We therefore need to reverse the technological progress that made these jobs obsolete in order to create more jobs for obsolete workers.
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Wikipedia [1]: "The barcode was invented by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver and patented in the US in 1951. The invention was based on Morse code that was extended to thin and thick bars. However, it took over twenty years before this invention became commercially successful."
>> "The idea was pioneered by a fellow IBM employee, but it was not until Laurer developed a scanner that could read codes digitally that it took off."
"The very first scanning of the now-ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode was on a pack of Wrigley Company chewing gum in June 1974"
>> A colleague told me of vainly trying to persuade a college student that .015 was less than .05; the student insisted “but 15 is more than five.”
>> To [students], [the equals sign] doesn’t signify equality, but instead means “put the answer here.” Imagine their confusion when, in algebra, they first encounter problems with numbers on both sides of the equal sign.
aka "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"
Unfortunately it seems to have lost momentum.
I very much look forward to the author's follow up post at the end of 2020 to see if another 5k turns into 200.
The other point is whether the flagging is legit, or being influenced by special interests. If the same X number of users were flagging everything related to Y, there is no way to know under the current system.
Edit: Just pointing out that doomsday predictions about population growth have been consistently wrong for the last 100 years.
Why not freeze and hide the accounts instead of deleting? I.e. don't push any tweets to them, or anything else computationally intensive. Then when they log in again, have them click a button to "catch up." Probably not as profitable as annoying a lot of surprised users who try and log in after Dec 12...
In other words, exercise cuts 11-22% of calories on the low end, and only 6-11% on the splurge day.
(And, ideally, the ability to play them on the computer.)
There was a recent post showing the version control history of HN article tiles. That's one step in the right direction.
Let me know if you find an easy way to play "human" level LCZero AIs.
Edit: Main project website: https://lczero.org/
There are only so many companies that can make it to that level of success, and only so many pigeons to fill those holes.
In the future, all distributions will be uniform. And everyone will finally be happy*
*(whether they like it or not.)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes