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Anyone looking for the context or background since it isn't linked in the article: https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-trac...

Edit: (I was wrong, they're linked. Must have just taken a while to load link formatting or something?)

I found a better article with better pictures. https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/first-stencilled-rock-art...

I see it. It's the negative space.

What i don't see in the article is analysis of the ink around the figures or any estimate of age.

I own a speedqueen. I love my speedqueen. I wouldn't buy speedqueen today and instead opt for a different, cheaper dumb model.

My speedqueen dryer needs a new control board after 9 years. A new dryer isn't as high quality. From what I understand the dryer quality dipped in the past 6-9 years whereas washers are more or less the same. Maytag and GE have much cheaper dumb options you should consider, and save yourself several hundred. It will also make replacement less painful if a critical part dies.

This is terrifying. Also it isn't new: https://research.ufl.edu/publications/explore/v10n1/extract2...

From 2004.

I can't help but think of "I have no mouth, and I must scream"

Yet. I'm sure Rome had a bureaucracy that stifled growth and impeded action, too.

I recommend reading Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. This permitting we have today is in response to very real problems of unrestricted growth in the past. It led to horrible pollution and squalor.

The pendulum has swung so far we cannot build anymore. We can't solve the problems of today because our regulations that are responding to the problems of yesterday. I'm hopeful there's a better way but I haven't seen it yet.

Guns Germs and Steel is a great book that explores geographic determinism.

I am trying to find links but can't right now. There are many cross cultural studies they have found the effects of social class systems and family economic advantages persist over centuries. A millennia isn't unbelievable to me.

I imagine it's a mix of both with strong geographic determinism tilting the scales for certain regions.

The article only briefly mentions the horrors of rat lungworm, but if you live in a warm, tropical climate where this is prevalent (Hawaii, increasingly Florida) you really want to avoid it.

Apparently there is some evidence that people born in regions where it is more prevalent have some natural resistance.

The main way to get it is accidentally ingesting an infected slug on raw produce, like leafy greens.

Here's a podcast on this parasite, what's known about it and how to avoid it: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-daniel-and-kellys-extraor...

I got lost when OP talked about using 10 integers to choose from 3 choices. I think I figured out what was missing in the explanation.

random_u64() Mod 3 does indeed have a single bucket that is oversized. This overweights one option by about 5×10^-20.

rand() Itself has only 32767 possible values, so it's also common for a bucket to be overweighted depending on the number of buckets.

I'm a little under halfway through Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation. I feel like OP is arguing against a different version of the book than the one I'm currently reading.

First, Haidt's arguments primarily pertain to public schools and he spends significantly more time on the impact of social media on girls than on boys. The main problems he cites are that social media is creating a substitute for in person, synchronous, high stakes social relationships.

An isolated home schooler's use of social media is not substituting other, richer opportunities that are available.

In addition, Haidt strongly argues against social trends that long predate social media and mobile phones: the overprotection of children and elimination of unsupervised, child-led play in real world situations (specifically where there is physical risk taking).

Based on my read so far, OP is exactly the profile of a person who would have benefited from online social relationships.

It's possible for both to be true: mobile phone use is toxic children who are substituting online relationships for real world interactions. Mobile phone use is beneficial for children who do not have opportunity for real world interactions with peers.

Plan mode, for me, is my opportunity to develop and understand my own plan. Sometimes, rarely, Claude demonstrates it misunderstood my intentions by writing a plan to address the wrong problem. But usually it's about me fleshing out the scope and boundary of the intended changes.

I find that faster than code first, ask questions later. But it takes more time up front.

I'm trying to confirm that I understand what you mean:

Bot farm is operated by a company that displays Google ads. This bot farm fakes traffic to the bot farm owner and simulates conversion Google wants to see. Google sees the high conversion and happily serves more ads to the bot farm owner. Bot farm owner is paid by Google for displaying the ads. The person paying for the ad gets screwed.

You're right. By "this" I'm referring to a company selling to the government feeling like they will not face consequences for publicly lying to their buyers. I agree it's heartening to see the contract cancelled. I find the doubling down on the lies as both unsurprising and disheartening.

