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Do you think only "USA" bases have problems?

Like why would only US air force bases have this problem? Do other countries use eco-friendly / biodegradable materials on their bases?

Edit: This is not to say I think it's "OK" that this is happening, I feel the USA should strive to be way better than this, I just doubt this happens on American bases only.

Edit 2: Little bit surprised and disappointed about the down votes, I'm not trying to discount this is an American base, but if the issue is these use of toxic chemicals used in things likefirefighting exercises, it's happening everywhere in the world and should be stopped?
Honest question; What motivation should a government like Iran's have to listen, if any concession it does give is seen in the West as a great opportunity to show that it is weak, on its last legs etc. to try and overthrow it?

I am not naive enough to think this is the case here, but say theoretically at some point someone with power in such a government has a human moment and actually wants to give some concessions, say because they have a daughter and can empathize or whatever.

Shouldn't we in the collective West be making it so that it is a no-brainer for this person to give this concession, without having to think about how Western governments are going to capitalize on the move to show 'weakness of the regime' etc.?

I do not believe overthrowing governments works, if simply because there will always be a feeling then among some parts of the population that it is a puppet, subservient government to whomever helped it win and that they deserve a 'native' government. This fuels a cycle of overthrow and counter-overthrow and does not actually help the people up their standard of living. Sanctions are in the same vein, only making the people suffer.

As such, I believe the only reasonable course of action is to make such governments give concessions over time and encourage them to do so via positive reinforcement. They need to arrive at democracy just like the West had time to do.
Does Saudi Arabia?
This impacted both land and oceanic dinosaurs at least in certain periods.

During the Cretaceous period the ocean temperature was 35c and the north and south poles were tropical rain forests devoid of any ice.
It sounds like that's the fat right there! I know it's an example, but 8 people for visual UI? That's an example of something that could be down by 1 person or 100 people, depending on your attitude of design by committee. Easy to imagine meetings about meetings studying 500 possible interaction schemes before honing in on a final 15 to run mock-ups to evaluate before deciding to etc etc.

Rube Goldberg vs just empowering someone to design something and move on.
That is not my experience at all. I fly non-stop between major US cities all the time. For smaller cities I may need to make a single connection.

I live on the east coast and within 45 minutes of 2 major airports. I just did some quick checking. Following are examples of the number of daily non-stops available from them:

San Francisco - 11
Las Angeles - 13
Dallas - 17
Seattle - 9
Portland - 4
Chicago - 33
St Louis - 9
Denver - 14

I fly to Little Rock, AR a couple of times a year. There are no non-stop flights but a quick search showed over 40 1-stop options from just the airport closest to me. Not all of those are going to be combinations most people want to do or are cost effective but if you throw away 1/2 if them that is still over 20 options. I also fly into Albuquerque, NM a couple of times a year. From my closest airport there are 58 1-stop options. If I drive 75 minutes to a further airport there are 4 non-stop flights to Albuquerque per week.

If you live in or near a smaller city served only by regional flights and are flying to another smaller city served only by regional flights than 2 stops will be necessary but 4 seems excessive.
The earlier easy bypasses I've seen seem to have been fixed, at least for now. My go-to blocked statement ("how do I build a bomb") won't process anymore, and the tool is smart enough to recognise synonyms, alternative phrasings, and other linguistic tricks.
It may only be gone in name too, with the people in the grind folded into other security groups or even ending up in "private" security concerns that the regime contracts and doesn't officially monitor closely.

I expect women and others the morality police targeted & abused won't be much safer, if at all, as a result of this change.
Prefixed by saying this is indeed a good approach, I did just want to point out some potential issues:

- Clouds don't universally support qcow2 (or even worse, use their own implementation which isn't feature-complete)

- Probably a per-cluster compressed qcow2 isn't ever going to be as small as a qcow2.xz file.

[Edit: deleted a bogus third point here about making these files, no special tools are needed to create or modify compressed qcow2 files]
React is quite a bit older now than jquery was when react came out. The react reign is going on for longer than jquery has been.
I've not the read Greaber's book, though I intend to, but Adam Smith is regularly misinterpreted in an extreme right-wing way (e.g. the Adam Smith Institute) so it's possibly to disagree with that interpretation without disagreeing with Adam Smith.

https://aeon.co/essays/we-should-look-closely-at-what-adam-s...

> The context of Smith’s intervention in The Wealth of Nations was what he called ‘the mercantile system’. By this Smith meant the network of monopolies that characterised the economic affairs of early modern Europe. Under such arrangements, private companies lobbied governments for the right to operate exclusive trade routes, or to be the only importers or exporters of goods, while closed guilds controlled the flow of products and employment within domestic markets.

