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by ahallock 11y ago
What do you like about the JS build systems more?
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by ahallock 11y ago
I wonder sometimes what it would be like if we didn't keep re-inventing things. Other than portability, why are any of these better than a Makefile? Most of these tools have a corresponding bin command you can run in a Make task.
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by ahallock 11y ago
The fact that you have to have a disclaimer up front makes me sad.
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by ahallock 11y ago
It's still early though, right? I mean, they might have some dominance now (I wouldn't call 46% in major markets a monopoly), but let's see how things shake out in a few years. > Uber is arguably the #1 regulatory power i
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by ahallock 11y ago
edit: remove snark > The "libertarian" solution is to provide a marketplace where drivers can sell their services to riders. States create solutions. The libertarian "solution" is to do nothing and let the interaction
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by ahallock 11y ago
I suppose it makes sense when applied just to Uber, but it seems misleading. Actors in a free market system will have different models that in isolation would be not so free. I thought free market deals with aggregates.
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by ahallock 11y ago
You're speaking as if Uber exists in a vacuum with no competitors. And consumers do have the ability to change the price, though not directly. They could go with a taxi, use Lyft, ride a bike, take a bus, buy a car, etc--all factors th
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by ahallock 11y ago
I suppose if you consider Uber to exist in a vacuum with no other competitors or outside forces. But it doesn't, so I'm not sure how your usage of free market holds up.
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by ahallock 11y ago
You're misusing free market. If the gov had set Uber's prices, you'd be correct. This is just Uber's model (regardless of the whole employer/contractor debate). Another competitor is free to come up with a different
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by ahallock 11y ago
Why the downvotes? While you may argue that most countries have only a semblance of a free market, Uber does indeed have competitors and is operating under market pressure. Riders don't set the rates, no... but I'm not sure what t
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by ahallock 11y ago
Totally agree. Best way to learn is to write, and if you want good examples to model after, check out the popular projects on Github. People are actually using those libraries and frameworks in production, unlike the toy examples in books.
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by ahallock 11y ago
> Reading and understanding underscore will improve your functional programming skills. No. underscore does it wrong (check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3svKOdZijA ) Check some of the real functional libs like Ramda a
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by ahallock 11y ago
> Uber as a corporation is a selfish and greedy And you aren't self-interested or greedy when you find the opportunity? And why do you work for a company that is so terrible? Find a new occupation or work for a competing service.
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by ahallock 11y ago
I think you're confused about what a free market is. Uber is competing against other ride sharing services, and Uber cannot set the price of those services.
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The gov just cherry picks/jumps on the bandwagon for certain things and calls that progress, while at the same time subsidizing industries promoting bad health and the obesity epidemic. Real change won't come from authoritarian ba
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by ahallock 11y ago
So artificially increasing the demand for automation is bad, but incentivizing people to have more children and artificially increasing the population is good? > Giving someone work experience is progress for her. Progress is getting to
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by ahallock 11y ago
> watch the number of entry-level jobs explode and the demand for robotic work tank (like McD's filling sodas with robotics). People have better things to do than repetitive, unfulfilling tasks (unless they enjoy it, of course). We
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by ahallock 11y ago
No more a conspiracy than lions hunting a gazelle. It's just in their nature.
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https://mises.org/library/republicans-and-big-government
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by ahallock 11y ago
Let's see the drug war, DHS, military, NSA, no child left behind--just to name a few. The gov increased under Reagan despite what conservatives will tell you. The GOP has been part of massive increases in gov. Why would someone in poli
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by ahallock 11y ago
Just a talking point--empirically that's not true.
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> They exploit hundreds of thousands of people wanting to make a little extra money so that they can make a lot. Turning a profit does not automatically equal exploitation. How do you think companies create new jobs or make capital inves
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by ahallock 11y ago
Wait, we're talking about Uber, right? On their website it states: "As an independent contractor with Uber, you’ve got freedom and flexibility to drive whenever you have time. Set your own schedule, so you can be there for all of
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by ahallock 11y ago
Your comment is filled with vitriol -- did you something happen to you? Why would Uber drivers be getting "rich" anyway? A decent living might be possible, but I don't think driving cars is valued as much in the economy as th
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> avoid paying benefits Did you ever consider that maybe these contractors value a flexible work schedule more than company benefits? I assume if they become employees they will lose whatever contractor benefits they had, including the f
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by ahallock 11y ago
Yeah, I hope they can find some middle ground; there's a definite need for AirBnB. I remember back when I worked at a Motel 6 and all the hotels in the area would sell out on weekends when there was a popular event. The hotels were als
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by ahallock 12y ago
My apologies: Free Domain Radio
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by ahallock 12y ago
> No matter how you sell it, what you have here is a css tautology. It's a "list item", the element name is right there for all to see and use, including the machine. The names are similar because they've created a g
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by ahallock 12y ago
People seem to buy this idea of patents on FUD: "No one will invent things if they can't have a monopoly on their invention." But is that the case in reality? I'd like to see some empirical evidence that the amount of in
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by ahallock 12y ago
LIs are generic containers--the only way to narrowly scope LIs is to use hierarchical selectors, which leads location dependency and specificity issues. The class name creates a scope and you need to apply that to decedent components to enf

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