teh_klev

> and really no new apps should be built on it.

You know you don't need to use the new features, you can still build your apps the way you like and gradually adopt stuff you think might be better for you. Many of the new features aren't always aimed at line of business apps but have been added to improve "systems programming" capabilities.

And they aren't taking anything way from you (unless you're jumping from .NET Framework to .NET 5 and beyond, e.g. remoting).

Sure, but anti-caking agents are an adulteration of the original product you mined out of the ground.

This is pretty much what I do but in a separate Chrome profile.

The Tupolev Tu-142 Bear J (a variant of the TU-95) also has this capability:

https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/tu-95-varian...

The BBC like to get all excited about these aircraft when they do a fly past in international airspace:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-she...

And discussed a few times in the past on HN:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

This is a reheat of the source article mentioned by ABC which has a far more detailed coverage:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300905942/megaupload-...

I also read The Road in a single sitting but over night. It was also a stormy night in late November which just added to the atmosphere of the book. The next day felt pretty bleak and grey, just like the weather and my mood. I love it when a book can do that to you.

I suspect they've mixed up the Graham's.

This episode of the Lex Fridman podcast, where Chris Lattner talks to Fridman about Mojo and other things, might be of interest to readers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJQ8iVTwj8

Much appreciated for expanding on the humidity thing.

> Static buildup is a real issue. It's muscle memory now for me to ground myself before touching any electronics. There's makeshift grounding points (metal tape, metal frames, etc) everywhere. I'm still not used to the little shocks every time.

I did wonder about that, and so it is a thing you need to learn to live with. As I'd mentioned in a comment below, I had the misfortune of working in a newly built data centre where the HVAC was still being commissioned/tuned that caused the humidity to drop severely in the rack zones. It was a right pain in the fingers being zapped frequently as we moved racks and other non-electronic infrastructure into place. But it was also comedic as well as you could regularly hear quiet yelps and expletives from others in the team as they too were being zapped :)

Haven't you read any James Herbert?

Joking aside, cats aren't going to be very inclined to head into a lair to pick off their young.

> This definitely isn't new.

This is mentioned in the article.

> and the rat problem becomes worse

Cats usually won't tackle rats, this is even mentioned in the article.

I'd have to question what "near-zero" actually means. I don't doubt that outside the humidity is super low, but inside I have my doubts.

Super low humidity increases the risk of ESD which wouldn't be fantastic for any electronics.

You'd need to walk around with a grounding strap all day otherwise you'll be zapping every bit of metal you encounter. I worked in a newly built data centre where the air conditioning (not the chillers) wasn't tuned quite right and the humidity dropped so low that we were being zapped left right and centre. So I'd love to see the actual figure they're using as "near-zero".

I'm fairly certain the air will be conditioned and inside humidity kept to an acceptable standard.

> Sure but these chickens would be isolated from the outside world, like a lab setting

Until one day that security setting breaks down.

> I was wonder why they don't have chickens somewhere

It's probably a bio security thing. If these chickens escape into the wild there's the risk of infecting the local bird life with new diseases or viruses that the local population have no defences against.

I didn't mind that much. For example when IBM introduced their Micro Channel Architecture, the "reviews" of machines such as the PS/2 Model 80 were pretty much matter of fact, explaining the technical details and with some decent photos. And this was still useful in pre-WWW times and even beyond.

I have a pair of 35 year old Mission speakers constructed using rubber and so far there's no evidence of degradation and they still sound great.

I imagine if this was a tyre then it wouldn't fare so well because the rubber compound is for a completely different use and also exposed to adversities such as wide temperature differences and all sorts of kinetics that a speaker will never experience (hopefully).

Sure, but it's the whole package that matters.

That's a GM platform car:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM2900_platform

GM already had 50% controlling share of Saab way back in 1989 and by 2010 they were wholely owned by GM.

I had a 1998 Saab 93 (2L petrol LPT) and was initially disappointed to find out it used the same platform as the Vauxhall/Opel Vectra. That said it still had those distinct Saab design touches and was pretty damned good in the snow and ice.

Even the 900NG which the 9-3 derives from was a GM2900 platform car.

Turn and see who's jumping out of helicopters and limos.

And also not forgetting Acorns, Dragons, Orics and a bunch of other almost cottage industry manufacturers that you could go into John Menzies, Debenhams or WH Smiths and buy straight from store stock. I think we had quite a rich selection of machines to choose from back then.

> I really hope that pushes them to be less apathetic than Gen X

I'm Gen X, I do take issue with your wide sweeping claim that we're apathetic with regards to workers rights. The current wide ranging strikes and support for workers rights within the UK are being driven by folks from the Gen X age group.

The same site from last time around, but with a bit of a wider scope:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35853131

In which countries? Remember this is a global discussion forum.

I thought this was the case. An unhappy customer of Wizz Air did this recently which is why this was in the back of my mind:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/dad-gets-4500-wiz...

My favourite part of this article:

"He then applied for bailiffs who attended the Wizz Air desk at Luton Airport - saying they could take goods including chairs, tables, computers or an even aircraft."

> But it's starting to get expensive at this point

I don't believe this is the case in the UK. By this point the costs are being run up against the defendant and they have to pay the bailiff fees:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/action-your...

> It's all the violence of designers that makes things both less device friendly

"violence"? seriously? You should maybe dial back the hyperbole a bit.

Afro-futurism isn't a new thing. It's represented by musical oeuvres such as Sun Ra (Space is the place) to writings, oddly as a white author, by Alastair Reynolds in the "Poseidon's Children Universe" (where elephants make it into space).

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