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second--shift··on Ubuntu 21.04
I too joined the Ubuntu/Linux community with 6.06 Dapper Drake. The Microsoft antitrust debacle was still fresh in early '06 - I was attracted to the message of "this is free, you have intrinsic value, this belongs to you by this virtue". It also turned out to be a great computing OS (wi-fi card issues notwithstanding in 2006).
second--shift··on India’s Mini-Craze for Bicycling Around the World
imagine living here
second--shift··on Prank Windows XP simulator
this is cute but modern web sites won't work in the embedded Internet Explorer - I kept getting an error "Firefox won't display this page in an embedded page - click here to open in new tab"
second--shift··on No one was in driver’s seat in fatal Tesla crash
Didn't this turn out to be floor mats getting stuck under the accelerator?
second--shift··on There’s Nothing to Do Except Gamble
> a 3x funds pays 3x the dividends

what? which funds pay 3x dividends? All of the leveraged ETFs i'm familiar with replicate the 3x exposure with futures contracts, which do not pay dividends. the drag exists when these futures contracts are in contango, where the back-month is more expensive than the front-month. The leveraged ETF pays that drag every time the fund rolls to the next futures. Nothing to do with borrowing costs.

This is also the reason why USO trends down long term, regardless of the spot price of oil.

second--shift··on Twilio blocked our account and with it hundreds of our customers [resolved]
Or you could just, you know, buy from Saas'es that provide SLA's enforceable in your jurisdiction. Vote with your <insert local currency here>
second--shift··on There’s Nothing to Do Except Gamble
The contango drag on 3x ETFs is hilarious - good luck on your endeavors sir, I've got futures contracts for sale for your fund manager to buy.
second--shift··on Latino Programming Language
"para cada ... tal cual" que pesada ;)
second--shift··on Latino Programming Language
Hola, saludos y gracias por tu comentario.

Tienes razon que hay aplicación en el sistema de educación. Pero mi respuesta es esta: no sería mas eficiente hacer un tutorial de las palabras ingleses, y luego usar nombres españoles para las variables y funciones?

second--shift··on Latino Programming Language
Hola, y saludos!

> Pero los novatos y aprendices que nunca han programado y que no hablan inglés, quizás podrían aprender mejor con un lenguaje en su idioma.

Es mi opiñon que el pueblo (hispanohablante) que esten aprendiendo la programacion traslape mucho con el pueblo que por lo menos conoce un poco de ingles. Asi, las palabras comunes como `print`, `if`, y `return` son muy faciles aprender.

Yo estoy de acuerdo con tus comentarios sobre la fragmentacion; el problema que tengo yo con este idea de lenguajes de programacion en otras lenguas es que el vocabulario no es interoperable. Si una persona empieza aqui, está empezando con una desventaja. Está condenada a usar esta lenguaje - que quizás no sirve para la aplicacion deseada.

Con todo esto, quiero decir que es una victoria cada novato que empieze aprender la programacion. Solo que el lenguaje en español puede ser una trampa - ya dijiste tú en cómo: por ejemplo, no se puede comunicar en StackOverflow para buscar ayuda.

Mucho gusto comunicarme contigo, el español es una de mis lenguas pero no es la primaria. Saludos

second--shift··on Latino Programming Language
la unica pregunta que tengo es .... porque? Nosotros que somos hispanohablantes no hemos necesitado esto - los lenguajes que ya existen sirven muy bien.

Como un ejercisio tecnico, les aplaudo. Pero no es un `Lisp`, y asi, no es para mi

second--shift··on A majority of uninfected adults show pre-existing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
I'm pretty sure (unverified claim) that the "cold" description got linked with the illness in pre-germ-theory-of-disease days, where being outside in the cold for too long would imply one "caches a cold" when they feel ill the next day.
second--shift··on A majority of uninfected adults show pre-existing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
yes, the "common cold" can be carried by rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, influenza viruses (maybe a mild case of 'flu' mistaken as a cold), and adenoviruses.

this list is not comprehensive.

second--shift··on New study detects lottery-like behavior in cryptocurrency markets
> I'm having a hard time seeing how the blanket ban was wrong in any way.

Before this decision, the federal government did not have the "right" to compel a property owner what (not) to do with his land. The framers of the Consitution were pretty clear about states' rights, and limits of federal power. Prior to this decision, a reasonable reader of the Constitution and case law would have concluded "yea, the federal gov't cannot compel the property owner in this way".

The (court decision) and ban is wrong because A) it's essentially a Constitutional rewrite without the amendment process and B) the Federal gov't does not have the moral authority to mandate how a property owner interacts with his own property. The intent from the 1790 text is pretty clear about the hierarchy of individual rights > state rights > federal rights.

