Elementary OS 6 beta
13 by jamesponddotco | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Friday, April 30, 2021
New post from the NAACP: NAACP Statement on FDA Plan to Ban Sale of Menthol and E-Cigarettes by Austyn Ross
For decades, the tobacco industry has been targeting African Americans and have contributed to the skyrocketing rates of heart disease, stroke and cancer across our community. The tobacco industry is on a narrow quest for profit, and they have been killing us along the way. The NAACP has been calling for a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes for years now, and we applaud the FDA’s latest plan to do just that. It’s about time we prioritize the health and well-being of African Americans.
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About NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund, also referred to as the NAACP-LDF, was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
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New post from the NAACP: Planned Parenthood, NAACP and Congresswoman Underwood Join More Than 250 Women of Color in Calling DC Statehood a Matter of Public Health & Racial Justice by Marc Banks
WASHINGTON — Today, Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Dr. Serina Floyd, medical director/vice president of medical affairs at Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC; Akosua Ali, president of the NAACP Washington, DC; and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), joined by more than 250 women leaders of color, released an open letter to Congress declaring D.C. statehood an issue of public health and racial equity. The letter, released one week after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, highlights how D.C.’s lack of statehood creates health care disparities and denies District residents reproductive freedom.
“Nearly half of District residents are Black,” the letter states. “If Washington finally became a state, it would be the first state with a plurality of Black residents. Statehood for the District of Columbia is a racial justice issue — and it’s a public health imperative.”
The open letter notes a number of ways in which the District’s lack of autonomy has put its residents’ health at risk. Large proportions of D.C.’s vaccine allotment have gone to federal agencies and to non-residents, while Black residents are going without. Congress regularly denies D.C. residents their reproductive rights by passing annual appropriations bills with riders that prohibit D.C. from using locally-raised tax dollars to cover abortion for people enrolled in D.C. Medicaid, who are disproportionately people of color. The letter also names the Black maternal mortality crisis and lack of local autonomy as further ways that systemic and structural racism has led to health inequities in the District.
“It has always been morally reprehensible to deny the people of Washington, D.C. representation in our democracy. But the triple intersecting crises of COVID-19, systemic racism, and attacks on reproductive health have laid bare the depth of inequity experienced by D.C residents, particularly those of color. People who live in Washington, D.C. are being denied the autonomy to build their own health care systems and make their own choices about their bodies. This is a matter of life and death.”
Co-signers include prominent women of color working toward health and racial equity, such as attorney and television personality Star Jones; political strategists Donna Brazile and Rev. Leah D. Daughtry; Beverly Evans Smith, the 2017-2021 National President CEO for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Angela Rye, principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies; Marcela Howell, president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda; entrepreneur and civic leader E. Faye Williams; Mayra Macias, executive director of the Latino Victory Fund; Juliet Choi, president and Chief Executive Officer of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF); Glynda Carr, president and CEO of the Higher Heights for America PAC; and Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center.
Together, they call on the U.S. Senate to follow the lead of the House, rectify the disenfranchisement of the more than 712,000 D.C. residents, and give them control over their bodies, lives, and futures by passing the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.
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New post from the NAACP: NAACP to Host Justice and Accountability Virtual Town Hall by Marc Banks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, April 29, 2021, 7:30p – 9:00p EST, the NAACP will host a virtual town hall on the need for accountability and justice at a time when both are severely lacking in American institutions.
“We are at an inflection point when it comes to justice and accountability in this country, said Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP. “The promise of equity is long overdue, and this meaningful conversation will move us closer to understanding the pathway there.”
WHEN: April 29, 2021, 7:30p – 9:00p EST
WHERE: https://www.youtube.com/naacp
WHO:
Ed Gordon, Journalist
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP
Representative Karen Bass, California
Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey
Cariol Horne, Former Police Officer
Jelani Cobb, Ira A. Lipman professor, Journalism at Columbia University
Ken Chenault, chairman and managing director, General Catalyst Partners
Ben Crump, Attorney
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New top story on Hacker News: Spending review: what are the 3 most expensive tools/services that you use?
