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> GitHub had to do this.

They only had to block accounts that contributed after establishing the sanction. It's not clear that they limited themselves to those. It would in fact seem to be hard to contribute in the limited time range between establishing the sanction and removing the project.

There is also the collateral damage of removing unrelated projects that happened to be owned by these people.
Couldn't github preserve such projects while putting them in some ownerless state?
AppLovin Submits a Compelling Non-Binding Proposal to Combine with Unity
> Didn’t SBF make his fortune in the crypto space?

Yes. Initially he worked in regular finance, at Jane Street, and then crypto, founding the Alameda Research trading firm and FTX exchange.

> By definition this would mean capturing real money from retail investors, right?

I'm not very knowledgeable about crypto, but I don't understand how the definition of crypto means this?

The article we're commenting on describes one of the early successes of Alameda, where they saw that Bitcoin was consistently trading for much higher prices in Japan than in the rest of the world. In normal finance you mostly don't see this sort of thing for very long, because global markets are highly interconnected, but in this case it was logistically difficult to sell Bitcoin in Japan. In fixing this, Alameda lowered the price at which Japanese investors were able to buy Bitcoin, and raised the price at which people elsewhere were able to sell Bitcoin, keeping a fraction of the difference for themselves; I don't see how Alameda made others worse off?

With FTX they're making money by providing a platform that makes it easier for people to trade with each others. A bit of, 'in a gold rush cell shovels'. Again, I don't see how they're making others worse off?

> when I hear about an EA champion, there’s often this dynamic where how they made money doesn’t matter.

Sort of! If someone is initially not altruistic and accumulates a bunch of money doing something questionable, then if they later come around to doing good things with their money I'm going to be happy about that. So while I am not a fan of, say, Microsoft's business practices in the '90s which made Gates a billionaire, I do think his decision to spend his fortune the way he has is a good one, and one that should be commended. The alternative is that, like most other billionaires, the money goes to houses, yachts, and other things which are far less positive for the world.

On the other hand, SBF is in a different category: he was trying to be an effective altruist from the beginning. So if he did something massively harmful to earn his money (which, as discussed above, I don't think he did) we would need to consider that in figuring out his net impact.

Additionally, it is pretty common for EAs to argue that you shouldn't do harmful things even if they are majorly profitable and allow you to do a lot of good through your donations.
Have you any source on the fact that they charge more because of this? Interchange fees are capped in the EU, and the amex fees document based on my reading of it (it's hard to grok) seems in line with the visa one.

Also, from my link it's not just amex. Most of the supermarkets have MasterCard rewards cards, and a few of the "new" "banks" have rewards/time limited rewards (e.g. Chase, curve, revolut).

So no, it's not only amex, and yes these schemes exist in the UK.
> Github blocking an account is not considered "punishment" according to criminal law or constitution

I understand this to be the case. I don’t understand how anyone considers this to be even remotely sane.
War Game Finds U.S., Taiwan Can Defend Against a Chinese Invasion
I have a bunch of android 4 and 4.4 devices that work nicely but you can't install a working browser on it.

I want to start using them as an always on display for kitchen/home assistant but I would need a browser for example, kiosk mode preferably.
Everyone is free to use cash if they want to make a transaction that isn't "permanently" recorded in a distributed digital database.

I hear the US government actually supports this method.
You can still use the Tornado protocol for handling double-blind experiments in a lab without fear of being sanctioned.

You cannot launder money, though. This is forbidden regardless of which method you use (crypto, art, car washes, etc). These sanctions are saying "we consider this specific use of this specific algorithm to be illegal, so if you interact with it via these wallets you will be sanctioned too". But they are not saying "this algorithm is illegal".
I use Google Voice, and the number that I use for PINs I can login to with just a password. That way I can always access text messages even if my phone is gone. You need it when traveling and your shit gets jacked.

I haven't tried it but an Android emulator should allow you to use apps without a smartphone.
i think the greatest thing we lost with flash is even non-technical people making something in an editor, hitting export, and getting a single small file that worked similarly enough to an image that it was trivial to just upload somewhere and have it be embedded there.
During the pentium4 era me and my friends all got mac laptops running powerpc. Our laptops could actually go on our laps without burning us and the powerbook versions were fast enough to emulate windows in a VM without feeling slow at all. My battery lasted quite a while for the time.
Firebug how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.
When it comes to financial transactions, KYC laws mean that privacy is, in fact, illegal.
we switched to self hosted meltano.
Oh, I don't know about the rest of Europe, but here in Italy you either have to deal with it, or restrict yourself oh, so very much. (to the very few services that still work without a phone).
Here most everything, even state portals such as, medicare, tax, national motorists services, pensions services, etc. are nigh impossible to access without a phone.

