samsonradu

Wondering what software are China/Russia using in their public administration?

You might be referring to the Spectre mitigation changes:

Timer precision from performance.now and other sources is reduced to 1ms (r226495)

https://webkit.org/blog/8048/what-spectre-and-meltdown-mean-...

https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/226495/webkit

Isn't it already prospering?

How does it manage to hide the requests to 127.0.0.1 from the network tab?

But will they be good enough? That’s a question that can only be answered after many years in a project’s lifecycle.

Not sure about allowing for more control, what happens when a complex/exotic issue that an AI is not able to solve arises? The bosses will have to pay a premium to whatever expert is left to address the problem.

Right, this reminds me of the threads around here on teleworking vs working in-office.

Once someone points out that they like going to the office because they get to socialize with co-workers, the replies typically sound like ‘don’t care, I’m not paid to socialize but to do my job’

While I understand the context can vary, it always struck me as an anti-social behavior.

The enemy within?

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-enemies-from-within-...

Isn't this inference an LLM's job? The RAG component just needs to find the Sharon article among a large dataset and pass it (entirely) to the LLM as context.

Of course it's better to have a db doh... I'm replying to your

By default flask doesnt have a db.

There are solutions for that: Shared NAS, sticky sessions etc.

Can't session data be stored on disk? that's the default PHP behavior.

Also why would anyone store and read data like { 'groups': [...] } on the client-side? Session cookies are supposed to be identifiers only, with the data stored server-side.

It s based on suply and demand indeed. The legal requirements might affect minimum pay.

Does the deficit increase[1] play a role in the very good economic numbers seen lately?

[1]https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-did-the-budget-defici...

To get Apple's users to switch to Android probably.

1:10 is a little harsh, quite far from the norm. From my experience body shops subcontracting freelancers pay 80-90% of the daily rate (BENELUX area)

One thing worth mentioning for EU’s IT industry is that there are large sectors like government which need IT services but can only work with contractors as hiring is not legally possible or extremely tedious. This means contractors get access to a larger market.

Indeed mental illness is higher than basic needs on the Maslow pyramid but some people overlook that.

Obviously people would care if they didn’t have more important/pressing needs to care about.

Indeed I believe this is the blocking problem. I've been asking questions about EU legislation and it keeps answering BS and then apologizing:

Me: When was the last consolidation of Directive 2013/34/EU?

GPT: Directive 2013/34/EU, also known as the Annual Accounts Directive, was last consolidated on November 19, 2019. The consolidation process involves collecting all the amendments and updates to the directive and incorporating them into a single, updated version of the directive. ...

Me: Are you sure about the date of November 19, 2019? I could not find the consolidation on the EU official journal.

GPT: I apologize for the error. Upon further research, it appears that Directive 2013/34/EU has not been consolidated since it was originally adopted in 2013. Directive 2013/34/EU, also known as the Annual Accounts Directive,...

Me: Can you give me a list of the dates it was amended?

GPT:

- April 15, 2014: Directive 2014/56/EU amended Directive 2013/34/EU to clarify and supplement certain provisions regarding the preparation and publication of annual accounts and consolidated accounts.

- June 17, 2014: Directive 2014/65/EU amended Directive 2013/34/EU to introduce new rules on the provision of investment services and the performance of investment activities...

Me: I think you're wrong. Delegated Directive 2014/71/EU amends Directive 2011/65/EU.

GPT: I apologize for the error in my previous response. You are correct that Delegated Directive 2014/71/EU amends Directive 2011/65/EU, which is also known as the RoHS Directive.

It never gets it right. See https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32... for the correct data.

Not sure what your point is, there is drug smuggling in pretty much any country in the world (except maybe North Korea), this can not be 100% stopped. By now it is common knowledge that western european ports are the drug hubs of the EU[1].

[1] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/main-cocaine-ro...

Disclaimer: I’m romanian.

I guess society is not optimized for max productivity. As a group, society makes many resource allocation mistakes and (hopefully) corrects them later on.

Fe. society might have been better off investing in nuclear energy in the past 30 years, yet it did not and it s starting to look as a mistake.

Circumstances play a role too. My opinion is that if it had not been for the pandemic and the economic anomalies that happened way fewer people would have paid attention to crypto.

How does this actually benefit anyone?

There’s real benefit when we consider the amount of man-hours spent the past years on trying to reinvent finance, with little success so far.

These (smart) people can use their time and skills towards more productive stuff.

In Romania it varies, but you get a better deal (small discount or get a parking spot, better orientation etc.) when you pay down 20-40% of the price before construction starts so many buyers go for it.

Waiting until the construction is finished usually means many units are sold (the good ones).

It also depends on the builder’s reputation of course, if it’s a big name they can charge more in advance.

IMO it sucks a bit for the buyer as delays are quite often and hard to attack in court. It also attracts speculators who sign the pre-contract just to sell for a profit when the units are delivered.

I didn't paint it as a disaster scenario. Having no emergency funds doesn't mean one will starve.

Just to give some examples of a recession being worse that one expects:

  - I might need to sell my 4-bedroom house and move into a smaller house because I can't afford mortgage;

  - I might need to skip vacations this year because I got a pay cut;

  - I have to sell my car and use public transport because I need money and gas is too expensive anyway;

I made pessimistic assertions of the people's ability in general to estimate relative security.

I hold the belief that the LONG term future will be good because capital will be allocated better.

Do not see the conflict between these 2 statements. Also I was 17 in 2007, not sure if it's called ignorance but I didn't understand much of the economic environment at the time.

Yes, my 'statistics' were implied. I've always seen HN as a place where people can write their opinions even if they're not backed by official statistics. This is not the St. Louis FED website. My opinion is that recessions are worse than people expect because if they weren't people would see right through them and keep the money flowing (spending/investing).

I disagree with your implied statistics and sloppy use of words.

No problem if you disagree, it would be nice if you elaborate your point though. What exactly do you expect from a recession? What does your data say?

I'd also like to point out that Economics is not really an exact science, even with a ton of data at hand the predictions that economists make are wrong quite often. Specially during the past 2-3 years predictions have been quite bad - fiscal/monetary stimulus doesn't add much to inflation, if it does it will be transitory etc. That's one of the reasons we're in this mess.

That sounds a bit rude, but I'll try to answer anyway. No, I don't have the statistics at hand but I think we can agree that a lot of people go through financial hardship during a recession - basically what a recession means.

What part of my comment do you disagree with exactly? That people, in general, overestimate their financial security and capacity to overcome recessions?

I used the word ‘statistically’ to underline the fact that it will not happen to everyone, and specially not to you in particular.

Meanwhile you hold a belief like, "the future will be good because capital will be allocated better"

Yes

I used the word ‘statistically’ to underline the fact that it will not happen to everyone, and specially not to the commenter in particular.

Too young to understand what happened in the 2008 GFC but I doubt the 'feeling prepared' part works like this. First of all, the recessions tend to last longer than most people expect/plan for. Statistically, it will turn out their 'secure' jobs will be less 'secure' than expected. Meanwhile their emergency funds will start shrinking (slowly at first, then all at once) due to loss of purchasing power & eventual job loss.

However, I'm optimistic on the long term because I think only recessions can correct the (massive) mis-allocation of capital that we experienced the past decade due to ultra-low interest rates.