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I believe the pymc versions were resolved into developing version 4 of pymc. Development at https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc

It still depends on theano now evolved and renamed https://aesara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Current pyro has a Monte Carlo sampler

https://docs.pyro.ai/en/stable/_modules/pyro/infer/mcmc/nuts...

I agree with this analysis.

If they are being punished for money laundering committed in the past while money laundering was illegal, that’s good enforcement.

If they are being punished for previous lawful contribution to an entity that was in the future sanctioned, that’s bad enforcement.

Well, you misunderstood me.

I meant to offer the constitutional reasoning as a source for why retroactive punishment is problematic. Not as the binding legal principle.

I agree GitHub CAN do this.

My post offered the opinion GitHub should NOT do this.

Well, you misunderstood me.

I agree that GitHub’s actions are not regulated by the constitution or criminal.

Additionally I imagine Guthub’s contract terms are such that they can cancel at any time for any reason.

What I intended to say is “I agree the poster who complains of retroactive account deletion. We can look to the constitutional process for some reasons why retroactive punishment might be a bad idea.”

I did not mean to imply that GitHub’s actions were unconstitutional. They were bad actions for the same reasons that the constitution bars retroactive punishment. It’s hard to guide current behavior based on future law. They were likely legal.

I agree with your analysis. Ex post facto criminal laws are barred by the constitution for good reason. Retroactive punishment leaves people guessing what actions might or might not be punished.

> lowest-common-denominator way

Well said and exactly the psychological state one feels when participating.

> someone recognizing on their own, and reaching out to raise a flag is one way.

100% agree

Note that the OP has this blocked developer not announcing the block of a high priority item, but rather just pulling another item from the queue and making progress.

Depends on the person and the instructions, but I guess it happens.

1-1 also makes sense to me. That said, I can picture the manager after back and forth playing telephone with blockee sand blockers, believing that an efficient way to handle this is to have all the relevant people in one spot.

> You want to find out why that important task is not getting finished because the person is getting blocked on some infra problem and instead of reporting the blockage to you they pick up another task from the queue.

I think blocked on a high priority task is exactly what scrum with daily standup is sold as surfacing.

Wikipedia gives the impression the modern incarnation of photographing the US mail at scale began in 2001: “created in the aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people, including two postal workers” [0]

However research on photographs of mail was already taking place as far back as 1986 [1]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Isolation_Control_and_T...

[1] https://cedar.buffalo.edu/papers/articles/Framework_Object_1...

Apparently not a pre 9/11 program, if Wikipedia is correct.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Isolation_Control_and_T...

You’re welcome to point out the conflict, but please drop the snark: “But of course that is not relevant to the discussion, because crypto users are evil vampires sucking away the life force of the world.”

What specifically is over simplified, inconsistent, or wrong?

Airflow does this. Madness!

That paints a really vivid picture. I can anticipate it playing out just like that.

The medium is the message so to speak.

How would the discussion go?

Andrew Gelman offered a brief, mild critique of steelmanning [1] which you may find worth reading.

[1] https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2022/04/28/the-challe...

Indeed. What was the topic?

Diem was shutdown by Meta. It was previously Libra from Facebook.

A convincing example. What were the couple techniques that worked for you?

Top HN comment for idle relaxation is a TODO list!

I agree with all your points.

There are all kinds of arguments for having kids or not having kids. It’s a big decision.

Also agreed and more that the original communication was insubstantial garbage.

Or he’s just a jerk on the Internet with nonspecific POV just reading your comment and trying to find a piece to sark about.

Good luck with your IVF!

Why? Paid or unpaid the space downtown is used for cars. OP may believe that’s wrong.

I don’t think it’s the case that you can’t find a land use undesirable just because it generates income.

Sounds plausible

To elaborate tether is making the switch to dollars harder so people are preferring other stable coins?

Sounds right but if there was a general departure from crypto, I don’t expect Phire’s observation that “USDC, TUSD and BUSD, they are indeed drifting slightly high” to hold.

One reason might be that it’s a lot of public space being dedicated to private purpose. Those who use public transport are paying tax to guard the private vehicles of the rich. Odd.

I read somewhere that half of the space in some downtown areas is dedicated to infrastructure for cars. Seems like a lot.

Speaking of ethics, what’s the equilibrium here? Does it pass a Kantian categorical imperative?

I think if everyone did this, the rate each person was taxed at would fall below the current rough meter equivalent amount and the city (and LAZ Parking) would gather less revenue.

Up to you if you consider that positive or negative.

Very cool.

Are you prototyping or manufacturing at scale?

What kind of sensors have you attached?

What did you end up using MicroPython for?

> what’s an overpaid software engineer to do with their money

https://beatmalaria.org/donate/

> probably input from people who have never worked in the field is of pretty limited value in how to resolve the hard part, and will not do much

This is the story of hacker news. And of most other online forums. And of most meetings. Let’s bikeshed. Hi, I’m on the Internet and I read the whole post title. Let me share my thoughts.

People are stupid, lazy, and uninformed in the general case. People writing in an 8 line comment fields on mobile aren’t going to be the exception.

There is no need to be frustrated. Unless you enjoy that feeling. Then by all means embrace it.

Try this? Dip into the comments with right expectation. These are off the cuff uniformed thoughts of the masses. Maybe they make you laugh or cry or maybe something inspires you. Maybe there’s a gem buried here somewhere.

Don’t expect HN commenters to know anything deep. If you are in the mood for a deeper thought, go to the library.