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by jsperson 6y ago
This has a significant consequence - the military is an almost foolproof path out of the lower and well into the middle class. You can basically do nothing but be mediocre or even marginal and still be financially secure and earn a solid re
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by jsperson 6y ago
A few years ago I took an XC clinic from a pro woman mountain biker. A big focus was on descending. On one particular hill she got down first - MINUTES ahead of me (the first student). This was on a descent where there was basically no peda
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by jsperson 6y ago
>I don't really understand the fascination with wireless for fixed services. If you can run a wire, you should, because wireless is basically just using the air as a single shared wire, and the longer the range the more people have
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by jsperson 6y ago
For all the folks doubting the decision making here, unless you know specifics, I suggest that the system is working well. Years ago I worked very closely with the current Commandant of West Point BG Buzzard. I know him to be a man of honor
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by jsperson 6y ago
> The existing health insurance industry is far from free market. Try getting a price for a procedure or visit beforehand. Oh, I know. I've tried getting prices in the past. Traditional providers can't do it. One thing that ha
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by jsperson 6y ago
That it takes such effort to pass a bill like this - 80% public approval, banning a clearly predatory practice, has turned me from a pure free market thinking into a believer in single payer healthcare. The free market just doesn't wor
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by jsperson 6y ago
Highly recommend the YouTube channel “audit the audit”. They show recordings of police interactions with commentary by a knowledgeable lawyer. It’s both entertaining and informative.
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by jsperson 6y ago
I understand the logic of EA not developing niche games and the worry that they might kill Dirt Rally off. If that's the case though - why did they buy Codemasters in the first place? That's a lot of money for the trademarks.
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by jsperson 6y ago
The most frustrating part of Linux for me is all the damn mental CPU cycle I have to spend keeping up with the naming and positioning of the various distros. Often it borders on drama. The other day I commented that I took my Pinebook Pro o
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by jsperson 6y ago
I don’t disagree with your general sentiment, but I think the facts in the case are very much in doubt. It may turn out to be as you say, but we’ll have to wait for that. On the other hand the manner in which the warrant was executed is on
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by jsperson 6y ago
From the article: “You don’t send 12 armed officers to raid her computer for doing that. That’s Gestapo. Exactly. The search warrant could have been served administratively. The officers weren’t just armed. They had guns drawn. It’s a bad l
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by jsperson 6y ago
So here’s what will happen. Ban the “fake news” from Google, FB etc. You will have a pristine, non-offensive safe space bubble. All the banned folks will create their own safe space bubble on Parler or some other yet to be created platform.
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by jsperson 6y ago
> we've reached "peak fake news" in the USA Who cares?! As you said, Fox is crappy news so they don't get my business. Same thing with (generally) MSNBC and others. To answer the next question: The Wall Street Journal
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by jsperson 6y ago
As a thought experiment, imagine what the actual remedy is. An interesting concept would be to break up Facebook using AT&T as a metaphor. Make Facebook open up it's API to allow other applications to connect much like the baby bel
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by jsperson 6y ago
I concur - the thing is that Mars is often spoken of as a "lifeboat" for humanity. It will take an awful lot of hard and determined work for us to ever make Earth less hospitable than Mars. Similarly it will take centuries of hard
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by jsperson 6y ago
Those are accurate and reasonable criticisms. I've gotten used to all that over time. I'm not a sophisticated cook by any means so my need for feedback is not boiling something over (setting of 6.5 or so does the job for mac and c
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by jsperson 6y ago
If you ever get a chance, try an induction stove. We got one because the size of the gas line into our house was marginal for running heater, hot water, and a couple of fireplaces concurrently. I just didn't want to futz with potential
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by jsperson 6y ago
Honestly I hadn’t even heard of Manjaro until I saw that it was the new PBP default image. I’m not familiar with the drama. Sorry. It seems to be a smooth product so I do hope they work it out.
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by jsperson 6y ago
OT - due to a desktop failure I recently handed my MacBook over to my wife and took my PBP off the shelf. The default OS is now Manjaro. And it’s great! The original default (Debian) was pretty janky. If you’re like me and relegated yours t
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by jsperson 6y ago
Agreed, and will add that the trackpad on the PBP is terrible. The keyboard is barely acceptable. For real work I’d pick something else.
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by jsperson 6y ago
>I wonder if, given the source of the article, the author might just have a vested interest in making their own systems look good compared to the Macs? I don't think they succeeded. The Apple LAPTOPS held up really well against the
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by jsperson 6y ago
In our case they are milking the past - and doing a good job of it. My current consulting customer has some kind of cloud mainframe agreement with IBM as the result of an acquisition. I don't know the specifics, but I'm integratin
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by jsperson 6y ago
The problem with dumb rules is that you have to be consistently dumb.
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by jsperson 6y ago
OT, but The Bose brand does exactly the opposite for me. I bought a pair of 700 headphones, started having problems THEN read the forums. Ooh boy do they need to work harder on the firmware. They can’t mute anything on Windows. This is aft
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by jsperson 6y ago
Recommend not going with the pinebook pro for real work. It is an excellent concept and I bought one to both support the cause and have an interesting toy. That’s about all it is though. Most significantly the trackpad is rubbish. It’s the
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by jsperson 6y ago
Based on the quality of support I think they will have high retention. We’re currently a relatively small customer and the support has been excellent. I submitted a bug and it was fixed on our production account in less than two months. Thi
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by jsperson 6y ago
Citation please. In my fields the worst yield is near the trees. Why? Because the trees suck up all the water and nutrients. This is for corn, soybeans, wheat, and milo.
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by jsperson 6y ago
While I totally agree with your sentiments, there is a large section of the population that don’t even have the bad option of Comcast. I hope they put some curbs on adoption by those who have alternatives. Source: farm owner in the middle o
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by jsperson 6y ago
One of the most important things a shop can do is very basic - make people feel welcome. I’ve been riding and racing for 25 years. I’ve been in hundreds of shops. I still feel intimidated when walking into some of them. At other shops you i
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by jsperson 6y ago
Joel on Software - practical advice for both the leader and the developer. I still reference it frequently. Edit - more explanation

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