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> Does Tron require more disbelief than any other mainstream sci-fi? I can’t think of any off the top of my head. Would be interesting to hear what sci-fi movies seem more plausible. 2001 is even stranger and also anthropomorphizes computer programs. In many ways 2001 seems like it was probably a large influence on Tron.

Than any other? For sure. There is a lot less room for imagination when it comes to the inner workings of a computer, something we as a society know a great deal about. It's not hard to think of sci-fi settings that require less disbelief, simply by virtue of taking place somewhere/somewhen very remote to us personally.
Yes, if I notice I did it.
> This is a natural extension of the american/conservative "all consequences are the fault of the person experiencing them" ideology.

You have a very weird view of conservatives that is really nothing like reality; at least based on what I’ve seen.

First point, your comment implies that your view is it’s your neighbors are responsible for your child? So what, the pedophile next door should take care of your kid? Or should you move and take that responsibility? If is your responsibility to move or take action of some kind obviously.

No conservative I’ve ever met have been anti-community or pro-suffering. They have their churches, their private schools, etc. they have more community than most. But they claim it’s your responsibility, because it is. It’s a fact, you can’t ignore. You don’t want your neighbor dictating how you raise your kids. You want help sometimes, that’s good. You can collaborate with people, but shouldn’t expect someone else to take care of something for you. In way of another example, if I got a dog, I wouldn’t expect my neighbor to feed it. That said, there’s a community shelter if the dog needs it.

I came from a poor household, but my parents never shirked responsibility. There were many times they failed to live up to their expectations. But that doesn’t change the fact they tried and understood no one was going to do it but them. My brother and I started working early and we had to pull some weight or we wouldn’t have clothes. It’s the way it was, I suffered far less than those who had irresponsible parents.
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I suspect that the ones of today would have a mental agility and/or capability to discover things on the fly that simply weren't possible all those decades ago.

I think it's only at the real low-level or hardware/assembly or, for instance, a bit above the stack, say, optimizing a data model or fine-tuning a DB engine for a given domain, that the old timers would really shine.

I see it in my daily life: my dad was a Fortran programmer way before I was born, so, maybe you know... 1970s or something like that. He was actually very good at his job, getting a research position doing some serious programming work that was seen as groundbreaking at the time, doing some finite element modeling on extremely resource constrained environments, probably what we would call data-oriented programming today, but taken to its extreme....

However, he didn't really keep up with programming after a few years, shifting to MATLAB based tasks for some university courses he lectures... and I feel that the complexity of today is just too much for him to grasp as it was. It's just too many moving parts and too many layers of abstraction to sift through.

By the same account, I expect your typical developer of a regular company, myself included, seniors included, etc, etc, to be completely lost if they had to optimize code for a given hardware and needed to write some assembly, or whatever, disassemble some JVM class files, etc.
How much they get when they sell it is directly related to the remaining TCO of the car.
I hear this too, but don't forget about context. Like the article states, it was hard to push updates, so there was a grind. Extreme Programming wasn't a thing yet, nor was online updates to software, so there were self inflicted downsides.

It's also not like everyone forgot at the end of the day there was a business that had to be run, and profits had to be made, to continue working in the craft.

And yet, even these "hacks" were interesting, at least, and to some extent, sometimes quite masterful.

When I listen to folks re-calling this period its not that they don't say there weren't short comings, of course there was! Its that they remember everyone being in it together, in the thick, and really collaborating, because they cared, even when they had to take shortcuts to meet a deadline.

Maybe that's what it is, the average engineer just doesn't care anymore like that, for better or worse. Its a hard thing to describe exactly, but it sure isn't prevalent now.

And who can blame the average engineer today? Business incentives are often actively hostile to caring in this fashion. Technical excellence is not a goal anymore. Worked at many places now, and IME all have the same broad stroke issues around quality, meeting deadlines, product owning engineering work pipelines (definitely not true Agile, where teams are autonomous) etc.
I kind of like Tron but that statement from the director isn't something I buy.

There's no spirit world in Tron's plot- the plot is literally about a guy getting zapped into a machine. If it was the director's intent to depict a "spirit world" or "shaman" , he did a poor job of conveying it. Other movies like "Return to OZ" do a much better job of opening themselves up to non literal interpretations by having ambiguity between the "real" world and the "fantasy" world.

What I really get from Tron is it is basically Star Wars with "galaxy far far away" replaced with "CGI computer world". The Tron poster is heavily copied from this famous Star Wars poster:

https://www.starwars.com/news/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-...

Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" influenced Star Wars. So calling your Hollywood formula "mythic" in some fashion was presumably fashionable on account of the success of Star Wars.

