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Don't you think that "opening restaurants takes 92 steps" is just as bad as argument? How do we know if those 92 are too many or too few? It takes 120 steps to setup ReactJS development environment, why would anyone be able to start a restaurant with only 92 steps?

That's really not semantic argumentation at all when the core argument is literally about the number of steps.

Yes, I see that the actual argument is about the complexity of the process but the person who argues that doesn't provide any information for us to judge if those steps are necessary or on. The used stats and numbers don't mean anything. What's the right number of steps for opening a restaurant?
Shellcode hacking for fun and profit (Wargames)
Tauri, Sciter and Wails, three electron alternatives are now on spot 1,2 and 3 on hacker news.

If you need ideas for your tech blog, let me recommend doing a post comparing the 3 :)
> Extraordinary claim.

If you think this claim is extraordinary and CMake is a counterexample, I don't know what to say. Have you really not have had to manually fuzz around with stale builds (by e.g. issuing "clean" commands, removing build/ directories etc) when using CMake or had to figure out why something worked on your machine but not a colleagues?

> You will need to explain how Bazel does that and, say, CMake + Ninja don't.

CMake makes no serious effort at all at "figuring out what has changed". Even trivial stuff doesn't work. If you have a wildcard pattern in a CMake file and you add a file that matches the wildcard, you will generally get a stale result (which is why it's "not recommended"). So not even explicitly specified inputs work correctly and CMake makes no real attempt to to detect unspecified implicit dependencies. Does your CMake build setup correctly detect when you updated gcc or some system library? That some build artifact implicitly depends on another?

By contrast Bazel goes through some fair amount of effort not only to detect changes to specified dependencies correctly but also to sandbox build steps to check that they don't depend on stuff that has not been explicitly specified. As the blaze docs say:

> When given the same input source code and product configuration, a hermetic build system always returns the same output by isolating the build from changes to the host system.

You can get pretty close with bazel; good luck with CMake.
It might be technically true that some deviation from maximizing investor return is not strictly against the law

However, there are several legal opinions that complicate this interpretation.

I recommend you read the case eBay v. Newmark that very much complicates this. Here is a nice summary:

https://www.litigationandtrial.com/2010/09/articles/series/s...

You might also look at Dodge v. Ford Motor Company one of the more in-famous cases supporting/complicating the shareholder value "requirement". In it's opinion, the Michigan Supreme Court in-famously states: "A business corporation is organized and carried on primarily for the profit of the stockholders."

Both cases deal with companies will very small numbers of shareholders where minority shareholders successfully litigated based on some argument that the majority had a responsibility to maximize their minority returns.
I would add that I haven't seen a strong bull case emerge on how we navigate the increased fed rate. My suspicion is most institutional investors and the fed is probably pretty happy with some of the hot air going out of the market as long as they can tame inflation. I think there is real fear at the fed that inflation is moving much faster than they thought and they haven't contained it yet.

If it goes up higher than they expect after the big rate jump the market is going to step down again on an asset price basis - and we will move faster into a recession.
The details on the front are available on the back too. I'll let you have a look at the back of a card to figure it out.
Ask HN: What Would Solve Inflation?
I am curious to know in your mind, what would solve inflation?

Would it be something like unlimited free energy or something else?
Agreed, but the problem is that this mindset is the same mindset that allows people to disagree with news, expert, science so that they can believe what they want.
This general misanthropy is boring.
Qt – Target embedded, desktop, and mobile platforms with the same code base
This comment cracks me up. Outside of North America (or perhaps Western countries in general) this is how most of the world consumes apples. Somehow said social experiment has been fine for us :)
The only one missing now is Electron and we'll have a real battle :)
Exactly, it would matter if it was actually from profits.
Power semiconductors in EP packages aren't flip chip, so the back of the die is glued to the main pad, and that's soldered to the PCB for SMD parts or mounted to a heatsink.

Logic ICs are generally flip chip, so the back of the die points at the IHS / cooler.
I have to take off a shoe when it gets to the tail end months of the year.
Aw, I thought this would create a wikipedia-style entry for a fictional non-existent country!
very much so after all the appeasing by Mr. Powell that 0.75 is dramatic. This u-turn makes me nervous because 1. he said inflation was transitory 2. oh, we wont' raise interest rate fast 3. crap, we are behind lets go 0.50bps 4. my god, we are really really behind, lets go 0.75bps and mother of all 5. no recession here, economy is strong, solid job #. Recession is coming folks.
How would neon futures be in a strong position in a recession though? Doesn't sound like a defensive industry + if equities are already coming off how do you time the right price to get in?
I've started a handful of side projects over the years, usually trying to fill a niche for small businesses, but none really took off because I grew uninterested. Once I started a project that was a) related to a hobby I already had and b) something I actually needed to use in real life, building it became a hobby in itself, I looked forward to working on it every night before bed, and eventually shipped a real product.
There should be both: picking a user-specified default on first visit to address the common case, but still provide a switch to change the language manually.