Spending review: what are the 3 most expensive tools/services that you use?
6 by matteomosca | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'll start: Co-working $300/month Bubble.io $150/month (6 apps in production) Descript.com $30/month How about you?
6 by matteomosca | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'll start: Co-working $300/month Bubble.io $150/month (6 apps in production) Descript.com $30/month How about you?
Thursday, April 29, 2021
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New top story on Hacker News: Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42
Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42
18 by hughmandeville | 0 comments on Hacker News.
18 by hughmandeville | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Sunday, April 25, 2021
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is there a way to efficiently subscribe to an SQL query for changes?
Ask HN: Is there a way to efficiently subscribe to an SQL query for changes?
42 by vaughan | 23 comments on Hacker News.
I know [RethinkDB][1] used to do this with their SQL-like ReQL language, but I looked around a bit and can't find much else about it - and I would have thought it would be more common. I'm more interesting in queries with joins and doing it efficiently, instead of just tracking updates to tables that are modified, and re-rerunning the entire query. If we think about modern frontends using SQL-based backends, essentially every time we render, its ultimately the result of a tree of SQL queries (queries depend on results of other queries) running in the backend. Our frontend app state is just a tree of materialized views of our database which depend on each other. We've got a bunch of state management libraries that deal with trees but they don't fit so well with relational/graph-like data. I came across a Postgres proposal for [Incremental View Maintenance][2] which generates a diff against an existing query with the purpose of updating a materialized view. Oracle also has [`FAST REFRESH`][3] for materialized views. I guess it's relatively easy to do until you start needing joins or traversing graphs/hierarchies - which is why its maybe avoided. EDIT: [Materialize][1] looks interesting in this space: "Execute streaming SQL Joins" but more focused on the event streams rather than general-purpose DML/OLTP. [1]: https://ift.tt/32z6nkG [2]: https://ift.tt/305Xtvu [3]: https://ift.tt/3dFUX51 [4]: https://ift.tt/3g2klkX
42 by vaughan | 23 comments on Hacker News.
I know [RethinkDB][1] used to do this with their SQL-like ReQL language, but I looked around a bit and can't find much else about it - and I would have thought it would be more common. I'm more interesting in queries with joins and doing it efficiently, instead of just tracking updates to tables that are modified, and re-rerunning the entire query. If we think about modern frontends using SQL-based backends, essentially every time we render, its ultimately the result of a tree of SQL queries (queries depend on results of other queries) running in the backend. Our frontend app state is just a tree of materialized views of our database which depend on each other. We've got a bunch of state management libraries that deal with trees but they don't fit so well with relational/graph-like data. I came across a Postgres proposal for [Incremental View Maintenance][2] which generates a diff against an existing query with the purpose of updating a materialized view. Oracle also has [`FAST REFRESH`][3] for materialized views. I guess it's relatively easy to do until you start needing joins or traversing graphs/hierarchies - which is why its maybe avoided. EDIT: [Materialize][1] looks interesting in this space: "Execute streaming SQL Joins" but more focused on the event streams rather than general-purpose DML/OLTP. [1]: https://ift.tt/32z6nkG [2]: https://ift.tt/305Xtvu [3]: https://ift.tt/3dFUX51 [4]: https://ift.tt/3g2klkX
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How is a company like Comcast able to get away with Spam?
Ask HN: How is a company like Comcast able to get away with Spam?
6 by jc_811 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I recently signed up for Comcast Xfinity internet (only one available in my area), and ever since I signed up I receive marketing emails almost daily that do not have an unsubscribe link because they are marked as "service related emails". I've unsubscribed from every single email preference in my account, and even went so far to confirm with their support agents that I did it correctly. However, almost daily I receive emails about "See what your wifi can do" or "Don't forget about these new features" etc, that are clearly marketing and not service related. Browsing forums online it seems there are countless others who have the same complaints as me. So, my main question is, how can a company get away with this when it is blatantly in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act? Is it truly just too difficult for any individual to hire a lawyer and go up against Goliath? Does the CAN-SPAM act have any loopholes I'm not aware of that would allow this? I'm genuinely curious to this, and do not want to come off as just an angry customer ranting.
