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This article seems based on a false analogy.

Real (geologic) hills can be measured. Their dimensions and slopes are objective quantities. There is no debate about their shape.

Mr. Dixon's hills (objective functions) are the stuff of wants, dreams, and deep conjecture. Their shapes are highly subjective and highly dimensional. So much so that the 3d-terrain construct adds little to the topic – whether a gradient, simulated annealing, or any other analytic approach is employed.

To me, the article is a whimsical piece of entertainment and is not useful for even notional career planning.

Probably meant CRDT

https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00445975/document

Agreed. A better title would be "$4M turboprop provides unique value in Afghanistan combat."

While Fallis' analysis the origins of 'The Girl' was interesting, it did little to mar my opinion of the art. After all, the wealthy, the clergy, the knighthood, and worse have all sponsored great art.

On another note... While on the gregfallis.com website, it would be a shame to miss his 'Faux Life' series:

https://gregfallis.com/category/faux-life/

I love the series, and it further illustrates the idea of 'juxtaposition art' (and of 'appropriation art').

> at least there are some women on their team

But mostly in staff, not investment, roles. So don't give up your bucket of pink just yet.

838 points later and this post is only the 2nd reply directly to the OP? And much of the commentary to date is about command line tools on Windows? Wow. Blasphemy.

OK, I'll bite. I'll talk about the Mac Pro news.

First, I'll state the obvious and applaud Apple for conducting a "Mac State of the Union" with a Congress of the Apple press. Bravo.

Looking at the details, I think we should be careful when assessing the use of iMacs, laptops, and Mini's by the pro user base. Specifically, were these folks running to the pro merits of these other devices or running away from the lack of a viable Mac Pro option? I think the latter.

I'm a Mac Pro user (2009 5.1) and devotee. I also own a top-line 5K iMac. I'd much rather do heavy computing on the Pro. For one thing, even something as simple as playing a 1080p video on the iMac wreaks thermal hell and sends the fans into overdrive. My oldish (and well-liked) Macbook Pro did similar things.

But what I truly like about the Pro is its easy expandability. In fact, I wish that it had more slots! Mine are always full (and I still lack a fast flash disk card).

So I am very, very psyched about the announcements. I am hopeful that the 2018 offerings are not outrageously priced.

Finally, as an aside, those who just can't wait until 2018 have an option. Very decent Mac Pro towers can be had used in the $1K-$2K price bracket. Maybe less if you mine Craigslist. If I were in the market for a non-laptop Mac, that's what I'd do.

Note that I am not trying to criticize non-Pro Macs. I just wanted to contrast them with the Pro, hopefully highlighting the latter's merits.

Interesting. My big takeaways were:

(1) For most of the country, 40-70% of the folks in sample say they are concerned about global warming (GW); (2) Areas of widespread (70-90%) concern are limited to the west and northeast coasts; (3) Many people believe that scientists doubt GW too; (4) That all notwithstanding, many folks across the land believe that we should reduce CO2 and take other green steps; and (5) Nearly everybody thinks that this issue has been over-talked – that the talk is way ahead of the science.

Note to opinion-makers: talk about cleaning up more and GW less. You are turning off your audience and volume won't change that.

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So web content, notably blog posts, have gone the way of musical content. That is, the written "albums" no longer sell; the market just wants "singles."

So the blog version of "Stairway to Heaven" will become as rare as Bowie and substantive songs will be as tears in the rain.

Cool. I'm always game for a good discussion of DSL's and Lisp (Racket).

But what struck me immediately was the quality of the "Why Lisp Why Racket" essay. This is probably the most compelling that I've seen as it gets specific and cites near-term benefits – not just the elitist "it's good for you" or "it'll make you smarter" stuff. Nicely done.

But also offsetting credits from dedup.

The main thing that I miss is "Last Year." For many topics (e.g., Mac OS issues), I want to eliminate legacy results. But "Last Month" is too tight and sacrifices quality.

I don't see how Erik's chart obscures anything. Quite the contrary. And zero-based charts make percentage changes more obvious, not less.

I had reversion episodes too – until I followed the protocol described by AdamKalisz on Superuser [1]. The "extra" steps made a big difference. [1] https://superuser.com/questions/1029400/how-to-enable-electr...

Excellent start! I especially like the audio features. Movist is my current reference app for movie playback. But IINA is now in the on-deck circle. Best of luck.

Look at the HUDs of modern fighters. (I'm familiar with the F/A-18). All digital (except angle of attack, if memory serves). Much easier to parse.

Well, that's not quite how I think of these constructs.

To me, imperative programming defines a series of steps for the computer to execute. Declarative programming describes the state of the world through a series of assertions.

Functional programming, OTOH, focuses on eliminating side effects – i.e., not altering global state.

The biggest source of cost and weight for an ebike drivetrain is the battery. The 1KW+ ebikes lauded by the author are fun but they are generally heavy and range-limited. These power levels might be necessary for the snow/mud/fat-tired world of the author but IMO are neither necessary nor desirable in the general leisure/commuting use case. Get on a 250w mid-drive or 500w hub-drive. You will have a blast.

Federal law and that of some states allows a lower minimum wage for tipped employees. [1] So the financial delta for the restaurant may be bigger than that described.

Blame the powerful restaurateur lobby. [2]

[1] https://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

[2] http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/02/464852535/for...

(OP) Many of my friends ask: "How can a reasonable/smart/principled/etc. person vote for Trump despite his obvious flaws?"

My only answer to date centered around the forgotten middle class. Here's one voter's more expanded view.

Ken Walton is also a self-confessed con man and author of the memoir "Fake." Small world?

I'd like to hear the police's side of the story before launching tirades about aggressive, pumped cops.

https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/08/12/local-authors-post-abou...

PopClip on Mac. A tiny menu-bar app that does so much, so easily. All cliches apply, including the one where Apple should buy them. This should be part of MacOS. Extensible architecture too.

I have no idea what he intended, but what he created by this reversal was news.

That the move adds a martyrdom flavor to an already-rich personal brand is a bankable asset beyond the $100K (or whatever) that would be made in the App Store. This is a 60 Minutes or GMA-level story now.

The only time that I have seen equity increase worker output is for relevant companies inside a valuation/exit bubble. There, equity produced remarkable alignment even among folks who hated one another.

The other thing that I'd add is that the fact that startup employees now make near-large-company cash packages suggests that the job market has radically devalued equity.

Much of the water consumed is not even metered. And not just that taken from wells.

Dr Edgar Choueiri at Princeton University is similarly developing 3d audio presentations over two audio channels. [1]

He has initially targeted audiophiles [2], and he has teamed with David Chesky (HDtracks.com) on a number of "binaural+" recordings. [3]

His video lecture and demo is nicely done (demo at 6 minute mark). [4]

[1] http://www.princeton.edu/3D3A/PureStereo/Pure_Stereo.html [2] http://www.stereophile.com/content/bacch-sp-3d-sound-experie... [3] http://www.hdtracks.com/binaural [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQmQD27uCt0

"I don't know" is very good; "I'll find out" is usually better. So I was taught as a plebe at the Naval Academy...

I think that this is very clever. Part of the value is the entertainment that it provides in a nominally soulcrushingly-dull task.

The major flaw (fail) for me is that LastPass doesn't know what to do with it.

Still, I passed to our dev team for consideration.

Good for you. You'll be in good company. These folks aren't HN-rich either: fighter pilot, fireman, teacher, social worker...

In Chrome, you can lessen the pain by using the "goo.gl" (or similar) extension.