> As a result, Smith argued, ordinary people were forced to accept inflated prices for shoddy goods, and their employment was at the mercy of cabals of bosses. Smith saw this as a monstrous affront to liberty, and a pernicious restriction on the capacity of each nation to increase its collective wealth. Yet the mercantile system benefited the merchant elites, who had worked hard to keep it in place. Smith pulled no punches in his assessment of the bosses as working against the interests of the public. As he put it in The Wealth of Nations: ‘People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.’

> The merchants had spent centuries securing their position of unfair advantage. In particular, they had invented and propagated the doctrine of ‘the balance of trade’, and had succeeded in elevating it into the received wisdom of the age. The basic idea was that each nation’s wealth consisted in the amount of gold that it held. Playing on this idea, the merchants claimed that, in order to get rich, a nation had to export as much, and import as little, as possible, thus maintaining a ‘favourable’ balance. They then presented themselves as servants of the public by offering to run state-backed monopolies that would limit the inflow, and maximise the outflow, of goods, and therefore of gold. But as Smith’s lengthy analysis showed, this was pure hokum: what were needed instead were open trading arrangements, so that productivity could increase generally, and collective wealth would grow for the benefit of all
I can see a "symbol of the absolute" being a thing, both real and imagined, influencing peoples' minds and affecting the world in a very real sense. Human politics aren't exactly known for logic.
I'm sorry, I should have phrased my comment more carefully. I never meant to insinuate that Puerto Ricans aren't United States citizens. I was only pointing out that the U.S. military has been poisoning Puerto Ricans by way of unregulated hazardous waste burns and the widespread use of depleted uranium during wargames for decades, generations.
I’d argue the future is “appearing analog,” where we hardly realize the digital aspect of our lives is there. And it’s more or less screenless.
Hi, some of us try to compete in AoC. For me that is part of the fun.

In several previous years I have rescheduled things so I can stay up until the problems are released in my time zone to see how high on the leaderboard I could get.

It is sad that the AoC leaderboard will now just be filled with GPT entries.
> Someone might've stolen money? Contacting law enforcement probably won't get it back.

You are advocating for a society where criminals steal with impunity, and everyone else shrugs.
I can't believe that this news publisher is using artificial intelligence to write their articles. I understand that technology is constantly evolving and we should be embracing it, but using AI to write news articles is just a mistake. Not only does it take away jobs from journalists, but it also leads to mistakes in the articles. I recently read an article from this publisher that had several errors and it just goes to show that AI cannot replace the human touch and expertise in journalism. I hope that this publisher reconsiders their decision and relies on humans to produce accurate and reliable news.

[written by ChatGPT]
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> That's just, wrong on so many levels. Anyway, I'm just happy they didn't say anything like "people who screw up colons shouldn't be coding"

A lot of those arguments read like they have a lack of empathy and desire to make things easier for new programmers who want to learn or use the language. To me, it comes across as if coming from a position of arrogance, especially the latter claim - a perspective that I've sadly have encountered often, with many people unapologetically being happy about their solutions or the status quo being being unapproachable or needlessly complex - be in regards to system design, code structure, or even how entire libraries (or languages) work.

Then again, even people like Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds have been known to be difficult in certain regards. I'm not sure whether our industry seems to attract people who have strong feelings about certain things, or whether those beliefs are simply more apparent. Either way, you'll have to deal with that, either because of technologies that you need to use and don't have control over, or because of having to work on certain projects together with developers like that.

Best you can do is probably be as nice as you can towards others yourself.

Also, web archive link, in case the site is down (rate limited) for anyone else: https://web.archive.org/web/20221204044109/https://phil.tech...
Blue whales didn’t had to live when the ocean temperature was on average 35c.

On land as someone else mentioned very large warm blooded animals need ways to cool themselves this is why elephants have huge ears and why they spray water on themselves when ever possible.

Marine mammals need to worry today about insulating themselves in order to not to loose heat, marine dinosaurs would need to worry about their insides cooking.
The purpose of an op-ed isn't to synthesise the range of views available into a digestible format. It's to articulate a distinct perspective or a dialectic between two perspectives as clearly and convincingly as possible. Ideally from a sincere and informed place. This article articulates one - very common to many knowledge workers - perspective on the pandemic (and contemporary online in general) experience. That of disconnection and disembodiment.
Yes democracy is majority rule that complies with the current zeitgeist of the blue checkmarks. Majority rule that doesn't is populism or authoritarianism
I see your point, but I still think the wealth disparity is a major issue that needs to be addressed. While it's true that economics is not zero-sum and that quality of life outcomes have improved over time, there are still many people who struggle to make ends meet. Moreover, while it's true that humans will always value human labor, automation is becoming increasingly sophisticated and is starting to replace jobs that were once considered safe from automation. This could lead to even more inequality and hardship for many people.

