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by dev_dull 7y ago
Technology always loses to policy when the government has a monopoly on force.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
Is it an American thing to not care if someone is a “______” when talking about their protected rights?
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by dev_dull 7y ago
The extremely strong freedom of speech laws we have in the US is definitely something we got right. Reading things like this make me really grateful about those protections.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
It’s the working middle class that get soaked.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
The article says 15ms. Even 2x that at 30ms or 4x is totally playable on most every game.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
> By 1880, some 16% of the population of San Francisco were Chinese. Yet they faced animosity and segregation: the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, for instance, cracked down heavily on immigration. It’s amazing that given the staggering am
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by dev_dull 7y ago
I imagine the ratio to be something like 1,000,000,000:1 for death from premature optimization vs vendor lock-in related changes.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
That sounds more doable than current legislation that would cost more money than exist in the entire world.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
> The building and nearby towers are able to push high into the sky because of a loophole in the city’s labyrinthine zoning laws. Floors reserved for structural and mechanical equipment, no matter how much, do not count against a buildi
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by dev_dull 7y ago
> With colleagues, I spent the summer checking the data and exploring ways to present them at the workshop that wouldn’t harm our careers.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
Come be my indentured servant and work 24/7. What I’m saying is that if you love what you do then you enjoy the hours.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
Many countries over the last 3 decades would disagree with this statement.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
Where do you get “control” from that? Looks like a web page with a fuel level status from gas stations.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
That kind of obscurity actually sounds more safe then a lot of other solutions.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
Cities like SF have a strong survival bias. People who disagreed, tried to change things, etc are leaving or already left. Over time you end up with a place that’s broken and a group of people who want it that way.
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by dev_dull 7y ago
Here’s what I don’t get. The real struggle seems to always be against local governments and the residents. The residents all know how jacked up it is and have good ideas for fixes, but constantly butt heads against their city. Somehow every
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by dev_dull 7y ago
I’m wondering that myself. It makes a BIG difference to me when strings appear out of context. With zeros and Os together it can be very confusing, and the dot or slash makes a big difference.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Fabien can you tell me how your website is generated? It’s very readable.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
I love this line: > All I know is it passes my RAM tests. Since Linux has been working fine with the 16 gigs of RAM installed, I am not too worried. It’s possible I would have problems if I had more PCI/PCIe cards installed or some
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by dev_dull 8y ago
A booming economy with low inflation and low unemployment?
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true. If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap. Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennia
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by dev_dull 8y ago
> Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master. Some great quotes in there.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
John Titor is that you?
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by dev_dull 8y ago
I think pretty much all of the “fast hash” programs drop into assembly, even C. Or at least that’s my impression.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
> Business schools fetishize entrepreneurial innovation, but their most prominent heroes succeeded because they manipulated corporate law, not because of personal brilliance. Another week, another swipe at successful people. It’s reall
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by dev_dull 8y ago
That’s the same type of reporting I’ve seen everywhere. “New Zealand bans guns” — can a single PM even do that? Is there any debate in their parliament regarding the move? Do citizens have the same constitutional protections there as they d
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by dev_dull 8y ago
Military “style” only. I can’t find where they make that distinction.
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by dev_dull 8y ago
These kinds of responses are akin to “If it’s illegal and people are still doing it, then clearly the solution is to make it extra illegal!”
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by dev_dull 8y ago
You think illegal fishermen in the Philippines (where the bulk of the waste in the whale originated according to the article) really care you’ve outlawed plastic fishing nets? Your solution needs to be extremely incentivized and also easy
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by dev_dull 8y ago
You think blanket laws fixes it either? You need good, well thought out law free from lobbyist influence that tackle the heart of the issue. In other words, something extremely difficult to produce and often times hard to enforce. Or else

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