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> A sobering reminder that the negative effects of recreational drugs last long after the hangover. I’m seeing an alarming trend of young people reading “harm reduction” material online and assuming they know the full picture of the risks of drug use.

I don't think that's ever been in question. Harm reduction isn't some utopian ideal that safe drug use == nobody ever suffers long-term negative effects.

Conquering those demons takes a lot of time, introspection, and often outside help. Harm reduction is about making sure you live long enough to hopefully get there.
This is an example of my worst nightmare realised. I stick with my current job, which is just an okay job (I'm neither happy nor unhappy), because I'm convinced I couldn't get another. Unlike the author, I have a uni education (up to PhD) but my background is weird compared most folks in my field and also the stack at my current job is quite unusual, too. Together, these mean I don't tick the boxes for most job ads in my field, but I actually perform well in my current role. The only reason I have that role, though, is because I bypassed the usual hiring route into the company and someone was willing to take a chance on me.

My primary goal at my current job is to build up experience with common tools in my domain wherever possible in an effort to make my more employable in the future and to make my résumé a bit less weird.
https://rpep.dev

Just started it really, trying to start writing as I miss it a bit from working in academia.

I used Hugo to generate it and host it on GitHub Pages with a custom domain. I need to make some tweaks to the template I used but not really had time!
> It's hard to find the motivation to push yourself at work, because in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter jack shit.

This is it. You’re trading your time for money, so the company can make more money. That’s it.
> Note: Guest Post

That aside, this doesn’t feel authentic. Issuing a flag.
the car can be connected and still have manual controls...it's not like the touchscreen is required for internet.
No, but because the author thinks she is the problem with intense suffering, even after describing a massive amount of knowledge, practical experience and teamwork abilities. The recruiting process is rotten, that's for sure but it's concerning she's judging herself so harshly.

Maybe $parent was a bit harsh.. let's say she needs a lot more friendly support to get her mind out of this pit.
Generally, it only tends to come up in any area where the market seems to be failing consumers. This is interpreted as an externality that the market doesn't account for (in this case consumer safety, in the case of USB-C charging e-waste), which regulations are then introduced to correct for.
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1041720/great-books...
In the decade or so that I’ve used it, it’s pretty much always done exactly what I’ve needed it to with no negative side effects. What else am I supposed to want out of it?
You do know that Touch Screen got included in Cars due to government regulations right? The government mandated Backup Camera's and once you had to put in a screen to serve as display for the backup camera then it only makes since to use that screen for more and more things

This is yet another unintended consequence of government regulations, where by now people want to use government regulation to "fix" the problems the regulation caused in the first place, which will cause even more problems as regulation always does

>>"to the market" is always a race to the bottom

Absolutely false, the market more than anything in human society has driven more wealth, and higher standards of living. If it incredibly ignorant to say the market is a "race the to bottom" backed by ZERO data or facts
I empathize with this. I'm also a bad software developer and it goes beyond not being able to solve Leetcode. I can't recite programming patterns off the top of my head, my problem solving ability isn't really there, I look at open source code and have no idea where I would begin to contribute to that or how someone even begins to make something like that. But somehow I manage at work. Bugs get fixed even though I have no idea how. Projects get delivered even though the whole scope of the work escapes me. Generally feel like I'm failing up at my job.
Aren't they already illegal? (ref to the infamous Jobs/Google email chain).
:q, if you didn’t make a change, is even shorter.
For how long are you doing that? I'm skeptical that could be healthy as you would be missing a lot of essential nutrients like fiber, vitamins, minerals. Also the palm oi in the proteins bar being the only source of fat will imbalance your lipids. Concentrated whey protein powder (without added carbs) are cheaper and better than protein bars though it still is a supplement and not a replacement for real food. But you can mix it with oats, nuts, chia, fruits to improve taste and nutrition.
Unfortunately surly judges also do things like impose a trial tax for daring not to take a plea deal. The legal system gets to play Calvinball.
How to create a Spotify-like recap video for 30K users
You don't even need CGI. Just write your programs to tail the webserver access log file and generate the appropriate pages/changes. :) I'm not making fun. I actually do this to implement my comment system.
To add on that: digital tech in cars is god awful and ages very poorly.

Entering some top end cars like the newest S class and even more the electric counterparts seems like entering a night club filled with tablets[1]

https://www.carbibles.com/uploads/2021/04/15/laser.jpg?auto=...
> Checking a calendar is distracted driving and should be illegal.

Tesla vehicles, as well as iOS and Android car UIs, have functionality for navigating to the next appointment in your calendar, if the appointment has a physical address. For a lot of folks, e.g., salespeople and service crews, this is a godsend.
Can you elaborate? I am failing to understand this sentence, what is the guests function? Also what is O(n²) about permutations? Calculating their number should be faster than that, enumerating them slower.
"that could be a coincidence" is a qualifier that includes the points you brought up.

