andrewjl

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by andrewjl 10y ago
I think that's a model response. Explain the situation and then make it right. What else can one expect them to do? They've already said that they'll make sure it never happens again.
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by andrewjl 10y ago
The solution is to have the FDA mandate big bold warning labels stating that long-term consumption of high quantities of sugar has been linked to diabetes and other health problems. Give consumers some information to help make an informativ
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by andrewjl 11y ago
One option is for a group of large manufacturers to come together and sponsor a paid apprenticeship program. The program would have performance standards just like a real job would. Besides the PR benefits, it could be a cost effective way
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by andrewjl 11y ago
The FBI needs some legal basis for forcing Apple to develop and cryptographically sign a less-secure version of their operating system. This order, assuming it's not overturned by a higher court on appeal, removes one legal avenue the
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by andrewjl 11y ago
I see your point. In the case of countries without a strong rule of law one doesn't want to rely on legislation to protect data. Better to possess a technical means then. Where my opinion differs is regarding "[people] who care ab
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by andrewjl 11y ago
We have laws for a reason. And the law is clear with regard to Apple's rights. From Apple's Filing ( https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2722199-5-15-MJ-0045... ) Contrary to the government’s contention tha
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by andrewjl 11y ago
It's not this particular case that has Apple and others up in arms. It's the bone chilling precedent that the government can compel Apple to create software to compromise their own encryption protections. The FBI directed the cust
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by andrewjl 11y ago
This is good to know. Looks like the only way to make use of JIT (by someone who isn't Apple) is to use a WKWebView to execute the JS.
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by andrewjl 11y ago
As of iOS 8 that's no longer the case. JSC JIT compilation can be used in native apps. (It's also used by WKWebView.) http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/JavaScriptCore "JavaScriptCore is an optimizing virtual m
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by andrewjl 11y ago
I grew up in a house with lots of stuff and share Derek's aversion to clutter. My solution is to aim for quality over quantity. I think there's still a case for keeping a good set of tools around. For us software engineers, most t
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by andrewjl 11y ago
One part of this that will need a lot more work is the visualization of all this data. All the seminal dataviz works (Tufte, etc) emphasize the 2D world.
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by andrewjl 11y ago
It's likely that the NSA has developed far more advanced cryptographic methods that they use internally. If so, then most types of 'strong' crypto are prohibited by virtue of being classified, analogous to the situation with
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by andrewjl 11y ago
I'd really like to see a good write up on a project that's trying to tackle this problem on the levels below C. (Assembly or even hardware level.)
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by andrewjl 11y ago
The North American correction in property values post the 2008 financial crisis was due to two factors: 1) Increase in inventory levels as subprime borrowers tried to exit their mortgage via a fire sale 2) Total shut down of the mortgage ma
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by andrewjl 11y ago
I'll admit that this is a somewhat strange viewpoint, but I hope that one day the Supreme Court declares cryptographic libraries equivalent to a munition (as it is classified by the Department of State for export control purposes) and
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by andrewjl 11y ago
Given the current supply constraints in that market, it will take a very long time to build up a level of inventory that will cause a crash. The solution to the problem you're describing is more units, not less. Also, this transition i
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by andrewjl 11y ago
A regrettable consequence of cheap oil is that clean energy technologies become harder to deploy because they're competing against a lower cost alternative. The best thing EVs and solar had going for them was $100+ dollar per barrel oi
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by andrewjl 11y ago
Agree with you about the fines. Everyone has a slightly different demand elasticity for certain goods. To use myself as an example, I would buy the same amount of coffee if the price doubled tomorrow, but someone else may choose to cut back
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by andrewjl 11y ago
I have a theory that making education free and universally accessible, meaning anyone who is willing to put in the time can get a bachelor's degree in any major they want, would remove the majority of the signaling effect that a 4 year
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by andrewjl 11y ago
The gap that I see in this approach is everyone has a different definition of what is a nicety and what is a necessity. To go with your tobacco example, I personally don't believe that tobacco should be considered a necessity. (Though
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by andrewjl 11y ago
CFIUS reviews M&A deals for any potential national security issues. During the proceeding it needs to balance the legal right of capital to freely enter and depart the country with maintaining secure supplies and critical know-how. For
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by andrewjl 11y ago
CFIUS reviews M&A deals only on national security grounds. That's why the details of the proceeding are usually classified. If this were an anti-trust or inversion issue, then it would fall onto the DOJ to bring up an action and we
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by andrewjl 11y ago
I doubt that the current political climate would allow for this but I wonder what would happen if the U.S. implemented a basic income program and put in place extensive support for building out more knowledge based clusters across the natio
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by andrewjl 11y ago
Midtown Atlanta is near Georgia Tech if I remember correctly. Anecdotally I've noticed that areas with a concentration of knowledge intensive industries and/or universities are much more economically vibrant than the rest of the c
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by andrewjl 11y ago
Lots of millennials are deep in debt due to student loans. Also, with jobs being more precarious, I wouldn't be surprised to see a much higher individual saving rate for the millennial cohort. This would then correspond with lower aggr
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by andrewjl 11y ago
Most wealthy individuals spend a much smaller percentage of their income on consumption compared to the middle class. It then makes sense for aggregate demand to decline as the size and overall spending capacity of the middle class declines
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by andrewjl 11y ago
I wonder if multinational corporations are the last bastion of 20th century centralization. In a power law driven world, players that make better long term decisions will ultimately rise to the top and dominate their markets. This is not so
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by andrewjl 12y ago
Increases in M3 that are not present in M2 are by definition unable to affect inflation because they represent an increase in money that is locked up in long term deposits and thus unable to influence the real economy. Inflation occurs when
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by andrewjl 13y ago
Microsoft is a company suffering from the innovator's dilemma. Releasing Office on iPad was a good first step. I however believe that they will ultimately marginalize themselves in the consumer markets (if they haven't already, fo