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> Opioid addiction (I have seen a lot of it, not had it) is a social problem and is best managed with, opioids

I don't entirely disagree with you, but I have also seen enough people stop, who probably wouldn't have if that were the typical treatment, to be pretty cautious about that. There are a number of promising addiction treatments in the wings at the moment, in particular Ozempic and the general GLP-1 agonist class.

Transitional opioids like Buprenorphine are fine as a detox strategy, and maybe even fine for the medium term, but committing to them for life I think is a mistake (in most cases).

> The problems stem from putting unreasonable obstacles between adicts amd their appropriate treatment. Practical legal and financial obstacles, sadistic legal obstacles, and bizarre moral obstacles

There is a lot of truth to this. It is, in fact, what I used to say when I used them. And it is and remains true. It is also true that prolonged opioid use is mostly physiologically harmless (overdoses notwithstanding). However, there are psychological elements that come with long term use that these measures do not capture, and are not fully internalized by the transaction costs (or literal costs) associated with obtaining them.

> Nineteenth century society managed it with laudinum

Ask China why they fought that opium war, and how they feel about such things lately. They are still mad about it.

> The Sacklers are, were, parasites profiting from that social malaise and bad things will finally happen to them. But the cause of the malaise is our irrational attitude to drugs

Agree on the Sacklers although personally I'd place more blame on the McKinsey consultants that wrote the original deck that proposed the strategy. I don't know how much the Sackler individuals personally made these decisions, but those people certainly did.

Re: irrational attitudes to drugs, I agree, but the situation is substantially more nuanced than it might superficially appear. Laudanum did used to be over the counter, as did cocaine among other things. However, these things were not criminalized for no reason - heroin wasn't criminalized in the 60s/70s anti-hippie craze, or for racist reasons in the 1930s (like marijuana).

Heroin was first criminalized for over the counter sale in 1910 - 15 years after Bayer first marketed it. Easily the fastest criminalization of a novel pharmaceutical compound in the history of the world. This is not an accident or a product of some temporary social hysteria. And unfortunately, it was also not criminalized because all of its harms were due to its being illegal.

If criminality were the problem we would expect things to get better, not worse, with the introduction of fentanyl which is far cheaper and more readily available. I could be misreading the data, but that does not seem to be working out.
This can explain why Bitcoin is always weak during market hours. The U.S. Govt. is dumping its bitcoin during market hours on Coinbase, between 6:30 Am to 10:AM especially. They have been dumping since 2022. Like clockwork. Bitcoin is strong in the early hours of morning and then dumps as soon as the opening bell rings or shortly before.
Speaking of which: does anyone here on HN feel comfortable recommending a Python IDE that's half-way bearable on iPads?
The talking points I'm mentioning is not this list of names, it's the good old "NATO agression/expansion", "Russia was threatened", "US forced Russia into war" bullshit.

So let's see, how was Russia threatened? Who on earth was going to invade Russia? They have enough nukes to destroy the planet. They were supposed to be the 2nd military power after the US. There already are 3 NATO countries right on the border with Russia, so if the invasion was about preventing NATO getting too close, it was a failure before it even started.

It's crazy the amount of mental gymnastic Putin apologists have to come up with.

So, if it's not about Russia being invaded, what else was so unacceptable with Ukraine not being barred from joining NATO?

Well, maybe, I know it's crazy, but bear with me, maybe, Putin had great plans for Ukraine and Russia, which would have fallen appart if Ukraine suddenly could not be invaded.

But that's too simple, right? It must be about US agression, CIA biolabs, nazi organ-trafficking pedophile satanists, combat pigeons, and Russia survival.

Seriously, what would have happened if Putin didn't invade Ukraine? Nothing. Russia would be fine. But Ukraine refused Putin's ultimatum to sign a treaty disallowing it to ever join NATO. Of course they refused. How could a sovereign country accept it? I mean, if you had a neighbor, already grabbing some of your garden, which insisted you agree to never get a bodyguard, would you accept it? Russia: WE DEMAND YOU STAY WEAK AND VULNERABLE TO AN INVASION. What a joke.

