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Its standard practice with insurgents and paramilitaries like FARC and the CIA drone squads in the oughties. One strike to hurt people and light fires, another a few minutes later to kill the first responders.
Colin Nelly’s best point might be his vocabulary, I feel like most decemberist songs hinge on a slightly rare but perfectly selected word.
Heat-loving lightweight superalloy promises higher turbine efficiency
If you follow the links, most of the complaints stem from the Microsoft Windows implementation of the C Standard.
NES Game Genie disassembly
Okay, but when you hire a few hundred thousand people into a booming industry and promise them unprecedented compensation, you’ll probably end up with at least a couple oranges in there. Maybe even a lot.

Can we offer them some understanding and sympathy?
; make noise (TODO: what kind of?)

https://www.somethingawful.com/flash-tub/game-genie-music/ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5tiMw8VOgs&list=PLKq-qvtaix...
I hope the recovered debris does not have the message: "Hello Earthlings, we come in peace!"
> We don't have the space to incorporate a city, or urbanized living, within this small village of a community that we have," says Julie Lee, president of a neighborhood civic association and founding member of Arlingtonians for Upzoning Transparency, a group fighting the plan.

Comments to these zoning fights are full of gems like this. Arlington is about the size of Buffalo NY and 50% denser. It hasn’t been anything other than urban in my lifetime. Maybe this lady is 90 years old who knows.
No the students did receive aid and they probably received more aid than they would at almost any other school in the country. Of course there are cheaper sticker price options like in-state public universities, but specifically talking about the aid, it is quite good at elite schools. If people want to be mad about kids getting ripped off they should be mad at mediocre private U that has the same sticker price with a worse product and substantially worse aid packages.

Anyway the claim in the lawsuit about lost money is really just theoretical - most of the top schools collaborate in developing methods to determine how much aid a student should receive. The lawsuit is claiming that if the top schools could not "collude" on aid, students would have gotten more of it.

However I think that is a massive assumption that is not going to play out the way they would like. These schools reject 100s of qualified people every year that would gladly take a spot with current aid packages. There might be an occasional superstar that schools do compete over, but your average small town middle class 1600 SAT kid is super fucking replaceable.

Hell I could see aid being lower if schools didn't "collude", because being part of this need blind consortium is good PR. The lesser schools that give lesser aid are the ones that supposedly don't collude.

Legally it will be an interesting case though - the reason these schools are allowed to work together on aid package formulas is because they practice need blind admissions, which really only the top unis do. The lawsuit argues that admissions is not actually need blind, because of preferential admission for wealthy donors and some other admissions dynamics that are more common and inadvertently factor in wealth.

That makes this discovery highly relevant to the case, and while I think need blind status will be ultimately upheld, I'm sure the schools don't want the info getting out.

Interestingly, the initial lawsuit is based purely on public info and a handful of salty (unclear why) students. There isn't private info about people's aid packages or anything like that supporting it as far as I can find. I suspect the people suing realized they had an argument the schools weren't actually need blind, and that is what they actually wanted to challenge, so they dug up an argument about supposed low ball aid packages because the need blind schools form an aid consortium.

A lot of the articles about the lawsuit have left out critical details about what is actually being claimed, the claims make no sense until you realize this is actually about challenging need blind status. Here is an article that does touch on the key issues: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/us/financial-aid-lawsuit-...
Not much has changed, no worries.
It's not discrimination because everyone has to pay the price tag. Equality is about equal opportunities, not equal outcomes.

That said, commercial open source software by and large fail because the primary reason people want open source software is because they all tend to be free-as-in-beer. Nobody truly cares about libre and cooperation and auditing, it's all about the monies.