6 by jc_811 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I recently signed up for Comcast Xfinity internet (only one available in my area), and ever since I signed up I receive marketing emails almost daily that do not have an unsubscribe link because they are marked as "service related emails". I've unsubscribed from every single email preference in my account, and even went so far to confirm with their support agents that I did it correctly. However, almost daily I receive emails about "See what your wifi can do" or "Don't forget about these new features" etc, that are clearly marketing and not service related. Browsing forums online it seems there are countless others who have the same complaints as me. So, my main question is, how can a company get away with this when it is blatantly in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act? Is it truly just too difficult for any individual to hire a lawyer and go up against Goliath? Does the CAN-SPAM act have any loopholes I'm not aware of that would allow this? I'm genuinely curious to this, and do not want to come off as just an angry customer ranting.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why do iPad Pros with 1TB SSD and up have double the RAM
Ask HN: Why do iPad Pros with 1TB SSD and up have double the RAM
7 by HiroProtagonist | 0 comments on Hacker News.
The new iPad Pros come with 8GB RAM on models with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage but 16GB RAM on models with 1TB or 2TB storage. Why is this the case? Will it make a difference in how 'snappy' the iPad feels? I almost feel like I have to get at least the 1TB model so I get the 16GB of RAM. Please disabuse me of this notion if I'm wrong, and thanks in advance for the technical explanation of why this is the case.
7 by HiroProtagonist | 0 comments on Hacker News.
The new iPad Pros come with 8GB RAM on models with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage but 16GB RAM on models with 1TB or 2TB storage. Why is this the case? Will it make a difference in how 'snappy' the iPad feels? I almost feel like I have to get at least the 1TB model so I get the 16GB of RAM. Please disabuse me of this notion if I'm wrong, and thanks in advance for the technical explanation of why this is the case.
New top story on Hacker News: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online
Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online
30 by pkorzeniewski | 12 comments on Hacker News.
30 by pkorzeniewski | 12 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, April 19, 2021
Sunday, April 18, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Is there an accounting platform for a crypto first company?
Is there an accounting platform for a crypto first company?
8 by arjun_s | 5 comments on Hacker News.
For people who set up a crypto first company e.g. a crypto game, or an exchange that takes fee in crypto - they probably pay salaries and other fees/expenses to defi platforms in crypto. Is there a product that does accounting like recognising sales, expenses, funding etc. in a crypto first format - and offer secondary FIAT reporting statements? Or rather the question is that is there a need for this? My thought process was - if the functional currency of an entity is primarily crypto - it would be easier to create crypto first statements and then have a second set of derived statements for reporting (if any).
8 by arjun_s | 5 comments on Hacker News.
For people who set up a crypto first company e.g. a crypto game, or an exchange that takes fee in crypto - they probably pay salaries and other fees/expenses to defi platforms in crypto. Is there a product that does accounting like recognising sales, expenses, funding etc. in a crypto first format - and offer secondary FIAT reporting statements? Or rather the question is that is there a need for this? My thought process was - if the functional currency of an entity is primarily crypto - it would be easier to create crypto first statements and then have a second set of derived statements for reporting (if any).
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google shows me ads for it. Why?
Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google shows me ads for it. Why?
5 by wideareanetwork | 5 comments on Hacker News.
How does google know I bought Voltaren? Is my bank purchase history shared with google somehow? I guess it could just be coincidence?
5 by wideareanetwork | 5 comments on Hacker News.
How does google know I bought Voltaren? Is my bank purchase history shared with google somehow? I guess it could just be coincidence?
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Friday, April 16, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Is Twitter Down?
Ask HN: Is Twitter Down?
19 by geerlingguy | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I can't get it to load, just getting a backend error. I generally check if sites are down on Twitter and, well, now I guess I'll ask here!
19 by geerlingguy | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I can't get it to load, just getting a backend error. I generally check if sites are down on Twitter and, well, now I guess I'll ask here!
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