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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Yup, and there are some non- obvious ways to offload compute that were necessary back in those days. Half the cluster for Planetside was edge servers whose entire job was to handle inbound packets and distribute them to the relevant other c
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
I still remember the sound of my doctor’s voice when he looked through the endoscope as 20 yr old me laid on the table. “Man, we find your problem” Fortunately, the Canadian medical system knew about Dr Warren’s work and so I was properly t
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
“once it gets a toehold” I see wart you did there.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
As someone who was a passenger in a vehicle that had a stuck accelerator, going at highway speed, approaching a busy intersection, I suggest that you are dramatically trivializing the problem. We probably had a couple of seconds before mult
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
I don’t think that’s the essence of it at all. Is it helpful to be the reserve currency? Hugely yes, it gives the society a buffer it otherwise wouldn’t have. And that buffer is very, very valuable. But having a buffer misses the mechanic
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
I’m usually a fan of Taleb, but these hyperbolic analogies get real old. I’ve been hearing about “end times debt levels are right around the corner” since I was a kid 40 years ago (my parents were “financial doomers”, always willing to talk
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
That’s true, but it’s also exceptionally rare. In that version, you are fundamentally not a farmer, you are a marketer. Source: grew up in a farm town. Go Wheat Kings!
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Thank you for your kind words, I agree that he was such a beautiful child. I've been reflecting on all the good things about him this week, and one thing I realized today is that because he was so small, I would still pick him up and c
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
My son turned 18 this week, and his condition is similar, with additional physical limitations (severe CP via PVL) Parenting him has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but there have also been moments of joy. Hang in there, take care of
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
You’re applying a technical standard to a people problem. The issue here is likely legal liability, as evidenced by the pilot’s union opposition to longer recordings.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Not an exit row in this seating configuration. If you were sitting inside, you probably wouldn’t notice a difference.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Hmm… thinking more about this, and seeing others comments, maybe… I’m unusually good at buying things? That’s an unexpected thought, but it did make me realize that I research every major purchase on some combination of Consumer Reports &#
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
I wonder: is this person incredibly bad at making purchases? I mean… just incredibly bad? Or do they not do maintenance? The LG washer and Dryer I bought 20 yrs ago still works a champ. Come to think of it, the only appliance I’ve had issue
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Seriously, thanks for what you do! I’ve been reading your stuff for almost 10 years and doing work at this level of rigor makes the world a better place.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
I would add software systems to that list.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
The first time I experienced that was on the Shinkansen. It was pretty wild.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Thank you, this is a Fantastic resource. Once it more fully built out, I can talk to my parents about moving all their assets to one of these banks. They are already on the receiving end of scams and their bank stopped a fraudulent transfer
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Your hypothetical is both gross and succeeds in missing the point entirely. You see, I am a father, and I have been the recipient of terrible news about my child. It was delivered by someone with the expertise to do that and the time to han
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
The history of police departments in small towns would like a word.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
And GPS. Retain location data during these periods and you’ve covered most of it.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
About time. But not nearly enough. Storage is cheap, cameras are cheap. People are expensive. Police misconduct is very expensive. At this point, policy should be that all officers have three redundant cameras on and durably recording at al
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
This whole post has a very hyperbolic feel to it that hurts whatever substance there might be to the argument.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
This is not a particularly compelling post.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
It sure is! I shut down a VC backed startup over a decade ago and yes we did provide severance.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Yup, that’s the one that gets you fired.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
Can’t say I agree. Headset wires are the. worst. wires. Always getting tangled, etc. As a hard of hearing person, I need the absolute best, fastest audio I can get. After way more research than it should have taken, I ended up with the Stee
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
While funny, I think that misses the point. I see the value here being: when you can’t understand the causal relationships for success, use the causal relationships for failure that you can understand and then avoid specific failure modes.
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by don_neufeld 3y ago
I think you’d be surprised. Just because you don’t hear about the payments doesn’t mean they didn’t happen. Many settlement agreements include clauses prohibiting those involved from discussing the case, or even disclosing that a settlement
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How to Explain Sprints to Your Non-Technical CEO(blog.vpecoach.com)
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by don_neufeld 4y ago
Orinda to New Montgomery, I used to start commute around 7:30, otherwise you couldn’t get a parking stop at Orinda.

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