FillardMillmore

Trying to get to the link and experiencing a timeout :(

This is pretty funny. Especially the following:

> ...you can send the author 500,000 USD$ for a custom made VIMKiller solution. You might say "Hey this gadget is super practical, and will definitely help me advance in my career, but it is maybe a little pricey." - think of this as an investment. Half a million, or learn VIM?

This is a long running joke among developers/sysadmins. Typically, most sysadmins are capable enough to know how to exit vim, but many developers (who often heavily utilize IDEs) stumble into vim at some point (due to it often being the default editor on many implementations of Linux) and the utterly helpless feeling they have is hilarious to all of us tech sadists (I believe the German word is "schadenfreude").

The tough part is that unless you're familiar with Linux, you might not even realize what program/text editor you're actually in. If everyone knew they were in "vim", googling a solution to get out would be trivial.

Looking at the future of humanity section:

> 10,000 - If globalization trends lead to panmixia, human genetic variation will no longer be regionalized, as the effective population size will equal the actual population size

> 10,000 - Humanity has a 95% probability of being extinct by this date, according to Brandon Carter's formulation of the controversial Doomsday argument, which argues that half of the humans who will ever have lived have probably already been born.

So in 10,000 years we're either all going to look the same or we'll all be dead? Yikes.

That's somewhat fatalistic and cynical, but there's a kernel of truth in your sentiment. We have of course done good and meaningful work when it comes to environmental protections and preservation - sure, we could argue that perhaps we haven't done enough and should do more, but the effort is there.

I'm not sure if our primary goal in "improving nature" is to help "nature" or simply keep nature sustainable for humans and future humans.

How could we dump it to the bottom without surface-dwelling scavengers tearing through the carcass?

I think if we took a public vote on the Patriot Act today, it would be nullified by tomorrow. Unfortunately, that's not how we do things and congress has been renewing it for some time, even stealthily. (p.s. apologies for not being able to find a more credible news site for this story - believe it or not, it wasn't widely reported on late last year)

https://therealnews.com/stories/patriot-act-renewal-sneaks-t...

Do you have a link for that claim on LastPass? I use the extension and am wondering if I shouldn't use an PM extension thats more reliable in terms of security. Any recommendations obviously welcome.

Thanks for sharing this list! John Peel was an international treasure. I'm American and I'm still quite familiar with him.

My biggest gratitude to him is for doing everything in his power to bring my favorite band (and also, his favorite band), The Fall, to a greater public recognition. Without him, who knows if they would have ever got a national TV spot - and for my money it still goes down as one of their best live outings. The video of their national performance on The Tube (1983) is below. As John Peel once said of the Fall: "They are always different; they are always the same". Rest in Peace to both John Peel and Mark E. Smith - both have added an non-quantifiable value to my life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE-6xoh1khg

Out of curiosity, what kind of tools do you use to do N64 development?

Initially got the Network Error but after a few tries it worked. This is really cool - thanks for sharing!

I noticed you have an avg points indicator for submissions but not for comments - any reason for that decision?

As did I. Those threads seem to be monthly - but I feel as if we haven't had one in some time. I don't know why, though the threads on the topic here are usually tiresome and predictable, I still find them quite amusing.

What's the real value in paying more for this compared to getting a new MacBook Air?

Can't help but say that your childhood dream reminds me of Homer Simpson's childhood dream of buying the Dallas Cowboys - he ended up getting the Denver Broncos. Needless to say, he wasn't very impressed.

https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys

A fellow house head! I must ask, are you a fan of any specific house mixes? I find that, while I do love standalone tracks, there's something absolutely ethereal about a well mixed house set, where the tracks are perfectly mixed and organically bleed into each other. On Youtube, I'm a fan of Johnny M's mixes for deep house. I've never heard of BeatportCharts, so I'll definitely check that out, thanks for the recommendation!

That's the tough part - not touching things that other people touch or ensuring that you sanitize your hands after. A new CDC study claims this coronavirus can survive for hours on shoes, wall, floors, etc.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0885_article

Like you say, it's a game of percentages. The only way to completely eliminate the possibility of infection to yourself personally is to stay inside and live off whatever you've managed to stock up on for supplies. Not exactly practical and likely not sustainable for long.

This is the crux of the issue. It's very easy for "emergency" powers leveraged by the government to become permanent powers. Look no further than the Patriot Act. The public should be following the public recommendations/guidelines as much as they possibly can, but they should also keep a close eye on the government and what powers it grants itself.

That plus possibly the banks' actions: the availability of things like mortgage deferrals and extensions.

Another thing to consider, which is a big unknown at this point, is what immigration policy will look like after the dust starts to settle. If it becomes more stringent than it was, that means less demand for housing in the future, and the valuations of property would likely reflect that.

It's a good question. Certainly many of these landlords have mortgages that need to be paid on their properties and the usual maintenance and upkeep of said properties. If landlords cant pay their mortgages, I'd assume the properties would be foreclosed by the banks - they'd likely give tenants a notice of some period of time before they'd be required to vacate. I don't know all the ramifications but my guess is that property valuations are going to go down fairly steeply as well. I've seen some efforts to hold rent strikes and I think those efforts will have more negative than positive results. I'm sympathetic to those that don't have enough to pay the rent because of job loss and economic shutdown but there are certainly those out there that will take advantage of the situation as an opportunity to try to shirk payments.

