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by kbutler 6y ago
As an American, it baffles me, too. The courts, and in particular the supreme court, have increasingly been weaponized as ways to both advance agendas and preserve inviolable causes of both parties. Since the justices are appointed by polit
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by kbutler 6y ago
Most things that are fun, and almost everything that is amazing, require periods of not-fun to get there. Practicing a musical instrument, falling while snowboarding, getting up early to be on the mountain for the sunrise. The original post
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by kbutler 6y ago
Someone needs to make an RPG in RPG and make sure it has RPGs...in minecraft.
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by kbutler 6y ago
Minecraft is a sandbox where you can play an RPG or other types of games, but it lacks typical RPG elements, like character progression.
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by kbutler 6y ago
But it is also important to remember that different people will have different psychological responses to those different styles. It's more than just the in-group vs get-off-my-lawn, but individual, regional, ethnic, and language backg
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by kbutler 7y ago
https://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html Python standard library since 2.6. Pretty much the definition of "in python".
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by kbutler 7y ago
I think of it as "Windows Subsystem for [running] Linux". The architecture descends from the Windows NT architecture: The user mode layer of Windows NT is made up of the "Environment subsystems", which run applicati
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by kbutler 7y ago
> For a country with ~10% over 70 years old, and assuming infection fatality rate of ~6% among those, then IFR would already be 0.6% That's assuming equal or greater rate of infection for people over 70. That is, given 1000 people,
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by kbutler 7y ago
Utilities within a city are monopoly providers of electricity, water, and sewer services. "That's only a monopoly in the same sense that McDonalds has a monopoly on Big Macs. It's within their own ecosystem. Customers can dec
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by kbutler 7y ago
No. Incentives matter. Sick leave = "stay home if sick, still get same money" "higher pay + unpaid leave" = "stay home if sick, get less money"
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by kbutler 7y ago
https://bizfluent.com/about-6601606-monopoly-economics-.html A monopoly exists when there is a single seller of a commodity. Copyrights and patents are government-granted monopolies. A broader definition is that a monopolis
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by kbutler 7y ago
Nembro should have had - under normal conditions - about 35 deaths. 158 people were registered dead this year by the municipal offices. That is 123 more than the average. In the hypothesis - not at all remote - that all citizens of
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by kbutler 7y ago
It's somewhat ironic that the author's "I wrote two books in it" LeanPub flavored Markdown format is now deprecated, in favor of Markua, a "newer, better, not-finished-yet" flavor. From the author's link
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by kbutler 7y ago
TLDR: He advocates more government control to do what needs to be done. Unfortunately, the government doesn't always know what needs to be done, and some of his examples (e.g., response of local businesses) don't actually require
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by kbutler 7y ago
The more important part of the introductory comment was "then it misinterprets the relevance of these results for a headline." The effect is known, and known to be insignificant. Generating headlines for reproducing a known insig
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by kbutler 7y ago
Or people are scared about illness, so they are using their thermometers more frequently and thus finding small fevers/incidents of increased body temperature that they wouldn't have checked in a normal year.
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by kbutler 7y ago
> "alarming...no good excuse...idiotic" You don't have to use it, but your criticism is excessive. As a casual bystander providing nothing but commentary, you really don't get to choose the priorities and schedule of
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by kbutler 7y ago
Yes. > Hi < Hi. > Do you have time for a question? *internal sigh* < What is it? It wastes both parties' time. But some people consider it more courteous. In general, courtesy is a low-level de-optimization (
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by kbutler 7y ago
It kinda is. Because algorithm improvements can dramatically exceed execution time improvements, working in a language that facilitates rapid development and iteration is a path to better final performance than early optimization for execut
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by kbutler 7y ago
It is pretentious because it asserts that PG's chosen method of creatig (startups) is not only better than any other equally creative, beneficial endeavors, like science, math, medicine, engineering, art, philosophy, teaching, ..., but
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by kbutler 7y ago
Not sure what memo you're seeking or what game you're declining. You said you didn't know what the DOJ/Trump administration was standing on to not comply with the congressional subpoenas. I explained they were standing o
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by kbutler 7y ago
https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/executive+pri... "The right of the president of the United States to withhold information from Congress or the courts." The article you mentioned cites executive priv
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by kbutler 7y ago
When you say, "very slow" what do you mean? gzip is fast relative to other compression algorithms and relative to internet speeds. gzip is slower than an ideal gigabit network, but faster than 100mb. https://www.rootuse
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by kbutler 7y ago
There has to be compromise. The proliferation of computers in business over the last 50 years is precisely because businesses can save money/expand capacity by adapting the business processes to the capabilities of the computers. Over
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by kbutler 7y ago
"Altogether the Delta Works cost nearly 5 billion Euros." http://www.deltawerken.com/The-Delta-Works/1524.html "The South Holland coast region is home to approximately 4 million people who live below nor
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by kbutler 7y ago
How much would you spend (or spend to convince the government to spend) to keep your billions-of-dollars-worth-of-real-estate viable? Building sea walls is a trivial cost compared to moving (and giving up the real estate to the sea). Ask th
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by kbutler 7y ago
Rather than "difficulty", consider ROI and opportunity cost. If it's difficult, but you're learning a new skill, expanding your perspective or capacity, or enjoying the challenge, by all means, keep going. If you're
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by kbutler 7y ago
The Smithsonian is unique. If interested in the history of how it came to be, Mike Rowe tells the story well in "The Illegitimate Son-of-a-Smith" podcast: http://thewayiheardit.rsvmedia.com/episode-135-the-illegiti
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by kbutler 7y ago
Like others, I was a night owl since my teenage years. I was also pretty sure my circadian rhythm was about a 28-hour cycle, so I'd go "out-of-phase" staying up later every day and sometimes skip or drastically shorten a nigh
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by kbutler 7y ago
When I wrote this comment, I certainly wasn't expecting Bernie would start a new round of endorsing Castro as the front-runner for the Democratic Party nomination. If you have questions about Castro's contributions, you may consid

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