jomamaxx

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by jomamaxx 10y ago
There is no point in putting 'electricity usage' into the discussion.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Coal definitely was important for the industrialized revolution, but UK oil is not a hugely important ingredient today. They would be rich without it.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
That depends on if the interview process actually does protect from bad hires.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
It's very fair to say tech does not create as many jobs as other industries. Also - tech removes a lot of jobs via automation. I never, ever talk to a person at a bank unless I have to. 'Mortgage Loan Officer' is almost becom
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Scarcity changes the price of something. Inflation can really be thought of as expansion of the money supply while all other things remain steady - stuff just arbitrarily gets more expensive. Central Banks target 2% inflation so that we don
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"And there are enough resources out there to make all that stuff for them " Yes, there is. Advanced economies are mostly service based. Countries are poor because of lack of social organization. Many poor countries have tons of re
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Basically Google and AWS make 90% gross margin on the electrons they convert from electrical power to search advertising or web services." Nobody on earth would suggest that google's margins are derived from their revenues m
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
It has almost nothing to do with raw materials. Resource consumption is growing, but as economies have long ago shifted to services and advanced products, it's less a part of the equation. Your mac, your iPhone, your 'Internet&#x2
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"There is just nothing to select for longer lifespans beyond the time it takes to reproduce." Definitely there is. If humans spent a long time learning, and were more productive and fruitful in their later years, developing more i
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"It's an accident of evolution." Total speculation.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Yeah, I tend to agree, I just didn't want to be a total jerkoff on the thread. 250ms we can live with for many things, but not 5x. But yes - it should be under 50ms at all times I think for people to start taking it seriously.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
What I'm asking for is definitely within grasp of Amazon's team :) they just need to get there. Moreover, it's a rather fundamental opportunity for them: Lambda's are a form of 'container' and they are exactly
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Thanks for the data points. I understand that Lambdas are 'relatively quick' when they are 'hot' - which is my crude metaphor for 'up and running'. The issue is, if the Lambda has not been in use for some time
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"If that's what you need...you need a server." We want micro-services that are available as we need them, at any scale, and we never want to deal with a 'server' again. "You break the entire model of an oversub
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Thanks for your response. I checked out the doc and didn't see any reference to latency or how to mitigate it, perhaps I'm missing something? Listen - I'm a massive fan of AWS. We use some core services and are very happy. I
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Listen folks - it's still a fantasy. Latency is still 5s on many requests = no deal. This has been going on for years. Would someone form AMZ please stand up? I suggest that the latency is 5s for the 'first call', then, subse
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
The sample size is just fine, actually, it's very large. The issue is randomness. If it's a random sample, it's very large. If it's not a random sample, it's worthless. "We have no idea how they found the parti
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Self harm is a very obvious one. A monk commits suicide for whatever reason and that implicates Buddhism? I don't think so." --> 'There is no self' in Buddhism :)
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"It's disingenuous to attribute that act to Buddhism; that was a political act." I would argue a Buddhist would describe it as a completely 'apolitical' act :) But I think it's fair to associate such things wit
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Take it for what it's worth, but the mind may control time." Or perhaps, this is merely an illusory effect due to the drugs affect on perception and cognition? Occam's Razor - which is the more likely?
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Wow, you people really still exist. My father just came back from Cuba. They are encouraged to bring a 20lb bag of tooth-brushes, toothpaste, clothes, toilet paper - and other items because Cubans cannot afford them. It's a real stretc
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"uba appears to have a significantly better system than what you describe." Cuba has no money. They pay their doctors roughly $10/week. Do you think Cuba can afford all of the drugs, diagnostic equipment, software and service
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
You're wrong on all points. + That there are market controls ensures the viability of the system, that alone doesn't speak to necessarily how it was distributed. But you've contradicted yourself - and I don't think you g
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
My experience is not unique, it's common. 'Single payer wherein you cannot buy private services' is basically unique to Canada, and is fundamentally part of the reason that the quality of care and services in Canada is so bad
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Do note that it's not so isolated as you think. If I were to travel to France, and fall ill, I am entitled to any medical treatment that a resident would receive. This includes Switzerland, so your statement isn't quite a ma
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
You can vote me down if you want, but I live in a system where I cannot get a doctor . And it's illegal to pay for one. I' forced by the government, to use local clinics where they don't have my records, I don't have
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
You're missing the most important difference: Taxi market is regulated, and numbers are controlled. This keeps some degree of profits backed into the market. The other difference is that taxi drivers have generally stable work. A guy c
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Health Care is not like building roads. I live in Quebec, Canada and the healthcare here is among the worst in the civilized world. Also - it's illegal to pay a doctor to fix you. Canada is the only place in the world where it's i
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Masses of regulations are complex and require lawyers - even small business tax is a mess.
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by jomamaxx 10y ago
Yeah, neither Uber nor AirBnB area a zero sum game, esp. ABnB. There is some 'growing the pie' at the margins, but I'd suggest that Uber Corp. grabs more than what is created, and that drivers et. al. are holding the losing e

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