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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> practical people who value merit over noise, How wouldn't that be a part of a perfectly rational risk analysis though? It's like saying (of course on a very different scale) that NASA should be buying rockets from Russian&#x
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Mississippi has been a reliable Republican voting block since the parties switched platforms in the 60-70’s. In presidential elections? Yes. On the local level the Democrats controlled the Mississippi House of Representatives every sin
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Justices have certain leanings but in general they care about their legitimacy. Some do. Some (almost completely openly) accept actual bribes. However you do have a perfectly valid point, having their seats for life their actions are e
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> how it is done in Germany Germany isn't exactly a huge centre of innovation these days or even remotely close to being a success story when it comes to software. I do understand your overall point though and agree to a large ext
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> the top jobs usually comes with required work to train the next generation Not for free. The reason the system worked back then is that apprentices were basically just a source of extremely labour if not indentured servants outright. T
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> their role was to introduce a system of art or craft to a new individual, to instill in them the idea of standards, quality, consistency, and perfection". I always thought that their goals was controlling the supply of goods and
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
No, not nearly enough extreme political violence.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Of course not, but it can certainly read a Supreme Court opinion and amend the law if there is consensus that the result was wrong. Which is still problematic because the Supreme Court is almost as partisan (if not as) than the senate.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> and unlike you, I don't trust my offhand estimates. Yet you're fine with handwaving probably the biggest issue Ukraine is facing (besides the risk of losing western support/Trump winning the election and making a side-d
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
At a certain point (probably to a large extent already) Ukraine will simply run out of manpower. Demographically it was in a very poor state to begin with to such a degree they had to keep the MINIMUM age of conscription at 27 and lowered i
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
You can't because the only people remaining (or the overwhelming majority) in those communities are people who are actually religious and take the whole thing pretty seriously. In the past (of course it depended on the exact time and p
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Was DOS actually every used on mainframes/servers on a significant scale? (genuine question, not saying it wasn't)
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> If I'm running Southwest's crew scheduling software, how much of that do I care about? Not a lot of if you can't/don't want to upgrade or replace that software to make sure it runs on modern OSes. I'm sure
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> GUI is sexy but like short videos ultimately did nothing for the user That's a stretch. I guess it increased the productivity (measured in amount of "work" done, not necessarily something useful) expectations for most wo
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Having the computer boot in five seconds There are certainly more modern options that allow that and it's highly doubtful that specifically is particularly relevant for Southwest. Not that there is any evidence that they're a
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
But I assume with market pricing there are some pretty volatile swings depending on wind/sun especially outside of summer?
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
I assume T stands for [Sales and Marketing]Technology. Which makes perfect sense because these are their core departments that the whole company is dependant on. The product itself is a secondary cost-center, probably less important than ev
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Is senior leadership asleep at the wheel, or how can this many incidents possibly happen every 30 days for months on end? Presumably it doesn't matter that much and isn't worth spending money/manpower on? If the usefuln
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> technical competency In a more fair world (that also valued economic productivity/growth more) companies which completely ignore that wouldn't survive, though.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> (a) With EU energy prices, a 5 W difference translates to 20-35 EUR per year on the electricity bill. 0.45 - 0.80 €/kWh is surely on the high-end? In most countries it seem to be less than ~0.25 (pr at least 0.3) https:/&#x
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
I'd assume singing was much more ubiquitous in the past, since it was one of the few ways ordinary people could entertain themselves/each other (this was clearly the case well into the 1900s in most, if not all, Western societies)
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Well, presumably outliers exist. I don't think we have a large enough sample to conclude anything. Pretty sure there are plenty of children these days who are significantly more "skilled" (just like back then). Of course mode
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
I can see round trips from e.g. London for ~1000€ but to be fair business class seems to start at ~4000. From what I can find e.g. SF to Sydney was $2300 US in 1986 (over $6000 now). London - Sydney. Allegedly might have been as low $600 (~
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Exactly. You can still fly businesses and pay the same price as before, it just became massively more accessible than before,
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> having tickets be free - the main source of income for the airlines was in duty-free on either end of the journey anyway I'm sure that was pretty far-fetched and not something actually viable. Considering duty-free isn't even
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
offering jobs well above prevailing local wages = exploiting I would assume you also believe that every single person working for a wage is also by definition exploiting regardless of where they are? Otherwise it would make very little sens
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
I'm not a library, also search engine are a thing... but: Athens: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272501188_Drainage_... Pergamon: https://www.dainst.blog/transpergmikro/new-insights-
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> and that you're going to have to draw the line at some arbitrary cost/benefit limit. Well US is spending significantly more money than all other highly-developed countries with (on average across population) worse outcomes t
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
To be fair their "last" generation is already 2.5 or so generations old. Not necessarily a very accurate reflection of their current state, their next released will probably make or brake them. > I wonder how global foundaries
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> It will increase cost And of of course that cost would be absolutely insignificant relative to the potential risk...

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