jfrunyon

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by jfrunyon 5y ago
I get 0 ads on that search. The very first result, above anything but their header, is https://support.google.com/websearch/troubleshooter/3111061 .
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
The error in the 'Variance calculated using Statistics::Descriptive' is ~0.0002% of the mean (and of each value). As the OP says: "One saving grace of the real world is the fact that a given variable is unlikely to contain va
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
Yes. Similarly, if you design something with total disregard to optimization, it will likely need optimization. YAGNI is a prediction, not a rule. Just like premature optimization, alternatives to floating point - or using longer floating p
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
Because then people find out that it ignores a bunch of your password and people's "password12DHpS*yoCTV44cAmg$gJj" is matched by "password123". Or "correct horse battery staple i have the most brilliant passwo
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
Because ransoms are more profitable and therefore more likely and therefore more profitable...
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
The mixing & prep already begin to change the substance of the ingredients, just like 'compiling' is in fact usually multiple steps which all change the substance (for example, preprocessor=cutting, compiler=mixing, assembler=
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
YAGNI. If you do, in fact, need to worry about floating point error, then there is not some magical "it will never happen if you have this much precision and use this neat algorithm". Heck, even fixed/decimal/rational nu
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
> Either you eventually sell your assets and pay capital gains Or, you wait until the government makes a 'temporary' change to the tax code that allows you to reduce your tax more than normal and do it then. Which, to my unders
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
But they are income. They can use it directly as collateral for loans, they can use it to increase their assets, they can convert it to cash just about any time they want, etc.
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
That's not nearly all that the ProPublica article is talking about.
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-sta... iOS has 60% of the market in the US. This is cited (repeatedly) by the exact same Wikipedia article you looked at. PS: web traffic is largely a funct
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
I don't understand. Has Apple changed their terms of services to disallow this? Is it not clearly disallowed by their terms of service? Or has it been disallowed for the whole 8 months of its existence, and this person is mad that they
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
Have you ever reimplemented something from scratch, perhaps in a different language, and ended up doing something in the same way as the original code? ... I sure have. I would think that a few chunks of very similar code, and a well-paid e
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
That's a bit strange to say. Supply is restricted largely by capital required to compete. Because that results in more profits, it's the default tendency of capitalism/"free market" policies. So in a sense, it'
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
> After all, a yacht is rooted in the real economy. A good chunk of the money originally spent on the yacht went to pay workers and buy equipment Sure. And then the rest of it went to profit. Knowing the yacht is 454 ft (what's the
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
It seems to me that the original is more along the lines of "bank and government debt may be less efficient allocation of capital than giving it to the people who will end up spending it anyway". Because it is. Debt is almost alwa
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
Error rate = (number of requests which returned an error) / (total number of requests) You can choose plenty of time periods to satisfy a 0% error rate for most services - somewhere from milliseconds to days or even years.
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
How do you know (a) that they have disposable [sic], and (b) that they aren't donating most of it?
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
My concern is that determining whether or not they are needed could be a lengthy task. I'm not saying that most of them would lie and say it would take longer than that.
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
> The kid who posted this website could get a notarized affidavit saying ... Sure. He could. It would mean absolutely nothing, but he could. > Say they are free to pursue whatever legal action they want, just like you’re free to stand
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
No. They were replying to & contesting a comment which stated that there was a risk of having to pay legal fees. That risk is indeed there.
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
Copyright infringement is not a lawful profession, trade, or business.
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
> I don’t think anyone involved at ProPublica knows what tax avoidance means Just because something is not legally tax avoidance does not mean that it should not be. > I don’t think anyone involved at ProPublica grasps why virtual
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
"A company did something bad. Let's hurt them by continuing to give them revenue."
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
I fail to see how "you can't copy our product" is the same as "restrain[ing] from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind". (That also says nothing about whether such a contract has or has no
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
It is extremely unlikely that there was no NDA. I've literally only ever had one job that didn't make me sign an NDA, and the company had a whopping <10 employees.
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
FALSE! FALSE FALSE FALSE! There are many, many circumstances in the US where the loser has to pay costs and attorneys fees. Like copyright infringement. https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#505
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
> What happens if we go to court and lose? I have to take down my website? No. What happens if you lose is you pay up to $150,000, plus costs and attorney fees, plus possible criminal penalties. (Here in the US, anyway.) https:/&#x
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
"Fixed" title: "Replit asked former employee with thorough inside knowledge of their operations to take down copycat project which he sent directly to the CEO" It's like y'all have never heard of https:/&
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by jfrunyon 5y ago
I would expect the free consultation to be "Hmm, that depends. Can you give me a copy of any contracts you signed with them? Oh and $$$. Send me $$$ too."

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