Don't believe me? The first thing nearly all large-scale FOSS deployments tout is how much they will save in Windows and Office licenses.
The point is acknowledging sensible prohibitions on, for example, the sale of alcohol to minors can be measurably and beneficially effective, and abandoning all attempts to crack down on vice because "prohibition never works" is misguided.
Wrong. Those models require tuning for every observation with extremely fragile parameters to get correct with LCDM, if you assume that LCDM particles are particulate and have individual momenta; in other words given the variation in momentum and density that we see in galaxies as a whole the odds that every single galaxy have exactly the right parameters to make the basic galactic curves work out is extremely low, and it's worse once you take into account stuff EFE
NOTAM: Montana airspace temporarily restricted for national defense purposes
I definitely agree with the overall idea of this post, but I realize it's not for everyone. For some, the last thing they want to do at the end of a work day is fire up their personal machine and dig into... more code. (Especially so when there are numerous family obligations to take care of).

That said, I've managed to find some time for a side project[1] as of late, primarily because I wanted to experiment with other technologies that I don't get to utilize in my day-to-day -- I'm write web apps using React / NodeJs.

For my side project... it was more of the same. But this time, I wanted to play around with NextJS. And I had never used IndexedDB (or even much with local storage).

So, it's been a really fun playground to experiment and learn. Even more so when other people are using it and having fun with it as well! And, I've even been able to take some learnings back to my day job, so that's neat, too.

[1] https://tinybots.net/artbot
I think your argument goes off the rails when it jumps from "you don't need any particular sense modality to know" to "you don't need any percepts, or experience of reality or simulated unreality to know". That's a big leap, and I can't disagree more.

> For an entity "to know" it means it has a model it can use to make predictions.

Great, every PID controller, every jupyter notebook or excel spreadsheet with a linear regression model, every count-down timer can make predictions and therefore "know" under this definition. But perhaps there's a broader class of things that "make predictions". Down this path lies panpsychism. When I throw a rock, its velocity in the x direction at time t is a great "predictor" of its velocity in the x direction at time t+delta, etc, etc. And maybe there's nothing inconsistent or fundamentally wrong with saying that every part of the physical universe "knows" at least something insofar as it participates in predicting or computing the future. But I think by so over-broadening the concept of knowing, it becomes useless, and impossible to make distinctions that matter.
For the second time a Russian spacecraft docked with the ISS has sprung a leak
The days of 99p tickets on Megabus are gone, but booking ahead it's still just £6.88 from London to Manchester on Megabus. Mind you, Ryanair will fly you from London to Venice for £9.99.
I would argue that using your own product and talking to your customers is the only way to make good and useful products. Telemetry may have a good use case (although I struggle to find one), but it isn't a substitute for dogfooding and direct customer interaction.
> […] and US may have offered to shoot it down with Canada’s permission since we probably have some new patrols in the area since Friday’s ballon

The US was monitoring it on Friday:

> A statement from Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the object shot down on Saturday was first noticed over Alaska on Friday evening. Two F-22 fighter jets “monitored the object” with the help of the Alaska Air National Guard, Ryder’s statement said, “tracking it closely and taking time to characterize the nature of the object.”

* https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/norad-additional-obj...

However:

> Defence Minister Anita Anand said in a news conference the "small, cylindrical object" was about 40,000 feet above ground and downed — due to possible risks to civilian aviation — at around 3:40 p.m. ET about 100 miles from the U.S. border in central Yukon.

> A senior government source with direct knowledge of the situation told CBC News that the Canadian government was first alerted to the object Friday night when it was still travelling through Alaska.

> The source added the object crossed into Yukon on Saturday morning and Trudeau ordered the shoot down by whichever country arrived at it first.

* https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norad-monitoring-airborne-o...

So it looks like the US 'took too long' to decide to shoot it down, and once it crossed the border Canada had final authorization. The US jets just happened to be closer (CA jets were scrambled as well).
It looks cool!
It seems quite overwhelming and daunting to me
Sure, 43% seems popular. Until you compare it to 55%.

> And Bernie is a great example because identity politics was specifically used against him; his supporters were derided as mostly white male "Bernie Bros".