This seems to me to be the inevitable outcome of a society that celebrates winners who claim their lies are merely "alternative facts"

This relevant post is flagged, but yes, I do think this is a symptom of America crossing the asshole threshold where it pays to outright lie and call your fact checkers insincere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48837460

I also got strong AI vibes, but I enjoyed the content. I thought it was a interesting summary of topics I've read many times before and even if the content was AI-assisted, does it matter? It seems there was a strong guiding hand in presenting a popular topic in a new way.

* I suspect the social value of school will become much more apparent soon.*

School is not just about the academic knowledge you gain. Plus, I'd imagine pairing a personalized tutor with an effective human teacher would only accelerate learning faster.

Latchel (https://latchel.com) | Sr. Engineering Manager + Other Roles | 100% Remote (Western Hemisphere, North American time zones) | Full-time

Latchel offers two products to property managers: a maintenance coordination platform and a resident experience platform. This combination ensures residents can live in homes that have maintenance that is actually handled quickly + offer service level guarantees that financially compensate residents when those guarantees aren't met.

At Latchel we understand that renters today expect better service, more perks and faster maintenance than most property managers can afford to provide. Latchel is a software platform that enables property managers to be more responsive and offer better perks so property managers don't have to choose between happy tenants and a healthy bottom line.

We currently have 7 engineers and an interim manager. We are looking for a more permanent leader that will advocate for the team while driving the company forward. Learn more and apply at https://latchel.com/jobs/engineering-manager/ Latchel is a Y Combinator (W19) company, post Series A (led by F-Prime) with participation from Metaprop, 1984 Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and more. Additional roles (primarily sales) are available here: https://latchel.com/careers/

I do agree we are missing the mark on our messaging of how the revenue model works, particularly from the renter's point of view. The specifics of billing and charges are complex in the third party property management space (much more so than for owner-operators). I'm happy to discuss the specifics further via email if you'd like to get into that nuance.

Housing availability, pricing, and supply is hard to solve. Institutional buyers such as REITs do add more challenge to this difficult landscape. We don't target institutional clients and the vast majority of our customers are small mom-and-pop third party managers.

We initially started as software to improve the maintenance process for rental homes, then added a 24/7 emergency answering + dispatching component. With those we found that a) residents loved having a service that actually answered and quickly handled their maintenance, particularly emergencies, and gave them full and complete visibility into their maintenance progress. We see typical companies move from days or weeks to get maintenance scheduled to having maintenance scheduled within minutes (and visible and traceable by the resident). And,

b) property managers can't afford this service. Property owners can--but there aren't that many people or corporations that own hundreds or thousands of units in the single family rental space. It makes distribution and scaling particularly challenging unless you target third party managers. Your average rental property owner in the US rents out fewer than 2 units.

Our customers are almost entirely third party managers, not the property owners. Property management generally gets a bad rap, but the truth is, these are extremely low margin businesses. They have this great pain where they want to provide good service to renters and owners, but they simply don't have the resources to do so. Our current business model is the best vehicle we've found to be able to deliver 4.8/5.0 star maintenance service to renters (and getting better). We want to make it easier for property managers to deliver great service. The feedback we get from the hundreds of thousands of renters on our platform makes me feel like we are providing a valuable service. I, for one, would rather rent in a place that has a program in place that ensures my maintenance calls are answered and will offer specific guarantees for service.

Latchel (https://latchel.com) | Engineering Manager + Other Roles | 100% Remote (Western Hemisphere, North American time zones) | Full-time

At Latchel we understand that renters today expect better service, more perks and faster maintenance than most property managers can afford to provide. Latchel is a software platform that enables property managers to be more responsive and offer better perks while also creating a new revenue stream so property managers don't have to choose between happy tenants and a healthy bottom line.

We currently have 7 engineers and an interim manager. We are looking for a more permanent leader that will advocate for the team while driving the company forward. Learn more and apply at https://latchel.com/jobs/engineering-manager/ Latchel is a Y Combinator (W19) company, post Series A (led by F-Prime) with participation from Metaprop, 1984 Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and more. Additional roles (primarily sales) are available here: https://latchel.com/careers/

I'm not affiliated with Noom [1] in any way but want to plug them because I've seen the incredible results from following their recommendations.

