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by jes 10y ago
I think the language has the side-effect that you describe, and I think that it is beneficial, but I don't know if that is the reason that the language was added to the IEC-62304 regulation. Thank you for a helpful observation. It had
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by jes 10y ago
I don't remember the details at this point, but somewhere in the IEC 62304 regulation, there is language that suggests that you have to assume 100% failure for software components. I think it's in regard to risk controls, but I&#x
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by jes 10y ago
It's been many years, but I seem to remember porting the NCAR Graphics Package written in FORTRAN IV to FORTRAN 77 on a Data General MV series box. If memory serves, they had a trick to create simulated pointers, by declaring a one ele
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by jes 10y ago
Thank you for understanding this point. I do not want my children to love me because I'm their father, or because I took care of them (along with their mother) when they were growing up. I see it as my job, if I want a relationship wit
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by jes 10y ago
I'm glad you're enjoying this discussion. I'm enjoying it as well. My view is a little different. I don't think abandoning someone who has been a great value to me because they have developed a terminal disease would be
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by jes 10y ago
Ah, I now get your point. Thank you for clarifying.
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by jes 10y ago
I think you've asked some good questions. So, I think children should be disturbing the peace, and perhaps frequently. I see children as being engaged in absolutely critical work, which is trying to build up a set of abstractions, or c
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by jes 10y ago
I'm enjoying the podcast you recommended. Thank you. I've liked some of the work by Sam Harris, as well.
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by jes 10y ago
Spot on, in my view.
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by jes 10y ago
You and I seem to be having a good conversation. Thank you for that. I don't think raising my children to take care of me when I'm old (should be any day now) would be acting in my self-interest. In fact, I think it would be actin
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by jes 10y ago
I do have some experience with parenting. I have three children, in their 20s and 30s at this time. All are doing very well, and we are all on good terms with each other. With respect, I think our different views may be the result of a diff
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by jes 10y ago
I appreciate the comment. If downvotes facilitate thoughtful discussion and inquiry, I'm cool with them. I don't know if I see much of a difference between strategies that work in business, as against strategies that lead to succe
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by jes 10y ago
I'm unclear as to whether this was meant to be sarcastic or not. My point is this: Children have a certain nature; part of being a child is development of the ability to regulate one's emotions. Loving, thoughtful parents will (ho
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by jes 10y ago
I recommend thinking carefully about what is to your long-term self-interest, and then acting accordingly. That would include not creating children if you and your partner are not certain that you want them and will do what is required to r
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by jes 10y ago
I try to live my life as an empiricist. I didn't choose the family that I was born into. If my family treats me poorly, abuses me, etc., then bailing out on them makes sense. In the same way, if someone in your life never shows curiosi
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by jes 10y ago
Kicking your child out of the house for doing what a child does is not in your long-term self interest or his.
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by jes 10y ago
I'd say no relationships, including family relationships, should be maintained if they aren't in the long-term self-interest of all parties. In other words, every relationship is a trading relationship, and the currency of the rea
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Fossil fuels advocate replies to Massachusetts AG subpoena: “Fuck off, fascist.”(forbes.com)
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Swiss to Vote on Universal Basic Income(acting-man.com)
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by jes 10y ago
I agree with you. Poka-yoke, a technique from the Lean world, is useful here.
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by jes 11y ago
No, not for free, but in a voluntary exchange for the benefits of not having to wait in long lines or deal with the cashier.
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by jes 11y ago
When I go to the supermarket I go through a self-serve scanner to pay for my items. It's much faster than waiting in line. So yes, some consumers get benefits.
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by jes 11y ago
Yes, either another compiler to translate it to machine code, or a C interpreter. Years ago, for example, there was a C interpreter that went by the name "Saber C," if memory serves.
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On GitHub’s Programming Languages(arxiv.org)
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by jes 11y ago
Thank you for your detailed comment. I now think I understand where you stand.
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by jes 11y ago
Thank you for clarifying that for me. Can I choose not to leave, if I respect other people's natural rights? My issue about leaving is that if I have done nothing wrong, I shouldn't have to flee from others who wish to violate my
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by jes 11y ago
> Complaints about a situation are step one of finding a collaborative solution. Can parties opt-out of your definition of a collaborative solution, or does your definition of collaborative include forcing people to participate, whethe
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by jes 11y ago
Again, valid point. At one point in time, I had a number of people in incoming receiving working for me. We had to do all kinds of quality control on incoming components, such as castings, PCBs, etc. We had automated measuring machines, etc
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by jes 11y ago
That's an excellent observation. IEC 62304 speaks to these issues, although not in the context of open source per se. It also depends on the class of your device (A, B or C in 62304 parlance) how much rigor you must put into your softw
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by jes 11y ago
Thank you for your kind words. The post is necessarily incomplete; I don't think I can give you a full appreciation for all that is involved. And I don't wish to give the impression that ultrasound is necessarily more complex than

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