Really? I thought "Bernie Bros" were deemed the 'working class' as proclaimed by Bernie style 'Socialists' that model their economic ideals based on a fictional EU. This seems like it's rewriting history.

> Sounds like exactly what GP was talking about: steering conversations to race and sex to avoid talking about economic inequality.

Sure, which is what you did, on your own, through your own comment, I talked about popularity, you're in some weird area where you are vaguely on the same topic as I am but pretending like it is towards the point.

Bernie had no shot. Both times. If he runs again in 2024, which will be hilarious if he does, it will simply be to raise money for the DNC, just like he did the last 2 times. No refunds. Look at that, did not mention a single demographic other than 'he' in these short 2 sentences, maybe you're onto something with 'Bernie Bros'.
> Is admitting the most capable students unfair?

Grades and standardized test scores might be one of the least interesting and almost definitely one of the less effective ways to classify the “most capable” students.

If I’m optimizing for students who do cool stuff, force marching them into relatively banal optimization tasks is counterproductive.
“Huh. Management isn’t going to like this,” said the data scientist. “Tell you what, let’s just agree it’s an outlier, and delete it. I’ve got tickets to close and the sprint ends tomorrow, I don’t have time for this.”
Too clever by half
To build in the brewing part, before it was replaced by hops, it was the plant that gave its name "Bilsenkraut" to the city of Pilsen. So not just occasionally used, but significant enough that places where named for it
Does anyone know how this library maintains geometric robustness in the face of rounding errors? E.g. if you rotate a unit square by 45 degrees (giving irrational coordinates), then rotate it back and subtract it from the original, you are left with exactly nothing?
You seriously misunderstand how hard it is to have sex reassignment surgery.

Even in states where beginning an HRT regimen is based on informed consent, there are many steps one must go through before having this procedure done. Multiple letters of recommendation from licensed therapists and having been on hormones for years. Not to mention the exorbitant costs even with insurance.

Your suggestion that one could Uber to another city and have SRS performed is a gross mischaracterization of the reality trans people face.
Most of Microsoft outside of Azure/Cloud is not a "tougher place." Whole lotta chill, 15 hour/week people, and WLB over there.
Before you posted this, did you ask yourself what evidence might be used to counter your argument, as a way strengthen your position? If you were correct in your analysis, what evidence do you have as proof?
Please explain then. How in the hell is:

> The first sentence simply isn't true. Vigorous law enforcement can substantially curtail illegal drug trafficking, for example. Singapore does not have a fentanyl abuse problem. They also hang drug traffickers.

An acknowledgment that “sensible prohibition” such as controlling the sale of alcohol to minors can be effective? Unless you consider hanging 18 years olds who have a few drinks “sensible prohibition”.
Mine was also suspended the same day as yours. Haven’t tweeted in 5 years. Same reason. Have a secure password, and no evidence of a getting hacked. Submitted an appeal.
I didn’t think universities were excepted from anti trust laws. Do you have any idea why this was permitted?
> anxiety is something you have

First, everybody is capable of anxiety and that's normal and to be expected in the current climate.

> a scale up that leaned woke [...] When layoffs happened, it was basically an all out mental health crisis, with everyone feeding into everyone else's anxiety.

Second, having an anxiety disorder is not a moral or behavioral failure and I don't see necessarily how it could be correlated to "wokeness".

> When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out because that's what an orange is made off. If extreme anxiety comes out when you are squeezed, it was there all along.

Again, this analogy doesn't make sense. It's totally normal for oranges to be full of orange juice. It would be weird if something else (or no thing at all) came out... Same with anxiety - it's normal for people to be stressed out in a stressful situation. It's not necessarily healthy, but should be expected.