I kind of like Tron but the plot is very simple, and very literal. It doesn't really come to life the way Star Wars does, or open itself up to interpretation like more symbolic films.

If the director really wanted us to see the film as shamanic, he probably shouldn't have used such a clunky plot device as a laser beam that makes someone enter a computer.
That would be assault.
Yeah I plan on doing exactly this with my tiny collection of Pravetz literature. Already added the 8M ROM dump, including the character generator ROM that is missing from the original link: https://archive.org/details/pravetz8m-eproms/
Show HN: A feed of educational videos on YouTube that use 3blue1brown's Manim
The biggest problem (and not everyone sees it as one) with the trades is that there's a lot less opportunities to coast through middle age without putting in effort ahead of time.

You only see the 58yo that comes to unclog your drain. You don't see the 58yo who's name is on the van. You don't see the one who has some comfy job as a building manager for some commercial facility.
Glad you like it :) It seems LLDAP is a bit more lightweight than you expect, though:
- You could easily implement one-way replication on top, it's just an SQlite database, you can easily copy it around (or rather use the built-in `.backup`).
- I'm not sure what you mean by standards compliance, but I've tried to stick to the RFCs for the small subset of LDAP that is implemented.
- The setup and admin is one of the strong points of LLDAP, it's very simple :)
- Additional schemas are currently not supported. We have some plans, but they're kinda longterm and definitely not any time soon. It also will probably be loosely-typed, essentially just allowing you to store arbitrary key-value pairs.

SASL is a no-go, I don't plan on supporting it, it looks awfully complex.
Yeah, we never operated directly on the LDIF anyway. We had an ansible config that created, so we added a new server and it'd go in LDAP, and LDAP would feed the internal DNS and our (pre-Kubernetes) orchestration system.

While I agree about the query language, the only custom bits above required 2-3 ready baked queries we had to figure out once. If you need complex queries, I absolutely wouldn't use LDAP, but for that use that was not a consideration.
Edmund Stoiber's infamous 10 minute speech killed the Transrapid in Munich. One of the OG German memes.
Sure, there probably is. But if you bought a smartlock and the EULA had fine print buried in it saying "Usage of this lock grants consent for us to enter your home and steal your DVDs" that wouldn't fly.

Obviously that's a silly example, but my point is just because something is in a EULA doesn't make it legal, and even if it legal, maybe it shouldn't be.
> Strain Origin: Cross of B+ and Penis Envy
Any game engine with a decent networking component will be able to handle this (if Tabletop Simulator doesn't fit your needs). Which one you choose will depend on 2D vs 3D, language preference, etc. Unity is always a safe bet when you don't have unusual requirements.
They're signaling open mindedness to what is currently vaporware.

If those small reactors are cheap and the industry agrees to assume full liability for whatever goes wrong Id be impressed but I could see nuclear fusion taking off before that ever happens.
I have to push back against this since I have some personal experience here. As a (non-tenure-track) research assistant professor I got into a major argument with a dean at my University over a specific speech issue re: the NSA and Snowden leaks [1]. (The NSA is also a major funder of [part] of my University.) I was prepared to be fired when I refused to go along with the University's request: I was not fired, and instead I've been promoted. I don't think there are very many other institutions where I could have expected this outcome.

Yes, my story is just one data point. But all important speech issues are just a few datapoints. It's absolutely critical for our society that there be real institutions where policy critics can survive. Until someone builds an alternative home for policy criticism (and no, consulting for non-profits isn't it) I'm going to stand by the academic system... however imperfect it is.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/10/johns-hopkins-...
I'm not convinced having both parents in most families working is actually a good thing. It seems to depress birth rates in most countries to the degree that you eventually get a pretty serious crisis.
I think it should be noted that Prepar3D exists for 12 years now [1] and has been heavily used by flight sim enthusiasts after FSX development was stopped and before MSFS came to the market. It is somewhat unclear were exactly this is used for professional training. The US Air Force apparently uses it for their pilot training [2], and some sort of F-16 simulator seems to exist [3]. I assume their F-35 simulators are also based on Prepar3D.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator#Loc...

[2] https://youtu.be/NMLg7THwhAI?t=164

[3] https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/r...
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> I love it as a customer. There's a lot of excitement when new changes come out, and I want them right now!...

> When I see someone who claims not to like when software gets frequent updates, I ask myself: "Do you even like software? I thought new functionality was supposed to be exciting!" I personally see resistance to change as a generally negative personality trait (obviously, there are limits, not all change is good change), and I think that's why I don't understand the romantic nostalgia for the days when we'd buy a piece of software in a box off of a shelf.

