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> There is no caste discrimination in US , he literally lives in a 2 million dollar home

Would you similarly reject the hardships of a successful black American? If he's facing such animus, why do you think it stops elsewhere?

FYI, there are studies [1] and a lawsuit [2] documenting caste discrimination in America.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_discrimination_in_the_Un...

[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cisco-lawsuit-idUSKBN2423...
Second life was unsuccessful? In what metric?

I’ve tried 3D TV and VR headsets: I always thought that 3D TVs were a gimmick whereas VR is MINDBLOWING
Bluffing in poker doesn't mean something silly like going all in with 72o. It can be something like playing a relatively weaker hand more strongly because you've evaluated the range of hands that your opponent can have and the range of hands that you could have. Likewise, in real life, bluffing doesn't have to mean outrageous lies.
Who is sacrificing exactly?

> The federal government said Wednesday that it won’t deliver water to farmers in California’s agricultural belt, which produces roughly a quarter of the nation’s food, due to the extreme water shortages that are expected to deepen if the direly dry conditions continue through March. [0]

HN is throttling me, so I'll put this here. the CVP is the largest in the country.

> In a normal year the CVP delivers about 7 million acre-feet of water for agricultural, urban, and wildlife use. [1]

[0]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/23/rain-califor...
[1]: https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/central-valley-proj...
> Is one of the protocols better than the other one?

This question is not very well defined.

However, since both protocols have basically the same goal (federated instant messaging) and there are working implementations with basically the same features for either one, I consider this to be less a technical problem, but a problem of standardization. There are a lot of federated instant messaging protocols to choose from (XMPP, Matrix, Wire, Session, Tinode, ...) each with their own strengths and weaknesses, but all doing their thing and no real interoperability between them (unencrypted messages only, if you're lucky).

I think in order to escape the fragmentation/walled garden situation we need to built on (and thus improve) existing internet standards, even if that means you might need to work with '<' and '>' instead of '{' and '}'. Currently, IRC and XMPP are the RFC Internet Standards and XMPP is designed to be extensible, so in theory you can do whatever you want with it (including, for example, building an eventually consistent message archive, if you really need it).
If you look at the study, you can see they compared with “nonconsumers”, among others.
I'm a huge fan of oroginal MIDI, this new Midi 2 thing doesn't make me excited at all. MIDI is like RS-232, it will be here forever.
AFAIK, the ones listed here as fully supported are: https://f4pga.org/
Hm. Lol and dota are the same, overwatch is TF2 meets lol+dota, and tf2 is CS with classes. There's a spectrum connecting everything you've mentioned, but dota and cs are definitely different enough.
I assumed they meant the Confederate States of America. Which was founded on principles that some humans are less than others. Burn that shit down (again).
The hyperspec is copyrighted and licensed in a way where we can't change it at all. It's like the primary source to learn so impossible for anyone knowledgeable to clean-room reverse engineer a new one.
On mountains and inland valleys, CA population is concentrated on the coast, so this is not as much of an issue. Just build enough for households of the largest metro areas and leave the rest the water we would have used.

This doesn’t solve the agricultural issue at all, but given that a lot of what they produce is exported and not used locally, they should figure their own business out and not be even further subsidized by consumers/tax payers.
My advice for the struggle is to reset via Ketamine. I'm currently going through it, and almost immediately after starting treatment I was able to play with Legos again. Honestly, I feel a little bit like a kid again.

I also recommend doing something crazy and not by the book. For example, my new company is https://www.adama-platform.com/ which is going to be exceptionally hard to turn into a real business since my focus is so diluted. However, instead of focusing on profitability, I'm focusing on joy of building. I'm doing everything "wrong". If you read the blog, then you can read between the lines as I struggle between "doing the tactically smart thing" versus "doing the joyful building".
> a good opponent would just start bluffing me out of every pot…

People try this.

> …by increasing their bet size to a point where I can’t profitably call.

A good poker player will adjust your expected range based on your sizing and frequency of bets/raises, and they will adjust their calling/raising ranges accordingly.

Most poker games, especially big bet games are played against a range/distribution of hands, not a specific hand.
You could certainly generate a new Wasm module on the fly and then execute it from Javascript. Linking and sharing of memory should be possible.

Pyodide can dynamically load libraries that are separate Wasm modules so it is worth checking out how that works.
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>Caste has no place in America. It's antithetical to our founding values.

