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871.
by jqm 12y ago
Maybe it's partially incentive to develop domestic equivalents? Probably not, probably just stupidity, but then again...maybe. ("Never assign to stupidity what can be adequately explained by malice or greed" ... or something
872.
by jqm 12y ago
Don't worry. Even achieving more than the people you are currently jealous of, there will be a whole new group of people to be jealous of. It will never end until you die or understand. Hope this helps put things in perspective.
873.
by jqm 12y ago
That same argument could be made against the internet in general. My philosophical solution is never to blame tools.
874.
by jqm 12y ago
No need to get all carried away talking about rewriting compilers or pulling out statistical confidence intervals... If a certain style has a slight performance improvement, and this can be manifested, and that style is equally as readable
875.
by jqm 12y ago
I did something similar years ago with an HP laptop (direction from internet of course). Instead of the oven, I used a heatgun and a stack of nickles on top of the GPU chip. I almost fell over in surprise when the laptop booted right up aft
876.
by jqm 12y ago
But, you can also possibly habitually change a few things in your initial coding syntax that produces less computational effort to begin with.... I thought it was a good article.
877.
by jqm 12y ago
I wonder how Paul Graham would feel about opening up immigration to more VC investors? BTW... don't you think the "doom" thing is a bit over the top? I certainly do.
878.
by jqm 12y ago
To some extent, bullshit jobs, given however slight of a start, make and propagate themselves. People jealously guard their career territory through legislative or other means and seek to expand it, even though what they are doing is ultima
879.
by jqm 12y ago
"Desperate" but won't hire anyone over 35 or who doesn't look like they "fit in", regardless of ability....
880.
by jqm 12y ago
How something is researched is a different topic than what is being researched. Lack of ethics or disregard for the safety of research subjects (Nazi experiments come to mind...) is not what I'm in favor of (and I doubt hardly anybod
881.
by jqm 12y ago
"no incentive or reason to expand its ambitions" with a nod towards systemd.
882.
by jqm 12y ago
"Who says that?" Oh, there are people who feel that inclusion should take place regardless of ability. And there are people who are paranoid that when others talk of inclusion, this is what they might mean... "There is no sh
883.
by jqm 12y ago
Maybe some of the negativity comes from the idea that people should have to be included in an endeavor regardless of ability? (Of course there are also no shortage of plain old misogynists and bigots.)
884.
by jqm 12y ago
You make a valid point. Love is a powerful force. And cooperation does seem to overcome competition historically. But you must admit, there are no shortage of psychopathic uberman talking about love and goodness to further their own ends...
885.
by jqm 12y ago
Good comment. I agree. There is no way to avoid the necessity of making a value decision. Even if one chooses the "will of god", they still are making an arbitrary choice. (Never mind at this stage in history the vast smorgasbord
886.
by jqm 12y ago
But when have the gods actually spoken? Seems likely what we really have in the words of the gods is simply a collection of more uberman psychopathy. Which leads us right back to the inevitability of lack of absolutes. Maybe we would be bet
887.
by jqm 12y ago
Life is not fair. And that's a fact. But (glass half full) life is more fair than it was 100 years ago. And it was more fair 100 years ago that it was 1000 years ago. And probably, it was more fair 1000 years ago that it was 8000 years
888.
by jqm 12y ago
So you think certain areas just shouldn't be studied? And that there should be a diverse (aka non-experts) panel to decide what scientists can research... for the good of humanity? How often liberal arts college propaganda seems to tal
889.
by jqm 12y ago
Good point. And to the same point, neither do accusations anymore.... I think there is a lot going on and we don't know anything about it. I'm not sure if this for national security reasons or because we would be outraged beyond b
890.
by jqm 12y ago
If sexist statements are simply a matter of opinion than there probably really aren't any at all by some measure or the other.... I believe scientists (aka people who have taken the time to study and learn) should do science. Not anyon
891.
by jqm 12y ago
It was a sexist statement. If the author intended something besides naked sexism, she failed at conveying it. I personally find sexism to be a rather stupid point of view (as well as being offensive). Also, the premise of the article was fo
892.
by jqm 12y ago
FTA..."In general the geoengineering world is populated by very overconfident, overwhelmingly male figures who don’t make me feel at all reassured that they have learned the lessons of large-scale technological failure." As oppose
893.
by jqm 12y ago
Ya well, best of luck. I hope he does it. Unless (like so many people elderly people around today), his mind stops working decades before his body goes. Then I'm not sure what the point would be. It might be better to keep it all toget
894.
by jqm 12y ago
If you are making and saving a lot of money, I'd recommend to stay put (unless you can do immediately better somewhere else). You have a lifetime in front of you. The opportunity to make an unusually high salary might not always be the
895.
by jqm 12y ago
So insurance companies don't like it when someone carries out commercial activities (with increased risk) on a residential policy... Makes sense. To be fair, (in theory at least), the increased risk is spread among the remaining reside
896.
by jqm 12y ago
One can buy a whole lot of mass produced tomatoes from Mexico for the price of building a greenhouse. Never mind all the work. Until food becomes a lot more expensive, most people probably won't take up growing it. (Not disagreeing tha
897.
by jqm 12y ago
Indeed. Aside from the other profession you might have in mind, people were certainly hunting and fishing and gathering and making pots and baskets and boats and war a long long time before they started farming. Farming is an old profession
898.
by jqm 12y ago
I'm 43. This article hit a very strong point. I remember being told point blank at 32 (by a boomer company owner) that even though I was doing the job and had the capabilities, I simply wasn't old enough to be high level managemen
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by jqm 12y ago
I like i3 quite a bit. It was easy to pick up and a huge improvement over KDE for what I do. Especially on the laptop. The 3 second X startup is nice too. It did take a little work to get it set up and comfortable.
900.
by jqm 12y ago
Contrary to many posters, I think it's indeed very likely N. Korea was the origin of the attack. Disclaimer: I'm not pro war and generally not pro- US foreign policy. The events in Iraq were shameful. Our involvement in Libya and

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