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Right, and by "reachable" they mean it is theoretically possible to get to this board position through a normal (albeit obviously methodically chosen) series of moves.

The "projection" can be centered on any arbitrary point, actually. See https://vanderbei.princeton.edu/planets_webgl/GottPlanets.ht...

They already do. Example: https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/baltimoresun.com/

For what it's worth, I find third-party logins (e.g. Spotify via Facebook) to be a nice convenience feature that I use quite often.

The real evil here is that the surcharges are "all on top of the price that regulators have agreed customers should pay for their electricity service."

Utilities support basic human necessities. We need power for light and heat. When the base cost for these necessities rises (to subsidize infrastructure projects), the poor are the hardest hit. And the fact that these governments are essentially "hiding" taxes inside of utility payments is outrageous.

Why are human missions so much more costly than robotic missions? Answer: Life Support.

If our (very) long-term goal is to stake humanity's claim on other planets/asteroids/etc., then it makes sense to work on improving and expanding Life Support capabilities in harsh environments. I see it as an investment in the future -- it may not seem to have immediate benefits, but these are key milestones and steps for reaching the ultimate goal.

Thanks. Another example is the Dutch DigID: https://www.digid.nl/en/about-digid/

> "The Sola TS became concerned about the situation. However, because the Ingstad wasn’t showing automatic identification system (AIS) data, initially neither the Sola TS nor the traffic station on shore could identify the frigate to warn it of the imminent danger."

I will briefly add that Indonesian food is massively popular in the Netherlands ("East Indies" being a former colony). Rijstaffel [1] -- literally, "rice table" -- is a national specialty that is celebrated by the Dutch, although I will admit that the history of the meal is rooted in that former colonialism.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijsttafel

They are, it's one of the reasons they [Nielsen] bought Arbitron back in 2013. The PPM devices use low-frequency tones encoded into the audio stream at the time of broadcast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_People_Meter

To add to this (and to refute a specific example brought up in the blog post): "learning ops" is not a way to reduce the complexity of software deployment. In fact, Docker exists specifically to solve that exact problem -- in net, it reduces the complexity and challenges of deployment in distributed systems.

Some complexity is unavoidable due to a project's scope and requirements -- introducing new complexities can oftentimes reduce the overall complexity of the system.

I'm really happy to see commute time in your list (among the other points). I'm a big believer in increasing quality of life by decreasing commute time, something which is increasingly difficult in the largest metropolitan job centers of America.

This question is actually on the ESTA form: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-US-visa-form-ask-seemingl...

"The Super Bowl is designated a SEAR (Special Events Assessment Rating) level 1, an event that’s considered of national importance..." [1]

Ultimate authority over law enforcement coordination during such events goes to the Department of Homeland Security.

[1] http://abcnews.go.com/US/law-enforcement-high-alert-super-bo...

If 'good enough' and 'usable' @ a price of 'free' is what's becoming ubiquitous, hasn't Mr. Skidmore just locked in on a new-ish market equilibrium?

This reminds me a lot of a thesis (sort of) from Peter Thiel's "Zero to One". He calls it The Contrarian Question:

    What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

The question asks us to escape from the mental confines of the past and present to be able to "predict the future" as it were.

In Delaware, 1209 North Orange Street is the address of over 200,000 businesses including Silicon Valley giants like Google and Apple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_Trust_Center_(CT_C...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/business/how-delaware-thri...

At Maryland, both the Hinman CEOs [1] and QUEST Honors [2] programs would provide great reciprocal value for YC.

[1] http://www.hinmanceos.umd.edu/

[2] http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/a...

"FedEx is still faster than the Internet" https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/

Of course, the applications here are probably quite different -- this research grant may be more geared toward building a faster network to handle large amounts of streaming input.

Hypothetically, could U.S. persons who were affected by this breach claim any sort of financial reprieve for future lost wages? I'd imagine those affected would not be very desirable or even eligible any more for secure work.

I still believe that COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) is, overall, beneficial legislation that puts in place the minimum rules for protecting children's PII. As the Internet becomes more accessible to a younger audience, we should be considering the societal benefits of such legislation and how it should evolve with the technology. It's shortsighted to fault Google for complying with the law.

This quote was not about the reporter or the news outlet. Michael McSwain was the FBI agent in charge of the case, and the reporting seems to suggest that having 'subversion' in Sergey's Web history was a component of building probable cause.

There is no prerequisite to have a "stable tech infrastructure" -- shoot, there's no prerequisite to even have an actual product! -- for admission to YC. pg has made it pretty clear that YC selects founders, not necessarily ideas.

And for those that have a proof-of-concept running on some other provider(s) (AWS/Rackspace/Google), it would be a huge boon to be able to migrate and scale using Azure and the $500k credit.

I agree. Additionally, the words "distinct" or "cardinality" don't appear anywhere in this article, which is a major omission when discussing HyperLogLog. The primary use of the algorithm is to provide a cardinality estimate.

Cool! Quick back-of-the-napkin indicates that the RTT for LEO satellites (at the upper bound) would be only ~4.7% of the RTT for GEO satellites. I'm sure there's much more to the story that I'm missing, but an LEO satellite should have a latency of around 11.75ms. In 2012, average US latency to Google was ~50-60ms [1]. Would bandwidth be the limiting factor?

[1] https://www.igvita.com/2012/07/19/latency-the-new-web-perfor...

Does this have any implications for the forthcoming update to Office for Mac?

There's a fascinating RadioLab episode which focuses on various parasites, including Toxo (Season 6, Episode 3: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91689-parasites/).

One of the key mechanisms of Toxo's behavior is that it can penetrate the brain of rodents and make them sexually attracted to feline urine -- the point is to facilitate the reproduction of the parasite which can occur only on feline intestines.

A "lac" (or "lakh") is a unit of 100,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh

(See also, "crore" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore)

The Verge (among others) is reporting that the antenna is located along the top edge of the phone [1]. Photos of the Apple Pay gesture in action on the slides seems to corroborate this.

And my gut tells me that this is a secondary reason for why they moved the power button over to the right side of the phone (primary reason being to accommodate smaller hands with the larger screen sizes).

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/9/6107091/apple-watch-iphone-...