could be convinced there is a god, but it cannot be through emotions. My emotions held me in mormonism for far to long. I know emotions can trick, deceive, and are easily played to. The right type of music or a charismatic orator can easily trigger them.

So what does that leave me with? Facts, logic, and evidence. Any religion that can give me solid evidence that the supernatural is real and exists would win me. None have succeeded (and I have had fun looking into a few).

If there is an all knowing, loving god that cares about me, then that god would know exactly how to present me the evidence I need to believe in it. If that god doesn't care about me, then why should I care about it?

And, if there's a supernatural belief without a god that I should believe in for afterlife rewards... well, there's just no way for me to correctly stumble into it. I need evidence that I'll be reincarnated as a spider if I don't believe in reincarnation, and that seems pretty tough to prove.
When you say “God” - where do you perceive it to be?

When you pray for example - do you pray toward a certain direction in space?
Among other things, they remove competition.
I like this router a lot, a few notes from using it for almost a year now:

1. It gets really hot. Like, it kinda makes the plastic routers seem well-ventilated.

2. Congestion is, sadly, a real concern here. Too many devices will definitely cause the router to choke a bit, and if you're going to share it with a family that's just something to be aware of.

3. Latency is fine wired, but a little shaky over WiFi. Especially recently; I'm not sure if this is a firmware issue or what, but there's some funky QoS issues that I've noticed lately where latency is wildly unpredictable. It almost shut down a Zoom interview the other day...

4. You get one LAN port. That's it.

Besides those gripes, it's fine, but it leaves a lot to improve on for the next iterations. Hopefully Starlink is taking notes here, because as nice of a device as it is, it does feel a little rushed for the purpose of getting it out the door.
currently working on a nosql database on top of sqlite.

because I need an embeddable, single-file, nosql db with cross-language support. but I couldn't find one for years.

https://github.com/shi-yan/hoardbase
No problem - and congrats on the launch!
Right, but the article isn't about stars, it's about supermassive blackholes. The one in the article is like #5 or something out of trillions.