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by jordanpg 12y ago
Link to original: http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ In this particular case, I think linking to libcom.org instead of strikemag.org is doing a significant disservice to the author.
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> Even if you are an unusually well-informed voter, the enormous size, scope, and complexity of modern government ensure that there will be many issues and candidates about which you know very little…. This argument can be used ad infin
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Argument preview: Can plain language be vague?(scotusblog.com)
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I sense that the reason these kinds of things are growing in popularity is that there is a command-line renaissance occurring among certains kinds of developers. I'm guessing that about half of these pages are used principally by Ruby
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by jordanpg 12y ago
Agreed. Also not an Apple enthusiast by any means, but there are a few traits, each of which by itself would make me consider buying a given machine: trackpad, uptime/stability, restore time, *nix under the hood out of the box, and t
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by jordanpg 12y ago
Uber just hired David Plouffe, one Obama's senior advisors and campaign strategists, as their chief lobbyist. This is serious as political clout gets. Anything is possible. https://blog.uber.com/davidplouffe
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by jordanpg 12y ago
> in UberX, the company’s lower-priced service, introduced here last spring, can cost as little as $4, while parking lots charge $5 for 15 minutes This is absolutely false. Parking in downtown LA is much cheaper than this. Closer to $
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by jordanpg 12y ago
My life is enriched with the phrase "morning zoo", to be sure. But most FM radio has never really been talk radio with NPR stations being the notable exception. On top of that, FM radio's ads (during music) have always made
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by jordanpg 12y ago
Check out the Serial subreddit for an astonishing amount of high-quality commentary on the show: http://www.reddit.com/r/serialpodcast/
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Some more contributors: In addition to the higher potential revenues from ads, from the standpoint of the listener, the DVR-like ability to easily skip ads has been built in from the beginning. Similarly, most podcasts have the ads entirel
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Maybe licenses could be modified to cover the case of using the name? No idea what the legalities of this situation are, but if this problem is rampant, it seems at least plausible that the right legalese could help stem the tide.
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From Bitcoin's own FAQ [1]: "One could argue that gold isn't backed by anything either. Bitcoins have properties resulting from the system's design that allows them to be subjectively valued by individuals. This valuati
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> then forbid it in the license Isn't this really all there is to say on this subject?
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Sure, in principle; my point is that even the best networks fail way too much for this to be practical. In the context of this particular thread, I'm saying that implementing driverless cars even in a narrow context is a non-trivial i
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by jordanpg 12y ago
Let's consider just one aspect of this that I see as a show-stopper out of the gate: networks. Driverless cars, even even in a narrowly adopted context, like a single highway, will need to be networked. Not only will they need to be
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My fact is based on the related fact that all engineered systems fail from time to time. There is no such thing as perfectly engineered systems any more than there are perpetual motion machines. The interesting questions are: - what is the
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> mind-boggling Agreed. And you're just talking about the charming parts. What happens when someone's driverless car runs over an column of kids exiting a school bus? It doesn't matter that it could happen with or witho
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Much of the enthusiasm for driverless cars assumes that the automated systems will work perfectly. Here is a fact: the systems will fail from time to time. Maybe a lot. The reaction to deaths that occur due to automated systems will be li
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by jordanpg 12y ago
This is a fun analogy to think of, but it stops at the comparison of the ubiquity and resistance to change for the things. Replacing cars with driverless cars is fundamentally different because it also involves a massive replacement of infr
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Serial podcast sub-reddit(reddit.com)
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I suspect Mr Gaynor is tapping into a simmering feeling that many have that Twitter is inadequate for most communication needs (at least among technical crowds), and that there are now many, many more interesting alternatives now. He clear
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This reminds me of the end of the famous DFW commencement speech [1]: "I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational the way a commencement speech is supposed to sound. What it is, as far as
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by jordanpg 12y ago
ESR noted this way back when [1]: "4. If you don't have functional English, learn it. As an American and native English-speaker myself, I have previously been reluctant to suggest this, lest it be taken as a sort of cultural imper
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Amusing to see this on the same day that Tim Cook shocks no one by coming out publicly but making headline news everywhere. For all of the tremendous focus on so-called family values in the United States, it seems that what is usually meant
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Fair enough. I was responding to commenters that I felt were being glibly dismissive of the ACA. I am a strong supporter of it for a number of reasons.
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Well put. Unfortunately, too many people can't get past "the government is taking my money". It is a bizarre consequence of our modern politics that so many have become so enchanted with this mantra, as if there is "cor
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I don't know much about the politics or economics of the health insurance industry, but I'm pretty sure if you're posting on HN, you're not part of the group the law was enacted to help. It was never claimed that it wou
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by jordanpg 12y ago
- The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper - Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer - Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter - Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
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IntelliJ IDEA 14 RC2 Is Available(blog.jetbrains.com)
4 points by jordanpg 12y ago|0 comments
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Good point. I totally agree that if the risk is low, we should adopt the technologies. I was addressing how I believe these sorts of accidents will portrayed in the news and media, especially if there is an organization with an agenda behi

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