JackFr

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by JackFr 3mo ago
The aggravating factor is that in the event of an incident there’s simply not a feasible means of evacuation.
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by JackFr 3mo ago
I happened to read Trollope's The Way We Live Now , which is a fantastic take on the railway mania, at the height of the dot com bubble. Really increased the enjoyment to read about it and see it unfold in real time.
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by JackFr 3mo ago
But they were largely convicted and jailed. One absolute moral abomination of a human is responsible for pardoning them. (Thanks founders!) The disparity in sentencing is likely that they credibly set an ambush to murder law enforcement
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by JackFr 3mo ago
> FOSS licenses were obviously written in the spirit of sharing with humans. That may be true, but I don't think it's obvious. What don't I know about the history of OSS?
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by JackFr 3mo ago
Pretty sure even under DPA, taking without fair compensation would be a violation of the takings clause of 5th Amendment and wouldn't withstand legal scrutiny. If they wanted to get them clandestinely, yeah, they'd likely get awa
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by JackFr 4mo ago
It was required at my first job in 1989, for entry level actuaries. In fairness, part of job performance was passing the actuarial exams, the first two of which were calculus and statistics. I imagine testing well on the SATs for a math or
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Why aren’t you still there?
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by JackFr 4mo ago
If he were my Uber, I would tip so much.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
My understanding was that your body was absorbing some amount of whatever electromagnetic stuff passes through you for the image. And the techs have told me it’s nothing to worry about.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
My building is 15 stories, built in 1916. I’m on the 2nd floor. Every apartment can sign up for the monthly exterminator when he comes to do common areas. Are there roaches? You bet. Not a ton but you’ll see one or two a few times a month
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by JackFr 4mo ago
I’m a weirdo who vaguely enjoys my MRIs. I’m moderately claustrophobic, but they still don’t really bother me. And I love the warming feeling that makes me feel like I’m getting microwaved.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
> limit your availability to effectuate your will in the world. It might limit his ability to effect his will in the world, but I see his availability as unchanged.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Sending people to prison seems like a great way to get no jobs posted.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
In fairness to parent, while the article doesn't say the title claims 'restores memories'.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
I spent a summer chopping a whole bunch of wood with a steel handled 10 lb maul. Many was the evening where my hand was numb until the morning, but by the end of the summer my shoulders were ripped. You quickly learn the differences between
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by JackFr 4mo ago
I worked at large Japanese bank in New York and happened to sit near Chief US Economist next to his Japanese translator. She would occasionally ask about certain idioms. I remember explaining what a wildcat strike was for instance. But it
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Upvoter here. Nothing special -- I like Claude a lot. I found it more ergonomic to work with, and I think its models are state of the art. I believe I'm more productive especially in legacy crufty codebases. I may not be represent
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Bats
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Try to get a Java developer to do something without Spring.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
The SEC (Southeastern Conference) arguably the leader in football, basketball, baseball and softball and apart from those sponsors 18 other sports. They do not sponsor soccer. As long as that’s case I’ll have trouble believing we’re gonna b
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Socializing != socialization. The first is enjoying the company of friends, while the second is a sociological process of internalizing cultural norms and appropriate behavior. How to behave in a group, how to approach a stranger, how to re
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by JackFr 4mo ago
> If they really wanted to fleece you Tip: Bald people the worst to fleece.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
I not sure what crap casino you're going to, but there are no penny slots in Vegas. https://www.casino.org/news/vegas-myths-re-busted-the-end-of...
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Path to X happiness: - Eschew the "For You", Read tweets only from people you have chosen to follow. - Only follow people who have a bona fide livelihood outside social media, avoid anyone for whom income is largely driven by &quo
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Obligatory Asimov: 'The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but 'That's funny...”'
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by JackFr 4mo ago
Ignore the downvotes -- that is an insane system.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
You might be surprised how the gov't threatening to take your house every year affects prices. And the ability to get mortgages. And new construction.
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by JackFr 4mo ago
> these deeply immoral rich fucks If that is your starting point, I don't think you're going to approach tax policy rationally. Ken Griffin may be deeply immoral -- I don't know -- but it's not a condition of being ri
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by JackFr 4mo ago
It's a revenue policy. It's effectively a wealth tax, cleverly implemented largely within the existing tax regime. Ken Griffin spend 183 days a year in Florida, so he pays no NY state or NYC income tax. He does pay ~1.8% income
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by JackFr 4mo ago
“Passionate? Jethro Tull should be in the rock and roll hall of fame.”

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