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by donw 6y ago
Am I the only one having a very, very hard time parsing much on threat modeling out of this article? Wikipedia seems to confirm my understanding as to what threat modeling is: "Threat modeling is a process by which potential threats, s
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by donw 6y ago
TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox "In economics, the Jevons Paradox occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used, but the rate of co
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by donw 6y ago
> If it is peer feedback I then spend a ton of time doing things not related to my actual job. Like what? Also, what is your actual job?
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by donw 6y ago
Also from Pivotal: we had the exact same experience in working for the Federal government.
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by donw 6y ago
> If you try to cherry pick the obvious shiny stuff while skipping the slow/expensive less-obvious things, you are doomed to fail. This is true with everything in life that you seek to do well: cooking, dancing, etc. > Really awe
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by donw 6y ago
It boggles my mind how companies do not take onboarding seriously. This is the best opportunity you have to set your people up for success, bar none. Plus, many of the things your company should do to build a great onboarding experience can
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by donw 6y ago
> Poverty is literally only solved with money. That's a big statement, with a lot of evidence against it. I recall an experiment where a homeless man was given $100,000, and was back on the streets in no time. The idea that you &quo
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by donw 6y ago
I agree very strongly with you, but I don't think that's where the parent poster was going. Imagine we have a UBI, and we do all kinds of other smart things -- end the War on Drugs, establish Bismarck-style national healthcare[1],
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by donw 6y ago
What happens if a large number of people can not afford a meaningfully better lifestyle than what is possible on a UBI because of the tax increases? (Genuine question, no gotchas here)
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by donw 6y ago
> I accidentally wound up managing a cafe about 25 hours a week for free, was that not work? As long as the cafe pays taxes, follows the law like any other business, and claims you as an employee, sounds like work to me. You could also b
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by donw 6y ago
> This is very far-reaching. We might also imagine, that, if only we sacrificed any and all redheads once they reach the age of eight to the volcano god, the world would be blessed by everlasting peace, wealth and bliss. Sounds reasonabl
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by donw 6y ago
Follow-up: Had a bee in my bonnet, and think I have some ideas as how this might need to work. First, the "prebate" is the right idea. Every adult citizen or permanent resident gets it, no need to do anything special. Direct to yo
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by donw 6y ago
> There's also studies on this subject - raising the penalty of being caught isn't what stops people from doing things, it's the certainty of being caught. Yes and no. There's a balance between "severity of punis
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by donw 6y ago
To quote H.L. Mencken: "For every complex problem, there is a solution which is clear, simple... and wrong." "Solving" poverty will be a complex thing no matter what we do. We want to keep people out of utter privation.
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by donw 6y ago
Maybe? If we're talking about national-level UBI, that's a lot of people involved, and a lot of money for the taking by those who are high in enterprise but rather deficient in moral fiber. There are likely a lot of options on the
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by donw 6y ago
> Contrary to popular belief fear of death by being poor is not the only thing that motivates people. That's not very charitable. I rather doubt that anybody here considers "Dickensian Nightmare" as a desirable world-state
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by donw 6y ago
They did invent chemical warfare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garum
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by donw 6y ago
> We would need alternative weapons like high powered tasers. This sort of idea usually comes from folks that don't have much, if any, experience in combat -- or with violence at all, for that matter. There's a reason that ane
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by donw 7y ago
There’s another reason for postal services to go the proverbial extra mile: they are absolutely in the trust business.
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by donw 7y ago
We also need to track exactly how loud those corrections are published. Calling out "hey, we totally got this one wrong, and here's why" even "louder" than original prediction is great . This is how you earn trust.
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by donw 7y ago
If they close off both ends does it become “Bubble”?
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by donw 7y ago
Plenty of NGOs (charities and other humanitarian organizations) are also outright scams: https://smartasset.com/mortgage/the-50-worst-charities-in-am... Altruism is complicated.
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by donw 7y ago
Because some of us foreigners live here.
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by donw 7y ago
Ah, I should provide context. From a tactical perspective, the minefield is easy to clear. In terms of long-term effects, the mines are definitely worse. We are still finding mines from World War II all over Europe, and it’s a huge problem
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by donw 7y ago
Because they deny the area to you as well. Cleaning up a minefield is child's play compared to dealing with nerve agents.
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by donw 7y ago
I’d be interested to see how that breaks down in terms of household sizes, location, etc. Is this a rural problem? Urban? Are those households primarily childless, or with school-aged children?
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by donw 7y ago
How many do? Do we have data? And what benefits are currently available to them?
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by donw 7y ago
I’m going to expose my ignorance here, but in 2020, how many low-income families are there without internet? Also, would it the solve not just be to provide loaner 4G access points to those families? The US is one of the top per-student glo
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by donw 7y ago
I rather doubt anybody knows what’s going on. Suddenly shutting down north of thirty percent of all global economic activity is absolutely uncharted territory.

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