You seem to be thinking about this through the lens of computer games, which is probably not the right one to bring the problem into focus (then you pile on a bunch of personal judgement, which is frankly irritating).

Also, why should anyone "like software" (as a broad category)? That seems like putting the cart before the horse. I use software because it solves a problem I want solved (ideally with minimal effort); I don't find problems just to put software to use because I "like software." You don't seem to realize that "update" does not necessarily mean "improvement". Often an update is actually a regression to the user (most obviously because of bugs, but more perniciously through annoying changes like unnecessary UX redesigns or dropping features). I'm not "excited" when my workflows get broken or having my knowledge invalidated (e.g. changes that force me to waste effort re-learning how to do things I already knew how to do).

The nostalgia about buying software in a box off a shelf is nostalgia for having problems that stay solved. If that software worked, it would almost certainly continue to work until you made the decision to change something. Not anymore.
> Also this color space (R x B x G box color space) spends too many bits on low intensity and high intensity colors.

Isn’t that what the gamma is for?
I hope they detected signs of extraterrestrial, intelligent life. Otherwise, why waste the presidential publicity power?
I have worked with several folks to get solar installed on their roof in the Chicago suburbs, and it offsets over 100% of their local consumption.
Ask HN: How do you track changes in your third-party APIs?
Curious about how you track the changes in the external third-party API (REST, gRPC, and GraphQL) used in your applications.
"alexrainbirdmusic" on YouTube. Even though there are lyrics, nothing sticks. Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0y6pb-MciQ
What bugs me somewhat with quantum mechanics is if we give up on localism, how can we rely on any of the science preceding quantum mechanics or even the science behind the experimental equipment, it is very possible I am missing something here
Russia has no choice of not selling at extraction cost - stopping production means losses for decades.

OPEC cartel will eventually collapse and it will be buyers market. Regulation can make it sooner.
It' a fun idea, but colors are so contextual that putting them next to each other for votes gives a pretty useless data set.
That's not what GP is saying though:

> The best bet for the future is to pick a career path that is not massively over supplied with candidates.
Voyager Digital Update on Customer USD and Crypto
Yup, plus you pick up your bags, go through customs and recheck your bags after landing at the first US airport. Same for Canada AFAIK.
I hate to be so self promoting (I swear I'm just trying to be helpful), but Gretel has that as a transformer you can use[0]. You can test out a lot of our stuff without payment info through our console[1] if you just want to mess around and see if tools like it ( and Replibyte of course :) ) would fit your use case. That being said, you can run into issues using direct transforms like this, depending on the correlated data, because of various known deanonymization attacks. There are some pretty gnarly examples out there if you Google around.

[0]https://docs.gretel.ai/gretel.ai/transforms/transforms-model...

[1]https://console.gretel.cloud/login
Kids survived wars that took longer, we will cope.
I noted that, when I worked at the university, the admin tier seemed to have a lot of wealth not attached to their jobs, although they did do a decent job of hiding it. One might have a father who did Everest (not cheap), or you might hear about multiple "family homes." Others seemed to take incredible amounts of vacations to exotic locales. Meritocracy was largely a sham, especially if you tracked careers of those who came and went.
I think the extra step of going into the app switcher is not really an issue. It works for every app, and I actually like that I know whether I'm using the OCR or traditional copy/paste because OCR isn't perfect. When I copy from the app switcher I know I need to double check the results after pasting. If it just did OCR automatically all the time I'd probably be surprised after copying some text and realizing later that there was an OCR mistake in the result because I didn't realize that OCR had been used.
Of course the sanctions are hitting the pockets of the citizens of Russia, but that was not the point I was making.

I was saying that there are a lot of Russians not living in Russia, some of whom are currently the victims of the current war that the government of Russia started. So isolating these people, making them double victims is to me really dumb.

Culturally isolating Russians in Russia is also a dumb move as this is a goal of Putin as well.

I can't stop you from actively helping Putin, I can only point out that what you are doing is counter productive, if what you are doing is done out of ignorance :).
This entire website reads like the biggest caricature of a nerd that I have ever seen. Every opinion is that of gatekeeping and purity über alles.

Signal's creator has reasonable concerns about Web3 and NFTs? Better drop it, since "[Moxie has] very disturbing opinions on decentralization, [and] cryptocurrency..."

6+ paragraphs written about the print quality on various deskmats.

Tables of every material possession they own, seemingly lacking only the UPC.
Most people that are criticizing FG here are either natural born Chinese who are taught to hate them or unknowing westerners that have been swayed by CCP propaganda (I am willing to bet there is some on this very thread). I don't see any valid attacks on here other than ad hominem.
Calling him childish just for not wanting to deal with name drama (bikesheding) is simply projection.

