ScalaFan

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by ScalaFan 4y ago
Any idea how reliable electric motors/systems are compared to fossil fuel systems (primarily piston driven as opposed to jets)?
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by ScalaFan 4y ago
Going overseas also carries risk. It could be something as irritating as just cultural or language friction or as bad as a civil disturbance or war breaking out. Never mind just the quality of workers available for the price you have set a
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by ScalaFan 5y ago
Anyone remember the Motorola families of chips? 68xxx and 88xxx.
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by ScalaFan 5y ago
It is easy to stand at a distance and claim that it would be immoral to give booster shots when many countries don't have enough first shots. However, they (WHO) are ignoring the realities of the logistics problems that these countrie
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by ScalaFan 5y ago
It would have been sad if we had given up on AI/ML ideas due to the failure of AI back in the 80s/early 90s. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_generation_computer
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by ScalaFan 5y ago
in a private facebook group!
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
Sounds like these may be multiple startup opportunities - one for each industry or mode of dealing with businesses. Of course, those businesses that are reasonable or customer-centric are less likely to make these kinds of choices.
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
This is well understood and as like the rich and powerful in many places do, thought that the rules and laws do not apply to them and their maid (Parti) was too afraid to report them to the government. In this case, they thought incorrectly
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
The playing field is nowhere close to being level. https://thediplomat.com/2015/02/soft-repression-the-struggle... For more info: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/dispute-pm-lee-hsien-loong-not-mer... No
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
The key to lawyers and doctors losing their licenses to practice is that they have professional bodies that will police/enforce the rules. However, they also have a monopoly to provide those services. I suspect corporations don't
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
It is interesting that PETA doesn't seem to say very much about this. Does any organization?
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
What does FOSS GIS software have to do in order to compete against ESRI? Or which packages have the best chance to? For example, few consider going with Oracle anymore now that you have PostgreSQL but that took a long time. So, looking pe
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
Tech labor has historically cheaper than in the US. It would have been nice to see more Canadian tech success stories at 1/10 the number that have occurred in SV alone. There must be some other variables that explain the difference.
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by ScalaFan 6y ago
All corporations should follow the idea of not putting all their eggs in one basket even if that is the cheapest/best idea if you want to over-optimize. In IT, we have backup plans, we have backup locations and resources and yes it cos
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
On the other hand, a law could be passed where all large companies have to report on diversity hiring numbers so that the general public would know what the current reality is like.
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
Corollary to this is when a business is so mature that they decide to no longer take risks (or higher risk) by designing a new product, or go after a new market or go for the next disruptive change that is valid. Instead they go after reli
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
And yet when you ask a chess player whether the situation has a tactic or a strategy in it (in some cases both), they can tell you which choice is a tactic and which is a strategy. Tactics are so well recognized that you can practice them:
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
Here is an example within the world of chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess#Strategy_and_tactics They are very well understood and delineated within that context.
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
Their loss. Your new employer's gain.
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
Certain items just have a danger level that requires an elevated sense of responsibility and awareness and I don't just mean firearms. Workshop tools like power saws or table saws need to be handled with respect and care and those tha
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
There are some people with trauma from 2000/2001.
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
Might not rubber belts have been possible instead of chains? Rubber was available 18th Century - maybe not in industrial quantities but still. In fact, latex was was available to the Mayans and Aztecs according to https://en.wi
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
Borders Bookstore didn't want to cannibalize sales either and they don't exist anymore.
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by ScalaFan 7y ago
Nothing like asking those that actually work and live in that city state - www.reddit.com/r/singapore Or search in that subreddit for "IT jobs" for previous discussions like https://www.reddit.com/r/
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by ScalaFan 9y ago
Default encrypted email communications
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by ScalaFan 9y ago
Interesting but I believe that there are events where computers + humans beat just the computers. That shows that there must still be something else that the human adds to the situation that brute force hasn't been able to overcome ye
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by ScalaFan 9y ago
A satellite in geosync orbit? Sure, much smaller but definitely harder to reach.
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by ScalaFan 10y ago
Some credit card companies do exactly that. It is an old game.
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by ScalaFan 10y ago
In the long run, we can hope that the high salaries will convince some to get the necessary education and training to qualify for those jobs. If the demand is high, the market should respond by increasing supply in the long term as well.
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by ScalaFan 10y ago
Then there is also the issue of the ease or difficulty of getting someone from a foreign country to work in the UK. Are work permits required? How much paperwork? etc If I were an American, what would it take to work in London?

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