As a user, what I actually miss is the ability to configure language preferences in the browser based on CCTLD.
Totally different. Yugoslavia was a deeply divided country held together by a strongman. When he died, if course it was gonna fall apart. No surprises there.
Right -- what ended up pushing the monopoly telco here (Israel) out of passive income was a few government regulations which then actually created competition:

- Bezeq was forced to lease the VDSL infrastructure line to ISPs for a (low) capped price. Only the wholesale lease price to ISPs was capped, they could charge individual customers as they wish.

- Other ISPs were allowed to deploy fiber gradually and slowly but Bezeq's rollout had rural coverage requirements

This sounds intrusive but Bezeq was originally government-owned and most (if not all) of its infrastructure was paid for by taxes during that time. Once it was spun off into a private company, they kept all of the profits. So this was more reminding Bezeq their existing telco infrastructure was gov-funded.
Agreed.

It's turned into a very fun and interesting side project for me.

In particular, the Atlantis story in Plato's Timaeus is historically written off as intentional myth, despite the literal claims to the opposite in the text. If taken as a historical account, it tells of an unprecedented impact, conflagration and deluge within a millennium of the YDIE.

"Now this has the form of a myth, but really signifies a declination of the bodies moving in the heavens around the earth, and a great conflagration of things upon the earth, which recurs after long intervals... For there was a time, Solon, before the great deluge of all, when the city which now is Athens was [preeminent]."

The following story tells of a large land in the middle of the Atlantic that sank after the conflagration and deluge. The invasion of the Sea Peoples from the direction of the Atlantic, and the establishment of cities by the remnants of these times. These would used to seem preposterous, before the discovery of the by-far oldest megalithic site at Göbekli Tepe 9500-8000BCE, the same dates given for the founding of Athens and Sais in Timaeus.

There's a great literature review channel on YT:

[Prehistory Decoded](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx11KXwumf5w8J-GdBGKNVA)

And here's some resources I've developed:

[The Story of Atlantis](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dQbm3QNHnYD5xDwDjZXm1M8i...)

[Comparative Energies of Catastrophic Events](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14EslUTRCwOgc_EobxH6X5e01...)
>I kinda miss those days, and I kinda don't. I guess it was good to have experienced them.

There's a certain reflective quality and even satisfaction from using a chainsaw after coming up using a tree saw by hand. It feels progressive, even if it is just optimizing for time at the expense of energy.
Support would be the least of their worries. Triggering a direct NATO response would mean fighting first class armies, not their deprecated weapon systems.
So much destruction and expense for what increasingly seems like a vanity project.

It's frustrating to hear this view being shared flippantly after such a long time. It's of course fine to have various views as to whether or not the project is worthwhile or not, but a blithe dismissal as a "vanity project" means you've not really seriously considered it.

I'd encourage you to read this article (from a few years ago now, but still applicable) which I think is a good summary as to the importance of the project generally. Even if you disagree, it will hopefully lead to more informed discussion: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hs2-logistic...
The one I have seen that I think was the best is a combo of both. Not a web developer so not sure the actual name but it was a text field that filters. So when you click in the text field it does the year drop down but also accepts standard text input. If you then type in 197 it then only shows 1970-1979 in the drop down.
Personally, my life as .NET developer has always been great since .NET Framework 2.0. I tried multiple other ecosystems and the pasture in .NET has always been greener for my purposes. There are no better refactoring + debugging tools anywhere.
> really think that microsoft is un-trustable

The only thing you can trust Microsoft on is their commitment to fuck over their customers and partners.
Planetary Scientist Is Always Reaching for Something Big – Science Connected
Polling at 1kHz (the usual rate) definitely would have an impact on your CPU because it would mean it can never go to sleep.

Fortunately he's wrong - the CPU doesn't do the polling itself.
Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire[1] claimed 492 lives in 1942, so I am not surprised that the city imposes many checks on new restaurants.

Neither the headline, the article, nor the linked Institute for Justice report[2] list the specific steps, forms, visits, or fees. It is hard to know which are superfluous, overpriced, or excessively burdonsome. The report defines "steps" on page 17 (PDF page 21):

> We calculated this metric by totaling the discrete tasks an entrepreneur must complete to start each of the business types. Tasks we counted as steps include but are not limited to: filing a form or application, submitting supporting documentation, scheduling and attending meetings and inspections, and completing ancillary requirements like training or zoning checks.

