huffmsa

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811.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Wealth typically only lasts 2-3 generations. That might change as people have fewer kids. Takes 2-5 generations to go from poverty to top 1%. I would give citations but I've forgotten where I heard this.
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by huffmsa 8y ago
> I don't know why the article is picking out millennials (other than that it's a popular tactic in the news media). That's the only reason. The Economist is owned by aristocratic Boomers and written by Gen Xers. They&#x
813.
by huffmsa 8y ago
This is nothing new. Americans have always considered themselves temporarily poor. And while many don't become fantastically rich, there's still a huge amount of turnover at the top levels of wealth between generations.
814.
by huffmsa 8y ago
And I didn't think you were. My point is aside from the actual topic at hand.
815.
by huffmsa 8y ago
TurnItIn resells all of the data you submit to them. Any paper a student is required to sent to the service (it's not optional at schools where it's in place) is added to the dataset which they ultimately profit from, with nothing
816.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Oh shit. I totally didn't realize that Apple royally boned everyone using Square readers.
817.
by huffmsa 8y ago
We're not debating iterative refinement here, it's about what the first wide release was. The CIA guys in Nam loved the early M16 because it came with IMR rounds. Yes the M2 had a few hiccups in development, specifically related t
818.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Common mistake the phone market is still making today. People don't buy for the tech, they buy for the [games | experience | brand]
819.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Every once and a while Miyamoto will out think himself. I think he was trying to support / smooth the transition from 2D side-scrolling where the D-Pad was a known interface to the 3D world where the analog stick was a necessity. But t
820.
by huffmsa 8y ago
And I'd agree. But the N64 still functions exactly the same today as it did when it was released. It still does it's job. It will still entertain 1-4 players. Same with the S/NES. How usable is an original iPhone? Is it accep
821.
by huffmsa 8y ago
That was actually his plan in the early days of SpaceX. But the missiles were too expensive, so they started from scratch. But a lot of commercial launchers are incremental improvements on old designs. The Delta family is based on the Thor
822.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Mine actually hasn't died yet. My Pokemon red and blue carts need new batteries, but OoT is still going. Wouldn't expect any less from the GOAT. (You kids these days wont get why it's the GOAT, but it is).
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by huffmsa 8y ago
Yeah it was ball powder that caused most of the fouling. He gun was designed for IMR. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1981/06/m-16-a-...
824.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Zelda OoT and Majora's Mask are still extremely playable. I go through them probably once a year. And you've got Mario Kart 64, the best version for playing Kario Mart (finish a beer before the race ends), Mario Party 2, smash 64.
825.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Yeah but with quite a few revisions to get it to where it is now. To be fair, the original design was ruined by committees of bureaucrats and "rules because rules." I wouldn't take an original M16. But I would take an origina
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by huffmsa 8y ago
I think it was the US Marine Corps who issued and reissued M1911 frames printed for WW2 until the pistol was finally phased out of all units in the 1990s / 2000s. You could have had 3 generations of Marines using the exact same weapon.
827.
by huffmsa 8y ago
I considered mentioned the A-10 and it's "replacement", but they're starting to get it together.
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by huffmsa 8y ago
I find it quite fascinating how long tailed single use technologies last. It's been 24 years, but if you encounter a N64, it's still safe to assume that you can flip the switch and be playing. Whereas the multipurpose OG iPhone is
829.
by huffmsa 8y ago
The amount of inflationary BS on "senior engineer" resumes I've read when hiring is astounding. 5 years of this, 4 years of that, 5 frameworks, 3 languages, the whole AWS alphabet soup in the toolbox. But then, 95% of them ca
830.
by huffmsa 8y ago
You know, there's nothing in the rulebook saying a dog can't play...
831.
by huffmsa 8y ago
A cat might be able to jump to the top of the fridge, but basketball isn't about jumping. It's about putting the ball in the hoop. I've yet to see a cat drop a 3 pointer.
832.
by huffmsa 8y ago
It was replaced in the 1800s. The original one was all beat up after 600 years.
833.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Just ban the internet already England. You're 75% there already.
834.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Of course you can run it locally. The model / dictionary vector files you need are measured in the 10s of MB. Unless you're Apple and still consider a 128GB SSD an acceptable base storage size, you can and should have room for mul
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by huffmsa 8y ago
> For a person to become a police officer they will take on much more risk to their families and property. And why is that? Why are LEO disliked or having to live in fear? Shouldn't a society support the members of itself who will
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by huffmsa 8y ago
All these bootlickers exercising their down votes without bothering to leave a comment and a putting their internet name and reputation on the line. Public servants should be respected, but they also need to be visible and accountable. Anon
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by huffmsa 8y ago
But they predominantly have data that should be public. With some home email and postal addresses mixed in. The value of the data they're looking to leverage is that this information or even a close approximation of it simply isn&#x2
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by huffmsa 8y ago
Of course not private. But isn't it fair to say that the only reason this hack and leak is happening is because the work contact information isn't available?
839.
by huffmsa 8y ago
Unaccountable bureaucrats are without fail one of the lynchpins to the corruption and ultimate collapse of governments throughout history.
840.
by huffmsa 8y ago
It doesn't matter if you need to contact them. They're domestic public servants, not clandestine agents operating overseas. Why shouldn't their position in the government and means of email/phone/postal contact b

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