Just locking the thread and telling people no is the right answer.
There’s no separate international departure area and domestic departure area in US airports. Therefore, it takes a lot more than a corridor.
It all depends on whether you’re getting sufficient external stimulation.

If I go through an entire week of interesting experiences/conversations/etc. then spending a day alone will yield all kinds of interesting ideas/concepts/revelations. Usually because I didn’t have time to reflect during my busy week.
Long range with fast-charging EVs isn't such a big deal. You have infinite range if you can do 20-30 minutes of charging per 2-3 hours of driving. If you're not doing a piss-in-a-bottle cannonball run, it's an entirely reasonable pace that you can adjust to.
It's often still a useful way to search for information.

I have stopped using it in other contexts, as a casual user. Too painful.
Want to find an example of what you’re saying? I suspect you’re missing the per square foot aspect.
>President got a private briefing with the head of NASA

head of NASA aka the Vice President. maybe you meant the NASA administrator?
SQL gives you no other options though, there's no other construct that means "not present", since NULL is unknown vs. not present.
I hate absolutely everything about this comment.

If we're ever both at the same conference show me a link to this and I'll buy the first round.
Eh. I mean when you boil it down, they need to pack a ton of functionality into a statically served web pages. In order to do this (without having to wait 10 minutes for facebook.com to load), they have to make a ton of [ad] network requests, cache data on your browser, etc.

To be honest, I'd put more of the blame on the browser. They should probably be handling all that activity better. Like chromium browsers will freeze background tabs after a certain amount of time/usage.
> Which one of you gave up a career to do this?

Neither. I moved to a remote job in a different time zone that worked odd hours. My wife was able to move her hours to weekends and opposite hours.

My kids are in a lot of different activities in the community and we have friends and family we see regularly. Getting to know the new ugh it’s as well is always good.

I can definitely see people doing this poorly. And my wife and I definitely missed stuff. But you learn. The public school I grew up in (wife attended the same one) was one of the worst in the state. Fights, stabbings, had to go through metal detectors, kids would yell all day in the classroom. We had one teacher arrested who was a pedophile and the kids all knew it for years but no one cared until after we left. That kind of school. Trust me, schools can be far worse than home. It really depends on each situation. That said, parents who care and are responsible are really the most important imo for any situation.
No. Biden does not take credit for the images and will present them as decades of international effort. The former President would claim he took the images all by himself.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BzcR4Q12MzL8bTiFA

To answer the first question I'm likely to get: The blue painters tape is a "cat napping on the laptop keyboard when I'm away prevention device".
I agree about clearing up ambiguity. But I'm not convinced that there's a best way to answer it without context.

For instance, enter "1%" into Wolfram and it'll tell you it's 1/100. Do the same for 3% and it'll tell you it's 3/100. Now ask it to add those 2 fractions, and it'll obviously give you 4/100 - which it reports can be expressed as 4%.

These are supposed to be alternate representations of the same thing, so arguably the answer shouldn't be different.
I get people selling psilocybin mushrooms following me on Twitter all the time since I follow MAPS and other research groups. I've been afraid to order because I have to give a real address to mail to and it's still illegal at the federal level
Have them give an estimate, and see who is closer at the end of the project. Three strikes, they stop complaining.
Don't know, I actually didn't have too much trouble getting through Anna Karenina, and it remains one of my favorite novels. Saying this as someone who has tried and failed many times to finish other classics such as One Hundred Years Of Solitude.
Nursing pay did rise quite a bit with Covid, so I suspect there wasn't a shortage before then.

This gets to a core issue with our system. Employers want an over supply to drive down wages and the easiest way to get that is misinformation.
The euro and the dollar are a penny away from parity for first time in 20 years
Git-imerge: Incremental merge for Git
I'm not a DB expert so I don't know much about stored procedures. Given that I'm trying to stay compatible with all of sqlite/mysql/postgresql, it might be difficult to rely on stored procedures horizontally.

A read-only view would be possible, the schema is quite simple. If you want, you could create an issue for that! Keep in mind that the DB schema is more of an implementation detail than a public API, so I'm not going to consider an (automatically-migrated) schema change as a breaking change.
Have you looked at Vassal? https://vassalengine.org/

It's a board game engine and has multiplayer support. There's also boardgame.io which looks hipper (npm), but I didn't see any screenshots of games being played.

Regarding scaling, there's articles about lots of stacks doing 1M websockets on a host; if that's limiting you, you've got a lot of players, so that's a nice problem to have.
Is it recommended to sign up for an account that so at the bare minimum we can be notified if someone changes the email?
All things must be made Blades and Razors.
Well, if the claims in Pentagon Wars are even half true, the author would be loathed by the defence industry.