"Caste" as being your ring in the social hierarchy is present in almost any culture or civilization, and prejudiced treatment of people in either higher or lower social rings is definitely (in my opinion) a part of American culture. This country definitely offers special treatment and privilege to those in higher "castes"... Hell, even just having a Southern accent in America will grant you a prejudiced treatment in many settings.
>They acknowledged the mistake, therefore everyone who pointed out issues wasn't dismissed.

This is hardly an honest take. They are acknowledging it >2 years after the fact. It is outright dishonest to say that people who questioned "the science" were not ostracized.
Yeah, $5 a month is really the minimum where it starts to make sense with Supercast.

I haven't run the numbers, but my gut tells me that supporters really aren't as price sensitive as you think. The conversion rates on a $5 / month podcast and a $10 / month one aren't all that different. Again, for a lot of podcasts, it's less about purchasing a product and more about supporting a creator.

Supporting super niche podcasts that want to sell for $1.00 a month unfortunately doesn't make much sense for us since our costs are fairly fixed per subscriber.
Societal change (down to the individual level) is the only thing that's going to work. People will have to change how they live and make different decisions. Full stop. There's no magic solution waiting to be discovered.

Whether the change comes voluntarily or through war, famine, and misery for future generations the likes of which we can't imagine is up to those of us alive today.
*facepalm*

By relinquishing copyright, the author of the work removes the legal relevance from the license document.

Copyright holders can license their work out to somebody.

A work without a copyright holder is just a found work that happens to contain the word license.

An entity could republish the work sans license without violating copyright or anything else.

The GPL "hacked" copyright law to make it do something. This VPL hacks nothing and does nothing. Sorry, author.
Interesting. How is this implementable realistically, though? Asking genuinely.
Usually you know someone's caste from their last name.

I am someone who was not given a caste-based last name because my parents were influenced by a regional movement against caste. (I didn't even have a last name to begin with but eventually added a non caste-based one to avoid visa issues.) Whenever I traveled by train and chatted up with a co-passenger, almost surely they would ask my name and would never be satisfied with just knowing my first name. They would get visibly confused when I would tell them I didn't have a last name.

Edit: Curiously, based on the last name of the person (Soundarajan) whose talk got cancelled, I would actually have guessed that they were upper caste (Brahmin - the highest).
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You're right, or at least I think so yeah- and that point is definitely precise. From the years I spent in the area and outside of Nashville though, I'm not so sure that the sons and daughters of the confederacy as it is referred to all think of themselves as a part of the union. I'm pretty sure of the opposite for a few people in my mind rn. Don't take absolutes away from what I'm saying, this is just my experience.

Aside: The largest minority in Columbia besides black Americans were Indian Americans and immigrants. I didn't have any insight into how they saw the caste system, but living in that city probably gives them a unique viewpoint that might be worth asking about should you have the chance. I wish I had.
Thirsty folks from California and the Southwest want more water to be piped in to feed their water intensive crops and lawns in the desert. I'm sure that'll go down well in outlying regions. Maybe changes in meteorological patterns and population levels hitting critical mass without the attendant infrastructure are bad for water levels. Aquifers are depleted. Rainfall is reduced. There's no more snowmelt to bank on as that savings account has been drained. Wildfires, drought, sinkholes, and rising sea levels will displace significant numbers of people. Agriculture will shift north and east. I think California peaked a few years ago.
Prophet 5 rather than 6, but the extremely distinctive synth in Rush's 'Tom Sawyer' still sounds awesome to this day IMO.
Yup - also provide for bounty-hunting - anyone who finds a violation gets a share of the fines...
So the site lists software licenses, type of code used, how many people watch it, how many forks there are, how many open issues there are ... but doesn't actually link to the project? What an odd design.
It's frankly insulting that people still push this line of thought. No, we will not starve to death if California stops growing almonds and pistachios. We will it run out of livestock feed if we stop growing alfalfa and other hay grass in California that is then exported overseas.
Also, gold doesn't spontaneously escape into space if it's not contained.
> > Climatologist Bill Patzert estimates that more than 80% of the region's rainfall ends up diverted from urban areas in Southern California into the Pacific . “All those trillions of gallons of rain, which sound so sweet, really end up in the ocean,” he said. [0]

You don't need to be a climatologist to figure this one out, just being a resident there you figure out very soon how flash flood areas are possible (specifically in SoCal) since every square inch is paved the rain water, when it actually falls, is destined to cause damage and/or make it's way to the gutter system: often overwhelming the drains depending on the area. It doesn't seep into the Earth to replenish the aquifers because everything is paved relative to just undeveloped land.

