> Over the span of a few hours one day in April 2020, a guy called Cuddles and eight of his pals from the freewheeling world of London’s commodities markets rode oil’s crash to a $660 million profit. Now regulators are scrutinizing their once-in-a-lifetime trade.
Would you mind sharing the full list of tests that you personally consider important (for men, in my case), or which you think constitute a "full panel"? I would like to be explicit about it when I get one.
I assume the "defaults" vary from country to country, and as you say, from clinic to clinic.
I hadn't heard of Managed Service Providers before, but you make a good case for them.
I'm finding surprisingly little discussion on HN regarding the costs/benefits of MSPs. Or rather, under which conditions (such as company size) they make sense.
(Their vehicles don't even go that deep, but again that was the point I was trying to make… even in research, the very deep stuff is rare and a "big project" that ends up fanned out ⇒ MRIL made only the cameras for a 4km vessel…)
"Shortly after 9 p.m. EDT, @NASA instructed crews aboard the space station to shelter in their respective spacecraft as a standard precautionary measure after it was informed of a satellite break-up at an altitude near the station’s earlier Wednesday. Mission Control continued to monitor the path of the debris, and after about an hour, the crew was cleared to exit their spacecraft and the station resumed normal operations."
What a surprise to see Chitwan mentioned here. It gives me a chance to share:
My father was from Nepal, and served as a park ranger in Chitwan National Park. I believe this was in the 80’s, before I was born. He always spoke very proudly about that time of his life. One fact he could never repeat too often was that he became an acquaintance of the late King of Nepal, who I believe visited the park on a yearly basis.
He also had a small scar on his arm that he claimed was from a tiger that hadn’t been fully tranquilized. I’ve always amusingly felt that he sometimes embellished his stories, but I’ll grant him this. Seeing the picture in the article of the men surrounding the tiger, is the first time I’ve had a chance to see what it might have looked like. Thanks!
«We are urgently calling for a mass demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday 20th of May as the monumental decision is handed down. A decision is expected on the day and should extradition be allowed moves to initiate his transfer the US could be taken immediately.»
Sicily is really stunning. You make me want to return there now…
But I’m curious (if you don’t mind) - as an accomplished programmer/entrepreneur, do you ever feel torn between wanting to live in your idyllic home of Sicily, vs. a hub like Silicon Valley? Do you feel limited in terms of what you can do, and does that matter to you?
I ask because Sicily seems close to your heart, while I think it’s also safe to assume that you would have lots of opportunity elsewhere. I imagine staying was a very conscious decision?
There are lots of wonderful but “small” corners of the world where people might face the same dilemma.
Yeah this is a non trivial thing. Sicily is economically depressed, but what is interesting is that it is generally not culturally depressed, I mean we had geniuses like Majorana because the university of math in Catania was good once, and there are a lot of "thinkers" so you are not like alone in some island but with 5 million of people, part of which do the most desperate things and are intellectually very active. At the same time, the weather is good, the food is good, the life does not cost too much, there is a lot of history and nature. And... for people doing programming, there is the Internet, like this site. About connections with the IT system: in part I believe that in isolation you can accomplish more work, even if it is true that the group, the network, sometimes create a "chain effect", but I'm a very solitary programmer, so this setup worked for me. At the same time I don't "value" to remain where you were born: I respect a lot people that are tired form staying here and want to go away. What I miss the most is that the helathcare system in North Italy is at the same time free and among the best systems in the world. Here is decent, but not at the same level, so for serious stuff there are people going to Milan or Turin or Florence to get some procedure, and that's not cool. But, air quality is stellare compared to North, and this also is a part in the health story. Compromises...
Off-topic, but I would one day like to start a tech hub there called "Sicilian Valley". An ideal place for techies from northern Europe to spend the winter. Rent an office with your team for a week or two and have a great time.
To be fair, Catania has more fabs than any other city in Italy (2 with another fab in construction), also being home to the largest stmicroelectronics establishment in Italy, so I guess it kinda is Italy's silicon valley
I don't see why this comment needed a flag or so many uncharitable replies (though you could have expressed yourself more charitably too).
I understand your sentiment, but I think a lot of idealistic people will disagree - it's nice to think that a person should stand up for justice, no matter what.
In reality, I wonder how many people attempt to do this and end up regretting, because of what you mentioned.
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