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markoman··on Laika, the space dog, and her one-way trip into orbit (2018)
Let's not forget Sharon Van Etten's tribute song to Laika, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZixNE7NEJ4
markoman··on Google alerted Californians to an earthquake before it happened
That's correct about Japan already having this technology. It was quite necessary given their use of some of the highest-speed trains in the world. These trains will stop immediately upon getting the signal from the early warning system.

Japanese researchers found that there are 'P-waves' that precede the more damaging waves, which they used to create this early warning system, made up of thousands of seismometers placed throughout the country. Chile hopes to use this same technology for their own public safety.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_Early_Warning_(Japa...

markoman··on Why there's no such thing as a good billionaire
They do bear a resemblance, albeit with a 20-some year age difference. Adam has acknowledged the buzz about this: https://twitter.com/adamconover/status/1545120103125372928
markoman··on What Happened to Rod McKuen?
Our parents are those who introduce us to the joy of music, and eventually we are destined to criticize and question their choices as we form our own unique relationship with music through guitar and piano lessons, etc. My dad, now 8 years gone, was an ex-singer in the US Navy band from the early 1960s and in our house in the early 80s he'd often play Sinatra albums as well as other show tune type fare featuring a big band and heavy voice.

What I get now is how he used his albums to travel back in time to re-live glory days of when he was seeing the world and watching the effect his voice would have on people in different ports. Using your voice to make music is such a personal form of expression.

Understanding the music choices of your parents is one way of knowing who they were, often to some surprise after they are gone. I'm left with his albums now and they help me make that connection with the past and a renewed love for music back from the time when I was first learning it singing with him.

markoman··on Alex Jones told to pay $965M damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
The Constitutional right to free speech has been construed to protect your right to criticize the government (generally) and those who hold governmental posts. The Constitution doesn't mention defamation directly, but the doctrine that your rights end where anothers begin means that if you should actually injure someone through your untruthful speech or writing, then you should pay restitution to them and possibly punitive damages. The laws vary depending on the state, of course.

Since Jones is seen to have intentionally caused these plaintiffs emotional distress, the plaintiffs are being awarded compensatory damages nearing $1 billion, however punitive damages will be considered next because of a Connecticut law that bars using false statements to sell products. (A hearing set for Nov. 7 will determine the amount of those damages.)

According to the law, all the plaintiffs had to prove was that Jones (1) knowingly made false statements that would cause the claimants emotional distress and (2) such distress and injury could be proved or substantiated. In this case, the government served primarily as a mediator between the private citizens on both sides.

markoman··on The Hummingbird Clock: date videos by background mains hum
I suppose you could calibrate Mr. Hum with some known-date video material, but I agree that the data should simply be made public. Further, even if the data is released, you would be assuming that Mr. Hum captured his electrical data with the correct time attached to it. So, hopefully, he's either got a Cesium clock connected to his capture device or he's using NTP, or the like. This would further assume that he has maintained this same data capture regimen continuously since he began his capture in 2016.

This definitely raises some questions and shows that its likely not something that should be left to entities outside of standards-setting agencies (that could offer some assurances and certifications).

markoman··on Young woman with PTSD who survived Brussels airport terror attack 'euthanised'
Indeed there are people who physically feel their depression so profoundly that they are barely able to lift themselves from their beds in the morning. Depression has nothing to do with being 'down in the dumps' and has to last more than 2 weeks before it becomes a clinical case.

While suicide might seem like a cowardly way out to some, there are other sufferers who choose to take their chances with electro-shock therapy, which has experienced rejuvenated interest over the past 20 years. It should be clear, however, that anyone pursuing it has exhausted all over treatment and is still suffering to some great extent.

markoman··on Ask HN: Was it worth it for Go to add generics
You don't actually have to instantiate the type for a receiver function (i.e., method). There's too much missing from your code for me to understand which direction you're going but you'll likely have to use a constraint for structs which is explained here: https://github.com/akutz/go-generics-the-hard-way/blob/main/...
markoman··on Ask HN: How can a total beginner start with self-hosting?
Of course, iptables is an older syntax, since replaced by nftables. Learning both isn't too hard. The easiest fw is the Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) which is also probaby worth learning for completeness.
markoman··on Ask HN: Was it worth it for Go to add generics
This was for the Scylla Go Driver.
markoman··on Ask HN: Was it worth it for Go to add generics
I think its best to paste some code, i.e, the code (theoretically) meeting your requirements that failed, and code that compiled and got the closest to meeting your requirements.

