clavalle

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by clavalle 7y ago
If data needs to agree PKs and FKs are a way to go. I avoid UNIQUES unless absolutely necessary since they are not structural. Reference tables for things that don't change or change very seldom are a valuable tool if data across othe
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by clavalle 8y ago
A flat tax is regressive. It affects the poor more since each marginal dollar affects their lifestyle to a greater degree. It is the difference between not being able to afford childcare and not being able to afford a second vacation home.
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by clavalle 8y ago
Estimates are always wrong only if they are concrete estimates as if they were certain. If, instead, they are 90% ranges (I am 90% sure that this will be done between x and y) then it is much easier to estimate accurately. It is also easie
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by clavalle 8y ago
I would agree with you only if those that choose prostitution are doing it completely of their own free will. This means not only not being actively forced but passively forced through desperate circumstances. I don't think our social
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by clavalle 8y ago
>An Alexa device can operate on its own. Can it? I don't know how much I'd use Alexa if it weren't for Spotify. There are some native apps but its real value is in the 3rd party apps it connects to.
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by clavalle 8y ago
That's the thing about USPs...most are idealized possibilities not yet realized. I mean, look at VR and AR and, hell, even AI. But AI is not useless even though it hasn't reached it generalized intelligence promise. It is adding
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by clavalle 8y ago
Alexa is just an input/output device. It is limited, which is OK but that means there will not be a 'runaway hit'. There's just not enough of a surface area for something so comprehensive. It's like saying 'T
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by clavalle 8y ago
Legacy code is everywhere. What slows down adoption of new software in these areas isn't generally the system being replaced itself, but the requirement that the new software interface with some other 'critical' legacy system
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by clavalle 8y ago
Your analysis assumes that all monopolies are created equal -- that a monopoly on violence is the same as a monopoly on a commodity. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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by clavalle 8y ago
I cannot figure out how you came to the conclusion that poverty and exploitation are structural elements to capitalism. In fact, I believe the opposite is true: that capitalism succeeds despite the drag that decisions made under desperate p
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by clavalle 8y ago
Ok. We found a good move. But did we find the best move? Or, somewhat more weakly, can we find a better move? Don't let the good be the enemy of the better.
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by clavalle 8y ago
It's like a law against harrassment...it requires human judgment. Some harassment is obvious. Some depend on perspective. Enforcing harassment laws can still be justice even though it is arbitrary and vague. Hell, if laws weren&#x27
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by clavalle 8y ago
They go on Glassdoor, write up a bad review for the company, and mention me, specifically. I mean, it's not affecting me in any real way but I have to admit, it bugs me.
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by clavalle 8y ago
Not by the company, of course; the candidate.
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by clavalle 8y ago
To be fair, people tend to post on Glassdoor when they have a negative experience. I was dinged for having the audacity of asking a potential data analyst hire simple SQL questions...and SQL was listed on their resume.
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by clavalle 8y ago
No. Gambling is a useful analogy but what is missing is that a person creating a business or buying a house, fixing it up, and flipping it are taking a risk on /profit/ but fully intend on creating real value whether they end up l
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by clavalle 8y ago
The next blue collar job is journalism. And entertainment.
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by clavalle 8y ago
>Is there anything intrinsic to healthcare that limits the ability of a free market Oh, lots (the biggest fundamental failing being that a person will generally pay anything to not die or be in pain -- its why extortion and robbery can n
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by clavalle 8y ago
One way we could wheedle useful information out of this is how the published prices relate to other providers, especially if there are huge discrepancies. Telling me an average MRI has an average list price of $1000 at provider A tells me n
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by clavalle 8y ago
Roberts was already a big budget producer by the time SC came around...calling someone 'indie' when they've hired Nicolas Cage for a project is stretching the term well beyond its limits.
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by clavalle 8y ago
'Yeah, I can fix your car. I estimate about a week.' ...one year later. 'Well, I never promised!'
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by clavalle 8y ago
SC's had exactly that...they just don't last long.
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by clavalle 8y ago
From the paper itself: >it suggests that the GWAS effect-size estimates may be biased upward by correlation between educational attainment and a rearing envi-ronment conducive to educational attainment. A full 60%
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by clavalle 8y ago
When's the last time you went out of your way to discover if and how someone else has done well? Now, when's the last time you went out of your way to discover if and how someone screwed up? The difference is just how people are w
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by clavalle 8y ago
Or: Don't expect people to read your mind or go searching for why you might be great. To understand why, ask yourself 'When's the last time I went out of my way to discover if someone else did well?'
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by clavalle 8y ago
>I thought that the value that I create will talk more than the nonsense of some people. Nope. Silence is always less noticeable than noise. Evil prevails when good men do nothing. Also, nonsense fluff prevails when good work isn'
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by clavalle 8y ago
I never heard anything about incompetence in your description. Technical debt can build up for myriad reasons not related much to competence. What I would suggest is not to approach this situation as how you can wall off or otherwise attack
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by clavalle 8y ago
Characterizing the dwindling preference for phone calls as 'fear' is taking it a few steps too far. It just turns out that phone calls have a new niche. Other forms of communication are used when their advantages outweigh a phone
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by clavalle 8y ago
In a word? Liability.
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by clavalle 8y ago
Ahh. I'm lucky enough that my kids have some trails, two parks, a lake, a water park etc. within walking/biking distance to roam to. Not to mention friends' yards. And roam they do.

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