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811.
by danssig 15y ago
I don't get the point of things like this. If you remove every single blocking part in your code then you will always use up your scheduling quantum and become the lowest priority process (the mother of all blocking) anyway.
812.
by danssig 15y ago
I protect my laptop whether it's a $3k top-of-the-line MBP of a $200 Aldi special. The valuable part of my laptop is what's stored on it, not the eq itself which I have insured against theft.
813.
by danssig 15y ago
It would only be hypocrisy if he said they should be punitively taxed and he shouldn't. So long as those holes exist he would be foolish to not use them. He's in the same situation as Warren Buffet: both condemn/ridicule the current system
814.
by danssig 15y ago
You're experience is totally different to mine here in Europe. I don't know anyone who would even consider buying a cheap windows laptop online. You might be able to sell it to a family member or friend directly but that's it. Used macs,
815.
by danssig 15y ago
It's an old study, I believe written in the UK. I read it in paper (don't remember if it was a magazine, book, or excerpt).
816.
by danssig 15y ago
This is more of typical "find some way to make everyone who takes any action into a hypocrite". First of all, just because Chomsky believes something doesn't mean he has to practice it if no one else is. What would it benefit the world fo
817.
by danssig 15y ago
>It's like that in every country on earth, more so in most countries other than the US. This claim is even more extraordinary than the first. I'm living in Switzerland and I can tell you dealing with the cops is not a problem here beca
818.
by danssig 15y ago
You applied at google? I remember a few months ago you asking why anyone would want a lower paying job at google when they could work in finance. Have the rates changed that much?
819.
by danssig 15y ago
>It doesn't matter what country you are in - there is no such thing as a "friendly conversation" with any level of law enforcement [citation needed] In my experience US cops tend to be more aggressive than cops most anywhere else. EDIT:
820.
by danssig 15y ago
>If talking to the cops made sense, the cops would be doing a lousy job. This is a poor attitude and probably explains why dealing with police in the US is such a big deal. It doesn't have to be like this, and isn't in a lot of other c
821.
by danssig 15y ago
Was this before or after TSA got involved? I'm sure there is a market here for people like myself who don't ever plan to fly in or to the US again so long as the TSA are there.
822.
by danssig 15y ago
You would rather we drove?
823.
by danssig 15y ago
Doesn't India have a policy of the parents of the daughter needing to pay for all wedding arrangements, making daughters less desirable?
824.
by danssig 15y ago
>He also keeps his fortune in tax shelters His "fortune"? You know he's a college professor right?
825.
by danssig 15y ago
>I can throw out or resell a 400$ laptop with some ease; not so easy with a more expensive model. I disagree here. If you pay $400 for it what is your resale value after a year? I wouldn't even pay $50 for a year old $400 laptop since
826.
by danssig 15y ago
The warranty. Every time I've tried to follow your intuitive logic here I've ended up spending more per month to keep the car usable. Personally I view cars as a tax that I just have to pay, so I get the (long term) cheapest I can that us
827.
by danssig 15y ago
Fair enough. Where I'm from people say "frugal" because they don't want to say "cheap" even though that would be the truth.
828.
by danssig 15y ago
> and makes no effort to understand that many people cannot afford the quality goods the author can A study done years ago found that the reason poor people stay poor is because they always buy the cheapest option so any money they sa
829.
by danssig 15y ago
Sounds like you're a "frugal" person who got offended at this (correct) message. >Also, a downside of 'nice stuff' is you have to lug it everywhere. What on earth are you talking about? If you buy a cheap generic $200 17" laptop you'll
830.
by danssig 15y ago
I think the disconnect here is your use of the term frugal. In the US (at least the south) every time I've ever heard anyone say they were frugal they meant they were cheap. They would buy the cheapest possible thing and use it well past
831.
by danssig 15y ago
Probably because MS does copy Apple (do they even try to hide this?) but what would anyone copy from MS?
832.
by danssig 15y ago
You only have to keep filing for 10 years if you give up your citizenship specifically for tax purposes. The US does enough evil that you're bound to be able to find some other reason for giving it up.
833.
by danssig 15y ago
There is no "evil" or "good" Google. There is only Google; a publicly traded company.
834.
by danssig 15y ago
25% of all imprisoned people are already in US jails. I think more ways to go to jail is the last thing the US needs.
835.
by danssig 15y ago
Sales have fallen off a cliff since the internet got popular. You can throw up charts, etc., but they are clearly affected. The actual argument here should be: should they be affected. I think they should. If horse ranchers would have
836.
by danssig 15y ago
Welcome to science today. To their credit, at least when we find out the model was missing some key information they will update it and update their theories.
837.
by danssig 15y ago
I completely agree that the current system is broken. I just disagree that we should abolish the system entirely. Some very smart people saw this need and I don't think they were wholly wrong. Personally, I think the problem with patents
838.
by danssig 15y ago
>While elegant, the convention of cons cells as lists is increasingly going to be a flaw, because using linear recursion to process a list often obscures parallelism I disagree that it's a flaw. I think the problem here is this idea th
839.
by danssig 15y ago
I see huge problems with the current system but in the current capitalistic world we live in there has to be a way to protect money/time spent on researching things. If the results of 10 years of research can be stolen as soon as they're a
840.
by danssig 15y ago
Or you could wear waterproof clothing. Where I am in Europe I don't see too many umbrellas. They have a saying here: "There is no bad weather, just bad clothing".

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