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by brg 14y ago
Mostly correct, but I remember standing outside my 5th grade classroom window waiting for the teachers to unlock the door. At that time the school doors were only unlocked prior to class starting if there were blizzard conditions, not for
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by brg 14y ago
I found this an interesting rebuttal to a previous discussion held on hacker news. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4931272
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What Everyone Knows About Austerity(cafehayek.com)
1 points by brg 14y ago|1 comments
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by brg 14y ago
This comment is correct on one point, austerity has not been tried in Europe. No country has either spent less than what they have, nor have they spent less year over year.
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by brg 14y ago
This is a common myth, and it was addressed 150 years ago. http://www.econlib.org/library/Bastiat/basEss1.html The economy is not a zero sum game. The inefficient production of widgets will be shut down, but the labor and capital used wi
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by brg 14y ago
Antifragile is Nassim Taleb's new book, which debuts tomorrow 11-27. I very much enjoyed Tabel's conversation on EconTalk [1]previewing this new book, and am looking forward to reading it. [1] http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/tale
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How surprises make you stronger - Antifragile by Nassim Taleb(economist.com)
2 points by brg 14y ago|1 comments
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by brg 14y ago
That statement rings false. The product of doctor's without borders is better health for the disadvantaged. The product of the red cross disaster relief is comfort and care in times of distress. The EAPN main goal is to elevate the disadv
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by brg 14y ago
I take you to mean that people forget that this is the inevitable outcome, but is there proof of that? China and ancient egypt for extremely stable examples of societies with hugely disproproriate distribution of wealth. Is it possible th
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by brg 14y ago
Government is the only entity that works for the disadvantaged. The Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Catholic school and hospital network (CRS), Doctors without Borders, Lutheran World Federation, the ACLU, etc etc etc.
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by brg 14y ago
There are a number of programming books that I use to prepare for technical interviews. These are 1. Programming pearls, http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/... 2. Effective C++, http://www.amazon.com/Effective
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"I, Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read"(econlib.org)
7 points by brg 14y ago|0 comments
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by brg 14y ago
Think instead Dyson and Ben and Jerry's. Both were propelled as businesses as a result of winning similar suits. It is likely that Kearns found the case harder to win after waiting 12 years to bring suit. But wiki shows that the Chrysler
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Aldous Huxley Interview (1958)(youtube.com)
2 points by brg 14y ago|0 comments
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by brg 14y ago
I disagree that leaving funding in the hands of a single bureaucracy will lead to the outcomes you hope. Funding for the super-conducting super-collider set in Waxahachie, Texas was cut as a direct result of the 1992 US Presidential electi
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by brg 14y ago
If they believed that the research had been misrepresented, then the fastest way to confirmation is to evaluate the actual data. Unmasking the source could be one way to do this. As they were not a party to the agreement of anonymity, I th
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by brg 14y ago
This is an excellent book. When I left school, I read it and did a few side projects. That was more than enough to prepare for my interviews.
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by brg 14y ago
There are many reasons to start your career at Microsoft. Microsoft is an excellent company to start your career at if you have a limited educational background and little which distinguishes yourself, but you are willing to put in the work
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What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen(econlib.org)
1 points by brg 14y ago|0 comments
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by brg 14y ago
Why did you continue to go to the same border crossing?
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The Use of Knowledge in Society(econlib.org)
1 points by brg 14y ago|0 comments
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Difference Engine: The PC all over again? (3D Printing)(economist.com)
2 points by brg 14y ago|1 comments
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The Pretence of Knowledge(nobelprize.org)
3 points by brg 14y ago|0 comments
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Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program(theatlantic.com)
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by brg 14y ago
From a distance this seems like a horrible decision. Nuclear power is one of the areas that Japan leads the world, both in expertise and operation. It runs 50 plants, third to only the US and France. It is amazing that as a society they
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by brg 14y ago
The link states that at some point within the last year, 9 million children had their eating patterns disrupted. Could you point me to where it talks about year long or even long term periods of hunger?
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by brg 14y ago
This is not true, the riots in Peru were over giving mining rights to foreign interests: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13913776 . Peru's water problems are real, and not easily summed up i the term "privitization:" http://
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by brg 14y ago
That's the second level for a "Senior" developer. The senior level band starts at 63. Below that are 59 (college graduate) to 62, which are the bands of Software Engineer and Software Engineer II. Above it are Principle (65-67) and Partn
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by brg 14y ago
You seem to vastly underestimate the intelligence of the average person, and you fail to realize how serious people take jury duty once they have been picked. It is important to realize that a jury trial is a seminar for the jury. It is gi
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by brg 14y ago
I am not intracately familiar with the services provided in the states, but I believe the answer is Medicare for retirees and Medicare for the uninsured poor. Medicare would cover the cost of many non-elective quality of life procedure. I'

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