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by gills 18y ago
We like anything government-related to happen in the clear light of day :) I think campaigns of any sort are required to disclose their donors. A quick search landed me here ( http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Measures/Detail.aspx?id...
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by gills 18y ago
A disturbingly high percentage of the markers I clicked were Realtors. I also saw one venture capitalist and one Google software engineer.
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by gills 18y ago
This is similar to an idea I proposed for a non-literate UI for a developing world mobile app. If there is no doctor in the village they can get quick first-aid tips, organize transport, and a remote doctor can try to assess the problem wi
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by gills 18y ago
N-party barter settling platform.
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by gills 18y ago
I guess someone will have to build the karma derivatives trading platform...
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by gills 18y ago
I'll give you a hint, I am not the sophisticated one ;) I'm looking forward to giving your site a whirl!
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by gills 18y ago
First, great work! You have a nice site, at least that is my impression from the tour. The sales pitch of keeping everything in one place and sharing it with friends who may be meeting us along the way is great. My wife and I are planning
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by gills 18y ago
This is cool. I used Hpricot to parse the House floor feed a couple months back, but it slid to the side as more important tasks came up. Maybe I should get back to that old side project...
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by gills 18y ago
How likely is it there is really any new technology here? If there were new armor technology, wouldn't Bush already be rolling around in the latest? I think they're jawboning to deter the amateurs. Anybody really determined is going to fi
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by gills 18y ago
One point that has not appeared in your dialog, in favor of identifying SS as a Ponzi scheme, is that the excess accumulation of Social Security taxes has been spent on other things and replaced with IOUs by Congress (this is how the Clinto
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by gills 18y ago
Another phenomena that raises the costs is the haphazard and/or non-existent approach to capping the value of awards in malpractice suits. It's a secondary manifestation of the separation between the people choosing the price and the peopl
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by gills 18y ago
You, sir, are an Oxygen Thief.
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by gills 18y ago
My opinion might stray a little bit from some of the answers here. I don't think a CS education is complete without an understanding of how the whole stack works. So work through the Scheme lessons in SICP or HTDP, it's a fun and playful l
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by gills 18y ago
I too have noticed that being passionate about what you're doing, and getting that message across positively, really helps turn skeptical attitudes around.
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by gills 18y ago
I tell them I'm starting a business. I explain in fairly vague terms what pain I'm trying to alleviate. Family and friends usually get it and they are very excited and supportive (of course, some family members are artists and independent
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by gills 18y ago
To create. To leave this place just a little better than I found it.
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by gills 18y ago
I think you both just disappeared in a poof of logic...
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by gills 18y ago
You could remove one more step by immediately redirecting to the 'view responses' page, then ajax the event properties from there (name,description,place,time).
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by gills 18y ago
Why trust money printed by the same government that just looted your private pension? They also went through a national default and currency death not too many years ago. I've heard they don't trust the fiat money; coins, while still fiat
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by gills 18y ago
The problem is, it's not addition and subtraction. It's exponents and amortization and, sorry, most folks only think linearly. Beyond that they get frustrated and reach for the next beer.
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by gills 18y ago
I don't think 'corporation' is a required title for the concept to apply. Large command-oriented economic drivers have existed for a long time. The Roman army was one, it's economic function the looting of conquered territory. Notice tha
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by gills 18y ago
I was about to say the same thing re: unsprung weight. Wouldn't it wear the tires more quickly? That would be good for Michelin...
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by gills 18y ago
I think I agree with you. As an outsider Chrome looks like an application platform/sandbox for Google apps ('Google's AIR') that is just disguised as a browser. With their own platform they can move features more quickly than by fitting t
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by gills 18y ago
It looks nice and behaves well, very clean. I couldn't immediately tell what value I would derive from using your service -- eventually found 'How it works' at the bottom. Maybe there's a way to make it painfully obvious for people like m
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by gills 18y ago
Four very different thoughts here... 1.There is precedent for criminal convictions of pretexting as part of some larger criminal social engineering act. Personally, I think bullying is a stretch. It's a feature of the Internet, and if a p
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by gills 18y ago
That's a good argument for repealing the Federal Reserve Act. Did anyone else listen to NPR yesterday morning and hear the open admission that they were printing to fund their new failout package?
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by gills 18y ago
That's a beautiful lightning rod for finding the people you would never hire for a real project :)
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by gills 18y ago
I respect what you're trying to say here, but seriously: stop. It's easy to be a critical asshat on the internet. How much different is your criticism from that of the forum members involved in this incident? You can tell these guys all ab
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by gills 18y ago
Or...don't write bloated code. Same result. There's a point in life where you just need to understand your weaknesses but not obsess over them, and focus on your strengths instead.
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by gills 18y ago
Could you tilt your hat a little to the left? All that tinfoil is blocking my view of reality...

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