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Just picked up a copy of this, and have had the hands-on course book on my shelf for a little while now.

Really started to start digging into the former! Any tips for getting through such a massive tome, or is it really something you can just run through front to back?

And for the hands-on lab course book, are the parts lists provided still the best way to get the components, or have there been better ways since its publication? Some of the prices of the tools are pretty daunting.

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From what I can tell, yes.

According to their about page [0], they're a licensing/localization company for Japanese animation. Looking at their catalog [1], they've localized various Kyoto Animation productions.

As other comments on this thread have pointed out, the company also shared the campaign on their Twitter account.

[0] - http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/about

[1] - http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog

For those who are able to and want to help, there's a GoFundMe campaign right now to help the studio recover [0]. There isn't much of an explanation of what the money will go towards, but it's better than doing nothing IMO.

I'm not a huge consumer of anime/manga, but some of my favorites (namely, Nichijou and Full Metal Panic) have come from this studio. I'm also aware that the industry as a whole is considered to be in a bad state right now, with this event certainly not helping things.

My condolences to those effected by this. I do hope, though, that this serves as a springboard for better things to come for the industry.

[0] - https://www.gofundme.com/help-kyoani-heal

I'm still very much on the fence when it comes to cloud gaming/game streaming/games-as-a-service/etc.

On one hand, I appreciate having older games be avilable for download after the companies decide to cease physical production. It allows for older games to still be enjoyed without having to deal with the ridiculous markup on the original cartridges.

On the other hand, the question of ownership still has yet to be answered. Even for platforms like the Wii that allowed you to buy/download games to permanently keep on the console via the Wii Shop, after a while it was still shut down. Now no one can access it, regardless of whether they purchased products or not. And with game streaming, this problem only gets worse because you completely rely on the servers to host/process the game for you.

What happens if (when) Google decides to shut down Stadia after years of regular use? Will subscribers be allowed to download the full game to run independently on their own machines? Can/should this be legally enforced?

These questions haven't been answered, and I think they ought to be before I would ever consider game streaming "ready". I'll stick to physical media on dedicated hardware in the mean time.

> “There is an element of trust that we are relying on Uber to set the market clearing price, and to the extent Uber and Lyft have market power, that can be distorted,” said Stucke. “They can create the rules of the game, they can design the competitive process and they can ensure whichever driver makes more or less, whoever wins in the competition among drivers, they can be assured they’re always going to profit.”

Seems to me either there need to be some antitrust laws brought down on companies like Uber/Lyft, or the laws that are already in place (if any) need to be better enforced.

If that's not the best way to go, then what else can there be done other than simply eschewing these ride sharing companies altogether?

My skepticism comes from this particular line in the article:

> The new device could be integrated into solar panels to provide a continuous power supply when it snows, [El-Cady] said.

The abstract of the researh paper itself[0] also reflects this sentiment:

> We envision these devices could potentially be integrated into solar panels to ensure continuous power supply during snowy weather conditions.

Granted, it's more of a pipe dream for the future than an original design goal for the technology, which does work well for said remote sensors

[0] - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221128551... (Link may not be accessable to all, feel free to reply with a mirror)

Tis a shame I started to go to bed earlier during the weekdays recently. Otherwise I may have been able to see this outside my apartment window.

Personal grumpiness aside though, I'm relieved that it didn't end up making landfall considering how close it was to some pretty major cities. I wonder if there's any hope for recovery of the meteorite itself since it appears to have fallen in the bay/ocean. Is it possible that it's close enough to land that they could find even a few parts of it?

Either way, I'm hoping more footage of the entry event starts coming in. Preferrably with audible reactions.

The previous HN discussion on this article:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10487680

I'm glad this article touched on 2 good reasons why people are quitting social media nowadays: data privacy concerns and public health risks.

But I think there's a third, equally important reason why people should consider quitting these platforms: public image management.

I find that a majority of people who use social media accounts simply do not know how to properly maintain a clean public image. Whether it be because they don't understand or refuse to tighten their privacy controls, or because other people take everything they say out of context for the sake of tarnishing their reputation, the things you post to social media can always be used against you. And for all intents and purposes, you can never take it back once you post.

For politicians, this rings especially true, and as far as I know for U.S. politicians, their social media accounts are 100% their thoughts, unsanitized or evaluated by a management team.

I suppose the old addage remains true: if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

Despite my strong skepticism of this technology being used as a replacement or even supplement for solar panels anytime in the near future, I really admire the creative thought process that led them to get even the miniscule results they did.

I'm not a chemist or phyhsicist in any regard, so I can't say whether this could be the stepping stone to something more large scale down the line. Could anyone shed light on whether there are any physical limits given the materials used (slilcone, snow, etc.) to how much energy you could extract?

Fair enough. My concerns were more rooted in performance than the cost of the console itself. But the performance gains they reported by switching to an SSD would more than likely trump anything lost by supporting higher resolutions.

Another possible reason, now that I think about it more, is future proofing.

If that's the case, then props for forward thinking on their part.

Recently on a whim I decided to plug in my N64 to a 1080p TV, and I was surprised how terribly the graphics scaled to the higher resolution.

After reading the more detailed Wired article, I can assuredly place myself in the "cautiously optimistic" car of the hype train for the PS5 (I myself own a PS4 Pro that I've been happy with).

There are a lot of solid boxes that Sony's ticking: backwards compatibility with the previous generation, sticking with physical game copies instead of moving towards a "games-as-a-service" cloud model, updates to hardware that justify the new console's number increment, releasing devkits early to get game devs on board with said hardware, etc.

That being said, as others have mentioned, the support for 8K stupifies me. As far as I understand it, 8K displays are only just now becoming commercial, and only for the highest buyers. I'd much rather have higher, consistent framerates.

Ray-tracing, I'm indifferent to. If they can make it work, great, more reflective windows and puddles for all. If not, then perhaps game devs can choose not to implement it.

Shame there will be no additional information on this at E3. Makes me wonder if they're saving their winning hand for a future round of poker, so to speak.

Edit: spelling

As someone who knows very little about the Internet backbone and networking in general, would this even be technically feasible to do?

We know that in certain countries there exist "single points" where a majority of internet traffic flows [0], but if those points get cut off, couldn't you reroute the traffic? Isn't that the point of decentralization in the first place?

And if it's technically feasible, would encryption tools like VPNs, DNS encryption or even Tor help in a situation like this?

[0] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-business/wp/2014...

Security has been the red-headed stepchild of software and, in some cases, hardware innovation for a long time. And I agree that it's important to take steps to ensure that changes.

I think two simple principles should be remembered to facilitate this:

1. Most end users will choose convenience over security

2. Security without usability is a compromise to security

If developers of these innovative technologies take the time to implement tried-and-tested security/privacy controls while providing easy-to-undersatnd education for non-technical users, then I believe things can certainly improve.