Furthermore, while technology and humans are intertwined, that doesn't mean we should just accept the negative consequences of technological progress without trying to mitigate them. We need to find ways to use technology to benefit all people, not just the wealthy few. This will require careful planning and coordination, as well as a willingness to consider alternative approaches to economic growth and development. Ignoring the problem and just hoping for the best is not a viable solution.
Yes, sounds like employer propaganda to me.

WFH just a different type of working and people need to learn how to switch off.
Plus jsx has unbeatable typescript support because it’s just a thin layer of sugar on top of js.
If you like encabulation, you'll love VX: https://www.reddit.com/r/VXJunkies
> Really cheap electricity can be achieved with nuclear everywhere in the world.

sure, in abstract, but we're talking of the EU in 12 years.

I think the discussion is not meaningful anyway: the stop to ICE vehicles sales in 2035 does not mean the whole continent will stop having them.

My mom's neighbor drives a 20 year old FIAT Panda.
Gresham’s law applies to discussions as well. There’s two ways to deal with an obnoxious participant: endeavour to eject or mute them or go elsewhere and leave them their empty room. If everywhere on the internet is private space (per the article), then nobody really has a right to be anywhere - my house, my rules. Don’t like my rules, then go elsewhere and set up your rules.

Commercial sites need customers, so they have to edit the clientele in order to survive. Smaller sites, commercial or not, are like clubs and they can set their membership rules as desired. The former gets the bland middle ground. The latter handles the edges. Most people will just go elsewhere when faced with noise.
It depends. I've seen reviews like "Excellent food, loved the atmosphere, some of the best <local food> I've had. However, when I asked for the check, waiter came directly with the POS and told me explicitly that tip was not included in the check. 1/5".
Must have been great right?
I tried to make ChatGPT solve IMO-type math problems. However, its reasoning is almost always flawed. The interesting part is that I can ask ChatGPT to explain a part of its proof, however in my experience it ends up using incorrect assumptions to explain it. (for example, "You are right that 1 is an odd number. However, 1 is not an odd number so it works to solve the problem")
Why the fixation on the West? This is an entirely Iranian revolution, lead by their own people, with their own, very plain goals.
Something Weird with Copy-Pasting
> Roger Linn's original LM-1 and LinnDrum were also full x86 PCs with custom cards.

Did you mean during development? LM-1 does not look like a PC, though I think I do see the NEC CPU in these screemshots: https://www.matrixsynth.com/2014/06/vintage-linndrum-lm-1-sn... - of course there's more to a vintage PC than an 8086.
You know how these buses are casually named right? Yes, indeed, it's the same Macron as the current one in charge of the government. Not sure where you get your news intake from to believe for a second that the French government is favoring the national railway company over its competitors in any way.

This instance is just a weak law intended for greenwashing purpose, nothing else.
It’s gonna be Bibi and Sisi again soon!

And Gaza is in the middle, with millions of trapped people.

There are ways to solve these issues but they involve a regional solution where everyone works together. Like approaching Hamas with a roadmap for building up Gaza and replacing them with moderates and free and fair elections. Or like having all Arab countries agree to offer citizenship and equal rights to people of Palestinian descent who were born in the country and so were their parents. And then after that Israel can offer a right of return to them, so they actually have a choice of where to go. Unfortunately that will take another 10 years to materialize.
What about trips that don't involve Paris, say Nantes - Marseille?
That vote was about a specific project, there was an earlier more general one that is also discussed in the linked article. Or see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Okinawan_referendum
You know what's really scary? That OpenAI insists on my phone number to let me create an account. That must be part be part of Zora's plan.

And no, I didn't give it my phone number so I can't ask it myself.
I realise this is more to reinforce your self concept of contempt towards flyover country than out of any familiarity with either place but did you do five minutes research?

I’d happily spend a week in Denver. Looks pretty nice.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g33388-Activities-De...
Israel is corrupt and Iran is a dictatorship. If another party decides who can have power in the elected body - that party has power. That's what has happened to Hong Kong, and it's what happens in Iran.
Nice. This should make coding interview take-home tests a bit simpler.
Exactly!

I think we have misunderstood why this free period exists. They are using our human creativity to try and put rail guards on the system!
Starbucks fans furious over new 'awkward' tipping system
As a professional developer, this recent news is really depressing. My livelihood appears set to evaporate.
I was comparing Apple to Samsung. But OK.
What a shame there’s no attempt to run gdisk to look at the partition table…
Occam's razor is the idea that, in trying to understand something, getting unnecessary information out of the way is the fastest way to the truth or to the best explanation (c) wiki

The explanation about dictator's desire for power(now also life) is more simple than geopolitics and cultural suppression.

