800 columns in an OLTP is insane, that was my reaction when I read the OP. But in analytics it's not so unusual, although at that point a SQL DB is probably not the right solution anyway, and the data scientists probably do need all the columns.
While SELECT * has no place in a production code, it's the right thing to do during data exploration with ad hoc queries. Only after I get sufficient understanding of the data, I'll restrict the columns.
I often see junior developers assume what they need just by the name of the columns, and miss something.
Oh wait, I just did that a few days ago. It was embarrassing.
But, if you believe the person reporting from personal experience, and the newspaper reports something diametrically opposite, that should raise a question.
I'd pay money to be a passenger on the maiden voyage.
They should definitely include a few passenger cabins, as many freighters have. I have never been on a cruise - has zero appeal to me, but this would be awesome.
I'd like to see more detail about this project, though.
As others have commented, pure wind power is not going to be commercially feasible. There's too much variation in weather to work within current logistics demands.
They do anticipate that it will take 12 days to cross the Atlantic, compared to 8 days for fossil fuel vessels. Is that to have enough slack in the schedule to sit idle for the port entry if the winds are good and they arrive early?
But, I hope it's a success.
What is absolutely mind blowing to me is that when I was in college, in my crystallography class, we were inferring the crystal structure through the X-ray diffraction. Now we can observe it directly. I took the crystallography class in late 70s. I doubt that anyone had expected so much progress.
It would be interesting how much power you could generate by having a little outboard propeller driving a small generator. It would decrease the speed of your yacht, but if you're not on a schedule to get anywhere who cares, right?
Another option would be using Peltier effect, although I have no idea how efficient it could be. But sailing in the Polynesia, I'd think that there's a good temp difference between the water below the surface and the top of the boat.
>>> appears effective
I'm not knocking the vaccine, but that's a pretty low scientific standard.
The public is so polarized that we have crazy conspiracy theories on one side, and complete acceptance with very little questioning on the other side.
A typical drug takes about 5 years to develop and another 5-7 for clinical trials, and for good reasons. It takes time to discover side effects. This vaccine has been developed in less than a year from virus discovery to production.
I really hope this vaccine works, but I can understand the skepticism.
This sets a terrible precedent. If you believe in democracy, you should let the public choose what they want or don't want to hear. Now we have Jack Dorsey controlling the public discourse.
If you don't trust the public, you really don't believe in democracy.
Really? When I worked at one of the Big Four a stolen/lost laptop was DefCon 4, despite all of the security precautions. We were actually required to notify a partner in the firm before contacting law enforcement.
I have been in Taiwan multiple times on business, but all trips came in two distinct time periods: about 1998 and then 2008. Each time I have spent several weeks there - not a two day trip like airport-hotel-client-hotel-airport. I had a chance to spend weekends with colleagues, and observe how locals spend time.
During the first stint (1998) I was impressed how proudly anti-communist the Taiwanese were. Proud of their independence and held Chiang Kai-Shek in high regard. The Chiang Kai-Shek mausoleum was bustling with crowds - I enjoed strolling around there on weekends.
During my second stint (2008), the Chiang Kai-Shek mausoleum was a sorry sight - almost nobody around, most of it closed off for "renovation" and it felt desolate. I also detected a significant shift towards unification with China among my colleagues.
I can only hope that Taiwan paid close attention to Hong Kong.
I'd hate to see such a bustling, open and full of great people country fall under Chinese control.
Netflix's biggest problem is not the recommendation engine, but their lack of content. If they allowed you to filter out the junk you don't want to see and what you've already seen, there would be hardly anything left.
They've been losing rights to stream left and right.
That's why there's such a rush to produce their own content in other countries. Some of that is halfway decent, but there's a lot of formulaic, repetitive stuff.
And while saying that, I appreciate their high level technical staff. These decisions are made by bean counters.
> The point in the article is that at many generations ago, we are heavily inbred, it is not that we are all related.
I'm not following your point - maybe it's just a linguistic thing. To me, inbreeding implies relation, at least blood-relation, even when there was no other relation, e.g. conquering armies raping and pillaging.
Disclaimer - the last thing I want to do is to start a religious debate on HN. So, please, don't down-vote me because I'm going to mention Bible here.
But I find it interesting that the Individual Ancestors Point is not that far off from the Biblical estimate of the Earth's age of about 6,000 to 15,000 years.
So forget about "planting" the planet with "fake" fossils, Adam and Eve are right on the same timeline as the IAP.
Which really isn't that surprising because that basically indicates the age of a modern human being, capable of passing down stories through an invention of a language, and eventually writing them down.
So, at least in this case, the Bible got the math down fairly well, and I'm bringing it up purely as a historical document here.
Gosh, what a childish behavior from jwz. A very opinionated person, but someone who earned the rights to his opinion through serious accomplishments. Yikes.
Can you cite any sources for this?
And, the fact that a project didn't complete on time and within budget does not mean that is unprofitable for the rest of its lifetime.
I'd agree with this if the diploma had an indication which bucket the degree came from. When I need a brain surgeon, I'd like to know if he/she got the degree on merit or connections.
What's shocking is that this caste system is being continued in the US. US is oblivious to this system, very few people have any understanding of this, yet it affects success in the corporate world. Obviously, there's enough Indian presence in the business to influence it, but it's flying under the US corporate culture.
I've worked with many Indian coworkers in the tech industry, and now I'm rethinking some of the connections I've observed.
My pet peeve is with retailers which force you to register before even being able to browse their virtual store.
They will never get my business. I wonder if the CEOs of these companies have any idea how much business they're driving away.
You're making a very good point. Switching to metric system is much more difficult.
On the other hand we go through the drill of moving the clock one hour twice a year, sometimes even more if an international travel catches up with you.
I once drove from Sacramento to Sugar Bowl ski resort on the I80. Actually I ended in Sugar Bowl, because it was before GPS and all signs along I80 were buried in snow.
I would agree that someone who drives for Uber about 40 hours a week is effectively an employee, however it leaves out a lot of drivers who only want to offer certain rides at certain time.
For example, if every weekend I drive to my vacation home, which is in an area not practically reachable by public transport, and offer a ride, does that make me an employee? That's nonsense.