Hopefully someone can bridge that gap for you.

markoman··on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana
This was a campaign promise from Biden, and why shouldn't he reap credit from following through by doing this is an election season. At least he's not on the ballot, and I can think of many worse things politicians regularly do.

Consider also that these federal marijuana convicts were charged due to such simple infractions as carrying weed onto federal property such as national parks (given their greater popularity in recent times).

This shouldn't be too controversial.

markoman··on Facebook reportedly laying off thousands of employees
It also has to be considered that Adobe has a large number of developer contractors that aren't included in the employee headcount, yes?
markoman··on How criminals are using jammers, deauthers to disrupt WiFi security cameras
Yes, the legal max is 4 watts, but that is if you're 'running barefoot' as they say, or without amplification.

There are car RF amplifiers that can run into the hundreds of watts or more and they do cause significant interference across many frequencies. CB radio users using these amps can easily be heard on home stereo systems, and sometimes even toasters (as lore goes, from their common use in the 70s & 80s).

markoman··on Hacking Google
EP005: 'Project Zero' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_13FXODdU Obviously, this is about Zero-day vulns

In the beginning they relate this to an English castle in Normandy that was defeated when in 1204 the French attackers climbed through the latrine chute to get inside. They like to start these off with some vague connection to a historical event.

Its pretty general but does have some valuable key points despite the slick infomerical feel.

markoman··on Hacking Google
And here is EP004 BUG HUNTERS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoXiXlCNoXg
markoman··on Hacking Google
And now comes: EP003: Red Team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TusQWn2TQxQ (4th video, in 0th indexing)

Things are getting interesting! The next video (004) is titled 'BUG HUNTERS'. I think it refers to bug bounty programs?

markoman··on Hacking Google
Here's Episode 002 Detection and Response, released within the hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0cpBocl3c Probably the best one yet.
markoman··on FBI misled judge who signed warrant for seizure of $86M in cash
Its not as if there's a governmental right to spontaneous violence. It's not even a 'right'. It's entwined in the governmental role to enforce laws for the protection of the community and public safety, during which harm may be used to obtain these aims. While this harm is supposed to be used sparingly and judiciously, the human nature of exacting justice can lead to excess and abuse. Unless evidence is presented to the contrary, the enforcing officers are protected with the 'qualified immunity' legal doctrine (aka 'a-few-bad-apples'). Its an unfortunate side effect of a mix of: police culture, training, and popular culture. At least in the George Floyd example, accountability was levied.

Corporations act with probably the most impunity of all. They are beneficially and popularly thought of as job providers (until they choose to layoff). When they abuse their function in their yearn for profit, they offer nothing to imprison criminally and can only offer financial compensation -- if they haven't walled off their finances and declared bankruptcy for the guilty self. (Thinking of J&J & the talcum powder case.) In the Purdue Pharma/Sackler case, they paid only what they agreed to pay and many thought they got off easy, since none of Sacklers were even charged criminally.

