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EU places export controls on coronavirus vaccines

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2 points·by threwaway4392·5 ปีที่แล้ว·1 comments

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threwaway4392
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
They haven't even started their own versions of AdWords.

Google's money printing is based on people telling Google what they want in the search bar, and google placing ads about what they want right when they ask for it. Today people type what they want in the ChatGPT search bar.
threwaway4392
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
For vim users, jupyter-vim [0] coupled with a jupyter QtConsole is hard to beat. The short video [1] is maybe self-explanatory, but in short:

- vim on the left half of the screen, a jupyter QtConsole on the right, showing any plots, possibly interactive.

- the kernel on the jupyter QtConsole can be running on a powerful remote host, e.g., with GPU, but the plots are displayed locally

- Focused window is always vim. From vim editing a .py and without ever leaving vim or touching the mouse, one connects once to the jupyter kernel of the QtConsole. Then one can send a selection of lines, or vim text objects, to be evaluated in the QtConsole with a few keystrokes. Code is shown+evaluated and plots are displayed in the QtConsole as if the code sent from vim had been typed there.

One gets the full power of both vim and jupyter kernels with native plots. No more browser based notebooks or other editors with half-baked vim bindings.

[0]: https://github.com/jupyter-vim/jupyter-vim

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h59cbg4HqpY
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I am not even old and remember tips meant appreciation of service rendered.

Now tips are requested upon payment before service rendered. In front of workers and next customers. Minimum wage subsidies passed on to the consumer through social coercion, and maybe some insurance that nobody will spit in your coffee after you pay (but do the barista and the cook actually know how much you tipped?)
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
A friend is a faculty and says the institution online access to books and articles often does not work. Login issues, VPN issues, cookie issues if you started the VPN after trying to access the paywalled paper (might work in incognito mode but not in normal windows), and so on. Thankfully sci-hub and libgen are easier to get the information quickly.
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
The US tax authorities want automated data collection from EU banks about all "US persons"? Sure, that's FATCA. Reciprocity? Nope, US banks don't send anything back.
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Sanctions appear tough but will isolate the Belarusian people even more.

The EU could up their game by recognizing the democratically elected Belarusian individuals as the rightful government in exile, and propose to kick-start EU integration talks with them. That would send a strong support message to the Belarusian people.
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Building a startup for on-demand nuclear plant submarines for coastal cities worldwide.

Coastal mayors and governors have access dashboard to order nuclear submarines and pay by the hour. Submarine plant comes within a week, plugs itself to the local grid from the shore and electricity flows in. You may want to reserve an instance for a year or the submarine may move to a higher bidder municipality. Emergency cooling handled by construction even in worst case scenarios, no pumping necessary.

Regulations are fine because the submarine plants are not built in your country. Nuclear waste moves out of the country with the submarine when submarine is done powering your local grid. A real-time marketplace lets cities and countries worldwide bid to host the waste for good money.
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Can't crypto kill front running entirely?

Alice, wanting to transact, writes down two opposing orders, say buy 1 share of A for $10 and sell 1 share of A $10, plus a signed secret stating which order it actually is.

Other players subscribe to one of the two opposite orders.

Next thing (whatever that means in these blockchains, but after other players have subscribed to one of the two opposite orders), Alice reveals the secret using her private key. This reveals which order it was (buy or sell). Alice then makes a deal automatically with whoever subscribed to that order. The other opposite order is cancelled.
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
What benefits are we talking here? I presume mostly healthcare, though I may me missing something. What you suggest is overly complex compared to untying health care from work. In many countries healthcare is not tied to work.
threwaway4392
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Here is another incentive:

When users share their bills and EOB, provide them with an automated analysis of their bills: what seems weird, which billed items were far above average prices, etc.

This information can be precious when negotiating with the doctor's office, when Yelp/google-maps reviews, or when contacting your politicians about the absurdity of health care costs.
threwaway4392
·6 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
> I don't think I could reasonably expect a person from a journalism/liberal arts degree educational and work experience background to identify steganography.

Typing the whole leaked document into a brand new Word file does not require experienced background and would protect your sources against most steganography tricks
threwaway4392
·6 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
The Pentagon, through a political appointee appointed after Nov 3, blocking neighboring states over sending the national guard towards the capitol during the riots [1].

(edited for better wording)
threwaway4392
·6 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
It's quick to sample 10-20 accepted NeurIPS papers randomly and realize that almost all of those have useless platitudes as impact statements.

I am not so sure the letter attempts to cancel Anandkumar. Although her blacklist clearly went too far, it's quite difficult to find the context that led to the letter (as several comments show in the thread).

The sad truth is that expressing publicly any opinion on diversity/politics/AI ethics is currently a minefield for anyone's career and online safety. It shouldn't be the case and that's how I understand the letter.
threwaway4392
·6 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Important context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419844

The author of the blacklist retracted the list and apologized.
threwaway4392
·6 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Related discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419844