So of course Ukraine refused, even though it wasn't even in the process of joining NATO at the time. That provided Putin with an half-assed pretext to invade, so he did, and he made sure to lie about it, while the world was witnessing the amassing of 150K troops on Ukraine border. He lies. All the time, every time. That's who he is, that's what he does. He lies, we know he lies, he knows we know he lies, we know he knows we know he lies. But it doesn't matter, it's just the Russian mob way.

Anyway, you're also saying Putin is a 'superb' strategist? yeah, sure, but is he as superb as Hitler? If you admire Putin's strategy, you must be in awe when it comes to Hitler strategy, right? It's just too bad the guy is the worst war criminal of all times. Or maybe it's all Western lies too?

Now, the US is deep troubles internally. But it's not due to their wars. It's not about money. The Trump cult is just out of control. They are so close to become a full blown failed kleptocratic state it's mind blowing. If Trump gets back in the white house, it's basically over, he and his friends will literally loot the US, selling state secrets, selling the sabotage of the country. You must be deeply impressed by Trump as well, right? How can someone make the 1st world power self destruct like this, in just a decade?
Author here: You can still use angle of arrival estimates from the MIMO antenna system to track the object. https://www.viksnewsletter.com/p/how-radar-measures-angle?r=...
This was Medicare fraud, which I imagine you’d see more of if universal healthcare was implemented as single payer “Medicare for all.”
Although I don't know my IQ, and don't care, I'm certain that I'm solidly in the "general population."

This helps me, and it may help you. Virtually nothing you or I say or do matters. It's bullshit, signifying nothing, all the way down.

So just enjoy whatever it is you do.
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"I may add that I did not enjoy the short time I spent in the company [Wallie] commanded.

He could never grasp the neighbourly principles which, by the tacit agreement of the troops, were held to govern trench-warfare, and to which I was introduced at once by my sergeant:

I had suggested "pooping" a rifle grenade into a German post where we had seen heads moving.

"Just as 'ee like, zir," said the sergeant, scratching his head, "but once 'ee start doing that kind of thing, 'ee'll get zummit back, zee?"

-CS Lewis, from Surprised by Joy (1948)
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> . (It's sole advantage was as a timed-release medication; if pain returned before time for the next dose, doctors were instructed (strongly) to raise the dosage rather than increase the number of doses per day.)

The same thing happens with ADHD medications, the timed release dosages are supposed to last 12+ hours, but in reality they vary from 8 to 16.

Thankfully most doctors will willingly prescribe a small after lunch short acting dose.

There is a large delta between the average response curve and an individual's response curve!
Hey! I'm Thomas, Founder of Syncd. I'd love to discuss our pricing with you in more detail. Feel free to reach out to me directly at tcistull@syncd.dev

Looking forward to connecting!
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Trump: I think that, insofar as fathers exist, their rights in abortion decisions should be left up to the states, insofar as states exist.

Biden: That seems suitably cautious. I agree with Mr. Trump.

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Thank you for taking the time to write this out! It's so interesting to see exactly where things become tricky once you go from hobbyist to professional -- or from regular hobbyist to fancy hobbyist, for that matter.
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> Apple products hold their value longer than competitor devices, making them
more likely to be passed on to new users.

Meanwhile: https://www.ifixit.com/News/94386/the-truth-about-apples-fre...
Ask HN: Need opinions of double dipping work
I currently am a software engineer during the morning and i teach a class for web dev in the afternoon.

A college near by had some openings for adjunct teaching and offered me some classes.

Issue is only one id feel okay teaching would be 830am-1020am.

This would only be 2 days a week for 2 hours.

currently the bootcamp is 3 day 4.5 hours a night.