And it's so sad.
No, there are no other real applications for these mixers. The only reason you even need to do that on a public blockchain is because the design of them is so bad that there's no other practical way to have privacy without enabling large amounts of criminal activity. If you really care about privacy, and you don't like criminals, then just don't use any blockchains or cryptocurrency.
>who made those Android devices with such short-lived eMMC chips?

Asus/Google did, the Nexus 7 would brick itself after a 2-4 years from failing/worn out eMMC flash.
This was not about the devices, but the protocol.
Yes, pretty much.

This is why I'm surprised more people aren't way more terrified about OFAC than there are. It's probably one of the nastiest diplomatic tools the U.S. has in its arsenal.
Yes you can[1]. If you want to store TOTPs together with your username and password is something you have to figure out for yourself.

Browser integration works nice, but not as smooth as Apples Keychain autofill. If you go hosted you will need a premium subscription. If you are okay self hosting vaultwarden[2] supports TOTP as well.

[1] https://bitwarden.com/help/authenticator-keys/
[2] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
It's good that they're coming out and saying this, but let's see if their words have teeth.

Big Tech are paying the best and brightest not to work at other companies or start their own.
in cases where there's more than 2 options, that's still not necessarily a bad track record
> It's totally bizarre to compare Unreal Engine with Godot. One is a AAA 3D game engine with awful support for 2D games, the other is a superb 2D game engine with modest 3D capabilities.

There is a vocal amount of people (can't say whether they're a minority or not) that tout/desire the major open source engines to be a valid replacement to the commercial ones. This is also happening in Rust, where Bevy is extremely hyped.

So, while it's absolutely true that comparisons don't make much sense, practically, there is a lot of talk about such comparison, so it does make much sense to make this very clear, at least in order to inform developers.
Around 35m he says the structure of a cell has a distant reflection of the structure of a planet.

First, cell membranes channel electrical charges between external acidic environment with interior basic environment to catalyze hydrogenation of hydrogen on a carbon skeleton.

Well, that's succinct. But also, that layering is perhaps a recapitulation of acidic oceans on top of basic on top of basic mineral floors, so that cells have the same schematic layout as oceans on planets, with the sea floor as catalytic membrane.

Beautiful
The lack of political will you speak of is better seen as a reaction to the deeper problem that there is no political will for protections that would go against commercial desires. Social security numbers were created solely to facilitate social security but had no legal protections enforcing this, and thus are now being widely abused by private companies. The same with driver's license numbers. Without a US GDPR that gives me the right to delete my permanent records from corporate surveillance databases, I am dead set against government mandates that would create even more vulnerabilities for unaccountable surveillance companies to exploit.
Good 2 factor auth systems will provide the option to be called on the number on your account.
All of the courses that I did really well in I memorised the entirety of the book that was the core of the course. Everywhere where I didn't feel like doing it, I was strictly mediocre. If you think you can understand something without knowing all about it, I must say I think you are mistaken.
Humans are part of the universe, so isn't that a false dichotomy?
> If you don't have gasoline you can still walk, get a cab or take the bus to wherever you're going.

Not all of us live in an area where those options are available. But I can transport your arguments back to the OP post. You can still call your bank from someone else's phone. You can still walk into a bank branch or use an ATM. Using their website is just a convenience. If you lose your phone you can just get a new one and carry on without thought (replace it).
Kerr Effect
Seeing your comment being downvoted is the most American thing I've witnessed on the internet today

> What are some other well engineered long-lasting products?

How dare you not mention Nokia!?

Jokes aside, if you restrict it to "long-lasting" - Japanese woodworking, Toyota Hilux, Honda Super Cub... in fact a lot of post ww2 era Japanese manufacturing.

If you include high fault tolerance as well - a lot of USSR engineering is beautiful in this aspect. I recall they design a propeller with 8 blades because they expected 4 of them will crack in early stage of usage. Same apply to screw enclosures.
It makes sense, people are on Netflix for movies and most probably not for playing games, so that percentage is valid according to me.
Bit strange to link to the children's news article, when there is a 'proper' news article from the same source which has already been submitted:

> France drought: Parched towns left short of drinking water
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32359896
What is Tornado? Some context would be useful.
There is no moral obligation for someone to provide web services for free for any reason.

There’s definitely no moral obligation for someone to do the same at risk of prison time.

They do have a moral obligation to follow the laws of the country they operate in, though.
I'm not really sure what you mean by this? Which era of the Chicago School are you talking about?
Soon it won't just be France but all of Europe (and by soon I mean the next few weeks). It's crazy how quickly global warming is showing its face.
That's code for 'cheaper'. Banks in the Netherlands are constantly trying to push all their customers to their apps, some (like ING) are actively trying to get rid of their alternative (but keep getting somewhat forced to offer it), and some (like BUNQ and KNAB) are 'smartphone only' from the start.

