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961.
by scott_s 8y ago
I don't see it as a technical solution, but fixing a broken process .
962.
by scott_s 8y ago
If you know that a university is doing construction, then you know they're paying someone . It's not hard to know a university is doing construction because it will be reported on, they will have had to gain permission to do so,
963.
by scott_s 8y ago
While I think everyone should be aware of phishing, I don't think any amount of education can reliably prevent this sort of fraud. I see this fundamentally as a process problem, as I assume email was a common way of changing payment in
964.
by scott_s 8y ago
How would this proposed mechanism allow that, and what about the current workings of virtual memory disallow it? One can already do this with realloc() ( https://linux.die.net/man/3/realloc ). And if you don't
965.
by scott_s 8y ago
I'm not sure overcommitment is the same thing: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/overcommit-accou... Reading that, I think overcommitment is to determine the kernel's behavior when you try
966.
by scott_s 8y ago
I don't interpret that as the request. I interpret it as wanting virtual memory "allocated" but not counted against the processes' virtual memory allocation, and then getting a secondary mechanism to allocate the sorta-b
967.
by scott_s 8y ago
Good explanations of what and why one might lock memory. But, in the context of this overall discussion, I think it's important to keep in mind that when a process allocates a large amount of virtual memory, it does not automatically
968.
by scott_s 8y ago
My first thought on unix was mmap() as well, but one of the requirements was that it doesn't "look like" the process is using that memory, which I interpret as "I don't want to allocate this as virtual memory."
969.
by scott_s 8y ago
Looking at it ( https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ ), that is one of the options, but you could also do: def my_very_very_very_very_very_long_function_name( self, param1, param2)
970.
by scott_s 8y ago
In case you missed the "Dissolving the Fermi Paradox" action a few months ago: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=dissolving%20the%20fermi%20par...
971.
by scott_s 8y ago
Many military, police and service jobs in the US ban facial hair for men, which has a discriminatory effect: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/28/17916056/workplace-b...
972.
by scott_s 8y ago
Yes, because of all of the effects listed in the article. Someone else already pointed out the power it gives over sanctions, and the article talks at length that obtaining that currency for transactions effectively is a loan to the issuing
973.
by scott_s 8y ago
In support of emodendroket, in order to be a third party wanting to exchange the currency, they must obtain it. The issuer can make that significantly harder through sanctions.
974.
by scott_s 8y ago
I don't disagree with anything you said, but I wanted to point out you also don't disagree with the author. Your point ("this phrase is an approximation") is also the author's point. I felt he walked through the why
975.
by scott_s 8y ago
That would make a great episode of Star Trek - finding a planet like Earth, with a moon, and no sign of life on the planet or any visible structures of any kind. But their moon has tracks and vehicles.
976.
by scott_s 8y ago
Justin Bieber was discovered through YouTube. And he helped contribute to Carly Ray Jepsen's career because he saw one of her songs on YouTube, covered it, and helped it go viral. The Weeknd used YouTube at the start of his career as w
977.
by scott_s 8y ago
> The term "bully" is not helpful in the first place. It's too vague. It used to refer to kids who beat up other kids in school. That's a specific behavior. Modern usage had deteriorated into meaninglessness. It'
978.
by scott_s 8y ago
Insulting people is necessarily cruel. It is done to make the one saying the insult feel better at the expense of the one insulted. And insulting people is not necessary when correcting them.
979.
by scott_s 8y ago
Linus regularly and repeatedly was cruel to people when he perceived they made mistakes. Examples of his behavior are easy to find, and widely cited in any discussion on HN about it.
980.
by scott_s 8y ago
Looking at the abstract (there are several links in the comments), I think it's accurate to say it's not a scientific study because it's not a study . That is, to me, a "study" implies some systematic examination o
981.
by scott_s 8y ago
Insulting people based on the work they produce is abuse.
982.
by scott_s 8y ago
Something I don't think he has internalized yet is that it's not about "politeness" or "cursing." It's about abuse , which is still possible while being polite and without cursing.
983.
by scott_s 8y ago
It's not cool to grab someone else's blog posts to use as your demo.
984.
by scott_s 8y ago
I don't see podcasts as an alternative to radio, but just the new radio. Like how Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu are just the new tv. Perhaps this is because I have always listened to a lot of NPR podcasts, such as This American Life
985.
by scott_s 8y ago
This is the main claim: "Google employees discussed how they could tweak the company's search-related functions to show users how to contribute to pro-immigration organizations and contact lawmakers and government agencies, the W
986.
by scott_s 8y ago
This is a popular science article about the work of a bunch of researchers. I think it's fair to assume the researchers have an understanding of how their work fits into the larger field in a way not represented by the author of the po
987.
by scott_s 8y ago
I am also aware of that, and it's talked about in the article as well. What relationship does that fact have with our current discussion?
988.
by scott_s 8y ago
When you study something, you have to focus somewhere. It is not "daft" to focus on something, even if you and everyone else know there is more out there - you only have limited time and effort. The hope is that others will focus
989.
by scott_s 8y ago
I'm confused why you lead with "This is nothing surprising." The article does not present it as a surprise, but as something the reader may not know - which is standard for any article. The author is also clear in explaining
990.
by scott_s 8y ago
Agreed. That is why this is called a confidential tip line. For a journalist, a "tip" is an indication to investigate something.

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