Of the five business types in 20 cities studied, the report lists fees only for starting a restaurant in Minneapolis. Totalling $13,972.68, the fees are LLC filing: $155, Trade name registration: $50, Building plan review: $1,399.13, Building permit: $2,242.50, Plumbing permit: $207, Mechanical permit: $250, Electrical permit: $251, Sign permit: $156, Sewer availability charge: $8,275.05, Background report: $8, Restaurant license: $535, Food plan review: $310, Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) training: $99, and CFPM certificate: $35.

We can compare the roughly $14,000 in startup fees (or just $5,554 in Boston) with the $375,500 median cost of starting a restaurant (according to a 2018 survey[3] by RestaurantOwner.com). I don't think those fees discourage entrepreneurs from opening restaurants.

I agree with the report's overall conclusion: cities should make it cheaper, make it faster, and make it simpler.

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

[2] https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Barriers-to-Busine...

[3] https://www.restaurantowner.com/public/Survey-How-Much-Does-...
I see, the SDK is BSD but the runtime is freeware.
Singularity Sky
> did the government accurately predict the cost of the rules / red tape itself?

Depending on the level of government involved: probably.

Economic analysis of laws/regulations are common requirements for governmental activity. As are after-the-fact analysis and comparisons to ensure a law/regulation is achieving its goal. It's part of the red-tape-for-red-tape system.
So we shouldn't kill 30-50 feral hogs in your backyard?
That was pretty light on details. Why havent they tested a date picker widget or used native date pickers on ios/android?
After reading all of this, it might be time for me to wean myself from LI, so any tips you may have would be great. I run a small pro bono (sometime contracts) for apprenticeships and workforce development in disadvantaged working class and BIPOC communities. Revenue not so much as the networking is the thing that seems to be my biggest challenge without LI
I feel like a lot of these problems would be sorted by having time limits of (say) 10 years for all laws in an area. If someone actually looked at all those requirements, forms etc as a whole, I bet a lot could be combined or are covering the same ground. But no one ever does.

I also think restaurants can be a bad example:

* Everyone wants to open them and there is no special qualification for doing so

* They can easily make a lot of people sick

* They employ kids, informally qualified staff, low wage workers and immigrants making it easy to for-see all sorts of abuses or issues especially in a demanding physical job with tiny profit margins

* They often want to serve alcohol which is a socially complex, rightfully regulated activity

* They require on-going management, not just "did you buy the right kit and hire the right person" but are you actually cleaning everything everyday correctly etc?

They're a mess of big risks and poor management and no funding. And customers have no idea what they're getting until 24h+ later when they're bent over a toilet...
Yet another embargo assented to, which appears to be pointless. Maybe the spy agencies wanted time to develop an exploit? Who knows.

"Responsible" disclosure is cancerous.
Link to where this is happening?

I have often wondered if any place would do something like this… although I hoped it wouldn’t happen.

Also, do you know if this is somehow in response to Covid restrictions? Or just a general “let’s see what happens, we haven’t heard of anyone getting really poisoned by food lately” attitude?
None of those options are any easier than moving it. No harder, but no easier.
Making too many assumptions might come back and bite you. Be smarter, if you wanna be taken seriously.
See https://gimli.app/tailwinddx.html for more info. I will be happy to answer any questions
My understanding is that it's often used as an incentive to get folks to sign NDAs or other agreements on the way out the door. Especially important to them when someone was forced out in less than ideal circumstances, so they'll buy your silence.
I think some people get hung up on the word "advanced". They jump to assumptions about fringe theories about Atlantis or flying saucers or whatever. But in this context, "advanced" just means a slightly higher level of masonry and some metal tools, perhaps comparable to what we now consider the Bronze Age in Eurasia. It's entirely plausible that such a civilization could be entirely wiped out, leaving few artifacts that could last >10K years.
I agree. It's not only that it's dangerous (let's say the internet always worked, someone could still ship a bug to the protocol, or too many nodes could fail, or it could get hacked), it's just not even better. Technologists often seem to not start with problems. What is the problem being solved by a blockchain based lock? What pain point exists that would no longer exist? Having to carry keys?

Keys are already decentralized and fully controlled by me. I can copy it and distribute it freely. Putting an intermediary (a blockchain) between myself and access to my house just seems silly.
I'd be surprised if there is no company running such a business, probably a more traditional one, not an SaaS one. At least in China I know there are companies that run business taking care of registration (and other chores) of new companies. It may take months if you don't use their service, but maybe merely a couple of weeks if you do.
Its funny because once you read enough of it to properly grok the working of the stream of consciousness style it becomes a joy to read, as easy to comprehend as your own internal monologue.
Reading ulysses once you crack it is like trying on someone elses consciousness. Blooms is a nice consciousness to inhabit, Stephens less so, but both almost unbearably rewarding.
Don't get too caught up in understanding every weird association that pops into and out of either characters head, although there is certainly pleasure to be had in doing a close reading with research, where by you get to fill out a characters own mental map.
A book of untouchable genius
I think the biggest issue facing the Russian armed forces is that their branches don't operate well with each other. There's little inter-branch training, the command staff don't seem to know what the others are doing in the same theater, and the like. Plus, I think the fact that their logistics system is based around the train means their ability to project forces further and/or faster is limited. It's easier to just destroy a rail bridge than it is to make every dirt road impassable. It's clear, that the Russian military is suffering from multiple dysfunctions.
Often the severance is offered alongside an agreement not to sue the company for anything, not to disparage, etc, and you only get the severance if you agree to the contract.

