BearOfNH

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by BearOfNH 17y ago
Time flies like an arrow; space flies like a bow.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
planned to be affordable Got any firm numbers? The article managed to avoid conveying any facts along those lines.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
You speak in contradictions. For example, a 1946-1964 Roosevelt dime has a face value of $.10 but a "melt value" of $1.2022 (today) according to http://www.coinflation.com/ The U.S. government may not like it but there is little they can
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
The author was careful to restrict his comments to SLC drives, which have reasonably long lifetimes. The newer, cheaper MLC technology flash drives have far less useful lifetime, somewhere in the vicinity of 5,000-10,000 erase cycles. The
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
New York City defaulted on its debts 25 years ago, despite having a huge tax base and some very desirable assets. California has been teetering on the edge of default -- not always making payments on time -- despite having the ability to ra
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
My take: if it's "too big to fail" they need to create a "living will" to direct how to liquidate the company when it does fail. This avoids a sudden, unexpected shock to the system and any resulting dislocations. In my mind it's debatable
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
I don't see how Macmillan has a long-term future under their current business model. Arguably their best hope is to go into competition with Amazon and sell eBooks directly, at razor-thin margins. Technology is driving their margins down ju
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
Good points, but there are even more basic ones. I've been to sites that don't even have a Search box and could have used one. Or sometimes the Search box doesn't work well (try entering "allen wrench" to the Search box on WestMarine.com).
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
I don't get why the interval is divided into three pieces. Wouldn't the same reasoning work if the interval were divided into just two pieces and you always select the sub-interval not containing the Nth algebraic number?
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
If they choose to locate the factory in high-cost California, I have to wonder what's going on. It makes no business sense unless CA has some outstanding tax benefits for green industries.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
Obviously we don't know all the facts but if it turns out that Just Dial is wrong and Infomedia 18 is innocent, the court will have egg (?curry?) on its face. In which case there should be some harsh downside for Just Dial like, say,
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
At $205 a pound I don't see how these metals can be so rare. Nevertheless, I suggest it would be wise for the USA to maintain its own stockpile of REs, much as we have a strategic petroleum reserve. While the dollar can still buy something,
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
this explains why football games are so exciting I agree, and often ponder what play I would call were I a coordinator. Note this is also the argument political columnist George Will used to enshrine baseball as the "thinking man's sport"
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
No multitasking means there's a whole pile of apps that will get written for Android but not iPad or iPhone. Personalized news aggregators, traffic alerts, proximity detectors and all kinds of things not yet envisioned. A passive "delivery"
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
It isn't clear from the article but based on the newsgroup name this talk was part of a sci-fi convention. Should we assume that HN readers share language characteristics (and maybe cultural interests) with sci-fi fans? I would think so, bu
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Why Americans Have No Jobs(businessinsider.com)
3 points by BearOfNH 17y ago|0 comments
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
My apologies. Fixed.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
How long before we have a plug-in to report random page fetches to the toolbarqueries site? A la FF's Track Me Not. (Edit: "random" meaning unrelated to the user's page fetches, as opposed to "a random sample of actual pages fetched").
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
There certainly have been cases where alleged software patent violations result in lawsuits. There the lawyers get rich while very senior engineers cool their heels in court or give depositions in places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
Thank you for trying to keep the politics out. Do we really need more Steve Jobs's? Based on his examples it looks like Friedman is asking for more engineers instead. The USA can of course import more engineers, e.g., statistically India pr
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
In any case, I was expecting more from the WSJ. Amen to that. The article mentions "The secretive trading operations within banks that use large doses of leverage, or borrowed money, to make huge bets on the market". This is just not true
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
Science is progressive. If something turns out to be wrong we can fix it next time around. Good science. But it's kind of difficult to undo mis-spending of taxpayer dollars, not to mention the economic damage caused by policies based on s
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
If you are not eligible to vote, you should not have to pay taxes. I'm with you on reporting donations. Sunlight is still the best disinfectant.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
Because apparently they (Apple) took sides by ejecting one manufacturer. This might even be a conspiracy . And more generally, because here in America there is little downside risk in filing a lawsuit.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
0 and the negative numbers turned up very late in our history I believe it's also true that the ancients distrusted polynomials (e.g., x^3+7x^2+2x+9=0 ) because who would be silly enough to add a volume to an area to a length, etc. If th
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
I think that this is all it really needs to be dominant for the time being. I agree with that, but things get murky another year out. Apple's well-earned dominance is maybe 50% apps and 50% cool/fashion. A year from now Android will have
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
I think the authors should show an example or two on the main page, instead of hinting how one might go about seeing what things look like. Much as I like Matplotlib's documentation, I don't have the time budget to follow what appear to be
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
One difference is that gold is in limited supply, and cannot be instantly materialized by the State. Its scarcity, beauty and durability make it a natural store of value when the printing presses are running overtime. Of course the State kn
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
I like this idea. Are there similar follow-on plans for video? It looks like 7Digital is currently only music.
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by BearOfNH 17y ago
Federal funds are often disbursed to researchers. What is disturbing here is that Economic Stimulus funds were spent on a climate researcher who was already employed. There's no stimulation in this "stimulus". FTA: "It's shocking that ta

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