Cryptographically, the idea of a discrete piece of hardware that uses the chip in your debit card to generate secure responses is fairly sound. And if smartphones didn't exist, it would be an unquestioned piece of technology that might even be commodified to the point that any such device could be used by all banks in the country. But smartphones exist, and having the customer loan the banks their hardware (which is often replaced within five years, so free updates too!) is quite attractive. No more hardware to support!
Glad to see Unified Remote mentioned! I created it 12 years ago, back in 2010 when Android and smartphones were basically brand new. I still maintain it, although less frequent feature updates these days.
That will be a different one, that does Scottish accent and nothing else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiL23P1W9dQ
Well, the big legal limitation for these sanctions is that they apply only 'across borders' as OFAC can only sanction foreign entities (e.g. in this case asserting that TornadoCash-as-organization/project is controlled by North Korea), prohibiting U.S. citizens and companies from dealing with or assisting that foreign entity.
In a closely similar situation, I went for counseling personally. It helped me understand where she's coming from and stick it out. You can never judge other people, but marriages have their lows and it's worth fighting for them -- at least more often than pop culture and individualist mores ("get out, it's getting you down") would have you believe.

And I mean, you will have your cross to bear eventually. That's life.
Not on stable, but you can on nightly (though it's still quite wonky): https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=nightly&mode=debug&editi...
> I've never gotten why people are so opposed to the idea of corporations being treated as unnatural persons for certain purposes.

When people talk about corporate personhood, they're almost certainly talking about Citizens United v. FEC which allows corporations to make unlimited donations to politicians because it's 'free speech' - a decision that opens the door to unchecked bribery.

They oppose this because they don't want their politicians to accept bribes.
> On the other hand, to focus on one particular risk, there are compelling arguments made by experts in the field of artificial intelligence (e.g. Stuart Russell) that say that we face real risks based on the current trajectory of the technology.

To the extent that these concerns are not overblown, one way to avoid the dangers of advancing ML would be to stop all the effective altruists [1] in the field haring along at building it irresponsibly.

The people preaching about the potential future dangers of AGI are the same ones pouring money into ML; if they actually meant what they said, they'd pour that money into their opponents.

The current practical dangers of ML are concerned with enforcing social inequalities and concentrating power in the hands of unethical actors. The fact that many of the unethical actors claim utopian reasons for their reckless disregard of consequences is not a reason to believe them.

[1] https://twitter.com/emilymbender/status/1556691543850831872
It is specifically both:

- trying to access an arbitrary element in a slice, the compiler will emit bounds checks (`if index > len: panic()`) to avoid an uncontrolled out-of-bounds memory access — https://godbolt.org/z/cbY5ebzvK (note how if you comment out the assert, the code barely changes, because the compiler is adding an invisible assert of its own)

- if the compiler can infer that `index` will always be less than `len`, then it will omit the bounds check — https://godbolt.org/z/TTashYnjd
>> Real programmers don't write write-only code.

He did figure out how the program exited the loop, it just took him 2 weeks.
I feel like it is one of the things you learn in a intro psych/neuroscience course. Also that the predictions are a way to deal with timing issues between parts and lag from your limbs and sensory perception? Kind of like the net code for a FPS.
I agree with this. It made me think about the Adam Sandler movie where he finds out his lover suffers from a condition where she can't retain new memories, and at the end of the movie the conflict is solved by them going to live on a boat and him re-seducting her every day for the rest of their lives.

Watching it as a kid made me think it was a heartwarming ending to the movie, but the older I get the creepier it gets. It is essentially a hostage situation if you think about it.

Anyways, not saying this is what OP did, but I guess it's an example of how seemingly sweet and well intentioned actions can also be overbearing. I can't say I would enjoy having someone write me poems for 400 days straight.
This uses 600 'candidate' programmers. But I wonder how much harder it becomes when on e.g. an arbitrary piece of github gist code. As the number of candidates increases (with many writing the same styles) I'd imagine the problem becomes enormously more difficult.
Obviously your brain was predicting it
I like the abstract concept of clojure (everything is immutable), but learning the syntax is an exercise I haven’t undertaken.

It appears to be quite fast on a regular jvm, and GraalVm supports it on AOT Native Image with the usual caveats.
> Pichai added, "There are real concerns that our productivity as a whole is not where it needs to be for the head count we have. [We need to] create a culture that is more mission-focused, more focused on our products, more customer-focused".

Focusing means giving greater attention to something to the detriment of alternatives. It’s prioritising. When you begin your strategy by selecting three vague goals as the most important, you’re on your way to failing to meet any.

