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by iand 14y ago
Cronyism says nothing about the skills of the people. They may well be the best people for the role. It merely means they were chosen on the basis of relationship.
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by iand 14y ago
All you say is correct, even down to the "it's who you know line", but I disagree that we should exploit it or even tolerate it. It's just Cronyism ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronyism ) and my personal moral compass rejects it.
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by iand 14y ago
You use the phrase "technically speaking" pejoratively as though there is some special set of rules that make these countries multi-currency. There isn't. It's very plainly correct that many countries in the world use multiple currencies. I
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by iand 14y ago
>Yes, 100%. Such absolute certainty is nice to have. So if I organize a nationwide fun-run where people in every city are encouraged to run a mile for charity you believe the government should seek to imprison me for causing a logistica
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by iand 14y ago
Here's why I downvoted you: >This is one of the few times I'd ever say that government crackdown is a good thing. One country having multiple currencies at the same time could become a big logistical headache. You think governments shou
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by iand 14y ago
30 seconds on google would have turned up this for you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_circulating_currencies...
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Skunk Puppying: dealing with legal threats with cute animals.(davidgalbraith.org)
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by iand 14y ago
You missed the flippant humour in the parent.
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by iand 14y ago
I love my G570. Great value for money. My expectations aren't higher than the price I paid for it.
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by iand 14y ago
They are claiming ownership over the mark, but haven't registered it. It has less legal force but still counts for a trademark infringement.
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50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice (2009)(chronicle.com)
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by iand 14y ago
Sure it can for different people. Some people's preferences are innate, others arise through life experiences.
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by iand 14y ago
Am i missing something? If it costs karma to comment and you have no karma, how are you supposed to earn enough to start commenting again?
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Another go at the Next Big Language(dave.cheney.net)
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by iand 14y ago
As much as we'd all love to have a concept like API neutrality, in reality there is no such thing. Level playing fields are not good business because they destroy differentiation and defensibility of value. Personally, I think there are man
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by iand 14y ago
Several countries, including UK and Canada, levy royalties from libraries for lending. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right
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Edward Tufte's 1 Day Course: Rambling and Irrelevant(eagereyes.org)
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by iand 14y ago
They went with a minimally viable release and already have tons of feedback that, if they listen to it, will make Digg a great service again.
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by iand 14y ago
Let's be fair: this is a 6 week old project to reconstruct Digg from scratch. In another 6 weeks most of these HTML problems will be gone. Also, I'm pretty sure they will figure out how to rescue those 14M 404s
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Hushmail Backdoors(themonetaryfuture.blogspot.co.uk)
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by iand 14y ago
I've thought about this many times. How can you create a system that preserves the anonymity of publishers in persecution situations but excludes the child pornographers? The difficulty comes down to the fact that there is no technical diff
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by iand 14y ago
Usenet was text only and it let to the widespread use of UUENCODED images and videos
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by iand 14y ago
Male employees prefer the industry because the industry prefers male employees.
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Fair Use Dejà Vu(kcoyle.blogspot.co.uk)
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Why are Windows updates so slow (and long) with Windows 7 - Microsoft Answers(answers.microsoft.com)
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3D Printer and Additive Manufacturing Community Survey Results(stephenmurphey.com)
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Go is boring(aeronotix.pl)
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by iand 14y ago
The damage will really be done when Shell respond in kind and fake greenpeace campaigns spring up everywhere. Disinformation warfare.
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My favorite ideas in the Go ecosystem - a usability perspective(golangtutorials.blogspot.com.br)
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Feynman on Science(blog.iandavis.com)
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