Pay for a single class is almost the same as the bootcamp. plus the college does have night classes at times i could just pick up.

i would stick with the bootcamp, but the next bootcamp i would teach would be 0-7 months away. Can i live with out it cash wise. sure. but would have little free money left.

main job is a great place to work and my co-workers usually dont start working untill 9ish
I found that airplane mode solved my oasis battery issues!
My bad. I can no longer edit/delete my comment to fix it.

I haven't responded that way in the past but was responded to that way a couple of days ago and guess it took hold. I can see why you have to clamp down on it, it easily spreads.
Defender calls anything Wacatac.

Ironically I've seen tons of actual malware that doesn't even give the slightest warning.
Hallucination is emergent. It cannot be found as a thing inside the AI systems. It is a phenomena that only exists when the output is evaluated. That makes it an accurate description. A human who has hallucinated something is not lying when they speak of something that never actually happened, nor are they making any sort of mistake in their recollection. Similarly, an AI that is hallucinating isn't doing anything incorrect and doesn't have any motivation. The hallucinated data emerges just as any other output, only to evaluated by outsiders as incorrect.
The common denominator here is that the government gives companies new rules
to follow, and enforces severe penalties for breaking them, and so the
companies minimized their risk by following them to the extreme.

Hardly. Prop 65 initially contained minimal guidance and essentially no teeth. So rather than identify problematic chemicals companies just slapped generic Prop 65 warnings on everything.

architecting these policies in a way where the companies are forced to
follow the "spirit" of them.

Prop 65 was updated so that companies were required to put specifics on the warning label. The state even went so far as to start enforcing the requirements, and then…

I can't be mad if I create a policy, and someone follows it.

And then the state got sued because apparently labeling your products is simply more difficult than legal action.
You can also buy a book made of paper and carry it around in a bag, but that would be inconceivable. Anyway I don't get the guilt about not reading books. Lately I've been reading Edgar Wallace, and before that, Raymond Chandler, in editions printed in the 1950s and 1980s respectively, but these are still unmitigated trash, because they're pulp thrillers designed to titillate. I should feel guilty for not looking at social media.
> So, what, exactly, am I looking for?

This can’t be answered in general. Flamegraphs are measurements of what happened. But just like a ruler doesn’t tell you whether a given human is atypically short or tall for its species, a flamegraph can’t tell you which portion of the program takes too long a time. You need to have prior knowledge about data structures, algorithms, memory bandwidth etc in order to confront your justified expectations with the reality and be surprised with something. And it will all depend on the particular program you profile.
Same, until I read "C library accessed through Python"
I agree that the FDA got this one wrong and it's just better to have companies add the allergen than just put on a "maybe" label.

The problem with making it okay to just put a "this may or may not kill you" label on products is that more and more companies will do it just to shield themselves from liability regardless of what is in their foods (it's cheaper to add a label and not add an unnecessary ingredient than to add the ingredient and also label your product) so we seem to agree there. When every company has a "this might kill you, but maybe not" label just to cover their asses, large amounts of products are then made off limits to people who don't want to take the risk. When every company is using the "may contain" label as a shield and people start to think "Every company just puts that label on everything even when it's perfectly safe" they will take more chances too.

> Every single person I've ever known that has a severe allergy never "rolls the dice",...I've known people that have mild allergies to products (e.g. symptoms are on the level of lactose intolerance) who don't worry about avoiding trace amounts of allergens.

Again, the problem is that when people with mild allergies to products keep eating them it can cause them to have a severe allergic reaction and that leads to deaths and ER visits. It's not hyperbole, it's fact. Repeated exposure can increase severity and sensitivity and so people who feel safe with trace amounts because they have "always" only had a mild reaction in the past do roll the dice and some of them lose. Those people are also less likely to have epi pens to save them when they finally do run into trouble.

