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by kbutler 7y ago
> In the US, we've had decades of (largely GOP) messaging that the government can't do anything properly. A substantial portion of the population believes it. What are your top 5 well-run federal government programs? Slate like
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by kbutler 7y ago
At a few more orders of magnitude of memory use, sure. Tradeoffs everywhere, which make sense or not depending on your requirements. But Python's ref counting isn't a significant factor in its memory use.
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by kbutler 7y ago
Sure, if you want to be pedantic, but the context was limited memory use, and ref counting does not increase the memory used for unreferenced objects (except in cycles) unlike most other garbage collection algorithms.
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by kbutler 7y ago
But I bet it took a lot more code than: python3 -m http.server Note also that Python is primarily reference counted, with GC used only to detect cyclic references.
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by kbutler 7y ago
https://www.dentistryiq.com/products/article/16365674/natura... So the bioprinting is an alternative means to construct a replicate tooth (as opposed to CNC milling). Replicate teeth can be used as a less inv
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by kbutler 7y ago
Tooth loss also occurs because of injury, decay, and other disease.
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by kbutler 7y ago
Isn't that a management failure? If the most effective way to "get promoted and rewarded" is substantially different from "benefit the company", then management is not directing effectively.
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by kbutler 7y ago
No, differential preferences make free exchange a positive sum game (economic surplus/gains from trade). Emergent properties can magnify the value, but are not necessary. The apple farmer sells apples because (he considers) the money i
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by kbutler 7y ago
If you're not better off working for a company than you would be if you left the company, then leave. If you can get a better offer elsewhere, or working on your own, then go. In a voluntary exchange, both parties are better off than
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by kbutler 7y ago
He spent a few credits for the learning, and then spent $1000 (cash and credits) to leave it up in production for a year.
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by kbutler 7y ago
I hate writing by hand. I have since elementary school. When we ran out of time for an "in class essay" in Junior High, and our teacher said finish it at home and turn it in, I typed it and turned it in. And the great thing is,
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by kbutler 7y ago
As an over 35, best I could come up with was maybe the lack of expectation of privacy/willingness to post anything. For example, why would I post to all my friends that I paid someone on Venmo? default=private was the first setting I
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by kbutler 7y ago
Apple taught this lesson a few years ago, when iOS 5.1 changed the local storage location: https://phonegap.com/blog/2012/04/18/ios-5-1-and-the-embedde... But this behavior is within the range of spec co
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by kbutler 7y ago
> How often do you hear a man described as warm, sensitive or anxious vs women? Quite often. Individuals do not conform to population averages.
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by kbutler 7y ago
People (not just men) choose differently because they have different preferences and they are free to follow those preferences. Saying the wage gap is because of "gender roles" is no answer at all - it suggests you should target t
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by kbutler 7y ago
If you account for education, experience, and hours worked, equal pay for equal work is already here (or the pay gap is reversed for asian women). Education and experience bring it to 98% parity overall, with asian women getting to 102% par
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by kbutler 7y ago
You'll see them all over now. chortle (chuckle/snort) podcast (ipod/broadcast) newscast (news/broadcast) sportscaster (sports/broadcaster) motel (motor/hotel) email (electronic/mail) blog (web/log) b
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by kbutler 7y ago
If you move with the flow without resistance, you don't feel the pressure.
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by kbutler 7y ago
I love these articles - I'd also love an update to the cost curves: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-cost-per-gigabyte/ (2017) It looks like after stalling in 2017-2018, $/GB has dropped again -
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by kbutler 7y ago
Perhaps dieting would be a better term - it's most similar to a whole foods/avoid simple carbs diet.
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by kbutler 7y ago
If I used to give 5% of income and now I give 15% of income, my commitment has increased, even if the need has also increased. 5% GDP to 15% GDP shows a pretty dramatic increase in commitment, especially with the economic growth in that tim
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by kbutler 7y ago
Yes - real cost (cost in hours worked) of necessities, and even former luxuries, has declined dramatically, and standard of living for the poor has increased dramatically. That's the point. If you go to Mexico, you'll see people l
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by kbutler 7y ago
Spending trends were sufficient to refute the OPs assertion. To go deeper, take spending (here's another link - https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/04/what-does-t... basically 65% of feder
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by kbutler 7y ago
Looks like Ontario's electricity cost is because of government interference, primarily overbuilding of renewables with fixed revenue contracts: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/why-does-elect...
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by kbutler 7y ago
And cable TV and air conditioning? "For example, in 2005, 63.7% of those living in poverty had cable or satellite television. In some cases the report even said that people currently living in poverty were actually better off than midd
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by kbutler 7y ago
So your position is that post 1970s increases in government transfer payments are "not a huge benefit to the middle and lower classes" and represent "austerity", and that major reductions in spending are "largesse f
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by kbutler 7y ago
You'd have to define "poor". If you look at the progress of the poor in the US over the last 200 years, they're doing really, really well.
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by kbutler 7y ago
That is counterfactual. Since the 1970s, military spending has decreased as a percentage of government spending and as a percent of GDP, while "for the people" spending - social security, healthcare, etc. - have risen dramatically
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by kbutler 7y ago
As if there were only one "big problem" - incentive effects - investment effects - asset flight - valuation - avoidance - breaking up going concerns (small business/family farm) - the fact that it hasn't
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by kbutler 7y ago
If you say the wrong thing, and people call you on it, and you demonize them and call up the mobs against them for it, then yes, it's bad.

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