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It isn't a happy picture, is it?(doomsdaymachines.net)
1 points by greedo 5mo ago|1 comments
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Yarbo Nat in My Backyard(github.com)
5 points by greedo 5mo ago|0 comments
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by greedo 6mo ago
That's highly dependent upon the individual and their earning status, but the majority of people receive less than they contribute. https://freefacts.org/resources/how-much-money-will-i-pay-in...
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by greedo 6mo ago
Bollocks. We complain because jobs are being occupied by the oldsters, and now you want them to stay in their jobs even longer? If the couple you're pillorying is so wealthy, then most of their Social Security is being taxed, and they&
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by greedo 6mo ago
The first is possible; the second, hasn't happened in my lifetime.
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by greedo 6mo ago
"institutions" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. This often means bloated bureaucracy. I'm not against big government in any way or form, but inefficient, bloated bureaucracy with a bunch of mandarins doing the real gover
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The last days of Butter Ridge(nytimes.com)
1 points by greedo 6mo ago|0 comments
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by greedo 6mo ago
No such thing as bad publicity? I would bet that McDonalds saw an uptick in sales after the release of SSM.
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by greedo 6mo ago
Services is really just Google's baksheesh plus corrosive game mechanics. Without the hardware, there is no Services. Hence Apple will always be dependent on maintaining a large lead with their devices.
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by greedo 6mo ago
There's no reason for Apple to migrate; none at all. The idea that they need to do so is just ridiculous, regardless of what Harmony OS may do. iOS/macOS does exactly what they need. Will things change? Perhaps if/when quantu
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by greedo 6mo ago
Apple does own datacenters. They have eight, not to many colocation facilities.
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by greedo 6mo ago
Apple has no desire to go into the enterprise space.
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by greedo 6mo ago
Why on earth would they migrate away from the Mach kernel and OSX/iOS?
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by greedo 6mo ago
"More generally, we're seeing a transition in their financials away from hardware dependence." Nonsense. They make 72% of their revenue from hardware, and without those hardware sales, the Services category would be nil.
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by greedo 6mo ago
There's been nothing but rumors about that. I don't think it's getting canned.
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by greedo 6mo ago
Pure racism.
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by greedo 6mo ago
PLAN already sails routinely to Africa, with port calls in Pakistan along the way.
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by greedo 6mo ago
I once got in a huge argument about the superiority of vector graphics displays around 2010. The idea that LCD could match what Tempest had was silly to me, but the kid I was arguing with had never seen a Tempest cabinet and just assumed ol
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by greedo 6mo ago
This is compounded by many managers not understanding the details of what their direct reports actually do. I've had so many supervisors in my career who just have no concept of what I really do in IT, though it's pretty obvious t
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by greedo 6mo ago
Sandyhook showed that we don't care about kids...
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To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets(nyc.streetsblog.org)
208 points by greedo 6mo ago|145 comments
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by greedo 6mo ago
I get that. Crop farming is so different than raising animals.
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by greedo 6mo ago
LOL. If you're a row cropper, you're running a big combine. Several grain trucks. Lots of expensive gear. Gear breaks down, that's why you buy something reliable, that has techs in your area who can fix things quickly, with a
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by greedo 6mo ago
JD techs are all over the Midwest. No one is coming from out of state to work on your combine.
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by greedo 6mo ago
The economics of farming (at least in the US) are brutal. Scaling up is really the only way to make a living long term. Some of this is due to equipment cost (look up how much a combine costs), and some is due to competition. It's not
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by greedo 6mo ago
Hence the part about "...the Germans down."
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by greedo 6mo ago
Easy to maintain, great engine, just a bit rough to use on a larger field.
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by greedo 6mo ago
Exactly. A 4020 is fun! It may not have as much torque and ground pressure may not be as good as a quad belt tractor, but for a lil farm where you just want to grow hay or screw around?
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by greedo 6mo ago
The short answer is yes... As you mentioned, the physical side is generally standardized to some degree, but everyone I know tends to just use branded gear that's known to fit. Now if you like to resurrect old gear, then you become a s
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by greedo 6mo ago
Yeah, I hate when I go to connect something and have to dig around for a hydraulic adapter. If I was smart, I'd just spend the winter making sure everything was matching, but I'm cheap and there's always something else that s

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