A friend of my 2nd cousin smoked a joint from the same stash and no such effect so it's clearly a combination of marijuana and the individual. Unfortunately such experiments are hardly repeatable in a clinical setting, he's not the only one, it's happened to number of people. One of the other mothers was collecting stories to try to turn into a book, give me a minute and I'll try to find it.

Edit: it may take me a while to find it, I think it ended up getting published but it wasn’t something I paid much attention to. I’ve only met my second cousin and his family once and a very long time ago.
You can make it an alias. No need to type it every time!
Which thoughtful comments? “Well duh”? Are there any comments looking critically at the original study or are they all just using the headline to confirm their biases?
The problem is that distinction isn’t made clear in the actual law - which is again - why meta is far from alone here even in the gaming space itself. It’s on the EU to clarify compliance here otherwise we will continue to have stories pop up like this.
Nixon declared the War on Drugs in 1971.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/war-on-drugs
It's strange that in this era of data analytics and 'objective' engineering shops .. the only process that seems acceptable is good old word of mouth.
This is a mostly theoretical argument in my experience. It's quite easy to close the things that you need to close (if there are very many, something is wrong).

RAII can improve "scripting" speed when putting a lot of automatic variables on the stack. However, a lot of those variables need to be moved to the heap when proofing out the code, and that consolidation isn't going well because RAII doesn't work with generic code (void-pointers, memcpy etc). You need to go all-in with RAII containers. Which causes a lot of boilerplate and increases compilation times.
There are already manufacturers, including luxury German ones, using capacitive touchscreen-like buttons on steering wheels. Ugh.
Kubeshark PCAP Export/Import
I'm generally in favor of drug legalization and/or decriminalization, but I'd draw a line at meth. There is a reason for the "Meth, not even once" PSAs and memes. The drug is really just that addictive that it can ruin people's lives by getting them hooked after just one session.

Even if you disagree with my stance, I think it would be a grave mistake to not acknowledge that different drugs have different capacities for harm, and the fact is that the addictive nature of meth makes its harm potential astronomical.
Back in the day I did a long cross country trip with a Garmin 60CSx hiking GPS, held in my right hand, which I was also shifting with. I didn't use it for turn by turn navigation (not a fan, especially for road trips), but rather a detailed map with a live "you are here" indicator. To look at it, I held the unit halfway up and glanced down when I could naturally spare the attention. For input, I pushed the buttons without looking, since I could predict the unit's states (push button X to zoom out, push button Y 3 times to get from map screen to statistics screen, etc). It even had text input, in the form you'd probably grimace at (alphabetically-ordered grid of letters, move using arrow buttons, select using enter button), which I believe I did while driving with no problem (it took quite a while to enter anything, of course). Due to the predictable input states and physical buttons that I never had to consciously locate (same position in my hand), it never felt like it affected my OODA loop or otherwise stole my attention.
Like the iPhone for example? Or maybe the Porsche 911 GT3 RS? Markets have a lot of segments. Government should regulate the minimum absolute necessity. Like seatbelts... who were ironically a market invention/idea first.
If we emulate the big kids, and only commit to do periodic compliance reporting only of what we can, when we can-- then we don't have to worry so much about stepping on the wrong toes.

I'd guess in-house counsel could handle the day-to-day of this, looping in leadership when appropriate.

That home government might also be a resource (not an adversary), such as if a difficult request comes from another government, and advice or diplomatic assistance is needed.

No $5 wrenches nor soiled drawers necessary. No making assurances that you can't keep.
> The process is stupid-simple and takes a matter of hours, any idiot could do it, and the difference it makes in effects (racemic vs optically-pure D-Amphetamine vs D-Methamphetamine) is obscene

(My organic chemistry is very rusty, and my knowledge of amphetamines is non-existant.)

I'm assuming from what you wrote that the D- enantiomer is one you want. What does the L- enantiomer do, if anything?
The only bad or misleading typedef is one that conceals that a type is a pointer or reference, and therefore implicitly converts to another type.

Technically, int32_t is bad in that way, but we are not fooled by it.
Looking at the repo, hypfer does seem like kind of an asshat.
(English) Common Law gives judges a wide latitude to decide, and in effect make law, as was the case with Roe v. Wade, in a way (Roman) Civil Law jurisdiction don't allow. Sometimes this goes in a liberal direction, sometimes the other way.

I would not assume anything about warrant canaries, and would expect the FBI et al to get the judge who gave them a gag order to also issue a warrant canary falsification order at the same time. Most organizations would not have the werewithal to resist, or the fortitude of a Judy Miller or James Risen and their willingness to go to jail rather than reveal their sources (yes, I know Judy Miller is a warmongering sorry excuse for a journalist, but her stand in this respect is admirable).
Yeah, but it's possible to quickly type the next command (that you would after exiting vim) as the encryption key.

