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You keep calling it a soundbite—did you actually read the article, or just the title? It doesn't sound like you actually disagree with him.

> The law of diminishing returns is not natural law - it is just an observation of something that happens in practice but not always. E.g., people often choose to spend time and treasure treating an incurable cancer or send the Coast Guard to search for five people in a submersible.

Most of the time we choose to value human life at approximately infinity (especially our own lives!). When one side of the equation is near-infinite, it makes sense to keep going long after the curve has begun to flatten, but that doesn't prove that returns don't diminish, just that the value of the goal is extremely high.

Diminishing returns isn't a natural law in its own right, but it's the direct result of natural laws. It has its parallels in half lives, in the inverse square law, and in basic probability theory. While the probability of something is high, it's easy to find and eliminate because random chance is on your side. When it becomes lower, random chance starts to work against you.
On the contrary, the loop is:

1. "Computers will never be able to X, as that requires imagination and intuitive thinking"

2. "X is at least 50 years away"

3. Press release: Computers do X (last I saw: Diplomacy (the game not the job), interpretation of medical scans)

4. "X isn't real AI, it's just brute force search/a big database/a glorified Markov chain/linear algebra" (LLMs and diffusion models go here, self driving cars)

5. Computers better at X than most/all humans, but still improved by having human collaborators (Go is either here or 6, IIRC also some variations of Poker, Starcraft, half the Amstrad back catalog)

6. Computers only made worse by having a human trying to help (Chess goes here)
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You mean if someone calls you and tells you they are the bank, then you get push notification to your app, then you can validate that they are the bank, right?

That’s true if it’s done right, but it also sounds very similar to how people scam (call a victim, let them know they will receive a message from the bank, and ask them to read the verification code back to them)! It’s a little tricky.
Apple Mail's not quite as customizable, indeed. Maybe close though.

I made a table comparing different email services on the MacPowerUsers forum a while back. It's in need of updating but might be handy: https://talk.macpowerusers.com/t/icloud-mail-fastmail-gmail-...
We need people like this that self-teach "in the wild" to break down expectations and learn what's possible. This is how revolutionary leaps are made in a field; Eddie Van Halen with guitar is a classic example.
I think maybe microwaving the aeropress is a bad idea for microplastic concern, but using near boiling water from a kettle in them may not be as bad. Less local heating and no potential to have any parts climb over boiling point.
This argument is so lazy. Simply levy a tax on them each year that is their net worth multiplied by the risk-free rate. That takes care of most people with money in publicly traded companies. If people with more "diversified" portfolios try to move their money elsewhere, penalize them for it. Revoke their citizenship, make it harder for them to do business without a majority percentage of their wealth in the US. It's not "hard" to do, we just lack the political will.
Not sure these "options" are going to satisfy business risk analysis. We are looking into moving away from all things CentOS, RHEL, or projects like Rocky. It was going to be Rocky, but no more. Red Hat got blue washed and is now ruining their reputation
No, you're pulling up a straw man argument here. I'm not arguing that there isn't such a thing as intangible value.

Your original comment expressed concern about people who don't get compensated by the actual owner of their hardware; I'm saying that the airline will very likely reimburse these for the monetary value of what they've lost.

Also, property theft and air travel safety investigations are a slightly different matter in my view.
There’s no need for deflation, at least in the long term. Just home prices that don’t increase relative to inflation.
I've never seen any wealth tax proposal that would raise any significant amount of money. That's ignoring the glaring issues of most wealth being illiquid, the capital flight/brain drain that's happened every time it's been tried, and the complete lack of faith anyone has that these taxes would be put to any better use.

Unused property and land is already taxed through property taxes. Regardless, unused property is an easy scapegoat but not a significant problem (similar to the foreign investor bogeyman) when the real problems are loose monetary policy, speculation, NIMBY zoning, and real supply/demand imbalances.
yeah but it will never happen again. what happens to all other people that already took 30year loans for their overpriced garbage?
Tour de France overshadowed by safety following death of Swiss rider Gino Mäder
To be clear, you are saying that you were banned from right-leaning circles on Mastodon for saying that "certain drugs like psychedelics can have a positive effect" ? Your views were around deregulation of drugs and the "right-leaning circles" didn't like that?
I do web development on an iPad Pro, using Blink.sh and a remote server. Not a bad experience, really. Works better with an external monitor hooked up for live-reloading, and not having a real, proper web inspector is a drawback, but it works.
I wouldn't go quite that far. They also handle the paperwork and coordination with the other agent, which is not a trivial job. It's highly questionable if the value they add is worth 5% of the gross sale price of the house, especially in our amazingly inflated markets, but few if any agents seem interested in working at hourly rates.
They are valuable the reasons you mention. I'm an avid reader, and sometimes people will ask me a question about a recommendation or what I've read, and I have a complete brain lapse (to the extent it's as if you'd wonder if I read at all). Having a list helps that anxiety. I don't really use the other features, and only settled on Goodreads after the Shelfari "merge".

