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Stanislav Petrov, a little-known Russian whose decision averted a potential nuclear war [1].

[1] https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2017-10/news-briefs/man-save...

The campaign also coincided with the rise of cassette-based portastudios for musicians. There was concern that any record industry levy on cassettes would unfairly hit (unsigned) musicians recording their own music for demos. I think it was Sound-on-Sound magazine which came up with the "Home taping is skill in music" slogan as a counter.

I don't think that "Anticommons" is a very good word. "Inclosures" [1] would be more accurate and can be seen as a generalisation of ideas like walled gardens.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts

Or - also cool - enjoying the solitude whilst driving along the road that the autobahn/motorway/highway replaced because you managed your time so as not to have to hurry to your destination.

TNR with ear clipping is done in the UK by the Cat Protection League. They loan you a trap and neuter the cat. Our house cat is an ex stray with a clipped ear from CPL.

>> People will start asking where your funds are coming from.

>This is a weird statement.

Not in the UK. Here there's a legal obligation on the conveyancing practitioner - which you have to use - to confirm the source of funds for the purchase. They "will ask questions about your salary, request bank statements and ask you to give details of any family inheritances"[1].

[1] https://www.bannerjones.co.uk/your-property/services/buying/...

Here's a list of ULEZ exemptions [1]. I don't see any mention of delivery vehicles or luxury cars.

[1] https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/dis...

32-bit Arm is not being removed. There's the modern 32-bit only Cortex-A32 "AArch32 for full backward compatibility with Arm v7" [1]. Also expect 32-bit code compatibility to exist for a long time on Arm embedded cores for code size reasons.

[1] https://developer.arm.com/Processors/Cortex-A32

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Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. A philosphical science fiction book on the theme of aliens visiting earth which also influenced the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Intel is already an long-term Arm licensee[1], meaning that they can build and optimise Arm designs for their own use. I'd expect the terms of an Arm IP license restricts them from sublicensing any Intel-optimised Arm designs to foundry customers. If I understand correctly, this deal is Intel Foundries in future being able to offer the implementation of optimised Arm designs to customers.

https://wccftech.com/intel-manufacture-arm-chips/

Yes I do. Your door screws are a bad example. My car door hinges are secured with bolts not accessible when the door is closed. I have given some examples of security features which don't impact repairability and you've ignored them.

It's Hyundai's fault that it's trivially easy to steal their cars. Also, you may prevent subsequent thefts by putting a particular thief in jail, but not the first one they commit. Hyundai make the jail route less valuable because the learning curve to steal Hyundai cars is so shallow that there can be a constant stream of new thieves committing their first theft.

I don't follow the reasoning that inherently easily repairable cars are easily stolen. Cars have shipped for decades with steering and in some cases transmission locks. These required physical key and programmed fob to be present in order to start and drive. Security was down to the quality of the engineering of those components. I don't see how it hampered modification to or ability to repair the rest of the car.

For 25 years, Image Line have been shipping the FLStudio DAW as a one-off purchase with free lifetime updates, and since I've been receiving those updates for a significant chunk of those 25 years since I bought the Producer Edition, it seems pretty sustainable.

In their words "Why? Because we believe you should get the program you paid for, bug-fixed and updated for as long as we develop FL Studio." [1]

[1] https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio/lifetime-free-updates/

"Chop Shop" was a follow up to the series "Bangla Bangers" [1]. It was more like a variant of Scrapheap Challenge and nothing to do with organized crime around stolen cars in the UK.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Bangers

Non-US solution - give emergency services the ability to override self-driving vehicles

US solution - equip all emergency services with anti-materiel rifles

1. 80s computers were basically a mechanical keyboard connected to a low resolution CRT display (typically a TV). Text entry was the default. There was no GUI or pointing device. For smartphones, text entry isn't the default.

2. In the 80s seeing your choice of text on a screen was something really new to most people. Teletext would not be universal until the end of the decade. Nothing in the house had even a text display. Calculators were numeric only. These days, everything has a display.

3. There were no polished programs to compete with. A lot of early games were very simple. There was no App Store or Steam. You could write a Tic Tac Toe game never having seen a commercial implementation. Even if it was bad, your friends would be impressed.

If you want inclusive coding, Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35373052 . The 40 characters wide Basic terminal was of its time.

I second using ABRSM [1] material, particularly for classical music. It's graded and structured with workbooks (and even online theory exams if you want). ABRSM material and exams are for anyone and recognized for university/conservatoire entry at least in the UK. They start really gently at Grade I.

[1] https://gb.abrsm.org/en/our-exams/online-theory/

As a kid I was taking a photo in a tourist spot with a film camera and standard 50mm lens. An elderly local guy grabbed me by the shoulder as I framed the photo. We shared no common language and he (not so gently) pulled me over to where I should stand to get the better shot.

I was lucky to attend a series of jazz workshops by Conrad Cork at the start of my playing career. Conrad authored "Harmony with LEGO Bricks"[1] approach to jazz improvisation and used the workshops to test his teaching technique on live subjects at the college where I was working. In a nutshell the approach links listening, understanding and improvising. The book is pretty dense, and I feel very grateful to have had the benefit of the author explaining it to me.

I play jazz as a semi-pro but have backed some pretty hardcore players from time to time. Conrad sadly died in 2021[2] but I've had decades of benefit in terms of confidence on the bandstand from that course.

[1] https://jaelliott24.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/harmony-with-le...

[2] https://londonjazznews.com/2021/05/18/obituary-conrad-cork-1...

I followed the same trajectory. I was managing quite big teams and went to Liaison/Solutions Engineer. I had experience with troubleshooting projects and customer relationships (mainly due to stuff getting escalated to me). A couple of ex-colleagues at my new employer supported my application; specifically that I had continued to demonstrate enthusiasm for some hands-on skills whilst in management.

Parent is right. You don't need to lay people off. Getting stuff done in my new role is down to establishing credibility and knowing how teams and organisations work.

Only if the components actually remove themselves from the board. Bonus points if they make it to somewhere else in the room. Consider it like a faulty component quitting before it gets fired. I once had a bus transceiver that unsoldered itself from a card on an extender and ended up on the floor.

That STM32 blog about 90nm is from 2018. They are shipping a significant number of STM32 devices on 40nm now.

I get what you're saying but I'd like to highlight an example of the opposite business model. For 25 years, Image Line have been shipping the FLStudio DAW as a one-off purchase with free lifetime updates, and since I've been receiving those updates for a significant chunk of those 25 years since I bought the Producer Edition, it seems pretty sustainable.

In their words "Why? Because we believe you should get the program you paid for, bug-fixed and updated for as long as we develop FL Studio." [1]

[1] https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio/lifetime-free-updates/

> ...is that something that European Commissioner tells you to say?

I guess we are diametrically opposed. I can equally ask you if Jacob Rees-Mogg writes your posts.

> because pension and insurance rules (that were largely adopted from Europe) mean that they have to own large amounts of govt bonds

Let me help you with the brevity - you mean Solvency II. So you're fine with governments bailing out the financial system with our money, but not happy if they put (admittedly heavy-handed) measures in place to stop the casino mentality.

Thanks for the link. I read that they're using CNC machined pre-stressed stone panels. More details in this link https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/baug/ifb/i...

"Hello World" should obviously be "This is London calling"

I would love to see a robust and repairable class D design make it to the market as a kit or module. It's the one disadvantage I see of class D. Most techs can fault-find on non-switching amplifiers, but blown commercial class D modules typically just end up in the bin.

Maybe Thiel is playing the 4D chess in the run up to 2024 and Musk is on board as a very effective distraction who thinks he's the central player.