I wonder if policy could be useful here: temporary rent and mortgage freezes perhaps?

Yes, I believe it was, but this peripheral and the software was (unless I read or interpreted incorrectly) designed for the original NES.

(There is a note that there were remakes of the horse race betting software for SNES and Dreamcast)

I agree with you, these qualities are not intrinsic to leadership. But subconsciously (or perhaps consciously), others see someone who is healthy, vibrant, and well-groomed and, knowing nothing else about the person, they will infer that this person is in control of their dietary habits, fitness, and hygiene. It's easier for someone with the appearance of health to convince others that they are a leader than someone who appears sickly or behaves slovenly.

Again though, like you said, it's not intrinsic. No one would argue that Churchill was not an excellent leader, even if they did disagree with his politics or his methods.

Interesting tangent from the article:

>Today, SNES emulation is in a very good place. Barring unusual peripherals that are resistant to emulation (such as a light-sensor based golf club, an exercise bike, or a dial-up modem used to place real-money bets on live horse races in Japan), every officially licensed SNES title is fully playable

I had to look up the 'dial-up modem' reference - apparently it's a Japan-only peripheral called the "Famicom Network System" that did in fact have software available that allowed for bets to be placed on live horse races.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Network_System

http://niwanetwork.org/wiki/JRA-PAT

I believe Mazda made this decision not too long ago.

I hope this is a sign of things to come for the automobile industry.

Essentially, why I don't like touchscreens in automobile media interfaces:

-no tactile response

-more distracting due to the increased dexterity required to get where you need and the greater necessity to focus your eyes

-less intuitive than button/wheel controls (in my experience)

-uglier interfaces (again, in my experience)

Are societies in Africa and the Middle East that are dealing with this virus 'fat and weak with comfort and convenience'? Do poor and oppressed people in China hit with this virus deserve this reminder that our reality and existence is fragile?

Who says there's been a 'near total global failure to deal' with this pandemic? We're dealing with it right now, and countries around the world are taking drastic steps and decisive action. Perhaps we weren't as prepared as we should've been and I think that case can readily be made, but to think that because you can't explain our lack of preparation, it must mean that this virus and the resulting fallout were 'deserved' or 'necessary' seems pretty cold-hearted in light of all the people affected by this who already were struggling from paycheck to paycheck, just trying to get by and possibly improve their standing in life.

I did not downvote you, but paying people more is not a zero-sum game. The pay rate of an employee is not necessarily contingent on the salary of a CEO. More money can be attained through the creation of value in an economy - this value will add wealth - this added wealth could allow for both the employee and the CEO to be paid more.

"Bad idea" vs. "Good idea" seems too restrictive to me. I think there are pros and cons to it and the sum total of those pros and cons may be different depending on your circumstances, finances, and personal beliefs. There are some people who need economic relief now and not a moment later. Giving money to 'the people' can help with this but also carries long term consequences like inflation of the currency. Not to mention, the range of people getting money may be too broad - for example, I'll be receiving a check but I don't think I need it at all. Creating a more restrictive or specific criteria for the delivery of this relief though would likely become somewhat of a bureaucratic nightmare and would inevitably slow things down. We've had similar stimulus packages in the past and whether they were effective in their goals is up for debate.

https://taxfoundation.org/did-2001-tax-rebate-checks-stimula...

https://www.thebalance.com/bush-economic-stimulus-package-33...

If a company is behaving unethically (but not necessarily illegally), whistleblowers can help in informing the public as to the abuse. It is especially needed in times of crisis (like this one), but because it's a time of crisis, I would assume the motivations of whistleblowers may be less strong if they don't feel entirely financially secure.

Give the man his due. That's Führer Donitz to you. Even if it was for a shorter period of time than William Henry Harrison fighting a cold after a a chilly wind.

I'm not sure that it's entirely accurate to claim that manifest destiny was a "cultural belief" (or at least, it doesn't tell the whole story), as that would imply a large form of consensus within the culture in regards to the belief. Many prominent Americans of the time, Whigs, and eventually the early Republicans believed that, rather than making their mission of expansion one of conquest, to expand by way of democratic example. Though "manifest destiny" was, for all intents and purposes, a "cultural belief", I think it's worth noting that there were many people in said culture who were vocally opposed to the idea and the actions the acceptance of such an idea would motivate.

> If the landlords desperately need that rent just to do basic maintenance and repairs, and don't have enough saved to deal with a possible problem that might happen in the next month, then they don't deserve to own the property.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but what's the argument for that? On its surface, the proclamation that they 'don't deserve to own their property' seems a little draconian to me. What if a repair is required that was unforeseen and not basic?

Do you have a source for the claim that this committee is searching for Dorsey's successor? I found this from the WSJ about three days ago, but the gist of it seems to be that two new board members were added, they're searching for a 'new independent director' and a deal was struck that allowed Dorsey to maintain his position.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-elliott-strike-truce-th...