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> If you earn upwards of £150k, you're rich.

This time and time again. Income does not equal wealth. Sure over time you can build your wealth and become rich, but not really if you earn £150k.

It takes awful lot of work to get to that level. You are probably be in your 30s or 40s when you start making this much. If you come from working class, then you are unlikely going to have any sizeable assets until then.

£150k gets you "only" £7.5k net. If you want to actually enjoy life and fruits of your hard work, then you don't want to live in a flat share, you want to go out sometimes etc. In London, £3-4k rent for a decent home, nothing luxurious is a normal price. Bills, other outgoings probably £1-2k. You also want to save some money for retirement.
With that kind of money, you are realistically looking at £2k of disposable income.
To put that into perspective - if you put £2k each month into your savings account, it would take you about 40 years to save your first million.

This salary is really nowhere near making someone rich.

People are often confused, because they see an actual rich person that is making this much money, but they are not rich because they have such a job. They most likely inherited their wealth or they get money in other ways.
Judging from the score of my comment... they've downvoted me :-)
This logic doesn't make any sense, is it okay if I half ass and put in the bare minimum for just one job?

How does have more than 1 job change this logic?

If you can get the job done then I don't see why it matters, and if you can't I don't see why it matters if you can't and you only have 1 job or you can't and you have 2?

Especially since rescinded offers have suddenly become acceptable, I think most people going forward should at least have the two jobs overlap by 2 weeks.
I assume because it allows for what amounts to price fixing.
What a low hanging fruit. Is this haternews or hackernews?
> And monopoly issues arising from the fact that Apple now has a business interest in increasing facebook's ad sales

This is the real downside here. Apple is incentivized to want people to use Facebook boosts and only takes 30% of there revenue away -- so 70% goes toward reinforcing this awful surveillance system.
Isn't InfluxDB rewriting their storage engine for the nth time? It makes me have a little less faith in their project to be honest.
Some supplementary analysis here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/774%E2%80%93775_carbon-14_spik...
Yeah HN is a bubble within the tech bubble that's highly focused, among other things, on making money.
Yeah, there's definitely an attempt at organization, but... here's the thing. Most of MacOS works the way my brain expects it to. Like, Pages was a revelation when it was released, as I was able to instantly find everything I wanted to do right where I expected it to be. The initial release of Pages may have been the high point of Apple making software the way I think.

I get that everything in System Preferences is in a place that makes sense, and once I've found it, I can reason back from there to why it's there. But... is a screensaver software or hardware? I mean, it runs on the screen, which is hardware, but it's obviously software--but then, this is a computer, so everything is software. I mean, Date & Time is under hardware, which... is not where I would have looked first. Siri is triggered by a physical button, but is software, while Data & Time are visible on my screen but is hardware--presumably because of the clock inside the computer, right? What about the chip enabling Siri?

Anyway, other people didn't like the version of Pages I loved, and maybe other people don't have trouble with System Preferences. Different strokes, and all that. I just don't get the complaining as if something of value was lost.

System Settings might be even worse that System Preferences. Fine. One of Apple's worst things has gotten worse, and is now an area of focus, so now might, or presumably will get better. I prefer that to the neglect System Preferences was receiving.
Idk it seems like many small companies can be just as toxic, and you can probably find a lot of cushy positions for big companies.

Actually, small companies can be even more toxic, because the chance of this toxicity blowing something up is much less, and there may be powerful individuals, who have little to checks and balances.

It seems like at most big companies no one person can really do anything major, it takes 2-5 powerful people; plus there's oversight above them that could theoretically act if the whole team starts going rogue.

I've heard horror stories. Some of my colleagues have had to admit that while everyone may resent HR, you do NOT want to work for a company that does it badly.
You should read up on what happens if the grid goes down. It’s not like you can “flip a switch”. If it’s global you’ll have the inability to fix many transformers.
> Layers of change: How buildings and software are alike

"If Builders Built Buildings the Way Programmers Wrote Programs, Then the First Woodpecker That Came Along Would Destroy Civilization"
> If you want the change, then propose an improvement.

I don't need to have a solution to have valid criticisms of an existing system. I am just sharing my experience with testing, how it has affected my life, and why it didn't work for me.

That said, I do think we can improve our ability to assess (not test) people by:

* Putting less emphasis/focus on tests and more focus on long form project work and interpersonal relationships with peers and instructors
* provide more flexibility to students when testing them (like access to resources/notes, more time, allow them to ask questions etc).

> You would need smart and open minded and up to date people to at least try to do that reasonably

I would certainly hope that the people teaching the next generation were smart, open minded and up to date. Testing doesn't control this anyway, a bad teacher will be unfair and have bad curriculum regardless if they test their students formally or not.
Imagine you're my clueless family relative and you end up installing one of those signed-yet-exploitable drivers.

