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by golemotron 12y ago
Jurors deciding not to convict (Jury Nullification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification ) would speed along a change in law but the penalties for possession are so harsh that most people take the deal in ple
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Using Repository Analysis to Find Single Responsibility Violations(michaelfeathers.silvrback.com)
7 points by golemotron 12y ago|1 comments
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by golemotron 12y ago
The thing that isn't clear to me is whether the FAA has any kind of authority over Flytenow. Technically, doesn't their authority extend only to the pilots who use the service?
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by golemotron 12y ago
There are two things that are hardly ever addressed when Basic Income comes up: 1) What problem is it trying to solve, and 2) what will the social effects be? For (1) the thing we hear is that BI will be a way to deal with the increasing au
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by golemotron 12y ago
> Should the LEO disclose he's wearing a camera? "Hey, I notice you just fell in the shower and are naked, soaking wet, and in an awkward position. Just FYI... I'm wearing a camera." All good concerns, but we have to
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by golemotron 12y ago
I wonder.. is it built on Chrome under the hood?
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by golemotron 12y ago
The only problem with going backwards is that you are working from a drive-by spec at each step. You can tell students "this is the instruction set for the code you need to generate" and then "this is the intermediate languag
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by golemotron 12y ago
In classic biological fashion i.e., everything is connected and has side-effects, consistent use of aspirin is also linked to macular degeneration: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20130118/aspirin-blindi.
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by golemotron 12y ago
I modded you up because clang is written in C++ and even if I didn't know this I'd suspect it because segfaults in languages that are not weakly typed (i.e., C and C++) are incredibly rare. There are better languages to write comp
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by golemotron 12y ago
Is it just me or did she just invite everyone to fly drones over her property and take pictures?
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FantasySCOTUS(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by golemotron 12y ago|0 comments
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by golemotron 12y ago
I think it is because primes are widely accepted as remarkable. They are seen as things you discover - you don't invent them. The fact that they have practical application is important too. Do we really want a legal system where you ha
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by golemotron 12y ago
Check out http://www.magnus-opus.com/ It's a copyrighted algorithmic composition that contains most, if not all international phone numbers. They conveniently supply a form so that you can gain a license to use your ph
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by golemotron 12y ago
Test the project.
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by golemotron 12y ago
There's a good argument that we shouldn't attempt to work on our weaknesses but that we should work on our strengths instead. I don't have a link but I've seen reference to this in research about performance reviews.
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by golemotron 12y ago
You can't give up on measuring things, but you don't have to let people know what you are measuring or make the measure materially to them. That's there the trouble starts.
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by golemotron 12y ago
"Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her." - Kurt Vonnegut (about h
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by golemotron 12y ago
About some of the other comments: We need a term on HN for this is something you'd understand if you weren't apt to take things so literally and see it as a logical argument .
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by golemotron 12y ago
They are desperate and with good reason - they've been screwed by Congress.
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by golemotron 12y ago
The only way this is a win for the USPS is if the quality difference between commercial and personal 3D printers remains high. I don't think it will for long for most goods, but if it does local printers you drive to will be the winner
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by golemotron 12y ago
> Do remember the function of a corporation. It's to make money for its stakeholders. If it's a publically traded entity, its job is to increase shareholder returns at all costs. This goes to the point above. It's not pers
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by golemotron 12y ago
The power dynamic between law and technology is strange. In general, it seems that technology wins if can get a foothold and build a user base of people who feel the benefits are worth more than the downsides. It's another form of demo