All the people you've known are welcome to keep playing that game, but generally the smart thing is to always avoid foods that you know cause your immune system to react no matter how mildly unless you're doing it under care of a doctor.
but you agree it is 50% of the problem
You've hit the nail on the head with this. One big reason we don't show our pricing is that we're still a young company, and we're figuring things out. We don't yet have enough data to know the real value we bring or who our ideal customer is. If we price too low, we might shortchange ourselves, but if we go too high, we could scare people away.
I haven't had the pleasure in 20 years to work with an architect that added much of value, corporate structure and putting people in boxes is such a strange thing to me in software, if you work with senior people they should be able to drive and decide most anything with maybe a thin layer of general direction on top.
> Did his insurance cover this? What happens if you refuse to pay such outlandish fees?

The billed numbers are almost completely made up. The insurance company (Medicare in this case) will only reimburse up to a set amount.

The reimbursement is calculated as min(billed_amount, allowed_amount). If the facility accidentally bills less than the allowed_amount, they get less than they could have. So to make sure they get 100% of the possible payout, they bill extremely high numbers to insurance.

It's a dumb system, but it's something you have to keep in mind whenever someone talks about how much things cost in the US system. With expensive procedures, products, or drugs, virtually nobody ever pays the big number. It's just a placeholder to make sure insurance payouts are not left on the table.
Related: https://hospitalogy.com/articles/2024-06-18/done-adhd-telehe...
I found it much more convenient and comfortable to watch lectures on my own time in my office at home. Professors were always very responsive and helpful when I emailed them with questions and were available by zoom if I needed to meet. Not sure what the number of people matters, and a large part of the cost of college is maintenance of buildings. So yes, it actually IS better.
Does the ID verification service retain personal information after verification? If so, why?
Isn't it about establishing a framework that people can trust, and closing loopholes? Just because the specifics are about sesame seeds, isn't that how the law works? Some stupid specific case forms the groundwork for the entire system?
Could be structural duck typing, like typescript does. Or just include some other monkey patch mechanism specific for tests.
This was the case for our open source app as well. The only reason we're on Apple is one of our users likes the app so much, they handle the certificates.

Which is deeply ironic, if you think about it.
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You didn't learn about the opium wars? I'm not talking about dare which was obvious bullshit, I'm talking of learning from history. There was no weed war, that a drug caused a couple wars lasting decades should at least raise an eyebrow of any thinking person.
As someone who actually has acquaintances outside the US, I have used and do use WhatsApp so I’ll chime in.

I’ve basically done (had to do) this for lodging and transport in parts of the world where a web presence (and digital business architecture) are less common, though obviously without the AI (I assume). It’s not my favorite way to book things but it works. It’s not a terrible idea by any means and I’m sure it will be incorporated into many apps in the future - I say just build the dang thing and FB will prolly buy you out before you have to deal with a lot of the really hard problems. Focus on a particular market so you can hone in on getting it right for that one thing and accumulating some users and reputation.
I think we're talking about normal macs that are being used as servers, not Xserve
For now (until we are bigger and have more devs), I go off of a per company basis and see the needs/amounts for them. Then I see our costs and shoot over a price to start the discussion
Haven't tried it yet, but personally I'm very interested in Pythonista which also exposes an impressive number of iOS APIs (bluetooth, camera, etc.) that you can use in your scripts. No idea how it functions as an IDE though.
Fun fact: inside many of the trailers you see, it's just manually loaded and stacked, and manually unloaded, individual boxes. No pallets.

Not most. But many.

Another fun fact: US/NATO logistics is pallet-based. Russian is largely not.

Unloading shells on a hot day in a "bucket brigade" must be fun.
This is a memorial thread, not a "rant about Linux WiFi thread". You're acting like a complete moron and asshole. This comment is the polite and sanitized version of what I would actually like to say.
I just do `sudo pacman -Syu` more or less daily.