That said, given that neovim doesn't have this feature at all makes it less of an issue to me.
Also, worrying about not beeing able to achieve mindulness (no matter the practice itself) delivers mental issues.
I don't think C-x C-s + C-x C-q is any easier.
Yeah it is a very nice technology, and also working on a higher level than embedded C/C++ allows for a faster development cycle, not having to worry that much about handling memory manually (albeit incurring in a much higher usage, that's true)
It’s the central tension we always had. Can you do enough your way, and as you grow, your teams way while still making money. Hackers have an ethos and working for big corporate behemoths often means compromising that ethos. I feel we did, and still do, a good job. You can get rid of so much red tape, focus on quality, have a really fun culture etc. and if you hire pragmatic folks who accept they get all of that in return for doing the make money part of consulting it can be a ton of fun and very rewarding. But the owners and managers in the business are always balancing it.
> even though I'm a terminal user ... I really like the discoverability of GUIs, and that's where a good GUI is unbeatable by CLI.

CLI has poor discoverability? Sure; but even on the terminal, discoverability can still be good:

A couple of nice examples of discoverability in keyboard-focused programs:

- emacs' which-key[0]; there's a vim port[1] too. This shows you (some) of the available keybindings for the next input, and a short label. So you don't have to remember what `SPC h p ...` or all the options under `SPC f...`.. but it still helps to recall that `SPC h` is for 'help' related commands, `SPC f` for file related commands.

- emacs' magit[2][3]. Magit is so good at discoverability, that I'd rate it as the best tool for using git with. I've learned more about git from using it.

[0] https://github.com/justbur/emacs-which-key

[1] https://github.com/liuchengxu/vim-which-key

[2] https://magit.vc/

[3] https://emacsair.me/2017/09/01/magit-walk-through/
Sorry, unnamed AND unmodified. My bad.

And actual advantage here is that `ZZ` can be your "quietly quit anything" key. It'll close quickfix, locationlist, previewwindow, etc without complaining.
I listened to https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-69-fediverse-foll... and I wonder what makes you say he's "an alt-right dude". He's a free speech advocate, but at the same time he thinks that the one of the great things about the fediverse is that instances can block each other to shut off speech that they don't find acceptable. He's a vegan that classifies himself as a libtard.
When I went on a Modern C++ bender a year or two ago I went with Stroustrup's A Tour of C++ (2nd edition when I bought it, 3rd is out now). It was a good read, covered a lot of details quickly. The rest of my re-learning was using cppreference and reading through the list of standard types and functions/methods on them, trying to translate old (clunky, often subtly broken) C++03 code into modern C++.

https://www.stroustrup.com/tour3.html

https://en.cppreference.com/w/
They should in this case, this involves road and public safety.
>>in this case consumer safety

Ironic since safety laws is what put the screens in the cars in the first place, the regulation requiring backup camera's which required large screen to show the picture.

>>in the case of USB-C charging e-waste

lol, yea that is not the reason for USB-C regulation, nor was that needed at all, and that will handicap either the EU or global innovation. What ever comes next to replace USB-C either now will never be made and will be stuck (I hope not, because USB-C is terrible) or the EU will be left behind has the rest of the world moves on to the better thing
"Stop enjoying things I don't like, that's bad. I'm going to go out of my way to create alt accounts to 'hide from being harassed' while doing the harassing!"

Nobody cares what you think. Everyone knows your beliefs are impotent by the need to generate a throwaway.
Technically? Probably not very.
An open API/architecture would make a lot of sense, would drive down prices for the consumers etc.

I guess they are more afraid of the political consequences since only one "entity" can hold the global AATag data:
Killing off their Android partners business (Samsung et al.), beeing accused you acquiring/building yet another data pool -> Potential Anti Trust issues.

Potentially they could work around some of those issues by creating some kind of non-profit and independent 501c (is that the correct US term?) organization that holds the data and endows it with enough money that it can stay independent.

But does Google want this kind of headache and spend the money?
Yes, but if I :q and it complains that the file was modified, and I decide that the change is worthwhile, :wq and :x are equivalent, since :x is only different when the file isn’t modified.

You may argue that :x is shorter, but one thing is character count and another is muscle memory distance because of mnemonic similarity between :q and :wq.
A good software interface must be discoverable by the user. I imply here that hardly anyone knows about ZZ because of improper design, which explains why it's not generally mentioned in tutorials.

Compare vim or its clones with any KDE application, which always has keybindings shown in menus, and always a complete list of rebindable keybindings in the settings menu.
It claims to be a guest post, but it honestly reads very much like a fictional story carefully written to emphasize the importance of her books and services, while also maximizing engagement/outrage. The character doesn't seem super plausible either in terms of the history or in terms of how they respond to failures.

