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by donw 6y ago
> Universities in Europe are generally high quality and low cost. And not universal. You do not go to a German university from a Realschule or a Hauptschule -- you go to Gymnasium, and if you succeed there, you can go to University. Ot
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by donw 6y ago
> Amazon UK ships alcohol, hopefully US will too one day. You can thank the Progressive Era[1] for giving the US Prohibition[2], the legacy of which is the insanity of present-day US drug and alcohol laws. [1] https://en.wikip
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by donw 6y ago
Buying habits are different when you live outside a city, or when you have a family. A $35 minimum doesn't feel like a deal-breaker to me.
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by donw 6y ago
> The real benefit of having true experts teach something is all the tacit knowledge you get from hearing how they think about and approach their craft I think that's part of it, but only a part. The real value of teaching lies in t
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by donw 6y ago
Fukushima happened in 2011. The global anti-nuclear movement has been fighting tooth-and-nail against nuclear power since the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_anti-nuclear_mo...
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by donw 6y ago
Cryptography is a little bit like making fireworks. For most people, and you are most people, you're better off to just buy fireworks made in a factory. Follow the instructions, light them, they go bangity-boom-sparkle-puff, and everyb
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by donw 6y ago
Honestly, unless you can present some evidence, something difficult to fake... this is fake news. Anybody on the internet could say this. I'd like to see an article from your local paper, a link to your sheriff's website with deta
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by donw 6y ago
You don't see a lot of pusher-configuration aircraft. I wonder if they plan on using the same design for a military UAV? Having a multi-fuel capable engine is a pretty clever design choice, and I imagine the improved aerodynamics come
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by donw 6y ago
> You'd think conservatives would be all for that - smaller state, lower taxes. I think conservatives might get behind defunding the police if those funds were routed back to the taxpayer, rather than to expanding social programs --
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by donw 6y ago
> History repeats itself I would go with "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes". :) > definitely MS will get it wrong again Oh, definitely. And I agree -- Microsoft is doing some interesting stuff right no
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by donw 6y ago
I would argue that "engineering" and "scale" are different concerns. Engineering is about building and maintaining things fit for their purpose. A bridge that only needs to last for one year is designed very differently
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by donw 6y ago
Microsoft Research certainly does a lot of interesting stuff, but I think the bigger point is inertia -- Microsoft doesn't have any in the startup space. Ruby, and to a large extent Python, started from zero, and gained a ton of tracti
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by donw 6y ago
Interesting! I did some reading, and it looks like Yugoslavia managed to escape the work camps and genocide thanks to Tito, who split with Stalin early on, and was able to maintain power in Yugoslavia (which was then excluded from the Warsa
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by donw 6y ago
Even outside of e-commerce -- I would say anything on the web. Run something like Ruby/Python for the majority of your web services, and deploy Elixir/Go/Kotlin/C++/Swift whenever you hit a data-munching need that R
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by donw 6y ago
I think that this article[1] is still relevant. In short, if you go Microsoft, you know you're locking yourself into an expensive ecosystem, one with no viable open-source escape hatch. Moreover, you need to find developers that want
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by donw 6y ago
Why does using Ruby or Python preclude having a well-engineered solution?
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by donw 6y ago
> The misunderstanding we're talking about here is that people assume it means only cutting down police funds without investing it anywhere else. Pretty sure people understood that part. Edit: I am also seeing downvotes on my above
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by donw 6y ago
I agree with you. Other than undercover cops being able to lie to cover their background, the fact that police can -- legally! ruled so by the supreme court! -- lie to citizens is a real problem. How are citizens supposed to trust police th
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by donw 6y ago
> I find it very easy to blame people who are not willing to spend 10 seconds researching what a movement stands for. Then you suffer from a profound lack of empathy. I invested your "10 seconds". Google took me to a site calle
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by donw 6y ago
I found two examples in credible (for this topic) news sources of Sheriff's departments testing out volunteer auxiliary programs in rural counties. I see no indication that they are provided any equipment. No weapons, no "bulletpr
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by donw 6y ago
Have we actually confirmed whether or not he puts milk in his porridge?
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by donw 6y ago
> It means most of the people doing those jobs would not like them. There are a lot of jobs that need doing if you want to enjoy things like "running water" and "food". Many of those jobs are unpleasant. That's w
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by donw 6y ago
My Russian is super-weak, but for people here, those are "Artisanal Collectives" and "Cooperatives", respectively (yes?) Reading through [1] and [2] seems to indicate that you could form state-sponsored groups and engage
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by donw 6y ago
> I grew up in socialism Where and when, if I may ask? > I guess you meant communist Russia at some (signifacant but not large) window of history? In terms of "no private businesses" and "from each according to his abil
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by donw 6y ago
Looking at history, Socialist economies have a lot of other characteristics, though: - Starting a business is illegal. - You are required to work. Not working is illegal. - Growing and eating your own food is illegal. Illegal meaning you ei
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by donw 6y ago
That's great. You should be able to take those classes if you want to. Near-as-makes-no-difference half of the classes I was required to take in university -- my upper- and lower-division "general education" -- were an absolu
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by donw 6y ago
Germany seems to do very well with this approach.
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by donw 6y ago
I maintain that I would like to see UBE -- Universal Basic Employment. If you can work, we have a job for you. Part-time, full-time, your choice. We'll even train you up. Especially in the US -- there is tons of work to be done on in
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by donw 6y ago
To be fair, sliced bread replicated really well.
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by donw 6y ago
I didn’t know Tom Baker was Welsh.

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