Otoh, having an anxiety disorder is not a normal psychological state, but that's something that shows up all the time, not just when you're "squeezed".
Does it need the math co-processor or a turbo button?
My mother used to say that all the time!
I guess the ace in their sleeve is that "harass and embarrass" rhymes. It sticks in your mind and will draw your attention every time you see or hear it being used. That's an easy 10x multiplier to the strength of the argument :).
Yes it is small, but you want to incentivize that, because someone smart enough will make it happen. Or you can be smart enough to do both.
The rage I've seen against this change in the Palo Alto nextdoor makes me convinced it's a great move.
Sadly, this actually isn’t true, and can cause some dangling/use-after-free issues. An empty string_view has a length of zero, but it’s representation might contain a null/non-null pointer + zero or two pointers that “compare equal”. I put compare equal in quotes because pedantically, after delete/free are called, they will not be required to compare equal.
I hate how that's phrased. No one is ending single-family housing. They're legalizing multi-resident housing.
Is it understanding or indulgence?
Somewhat off topic, but I wonder why anyone still thinks it's a great idea of make NOTAMs into legal documents while forbidding any sort of markup or formatting that would make them even slightly easier to read, especially if you're busy trying a fly an aircraft.

Edit: I do know about the legacy transmission hardware. But it might be a good idea to make the NOTAMs a little shorter and more succinct, instead of filling them up with legalese which drastically lowers the signal:noise ratio.
They should doubt, as all scientists should. People like to talk about dark matter versus MOND like it's two sides in war with one another. But I don't think that's the way most scientists view it (or rather should view it). They would be happy if there was clear evidence one way or the other and they could learn more about the universe one way or the other and they could move on to other mysteries.
The issue with TDD is not about whether it's a requirement or not.

It's more about what tests you write, when to write and how to write it in the most efficient way as possible.
Must there be some token sympathy shown in any sort of analysis on this topic? Anyways

> promise them unprecedented compensation

They were promised and received uncompensated compensation. No promises of indefinite employment were ever given, and it’s a bit naive to assume boom times never end. I think it’s fair to make this point too, even if on an individual level I sympathize with pretty much anyone that loses their job.
Obese and malnourished at the same time! A great system indeed!

The problems in ensuring access to fresh food in some urban areas (and rural areas too!) is well-documented (ok, food access in rural areas is less well-documented). It's much cheaper to buy sugar water than milk or eggs. You have to know that by now, right? My child receives snacks at a public school through an after school program that serves children of various socioeconomic levels. It's utter bottom-of-the-barrel commodity crap food, though "healthier" than Doritos or Takis.

In one of the poorer areas of my big US metropolis, the last grocery store is going to close, leaving thousands with no grocery store accessible by public transit.

What I find interesting is that I traveled recently to a rural area that produces at ton of big-ag commodity foods, and the food there was s(*& as well. Couldn't find anything fresh, certainly couldn't find anything local, as all they grow are soybeans and corn, acres and acres. No farmer's market, all the store produce shipped in and poor quality. Folks were not slender there, no surprise when work is riding that tractor for 11 hours and food is all from a box.

Someone above commented that the real game is inserting a private company between gov't and citizen to filter out the money and deliver crap. It sure feels that way.
What if the more difficult to explain parts of the UAP phenomenon is our experience of the remnant of that previous civilization? It never went extinct, it just moved into space and the bottom of the oceans. We're ants, unaware of the civilization that surrounds us because it is to alien/advanced for us to comprehend.
While that is true, it also ends the zoning that is established to allow people to live in a single-family neighborhood.
'Slash' is a loaded word in the headline. Food-stamp benefits increased during the pandemic to help people get by, but now that unemployment is so low, and the pandemic is pretty much done, why shouldn't they cut them back?

Unemployment is being touted as being the lowest since 1969. This seems fair to me.

