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DiffEq··on History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II (2020)
This is a good questions and deserves an answer. The decision to murder one hundred thousand human beings was made not by the leadership of the United States but by the Japanese Imperial command when they decided to start and continue the war. So the blood of these people is on the hands of the Japanese Imperial Command and none else.

This is also the case when a murderer is put to death for their crime. The murderer is responsible for the person he killed and his own death; the state who put him to death is not responsible for his murder.

DiffEq··on Ask HN: What was your best interviewing experience like?
AWS - Preparing for the Loop caused me to really focus on where I had been in my career and fully understand that path and what I could bring forward to AWS. I think even if I was not offered a position with AWS it was great preparation for interviewing with other companies.
DiffEq··on Facebook loses users for the first time
I wonder how many people are like me...they see this article and think, "Hey, I have a Facebook account, I should see what it is going on there since I haven't looked at it in however many days." Then I look and see there are no messages or anything and close it...for who knows how long again.
DiffEq··on How to design a house to last 1000 years
https://www.nudura.com/products

https://vulcraft.com/Products/JoistGirders

https://www.neuvokascorp.com/

Cold roof Design: https://www.cor-a-vent.com/s-400.cfm

First layer https://www.homedepot.com/p/TECHSHIELD-LP-TechShield-Radiant...

Foam Layer: https://universalconstructionfoam.com/

Second Layer: https://www.homedepot.com/p/5-8-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Zip-System-...

Outside walls, roof eaves, etc:

https://www.jameshardie.com/

Concrete:

https://cor-tuf.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-concre...

DiffEq··on Is newborn smiling just a reflex? Research is challenging the textbooks (2018)
I don't necessarily disagree with you. I just know the misery these two older friends of mine went through...just to give another perspective. It makes sense though that there could be a genetic disposition.
DiffEq··on Is newborn smiling just a reflex? Research is challenging the textbooks (2018)
I know two people that had to get circumcised when they were older because of issues of the foreskin restricting urinating. Both cursed their parents for not having circumcised them when they were babies.
DiffEq··on How to design a house to last 1000 years
Slate can be easily damaged by hail and your kids baseballs. Aluminum will be resistant to all the sizes of hail except biblical sizes. Aluminum also will reflect pretty 100 percent of the heat from the sun - allowing you to have an insulated/conditioned attic if you want. As to cost - aluminum shingles are pretty expensive too so probably no cost savings there.

The higher quality fiberglass windows have resins and treatments that are pretty much impervious to UV light...so that has been a problem with fiberglass windows but not so much anymore. Another option are steel or aluminum windows. There are some very high quality windows made out of that material as well.

I do have links...will post them later.

DiffEq··on How to design a house to last 1000 years
Yes, insulation is very important. I actually built this house for myself. Took 2.5 years...the insulated concrete forms I used have built in insulation for the walls...and for the foundation I used special foam around the edges of the foundation to help with that. A commenter mentioned elsewhere that you would not be able to find contractors to build a house like OP designed - that is a true statement even with my build and that is why I had to build 90 percent of myself (my sons and wife helped too).
DiffEq··on How to design a house to last 1000 years
Thanks...fixed.
DiffEq··on How to design a house to last 1000 years
Yes. And if a window is broken long term (who knows what 1000 years may bring) the opening can be somewhat protected still and easily so.
DiffEq··on How to design a house to last 1000 years
You should still use reinforcement in the concrete: Use basalt rebar instead of steel; it will not corrode. Use a nylon fiber in the mix to protect against impact and spalling from fire. Use 5000 psi concrete instead of 2500. This is much stronger and will be less likely to break down under any environment. Use a vapor barrier underneath to help prevent moisture and gas from coming up into the house. Put the foundation on 8 to 10 inches of 1" rock. This will help protect against soil expansion and allow water to quickly flow underneath or out of underneath the house. It will also prevent critters from digging into any possible underground utilities, etc. Any cracks after the concrete sets, fill and then seal the entire pad. Be sure to keep the concrete wet and covered for 30 days to aid in maximum strength.

Instead of a steel frame, use insulated concrete forms, again using basalt rebar. This makes a concrete walled house. Use stainless steel trusses (or onsite galvanized steel) for the roof or build a concrete roof with similar construction methods as the insulated concrete forms.

The siding of the house should be concrete board or other non combustible material (brick or stone)..or both where it makes sense. But be careful on the mortar used..seal it at least if you expose any of it to the weather.

Make sure the eaves are at least two feet out and the eaves over doors more than that. This keeps water away from those areas and the house as a whole.

Make sure you have gutters...good ones.

Make sure your land around the house moves water around it - even in flash flood events.

Have real shutters for your windows.

Where it makes sense, especially those areas exposed to weather, do not use wood.

Instead of slate..use aluminum shingles.

Forget the fireplace...too many potential issues with fire, leaking, etc. They are hard to build for 20 years let alone 1000.

Use Fiberglass windows. The best ones will outlast any hardwood.

DiffEq··on Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eventually be fired
Then why not fire people who are overweight? That kills more people; reduces work capacity more than any other, and costs more money than any other health issue we have. Additionally, if you are healthy and do not have the comorbidities that come with being overweight your risks of being a Covid mortality is less than the flu. So to be consistent Google should fire everyone that is overweight right? And you should be totally ok with that.

