MarkMc

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by MarkMc 10y ago
In this context, how about 'programmer'?
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I completely agree with the content of your message, just wish you had used a word less derogatory than 'dorks'
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I agree. I've been developing Swing and SWT applications for 15 years. SWT has a simple, lightweight API that just works. Swing is so bloated an complicated that you will be tearing your hair out to perform simple tasks. I feel that Su
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by MarkMc 10y ago
So Americans will never amend the US constitution to allow a state to secede?
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Yes. I expect manned fighter jets will become obsolete within 20 years. A few thoughts on the subject: 1. Drones can handle much higher G-forces than manned fighter jets. This is a huge advantage. 2. AI technology is progressing very rapidl
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Not just a different scale, but a different degree of suffering. The average homeless person in the US has a far higher standard of living and more opportunities than the average person needing emergency food assistance in Ethiopia.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
One possible future is that Tesla execute perfectly but their stock still underperforms the market. In 20 years Tesla may produce more cars than Toyota. They may have self-driving AI that is safer than any other. They may provide more taxi
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Communication was by text message. And hiring on the basis of gender would invite a class-action lawsuit. More likely it's not an official policy, just something that some male employees have discovered improves their commission.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
TL;DR: here's the list of psychological tricks mentioned in the article: 1. When driver's are about to log off, it tells them that they are very close to reaching an earnings target, such as "You are $6 away from making $40 n
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I'm one of those inner-city professionals (although at 40 no longer so young) who supports high levels of immigration. Let me try to explain my reasoning: 1. It's true that immigration has increased property prices, but other fac
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Thinking about this a bit more, Musk should run a split test: Half the people queued for a Model 3 are offered $100 to move to the back of the queue. People who decline such an offer will feel compelled to buy the car when it is released i
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Interesting that the 'Ping' link to Amazon.com is still working. I wonder if it will still be working in 100 years.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
> we basically don't have a Southern border. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say you didn't have a southern border. From 2005 net immigration from Mexico has been negative: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015&#
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Check out the under/over valuation graph on this page: http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21695912... Seems to be objective evidence that house prices in Canada, UK and Australia are overvalu
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by MarkMc 10y ago
In the short term SpaceX will not reduce their prices - they will simply make a larger profit. When SpaceX has effective competition that can deploy a single ticket multiple times, prices will drop dramatically.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
You are missing the psychological element. In general, people: (a) Feel a strong obligation to be consistent with past behaviour - not just in placing the deposit, but then thinking and reading about the new car design and wanting a Tesla
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by MarkMc 10y ago
2008 was the height of a debt-fuelled bubble - I wouldn't take it as the starting point for long-term growth trends in industrial output.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I think the selective bias is simply to choose interesting stories, not push a narrative. The guy who was 'Not Black Enough' simply did not have a particularly interesting story to tell. Although there is a focus on black urban p
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by MarkMc 10y ago
> I'm saying that fossil fuels have done more to advance the human condition than anything else in history of mankind. I don't think this point is relevant to your argument.
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by MarkMc 10y ago
My understanding is that there isn't really a scientific consensus that "it'll destroy the world". But there is a consensus that "human activity is causing global warming" - yet this is something that a signif
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by MarkMc 10y ago
It's true that VR and AR has not lived up to the hype. However, history has many examples of a technology that disappoints for decades but continually improves to the point where it suddenly reaches a critical mass: eg. flat screen TV
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Let's get specific: How long do you think it will be before Apple release iGlasses? 10 years?
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by MarkMc 10y ago
The only problem with Google Glass was that it was ahead of its time. I fully expect Apple to release a 'revolutionary new product' in 10 years time which will essentially be Google Glass with more advanced tech and better styling
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Thanks for your feedback. I guess the benefits of putting your financial data in the cloud are the same as for any online system: Access your data from any computer, automatic backups, and easily share your data with other people (especial
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I am a developer of accounting software and this is exactly the problem I faced when developing the cloud-based version of my accounting software. My solution was to keep all financial data on the server encrypted. The server is unable to
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I guess I would point to the Yahoo security breach as an example of how poor security can have an adverse financial effect on a company valuation and its CEO's remuneration. The Sony hack also comes to mind as something which damaged
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I think you are being too strict in your definition of 'secure'. 99.99% of devices run Android, iOS or Windows which are closed source and therefore not 'secure'. To me, security is not a binary property but rather a sl
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by MarkMc 10y ago
I'm often reading in bed or on the sofa where highlighting would be a pain with a physical book - with my Kindle app it's so easy. What's even better is how quickly I can access my highlighted notes. I often find I'm in
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by MarkMc 10y ago
Even with a delay of 2 seconds, I can check your password against the most-common 10,000 passwords list in 6 hours. And I can run the check in parallel. So if I have 1,000 email addresses I can find all the users with low-entropy passwords
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by MarkMc 10y ago
The simple solution is to let the eastern part of California stay in the union. The western part suceeds.

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