PorterDuff

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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Again, there's a Soviet counterexample of army/party/intelligence service. Even in the case of a dictatorial and lifetime head of state, separation of powers is baked into the cake by groups with common interests, sometimes o
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
The counter example is the way the Soviets dealt with chemicals, oil, power. Personally, I think that the government vs. industry split becomes rather academic when you are speaking of monopolies, especially monopolies that spy on you. I e
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I'll bet that most people would get by fine with an open source version of a Chromebook.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
To tell you the truth, I think that Trump would have done well in any political era, particularly those where unflagging public speaking was necessary to get the gig. Good political instincts, ability to speak extemporaneously (a rare abili
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
In terms of celebrities/politicians, it's worth glancing through late 19th C. newspapers. They make the modern version look positively unbiased and polite.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
" they set their prices by taking the Medicare reimbursement rate, and multiplying by 8." lol. Seriously? Well it's a simple system. I wonder what happens when it's Medicare-for-all. Do they make 1/8 as much all
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Say, that's an interesting idea. Develop a good-quality fake identity purely for skipping on medical bills. Just to add an alternative that I've considered (now being a kind of programmer emeritus) is to go into a full-tilt asset
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
It's hard to beat the Pixelon launch party. Someone should really make a movie on that one.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I think you've got your head on straight, although it's probably best to think of the old-programmer problem as a kind of half life. Every year, some percentage of the remaining ones drop out, often through no fault of their own.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I wonder to what extent insurance issues have driven the death of shop classes. I have no current knowledge, but it wouldn't surprise me if modern day chemistry class has veered away from actually touching dangerous items.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
My experimental concept for post-secondary schooling goes as follows: Spend four years at junior college(s) taking useful sounding classes. German, welding, programming, calculus, jazz band, EMT, with no intention of getting an associates
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Welding sounds pretty good after a career doing software. I mostly like the idea of it as a means to an end. Not so much a way to make money working on trailer hitches but as a necessary skill for a race car fabricator or artist. Truth is,
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I should be more clear. When I say 'management', I'm really referring to 2nd level managers and up. From my experience, line managers are either the member of the technical staff who tells the lords and masters that everyth
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
"The American culture is very antagonistic. In democratic societies, which are less antagonistic, this would become a matter of new public consensus much sooner before they would go on actual strike" Like France?
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I was busy doing God's Work (upvoting any downvoted posts) and was considering the article. So far as I can tell, the point of the article is that this is another salvo in the war between California and the federal government in terms
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Now that I think of it, I wonder why the larger employers in the South Bay don't build dormitories. Given a strong tendency to hire people fresh out of school (or nearly so), I would think that a great big dormitory on the company cam
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I'm afraid I wouldn't believe you. With rare exceptions, management wants to hear 'no problem' and that 'everything is fine'. The next thing to do is a PowerPoint chart for the 2nd level managers showing names
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Just imagine the hilarity when a society made up of 20 billion people living efficient, highrise-dwelling, car-pooling, vegetarian, recycling kind of lives breaks down.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Heck, cut right to the chase and ask how occasional high peak summer temperatures kill people and what to do about it. An old lady keeling over in an apartment isn't helped a bit by internet climate change wars. Given the super low pr
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Do they require fire suppression systems and solar panels in the rest of the US? I honestly don't know.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I'll bet it's better the second time you order after it recognizes you hearing your voice, reading your license plate, peering at your phone or face. WOULD YOU LIKE THE REGULAR, MR TRACKER1? DIET DR. PEPPER IS ON SALE THIS WEEK.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Is it? As I remember, real prices only started climbing sometime after 2000.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
"In software engineering sometimes conclude that a rewrite is necessary. How can we completely rewrite our regulations?" A currency collapse or a successful invasion perhaps. Even 'freezing a moment of time' is kind of a
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Perhaps it's similar to the economics of retail gasoline prices at gas stations.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
It's worth considering California building code in the cost of new construction.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Hah, thanks for the insight. I was simply thinking, Unintended Consequences in 5,4,3,2,1...but that's one I hadn't thought of. Of course people will push up against the limit in order to buffer out market values. You could easily
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
As I remember the book, they back tested quite a lot. It's just that whenever they went live with trading reality changed on 'em. Go figure.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
Heck, I managed that without interstellar travel.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
That sounds too much like this: https://www.amazon.com/When-Genius-Failed-Long-Term-Manageme... As I remember, beaucoup back testing, hilarity ensues anyway.
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by PorterDuff 7y ago
I've always wanted to design a slot machine that traded a few NASDAQ stocks. You go into a bar, run your credit card and stick some money in the machine, buy/sell some shares (with leverage?), machine owner skims off fees, cash ou

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