This is an entirely absurd missed opportunity to build the infrastructure for water reclamation, and while we're at it the Australian model to extract the waste water and reclaim it and create fertilizer for plants from human waste should be explored as well. The money is there, and a need for jobs is, too.

Even if CA were only to spend 50% of the ~$90 Billion it would still be able to do a great deal to ensure it's longterm future by investing in this critical infrastructure.

* There used to be a running bet of what celebrities mansion in Malibu would end up sinking into the Pacific when i was a kid in the 90s as it was so common back then. It was a Schadenfreude based bet with more amusement than just playing the lotto apparently. Incidentally enough, those homes were soon replaced with another the following year(s) anyway more often anyway.
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Emily Oster has a useful post about why, despite the effort, its is difficult to control for everything that matters in observational studies: https://emilyoster.substack.com/p/coffee-definitely-either-k...

Specifically:

> As result, in the data, sugar starts to look…a lot worse for you over time. In the earliest period of the data there is no observed correlation between the sugar measure and BMI (see below) but by the latest period, it’s hugely correlated. The “sugar-makes-you-fat” story only shows up in the last few years, coincidentally during the period when sugar is less consumed by individuals who exercise, do not smoke and are better educated.
"50% environmental" - This term is very deceptive. It's basically water that can't be used anyway, and clouds the fact that really agriculture uses 80-90% of the actually available water. It artificially grows the denominator.
Farmers have been curtailed to zero. [0] Now what ?

[0]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/23/rain-califor...
The paperclip game?
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
https://memalign.github.io/p/universal-paperclips.html
>"Is there a term for shutting down a discussion by turning the belligerence to eleven?"

We really need one, because it's a known phenomenon without a known label. If we can't assign a word or phrase to it, we'll struggle to communicate the concept to others when we see it happening. That, in turn, makes calling this behavior out monumentally more difficult and far less likely to succeed in pressuring people to stop. Imagine if we didn't have the term "ad hominem" and how much more difficult it would be to confront someone making such underhanded attacks in arguments. It would be a lot more difficult to discredit the person, despite recognizing what they are doing.
3. Allow Purple pipe for a majority of uses

4. Minimize amount of people with wells which is depleting the aquifer (the really big problem)

5. Minimize growth in SoCal & Desert communities
As usual I will ask: could this mean that people who can stand coffee have stronger hearts?

I can’t drink coffee because my heart will go crazy. Does that make me more at risk according to this study?
> The previous generation stares at the current one with disgust

Is this really happening to video games? I suppose I can think of some old-school gamers disapproving of Fortnight, but I believe anyone would be disgusted with ALL the modern video games. They are simply too diverse. There are modern games created for every possible taste. Whatever your favorite video game from the 90s did well, there are modern video games that do it better.
> There is no caste discrimination in US

What makes you think you're qualified to make such a blanket statement? Especially since caste discrimination is pervasive in India and immigrants tend to bring their culture with them.

I just don't think you could know this, and I wonder what else might be motivating you to make vast generalizations about things you don't know.
Well there is a direct correlation between gas prices and the purchase of fuel efficient vehicles.

But please, so tell me how people don’t react to prices!
Almost 50 years ago. Caused a constitutional crisis. Would not think it’s repeatable elsewhere in the commonwealth. Reasonable chance her successor will be head of state of fewer realms. Constitutional monarchs use their power at risk to their institution. Sometimes it’s quite useful (Spain), but it would quickly fade if used repeatedly.

Analogous to any non-executive head of state I would think. However, the time of a non-resident monarch has passed - they should be of and reside in the country they're head of state of.
Also I assume he would need to own property, otherwise he’s shoveling out a good portion of the paycheck per month.
I don't know any more about this study than is in the links. The NYT reporter covers some of that, though:

> Scientists don’t know exactly what makes coffee so beneficial, Dr. Goldberg said, but the answer may lie in its antioxidant properties, which can prevent or delay cell damage. Coffee beans contain high amounts of antioxidants, said Beth Czerwony, a registered dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Human Nutrition in Ohio, which can help break down free radicals that cause damage to cells. Over time, a buildup of free radicals can increase inflammation in the body, which can cause plaque formation related to heart disease, she said, so dietitians recommend consuming foods and beverages that are rich in antioxidants.

> There’s also the possibility that coffee drinkers tend to make healthier choices in general. They might opt for a cold brew or a cup of drip coffee instead of a less healthy source of caffeine, like an energy drink or soda, Dr. Goldberg added. “If you’re pounding Mountain Dew or Coca-Cola or Red Bull or all these other drinks, they have tons more sugar, all the artificial stuff — versus coffee, which is a generally unprocessed food.”

