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Comment · 3 days ago
Me too, in 1964, Le Havre to NYC. I don't remember it. Apparently, I was seasick, even on a ship that size. I liked the petits-fours.
Comment · 1 month ago
This isn't a new bug, it was present in MacOS Tahoe, but what happened to the tabs in the Maps app? The View menu still has Show Tab Bar and Show All Tabs itms, but they are always greyed-out. Cmd-T doesn't open a new tab, as was the case before Tahoe. (I count this as a bug in that the UI seems inconsistent with the function.) If anyone knows how to regain access to tabs, I'd love to hear it.
Comment · 1 month ago
Select the version from the pulldown menu at the top left of the screen.
Comment · 2 months ago
Too late to edit my post. I did find this, "A History of Erlang"
https://lfe.io/papers/%5B2007%5D%20Armstrong%20-%20HOPL%20II...
Comment · 2 months ago
I would love to read his reply, but of course I understand that correspondence is private. Do you know of something similar that is available on the web?
Comment · 3 months ago
I live in LA. It's a sensitive subject. My district concilwoman sends out mailings that extoll her ability to get repavements done. To me, it's absurd to claim credit for merely doing her job. Maybe she does perform miracles, but the situation described in the article is not accurate.
The article is dated Jan 27 2026. The following claim is not true, "The Bureau of Street Services (StreetsLA) has not repaved a street since last June." That would be June 2025. There have been repavements in my neighborhood since June 2025, and before Jan 27 2026. At least one other repavement was completed nearby in the last month.
To me this is another article in a right-wing publication promoting the right wing view that blue states don't work, and only fascists will repave streets and make the trains run on time.
I agree that city funds are not managed efficiently, but as are as I'm aware, it's no different from any other large city in the US. I believe the culture that mismanages government funding can be improved through citizen advocacy, supported by proactive, accurate journalism.
Accurate financial information, such as has been published by LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia, is essential as well. See his report on LAPD Helicopter use, for example. https://controller.lacity.gov/landings/lapd-helicopters
Comment · 3 months ago
On July 23, @CJHandmer provided an update on Terraform Industries' hardware and process to produce synthetic natural gas from solar power and air. "Other than plants and some cyanobacteria, I believe this is the first ever commercially useful capture and production of CO2 at scale." This is very exciting, clearly more than a minimum viable product.
(Terraform Industries in Burbank, California is not to be confused with the HashiCorp product. https://www.terraformindustries.com/
Are there competitors in this space?
Five 5 years ago CJ Posted, "I have left JPL to found Terraform Industries (@terraformindies) to bring gigascale atmospheric hydrocarbon synthesis into existence." https://xcancel.com/CJHandmer/status/1455102138288246790
Comment · 3 months ago
There's an app that updates the desktop https://downlinkapp.com/
Comment · 4 months ago
Just as I know there is no such thing as bug-free code, I know that I am always wrong, in one way or another.
Comment · 4 months ago
Ha! The instruction that copies itself. I posted also posted it, 6 years ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24820583
Comment · 5 months ago
> While the original Macintosh was by no means cheap, it was about half the cost of the Apple III
Made me look it up! I was developing Apple ][/III/Lisa/Mac software at the time. I used the Apple III to write Apple Pascal for the Apple ][, and the Lisa to develop for the Mac. I'd completely forgotten the initial pricing of the Apple III, which was stratospheric. The $7,800 config was 256K I think (~$31K in today's dollars).
"It sold initially for between $4,340 and $7,800, depending on the configuration. The original Apple III had many problems, and was replaced by a revised model in mid 1981, which featured 256K RAM, updated system software, and a lower price ($3495). A 5 MB external hard disk was also made available. The Apple /// sold very poorly and was replaced by the Apple ///+ ($2995) in Late 1983. The Apple ///+ was discontinued in 1985."
Comment · 5 months ago
Yes, it is almost as if the current administration doens't want people to acces medical information.
Comment · 7 months ago
I didn't mean to suggest that iNat is proactive, they may well be.
IIRC, the exact chain of events was: Invasive Species Observation posted -> a curator at the LA Natural History saw the post and notified the CDFA (Agriculture Inspectors) -> CDFA contacts iNat to get email address -> CDFA contacts my SO. I don't recall whether iNat had a built-in messaging service at the time (they do now).
Regarding endangered species, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife evidently joined iNaturalist, in part to enhance their data collection. They seem to be monitoring iNaturalist and contacting users who have relevant observations. They seem very sensitive to privacy concerns, and cooperation is voluntary. I'm thrilled a state agency is engaging the public in protecting our natural resources.
These state employees have indeed been proactive.
Coronary calcium scans quantify calcified atherosclerotic plaque but cannot reliably distinguish stable plaques from rupture-prone plaques or detect noncalcified plaques, some of which may be particularly vulnerable.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/JAHA.118.008564
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.03.005
https://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(1...