bluGill

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by bluGill 4mo ago
There are shared values in the US, but not many. Love of the US, and 'freedom' is about all, for the later we don't agree in what freedom means. There are many different distinct cultures in the US. Cowboys from north Dakota
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Of Google is wrong and you copy that is illegal since wrong things are not facts and thus can be copyright
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Maps Traditionally have a few intentional errors because those are copyright, in turn meaning if one is found you can sue for copyright violations.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
They were the cheapest DVD player you could buy for a while, and they were also the most available DVD player. That changed fairly quick, but at launch they were your best value. (though dedicated DVD players generally had better controls
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by bluGill 4mo ago
You need two different types of management. You need the creative type who understands what customers want and ensures that is what you deliver. You need the financial type that understands profit margins. If the company lacks either, or
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by bluGill 4mo ago
most utilities are natural monopolies. The cost to run wires/pipes to my house are a significant portion of the cost to serving me, so you wouldn't run wires to my house in hopes that I buy from you later.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
What does enough mean? That's why I didn't use that word. Beans and rice is enough, but I'm glad I can afford nicer food. I don't need as large a house as I have and yet my house is modest by modern standards, and I woul
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by bluGill 4mo ago
In generally spending increases to cover income. 30k per day sounds like a lot, but it isn't hard to spend that once you get used to having that much to spend. Your mansion with the heated indoor pool is expensive to maintain. Plus
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Not exactly - stocks are already sold, you don't run out of cash from the stock price going down. You only run out of cash if you want to sell more stock to raise more cash (this happens, but it is somewhat rare). However the owners a
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Maybe it isn't a loss, but as an investor (never directly in them), I consider 3% profit margin a bad sign - at that return I'd prefer a savings account: FDIC insurance means that after accounting for risks the savings account is
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by bluGill 4mo ago
There is a reason scouts require you to tie so many knots. Not that any scout remembers their knots longer than needed pass that requirement, but it is still important and once in a while they do need them.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
There is still a lot of coal and oil to be had. It isn't as easy as it used to be, but there is still a lot. If we get to the middle ages then society can build a lot with knowledge. More efficient iron production than what the midd
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by bluGill 4mo ago
If you are rebuilding society most of this knowledge is useless for centuries. You don't have enough labor to build and maintain factories. You will spend centuries in the hunter gather phase struggling to survive, while slowly build
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by bluGill 4mo ago
When you melt thin al that creates more oxide as well.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Exceptions depend on the workflow. For some high frequently trades the normal case is you won't make money so don't trade - the exceptions for them are the only case where latency matters. Don't read the above, as you can&#x2
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Your local recycler probably doesn't want al foil even today when recycling is a big thing.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
aluminum foil is generally not something you can recycle. Not that it can't be recyled, but the oxide to pure aluminum ratio is high and so you don't gain much since you need all the energy of refining in the first place to get b
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by bluGill 4mo ago
That was my point. Finding the balance is hard.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
If you require a reason that is bureaucracy which people complain about for good reason. Requiring a reason adds great cost and we would rather not pay it. We might be forced to because not everybody is honest, but it is much better if we
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by bluGill 4mo ago
If low latency is your goal than you don't want JIT. JIT has two issues in low latency, first the first time through your code isn't compiled yet and so you get high latency. Second, it optimizes for the common case, which means
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by bluGill 4mo ago
I'm old enough to remember that time. People did up grade. Some of them rushed out to buy the latest version when it was released. Some of them waited until they got a new computer. Many of them tried to not upgrade until someone u
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by bluGill 4mo ago
You don't need ASML machines. There are labs all over that can build chips. I know of one near me that has a license to make the Pentium I chip (or possibly a similar chip - the exact chips classified, but I know can make the electro
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Except in the case of a natural monopoly (which doesn't apply to software) you can always switch to something else. Which means the seller needs to remain better than the alternatives.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
In theory you are correct but realistically you will upgrade.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Software was always a subscription you bought version two then version three... It wasn't obviously or explicitly a subscription but it still was one.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
Science agrees with no alcohol. The other drugs are not studied enough to be sure but things point in that direction. I can have fun without drugs.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
How does the resulting code compared to what a modern compiler gives me. I don't maintain compilers for a living, I maintain other code, which is ultimately longer and more complex than a C++ compiler. And so if my compiler, by becomin
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by bluGill 4mo ago
They give you time though. It's certainly not perfect, but no wall ever was. You could scale the old wall with a ladder if you wanted to, but it slowed you down and that gave the defenders time to do something about that.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
You can get up to 1983 without computers if that's what you're looking for. 1984, they all had computers. Then if it had a carburetor, there was still a computer somehow controlling that carburetor.
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by bluGill 4mo ago
That battery lasts longer than the tire. People sometimes try to say but I don't drive my car much and that doesn't change the math because tires are destroyed not just from the way of driving but also the sun and ozone in the air

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