Whose fault is it?
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The whole thing is a dialectic that makes certain groups look crazy. The main takeaway, in my opinion, is if communities learned to source their food and energy locally, and looked out for each other more, there would not even be need for so-called prepping. It’s an anxiety response to a loss of what used to be more common in traditional societies.
very much agree with the domain name.

My dell 5567 (2017) had its battery swollen. And now, even though its fans works all the time very loudly and CPU doesn't cool down properly and get throttled, making the laptop usable.

Does not recommend dell laptops to anyone.
Ask HN: What's the Alternative to the Dot-Voting?
Hello!

Do you know some techniques that can be used instead of dot-voting? (I'm not referring to more 'official' methods like MoSCoW or Value/Effort matrix - frequently at the stage we don't have all data to switch to them).

The simplest use case: We have a team retro, where each team member writes a note of some problem has occurred last sprint - then everyone participating to the retro has N votes (3 usually) that are spend of voting of the most important topic to discuss.

I believe the dot-voting has a few biases:
- members can vote on already most voted item
- members vote on their topic
- the most common (not necessary most important topic) problem is top-voted

So far I didn't find any simple but more correct alternative to the dot-voting. Do you share the same problem? Do you have some idea what can be used instead or how the dot-voting can be improved?
This is kind of obvious. All experience is tied to memory; this is nothing new. As far as immediate agency, there is most definitely a latency between a willful act, whether conscious or unconscious, and the perception of that act's accomplishment, and this latency is perceived by the memory of it being done. It is an illusionary mechanism and the brain has plenty of those.
Captain Pedantic[0] also seems to be under the illusion that the title is exclusionary. Quite the contrary: many, many people can fall from 15K feet altitude and live, and the title will be just as accurate.

[0] Kidding aside, I take it to be just a poorly-executed attempt at humor.
The purchase of LinkedIn made and makes no sense to me unless they increase its integration with other services. I know they are trying to integrate github and linkedin but that doesn't seem particularly useful or significant.
No, I'm trying to make sure the person who is interviewing for a job where they will deal with computers on a daily basis appears to have seen a computer at some prior point in their life.

I wouldn't feel the need to do this if so many candidates didn't fail rudimentary tests. A SWE candidate MUST be able to write the function min(), in the language and tooling of their choice. But in an interview, a sizable fraction cannot. (The actual bar is far higher than min(), ofc., but min() ought to be trivial.)
Section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code provides that "every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void."
Happy to take any questions or dissent.
Fun fact: Voyager 2 launched 16 days before Voyager 1.

The numbers are reversed because Voyager 1, being on a faster trajectory, reached Jupiter and Saturn before Voyager 2 did. Voyager 2’s trajectory was better in the sense that it allowed additional flyby’s of Uranus and Neptune.
The question was:

> Is there any legit reason Apple is hastening the drop of support for older computers when they can be upgraded just fine with the OpenCore Legacy Patcher?

I gave multiple reasons.
Not being facetious - but it works exactly like any other GC. There's nothing magic about writing code in Java instead of C that makes a huge difference.

But you might find this interesting as a specific example - this is where it actually obtains memory from the OS.

https://github.com/oracle/graal/blob/44e68777b130c8ee781c72b...

Note the @Uninterruptible annotation - that's saying that this code is safe to use within the GC itself. Notice how the file doesn't contain even a single 'new! (Outside of PosixVirtualMemoryProviderFeature, which is something else.)
Thank you! If you need more functionalities, just let me know.
What I don't understand is how these big companies always seem to be reactive in decision making instead of proactive. It's not like they just suddenly saw the revenue drop and needed to scramble to optimize.
Thanks! Macroexpanded:

I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15480334 - Oct 2017 (246 comments)
Hmmmm, aren't the latter one of the big reasons for adopting GraalVM?
Considering how good Toy Story 2 was, "sad" is an odd way of putting it, unless you're talking about the ensuing crunch.

There are a few more details about that side of the story elsewhere:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/...

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/toy-story-2-disasters-almos...
lol I mean it could be a success but they are already down 50% before it even fully closes. That’s a lot to make up
Which is why buying a house should be considered consumption. It's to own a residence. Asset appreciation in real estate is a very long game and is not guaranteed. Strategic default will wreck your credit.
I'm sorry, why should measuring story points be considered micromanagement?

Story points are supposed to be a proxy for amount of work required, seems reasonable to track that. It's not like I'm saying you should be measured by the lines of code you add or something arbitrary.
> Each HOA (or lack thereof) is a property of the house you are looking to buy. Complaining about being forced to take the HOA is like complaining about being forced to be a part of the county.

