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> if you die from drinking tainted liquor your estate can just sue the shop

I think that would be a right thing to do, and the shop would likely be sued out of existence, with a felony charges for some of the personnel and owners. This is one reason why shops try to keep things sanitary: a customer with an estate to speak of would ruin them if hurt. (But those without an estate may have been hurt for some time with relatively little consequence.)

Another reason is, of course, inspections (they don't need to be strictly state-operated, but may have to be state-mandated), where the inspecting agency would sue / fine the shop out of existence if for presence of dangerously tainted liquor. An ounce of prevention, etc.
Doesn’t sound like paradise.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/bahamas-jail-ftx-sam-ban...
And the Japanese criminal system is fairly suspect.
I don't like the framing of this article (though the facts it presents about how SBF's bail works are good). In particular these parts stuck out at me:

> How, you may ask, does a dude who is so clearly impervious to reality, who had to be arrested in the Bahamas, and who is accused of billions of dollars in fraud, get out on bail? Fair question.

Why shouldn't he get out on bail?? He hasn't been convicted of a crime. He's not posing an imminent risk to the community that requires keeping him locked up while he hasn't yet been proven to have done anything wrong.

> So: is the bail surprising? Yes. Is it a travesty of justice? That’s a philosophical question. Is it legally wrong, or outside the scope of what can or should happen under the federal bail system? No.

I don't find the bail surprising at all. Getting bail is routine. Sure, many people can't afford it, but obviously SBF can (and this article spells out exactly how).
I once sat next to a SkyWest pilot on a flight. I was asking him how they assigned pilots and crews to flights. He told me that they actually had an internal auction system where crew members bid on "trips". A "trip" is a sequence of several flights over the course of a few days to a week that will all be crewed by the same people. Individual employees were allocated "money" to bid with (not real money, of course) according to seniority, so more senior crew would almost always get the most favorable trips, e.g. those composed entirely of non-redeye flights, etc.
They weren't blocked and then they were, but there was no law to do it, there was no published official action to do it, it was just not working one day for reasons. There are no formal instructions to "comply", you have to rely solely on your guanxi to do it, and then the work needed to stay in good graces with government basically amounts to "don't make us mad" (like, no stories about Xi's family wealth, no embarrassing the government, everything else might get you a hand wringing but can be forgiven).

They have to work like this because freedom of speech is guaranteed in the Chinese constitution. But since China isn’t really a rule of law country, the Chinese government works through it informally, which isn’t very compatible in how western companies can work.
Being worse than Chrome doesn't mean it's not top tier. Agreed about the old loss of functionality. At least performance is better now.

No, most people should be using a dumbphone these days, at least until we hackers get our shit together enough that alternatives Librem/Pinephone are good enough.
I don't know, I've had it get a lot of really basic things wrong. Where do the pilots sit in a Cessna Skymaster? What are their responsibilities? Answers with basic math mistakes too.

Its amazing at some things, but there are foundational mistakes everywhere. Wikipedia has always had much higher quality overall.
2022: A Year in Review for the James Webb Space Telescope
Yeah, we've done this for conference trips with the family, and it has been useful in that context. We've even gone all the way to San Diego, with an overnight stop partway to see relatives.

But I would never drive even to LA, even for a multi-day conference, if I were traveling solo.
Getting a virtual keyboard on the screen would be a useful feature for mobile.

I know it's all open source. Maybe just an input box that captures keystrokes and proxies them over. That'd be the easiest.

How hard can this be?

(It's always important to not honestly answer that question with open source)
I got RGBCCT lights that give me a bunch of control over the white temperature, they're quite nice!
If I remember correctly, the only person who went to prison because of the events in 2008 was a whistleblower.
The federal bail system’s presumption of release makes it better and more humane than most state systems. But you can still see the impact of wealth. First, because Sam Bankman-Fried broke the law by (allegedly) stealing billions of dollars instead of by being paid a hundred bucks to transport half a key of black tar heroin, there was no presumption he should be detained. That reflects society’s values. Moreover, rich people are more easily able to satisfy elaborate bail conditions.

He should be so happy he gets 6 months or so to live a semi-normal life under intense supervision and restriction of movement before he likely gets sent away forever like Madoff, Alan Stanford and many others. Being rich hardly means favoritism in the sense of avoiding justice.
Not just Twitter accounts either. Bloomberg reporting it:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-23/bankman-f...

No-paywall: https://archive.vn/0HWBA

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Her husband didn't directly advise, but his firm did.
Perhaps.