It can be a negotiation, you can tell them you will decline the severance and hold onto your ability to sue and disparage, and see if their offer increases, or see if you can adjust the terms of the agreement, etc.

This is a big reason why you rarely hear bad things about working at BigCo, at least not specific stories in the media about specific people that were perfectly competent but just lost out to the political process, any any such complaints are just vague, anonymous, unverifiable mumblings on forums.
> but they don't profit from VS Code directly (emphasis on directly).

When they achieve enough lock-in, that'll likely change.
> All laws cater to the exceptions because if a behavior was the cultural norm there wouldn’t be a law against it.

I agree to a point (history is filled with cases of laws that were created precisely to curb perfectly "normal" behavior which was not favored by the elites) but anyway it does not follow that just because a law exists we need to implement ubiquitous policing.

E.g, we put traffic lights in busy streets as a way to coordinate people and traffic, not as a way see to chase those who deviate from the "rules".

> even adds, essentially, an addition licensure

The idea of a certification would be as an alternative, not a substitute.
Just replace 'em, it's not like it's rocket science.
I built https://joyful.gifts a couple of years ago. Nice lunch money and was a good technical challenge.

I did it to be able to call myself a full-stack software dev. Basically, get over my imposter syndrome.
A Religious Sect Landed Google in a Lawsuit
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*Isaac Asimov

Maybe a subtle nod to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_My_Name_with_an_S ?
I thought the music was cool too. I'd kinda like to see it in more project READMEs. Obviously not half the page, but a nice little section of mentions. Could be a cool way to find new music.
Are permits typically required for something like adding a switch to a light in your closet? Genuinely curious, since I have not heard that from contractors, although I have heard permitting concerns for other projects involving electricity and/or plumbing.
Apt that this is published on Yahoo.com, who also owned assets worth more than the company valuation.
Self help pablum for aspiring founders. I'll just highlight a couple of the ridiculous things in there. "Minimize unnecessary micromanagement". There's just a ton in there. First, micromanagement already has a negative connotation so recommending to minimize it rather than eliminate it is just an obnoxious hedge. Then it doubles down on recommending minimizing only "unnecessary" micromanagement. You just go right ahead micromanaging those losers who deserve to be micromanaged. How else are you going to drive out the undesirables?

"Invite disagreement". All hedge. "some studies have shown", "in tern it could mean more innovative and inclusive products". Not because you want to show respect for the opinions of others or that you listen to what people have to say but because it could lead to more innovative and inclusive products ie. "I don't really care what you have to say other than how it hits my bottom line but go on talking. I'll let you know if I think you say something worthwhile"

"Keep pace with expertise" This was nice until you get to the bottom of the actual report and find out that Josh has an undergraduate degree in Biology and an MBA. I'm not sure how that shows any expertise in what is being written about but please go on nor how that could possibly qualify you as Chief of Staff at Google Research but there it is.

I think what's more interesting about stuff like this is not what they're saying but what they're selling. I can only guess that the real research Google did was that they needed more startups to get started using their products and that they would continue to use and expand their use of Google services as they grow.
Secret unbeatable boss. Michael Chabon wrote an excellent essay about his efforts to read Finnegans wake in the NYbook review
I reckon the real reason people (specifically men) are angry at folks like Asimov is that they're jealous.
>What's the point of mentioning Rust

marketing
I will take a wild guess that they try to only use Web APIs that works everywhere and are consistent.
The comet theory seems to be gaining some traction as the research is done and more data becomes available. A few years ago it certainly seemed fringe-y. Good on them for doing the science.

Entertaining and fascinating are the right words to use for the human civ stuff you mentioned - they are fun stories to think about. But right now I don’t buy it. Maybe they’ll end up being correct, but those folks need to get out in the field, gather data, do the research, and put it up for peer review if they’re really serious about overturning the current framework of the development of human civilization. I see lots of blog posts, internet talks, and amateur books published—less so serious research being published and discussed.
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If you have no talent, sucking up is a great way to succeed if you find the right ego manic. Over the decades many leeches have rode this train to wealth.
Ask HN: Why don’t restaurants have tables with androids that you can talk to?
Chatbot tech is getting quite sophisticated these days and I think lonely people would like someone to talk to while they eat.
Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down