I do the same with logging film watches on IMDb, which is actually useful because I can visualize exact watch behavior by the timestamps, and using exports I can also query my film history for personal recommendations (select documentaries that are horror tagged I've watched from the last 10 years).
Life imitates art:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFwS_Dqd-IU

(Scene from Synecdoche, New York.)
I agree that the founding politics of the United States did bargain with slavers, and wrote the documents and early government, such that the slave trade was legal in certain states. Readers here need to know that there were other states with different founders, who were completely and utterly opposed to slavery, and to Catholic forms of government also, while we are at it. And you might know that slavery, or indentured servitude, or peasants or whatever you want to call that, was a massive part of "civilization" across Europe, Central Asia and into the Far East. There was not industrial base without labor.

Last statement is, some religious people, of different groups, were absolutely and completely against slavery, preached against racism, wrote laws that were fair and impartial, from the very first days. The founding groups of the United States included deeply religious people who opposed slavery and did not practice it, and therefore got no monetary support from that system. And some of those deeply opposed to slavery, grew and built a great society. You or others cannot just ignore those founders and claim now that "everyone did it" , it is the fault of the USA, etc .. The USA was a place that broke away from the Old World systems, including a LOT of slaving, but the progress was uneven, and the slave system was profitable so their masters had a lot of money and things that go with that.
I think old pyrex with borosilicate is always allcaps PYREX, new pyrex uses lowercase.
There's a lot of people in this thread mistaking "Pro" for meaning "Developer." The iPad sucks for writing code. But there are tons of professional things you can do on it. I use it more than I use my laptop.

What differentiates the iPad Pro from the regular iPad is/was its high refresh rate display, which makes the Apple Pencil much more responsive, and True Tone color. These are definitely Pro-level features. Just not developer-Pro.
I'm in the same boat, and came to the same conclusion.

One more point I'd add:

6. Not every ActivityPub enabled service allows for federation. (Some of the more popular block all federation, unless you get allowlisted). So you're stuck polling the outbox regardless.
It's about how much microplastics is too much. After two years of use, I don't see a lot of plastic being eaten away comparing to a new one, so I don't think it's much of a deal.
Texas Electrical Grid: The Last Two Weeks
Income tax isn't going to solve this, and I think it's unfortunate Europe tends to very myopically focus on income differences. Progressive income tax does little other than to widen the gap between wage slaves and the rich.

The wealthiest don't have an absurdly high income, they own enough assets to live off dividends and wealth appreciation, which typically gets taxed 20-30%. If they even have an income to be taxed, it's basically symbolic.

This is where the real inequality exists, and it's unfortunately not part of the discussion at all. Instead wagies with slightly higher than average income get portrayed as 18th century mustache twisting top-hat capitalist factory owners.
It doesn’t make sense to 21st century people. So-called Balance of Power Politics doesn’t make sense to the 21st century mindset—only to the 19th century mindset.

(In his 2015 lecture he contrasted 21st century people (the Washington Establishment) with 19th century people (people like himself and “the Chinese”).)

Basically the West including USA and some others promised that NATO would not “move one inch” eastward in return for German unification. That was under Gorbachev. That was only an oral agreement though and funnily enough Gorbachev now has denied that such an agreement was made… not that it matters that much, really.
Don't they show this with the blue coloration in the oil?
I bought mine for coding and ended treating it like a journal and kinda learned how to draw as well.

Recently after installing iSH finally got a known CLI environment (mainly ssh client) which is not fully functional for me (mostly the lack of habit) but it has potential.
That's roaming, not a VPN.
I mainly used stainless steel myself, but I have been losing weight in the last year and it's just too easy to cook with minimal (or no) oil in non-stick pans. Oil easily adds a lot of calories to everything.
Let me tell you a story.

I earned $1 in 2018. That dollar had the buying power of $1.21 today.

Now imagine, I worked hard to save $30K. That $30K is now worth just under $24K now because I didn’t spend it immediately.

Tell me - why would I save my $30K? There’s a 4% wealth tax per year on unspent money. I paid over $6,000 in unofficial taxes for the crime of saving money - I could literally have been reinstated from a DUI almost 8 times for the crime of trying to save for a mortgage down payment. I don’t think you want to know what happened to housing affordability since 2018, making a $30K down payment feel more like $10K-$15K in usefulness.

Saving money is quite literally for people who like seeing money lit on fire.
What puzzles me the most is that some people have no trouble doing dangerous DIY like fixing their lawnmower with some duct tape but are scared of selling their house because "legal stuff".

