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jcrubino··on Shakespeare's Game of Thrones Trilogy on Stage in Minneopolis
The marathon (All three plays in one day) is 13.5 Hours. There is one more marathon event May 18 2024.

Event Link: https://www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-tickets/2023-2024-s...

jcrubino··on Shakespeare's Game of Thrones Trilogy on Stage in Minneopolis
At Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater, "Richard II," "Henry IV (combined)" and "Henry V" bring Shakespeare's English histories to life with the edge of the seat gripping themes of struggle, providence, and duty. The ensemble cast shines in their portrayal of these historic tales, while bringing a contemporary energy to the roles without detracting from the story staged before the viewer. The content and thematics are strong and especially good for those making "one more, last attempt" at understanding Shakespeare's prowess in storytelling that remains in contemporary times.

While the audience can participate in singular performances, those that make the 11.5 hour marathon performance commitment will kindly be guided in an intimate journey from text book word wizardry of Richard II to the a fantastical dynamic story telling of Henry V that only the likes Shakespeare can reap critical acclaim for in a historical drama. The Guthrie Theater's staged and cast performance does not disappoint.

jcrubino··on Ask HN: What software/tech blogs/magazines should I be reading in 2024?
Paged Out! Institute https://pagedout.institute/

# What is Paged Out!?

Paged Out! is a free experimental (one article == one page) technical magazine about programming (especially programming tricks!), hacking, security hacking, retro computers, modern computers, electronics, demoscene, and other similar topics.

It's made by the community for the community. And it's not-for-profit (though in time, we hope it will be self-sustained) - this means that the issues will always be free to download, share, and print.

> Reminiscent of the vintage original Freaker/Hacker Publications, though clearly devoted to one page technical articles.

jcrubino··on Vice files for Bankruptcy
Wars end and it must be difficult to convince Simon Ostrovsky and Ben Anderson to stay on or even captain their own ship in the fleet let alone get Morris to do something other than pharmacopia.
jcrubino··on Ethereum Fork Fails on OpenEthereum
New implementations are generally regarded as good in the space because they help solidify the underlying protocols and add established libraries and routines in a new programming language.
jcrubino··on A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
But killed Calculus with Archimedes.
jcrubino··on A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
I meant The Romans, started out as an agrarian culture where Ceasars were more interested in tending the farm than politics that evolved into the spectacle that Rome is now known for.

Not ready to drop a book on HN regarding the nuance of Roman evolution just yet.

jcrubino··on A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
Thus my "musing conspiracy"....

Thanks for posting the link. Much of my commentary comes from past research on Archimedes... so I am biased and amused.

If I recall the founding of Syracuse is by Spartans and Corinthians... Archimedes society cared enough about knowledge that he was sent to Alexandria to study. Syracuse was a melting pot of cultures from the start and the Phonecians and the roman conflicts reinforced that to the end.

jcrubino··on A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
The Roman were truly a successful agrarian civilization, but became lackluster in progress from there.

They never made an overwhelming shift to mathematical / science based civilization. They took over Syracuse with a mandate to keep Archimedes alive, but that failed. Some scholars say the only roman contribution to math was numerals.

Basically they reaped the profits of empire, and fell into the cargo cults of opulent success, abandoning the prior agricultural based common sense by never integrating new ideas in the Aristotelian domains except for to pay homage to the originating culture enough to collect taxes.

jcrubino··on A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism
Great tip.

Archimedes in the Sand Reckoner cites to be solving on a problem from the "Eastern Philosophers". The problem is also in the Vajra Sutra where the numbers of sands in the cosmos is contemplated.

Archimedes Father was an astronomer.

Great parallel lives material that never maid it into the original.

The Antikytheron is written in a Corinthian dialect, from where Archimdes father is said to have come from.

My musing consiracy theory for the Roman sacking of Syracuse was for the Antikythera from which harvest and thus taxes could be better calculated - i.e. Thales.