1. This is true if and only if the United States signs up, completely, for security of the entire European Continent. The armies of Germany, Poland, and Great Britain are just too small to do this (France isn't even worth mentioning)[1]. And, as the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan made painfully clear, the rest of NATO is unable to conduct air operations without direct support and coordination from the United States. There's a high cost to this, and we should go into it eyes wide open if this is the security responsibility we are assuming. To top it all off, the US Army is facing a serious recruiting crisis. We may need to consider a draft if we are going to shoulder the burden of securing all of Europe (again).

2. Aid to Ukraine is over $100B at this point, but I agree that there is some significant return on investment here if the aim was to degrade Russian military power via a proxy war. While we're sending some high-end stuff (HIMARS, rumors of MIM-104s) that would be useful in the pacific theater and are hard to replace, doing so has ground Russia down so bad that they're stuck in the defensive for the foreseeable future.

3. I don't really care about this. I'm interested in what makes sense for the security of the United States and what makes American citizens better off - economically or otherwise. It's like saying "murder is bad, we should punish murderers really hard so that other people don't murder". Sure, I agree.

4. I think this is mostly fantasy, or an insane game of chicken. If we're in Ukraine until the Kremlin collapses, that would catastrophically reduce security for an entire hemisphere because of the ensuing chaos a fractured and broken Russian Federation would represent. Many, mostly on the Left, seem to think this is actually a good idea but it isn't. I doubt this is actually the goal of the State Department, and since China isn't stupid they likely doubt it as well. So on balance, whatever the US does in Ukraine I'd judge to have very little impact to PLA's calculus on a Taiwan invasion.

[1] It is worth mentioning that Poland has plans to double the size of it's ground forces. But until this actually happens, this remains a plan and not existing combat power.
In Bahamas, there were stories of how awful the jail SBF was held is, but only one (iirc) managed to let out the kitty that he was held in infirmary, and not in the scary cells every story talked about.

One reason to stay within the law is that even due process can be a rather nasty experience, and generally to be avoided if possible. The threat of rape in US prisons is repeatedly referenced in "cultural products" coming out of LA. It is pretty odd when you think about it: systemic abuse is taking place and blockbuster films reference it and apparently the government doesn't care.

So sure, the bail is for preventing flight. It is not about justice. But ultimately the "justice system" is also not there to do "justice": it is ultimately there to insure societal stability and harmony. When a people get the sense that "the system" is stacked, and gives preferential treatment to special people, it undermines the very purpose of a justice system.

So tptacek, the justice people are talking about is simply the obvious this: If Joe Schmoe had pulled the scam of century, he would have had ample time to meet his cell mates in Bahamas in "scary prison", and, also get to know the fellows in cell block whatever over here, in the land of "sodomy in prison is a feature not a bug" USA.

That kind of justice.
I love this analogy and it’s the same one I use when people dismissively ask me why I do Morse code, shoot film (including large format), print in the darkroom, listen to reel to reel tape, etc.

It’s not that I’m a Luddite. I’m an audio/video-focused software engineer. It’s that the best hobbies aren’t necessarily practical.
Because it's a Web standard that Mozilla should pay attention to ?
I do passwordsafe on google drive. I feel google does a good job w security / main risk a computer I’m using getting compromised
Imperial Unit System
There are countless ways to defraud your employees.

Don’t pay their travel time. Don’t pay breaks. Make them work off the clock. Make them buy supplies. Steal their tips. Pay sub minimum wages to criminals the employer can maintain leverage over. Etc.
There were endless stories pouring out after 2008 of laws broken with wild disregard, you can't make that much money and then not just burst the bubble but send a tidal wave of destruction across the world without a serious crime spree.

Of course SBF should be prosecuted, but the fact no CEO was even charged after 2008 means there was something far more corrupt at play, it was politics, they feared the repercussions of inhibiting the profit makers, pension funds and retirement plans would have collapse.

SBF is "easy" because no repercussions.
The old 1Password, you could sync without cloud.
1632 by Eric Flint, it's a fascinating look into how modern infrastructure works by telling a story of a town transported from the year 2000 back to 1631 in the middle of the 30 years war in Germany.

It became a series, and I can read it over and over, noticing new things each time.
Even the Netflix documentary showed a short section on Ghosn's misuse of funds and not even on a large enough scale (Billions) to get such strong reaction by the Japanese justice system.

Plus I believe that any justice system that traces its roots on a past hierarchical system (ex: monarchy, dictatorship, communism) without any revolutions to change it is heavily biased & distorted from reality for other political inclinations.
I feel like AI chat has failed repeatedly to get any traction with users. Amazon have the most skin in the game by far and are dialing back their Alexa dreams. I mean, just look at the real world and how many formerly human interactions have been replaced by using forms on a 2D screen. It's just much more efficient than open-ended conversation.
> I don't like the framing of this article (though the facts it presents about how SBF's bail works are good). In particular these parts stuck out at me:

> > How, you may ask, does a dude who is so clearly impervious to reality, who had to be arrested in the Bahamas, and who is accused of billions of dollars in fraud, get out on bail? Fair question.

