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by kashkhan 12y ago
that's not really how it will work. If to generate $1500 per year each person needs to invest $150,000, then it ain't gonna happen.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
I have used plenty of japanese cars and japanese electronics to know that the japanese are NOT perfectionists in general. Fastidious workers yes, but that don't make perfection.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
there needs to be a user owned group that funds these critical projects in a transparent and effective way. I would sign up in a heartbeat.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
Anyone have a link to the Q&A after the talk?
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by kashkhan 13y ago
how often is the last mile maintained? Once established there's usually not much need fro maintenance until it is replaced. Coax cables and fibers have little use for maintenance. Homeowners can comply with the FCC just as easily as t
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by kashkhan 13y ago
why should time warner own the last mile? It should be owned by the homeowners.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
it's also pointless to wipe out polio if the asteroid is going to stomp us the next day.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
you don't need billions to eradicate polio. How much money has Bill Gates actually spent on polio? There are at most a few thousand workers in Pakistan, india and nigeria going around with polio vaccine oral drops that cost cents per d
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by kashkhan 13y ago
it's the usual thing. we all want to be zuck. we don't want to cramp the lifestyle of zucks by unionizing in case it hurts us when we become one. Like lottery ticket buyers oblivious to the fact that buying a ticket is an expected
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by kashkhan 13y ago
if you took a year to brush up on your algorithm books, and learned all the in-vogue developer buzzwords, couldn't you get some remote work? On the internet no one knows your age.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
be prepared. make sure you that by the time your turn comes there is a network to support you.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
if the government isn't stepping up to help old developers, shouldn't there be a developers' union to take care of them? Old age and ill health can happen to anyone. Even crack developers.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
The intent of startups in the Hacker News context is not mere profitability. I can start selling fruit from a bike part time on the side and make a profit but I don't think many here will count that as a startup. The intent of startup
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by kashkhan 13y ago
If you do a startup while having a family, you are either desperate (can't get a decent job) or truly motivated by your idea (in the way true believers are and don't get a job by choice).
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by kashkhan 13y ago
Why not let the market decide? why not just charge $10k or 10% additional tax and just let all the people that want to work come in. Then when the startup fails they can leave.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
it won't change anything if you do nothing. It will get worse unless someone materially objects.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
$21k works out to $10 per hour assuming the pilot works 2100 hours a year. Right now I am hiring commercial pilots at $25 per hour though not for 8 hours a day, like commuter pilots. An A380 burns 4000 gallons of jet fuel per hour which con
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by kashkhan 13y ago
I was pointing out the difference between physical and legal restraints. Indentured servitude, while of the same color, is a much milder situation. The legal system of course returns an indentured person back, but an indentured servant stil
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by kashkhan 13y ago
slavery is not only racial. The ottomans were more than happy to have white european slaves. An indentured servant is not physically restrained from moving away, while a slave typically is. SO the jails are closer to slavery than bonded lab
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by kashkhan 13y ago
how often do great ideas succeed when done part time? Even if nine out of ten times you lose, total belief and commitment in your idea makes the difference between success and failure.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
that's great. i don't really love thermostats that much:)
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by kashkhan 13y ago
> many people think the thermostat changes the temperature that the burner generates, There might be many such people but that is not what he said. I apologize that my comment clashes with your aesthetic preference of what a discussion
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by kashkhan 13y ago
I didn't argue with the rest of his point. That he said that the thermostat changes the time the burner is on is not true. A thermostat is not a timer. Time on is not the controlled variable.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
just like the steering wheel does not turn the car, and the rocket engine doesn't put the rocket into space. The controller controls the input. The state changes, because the control input is changed. The thermostat is not a timer.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
> the temperature setting doesn't actually change the temperature of the air, I am sorry... yes having a higher temp setting means the heat will on for longer (or ac for less) but it DOES change the temperature of the air. The therm
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by kashkhan 13y ago
Where would you draw the line on spying? Any american citizen is potentially a criminal threatening the republic.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
Hey we do this in our banana republics all the time. It would be foolish to have a super-power and then not use it to gain more power.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
I am suggesting that doing direct action, when you are few in number and susceptible to arbitrary brutality, makes the movement weaker. If they really care about success then they would do it differently. It doesn't take great genius t
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by kashkhan 13y ago
There is no excuse to be dumber in action than the people/company/administration you oppose. Business is ritualized warfare. It's not about playing fair.
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by kashkhan 13y ago
there are :) human powered at least: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJq10EQkog

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