Real estate agent are always hitting the nail with the message that we won't have to worry if we hire them. And because of that message, people have a tendency to think that selling is worrying.

If you are genuinely worried with the selling process, like if you have trouble speaking to your neighbour, sure hire an agent. Same if you don't have the time to do it yourself.
You'll pay them for the real service they provide and their real purpose.

If you are worried because they told you it's worrying, see for yourself.
Yet another reason I love HN. I have not bowled in 40 years, but I read the entire article and will look for more written by the author.

I read your comment, and the linked article, and will enjoy thinking about it all day.
I know, it’s almost as bad as Apple’s bloat and spyware.
Fast UI != Fast Development
Veteran here. I would not stop a family member from joining but I would not push them into it either. It has to be their choice after they are fully aware of what awaits them. My offspring share my obstinance and questioning authority and ultimately boat rocking which is frowned upon in the military but very much needed just like in the civilian world.
No, Google just sucks at maintaining an ecosystem.

Microsoft figured out how to license an OS to third party OEMs and still allow end users to update their hardware without depending on the vendor for literally decades.

Heck I was able to just throw a Windows 7 CD in my old first gen Mac Mini x86 1.66Ghz Core Duo and run it for years after Apple dropped support.
Agents are the friction that increases transaction costs.
By coincidence I just started playing with AVX-512 this week. It's a lot of fun, but I have to say there is a dearth of resources on how to use it. For example I would love a simple visualisation for each operation as to how the various vectors and/or memory are transformed. Can anyone recommend some good books/learning resources?
Did you have to schedule a visit 2 weeks out just to get some medicine for a minor sinus infection? (Medicine you could've gotten in the US for a $15-dollar copay and a 30 minute wait in a urgent care clinic)

Because I did. Belgium's healthcare was no bueno for a foreign exchange student just looking to kick a cold.
> The only thing people use that valuable asset is to then sell it and buy a bigger house.

No? They sell that valuable asset and move into a smaller house, netting them a huge chunk of cash and rent-free living. Its called "downsizing".

This enables retirement for people who otherwise would not be able to.
Comparing My Favorite Typefaces for Reading and Writing Code
That is so interesting for amateur play, it will be a revolution for casual players with low grip strength. The way he performs the whole swing while holding the ball with the palm of both hands, instead of just gripping with your dominant hand's fingers, means he is using arm strength during the heaviest part of the swing. I mean, it is the full strength of both arms vs the grip strength of only one hand, it should be an order of magnitude difference, so weaker players will be able to focus more on technique instead of being 100% dedicated to just not dropping the ball mid swing.
> Few people read reviews whether it is Amazon, Yelp, or anywhere else.

I do. IMHO, star ratings are close to pointless. They are deeply flawed even without spam, advertising, or moral outrage votes. And especially for goods that depend on a subjective reception - such as books. First, grading patterns are various. Many use either 1 or 5. For others, 4 is already a failing grade. Second, I don't care what the average reception is. I might be (and usually: I am) looking for something different from the other reader.

A review offers much more. An advantage (or disadvantage) is something I deeply care about, don't care at all, or I would use the same point, but in the opposite way. And well, other times, the review points that the person has no idea what they are talking about - e.g. it is clear that these are based on hype (or: guilty-by-association) rather than the book's quality.
Tell HN: Stripe login appears to be down
Just visited Stripe to send end of month invoices and the login screen is generating an immediate JSON error. Verified in multiple browsers. Doesn't appear credential related since I haven't been able to enter them.

{
"error": {
"message": "Sorry, something went wrong. We've already been notified of the problem, but if you need any help, you can reach us at support.stripe.com/contact.",
"type": "api_error"
}
}
> There are several alternative reconstructions of the events, for example the one by Ivan Katchanovski[1] which has also published several hours of original footage on his YouTube channel[2]. I would suggest anyone with an open mind to take a look at those.

Ah from the reconstructions's you pick the one from the person who is heavily quoted by Russian propaganda outlets thats super surprising.

If you want some rigorous examination of the events, ones that aren't described by academics as' "not academic", "chaotic" and "politically driven"'

Then id suggest you look at the Carnegie-Mellon reconstruction which refutes pretty much all his claims.

http://maidan.situplatform.com
Did you catch the debate between them? Honestly LeCunn came off really badly in my opinion. Really gave no solid arguments against anything. I'm not arguing he was wrong, but man, there was almost zero substance to any of his refutations.

The truth is, I'd love to just roll with Lecunism, it's much easier to just flip off all the concerns and not think too hard about it. But I'm not one to take the easier path so I feel more compelled to be open minded about both sides of the argument.
The real rate is 0.86% according to the Fed, which is historically cheap. In other words, if people get a mortgage loan at 6% and inflation is running at 4%, they’re not paying that much.