I grew up at and below the poverty line in Brooklyn, and my Dad would not apply for them. He had the old world tough it out and do anything to support the family creed. There were people in our neighborhood who would buy someone else's groceries to swap them for beer and cigarettes. I even shined shoes when I was 8, but that was my idea. I asked for a copper colored metal shoeshine kit for Christmas. Suits would see an 8-year old shining shoes and tip me big! I bought my first telescope at a fire sale at a hobby shop from my earnings at 9.
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Maybe but

> nutmeg, cloves, mustard and dill.

None of these were common as some sort of powder back then (nor today except nutmeg). All would be extremely difficult to fake
Good lord, I play every day and didn't know this was even a thing. I usually quit as soon as I hit Genius. I clearly need to level up!
In the same vein, I’ve heard historians theorize that Doggerland was the most comfortable area for human habitation in Northern Europe during its existence, with its lowlands, lakes and river systems perfectly matching the landscape of the other ancient civilization centers. The lands of the modern UK and Scandinavia were by comparison inhospitable highlands, where humans have moved after their ancestral lands were flooded.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland and the episode of BBC In Our Time podcast on the subject.
Show HN: Expense tracker and money manager (budget,etc.)
Hey guys,

I just recently finished my Android app and in general it's about money management which includes, expense tracking, budget manager, accounts, etc. For now, it only includes expense tracking and monthly statistic with more to come soon!

The reasons why I made this app knowing that there's a lot of similar app out there are that I love building new product and I would love to build an expense tracker and money manager that's more rich in features and offline-first (data saved locally in the device).

If you're using Android please check it out and let me know what you think about it! Any feedback or advice are welcomed. Thank you!
There was a scare with TriAcetone-TriPeroxide in shoes a few years ago; I think this is why we are still taking off our shoes.

Modern solutions make the safety aspect quite simple, exhibiting stability until hypersonic shockwave conditions.
This is a nice visual comparison of the five major releases over the past 30 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZGXTTB65k
Neat, but another entry in the trend of "years-old title gets ported to Metal later". Adding insult to injury, this would have been presumably playable on release[0] if Apple hadn't dropped Proton compatibility. I'll applaud the developers for a labor of love, but I'm going to shun Apple for mucking up their relationship with Valve and the Proton community.

[0] https://www.protondb.com/app/1255560
It needs to be affordable as well as multi unit.

There is a massive influx in many burbs of "luxury apartments" with rents $2500+ and I'm not talking downtown NYC. That's more than most mortgages.
Wideboard: Render _all_ of Linux's source code in a browser tab via WebGL
Howdy HN audience, wanted to share a revamped proof-of-concept that I originally wrote in 2013 for GPU accelerated text rendering in WebGL.

This isn't intended to be a real text editor prototype, just a demonstration of how much text you can push through a modern GPU if your shaders are reasonably efficient. The original PoC could handle ~800 megs of text at 60 fps on the integrated GPU of a 2012 Macbook Pro, this one has been tested with 1.2 gigs of text on a 3080ti, where it uses only a few percent of the GPU's capacity and nearly zero CPU.

And yes, I know there's no syntax highlighting or kerning or vector font support in Wideboard - that's not the point, and those features could be added without majorly affecting performance.

My hope is that this will spark a bit of discussion about text rendering and IDE design. How would our programming habits change if we could view our entire codebase - even an enormous one - in a single view ala Google Maps? I don't currently have the spare time to investigate something as sizable as an IDE project, but I'm curious to see what other folks come up with.

-Austin
Chinese Satellite Likely Shot Green Laser Wall over Hawaii
I propose we launch our own balloons, with razor blades. Last balloon wins. World's slowest war.
Helicopters are really expensive and that's the only way I can think of getting a delta V low enough so the device, tether or aircraft doesn't shatter/snap on capture.

But more importantly, it sends a message - don't fuck with our airspace, we won't even send body bags
Who is reporting this?
That's how science works. There's a mystery and science purposes a hypothesis resolving that mystery. If a hypothesis is clearly more consistent with the evidence then other hypothesises, it wins out. If not, there continues to be a debate.