Edit: Actually looks like it's a very old story instead, which made it seem implausible in modern context:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34289608
Not in a refinery, or you have to buy weird/expensive non-sparking hammers and wedges. Aluminum bronze wedges are commercially available but the liability insurance is incredible so you're better off cutting your own (its a wedge, not a rocket engine...). It ends up being cheaper to use the expansive grout.
My Audi has a knob which I can rotate in order to navigate through the menus without taking my eyes off the street. It also has a touch screen, but I only use it when standing still.
Wish SEPA would adopt this + QR code standard. Bank transfers are ubiquitous around EU, but typing in bank account numbers is a PITA.
> I really don’t understand eating vegetarian, presumably for well-being, and then making fake “meat” food science experiments a major part of your diet.

Okay, thanks for the data point. Have you done anything to try to understand it? Talked to people who do this and ask them about it, for example?
> The point is your opinion is concordant with every other poster in this thread, aka hivemind

By this logic isn't everyone who is pro-touchscreens also a hivemind?

> Nobody is asking whether some people are fine with touchscreens in cars and why that might be the case.

Many people are demonstrably bad drivers who are over-confident in their ability and down-play the risk of distractions. When drunk driving was made illegal, people were furious and insisted they were fine to drive drunk and that it was perfectly safe: https://youtu.be/W_tqQYmgMQg

Touchscreens, while convenient and extensible, are demonstrably inferior to static physical controls for saftey-critical contexts.
Surgical Tape. I read Breath by James Nestor[1]. One of the suggestions is to put a one inch tape over your mouth during the night. It prevents mouth breathing and reduce instances of sleep apnea. I tried it; I start feeling refreshed after 3 days. You can give it a try, surgical tape is like $5USD.

1. Point 20 - https://www.chestergrant.com/summary-breath-by-james-nestor
True, but you are saying that with more awareness than many young people have when they are first looking into it. The brain tends to assume "risk reduction" means "risk approaches zero" and thus negligeable risk.
If we want to use cultural object then sure but saying ritual object implies something.

Suggesting the Kaaba in Mecca is the same category of thing as a giant ball of yarn roadside attraction misses a great deal of context.

Similarly the Supreme Court isn’t really different than any other aspect of government. They have their rituals, but the court had no problem adapting to COVID restrictions and having everyone work remotely.
Well interestingly we do the same with every other human on the planet. I basically assume that because I know I’m conscious and you and everyone else are the same chemical design as me, and because you act the same as me, then I just assume you too are conscious. But I have know direct way of proving that. It’s 100% speculation.

It’s entirely possible that you are just acting like a conscious being would act but there is no actual subjective experience inside you.
It is hidden because you have to "examine" somewhere else before you know. But it doesn't matter, because you don't need to know unless it is subject to invisible implicit conversions. What might you do differently, having "examined" the typedef?
I really hate autosave. I like using saving like a checkpoint where i have the ultimate undo button by ditching the unsaved changes.

Second, in a large Excel file, the auto save is constantly slowing me down because there’s a slight hang after every cell change.
I am not sure that an economy where everyone is creating tiktok content can support those type of services either.

It also has not been proven that we, as humans, are able to "scale up" as you say in a sustainable manner.
BSWA focuses the 'early Buddhist texts' https://bswa.org

Their YT is great https://youtube.com/@BuddhistSocietyWA

Related is https://suttacentral.net
> So, in addition to mandatory physical controls for common functions, my imaginary EU legislation would also prescribe that all essential vehicle information (speed, outside light status, fuel level) has a physical representation (lights, dials, etc., in the sense that there is nothing that could be described as 'software' driving these).

We're way past that. All (to a rounding error) modern analogue dials are also controlled by software via the ECU. This has been true for decades now.

Few cars even have a mechanical throttle linkage anymore.
> How else would you explain such a discrepancy?

Stage fright.

Even the great ones can experience stage fright: https://www.hollywood.com/general/barbra-streisand-blames-27...
This somewhat mirrors my own development.

I started in C, and am still in it for systems/OS development at work.

In UI development, we had older C toolkits, but are replacing them with newer toolkits that are C++. I started off trying to just do C business logic with some C++ glue code for the UI. Sticking to what's familiar. In the end, it was just easier to do everything properly. All C in areas that are C. All C++ in areas that are C++. Same with C#. Trying to mix them is just more work than necessary.

At least I get to add C++ to my resume. There is a little joke at work, w.r.t. our existing codebases and code choices. They are career-driven choices, not technical choices. The result is a mess of a codebase, but I'm fully embracing that now.
There's plenty of compelled speech in a commercial context. Just one example: look at your bottle of milk. It probably says "made with milk from cowsnot treated with rBST hormone", but the FDA also compels them to say effectively "not that there is anything wrong with rBST".
Trail that led to Idaho quadruple murder suspect