>Why shouldn't he get out on bail?? He hasn't been convicted of a crime. He's not posing an imminent risk to the community that requires keeping him locked up while he hasn't yet been proven to have done anything wrong.

The article is framed that way because it seems to be a fairly popular belief that whether you're granted or denied bail should be dependent on the severity of the crime you're accused of (ie. you're accused of stealing billions, then you should be denied bail). Of course, that's not how the bail system works, but I can understand why people might believe that. To an first approximation, that theory fits with casual observations of when bail is granted or denied. For instance, shoplifting isn't a very serious crime and bail is likely to be granted, but murder is a serious crime and bail is likely to be denied.
What? Getting a cut of transactions has nothing to do with advertisers. Are you saying apple forcing app payments through the App Store is about advertisers? Seems like you are trying to fit all scenarios to a predetermined narrative here.
Until 2020 TikTok was accessing device clipboards even when the app was running in the background [1].

Assuming the average user doesn't really ever 'close' apps, it means TikTok had access to everything a user copied/pasted on that device.

Assuming the CCP can access data on Chinese company servers, then it's fair to assume the CPP is in possession of all of the clipboard contents.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/26/21304228/tiktok-security-...
The Ubuntu file manager (disk partition manager after that failed)
I wonder if quadrigacx’s recent lost “cold wallet” movements are related:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34074858
Given the extent of the breach, it's prudent at this point to assume all passwords have been compromised.
How to Be a Good Chiseler: 20 Practical Tips

1. Chisel regularly.

2. Try to get something out of every chiseling project, even the most boring ones!

3. Don't get too attached to one chiseling technology, let alone to one chisel.

4. Be open to innovation and dialogue even with senior chiselers.

5. Learn chiseling from your colleagues and mentors.

6. Test your chiseling skills in charity projects.

7. Look what/how others have chiseled and give your comments.

8. Chisel cleanly.

9. Develop your good communication skills.

10. Learn best practices from other chiselers.

11. Learn how to estimate your chiseling time.

12. Be a good chiseler's team player.

13. Share your chiseling knowledge.

14. Try new approaches and chiseling techniques.

15. Ask questions about chiseling.

16. Try to understand the chiseling issue you encountered.

17. Learn from your chiseling mistakes to improve your chiseling skills.

18. Be the "some new blood" in chiseling.

19. Learn to anticipate the chiseling problems.

20. Never lose the joy of chiseling.
I like this idea. Have you tried setting this up on iOS?
Maybe related to the lastpass leaks lately?
Markets are just a tool.

They are not a god that we have to grovel to, and when markets start to allow things that are detrimental to the health and security of a country and her citizens then the government is absolutely in the right to step in as Sovereign and stop it.
Indeed! Not just the ice sheets but the knowledge that with glacial melt and catastrophic floods, I'd be underwater at the moment here in the Willamette Valley.
you've heard of game of life, right? They've already created computers in that even simpler cellular automata world. They've even recreated the game of life within game of life...
That’s the point the comment you’re replying to is making, just with more words.
FTX was incorporated in the Bahamas, and he was living there long before this all went down. If anything, many people including myself were surprised that he did not flee the Bahamas (which is quite cozy with the US) to a less extradition-friendly locale the moment the shit hit the fan.
Any time I've needed something other than make it's been a sign I need to refactor
Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. More annoyances.
How is that not an Apple/Google problem? In what world should that functionality be on by default without explicit user permission?
I’m actually pretty excited about that. I hate the dreaded unexpected end error.

gg
But sometimes N=0.
> Remote code execution like you describe would directly violate Apple's rules.

That doesn't mean much, given that total malware sneaks through Apple's review process a lot.
fixed and redirect to google images
> Did you know that there's a US customs & immigration + TSA counter at Abu Dhabi?! [...] [a]nd the aircraft will fly as a domestic flight into the domestic terminal of your destination in the US.

This is also the case when you fly out of Shannon airport[0]. Incidentally, if you're arriving at LAX, there's another way to "bypass" immigration & customs, but it'll cost you dearly[1].

[0] https://www.shannonairport.ie/passengers/at-the-airport/flyi...

[1] https://reserveps.com/
If I remember correctly, it has its roots in the RICO statutes which arose from FBI attempts to break up the mafia. The idea was to make it easier to prosecute people who did not actually pull the trigger but who were involved in planning and ordering of such crimes.

Now, a wiretap of a boss ordering a hit could result in the same sentence as the gunman.

Unfortunately it has been abused greatly, including drivers who never got out of the car sentenced to death for a 7/11 robbery gone bad, etc.

