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by crwalker 8y ago
We need to develop a reflexive (yes, unthinking) ethical response to digital technology, one that's built from common-sense analysis of the long-term side effects, and train it into our kids (and others we care about). As an analogy, &
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by crwalker 8y ago
That’s a great description of the challenge. To me, some California norms seem a bit like margin trading: loved for their high rewards when times are good, but eschewed by many with a broader historical view due to the potential for ruin.
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by crwalker 8y ago
Yeah. More broadly, I think digital devices should be loyal to their owners rather than a 3rd party like the manufacturer or a surveillance/credit/ad agency. Part of the solution may be legal, but I also think that the architectur
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by crwalker 8y ago
This is great! The push by large companies to replace personal asset ownership with perpetual rent is worth fighting against.
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by crwalker 8y ago
Agree - Tesla had an existential incentive to build chargers, but other car makers would prefer to wait and see (and let someone else build out the commodity chargers).
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by crwalker 8y ago
How long do you think the current Supercharger network will be a large competitive advantage? I agree with Benedict Evan's point that electric charging will become a commodity: https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans&#x
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by crwalker 8y ago
When you significantly edit your comments after the conversation has moved on, it's really helpful to include the edits below the original post so that others can view the actual conversation. -- Edit: like this.
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by crwalker 8y ago
No, I wouldn't. I'm not tracking the argument you're making. Between the frequent revisions of your comments, I've gathered that HN users are bad for not visiting Oakland, but once you discover that we've been there
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by crwalker 8y ago
Why is that analogy relevant?
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by crwalker 8y ago
You are confusing cause and effect. Gentrification is a consequence of improving economic circumstances. Decay is a consequence of declining economic circumstances. Public policies can plaster over this fact somewhat, but generally policies
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by crwalker 8y ago
Taking the question in good faith, here a few examples drawn from the example above. * The neighborhood is mostly burnt down, derelict, or razed: think of the important stories in your life and where they took place, and imagine those place
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by crwalker 8y ago
If you think gentrification is bad, you should see the alternatives. They are real. https://goo.gl/maps/veQSXmD7Z5G2
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by crwalker 8y ago
If something can't go on, it won't. This crisis will resolve itself when: * Many colleges go bankrupt * We are honest with our kids about the learning and signaling consequences of their choices * Employers loosen their degree fil
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by crwalker 8y ago
Agree with the article. I think we generally underestimate the privacy-destroying power of the UUID: a single random-looking number can track absolutely anything. Digital systems should require auth via public-key crypto rather than global
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by crwalker 8y ago
Pulling back on a car’s steering wheel doesn’t do anything. Also, cars have a very low stall speed.
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by crwalker 8y ago
The default approach to a medium shifting from trust to distrust is a significant change.
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by crwalker 8y ago
Stories like these make me think there is a real need for electronic devices made entirely in the US (or your preferred trusted country). Products like the Yubikey are apparently made in the US / Sweden, but I wonder how many component
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by crwalker 8y ago
Apparently Cincinnati. Great by the measure of livability as demonstrated by many European cities (high density core and mixed land use make cities better suited to walking, biking, community).
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by crwalker 8y ago
I am optimistic that we are relearning how to build great cities in the US.
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by crwalker 8y ago
If WWII policies seem to be evidence that "tight control of the economy worked just fine to stabilize the system," consider that centralized economic decisions (German war finance, treaty of Versailles, war reparations, Weimar Rep
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by crwalker 8y ago
"...they can take as big hammer as needed to fix it." If you believe complex economic systems follow simple, well-known control laws, then yes. But I haven't seen much evidence for this.
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by crwalker 8y ago
I think this is a pretty tractable problem: plenty of non-Indians love Indian food for the spice, and anecdotally, I've had plenty of food like "thai hot" pad thai that's too hot for my Indian coworkers. Palates will var
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by crwalker 8y ago
I hope so - Julia has been one of the most refreshing software experiences I've tried, and that was only Julia 0.4.
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by crwalker 8y ago
The concrete in the Pantheon is exposed to max ~20 psi tensile stress, and the concrete can handle about ~200 psi tensile stress. http://www.romanconcrete.com/docs/chapt01/chapt01.htm
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by crwalker 8y ago
How apropos, if our own jobs are the first to go.
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by crwalker 8y ago
I hope there is a better solution than returning to the bauta. Venice faced a related challenge (in a small city any passerby has a good chance of facial recognition) and it seems that their masks were sometimes used around the year for ano
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by crwalker 8y ago
I appreciate this counterpoint. It's much easier to see a pattern than to understand why it occurs.
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by crwalker 8y ago
The ten-year anniversary is a good moment to look at the Case-Schiller index today and compare it to the peak of the bubble in 2006. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CSUSHPINSA I think there will be some great deal
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by crwalker 8y ago
I believe the Pantheon's floor is still the original - it's my favorite building in the world.
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by crwalker 8y ago
I hope my philosophy isn't Brutalism, because I find most of those buildings heinous. I'm not an expert, but it seems that Brutalism requires one to reduce all forms to their mechanical function. I think there are plenty of other

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