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by johngalt 11y ago
I would draw the opposite conclusion. If bad software can cost you hundreds of millions, that places a greater emphasis on the role of technology.
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With enough artillery and men it actually did work in many cases. The large scale assaults regularly made progress measured in miles. The problem was that you couldn't meaningfully continue an advance or exploit a breakthrough. Once yo
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It allows china to press economic claims in the surrounding waters. Such as exploitation of resources, and interfering in commercial shipping. Overall it's a chess move. It allows China to exert pressure on the region. Similar to Iran
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by johngalt 11y ago
I'm seeing a large number of comments talking about the in person effects of traditional education. Not just as it relates to education, but also ongoing employment. The two issues seem to boil down to: 1. Social status signaling. Incl
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FBI unable to unlock San Bernardino killer's phone content(msn.com)
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by johngalt 11y ago
This view means that men also have to take credit for every war, famine, genocide, etc... Men do all the killing. There is no female Hitler. Take a moment and think about what your response would be if the post was talking about how male br
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by johngalt 11y ago
An EP3 is not a fighter. The collision was a prop plane vs a mig 21. "Yes officer as you can clearly see: I was driving my ferrari. Trying to get away from the old man pushing a wheelbarrow, but he chased me down. Then he slammed righ
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by johngalt 11y ago
I'm completely in favor of H-1B. I've been trying to hire an American CEO for years, but there is a critical shortage of CEOs (willing to work for a reasonable salary). I'm certain there are plenty of MBAs we could import to
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In the same way that PG described wealth inequality at the top, there are also a number of reasons people aren't prosperous. Certainly poverty can be a roadblock to someone who would otherwise be prosperous, but we are fooling ourselve
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I had a fluke network tester that would put "elvis lives" in the padding of it's ping tests.
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by johngalt 11y ago
I believe you are overestimating the cost of a transfer from GEO to LEO and underestimating the costs from ground to LEO. Specifically you haven't accounted for the earth's atmosphere. The earths atmosphere adds to the cost of gro
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by johngalt 11y ago
You are right jumping off at LEO altitude would be silly. Which is why you would go to GEO then transfer to LEO. GEO is something like 35,000 km high. You burn your rockets to fall towards low orbit, then pick up all the velocity you need f
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by johngalt 11y ago
> As the elevator ascends the cable, it's "ground speed" must continually increase That is backwards. The higher you are the less speed you need. This is true in all orbits. Contrast the orbital velocity of Mercury vs Ne
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by johngalt 11y ago
AKA, list of locations to send an intelligence agent with binoculars. Seems like there would be a Streisand effect with this sort of thing.
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Exactly. 13 billion year old universe. 5 billion year old solar system. Life on earth was effectively pond scum for 3 billion years. Humans went from banging rocks together to transistors and space ships within 500k years. We have been a ci
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by johngalt 11y ago
I've worked with a number of highly motivated managers trying to carry the entire team on their backs. Pushing everywhere they see a weakspot, or trying to drag the entire team in a certain direction. Just hammer on everyone until you
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by johngalt 11y ago
Any emails that you reply to or forward will get trashed re:[EXTERNAL]fwd:[EXTERNAL] etc... Eventually people will disregard the flags because of the noise. It's a very narrow circumstance where this would actually prevent fraud. You&#
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by johngalt 11y ago
> So by taxing the wealthy and spending it on services, we can better ensure that the level playing field you allude to continues to exist. You could tax the rich at whatever rate you feel appropriate and still be deficit spending at cur
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by johngalt 11y ago
Now we all assume that this perfectly explains the people we disagree with. They are victims of conformity and group think. Thankfully we have reasoned opinions based in fact.
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by johngalt 11y ago
Yes exactly. Some new people will come in saying things like that because they've internalized bad practices.
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Sometimes a new person comes in saying "WTF WTF WTF Wtf wtf..." because you don't have the messed up practices that they expect.
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by johngalt 11y ago
Go ask a few friends 'have you ever been out in a dark enough night to see the milky way?' You'll be surprised how many adults have never seen the milky way with their own eyes.
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by johngalt 11y ago
Houses are bigger, cars are safer, faster and more efficient, medicines are more prevalent, entertainment options have increased incalculably. I guess I don't feel poorer.
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by johngalt 11y ago
It's hard to imagine 100 years from now that guns won't be smart. The only question is when and how they are implemented. IMHO: 'smart' guns will be first about improving their effectiveness not safety. Similar to things
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by johngalt 11y ago
Please use care when dealing with the girls in your life. I know plenty of girls who want to build robots out of the pink legos. Or treat clothing with rules remarkably similar to programming. Please avoid preaching to these girls that they
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by johngalt 11y ago
This comment sounds like the short version of 'humans need not apply' by cgp grey.
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If you've already built the infrastructure and practices to smuggle an illegal good, it is unlikely that you immediately start paying taxes once it becomes legal.
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FYI, that CDC survey defines rape as penetration only. They don't count forced envelopment.
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by johngalt 11y ago
Good point. It certainly wouldn't apply to everyone. Consider it additive. Don't take away the slow and steady stop every block buses. Just add more express options. While there are many people who couldn't afford the calcula
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People who aren't able bodied already ride power chairs onto the bus.

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