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by donw 3y ago
Given the forces involved, dropping anchor probably would probably massively damage the ship without sufficiently arresting its momentum, and add another uncontrollable variable into its trajectory.
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by donw 3y ago
Or disreputable attorneys with a winning attitude.
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by donw 3y ago
Much more so than academic accreditation. Anyone can come off the street and take a bar exam. Not everyone can afford the time and financial burden of attending law school.
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by donw 3y ago
Dude who made the pizza sure isn’t, though.
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by donw 3y ago
"Capitalist" is a nonsense term that no longer carries any meaning. There is a revolving door between government and corporate leadership. There is no functional difference between corporate America and public service at this poin
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by donw 3y ago
So, basically the same as in the People’s Republic of China
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by donw 3y ago
Chinese have been doing this for years to get around government censorship.
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by donw 3y ago
Right? If it doesn't use the shift key and the entire numeric row of the keyboard, count me out.
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by donw 3y ago
Isn’t that like a bagel and coffee at an airport these days?
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by donw 3y ago
Recommendations?
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by donw 3y ago
Comments like these are the reason that I still read hacker news. I can come to a thread, and almost always there will be somebody replying with extra information on the topic at hand. Thank you.
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by donw 3y ago
I would argue that the behavior of hams discourages interaction between hams.
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by donw 3y ago
Most people don't have the time or knowledge to set up a Linux box, much less an OSS baby monitor. This is one category of problem that should be solved through legislation, but I doubt that should such laws be passed, that they would
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by donw 3y ago
I long ago hit the point that I simply won't buy things that require "the cloud" or a smartphone app to function. Does this mean I miss out on a bit of convenience? Yes. Does this also mean that I don't need to worry abo
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by donw 3y ago
I’m actually curious how the physics works out on this one. Excess body fat is going to act as additional padding, but it’s also additional mass going into the collision equation. I wonder where the sweet spot is?
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by donw 3y ago
Maybe they can pivot and rebrand themselves as the Deathwheel?
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by donw 3y ago
No. This highlights one of the key differences between owners and employees. Employees are not nominally liable for mistakes they make while employed, excepting things like gross negligence or malicious behavior. If an employee makes a mist
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by donw 3y ago
You are correct. Words are cheap, and trust is expensive to repair, if it can be repaired at all.
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by donw 3y ago
Given the replication crisis, it's safe to assume pretty much everything from the social sciences at this point in time is outright false, if not deliberate propaganda -- because if you're funded by the Muppets Are Better At Every
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by donw 3y ago
“By ‘Energy Star’ compliant, we mean that it burns as much energy as the sun.”
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by donw 3y ago
That is a fantastic idea!
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by donw 3y ago
As a total aside, domain expertise is kind of amazing. Like, you can look at a string of opcodes from a processor that you haven’t touched for a decade-plus, and still recognize what’s going on. It’s important to remember that applies in al
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by donw 3y ago
The US has not had a “free market” for quite some time now.
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by donw 3y ago
That only applies to small companies. Schools are equivalent to large companies, and large companies can screw the proverbial six ways from Sunday for years before it hurts their bottom line, for any number of reasons. Many Americans seem
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by donw 3y ago
Cash incentives aren't going to make a difference. The only thing that works is school choice. If parents can choose the schools, the schools have to deliver results.
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by donw 3y ago
It... really doesn't. Sales is a great example. In companies where bonuses are based on, say, revenue booked per quarter, salesmen play all kinds of games to jack that number up as far as it can go, regardless of the collateral damage.
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by donw 3y ago
I don't think that would make a difference. Incentives are whack across the board in education. At every level, hiring and purchasing are done on the basis of political loyalty, rather than competence or fitness-for-purpose. An entir
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by donw 3y ago
Russian.
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by donw 3y ago
For the above, are the RAM figures system RAM or GPU?
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by donw 3y ago
Japanese makes were much more reliable when they hit the market, but US automakers did step up during the late 80s, although never to the level of the Japanese. Detroit, moreover, built itself a reputation in the 70s and early-to-mid 80s

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