everdev

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by everdev 8y ago
If something looks "purely bad", you're probably polarized on the issue. There's usually positives and negatives to everything, even if one far outweighs the other in your mind or in the mind of the vast majority of peop
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by everdev 8y ago
> Their shot protects ME. Just to be clear, herd immunity protects those who aren't vaccinated. If you are vaccinated, your community's vaccination or lack there of doesn't affect you. > Give a tax break to those who va
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by everdev 8y ago
The same way we do with other topics: guns, alcohol, driving. We'd be in less danger if no one did anything dangerous ever, but that doesn't leave much room for freedom. It's extremely frustrating to see people doing somethin
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by everdev 8y ago
While I understand the numbers benefits of vaccines and their ability to eradicate diseases, here are a few points from a devil's advocate: 1. No medicine is 100% safe in all circumstances. Vaccines do have published risk of complicati
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by everdev 8y ago
That's why diverse teams are important. You're right, we can't expect a CS major to understand social impact, but if you're working on AI or weapons out some other high-risk project there should be someone in the team wh
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by everdev 8y ago
> The sparseness of connections between inhibitory neurons prevents inhibitory signals from traveling long distances, disrupting the stochastic Turing mechanism and the perception of funnels, cobwebs, spirals and so forth. The dominant p
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by everdev 8y ago
But you don't need standups: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17671464
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by everdev 8y ago
Yeah it's a dubious case IMO. The 1st amendment is incredibly important and even more so in journalism, but this seems like a retroactive last ditch defense. They clearly wanted to profit off of the sex industry in places where it was
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by everdev 8y ago
> since 1996 federal law has provided broad protections for online publishers of third-party content. Backpage has successfully argued that it can’t be held legally responsible for the criminal conduct of others—no matter how reprehensib
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by everdev 8y ago
Even with a cap, a rogue line or a legitimate surge in traffic could shut down your app. It's endless bill monitoring and budget approval. I'll stick to a flat rate DO droplet.
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by everdev 8y ago
Wait until year 2 or 3, governments are slow. I've had countless accusations of unfiled paperwork and numerous refilings. If 1 thing is off it seems like it takes atleast 6 months to correct it. I also seem to get a fake workers comp c
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by everdev 8y ago
Or, just make it easy for the contractor to manage their own affairs. It's not like the heavy burden has to be carried by the company or the worker, we can eliminate the heavy burden itself.
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by everdev 8y ago
For contractors, taxes aren't too bad to do by yourself. Your income is sent to you on a 1099 and then deduct your expenses. The estimated taxes are silly though.
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by everdev 8y ago
Having owned a 20+ person services business I can tell you that the paperwork/taxes/regulations around employees was frustrating. Yes, you can outsource this stuff, but why make it so complicated? Added to that, it was a virtual c
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by everdev 8y ago
Yes, apparently "Rust, Rust, Rust, Rust!" almost guarantees 1st page according to the model.
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by everdev 8y ago
Right, but if you have a county-wide increase in property value of 10%. Good school districts might see a 20% increase while bad school districts see no appreciation. Also, there's first time homebuyers and deaths or people leaving the
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by everdev 8y ago
This was built in '17: https://intoli.com/blog/hacker-news-title-tool/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14400603
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by everdev 8y ago
Agreed. I think Ronald Reagan tried to evoke something like that during the cold war asking the lines of: imagine how well we'd get along if aliens discovered us You see this in political parties too. When one fights hard enough to tak
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by everdev 8y ago
I see this pattern a lot in history. Things are bad until something worse comes along. There's some quote about each country needing a reasonably strong enemy. Without one, the country starts trying to find enemies and conflict within.
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by everdev 8y ago
Depends on your horizon, but if you look at how fast humanity progressed in 2,000 or even 500 years, I think a recovery from a million+ people in a few thousand years is very realistic, especially if knowledge is adequately recovered throug
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by everdev 8y ago
A few theories: 1. The pilot waited until they we're alone in the cockpit then disabled all communications and locked the door. Possibly with a fake story over the intercom that kept people unsuspicious until away from land (diverting
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by everdev 8y ago
Extinction = 0. Species can recover even from only a few mating pairs. It would be catastrophic though.
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by everdev 8y ago
> only 60% or so of the population can be killed in a war Why? I'd assume that biological warfare could do more, or destroying water/power supplies.
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by everdev 8y ago
We're here, we might as well play the game as long as we can.
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by everdev 8y ago
Yeah, it's a true mystery. The recovered wreckage seems to suggest a remote Indian Ocean crash site and I don't think there were any other plausible explanations for why the plane diverted so drastically from it's intended co
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by everdev 8y ago
I feel the same way even though I'm not Brazilian. If someone arrives early or right on time, I feel annoyed about having to entertain while I finish setting up or getting myself ready. I appreciate it when people arrive 15-45min after
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Manipulated = flown by hand The leading theory is that auto-pilot and other systems were disengaged and the craft flown to it's doom in a mass murder-suicide
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Curious why movie chains themselves don't sell "season passes", like almost every other entertainment venue. Sure, it might be much more expensive than MoviePass in order to stay profitable, but I haven't seen any movie
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I don't think they're actually concerned about that. I think their standing force is more about building national unity and pride. Battles are rapidly migrating to the air (drones, missiles, etc.) and cyberspace.
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Infrastructure destruction by missiles, terrorism and hacking (power grid, financial system, etc.) seem more dangerous at the moment and geography plays little to no role in any of those. Also, weaponize space and all terrestrial advantages

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