No, it's like complaining that the lawn has been saturated with salt so that it can never grow properly, and a previous owner somehow managed to legally enshrine that so that you can't fix it.
Olive oil and avocado oil are not derived from seeds but rather the fruit. And yes the suggestion would be to eat these oils (authentic ones - there is a lot of counterfeit), butter and animal fats.
However, my bank requires second factor for authenticating, when using the banking website. And that second factor used to be SMS, but nowadays it is their banking app on a mobile device. Exactly that one that has to run on "genuine, unmodded, unrooted version of the hardware and OS it came with".
QA should be writing the underlying code along with the BDD-style tests, using something like a Page Object Model design, with BDD-wrappers on top mostly for non-technical analysts like PMs and BAs to understand coverage and add test cases. I think if you're doing it for anyone else's benefit it falls flat. If it's a no-code solution for QA then it becomes a drag and you should hire an SDET to manage it (and train the other staff to write the underlying code too). If BA/PM is not involved in test design it's a pointless wrapper, I agree. Personally I'm not a fan and spend my time focusing on better reporting so people can see what's tested & if they want an additional case I can just add it myself.
That would be a sort or another of an illusion, as long as we stay within the realm of we can reason about (and don't consider the possibility of you actually being a psychic).

You can have made a forecast based on an experience you already have and have developed a belief you are conscious of something future.

You can fall a victim of perceptual illusion - perceived time delay between 2 events can easily be influenced, even made negative.
"A satisfactory hobby must be in a large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant...all in all, falconry is the perfect hobby." - Aldo Leopold
If its dumb and it works it's not dumb.
>I mean… google maps? Chrome? YouTube (purchased in 2005 and not the same product/scale at all anymore)

None of which have ever (or will ever) generate any meaningful revenue for Google beyond their ability to funnel people into ads. They are an ad company, and nothing more.
Middle class is shrinking; people in tighter economic situations can't afford hobbies?
Even worse if it was your neighbours'.
This is a valid choice. I doubt that the developer will lose any sleep over it.
They most certainly treat knowing your personal ID as proof of your identity in plenty of cases. One example... People can change other people's addresses without any real proof, you need to opt-in at the tax agency so that you need an eID to do this. The tax agency explicitly mentions this on their website. https://skatteverket.se/servicelankar/otherlanguages/inengli...
Apple Reportedly Planning to Release 16-Inch iPad Late Next Year
I agree with your "curse of knowing" sentiment. Learning new things is much more fun when new things are demonstrably better. I don't think that many of the changes to Windows since version 8 are demonstrably better. Thank you for taking my comment in the way I intended.
I don't think test scores are a predictor of success, but I do think they are one of the best metrics we have, and actually help poor kids to "make it" to good schools. Rich kids might have access to better teachers, but Math is the same for everyone, a poor kids using materials freely available in a public library can do very well in exams, allowing him to get into an elite school, otherwise only reserved for the elites.
If you dont plan on selling how are you're winning on inflationary terms?

If you do sell, and the prices are higher, then you have won.

If you do sell, and the prices are lower, then you have lost.
Agree with a comment that said to throw money at the problem, babysitter or whatever. It helps _if_ money is not a big problem. I used to be a lot more careful with money but since kids, I timebox the amount of time I spend on any thing that I need to spend money even if the end result means I'm leaving some more money on the table. Peace of mind is the ultimate goal.

Identify things that are really important to you (almost at a ruthless level), and shortcut/ignore the rest. This means prioritizing also time to relax (walk, read a book, meditate or whatever you do to relax) even if there are other things/chores that are in queue. Accept that some things will be delayed or not be done in the next few months until you get back to your footing. Recognize that during burnout, your efficiency is 50%, so reduce your load accordingly.

A comment I read a while ago in HN is "don't be the person that cares the most about things". While I don't think it applies to all issues, I apply it to some things. Try to apply the 80/20 (20% effort for 80% of work done)
Personally, during burnout, I've gone almost in survival mode. I completely cut alcohol (even beer), soft drinks, etc, try to sleep well, and try to exercise (or walk) just because it improves my energy levels.
If small kids that require lots of attention, consider babysitter, kindergarden or take them to the park (if there's one close by) during the time you are in charge. Personally I find that kids require less effort/energy outdoors. Youtube videos are also useful in a pinch (see "super simple songs" or "cocomelon" which have 1hr long videos)... try not to let them see more than 1-2hrs per day.

Regarding wife, when you're burned out, things look more pessimistic and you're less likely to let something slide. Maybe she's also overwhelmed and/or burned out and/or in "ruthless/survivor" mode. See if there are things that she's doing that can be delegated through money (order food instead of cooking, get someone to help clean/laundry, etc). If she gets some time back, she might be more able/willing to help with the load. Recognize that priorities are not the same, I personally don't care much about cleaning but my wife does. Try to always communicate...

