chasingthewind

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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   I've spent a lot of time thinking about him and his ideas over the years but I really don't want to spend more time on him honestly. A few thoughts: * His view of UFOs is very unscientific and sensationalist * His view of Cryptocu
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   I had been reading Marginal Revolution and following Cowen for probably 5 years but I finally completely gave up on him. At first I was deeply impressed and considered him someone who was unafraid to confront challenging issues with thought
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   This is also my answer as you can see from my username.
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   Several years ago I realized that the answer to "why" for me was that I found it entertaining to read a lot of "news". When I examined this however I decided that for me it was largely a waste of time. The fact is a lot
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   What was that experience like? Did it hurt? How did they treat it?
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   When I was right out of college I worked with a guy who had a PhD in philosophy and had studied Kripke closely. He was working in software at the time because it’s hard to make a living as a philosopher. He gave me one of his extra copies o
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   Of the symbolic markers presented in the article the spikes and thorns one seems the best to me too. I think it’s very likely that modern designers could come up with some really good ideas that would better convey the danger than anything
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   Note: I’m neutral on the question of Nuclear power. I’m not convinced it’s the answer or that it’s horrible. This post is an attempt not to argue either side of that debate but to look at the deeper intentions of the message. ** I’ve always
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   by chasingthewind 4y ago

   I don't think you're using the term "Emotional Labor" in the usual sense [0] "Emotional labor is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job." I do see people
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    by chasingthewind 5y ago

    I'm very religious and conservative in some ways and I think I also qualify as compassionate. I give about 5% per year to my church and probably another 0.5% to other charities (mostly local food banks). I'm probably exactly the k
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    by chasingthewind 5y ago

    Irish Traditional music makes amazing use of the accordion! Some quick examples: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKwQbgZZS8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=62C6TngDeXI
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    by chasingthewind 5y ago

    I agree with you 100%. There are very good and valuable reasons to follow some of the purist “rules” around designing REST APIs. It makes them significantly easier to consume when they don’t violate the principle of least astonishment.
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    by chasingthewind 5y ago

    My late grandfather was a Radarman in WWII and learned to do this.
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    by chasingthewind 5y ago

    I really enjoyed this @ellegriffin and it's something I wrestled with about twelve years ago when I wrote my first novel. I had gotten some positive feedback from a few friends and started to wonder if it was "good enough to publi
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    by chasingthewind 5y ago

    I think Cowen has a lot to offer and he frequently challenges me to think about things differently. But this is perhaps the least convincing argument I've ever read from him (and the commenters on Marginal Revolution seem to agree.) It
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    by chasingthewind 6y ago

    At the moment it seems that we have a "double-hung" overton window. The right sash and the left sash overlap less and less all the time.
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    by chasingthewind 6y ago

    I remember paying $60 (or $70?) for Ultima VII in 1992 which would be at least $110 today. But there's no chance I'd pay $70 for a digital download today. The market has changed a lot!
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    by chasingthewind 6y ago

    Sometimes with these incredibly specific SO questions that have incredibly detailed and knowledgeable answers I start wondering what the likelihood is that they happened organically vs the likelihood that they were teed up Quora style to im
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    by chasingthewind 6y ago

    One of my key takeaways from this story was just how "minor" the schism that produced this appears to me. I am a Christian and take doctrine very seriously but I find the issues that the Old Believers [0] were concerned about utte
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    Matt Levine had some interesting (and funny!) insights the last time [0] > It is well known that one of the best services a retail broker can provide is not answering the phones during a crash. The market is down, the customers panic, th
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    I believe this highlights a very important reality of office politics. Most ICs, even Principal Engineers, are just not in a position to fix significant technical-cultural problems...you just won't have enough influence. If your goal i
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    I agree...simple credit card fraud shouldn't be counted as identity theft. There are plenty of ways for people to get your card numbers and your basic information that won't allow them to go on to more serious impersonation fraud.
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    This is a good point and I was thinking about this as I read the article and wrote my reply. I've also never been the victim of violent crime and I admit that if I had been I would likely feel differently about this.
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    A counterpoint to this that may resonate with some: * I _feel_ significantly less hopeful than I did in the 1990s. Things _seemed_ to be heading in the right direction in lots of important areas then. Now I feel significant anxiety about wh
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    I actually associated a Yubikey to my account because I was so annoyed at this problem. I wanted a better backup plan than the physical printed codes idea. I didn't realize that a better 2FA app would have solved this :P
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    I don't think the intent here was to say that LC/NC isn't "real" but that it has been oversold. At my last company they attempted to implement a project in a low code framework and they eventually had to pull back s
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    I'm not defending them in the least (see my post on yesterday's discussion) but Postman isn't just a UI over curl. The primary value add is the ability to organize groups of related requests and then run them as part of a tes
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    Postman is a good tool that I've used for many years. It's currently open on my desktop. However I would never pay for their team collaboration features and I doubt I would pay much for the desktop client if they started charging
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    Just Detention: https://justdetention.org/ Fighting against rape and sexual assault in US prisons.
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    by chasingthewind 7y ago

    Randomized controlled trial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomized_controlled_trial