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by ethbr0 3y ago
To be fair, Supply Chain is 60% of a lot of companies' value.
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by ethbr0 3y ago
Aren't there archived transcripts with prompts now? Seems like we need "model transparency" and log implementers to flag drift, a la RFC 9162 / Certificate Transparency.
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by ethbr0 3y ago
The argument in favor of self-sufficiency/independence lasts as long as there's virgin land and resources available. As soon as things turn into a zero sum game, consumption by definition deprives another, and there needs to be a
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by ethbr0 3y ago
It's not "their" data in the same way that last mile network access isn't "their" (telco's) pipes. If value in a platform comes from third parties choosing to use the service, and those third parties are f
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by ethbr0 3y ago
People move to a city because they want to be more like the people who already live there. But if too many move in too fast, the city instead becomes like them.
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I'm just disappointed by how fixated the media gets when there's a person or family involved (e.g. Martin Shkreli, Elizabeth Holmes) but how hard it is to keep public attention absent that (e.g. insulin prices).
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by ethbr0 3y ago
From my reading, trading money into a bankruptcy pot in exchange for personal liability protection didn't seem that unusual and is apparently commonplace nowadays. Whether it should be or not... probably not. But then we'd need mu
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I think the difference here is that it was a family company (providing a "singular" benefiting target to vilify and pursue) and the number of aggrieved parties. If it were instead 1,000 different shareholders and corporate officer
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by ethbr0 3y ago
So what will make this right? It's clear what you're against -- what are you for?
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by ethbr0 3y ago
Indeed! Which is why counterbalance and dampening of oscillation are desirable features in a system of government. But you over-emphasize that, and you get a government incapable of action.
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I think it boils down to whether laundering money should be legal. As far as I know, it is, in this sense. - Everybody acknowledges Purdue Pharma broke the law and acted unethically. - Everyone acknowledges Purdue Pharma made a lot of money
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by ethbr0 3y ago
Fair point, but direct democracy is also subject to the passions of the masses overriding the concerns of experts. Faster isn't always better. E.g. by individually-benefit-but-mass-cost initiatives ("Vote yes if you want $1")
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I'm biased, because I came up through support before I went into engineering. But to me, the question has always been "Do I think I'm omniscient as an engineer? Do I think I can imagine every way the customer is going to try
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I say this in the most respectful way, but apathy and internet-complaining do not change make. By what method do you suggest bankruptcy is changed?
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by ethbr0 3y ago
No, you're down voted for posting with an anonymous account, preemptively complaining about being down voted, and not adding anything interesting to the discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >
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by ethbr0 3y ago
We can't have judicial activism only when it pleases us. Either laws are applied in the way they are written... or what are they for? The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals finds that the Bankruptcy Code, as currently written, allows for thi
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by ethbr0 3y ago
And nothing against Romanians! I work with a ton of brilliant folks there. Outsourcing inevitably creates a firewall between engineering and support that shouldn't exist though. In a properly functioning org, support has a way to escal
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I have a similar-but-different problem: a commonly used Gmail address that apparently someone(s) not me was using out in the wild for serious business. Among other things, I received: Interview requests for jobs to which I never applied
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by ethbr0 3y ago
> I don't believe the explanation that someone would actually pay a video instead of changing the settings to disable turning off the screen. Corporate managed device. 24 hour ML prototype model training on a MBP. Lock killed trai
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by ethbr0 3y ago
On Windows, a VB script (so runnable with the default script runner) that toggles NumLock every so often is the classic. Looks like PowerShell is the updated version: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9795442 Point being tha
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by ethbr0 3y ago
Further curiosity, did you do extra math at home before the honors split? I went to a college prep school, and our math teacher from ~3-5 grades was excellent . (We were lucky and she moved up with our class every year) But I had a sneakin
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by ethbr0 3y ago
If this happened in MD, it's definitely a callback to DX. It's not just the mole people in NYC -- there's an entirely-skippable base early in the game that clues you into bigger things happening. You can pick up its existence
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by ethbr0 3y ago
Because they deserve linking every time someone mentions them. UNATCO: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nBPK_oXeJgA Hong Kong: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQZNNajxOk (give it until 0:35 if you haven't
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by ethbr0 3y ago
I'd hazard that a good summary definition might be "game rules are universally applicable." In that if there is a rule/mechanism anywhere, it can be used everywhere, with anything responding to it. Or in Dwarf Fortress +
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by ethbr0 3y ago
> Mexican top hot potential To save someone else the trouble, no, that wasn't an autocorrect mistake on "Mexican." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_symmetry_breakin...
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I picked the British Museum because they aren't even willing to give things back. Low hanging fruit and dual-purpose example. The way I look at it is that if ones goal is equality of economic opportunity, and one accepts that (a) educa
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by ethbr0 3y ago
There's a page for that! https://science.osti.gov/hep/Benefits-of-HEP tl;dr - HEP particle detectors and medical imaging detectors share a lot of technology.
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It'll be curious what attracting and retaining professors for political hot-button topics becomes like for Texas, but I expect making it harder to find faculty to teach some subjects was part of the intent...
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Also, "public universities" (the ones this affects) in the US are state-funded. If parent was from the UK, believe there's some public/private terminology difference.
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The issue with slavery is that the children of slaves and victims of racism are still affected by it economically. I consider myself middle-of-the-road on most of this stuff, but if everything were fair there'd be an equivalent wealth

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