People talk a lot about reducing caloric intake but there's little talk on how a normal person can hope to achieve that. The key Noom offers is calorie density. If you eat lots of food that has a low calorie density per unit of volume (eg cabbage, cauliflower) you can reduce your calories and still feel very full. Just go easy on the extremely high calorie density foods (eg olive oil) and you'll be more likely to hit your goals.

Also, it's really really hard to do calorie restrictions AND have intense exercise. From what I've seen in the Noom community people have a lot more success when they first focus on losing pounds then focus on building strength and fitness; many people at that point find they have to increase calories in order to continue seeing results when they're working out a lot. I suppose it takes a lot of calories to build muscle. I wonder what your body does to those injured muscles if it doesn't have the calories available to repair them?

https://www.noom.com/

Latchel (YC W19) | Mid - Sr. Software Engineer (React.js, PHP, Laravel, AngularJS, AWS) | Remote | 100% Fully Remote | Full Time | $120-$180K | https://latchel.com/

Latchel offers software to automate and streamline maintenance coordination and resident concierge services for rental homes. Latchel services over 75,000 homes across the US. We are hiring engineers 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ,11 & 12. Hiring for all roles from mid-level to team lead.

We're 100% fully remote, but work on North American time zones. Our team is spread across the Americas.

Apply: https://latchel.com/careers-software-engineer/

Other open positions: https://latchel.com/careers/

Latchel (YC W19) | REMOTE | UI/UX Designer | Full-Time | https://latchel.com

Latchel offers 24/7 automated maintenance coordination for property managers and home concierge services to residents. We are searching for our first UI/UX Designer to help solve our B2B design challenges and also lay the foundation for growing our design team.

Our platform has heavy operations components, so human operators need to access and make sense of lots of information. If organizing and presenting large amounts of information excites you, this is a great position for you.

Latchel services over 60,000 homes across the US. We've developed a geographically agnostic model that allows us to serve all 50 states (and DC!). Our average customer has ~300 units under management and are professional property managers. Our team is 100% fully remote and globally distributed (and had been since long before the pandemic). Our engineering and product teams are spread across the Americas, so it would be best if you're in a similar timezone.

https://latchel.com/careers/hiring-ui-designer/

Great concept and looks like some great execution on designing for a professional environment.

What would you say are the advantages of Water Cooler over Discord?

This is a problem I find tiring about most studies, even in the sciences (excluding most physics and all mathematics). It seems as if most researchers are looking for a novel or interesting correlation or apply an interesting model to a new domain. Generally, I've found this puts insufficient effort into any kind of disconfirmation.

It makes sense, though, with the incentives most academic journals put into study authors. Nothing's sexy about disproving some random model fits.

noun. backpressure back·pres·sure the pressure exerted up against a fluid, caused by the flow of air or water through it, exerting great physical pressure on the body "a low backpressure"

https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/backpressure/eyJ3Ijog...

Async requires more deliberate planning to avoid context more frequent switching. Time blocking is your friend and with asynchronous communication you have more freedom to time block. You can create a maker's schedule for yourself rather than the manager's schedule where your day is an endless string of meetings.

Slack and other instant messaging tools may make it feel like you need to be always on and responsive, but instant messaging is at odds with async.

Very few rentiers is likely true. However, very few landlords are rentiers. The average investor owns 2 rental units [1]. And the vast majority of property investors have full time jobs and mortgages on their rental properties (I can't link directly to a source, but Buildium regularly conducts surveys to understand property investors).

To paint landlords as rentiers who can easily afford to go without rent or with greatly reduced rent is wrong. It mischaracterizes the problem in a way that will lead to bad solutions.

If there is to be rent reductions or forgiveness, there must also be reductions, aid or forgiveness on mortgages, property taxes and utilities. Somebody needs to pay for these things. Yes, profits will be reduced, but losses cannot be sustained for as long as social distancing measures are expected to last.

[1] https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdredge/pdr-edge-frm-asst-sec...