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by generj 10y ago
One of the more surprising things I've discovered as I've worked more closely with our QA guys is how little auditing goes on, especially when everything seems to be doing well. But I work in the relatively non-essential world of
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by generj 10y ago
Now if only AWS supported ipv6...
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by generj 10y ago
That is true, but it is also true that UPS and FedEx still operate a lot of non-profitable areas. They rely on easier metro areas to help subsidize the losses.
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by generj 10y ago
Which is not really an expense - creative destruction is generally a net positive for the economy.
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by generj 10y ago
And it actually could raise prices. As Amazon has expanded into other carriers, they give the easy metro markets to the smaller carriers and give UPS and FedEx the rural areas. Because UPS and FedEx must deliver everywhere in the US for PR&
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by generj 10y ago
I feel like a space launch complex would take up about 85% of the land mass.
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by generj 10y ago
Mark Watney, Space Pirate.
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by generj 10y ago
Well, that's one way to draw attention to the issue. Well played Michael Barrett. Well played.
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by generj 10y ago
Oh, I don't disagree with you. There is a depth of genuine emotion, and they inform without dumbing down what is actually going on. By watching several hosted webcasts, I've learned esoteric details I wouldn't have otherwise.
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by generj 10y ago
Looked like a perfectly nominal launch. SpaceX has some good hardware, hopefully they can pump out some more of it. I liked the Pokemon Go meme at the end of the webcast, even if the host crew's acting was fairly poor.
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by generj 10y ago
They already have a buyer, though there is some dispute between SpaceX and them about the level of discount. I think 33% off was what SpaceX is offering, they want more on the range of 50% off. The truly hard part for SpaceX has been gettin
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by generj 10y ago
I appreciate the statistics. Having seen them, what I would say is: in the start of a war Germany may be in a lot of trouble, but I would expect the US would come in and assist them. I agree NATO is an alliance of unequal partners. The US d
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by generj 10y ago
No, because your mortgage is still denominated in pounds. No change there. But most goods are sold from other countries, so their prices just went up overnight. Of course, there are sticky prices but in general I would expect prices for imp
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by generj 10y ago
Nothing potential about it - your bank account is worth 10% less than it was yesterday.
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by generj 10y ago
Not really. German politicians can just play up the betrayal card - UK leaving means the Germans are now left holding the bag even more for the EU. Germany has a strong economy and this will not affect its fundamentals that much.
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by generj 10y ago
Except for all the US troops stationed in Germany bolster that number dramatically, in the case of Putin invading. And we can rapidly move troops and supplies over to Germany as well, along with all the other NATO troops doing the same. Ger
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by generj 10y ago
That's a very smart way to enforce ad-hoc testing in every browser. Probably prevents a lot of "works on my machine" issues. I've worked for companies with no defined browser support, and other clients which required us
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by generj 10y ago
I'm conflating free markets with perfectly competitive markets. If that's incorrect, I apologize - still learning econ. Really, I'm saying that the closer a market is to a perfectly competitive market or at least a monopolist
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by generj 10y ago
Well, that's worrisome. The hiring rate, along with new unemployment benefit applications and various other stats is the an early indicator for the macro economy.
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by generj 10y ago
That is so very far removed from the historical reality. Look up a chart of Global real GDP/capita over time. You may suspect that all this wealth goes to the wealthy (unlikely even from a historical perspective, look at all the servan
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by generj 10y ago
1) Tribes/Feudal Lords ARE government, albeit often not effective/efficient government. 2) You'll find that in an anarchy situation, mysteriously there is some market governing force...like a tribe, or guilds, or even just a
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by generj 10y ago
Absolutely. The banks further profited by investing their own money - something we then prohibited them from doing, as it made them far too risky. Essentially the banks had abnormally high returns, which is almost always a sign of high risk
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by generj 10y ago
Per point 2, Greenspan is kind of the worst person to make that call. There's a very good argument that he explicitly allowed that deregulation and coupled it with a series of bailouts, resulting in the "Greenspan Put". This
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by generj 10y ago
SpaceX is within 1-2 years of the Falcon Heavy; same timeline for the Dragon 2 capsule (reusable) for carrying humans into and out of space. Blue Origin's timeline to orbit is a quite a bit longer and filled with a lot more question ma
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by generj 10y ago
"The Falcon Heavy, aims to lower the cost to $1,000 per pound [or $2,204.62 per kg]." (old article) [0] However, the pricing page for SpaceX shows the Falcon Heavy runs $90 Million USD for a launch of 54,400 kg to LEO (on a fully
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by generj 10y ago
The fact of the matter is, space has only really become feasible for the private sector in the last few decades in the US and a few other countries. The overriding reason for this has been large government funded research programs funding t
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by generj 11y ago
"App developers have for years urged the iPhone maker to add fresh discovery tools for users, arguing the crowded market makes it increasingly hard for people to discover new apps or build sustainable businesses." I think what mak
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by generj 11y ago
My point was that the problem is NOT easily solved for the typical user.
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by generj 11y ago
Thanks for the heads up! I'm always very impressed with the EFF and what they do with my donations :) I'll install it on my personal computer. An irony I have is that as a worker in the analytics field, I can't block ads or a
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by generj 11y ago
That looks like a very nice solution, and probably covers what most people would want out of Google Analytics for a simple site. Like you said, for a personal site, stats are for curiosity and the vanity/need to know how many people c

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