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by jaxn 10y ago
Yeah, there will be an increase in the short term. But as labor prices are being driven up, automation becomes more cost effective. The fastest way to ensure those jobs disappear would be a $15 minimum wage.
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by jaxn 10y ago
Zero day has been used in this context for at least 15 years and means that the vulnerability has been publicly known for zero days, or rather it is an undisclosed vulnerability.
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The joblessness created by in coming automation boom is going to result in a huge increase in the gray market economy. Amazon gift cards already play a big part, and this is the next step.
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Windows 10 has a similar feature called Night Light. I have it set to Sunset/Sunrise. The $49 Kindle Fire has a similar feature. I appreciate the work f.lux did, but this is going to be a core feature of every OS now, and none of them
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by jaxn 10y ago
To prevent passengers from having access to communication while going through customs. To limit pictures and social media posts in the time between when they get off the plane in the US until their retrieve their checked bags from baggage c
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by jaxn 10y ago
I thought that's exactly what it was. Dustbowl -> Great Depression -> New Deal -> WWII -> Industrial Revolution takes off
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It concerns me as well. But jobless people are a resource that entrepreneurs will find a way to utilize for profit. It's not that the technology will require new kinds of work, but that idle people will enable new kinds of companies. I
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It is like a bipolar company.
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This is very disheartening. As a direct result, I am spending some time tonight researching running Linux on my Suface Book. I have been impressed with what seems like a new Microsoft. I even made the switch from OSX to a Surface Book as m
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by jaxn 10y ago
I am a father of 6. I could be a better father. I could be a better programmer. I'm doing a good job of both. It is a full life. 6 hours of focused work is more than most people get done in a day. You want to be a great dad and a great
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by jaxn 10y ago
This is a great comment and shouldn't be downvoted.
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I guess I don't understand the distinction of a hate crime vs terrorism. I would think hate crimes are a subset of terrorism and not a lessor charge.
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Guessing you don't work at Uber ;)
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Not sure why that was downvoted. That is a pretty simple litmus test for a hate-crime.
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In-group is a sociology term. He is saying it is bigger/different from whether or not the individual is white, but whether they are a member of the in-group.
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While the vast majority of participants in races are doing it for fun/exercise, there are a handful of sub-elite runners at most races who are in it for more competitive reasons. It could be prize money, but that is usually small. The
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by jaxn 10y ago
I ditched OSX for a Surface Book and am really happy with it. I use WSL everyday and primarily develop in Ruby.
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by jaxn 10y ago
First, I switched from OSX to Windows b/c WSL made it possible. There is some weirdness with the recommended file system sharing. Git on WSL sees files as modified after they have been checked in from Windows. It means I either use Git
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by jaxn 10y ago
Unfortunately I have no idea. I just hard to learn it from doing my own books. It is something that was very opaque until all of the sudden it clicked. Kinda like learning object oriented programming for the first time.
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by jaxn 10y ago
I started a family-owned retail business with my father and have been growing it for 13 years. I get it. The farm example is trotted out all the time because it is an emotional example. But it isn't really a meaningful one. The 2016
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by jaxn 10y ago
I am just using fonts from Google Web Fonts, but when we made the change we had several users reach out with how much they love the new fonts. Since then, I am very intentional about using fonts consistently and intentionally. I could defi
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by jaxn 10y ago
There are two primary documents that make up a businesses financial statements. The P&L and the Balance Sheet. The P&L is the profit and loss. It is where the terms "top line" and "bottom line" come from. The to
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by jaxn 10y ago
The threshold for inheritance taxes in the US is so high that very few family businesses are impacted. A small fraction of family-owned businesses are worth more than $5 million. That family-farm comment sounds more like an out-dated PR tal
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by jaxn 10y ago
Assets are amortized and not a part of the net profit calculation.
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Well-known that I didn't drink at all.
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It was a team of 7. Including the two founders.
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I once received a bottle of wine as a Christmas bonus from the founders of the small startup I worked at. I was the only person on the the who didn't drink and was pretty offended. Especially since it was well known that I didn't
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Which puts the pressure on the victim. Very few prosecutors are willing or able to bring a case to trial without the support / testimony of the victim (who is often the only witness).
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But, if the inheritance had at one point been income for the deceased, it would have been taxed at the time they earned it and (again) at the time it transferred to their heirs (after the cap). The opponents of the inheritance tax state tha
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by jaxn 10y ago
Unfortunately it is not that simple. Sometimes pushing back on the management is an indication of misalignment of priorities. It may not happen right away, but it can definitely limit your tenure. I have been on both sides of this.

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