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by avinium 9y ago
Most important question - is it profitable? My experience was that Chinese companies are loth to pay for anything , let alone software (and let alone EHS software). Also, I'm more interested in hearing about Fight Club Politique.
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> The reason software is so complex now is that our expectations as users is orders of magnitude higher than it was "in the good old days". I'm old enough to remember the good old days, so I can speak with a little authori
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> Policing in America is racist. So anything that takes arrests into account (prior arrests, recidivism, etc.) will be in error as well. Quite possibly - and if that were the case, it's certainly something to be addressed. As a non-
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> Also from the abstract: "In some cases, black defendants are substantially more likely than white defendants to be incorrectly classified as high risk." I did see that in the abstract, but then the only follow-up in the actua
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> Define "race". Well, if you don't take the authors' approach, you don't need to. You just continue assessing pre-trial detention on the basis of each individual's background.
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by avinium 9y ago
I don't quite understand your point. Race is explicitly not a factor in individual pre-trial detention decisions. People are being placed in pre-trial detention because they're flight risks, as determined * by their marital sta
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I've only had a chance to skim this, so maybe I misunderstood. That being said, the authors' point seems to be right there in the introduction - "it's not fair to hold all individuals to the same standard, irrespective o
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If anyone from MS is reading this, please consider throwing some support behind WPF. It's actually a very reasonable framework for native development, and with a few updates here and there, would be competitive (in terms of developer-
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Wow, this is is great insight. You nailed it on the head with "wanting to go along with the message because it makes you feel good". I think one of the most important things in business is knowing what works, even if it's not
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by avinium 9y ago
Domestic acquisitions by foreign companies in any sector worth doing business in require approval by MOFCOM. There's usually a lot of horse-trading that goes on before the formal application to figure out what's kosher to buy, and
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Any chance of sharing some details on what the restructure was and why it was so disastrous? Might be the car-crash effect, but I really enjoy reading real-life stories of success and failure.
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You're right - I can't see anything that would possibly prejudice his case. While it's typical for lawyers to instruct clients "don't say a word" - making it easier for them to control the narrative - in this
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Is there any chance of something similar happening for Nuget? I rely on it heavily for project dependencies, and I'd like to know if there's a ticking timebomb there too.
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One of the few times I bother to login to HN - just to say thank you! Don't know how I've never come across these before, but they look fantastic.