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by endersshadow 12y ago
This is an employment to population ratio, so 1 in 4 people, ages 25-54 do not work. That does not mean that they are unemployed! Unemployed people are those looking for work that don't have employment. Plenty of people voluntarily lea
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by endersshadow 12y ago
This portion of the ruling would be interesting to see used: "We cannot deny that our decision today will have an impact on the ability of law enforcement to combat crime...Privacy comes at a cost." Roberts looked squarely into th
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by endersshadow 12y ago
I find that many-a-web developers don't realize that people impulsively highlight sections as they read them. I usually triple-click to highlight a paragraph as I read it. It's just a habit, but it's apparently one I share wi
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Postgres is an amazing database, and has some great features. Sadly, you don't get the full power of it in Redshift, but man, are some of the datatypes and functions just so useful, especially in a warehousing environment!
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Just as a quick note: You can use Postgres libraries because Redshift is a slightly modified version Postgres 8.1 under the covers. In fact, almost all massively-parallel-processing (MPP) databases are Postgres under the covers (including M
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by endersshadow 12y ago
No, it's not. And it saddens me that you think it is. This is an issue of regulatory capture, not "Should we have these laws." The entire article is about regulatory capture, and how special interest groups are able to effect
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by endersshadow 12y ago
I wonder what could be done to help fight this. Not just for alcohol, but regulatory capture in general. Network neutrality is in the same boat. Other than having a generic consumer advocate lobbying group, what could be done?
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by endersshadow 12y ago
I'm quite aware of the global temperance movement. However, you've missed my point completely. My sigh was because every time somebody brings up something in the US that needs to be changed or reformed, you can bet that some Eur
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Sigh. Yes, yes, we know. All of the laws, customs, and cultural traditions in western Europe are much more rational/intelligent/better/whatever than those in America. The real story, as usual, turns out to be fairly complex
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Roofies. It solves the problem of roofies.
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Same experience. I middle clicked on the tab and...it...closed. Without an issue.
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by endersshadow 12y ago
You're getting downvoted, which is a shame, but you need to understand that your landing page and branding issues are the exact same issues that you're describing, too . People may sign up for beta, but may not know how to inte
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by endersshadow 12y ago
The primary issue here is how you can define "wealth" or "rich" and "poor." Income's one measure, sure. But what about the trust fund kids? What about college kids? The real problem with collecting data li
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by endersshadow 12y ago
You're right, I'm sorry--it was early and I got my initialisms wrong. Thank you for the correction--I'll correct my post.
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by endersshadow 12y ago
It's not just the person you're responding to--the FTC looks only at relatively pure monopolies for anti-trust violations. There are lots of things that are legal as a player in a competitive market versus illegal as a monopoly. T
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by endersshadow 12y ago
You need to read The Emperor of All Maladies[1]. If you think cancer is just an effect of our environment, you are wildly, disasterously, and disappointingly misinformed. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Emperor-All-Maladies-Biogr
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by endersshadow 12y ago
It has amused me to no end that we live in a time when we can develop communities around amazingly obscure interests, but people still believe that preferences are objective. If you didn't like the Sopranos, c'est la vie. If you&#
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Wow. While it's not the latest and greatest shows that are on Prime, that's an impressive collection they've put up. I'm both a subscriber of HBO and of Prime, and I'll actually be using this. You see, I have a Roku
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by endersshadow 12y ago
To us, maybe, but not to the layman. I work with a theatre company, and we use Artful.ly for ticketing, etc. I have to explain to so many people that it's artful.ly, not artfully.com. At this point, we just tell people to go to our sit
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by endersshadow 12y ago
The US chose to deal with telecoms differently than the EU, thinking it would incentivize investment and create copetition for better networks. What it's done is the opposite. Planet Money ran a great episode[1] about it. It's wor
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Well, it's wildly oversimplified, but there aren't any actual glaring errors in it. Planet Money did a pretty good episode [1] wherein they looked at what effect chronically low interest rates actually have. It's a good prime
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Being a MITM would certainly increase shipping costs, but if you're able to get bulk pricing, you could potentially drop the shipping costs to less than what it could cost the users to ship it themselves.
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by endersshadow 12y ago
I've thought about this a bit for homebrewed beer (illegal to sell, but perfectly legal to give away and/or trade). My only thought is that you could manage the shipping of the items--have each trader send you the item, where in y
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Because that's where they read it?
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by endersshadow 12y ago
> it can simply mean patent aggressor who uses patents for anticompetitive purposes Then the term is meaningless. Patents exist solely for anticompetitive purposes. That's what they're supposed to do . Patents are supposed t
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by endersshadow 12y ago
I'm not GP, but the problem, in my colorblind opinion, is not the hue of the gradient. The extremes of your gradient are way too close together. Nothing really stands out. At least with blue/red, you can make it one extreme or the
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by endersshadow 12y ago
In the article, it mentioned that Oncor was Energy Future's electricity arm, and that it would "probably be split" from its power-generation business, hence my question. Is Oncor not part of Energy Future Holdings?
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Well, you see, we've wandered into a dogmatic war. This is like the early days of Vim vs Emacs. There will be thousands upon thousands of words expended, because being verbose means you're right. Nobody will listen to the other si
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by endersshadow 12y ago
What's even more worrisome is that summer is coming, and that usually means rolling blackouts. I wonder how this will affect all of their customers. I know companies like Green Mountain and others lease from Oncor, and put their power
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by endersshadow 12y ago
Planet Money recently did a really great show [1] about the ISP routing power in the US vs. other countries, and what led to those decisions. The irony is that they were doing everything they could to not be anachronistic, and to plan for

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