Further, as you can imagine, it gives the prosecution massive (many would say unfair) leverage over associates to a crime, given that they could face the same, full sentence if they don't cooperate. It's a major reason behind the enormous percentage of criminal charges not going to trial.
That assertion should be accepted even if you store your password offline.
Serious question: Would you like to increase the systems overreach by incarcerating people which can post a reasonable bond, but therefore make the system more fair?

People who have nothing have nothing to loose when dodging bond. Rich people have something to loose, so they can held by posting a bond. There's a tradeoff between making the system fair (nobody gets out of jail) and making the system as lenient as possible (people who can post bond get out - but be aware that quite a few innocent people await trial, which would then be jailed as well).
Does that mean Windows is banned?
Just to clarify, when the checkbox is checked the label is "Not Urgent" and the message is considered urgent. When it is unchecked the label becomes "Urgent" and the message is not considered urgent.
I dunno if there's actually a constitutional way for the US to stop it. They can probably make it hard/impossible for TikTok/Bytedance to make money in the US, but banning the app itself is out of the question, unless Apple/Google decide to remove it of their own volition
Getting a seat on the NYC subway? Lol.
There are plenty of criminals out on bail right now. And plenty of them will get arrested again commiting yet another crime while on bail.
We do not trust the average student, however access to universities in the US is less gated on ability or achievement than most of the nations you're going to be comparing it to.
On the other hand, Tarn was clearly inspired by Tolkien. It is just the nature of humans, we can’t be contemporaries of all of those who inspire us. At some point our work must end, and our works become part of the foundation for the next generation.

Actually that could be a fun thing to play with. Imagine elves that live hundreds or thousands of years, but generally experience the world at the same rate as humans. They might have the same appetite for novelty and new ideas that we do; their culture might sort of “run” just as fast as ours. But when the next generation of artist comes up, their idols are still there, fully in their prime as competition.
Republicans lowered taxes for the rich under Trump.
wasn’t he already living in the bahamas? kind of a stretch to say he fled there.
Ban Facebook too.
You are right. The amounts lost in FTX are also around the ballpark of Madoff's amounts, after inflation.
It is obviously ruinous for anyone foolish enough to still publish content that survives on ads, donation, or upselling other products now. But perhaps that’s not the worst unintended consequence.

Beyond certain income we like to contribute, help and teach not to profit financially but because we like to feel helpful and to matter to other humans. Now everything you publish goes into a smart black box and others go to that box for answers. Why write in the open if you write for a black box?

Unless there is a mechanism to opt out (or even in), we may see much less information shared.
In programming, as in life, we balance requirements, optimize for some things, and compromise on others.

I will assume that when you say "effeciency" you mean "clock cycles, and ram required, to perform a process".

So let's start by saying that probably all code could be improved to go faster and/or use less ram. Given enough time most things can be "improved".

But there's a price to be paid. Most code starts as "easy to read", but least performant. Performance is improved, usually at the cost of readability, until its "fast enough".

Readability impacts future maintainability, code thats hard to read may contain bugs (especially for edge cases) and may introduce security flaws.

I've worked on libraries, making them highly performant, but the code inevitably becomes more opaque. For a library the trade off is worth it.

For that sales report, that runs once a month, and takes 10 minutes, but could likely easily be optimised to run in 2 minutes, the trade off is less obvious. Keeping the report easy-to-maintain is a valuable long-term benefit.

Computers are not the only clock-cycles to measure. Developers also have limited time, and time spent doing one thing is time not spent elsewhere. Sure I can spend my time making something happen in 1 tenth of a second, instead of 2,but if the difference is not human perceptible, what's the point?

Incidentally this question is usually paired with "is software more bloated", and it is, primarily because there are more users who want to do more things. Hard drive space is cheap. Making programs "small" is very expensive.

So yeah, compromises. In time, space and money.
Also a happy miniflux holster. On Android I use Miniflutt [0] as a client, mainly for the mark as read on scroll feature. Any fever API compatible app will work, though.

0 https://github.com/DocMarty84/miniflutt
Like seat belts, prescription medication, drugs, background checks on firearms.
Taxes

The government purpose is to make the citizens life better throw away unqualified statements of “nanny state” is just close to barbarism
Yes for me. On my iPad, using the Pass - Password Store app.
Movie theater plots like putting a CEO Nissan into a shipping container so he can flee prosecution in Japan? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57760993

When you've got personal wealth in the hundreds of millions, yeah, "hollywood plots" are indeed a concern.
Gelatinous Robots Developed to Crawl Through Body to Deliver Payloads, Diagnose
One more vote for feedly from me! One of the few online subscriptions I don't mind at all paying for. I especially like the ability to auto-generate email addresses for newsletters to "turn them into" RSS feeds within feedly.
I have and it's fantastic:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pass-password-store/id12058205...