Who has it easier?

markoman··on Ask HN: How do you manage your household cashflow?
I'm actually most interested to hear where you're making 7% on such a liquid asset.
markoman··on EY to pay $100 mln to settle U.S. charges of staff cheating on accountant exams
What is the pass rate? I assume it's pretty high?
markoman··on Ask HN: Any certification that is worth it? Legitimately helped your career?
I'm thinking about getting into pen-testing and eventually getting an OSCP. Would you mind offering a few words about why you left the pen-testing field? Also, do you have a CEH or do you recommend bypassing it in favor of the OSCP?
markoman··on Show HN: Open-source Firebase Alternative? It's here
Really impressed with how easy appwrite was to start up from Docker! (Try doing that from Directus -- they give no help at all for any self hosting.) Can't wait for the GraphQL endpoint to get going! Appwrite isn't as evolved as Directus but I love the open source approach it has, instead of the push towards their cloud offering.
markoman··on When I First Saw Elon Musk for Who He Really Is
That cartoon that Musk made famous is from Colin Wright, a blogger who considered himself a leftist until gender politics reared itself. Yet Musk and Wright both seemed to forget about the Tea Party revolution and how it morphed into the birther & then Trump 'movements'. His blog's title is 'Reality's Last Stand' - a title of bracing shamelessness considering its political roots. He's quite a fit for Musk, surely.
markoman··on Ask HN: How worried are you about the upcoming recession?
This is supposed to be Free Enterprise's incentive to keep you competitive, i.e., you will lose it all if you don't keep your sprinting top notch. This is the nature of disruption. Look at what Uber did to the taxi industry (and the value of taxi medallions in NYC).

Oligarchies offer a way to buffer this effect, so that there can be several companies existing in an industry that slow-walk (disruptive) innovation and buy up competitors in their early stages. Hard to say how long an oligarchy can hold, though. Look at Intel & AMD, and how they're facing a serious test from ARM chips. Even further, what will the onset of Quantum Computing do to the market holds they have.

Free enterprise's nature as winner-take-all is what makes the difference here. Why was it that Friendster, Myspace, and Second Life could all co-exist, but when FaceBook came along they went defunct (mostly). In a more extreme example, consider robotics/AI and how it will replace humans. When robotic surgery is perfected, will 'manual' surgery even be considered 'safe' anymore?

markoman··on Craft CMS 4 Released
Is there any guide (online) that you followed for this CraftCMS-GraphQL-Next.js architecture? I'm intrigued and would appreciate being referred to some source material, if any is available.

What do you use as your 'head', if you don't use CraftCMS's? Are you using something you create with Next.js?

markoman··on Leaked SCOTUS Draft Opinion Suggests Imminent Overturn of Roe vs. Wade
This decision will further weaken the credibility of the Court since Barrett, Gorsuch & Beer Boy paid lots of lip service to 'super-precedence' and how Roe was the 'law of the land' during their confirmation hearings. Unlike pro-choice Sen. Collins who was fooled, the liberal senators were not.

What's next for Republicans will be to ban abortion outright at the national level, and not leave it up to the states. Then the sanctity squad will come for your Plan B pill, contraceptives, gay marriage, etc.

markoman··on Leaked SCOTUS Draft Opinion Suggests Imminent Overturn of Roe vs. Wade
The problem is that laws are being forced on people against their wishes, and that the electoral college which made this possible is a rarity among large developed countries. There just isn't a need or excuse for it in a mature country. The fact that we're a representative democracy doesn't justify the existence of the electoral college.

The U.S. is indeed a democracy, but it is not a direct democracy. It shouldn't be used as an excuse to wheel in a bunch of tyranny.

markoman··on Obama argues unregulated social media is a threat to democracy
Earlier this year the DoJ charged Stewart Rhodes and 10 other Oath Keepers members with seditious conspiracy for allegedly plotting to prevent by force the transfer of presidential power to Joe Biden. A number of these conspirators were involved in the siege of the Capitol on 01/06/21. Court papers say the group also had weapons stashed at a hotel nearby in Virginia and a quick reaction force ready to ferry them into Washington, D.C., if Rhodes gave the order. A magistrate judge in Texas ordered that Rhodes remain in jail pending trial.

Federal code defines seditious conspiracy as two or more people conspiring to overthrow or destroy by force the United States government, or to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any U.S. law.

markoman··on Ask HN: Have you used SQLite as a primary database?
But why not just use Redis (which is almost surely faster even vs. SQLite in-memory) instead of creating key-value tables?
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