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by T_S_ 14y ago
> Patents and software need to get a divorce before somebody gets hurt. Well said.
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by T_S_ 14y ago
tl;dr. Guy upset with the tiny snippet of himself on 60 minutes and how it was used to illustrate one of their points and not make his.
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by T_S_ 14y ago
> It's also driven home by how the Lesbegue measure in d-dimensions assigns zero measure to all (d-1)-dimensional (or lesser) objects. Adding a dimension just makes space immensely larger. > And so pegging the size of our unit ball
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by T_S_ 14y ago
The rockstars are really hurting these days, but don't be jealous of the ninjas. The rocket scientists, mavens and even the experts have all been there and faded. Some day maybe even the the worker bees who can block and tackle will be back
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by T_S_ 14y ago
Termination sucks but a they would never have called it a cliff unless you can get pushed over it. Your termination agreement sounds like the typical thin futon parked at the bottom of the cliff. If you can dig up receipts you could ask to
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by T_S_ 14y ago
Hey! Can somebody translate this all to mobile for me?
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by T_S_ 14y ago
It's the enfant terrible style. Signals that you are special, and are willing to back it up, so let's just end the conversation. Nice time saver when you actually are special and can back it up. Terrifically destructive for a "B" surround
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by T_S_ 14y ago
The same reason uranium ore doesn't explode. Density. I lived in several other places filled with talented people--in other industries. They just weren't interested in what I was doing. Risking all my time and money on a tech startup seemed
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by T_S_ 14y ago
Not only do I wear headphones, I pump a mix of cafe sounds through it. Amazingly effective at drowning out conversation at low volume levels. BTW has the OP ever heard of "flow"? You can have 2 hours of my full attention, just don't spread
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by T_S_ 14y ago
Sure, just check their Facebook pages.
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The Haskell / Snap ecosystem is as productive (or more) than Ruby/Rails.(blog.dbpatterson.com)
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by T_S_ 14y ago
Why won't it accept my prior distribution? Sheesh.
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by T_S_ 14y ago
Thanks for the leanlaunchlab link. True, the competitors argument is the first thing people would cite against continuous meaningful disclosure. The counterargments are 1) Not as important if everyone is disclosing on a level playing field.
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by T_S_ 14y ago
The act allows mom and pop to invest with little or no "burdensome" ongoing disclosure. I run a startup and would love to have their cash, but the sharks will get it instead. Instead of doubling down on opacity, Congress should take a leaf
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by T_S_ 15y ago
Corrupt practices are only possible if they are hidden. Journalists like WSJ's Mossberg are able to maintain their credibility only because they keep it simple by not taking cash or freebies and restating that policy frequently. If Blog X w
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by T_S_ 15y ago
It's going to be harder and harder to operate businesses that rely on the ignorance of their customers to achieve their margin goals. The last time I was in BB, I was trying to pick up a Roku box. After upselling me by being out of stock on
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by T_S_ 15y ago
You should think of this post as being aimed at Haskell library writers. The benefit to the application developer is that more and more optimizations are available through identical or nearly identical, familiar interfaces such as those for
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by T_S_ 15y ago
Great. The idea is to reduce transparency and let mom and pop play the game. A missed opportunity to promote transparency. For most of these little companies no advantage is lost by reporting cash flow, transactions and other relevant metri
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by T_S_ 15y ago
The correct answer is: "I am too kind to children and dogs."
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by T_S_ 15y ago
Surprising conclusion at the end: "I’ll consider development in Lua in the future." Interesting.
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by T_S_ 15y ago
Understanding what mathematical objects are can lead to insanity. Much better to focus on what you can do with them. Or to quote John von Neumann, "In mathematics you don't understand things, you just get used to them."
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by T_S_ 15y ago
It turns out that treating infinity like it is a number is very convenient (e.g. in convex optimization). I think these black and white statements are not a good way to explain things. Just start with the set of real numbers. Point out in
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by T_S_ 15y ago
I think the task rabbit price drops when the density of task rabbits is high enough in a locale to make the marginal cost drop. If I am right you should see this happen for certain tasks that don't make people deviate much from their ordina
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by T_S_ 15y ago
Please explain your last sentence.
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by T_S_ 15y ago
Stores are a marriage of a logistics business and a marketing business. The split is about 75%/25%. That marketing component is ripe for disruption that directly connects the original sellers (brand, manufacturers, authors) to their end use
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by T_S_ 15y ago
Several reasons. Managers want to believe that programming is like installing a kitchen. It should have a clear start, middle, end, and a reasonable estimate of time and cost that could almost be written in a contract. Devs don't want to ad
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by T_S_ 15y ago
I forgot to mention the radioactive cesium tax. There, fixed that. Seriously though, the government will never be able to out-optimize individual choice in choosing technologies. Besides, the system needs to be tech-neutral or else we get a
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by T_S_ 15y ago
They both help reduce climate change? Not sure. Without a carbon tax you could burn 100 tons of coal to make a "green device" and nobody would know the exact figure. With it, you don't even need to do the calculation. It's in the price.
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by T_S_ 15y ago
No. The article is a coded call for subsidies of solar through "improved" financing. Subsidizing a specific activity means the government picks the technology. A carbon tax would bring all the same benefits and would not have the government
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by T_S_ 15y ago
It's not financing. It's the fact that we don't have a carbon tax. Price carbon near the cost of sequestration and you will see plenty of money invested in alternative energy. Anything else keeps the decision making in the hands of the cent

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