MarkMc

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by MarkMc 10y ago
I just used Jigsaw to create a Java 9 runtime for Windows based on a "Hello World" program. This JRE is only dependent on the 'java.base' module, so it is as small as possible. Yet the resulting JRE is still 35 MB on d
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Can someone describe IBM's main objections? And will this mean that the Java 9 release is delayed?
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Alphabet revenue up 22% in Q1 2017(abc.xyz)
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by MarkMc 10y ago
> no amount of teaching skills can offset disinterested parents, dysfunctional family life, hunger, and poverty Well, not teaching skills alone. But what about teaching skills + experience + passion + willingness to be a social worker an
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Same as Uber does now - surge pricing and car pooling.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Check out this graph about airplane accidents: http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/images/2... Since 1970 total airplane casualties have halved, while there are now 7 times the number of
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Imagine it's April 2018 and Waymo releases this statement: "In the past year our autonomous cars have driven a total of 50 million miles in real-world conditions. Over that period there were 4 collisions, plus an estimated 12 whi
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Actually I think Waymo is too cautious. Tesla has thousands of customers effectively acting as test drivers for their autonomous software, which allows them to collect data at a much faster rate and discover more 'edge cases' than
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I don't understand why the Carbon Price Floor was a 'poorly designed policy'. From your description, it had exactly the intended effect - it reduced carbon emissions. That coal was pushed out so early might not have been fo
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Person A: "I created a web page. I'll let you view it if you also look at this advertisement" Person B: "No, I don't agree to your condition. I'll just view the page without the advertisement" ----------
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by MarkMc 10y ago
The problem with that approach is that you are going against the wishes of the person who produced the website. To my mind if someone creates something of value, the creator should have a say over how that something is consumed. To use some
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I'm currently using Anki to memorise vocabulary for Indonesian. One thing I find enormously useful is to link the Indonesian word I'm trying to learn to an English (or even another Indonesian word) word I already know. For example
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by MarkMc 10y ago
There's a great book called 'Making It Stick' which details effective, proven methods to improve memorisation and learning. Spaced repition (or more generally active recall) is one of those major methods. [0] https:/&#
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by MarkMc 10y ago
For you it's 'out of control'. For me it's 'the price I'm happy to pay to get what I want'.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Why doesn't Germany have the same problem with their 'blue card' which is even more generous than the H1B visa? For an IT graduate, a German blue card only requires a minimum salary of €39,624. Workers can switch jobs easily
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I completely agree that H1B visas drive drives down salaries for US workers. But I cannot see how Indian workers are worse off.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
The thing is, Apple hasn't really made those profits in a foreign country - there is very little profit to be made from manufacturing mobile phones in China which is why Apple outsources this task to Foxconn. There is also little prof
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I'm still not sure the original poster is wrong. Yes, Apple's would be at a disadvantage due to higher tax rates but maybe that would be offset by the inherant advantages that California offers tech companies. If such advantages
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I was as surprised as you. Here's an example of a quality BuzzFeed article: https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/fake-news-spreads-tru...
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by MarkMc 10y ago
If I was Di Modica I'd place another statue between the girl and the bull. I wonder how the artist of Fearless Girl would react if someone placed a Bart Simpson statue directly in front of the girl like this: http://m.imgur.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I absolutely agree with Di Modica. The problem is that the old piece of art has in effect been destroyed. Imagine if I purchased Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Starry Night' and painted over the sky to make it 'The Bri
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by MarkMc 10y ago
That's a good point. But surely you accept that California has some inherant advantage? If the effective tax rate is 15% in South Korea and 20% in California, investors will still pour money into Silicon Valley won't they?
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by MarkMc 10y ago
California has enormous advantages in intellectual capital that outweigh a high tax rate. Imagine it is 2007 and you can choose to invest in Apple and receive 60% of profits, or Samsung and receive 100% of profits. What's the better in
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by MarkMc 10y ago
> The iPhone entered a crowded phone market and now controls the vast majority of smartphone profits. There's really no such thing as market "saturation" when you can grow the market and eat old participants." The i
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by MarkMc 10y ago
> I like and use Safeway, but I would hardly fault them if they carried something I didn't thoroughly check out if it turned out to be a shitty brand. Isn't it much easier for Safeway to answer the question, "Are we buying
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by MarkMc 10y ago
This reminds me of what Michelle Rhee wrote in her book 'Radical': ---------- Imagine a third-grade teacher whose class is working on fractions. She opens up her laptop that the school has provided. She ventures into a teacher por
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by MarkMc 10y ago
> I wonder how much this will last considering that fossil energy will likely cost more and more and that more and more people from developing countries start to travel too. Actually I think the cost of fuel to fly a passenger from New Y
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Ahh I understand your point now. For the record I meant 'less derogatory or not at all derogatory'.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
At least for me here in Australia, Google AdSense ads aren't obnoxious. Below is the result of a quick scan of a few websites in private mode. I wonder why OP has such a different experience? Maybe the ad market in South Africa is very
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by MarkMc 10y ago
You don't actually need to use derogatory words at all to win the argument. In fact, your more likely to change a person's mind if you avoid personal attacks like 'dork' and 'neckbeard bullshit'.

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