jdc

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jdc··on Log-log plot of new vs. total Covid-19 cases by country

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

jdc··on Roche releases Covid-19 test recipe, after EC considers intervention

https://forum.openhardware.science/t/pocketpcr-low-cost-usb-...

jdc··on Reich: In the last 10 years, airlines spent 96% of cash flow to buy back shares

Unfortunately representatives tend to get caught up in horse trading for themselves.

jdc··on Venezuela to Close Pumps as Gas Runs Short, Viral Outbreak Grows

I'd say watch for shaky justifications to refuse refugees.

jdc··on Rai Stones

And the whole malleability thing

jdc··on Ask HN: Could big fashion help with the pandemic by promoting gloves?

That and masks!

jdc··on Scientists create quantum sensor that covers entire radio frequency spectrum

Not a ham, but this is at the "further research is needed" so I predict more papers and grant money.

jdc··on GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization

Hell, we'll make it so med students can get a proper night's sleep during their residencies while we're at it.

jdc··on GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization

Just spitballing here, but to what extent can we streamline or automate COVID-19 treatment for non-comorbid cases?

jdc··on GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization

Nonetheless ramping up supply still solves the problem by driving prices down

jdc··on Mark Cuban says bailed out companies should never be allowed to buy back stocks

If only there was some kind of chain of command or responsibility we could use to hold people accountable for the actions of a firm.

jdc··on Charter staff told to report to offices despite positive coronavirus tests

Long as upper management works in the same space as everyone else, right?

jdc··on Mark Cuban says bailed out companies should never be allowed to buy back stocks

What alternative disincentive would you propose?

jdc··on GraphQLize: JVM library to build GraphQL API instantly from PostgreSQL and MySQL

Seems like a good usecase for row-level permissions

jdc··on BigBlueButton: An open source web conferencing system

Looks like they recommend 500gb storage space for production.. where are running yours?

jdc··on GNU Make Guile Integration

Which platform did Guile have trouble on?

jdc··on An actor who was really stabbed on stage

If you have another look at the guidelines you'll see that any article that arouses the community's curiousity is fair game.

jdc··on Xmake: A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

It doesn't depend on Python.

jdc··on Show HN: Pisa – Full Text Search Engine Written in C++

Now if only it would index the actual web pages of the browser history.

jdc··on “Just walk out” technology by Amazon

I mean, you're not wrong, but at the same time whether you call it "imagining" or "coming up with ideas", if done well the results of said process are valuable.

Ie. Good ideas are valuable

jdc··on GuiLite: Small, cute GUI effects you can reuse

QT for MCUs is proprietary

jdc··on Recognising Burnout

Surely you're joking

jdc··on $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

You're talking about threat assessment while I'm talking about something slightly different, which is the usefulness of tanks in past (modern) and active conflicts.

Anyway I'm not sold on tomatotomato37's claim that recent levels of American tank investment are unwise, but also don't have enough information to know otherwise.

jdc··on For Seoul’s poor, class strife in ‘Parasite’ is daily reality

Then you'd face shortages and possibly malicious compliance.

jdc··on $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

I think the point is tanks in general have little use in the vast majority of modern American battles.

jdc··on Microservices – Combinatorial Explosion of Versions

Its enough to have 2 that work in different domains with different constraints and different tools.

Wouldn't that be more or less be just two monoliths?

jdc··on Simple Systems Have Less Downtime

I'm referring to this part when I talk about the incidental-accidental complexity dichotomy:

[...] in the real world simple is _always_ a lie [...]

jdc··on Simple Systems Have Less Downtime

Sure lisp is a wonderful language, but let's not pretend there's no difference between incidental and accidental complexity.

jdc··on Measuring Latency in Linux (2014)

Why is that?

jdc··on Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism (2017)

While true, in almost any iterated trading game major disparities emerge — a point Monopoly makes well.

In real life however, these disparities are only a problem if people leverage them against others.

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