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by Torwald 7y ago
> Part of the problem that I realized after hearing the author promotin this book in a podcast is that many people not only want to solve problems but also put their own spin/branding on it, even if it’s not actually much different
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by Torwald 7y ago
and the "racing category" the grandparent is talking about was initiated by crobots?
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> Who decides what "value" is or what things should be values at? The buyer. By paying the price.
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by Torwald 7y ago
The constant inflation due to fiat currency is worse than the effects you describe, because it has destroyed more wealth.
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> What’s “real” money? Money based on value of some kind, as opposed to debt.
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> Have any two financial crises happened for the same reasons ? Yes, all of them for the same reason: FIAT currency instead of real money.
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by Torwald 7y ago
to drive down advertising costs.
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Study: Age of Humans Reversed by Years(independent.co.uk)
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The let me astound you even more that there also exist such things as off-road vehicles, natural roads (think of countries like SA or AUS), and that .gov cannot just bomb all it's roads away in an instant, like they could stop all trai
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by Torwald 7y ago
> Surprised nobody writes about this while gasping at Facebook’s profits. Those who understand what you wrote are busy making money via Facebook ads, milking the gravy train while it lasts.
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Because it's off-topic. It's a piece about Thamugadi as an arhceological site. There is no need for political commentary.
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> I am curious how these discoveries are made and excavated. In the case of a Roman fortification such as Thamugadi probably written sources such as maps, lists for military or commercial use, history and so on.
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by Torwald 7y ago
Of course I know what you mean. Many very big corporations do it that way. But that is not how it should be done and as you point out that destroys the friendliness. A good customer service person at the phone will always be more friendlier
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by Torwald 7y ago
Interactions by email or chat are less efficient for companies than the telephone. This is so, because for the vast, vast majority of people it is much easier to talk then to type. Specially when things get more complicated. With the phone
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by Torwald 7y ago
Speaking at the phone is faster than typing a chat comment. It is also more empathetic, the human touch makes people perceive the company as friendlier, closer to you and more empathetic.
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by Torwald 7y ago
> The hardest part is becoming the destination people think of when they think video. While this is true, what's the gain of that? YouTube has it, are they making money? If not, will they in the future?
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by Torwald 7y ago
I am a fan of Leo, but he also tends to fall on my nerves with constantly interrupting people. Atkinson is great in just not letting that happen, FUN!
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by Torwald 7y ago
The real HyperCard on Windows was Asymetrix ToolBook, which was very good.
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> I can't help but feel T2 chip is just another cynical ploy to gradually kill off third party repairs by baking software functions into proprietary hardware that only the manufacturer have access to. But this is only a feeling. If
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by Torwald 7y ago
Then the title of the series is badly worded. The journey is not from free market ideology to another viewpoint, as the title suggests. It is more an awakening to the fact that we do not have a free market or at least to a set of facts abou
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by Torwald 7y ago
Sounds interesting. Can you point me to a COBOL listing that shows some of this difference?
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by Torwald 7y ago
One part of a better grounding could be a free market as opposed to a system where the tax payer bails out the banks.
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Apple and OSS also do have spreadsheets on offer
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That point is already defined, it is called Emacs.
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> I only use Chrome to access Google apps, because for some strange reason they work a lot better in Chrome... DOS 2.1 ain't done until Lotus won't run
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by Torwald 7y ago
One of the reasons for this feeling is that the author only sees herself. For example, > Because the really intractable problems — like the social expectations placed on mothers, the gendered division of labor in homes, the invisibility
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Time Tracking with Git(kris.cool)
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by Torwald 7y ago
> Why is it that the rest of the developed world gets this and what makes us the laggard outlier? Has a lot to do with playing world police. A lot of this is tied to veterans with PSD.
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by Torwald 7y ago
Instead of boring people with history – I say this as a history buff - we can just point out the ethical fallacies of communism. Most, most, most people are actually moral. You just have to explain stuff once in a while.
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by Torwald 7y ago
This is a self contradictionary statement. People who are shallow enough to sell their ideals for "cheap tat" will not care about the origin of said tat and how they vote withe their dollars.

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