If inflation drops, and the Fed lowers interest rates to follow suit, they’ll refinance, so the only real risk at the moment would be that the Fed squeezes by raising the real rate.

That washes out speculators and put pressure on home sellers.

Money is still relatively cheap.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REAINTRATREARAT10Y
Isn't that exactly the point that PC was making? That it HAD to happen in the browser now??
The good thing about the scientific method is the changes happen in increments and we understand cause and effect through experimentation. Is there a case of a rogue uncontrollable agent and there being a sudden inflection point in AI evolution. I doubt that is going to be the case. Is there a need for exercising caution while designing AI models and giving them access to tools - yeah we should.

I tend to say the case for being careful doesn't warrant that we do stop experimenting. Will we have some unwarranted effects because of this experimentation - Absolutely yes?

Is there a need for regulation - this is just stifling competition and allowing more closed door experimentation. Once you are in a position of authority spreading doomerism and asking for regulation is a way to stifle competition.
I recently looked into this due to my old device breaking.

The best options are:

- Google Pixel

- Motorola

- Nokia

I ended up with a Google Pixel 7. The Motorola Edge 40 was a close contender, but I ended up axing it from the list due to the curved screen edge. My selection criteria were: cleanest Android possible; latest Android version; long-term support; wireless charging; decent IP rating.

My previous phones were a Moto G2 and Nokia 6.1, for comparison. The first one replaced due to the charging port dying and running out of storage, the second one having its screen destroyed by dropping it on a tile floor.
Thanks for finding it.

Style over substance. The people "rebuilding" the city aren't construction workers, they're cool kids with tattoos. The "See Detroit" article (which for whatever reason, Meet Detroit is redirected to as well) is even titled Tough, Cheap, and Real, Detroit Is Cool Again. As I replied to your sibling comment, cool means not Republican.

And that's not to say it's not okay for a majority not Republican city to be the obvious, not Republican. I live in such a city myself, probably publicly derided just about as much as Detroit.

> FROM HIS STUDIO a few blocks from MyLocker, Antonio “Shades” Agee, the graffiti artist who’s painting it, isn’t surprised that Hake only recently discovered Detroit’s gloom. It’s easiest to stay on the city’s bright side.

> Agee grew up in Detroit. His Hispanic mother still lives in his childhood home, now one of the few on the block, in a neighborhood he doesn’t like to visit. It’s not “the new Detroit.” Nor was Black Bottom, Detroit’s vibrant Harlem, where his father played jazz. It was bulldozed in the 1950s for redevelopment and a freeway.

> At 44, he is trim from biking; he rarely drives. His right arm—“my painting arm”—is densely tattooed. From the multi-tinted panes of his loft in a former paintbrush factory, Agee has watched Corktown change. He’s a regular at the Detroit Institute of Bagels, just below his window, built for a cool half million dollars. “It still blows my mind to see a girl running down the street and she’s not being chased,” he says.

> “You can’t save Detroit. You gotta be Detroit.”

Wow, very cool.

The underlying case being made is something about what makes a city worth living in. Some people think it's safety. Some people think it's roads (yuck). Walkability. Small businesses. Good schools. Etc. Etc. Etc. And all of these things are argued over and over again by citizens. This National Geographic article stakes a claim that the single most noteworthy aspect of a city is its coolness. The city has to be cool. Your neighbor should be a "graffiti artist." And, I'll admit, there could be a point here. Culture and community are important to a lot of, perhaps even most, people.

You may not see this as political, but I do. I don't hate it, but I wouldn't pay for it as it wasn't at all what I remember from poring over National Geographic magazines in my childhood. I wanted a window into parts of the natural world that I cannot see myself, not Detroit. The frame itself is a political statement: Detroit is a city worth discussing.
Similar happened pre 08 housing crash. Give it time.
In a way we are. If you take the satisfaction survey among Americans, while overall life satisfaction numbers today are mediocre (about average or even slightly below average from 1980), among particular categories, satisfaction with housing situation is among the highest ever, much higher than satisfaction with income, family life, health, etc.
Which means, because U.S. is a democratic country, it will be incredibly difficult to build any new housing as most voters are satisfied with theirs so for them, getting more housing is a lot less important than getting more equity on existing - and precondition for that is limiting new supply.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/470888/americans-largely-satisf...

On the flip side, it probably suggests that perception of housing problem in the U.S. is mostly because of, just as with many other things, a small but very vocal minority for who it's indeed the case. It doesn't shake the economy nearly as much as it seems to be shaking public perception.
I think this is where it's helpful to draw a line between regular capitalism and the late-stage hypercapitalism we've descended into these days.

My rule of thumb is that it's the difference between "we provide a service or make a product, and if we do it well, then we make money" and "we make money, as much as possible, however possible, and if we have to provide a service or make a product to do it, that's a necessary evil".
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