It doesn’t sound like a change from the Google many of us envision, which “focuses” on each of half a dozen apps which do the same thing (chat).
That's just a common inkjet problem. If you rarely print, laser is probably better for you.
If we were arguing about designing vehicle safety testing suites for the worst performers (a very real problem that we have right now) we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.

Writing multithreaded applications increases the performance ceiling. If an application can’t take use of multiple threads, but is written in a multi-threaded way, there’s no harm done. It simply runs the multi threaded code in a single threaded way (think of ParArray) with a bit of overhead incurred for “becoming multithreaded”.

Reasoning out of adding multithreaded support for long running actions because “most systems can’t take use of the extra threads” is just irrational, especially since most modern commodity systems could have a linear improvement with the additional threads.

The single core systems are barely hurt by the memory overhead involved with provisioning CORE_NUM of worker threads. But the multi core systems can take massive advantages from it.
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32395971
It is nearly impossible to convince a VC of a thesis they don’t already believe
Yeah, I remember using this to try and debug MS JScript issues. What a headache, it was extremely flaky and would crash if you looked at it wrong.
GitHub removes promise not to track you
The type of job and how you are wired makes a big difference in how you communicate. Like the OP, I'm someone who has always worked in startups (until the last couple months at a non-profit). I've always been on the product / leadership side and most recently cofounded a company where I had to wear all the hats for 7+ years. Most waking moments were focused on making the company successful and ensuring a stable income for my family (I have 4 kids under 17). My older kids are travel soccer players, life is busy and my communication with my wife has suffered for a long while. With limited time together a marriage still needs to move along... I appreciate the OP using all means of communication to improve the relationship. I too am a better writer than speaker so I will add some of his advice to my toolchest.
I'll likely get downvoted straight to Hell for this, but grammatical errors going uncorrected become common errors as they spread to others… This particular one is already extremely common.

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/sc...
If you really want to lose some sleep look up partnership law.

Everyone who has ever contributed to an open source project _could_ be (in the absence of the project setting up proper legal structures) considered a membership of a general partnership, and thereby become jointly and severally subject to unlimited liability for the actions of the partnership.

(IANAL this is just what I've read online)
There's a government website that lists all locations with water restrictions (and the map is a mix of yellow, orange, and red) [0]

Heat is also one of franceinfo's (national news broadcast) main topics [1]. Issues include: fires, no more cooling for nuclear reactors, no more water for our dams, and a village that cuts its main water pipe 8hrs/day [2].

[0] https://propluvia.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/propluviapub... (this site is extremely slow, I'm not sure what kind of potato they use)

[1] https://www.francetvinfo.fr/meteo/canicule/

[2] https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/crise-climat...
Only banks do that. All other services accept TOTP (which you can have on multiple devices) or YubiKeys/webauthn/U2F (where you can add multiple hardware keys).

And even here, my bank accepts two (or more) devices with an active instance of their app. So the solution to this spof is the same as always: redundancy. You need a second phone. Your old one is probably good enough.
When I proved my ID & regained access (to disabled account) I used a new email address & the message came through that.

I am not sure how they got to my PayPal, it seems to have happened to a lot of people!!!
That's a drastic oversimplification. For one counterexample, consider a prosecutor who believes x but also y. The community agrees on x but not y and consider that a dealbreaker, so the prosecutor is not elected. And this doesn't include issues such as ease of voting and gerrymandering.
> Yes, existential risk of general AI might be small; but even fewer people are working on it: only about one hundred, worldwide.

You can make that argument, but I think the median view among people working on AI alignment is that the risk is quite high, in the range of >20% chance of disaster within their lifetime.
The article doesn't mention it, but the most immediate problem is the nuclear power plant cooling. I've seen reports of tap water not being drinkable in some areas, but I suspect a very small number of people are/have been affected.

Agriculture will have a dip in production too, but at this season is mostly corn for livestock and fruits.
> Imagine if, say, A foreign electronics company is sanctioned by the government - does this mean that anyone who has previously worked with them or bought their electronics has done so illegally? If so, that sounds like a significant impediment to commerce, since nobody can predict who will be sanctioned in the future.

That's not what's happening here. What you're seeing is a US company evaluating its ongoing business relationships, and making the decision that continuing to associate with principals of a designated company isn't worth any potential legal risk.
Women almost never willingly birth 4 kids in the span of 6 years without very strong outside influence. My guess here would be religion based on age (first kid at ~24).

Either that or there's multiple multiple births.

If their religion demands they have so many kids so quickly it's unlikely he helps out with the childrearing activities and leaves it to his wife, I'm which case his life is probably not very different than a childless man.