thraneh's comments

Thanks. There was another discussion around this topic only a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31149427

That's what I thought too. A basement with concret walls/floor/ceiling should have enough rebar to act like a Faraday cage.

It's not a lot of information (say, <1GB), but it's business critical and I'm somewhat distrustful of cloud solutions.

range-v3 is a great library allowing you to bridge the gap: https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3

This has helped me better understand the strategic significance. Thank you.

Edit: As a seeker of answers to the "why", I can't recommend these links enough.

What is NATO's objective except to defend the member countries from aggressors? As has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, perhaps what is happening is about the control of natural resources. The entire situation is then politically motivated. Aren't NATO and Ukraine then simply actors that have been strung along? (Obviously at great cost to Ukraine now.) This would also explain why EU has been so quick to respond with sanctions. This is about cause and effect. Russia attacking Ukraine is obviously very wrong. It seems philosophical to discuss if the cause should be blamed. However, Mearsheimer has warned about this aggression for a very long time. The history seems to indicate that this outcome has been forced.

> Not to mention the fact that these sanctions are going to make poor people starve.

This seems a very likely outcome. The EU obviously has no other "weapon" than sanctions. In my view, it has become a social media popularity contest. Let's punish everyone in Russia financially so maybe there will be an uprising. And, let's top it up with a free for all hunt on the assets of oligarchs. Is it anything else than the popularity contest playing out? Maybe it's ultimately like you say: about control of the oil and gas coming from Russia.

> I try to remind myself to be especially careful about how I react

This is good advice and possibly a fault on my part. Coming from a deep frustration about not being able to make sense of current news, then finding out about Mearsheimer, it is very easy to see it as the truth.

> One of the flaws in his PoV is that none of it actually justifies Russia's behavior

I am not looking to find justifications. What happens in Ukraine is awful. There are no excuses.

What is the problem is that I (as Danish person) feel a great injustice has been seeded by the West and that no European politician now takes that responsibility upon them. On the contrary, they only repeat the narrative that this is the fault of Russia and, obviously, Putin.

That's probably what should be expected during times of war. Answering the "why?" is very difficult without the historical background and the interpretations from people like yourself.

This is spot on! What has shocked me is how easily the narrative has been pushed in the EU. There has not been much backing for less confrontation. On the contrary, EU more than anything, is escalating by imposing economic sanctions on the Russian people. (Does sanctions ever do anything else than push people into poverty?) Everything appears to be designed to push Putin into a corner so he has no choice but to use those nukes. Are there any efforts at all to de-escalate the situation?

A lot of current news feels very biased, even from sources I previously found unbiased. Fortunately I was recently shared a link to John Mearsheimers 2015 YT video where he very clearly explains what has led to the current situation. In that light I now feel it's a lot easier to filter the news.

Maybe download Miniforge and install gcc_linux-64, then you get GCC 11, all without sudo, on (probably) any Linux distro

I have for some time considered adopting Conan, but I'm comparing to Conda (conda-forge, actually). One of the many benefits of using Conda is that I can rely on users easily being able to install a well-defined environment without requiring root access. How does Conan compare? Is it also a good choice for distributing packages to end-users, or is better tailored to developers and build systems?

Nothing deep, but the PCB layout is quite impressive. This project appears to care about the details. Also intersting to learn about the history of Elbrus.

Has any other philanthropists in history appeared to care about the world (or part of the world) in a more profound way than Bill and Melinda Gates?

The question I have, though, is how about continuation? I can't find anything on their website about a (hopefully distant) future without Bill and Melinda. Are the covenants such that the organisation can continue and still have the same impact?

And the reason I care is that I always have doubts about the long-term effectiveness of charity contributions. It appears to me that their foundation has a more fundamental long-term impact than other charities. If I had some guarantees about the continuation, I'd be very interested in leaving my worldly possessions to this foundation, when my own time is up.

For reference: I'm in my 50s, have no children, and the thought about donating through my will is getting back to me more and more often.

Does any online resources exist showing life-time contributions to open-source projects from various organisations?

The reason I'm asking is that I've noticed companies often use their contributions for own marketing. And this is obviously great.

However, how can one validate if a company says "we're contributing $X/month", that it's really contributing and that it's ongoing?

At first this follow-up comment really upset me. However, isn't it just a reflection of where we are now? So much is being discussed about AWS (and the likes) profiting from open source solutions without giving anything back. Isn't this comment just the pure reflection of a market place short-term trying to optimize profit without any regards to long-term benefits?

The lead of the OP is something to follow, though!

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* Data capture (binary format, streaming, consistent)

* Exploratory research (InfluxDB into Jupyter)

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The framework is not limited to cryptos: all interfaces are generic and have previously been tested against non-crypto exchanges.

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I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.