Why not fire people who drive cars - the risk of dying and killing other people is greater than Covid presents for most every age category...especially those ages that are working for Google. And you should be o.k. with that too.

DiffEq··on Blood sugar level follows perceived time rather than actual time in diabetics
Time…is motion. A clock is just a standard measure of motion, not time itself.

https://www.motionmountain.net/

DiffEq··on Decline in effectiveness of all three US Covid-19 vaccines over time
There is no push to do what we KNOW reduces the risk of Covid 19 and that is to get healthy. By now everybody could have lost a bunch of weight and shed their type 2 diabetes and could now be in a much lower risk profile for all causes of death…not just Covid. But almost nowhere do you see the government or anyone else saying one should do that. Probably because there isn’t any money in it and people are lazy.
DiffEq··on Where have all the insects gone?
I don't disagree; just like there are no true capitalist countries. However there is a degree in which you lean one way or the other and it may vary depending on industry. For instance the Health care in the United States mentioned earlier in this thread is thought to be capitalist - but it is so heavily regulated in certain ways that it is probably leaning more towards a Marxist creation.
DiffEq··on Where have all the insects gone?
@babycake I take it that you are making a dig at Western society as a whole or just the U.S.? I think if you took some time and traveled to some of the non-capitalist (Marxist) countries you might see the utter horrifical ecological damage that they are doing and have done to the world. I think if all told you might find that capitalist countries have done a better job with the environment - I am not saying they have done a good job - just a better one than the Marxist countries.
DiffEq··on Toxoplasmosis associated with entrepreneurial initiation and performance (2020)
Having a dog forces you to micro-manage. This may be fine is just starting out in a business but it does not scale.
DiffEq··on FBI Releases Updated 2020 Hate Crime Statistics
I do not understand the purpose of hate crime statistics.

If a person goes around murdering people for instance - it kind of stands to reason that this person has a some form of hate going around in his mind. What does it matter if he hates only black people or people that wear orange hats? What matters is that he is a murderer. Murder has always been against the law around here so lets focus on getting rid of murderers instead of trying to divine what is in their hearts. What additional benefit does it gain us in attempting such divination?

DiffEq··on OSHA to require employers with 100 employees vaccinate or test workforce
So these are due to staff shortages. I don't live there now but I use to live in that region and this occurred from time to time...because the hospitals are small and the staff are few...it was normal procedure to fly patients out of state for care. These headlines are misleading because it does not put the issue into context. This is why the National Guard is being considered...because of staff. One reason why there are fewer staff these days is because people are tired of this crap and also may get paid more to sit at home.
DiffEq··on OSHA to require employers with 100 employees vaccinate or test workforce
If I may ask - can you tell me which city's hospital beds are full due to Covid 19 patients?
DiffEq··on OWASP Top 10 2021
Notice the Venn Diagram at the bottom of the page. If you were going to put money in a security solution you would do your best work if you made sure your security related configurations were correct and remained in place. (Least privilege configuration and Change Control). It affects every other category except injection and known vulnerabilities. So then you would make sure you had good life cycle management and patch management to address the issues with software vulnerabilities and then make sure you use Prepared Statements (with Parameterized Queries) or properly constructed Stored Procedures. This is where your focus and money should go before you start doing anything else.
DiffEq··on How to Study Effectively
I have been using this for years. I have never had the negative experiences that these people on the Reddit forum ascribe to it.
DiffEq··on How to Study Effectively
BioTest Z-12, except I take one, not the 2 or 3 they recommend. It it worth 10x its weight in gold.
DiffEq··on Extreme Ironing
These can be real problems when subject to a heat flash from a nuclear blast. They tend to melt right on you rather than block the heat.
DiffEq··on Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups
On Point 1....Yes; and besides that most Brick and mortar stores have insurance for catastrophic loss...so essentially they have a working backup.
DiffEq··on New ‘mirror’ fabric can cool wearers by nearly 5°C
If it is like a mirror then what about people around you getting all that light reflected back into their eye - light which they can't really "see"? Seems like if you are around something like that all day where multiple people are wearing such clothes that it could possibly be damaging?
DiffEq··on Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, shut down
I think it is not silly because when I read that headline it made it sound to me as if this was a problem/trend. In reality the story is about 2 companies...which could be a problem if those two companies deliver 50% of the packages but it isn't. But it still might be an article worth writing and reading if the reasons they shut down are matters of justice or some other noble cause or just because Amazon Inc are a bunch of jerks...I think more effort should be made to make the headline fit the truth rather than draw people in under false pretense.
DiffEq··on FAA releases TRUST: Free online training required to fly drones recreationally
So it is not revisionist. Airspace rules, in large part, is what creates the safety. And of course it is not going to stop malicious people. But it will create cooperation so accidents risk is reduced and it allows for one to be punished if they disregard the rules and are caught.

It is against the law for people to play on the Interstate highway and I am sure you would have a problem with it if it wasn't and some kids decided to go build a fort in the middle of one.

DiffEq··on FAA releases TRUST: Free online training required to fly drones recreationally
They were created to regulate airspace and when you have people flying drones into planes and helicopters at airports then someone needs to step in.
DiffEq··on Scientist finds early virus sequences that had been mysteriously deleted
Not all vaccines are created equal.
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