Remember that if your burnout gets worse, it will be worse not only for you but also for your family ...
All said, I'm just someone on the internet that doesn't know much about your situation, so take everything with a grain of salt.
Literally, legally, Title IX protects males as well as females. Any pattern of arbitrary grading against male students and not female students would provide a basis.

"disparate outcomes is ipso facto evidence of sexism."

Lol, no. Again, please provide your definition of sexism, as this does not match the one in the dictionary.

There are plenty of things that are not sexist and have disparate outcomes.
How does that "ban them from working at at[sic] a competitor at the same time"? So, you fire them. They'll still have the other job and can get another.
Can you just store the shard id for each user in a database? Each server could check if it is authorative for each incoming connection, and redirect if not.

That way, you can migrate users one by one (sending a 'redirectUserConnections(userId)' to the original server, and even pick a shard that is geographically close to the user. (If you care about race conditions during migrations, you need to be really careful though.)
> .0001% of people who choose to block javascript

The measured number of browsers blocking JavaScript varies
between about 0.7% and 4% with an estimated global average
hovering around 1.5%. Here are some sources [1,2,3].

[1] https://www.cotsweb.com/blog/how-many-people-have-javascript...

[2] https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/stats-no-javascript....

[3] https://deliberatedigital.com/blockmetry/javascript-disabled
To be fair, those weather conditions are not optimal for solar power, either.

Regarding strong wind, some wind energy technologies are self limiting, like the savonius rotor. I have no idea how the approach mentionen in the article handles strong winds.
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The DAO was mentioned only around transparent governance and giving back to the community, but the blog post mentions hiring maintainers presumably with cash.
Scepticism is sometimes a lazy response but in this case I think you are completely correct.

Power from a wind turbine varies as the square of wind speed and the cube of diameter. Some places in the world have a lot more wind than others in general, someone once said that if the wind is a persistent annoyance where you live then a wind turbine is a good fit. Without specifying the conditions under which this is the case then its pointless.
> My self is whatever is making decisions. If some scientist somewhere chops words and slices definitions and does some measurements and declares that my "self" isn't what is "making decisions", then they've been misled by bad philosophy into making stupid statements. And I use the word "stupid" carefully.

I think you’re missing the point. If you just define away “self” as whatever turns out to be making decisions, then sure, you can claim to never be surprised by anything. If we literally discovered that all your decisions are being made by a physical computer in a laboratory and instructions are sent to your body with radio waves, you could just say “well that’s what my ‘self’ is by definition, so this isn’t surprising at all.”
I like to think I wasn't "judging" anyone, but I know what you mean. Because we used both GPA and test scores, yes, you almost certainly would have been a "deny" with a 36 ACT and a 1.97 GPA.

If I had seen your file, it would have been the talk of the day. "Can you believe this file!" I probably would have talked to the Dean, maybe called you and given you some advice. That advice would have been something like:

"Listen. Don't tell anyone I said this, but, this school is more expensive than it needs to be. Heck, who says you need college at all? But if you really want to go here, you've got two options. 1. See if you can get into the local community college for a semester or two and then transfer your credits - we won't care about your HS grades anymore. 2. AND REALLY DON'T TELL YOUR PARENTS/TEACHERS I SAID THIS You could, in theory... just get your GED. That's a loop hole around us caring about your GPA."
Excess deaths per capita show us where cultures are better than others at policy. Yes, some of those cultures have healthier people.

e.g., Those countries that paid only the sick to stay home were smarter than those who locked down everyone.

We should have invested in the infrastructure that will be of use in the next pandemic.

There are many obvious good policy decisions other than "do nothing".

I do realize that in the country run by Democrats, Republicans, and Trumpers that nothing useful will happen.
The redistribution of workers thanks to remote friendly policies mean municipal tax revenues in large cities have dramatically fallen. To cover that shortfall, will we now see increased appraisals and support for increased property tax rates? Such things are historically a political third rail, but I wonder if increased social inequality and disgust for short term rentals may flip the script. This may also have the effect of nudging out those who are otherwise content to sit on long term low rate mortgages. With more homes on the market this would help to drive down the cost of getting into home ownership in an age when mortgages are high.
You can govern a FOSS project however you want, reject all contributions if you want, the only factor that matters is the license. It doesn't stop being FOSS.
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DataFusion is great, we're happy to be contributing to it. Also excited to see so many people around the world picking it up and contributing as well. With our development efforts on IOx, it's like a strong tailwind. But we put a ton of effort into helping manage community efforts (thanks, alamb! our developer on IOx that is also on the Arrow PMC).
The U-2 was 1955-1957 still flying today.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2
This post makes me wish I could down-vote posts on HN.
I admire your optimism, however, it is worth ruminating on how Germany engineered its way into the energy crisis in the first place.
This is true, but I also don't think anything but a tiny fraction of HN is on a slow connection.