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by dockd 11y ago
Is that a tax on _property_ or a tax on _land_? My city has several blocks of its downtown used for surface parking lots. If a lot with a building paid the same tax as the parking lot, how long do you suppose it would take for the parking
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by dockd 11y ago
Read the novel "The Right Stuff" for more background. There was a disagreement as to whether astronauts would be pilots of their spacecraft or mostly along for the ride. I wonder if any of that desire was responsible for the Spac
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by dockd 11y ago
When did "goer" become one of the 1000 most common words in English? Is this really within the self-defined limits?
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by dockd 11y ago
Oregon and Washington looked at replacing the I5 bridge across the Columbia River also known as the Columbia River Crossing. $175 million was spent on the problem before the whole project was cancelled, http://www.oregonlive.com
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by dockd 11y ago
Or the bigger problem: assuming your future reliability looks just like your past. For example, say they have a problem with year 2038. Everything works great until everything doesn't work at all.
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by dockd 11y ago
The fact that people are very passionate about the slider means you're onto something. (Wish I could find the story about how it's better to have a few people who really love your product than a bunch who simply like it.)
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by dockd 12y ago
Isn't the whole scenario far fetched? Does anyone really wander around and then suddenly have an urgent need to be somewhere (other than a restroom :)? The only thing I can think of that might make me suddenly need to go somewhere is
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by dockd 12y ago
The ethical dilemma is whether you should be able to buy insurance against events where you have no direct stake. Should my employer be insured against my death? What about customers deaths? What about _potential_ customers deaths? What
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by dockd 12y ago
It's usually redundant. for i in * <--> for i in `ls`
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by dockd 13y ago
It would be nice if the auto manufacturers spent the effort on making their existing products better before they distract themselves with these projects. Case in point? My car uses 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles (123K on the odometer) wit
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by dockd 13y ago
This sounds a lot like the message from the book "MindSet" by Carol Dweck. Her premise is people have a "fixed" mindset or a "growth" mindset. (I'm not sure of the terms; the book isn't here with me
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by dockd 13y ago
That's for road bikes. I don't know what the UCI says about mountain bikes, but since their introduction in the 80s, we've gone to clipless pedals, front and then rear suspension, 29" and 27.5" tires, disc brakes.
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by dockd 14y ago
I've always wondered how these slides applied to their CEO as their stock went from 300 to 66 and, in particular, the comparison to sports teams--although per their slides it's not a perfect comparison. So when would it ever be time to trad
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by dockd 14y ago
Apple came pretty close to having the lights turned off. Microsoft stepped in and injected some cash. http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-202143.html or from Wikipedia: At the 1997 Macworld Expo, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would join Mi
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by dockd 14y ago
apple
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by dockd 14y ago
The last time I was in a coffee shop in Minneapolis, everyone using a laptop glared at me for talking, presumably because they were working (it was 10:00 AM on a work day). Go figure.
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by dockd 14y ago
When government does that, people say it should have no place in "picking winners". Is there really a way for governments to provide money to private enterprise without picking winners?
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by dockd 14y ago
I feel like Google has went too far with their maps. They've always claimed "Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful." However with their maps, they're actually _creating_ the
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by dockd 14y ago
A "gerund" is a noun that has "ing" added to it and is used as a verb.
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by dockd 14y ago
I find there is a ritual in bringing out the cork screw and opening the bottle. Think about how a waiter presents it in a restaurant. There's no anticipation or show in having them come out, showing you the bottle, then twisting the cap o
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by dockd 14y ago
How is fixing bugs as they come in different from "fixing bugs before writing features"?
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by dockd 14y ago
I think the essay really lost its place when it brought up working hours and would have been better off without it. Is working "hard" really a "strategy"? There are plenty of people in the non-startup world that blow off vacation and work
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by dockd 14y ago
The book "Stumbling on Happiness" covers this issue. I cannot remember the exact principle involved (and I don't have the book handy) but your mind is very good at justifying the actions you take, which is why we regret not doing things mo
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by dockd 14y ago
>Facebook was able to raise about 10 BILLION DOLLARS in this IPO. The CFO’s job is not to manage shareholder portfolios. His job is to help Facebook succeed. I don’t know about you, but putting 10 BILLION DOLLARS in the bank in my opini
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by dockd 14y ago
Is $95 for non-prescription polarized sunglasses really a deal? The cost to produce a pair of $25 and a pair of $100 sunglasses really can't be that different. Charging $100 signals the product should be good...but would anyone be able to
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by dockd 14y ago
Wouldn't most devs rather tackle their own defect backlog than spend their time repairing Android? I'd probably spend my time trying to work around the bug rather than submit a fix and wait for it to make it into production.
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by dockd 14y ago
That begs the question, what is the future of the desktop? It's not a knock on Linux, but if the mass market moves to tablets and smartphones (not sure if you count laptops as desktops), owning the desktop is going to be like owning the mai
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by dockd 14y ago
Good quality of results is difficult to get even on paved roads without "boots on the ground". Consider driving down a street with stop signs at every intersection (NW Northrup St) or one with speed bumps every block (SE 41st Ave).
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by dockd 14y ago
Perhaps the way to think of this is by going to Princeton, you increase the chances of sitting next to someone from Lehman. So you're not putting yourself in a position to be lucky, you're reducing your need for it. In other words, we view
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by dockd 14y ago
Does anyone feel like this is sort of an apples to oranges table? It compares reading one item from L1 cache to reading 1M byte from memory, without adjusting for the amount of data being read (10^6 more). It looks like the data was chose

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