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by gen220 6y ago
I agree with this take, and it's the same take I share with friends and colleagues. It's certainly better than FB. However, are we sure that Apple, in 30 years, will be the same proponent of privacy that they are today? Even if th
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by gen220 6y ago
We have a hardware store within a five minute walk. Most small things we can get there. Lowe’s is about 15 minutes away, and is the only place to get serious wood. For small things we’ll walk there and back. For medium things we’ll walk the
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by gen220 6y ago
In Brooklyn, at least, the 1-2BR high rises are currently cheaper than the comparable apartment in a 3-5 story building. There was a huge construction boom in the last 5 years, and then COVID cratered demand for the kinds of people who live
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by gen220 6y ago
Oh yeah, I totally agree that the long term picture here is quite murky at best and frightening at worst. > “Open implementations" means nobody can make a buck and sustain development and innovation. The only gain to be made is thro
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by gen220 6y ago
Adding on to your point, the phrase “designed by committee” carries a strong negative connotations for a reason. People may have some gripes with the implementation of some subsystems, but they are free to fork and submit patches for review
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by gen220 6y ago
In the Weimar Republic, KPD and NSDAP parties representation in the Bundestag, as distinct parties with relatively large representations. In 1932, the KPD had 360k members, 5m+ votes, and 14-17% of the electorate. From 1928, the KPD was bas
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by gen220 6y ago
> initiatives for standardization have almost dropped to zero compared to the 1990s and 2000s I think OSS adoption explains this. Standards were all about advocating for common interfaces, even if the implementations were proprietary. Pr
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by gen220 6y ago
In the US, bankruptcy is often used as an instrument of the wealthy, to escape earlier risky bets. And in some cases, to avoid taxes. Having such a severe punishment is probably more of a deterrence against risky behavior in the upper 5% of
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by gen220 6y ago
Yes. If CHF outperforms EUR, and the mortgage payments are in CHF, a bank that has most expenses in EUR is making a profit. You can hedge against the performance of CHF by keeping proportional revenue streams of EUR.
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by gen220 6y ago
You could run your system completely in RAM, to at least limit the duration of exposure. Persistence is overrated! :)
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by gen220 6y ago
There are plenty of UX reasons (learning new interfaces, etc). The burden here is generally distributed and diffuse. The really big one, for companies of a certain size / cash flow, is compliance. Companies spend a lot of time developi
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by gen220 6y ago
I trust the New Yorker’s fact-checking chops, but I think it’s wise to be skeptical about Pottinger, as he’s the primary source for the story. I believe he advocated for a stronger response, and was summarily dismissed by his colleagues as
973.
by gen220 6y ago
I believe that we agree. The Chinese government completely dropped the ball on providing an objective warning of the situation. The US federal government completely dropped the ball on preparing an adequate and timely response, even granted
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by gen220 6y ago
What you're saying is true. Having observed how the Chinese government responded to SARS, our health & national security systems should never have taken what they said at face value. That we did not respond with more intensity is o
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by gen220 6y ago
The New Yorker has cast a merciless spotlight on governments' early actions (and inactions) against the pandemic. As a New Yorker myself, the article in the May 4 issue [1], contrasting the responses of Seattle/WA and NYC/NY
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by gen220 6y ago
I read the article, and agree with this summary fwiw. I would also emphasize that, in terms of personal culpability, Secretary Alex Azar of the Department of Health and Human Services comes out looking very poor. (Mnuchin was also the speak
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by gen220 6y ago
All of Tufte's books are fantastic. They are not very practical if you are learning InfoViz (beyond being pretty pictures!). Many of the visualizations are form-fitted to the information they're displaying. If you're familiar
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by gen220 6y ago
It sounds like you have a developed taste. Once you have that, the "Search Problem" of finding new fiction is a bit easier. Try finding interviews of - or reviews/letters written by - the authors you admire. They'll usua
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by gen220 6y ago
One of the books linked is a meta-book [0] on the series Maus [1]. Maus was how we were introduced to the human tragedy element of the Holocaust in High School (as opposed to the rote, "this happened in the 1940s"). Later, we re
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by gen220 6y ago
Scouts was how I heard of "Duty". We had to define it as part of the initiation rituals. Along with "Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent". As fa
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by gen220 6y ago
Having not used typer, your description is reminiscent of fire [1], which has worked well for our purposes. [1]: https://github.com/google/python-fire
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by gen220 6y ago
Yes, the concepts are pretty old. For a lot of people newer to programming, Haskell is the first language that compels them to be understood. That’s what I meant by “popularized”, to clarify. Changed it now to “evangelized”, to make the c
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by gen220 6y ago
I agree with you, although I read your statements as disjoint, as opposed to conditional. I think the “secondary” value it has created is immense. I’m not a Haskell programmer by any stretch, but thinking in terms of concepts evangelized by
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by gen220 6y ago
Can you expand on this? Did CT follow Oakland, where SF is NYC? Or if CT is SF, where is the corresponding Oakland? I live in NYC, and my view of CT is that its modern identity is dominated by being a suburb to NYC, with a handful of big an
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by gen220 6y ago
This is something I think we can all relate to. I think it’s what afflicted my relative, too, for what it’s worth. When you’re stung by people, it’s hard to see the value in continuing to remain open. Regarding the accrual of knowledge and
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by gen220 6y ago
Now I can’t stop feeling bad for the poor soul in 4020, trying to reconstruct “World’s Best Banana Bread” from Allrecipes through the inter generational strata of autoplaying ads and scroll jacking pop ups, only to find that the recipe’s re
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by gen220 6y ago
Have you considered applying Hanlon's Razor to the question? In my experience, most people (i.e. sans pathologies) ask this question because they are ignorant and curious. They are trying to integrate the unknown (you and your craft) i
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by gen220 6y ago
Some scattered thoughts. I'd recommend talking with your friends, and asking them if they find their work fulfilling. If it falls short of their expectations, ask which dimensions contribute the most to the diff. This might give you so
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by gen220 6y ago
A little bit off topic, but as I understand it, Elephants are known to carry the bones of deceased elephants with them, and otherwise move them around. They might not have graveyards, but they do appear to have some concept of mortality. Fr
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by gen220 6y ago
Big plus one. The Nth Edition of Fannie Farmer's Cookbook (or equivalent) is a great entry point for self-starters. Playing with the basic recipes in there helps develop an instinct for ingredients and the cooking process, with relativ

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