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by AdamN 20d ago
Not totally - it's really nice when you don't have to worry about complex cluster scaling and it's all nice and vertical. Everything in those machines is also hot swappable so really the only downtime will be from an applica
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by AdamN 20d ago
Never read that book but I also agree that safety can be demonstrably improved and it's pretty clear that aviation is safer now than in the 70s. One thing that may have helped is that regulations have been slow to loosen since advance
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by AdamN 20d ago
That's a bit of a myth - it's totally doable in greenhouses and in fact in NYC you get really good lettuce grown locally with hydroponics. I miss Gotham Greens now that I think about it, really good greens: https://www
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by AdamN 21d ago
There's a common pattern with other safety improvements that as safety controls improve, people simply push the envelope further. Cars get safer but then the drivers also get more confident doing things that nobody would get close to
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by AdamN 1mo ago
Also the reader may want to support the publisher by allowing ads. What's toxic is the tracking, data collection, and how some ads are intrusive.
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by AdamN 1mo ago
If an activist speaks up about a group of people being marginalized, they're speaking 'for' those people. 'About' would be if it was descriptive speaking (perhaps an anthropologist's article) but if it's
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by AdamN 1mo ago
LOCKSS is a technology and I could imagine it being part of a plan - but archivists still need to consider what entity owns the data and has rights to give access to it, what jurisdiction governs the data, how to transfer ownership/rig
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TreasuryDirect moves authn 100% to ID.me(treasurydirect.gov)
2 points by AdamN 1mo ago|1 comments
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by AdamN 1mo ago
Treasury Direct, "the one and only place to buy and redeem U.S. savings bonds and other securities directly from the U.S. Treasury", will support only ID.me for authentication going forward.
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by AdamN 1mo ago
There's a difference between an archive and a backup it's true. If this really is intended to be archival they need to come up with a plan with the Library of Congress, the US Archives, or a similar institution. There are archiv
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by AdamN 1mo ago
Not if I was that rich, no. Fundamentally Sergey does not have faith that an accountable government merits the money.
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by AdamN 1mo ago
The majority of the population doesn't even have access to a functioning computer. So yeah maybe somebody truly talented can figure their way out of that hole after a few years but that's where alot of people are starting from.
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by AdamN 1mo ago
The book is worth a read - lots of misadventures and musings.
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by AdamN 1mo ago
Oh the text definitely has breadth, depth, and nuance ... just not sure how correct it is.
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by AdamN 1mo ago
My rule: ORMs first, if there are performance problems it's probably the db structure so don't be afraid of reworking the underlying database. In some cases though SQL gets you the specific thing you need so don't be afraid
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by AdamN 1mo ago
It's not even clear that for most sufferers that there is a physical impairment at all. I went to a Tinnitus clinic in Berlin and was surprised at how little is known about it even now and how much is likely psychological (or more ins
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by AdamN 1mo ago
The New Yorker has a whole style guide. Most people aren't writing "née" or "reëlected" very often but the New Yorker keeps those formats and even has a custom typeface. Yes em-dashes are real but aside from a few
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by AdamN 1mo ago
[not an expert so I could be totally wrong] I was also just talking about the physical space. Even if the machines on the entire line have to be replaced it still probably makes sense for a company to transition in situ - displacing the ol
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by AdamN 1mo ago
One of the good things about these attacks is that it publicizes failings and gives data to good actors inside the government to drive reform. Surely other operators (Intel services of China, India, Pakistan, etc...; criminal syndicates) h
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by AdamN 1mo ago
The lines that would have made consumer-level stuff are being reduced in favor of the higher profit margin/demand products. That means more supply of those other products (but still not enough) and lower supply of the consumer-level s
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by AdamN 1mo ago
They didn't know their air speed (because of the pitot tubes being frozen). I think the report says that there was a path to safety if they had kept focused but it wasn't as easy as just flying the plane via 'the basics&#x27
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by AdamN 1mo ago
There are two usecases: 1/ general purpose, 2/ customer controlled. Mistral is focused on the second one and every customer, whether it's Boeing or Airbus or Nokia or Glencore, will want lots of control over 'their'
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by AdamN 1mo ago
It's sad that this was heavily downvoted on HN but times really have changed in this community. What you said is just straight up true and not derogatory or misleading.
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by AdamN 1mo ago
The eyepieces (and editing views) on that equipment shows the other aspect ratios so they know what will be in and out for the other 99%. Anyway plenty of art is only consumable by the 1%.
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by AdamN 2mo ago
Which is true. He didn't shoot in 35mm so if you want to get the full shot on the screen you must go to an IMAX theater.
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by AdamN 2mo ago
Paid journalism is still often good (Bloomberg, FT). But yeah if you're just going to free sites it's the same as the free newspapers they used to give out for free in the subway - a few salacious articles, one or two ostensibly
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by AdamN 2mo ago
It's sort of a cool idea. "Pre-RAM" without the tracking/AI integration so it can be used for clandestine activities in a dystopian future.
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by AdamN 2mo ago
Politics and tech have gone hand in hand for generations. Just think about Stallman and free (as in beer) software or encryption export controls or much of the history of computing. There is no advanced tech that doesn't touch upon t
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by AdamN 2mo ago
Like 20 years ago
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by AdamN 2mo ago
Probably going to the school above is a good start.

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