To be clear: I'm not arguing against federal regulation of interstate commerce. The Constitution defined that as "commerce [...] between the states". There needed to be an Amendment to formally redefine (or clarify) that section. There was no Amendment process for this expansion of gov't power.

second--shift··on Avoid Consumer Routers
This is good advice for a "one device does it all" setup.

My personal setup is actually running the hap AC lites as access points, via CAPsMAN. I do routing on a hex Gr3. The hap ac lites are great value for a dual-radio 2.4/5ghz ap.

I also have an all-mikrotik passive poe setup, so it's one lead to the ac lites. Similar featureset to ubnt, cisco, others, at a fraction of the price.

second--shift··on People's Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing. This Is Why
Artists typically do get paid for their work... it's just that the value of content is approaching zero.
second--shift··on Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface
Big fan of Mikrotik, I have about a half-dozen scattered about the homelab.

Made a decision long time ago to go all-Mikrotik instead of ubnt, definitely glad I made that decision several years ago.

second--shift··on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
For the extra $1-2/mo, I think a $5 DigitalOcean ubuntu/similar droplet provides a ton of value, above and beyond just hosting a "static" site at the cheapest place for less. Want email too? ez. Virtual Hosts? ez. SOCKs proxy in the cloud? literally built in.
second--shift··on Ask HN: What's the fastest stack for making web side projects?
golang + sqlite. I can go from idea to mock-up in a day.
second--shift··on Avoid Consumer Routers
Another postive note here for Mikrotik - $50 USD buys you the hAP ac lite - enough for a "home" router but with all the features of top end enterprise routers.

Other comments have addressed security concerns - there's lots of CVE's out there because there's lots of Mikrotiks out there. As far as I'm aware, all or nearly all CVE's are patched before they are public; there's always the risk of zerodays but everything has the risk of zerodays.

second--shift··on Self-Hosting Git
I've been self-hosting https://gitea.io/en-us/ with no issues. One-liner to spin it up in Docker; exposed on the LAN only and easily accessible from anywhere with an SSH tunnel thru my bastion. Trouble-free workflow and I feel safe knowing my source code doesn't live on a computer somewhere in someone else's closet[1]

[1] - https://xkcd.com/908/

second--shift··on Moore's Law for Everything
I read some time ago (I think as a link here) the following: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist...

One of my takeaways is that growth cannot exist forever; there is a thermal bound to how much energy (economy = energy consumption, if you reduce it enough) we can produce and consume. Another commenter posted that if you zoom out enough, economic growth is exponential. I tend to agree, at least backwards-looking, so I think of intervals of economic progress as "doubling" (ie, logarithmic instead of linear).

We only have a few more doublings before we hit some serious thermal discomfort. The "AI Revolution" as dreamed in the OP I think is largely impossible: if the AI/Robots/Whatever get sufficiently advanced they will require orders of magnitude more energy than we already consume, which would run the risk of cooking us all.

I would rather see someone or someones trying to break the economy = energy paradigm. At some point, we will be unable to generate more useful energy; I'd like to see us do more with less.

second--shift··on The Enduring Myth of Stranger Danger
> Does anyone know if there has been an increase in pedestrian fatalities in the last 5-10 years, on account of distracted drivers?

The answer to this is YES - there has been an increasing trend of pedestrian fatalities, at least in US/UK where i saw the statistics. 2018 was a local high for fatalities. It seems to correlate to smartphone uptake.

second--shift··on Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long?
This is one of the more presentable of the questionable topics ;)
second--shift··on Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long?
One question i have about working at Google - a bit embarrassing to ask, but does one's Google account/search history come into play during the application/interview process? I'd rather not be grilled about why I was Googling how to hack Wi-Fi passwords in 2012.
second--shift··on What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on peasants
Upvote - relevant excerpt
second--shift··on How to Turn an IKEA Coffee Table into a DIY Server Rack
Proud owner and runner of a lackrack here at home myself. I used this guide to get me started.

Mine ultimately is 2 lack tables, one on top of the other, with poplar square dowels in the legs for structural strength. I'm able to run 1" furring strips from the back legs to the front legs - voila - rails. I get about 12U on mine, built for <$50 USD

second--shift··on We Are Preparing a Class Action Lawsuit Against Robinhood
It'll be all brokers who use Citadel for liquidity - I'm blocked on several major brand-name brokerages. I don't have a position in GME, but i can only route "closing" orders - no opens.
second--shift··on Testosterone levels show steady decrease among young US men
straight from the quoted article:

> For a typical consumer, alarm over soy products is likely unnecessary

second--shift··on I believe US could see rolling series of “Ireland events” over next 2 months
I'm usually a flag-carrier for epsilon theory here and elsewhere, but I think this is the closest approximation to reality.

What's happen(ed)ing in Ireland is Bad capital B. But that just puts into context USA's reality for the last ~3 months or so. We have been living an ongoing Ireland event since people gave up in the Fall.

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