jomamaxx

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by jomamaxx 10y ago
There is no monopoly on the creation of currency in the US because it's not a business activity. The Fed, though technically privately owned, is effectively independent. Yes, it's basically insane that the Fed is not a nationalize
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'Democratic Socialism' and 'Social Democracy'. 'Democratic Socialism' is almost like communism: 'Social ownership of the means of production' - no real private enterprise, but not quite centrally plan
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I don't doubt that, but it's $2 Billion we're talking. An 'unfamiliar database' does not begin to cover it. Neither do 'last minute changes'. It was a boondogle from the start, failure in gov, failure in
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
You mean like the Obamacare website that cost nearly $2 Billion to develop? By none other than CGI, HQ'd down the street from me in Montreal? Governments and Big Corps have quite an ability to spend money :). Understand that it's
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I think history might refute your claims. A) Teaching methods haven't changed that much in centuries, millennia, arguably, and they are quite similar across civilizations and cultures, and they do effectively well. B) People are more &
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"Nobody is going to turn education upside down. Ever." It's arguable that there really isn't that-that much difference between the programs. Teacher -> classroom -> students -> core subjects. Yada yada. Motivate
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That. Kids at special schools, and even some 'home schooled' kids - have parents who obviously care a lot about their kids education. Compare that to parents who don't care at all - or worse - are toxic. I suggest having a &#
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"Personally, I've never seen the appeal of Hackintoshes." ... Q: "Why did he risk his life to climb that mountain?" A: "Because it was there" :)
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Fuggin eh. This is 'king maker' stuff. Love it.
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Big dumb companies and government agencies pay the price. Layers and layers of business people in between the actual product, nobody really sure what's going on... many of them are on 'cost plus' programs so they are incented
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What's missing from this is their fairly innovative product marketing decisions: They put full descriptions of their products, very comprehensive, out on full display, including pricing. Not only is pricing transparent, but it's n
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"Use voting systems appropriate for the task. " I rather don't agree with this one. 'Voting' should almost never, ever be used. For so many reasons. Rarely should everyone have an 'equal say'. You are not
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
I'm sorry dude, but I can speak from experience on this. As someone who had to drive through Marin county daily - where there is a little gap where the speed limit is 50mph - and the cops pull over people all day long for $$, I can ass
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Do you why AfricanAmericans- "happen" to occupy the lower tier? 200 years of slavery, lynching, redlining, forced unemployment, and segregation, and then letting the cycle of poverty run on autopilot." Yes, dude, I&#x27
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"You absolutely can challenge a Canadian traffic ticket in court. I have friends who have done so." I did not indicate or imply that one could not challenge a ticket in Canadian court. Of course you can. I'm pointing to the f
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As a Candian in Cali, I too, was fined rather large amounts for minor (though admittedly consistent) traffic violations. I suggest this is mostly a problem with how law enforcement works across the board in America. Also - going to see a &#
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"Creative critical thinking and novelty seeking especially disturb management." Not always. If you can use your social intelligence to get your bosses peers to respect him more, I can assure you he/she will approve of that. A
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My rather unscientific observation is that 'seeking novelty' enables you to think about things in different ways, to consider new approaches. I think 'expanding one's consciousness' could be aptly said in this regar
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"But the trend towards privatising military force could end up accelerating USA's slide down in terms of military power. " + This is a very marginal thing. " If we are indeed moving back to the "normal" (histor
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
The USA is at 'peak' , we can roughly say this, not because of anything America is doing, but because the 'rest of the world' is coming online. 50 years ago there was 'America', the 'Soviets' and &#x2
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
I simply don't agree. I don't doubt there is a 'double standard' when it comes to how men and women are perceived in different scenarios, but 'confidence' is not going to be perceived as 'being bitchy&#x27
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"When women try to be confident, it can get frowned upon. A man being assertive is a leader, a woman is bossy. Women are quicker to hit walls for just how confident they're allowed to be before they get the "bossy/bitchy
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"Constraint layout systems are O(n^2) algorithms, while a procedural layout algo can be O(1) or O(n)." Those are the upper bounded constraints, but not reality. Pragmatically, there's no reason 'constraint bounded'
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New? The best cities are pretty old, and mostly in Europe. They figured it out 100's of years ago. 'Affordability' has nothing to do with cities - it has do to with regional economics. The Valley is a singularity. Other citie
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I doubt this. Brexit has really no direct consequence on startups. With housing prices down and no worries about EU legislation, London would be a great place. The only outstanding issue would be how the new EU worker visa program would wor
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"many visually identical code points" The emoji code points can be represented differently on different systems given their meaning. So it makes sense to have different emojis for different 'meanings'. The 'moon&#x2
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Ha ha ha ... he he ... I remember when I was 21 in the Valley ...
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You don't take an MBA to learn how to manage people. An MBA teaches you about the fundamentals of business and organizations: Finance, economics, microeconomics, marketing, accounting, management accounting, and a lot of stuff in betwe
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Hero.
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Definitely not 'the whole world'. Almost nobody I know uses Facebook any any serious sense. Facebook 'login' - yes. Sometimes to contact someone. Some lazy browsing. But nobody uses it in terms of the 'Facebook expe

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