Thanks for posing this question, as it should prove instructive.
This is super cool. Thanks for sharing. And I'm excited it encourage other to share. I'm excited to spend some time this weekend looking at the different ways people in this thread implemented solutions.
I made a single for loop in Go at work to show a coworker, that binary got flagged as malware.
On HN? Killing time, reading articles, and getting nerdsniped by the feedback loop of getting insipid replies that unfortunately so many of us are constantly stuck in

In general? Slowly dying mostly. Talking. Eating. Fucking. Staring at microbes under a microscope. Feeding cats. Planting trees. Doing cartwheels. Really depends on the human
Nor should it be. These people are leeches whose very existence is antithetical to a healthy and just society. They've done immeasurable damage and then hide behind the courts to avoid any repercussions. Disgusting, the lot of them.
Without naming names, I'm pretty concerned this is happening at practically every large tech company as we speak. It does not make me hopeful for the future of our critical digital infrastructure
Then that is simply a bad lead on the team. "Do your job." (Not you)
> I wonder: would this level of fraud occur if the US had universal healthcare, or its effective equivalent?

The fraud was perpetuated against Medicare, which is the US-run insurance plan for people 65 and older and people with disabilities. Nearly 20% of the population is on Medicare.

Universally letting everyone on to the plan would have actually allowed them to run the fraud on everyone, not just people on Medicare.
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In Ollama, Gemma:9b works fine, but 27b seems to be producing a lot of nonsense for me. Asking for a bit of python or JavaScript code rapidly devolves into producing code-like gobbledegook, extending for hundreds of lines.
I haven't had problems in years on the same install. I don't understand.
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Not everyone experiences motion sickness, or to the same degree. I don't think there's much you can do if you're one of the unlucky ones.

On the bright side, you're less likely to die of poisoning!
You're probably just not disgustingly rich.
Zulip's free plan allows 10,000 messages of history and 5GB storage, similar to (and arguably worse than) Slack.
There's a bug in here: some git git commands will fail if you are in a subdirectory; i.e. git git add foo, because the behavior of ! Is to run those from the git root. My solution is:

git = !cd -- ${GIT_PREFIX:-.} && git
My question is specifically about the judgements that uninvolved people have formed. I can't learn about this from my doctor, or from the victims' decision in the context of a highly-constrained kabuki dance.

It seems most commenters here are fine with a settlement that clears Purdue to sell opioids (for the benefit of victims), but not with a settlement that lets the Sacklers off with a fine. That is exactly the opposite of my moral intuitions. What gives?

Some questions are message board questions.
Guess SBF marrying Changpeng Zhao wouldn't have helped any;)
Strongly agree that this is a great answer. Anyone who neglects to see the interpersonal persective/psychology of entire demographics of users (considering their needs and wants), focusing only on the technical, is missing a big dimension of the picture here.
From what I see on the news, rich white-collar criminals get fined a small amount of what they stole and are sentenced to much less jail time than their poorer fellows.

To remedy this, I suggest everyone adopt a system where anyone who stole money or did other financial damage through criminal means spends one day in jail for every $300 of damage they caused.

This has several advantages:
1. The rich would no longer be above the law.
2. It would deter financial crimes and vandalism.
3. It would prevent "victim restitution extortion" where middle-class people are extorted to either give up their life savings or go to prison; They are going to jail regardless, so there is less incentive to set them up to get victim restitution.
Door Dash/Seamless/Uber Eats, etc. have driven many low-priced restaurants out of business here in New York City many of which had long traditions of providing delivery services for their food by inserting themselves as middlemen and taking all those restaurants' profits and more.

I realize that in many places, they provide services that never existed before, but here in NYC they've driven hundreds of wonderful mom and pop restaurants out of business while they lost billions.

Those entrepreneurs who ran successful businesses for decades were forced out of business, as their quality, inexpensive food (especially in an expensive place like NYC) only netted them 5-10% profits, which were more than eaten up by the 15-30% charged on every order.

I'd rather starve than give any of those jerks a nickel.