But the Romans killed the only guy who understood how the Antikythera worked.... so it became a generals paper weight.

jcrubino··on Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore
The key innovation and premise behind Ethereum was to use a virtual machine to enable smart contracts on blockchains. Now virtual machine interpreters for blockchains is common if not standard. Tough to imagine Ethereum failing any promises based on that premise.
jcrubino··on Beej's Guide to Network Programming (1994-2020)
sctp only be came widely available after websockets and I think due to data channel implementations in WebRTC.
jcrubino··on Beej's Guide to Network Programming (1994-2020)
Beej's is the classic of classics.
jcrubino··on GitHub is fully available in Iran
"Strategery"

If the current military gulf presence escalates to armed conflict having software open to the Iranian population keeps communication tools available until the internet gets cut.

jcrubino··on Bitcoin is a disaster
The point is the commenters here on this thread listen to too many youtube crypto channels for an accurate analysis of what bitcoin is and wants to be.
jcrubino··on Bitcoin is a disaster
You are all missing the the trend over the last 7 years for bitcoin is to create a digital asset that is a store of wealth. To say bitcoin is a payments system in the sense of cash is to miss the executed tech roadmap where cheap one off transactions is a secondary concern (not bitcoin core's). Listen Saylor talk about MicroStrategy's investment in bitcoin. He is very clear that is a store of wealth and appreciating asset on the books, not a payment rail for MicroStrategy subscription base.
jcrubino··on It’s dangerous to think humans have a destiny outside Earth
You would think Trump & Company could capitalize on "This Earth First".

Technology has a cost in that people expect to be paid for their participation in the sector. Economies built on "defense" have huge technology capital in terms of knowledge and skill workers. This begs existential questions on the goals of productivity shared as nations and humans.

Tangentially, if the captains of Space really believed in life on mars or the moon, why aren't terraforming efforts being undertaken as center peices to the master plans to inhabit the moon or mars?

jcrubino··on Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
thanks. Works just like I was asking.
jcrubino··on Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
This is a fantastic tool to put some wrote muscle memory work into classics of english usage. Fascinating and unexpected way to work through some classics.

Can there be a custom text option or similar tool available? I would like to practice code snippets.

jcrubino··on YouTube Channels to Level Up Your Programming Skills
Great channel Julien. Great information without too much of the standardized youtube fisheye upsell and "smash that like button"
jcrubino··on Navy F/A-18 squadron commander's take on AI repeatedly beating real pilot
Thanks for the book reference.

Having read some some history, the obsolescence of weapons systems is indeed a cultural problem that people become unprepared for in the euphoria of advancements. Classic example being Syracuse vs Rome, where Rome was held back by the weapons of Archimedes only to be sacked after the Syracusans decided to have a party and left a gate open.

jcrubino··on New TypeScript Website
The name "Angela Davis" Occupation Professor is on the header logo
jcrubino··on Has GitHub been down more since its acquisition by Microsoft?
Microsoft has every right to move fast and break things on their watch.
jcrubino··on Chloroquine trial halted after 11 patients die on high dose
Like Coke and Diet Coke and Coke Zero
jcrubino··on Chloroquine trial halted after 11 patients die on high dose
A small hydroxychloroquine Study was just published. Equivical results found with some patients discontinued for ECG irregularities.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.10.20060699v...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22879361

jcrubino··on About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial
You missed the point.

The most serious cases of COVID-19 affect all the people who have the underlying conditions that have precautions listed using H-Chloroquine.

That makes the normal ICU case of COVID-19 more difficult (time consuming) to manage because now you have to spend time managing / monitoring: The condition, COVID-19, the side effects of H-Chloroquine on vital body systems already impaired, already being attacked by COVID.

Throw the magnitude two out the window like a lucky car crash victim while these patients suffer the crash in the hospital. Not even Bernie was going to pay for the specialty concierge care needed to manage such a patient and yet you some how assume that is how it works.

jcrubino··on Ventilator built from snorkel mask and 3D printed part
Family = Next of Kin

They are assigned a triage score and that score will be updated routinely. As beds open, the people who fit the criteria get the bed. I believe that is fairly standard in a public hospital type setting.

I have only ever worked in public and military icu, wards, er and trauma rooms so I do not know too many details on how that works in practice.

jcrubino··on Ventilator built from snorkel mask and 3D printed part
Generally (Used to be) in the united states the social worker will present the general ethical frameworks to reason within and it is up to family to provide the answer. Ethics boards develop recommendations as needed, when courts have to step in.

I will say working in a Trauma and ICU rooms, families are generally well aware of the decisions to be made when it is time.

jcrubino··on Ventilator built from snorkel mask and 3D printed part
I saw the Italians intubation protocol has this in mind. A very public discussion of these issues could create more panic than productive conversations in the media, but it really it will need to be addressed openly sooner or later before long-term ventilators start stacking.
jcrubino··on About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial
2) It complicates the treatment of the patients who will experience the worst cases of COVID-19 causing panic... people above 65 with diabetes and heart conditions.

3) Again this drug has well known precautions that reads like the all the people who will experience the worst of COVID-19

Having Grandpa John walk in for COVID-19 and roll out for death by QT elongation is not something the public will have to litigate.

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