(Side note: if someone else read this and started drinking coffee because of it, they'd probably be replacing an existing beverage choice as well. IOW, even if substitution effect was the cause or a contributing factor, people acting on the conclusions may still see the effect – and certainly would at public-health scale.)
I actually agree with you. But nobody wants to hear it. A person deciding not to have biological children is the best decision they can make to combat climate change. This does not mean everyone will stop having kids. It means that if you are willing to make the choice to not have biological children then it's something you should strongly consider if you want to maximize your individual impact on fighting climate change.
These people often use Trotsky's definition of racism which means they can't be racist towards White people. We should all stop using the word because it means something different to extremists. "Racial bigotry" makes much more sense.
Not OP either. Here there aren't turnstiles to access the commuting train, but there are controllers on board from time to time. With seldom use, it's just better not to buy a ticket (read: to bluff).

Numbers made up and simplified but in the same ballpark:

Round-trip ticket across town: 10€

Monthly pass: 50€

Fine: 70€

The chance to be controlled is roughly 1 in 10 for a round-trip. So if one did 5 round-trips in a month, on average one would pay 70 x 5 x 0.1 = 35€. Which is a good price with acceptable variance fur such usage. When caught just pay without fuss.

At some point (between 7 and 8 round-trips) it's more cost effective to just buy the monthly pass, as the average cost of not buying approaches/goes over such threshold.
These studies are known for excluding unhealthy people, especially those with heart conditions.

Edit: by "these studies", I mean caffeine, cigarettes/smoking, alcohol, coffee and generally any food or "health" study. If you don't know the exact make up of the test group, then I just assume it's rigged to get a certain result.
Yes all the time, my go to topic for learning new techs is usually hexes (I don't know why I'm obsessed with HexMaps...). Anyway when I dabbled with F# I did exactly this, browserize it with Fable(https://fable.io/).
Usually I loose interest after a while so I implemented HexGrids + some strategy/tactical stuff on various techstacks, but never finished anything. It's ok its more about learning the stack than actually releasing.
It has a lot of potential, if only the UI and gameplay were a bit better...
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Sadly I’m not that bored.
I bought Deus ex mankind divided a year or two ago (I don't play games much anymore) the number of mechanics to learn is just annoying and they don't add much. Everything feels so much clunkier and slower than the orginal.

I recently installed the orginal , what a breath of fresh air. Just left to figure out levels yourself instead interruptions every step.
>Why don't we need to be careful about "delegitimizing" the beliefs of people who think black people are inherently inferior or gay people are inherently immoral?

Who says there’s no need to be careful? Almost every discussion about “big tech censorship” has been people crying that they are no longer allowed to be bigots on the timeline.
So it's a lot to get into, but these fellas put together a wonderful break-down of why blimps are worth trying again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chlF5oubFHU
Culture war?
Non-persistence of any data is a positive in terms of data at rest, how is that not a defense against surveillance? Regardless of the fact that it's not verifiable, assuming it were true, would it not be a good thing?
For future reference, Silvergate CEO has denied any relationship with Tether in a podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/02VtOivOHp3spZ2qOxMhdC
The company name itself alone would be a bit of a red flag for me. I skimmed the original article first to see if any of the directors were called John Dee or Edward Kelley.

(A quick Web search for 'enochian magic' will clarify the references)
this NPR podcast was pretty insightful about this issue https://www.npr.org/transcripts/915299467
> The author sounds like a losing poker player.

Annie Duke has cashed 39 times at the WSOP and has won at least four million dollars at tournaments alone.

Any good poker player would understand that the example was simplified for a non-playing audience. It’s so obvious it didn’t need to be stated.
What is economically viable to access is constantly shifting, either due to technology improvements or increased demand (hence prices).
Well you can play millions of poker hands online. Life isn't like that. You have only ~30 years, and you have 30 * 365 = 10950 hands if we count each day as a hand.

So what you need to work on is how you define "success" in life. Money is a high variance objective, whereas self-improvement is a low variance objective. I think finding a good balance of variance and tolerance to risk is a key to happiness.
Quixo (the game this seems to be based on) is also deceptively simple but Exptime complete (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002001902...) and was solved after 2 decades (draw at optimal play on a 5x5 board, win for first player on smaller boards): https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.15895
Mindfulness-based intervention.
Social media changed to be brand-centric pretty early on. It's only natural that users would respond by becoming brands themselves.
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