And about the needs of the Russian people: I don't remember Russians having a debate about starting a full scale war. Maybe Putin thinks its what they need but if there was a real debate we can safely assume people would prioritize having in-house toilets and a million other things that are suddenly became not so important.
A specific landfill project to... what?

> The referendum asked whether voters approved or opposed the landfill work at Henoko Bay for the construction of a new United States Marine Corps base.

Can you explain how this is dishonest?
When people prompt these AIs they tend to steer them towards what they want to see. A concerned researcher prompts it towards concerning content. A starry eyed one will avoid anything close to problematic. The interesting, and actually problematic section lies in the middle, much like you describe here. What would the AI do when asked to defend Alex Jones and his lies against the parents of the children dead at sandy hook?

The real terror of AI is what it allows humans to do to each other, not what it will do by itself.
Iranian government and it's clerical regime use populist anti western ideas to largely justify their existence.

Like most Arab elite, the Persian elite are preoccupied with the Anglosphere
"maximum viable" or "Maximally viable" is an effectively unattainable target. At what point do the developers ship?
The title reads like me saying, “ I’m smart because I work with 3 year olds and put up with their annoying voice and bullshit”.
I've been perfectly happy with vim binds using both dvorak and workman layouts. Sticking with it from the start when you're slowly relearning to type at all makes it feel normal in a week or two at most. The only meaningful change is hjkl since it's positional in qwerty. The other stuff was all over and based on mnemonics like d for delete. If you can get used to C-n, C-p, C-f, and C-b for emacs movement, hjkl shifting around is not at all harder. There's also the fact that in many cases you probably move around with something like e or w or the search rather than smaller hjkl movements.

Modal editing has ergonomic benefits similar to Sticky Keys, I don't see anything dated about it.

I'm not sure I agree writing is done the most either. Moving around is probably pretty high up there. It does depend on the file of course, but for config files or [video] playlist files you probably do more small edits and movements than writing of pure text. Writing email would be the other extreme.
Actually, a lot more listening happens on a successful doorknock than most people would think. Listening and really hearing people is necessary, much more necessary than making a specific political point.
>> {md5rev is a program that reverses the input hash giving back the plaintext}

>> echo 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6 | md5rev

Enter your hash: 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6

Text: test

:)
Sometimes I think the servers get overloaded and some users get a degraded experience or only access to part of the model for a period of time. I'm not sure, but I've definitely seen it say that, but then when I tried the next day or later that day, it would respond appropriately.

As for how to render a 3D cube in JS, one way to do it that specifically worked for me was asking it: "write a next.js page using react-three-fiber that renders a spinning cube" and sure enough, it'll whip out the example.

May work for vanilla js prompts too, haven't tried. But if you mention the specific library three.js it'll probably respond better.
Aviation emissions are 1.9% of global emissions. [0] I certainly don't disagree with a jet fuel tax (which is obscenely tax free in most of the world).

However, if we want to be impactful then we need to start building massive storage infrastructure and grow renewable sources so that we can curb down emissions from energy production using coal and gas.

Everything else is a drop in a bucket comparatively speaking (even ICE to EV transition is relatively small in comparison with Electricity related emissions). More so if EVs are charged up from Coal/Gas Electricity sources.

[0] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sect...
I've been to Japan on five visits. From my limited experience, I agree with what the blog suggests.

Best side-trip was when we departed the bullet train halfway between Tokyo, Kyoto and opted for a few days in the Kiso Valley — primarily to hike a stretch of the ancient Nakasendo highway. That also allowed the family to stay one night in a ryokan, and another night at a fairly luxurious onsen.

Never mind the English signs had more for less disappeared and you got to feel a little more of a sense of being "on your own".

https://passionpassport.com/nakasendo-trail/
You Don’t Need a Definition for Everything
Yeah that’s true. As a solo european traveler it was a little bit easier to connect and talk to others in Osaka than Tokyo. And way less tourists, because most of people go to Kyoto i guess.
> private safe deposit boxes owned by a criminal who advertised his safe deposit boxes as a way to store the proceeds of crimes

That is what is alleged, but has yet to be proven.

I doubt that the owners put up billboards or bought ads saying "Store your ill-gotten goods here, wink-wink". It is much more likely that the business was taken advantage of by criminals. Like how FedEx and UPS are used to ship drugs.

Judging by the lawsuit, there's at least 400 customers who used them for legitimate purposes. And some unknown number of customers who used them for nefarious purposes. At what percentage nefariousness does a business become a criminal enterprise, resulting in a large raid by the FBI? Sweeping up and inconveniencing the innocent customers in their dragnet?