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by kbutler 8y ago
Isn't the point of an iMac the fact that it's a clean, uncluttered device? If you are willing to accept separate components, you can buy much cheaper hardware.
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by kbutler 8y ago
Better to waste than to waist. (Yes, take less on your plate, save leftovers for future meals, etc.)
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by kbutler 8y ago
Friedman's example is more an illustration that when we want to design a replacement for a working system, there is often a lot more complexity than expected - reinvented wheels are often square. Your example ends up with a piece of ch
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by kbutler 8y ago
Or the position of the boxes. Or the bacteria/yeast content of the boxes. Or the humidity gradient. Or the temperature gradient in the room. Or the light exposure. Or differences in handling. Or just random chance, as the grandparent s
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by kbutler 8y ago
Even lossy storage allows saving during times of excess for use during times of drought. And what happens to that lost evaporated water?
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by kbutler 8y ago
Bureau of labor statistics 2016 says 856,000 "agricultural workers" at a median pay of $11.41/hour. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/farming-fishing-and-forestry/mobile/...
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by kbutler 8y ago
If you have official paperwork showing you were fired for an injury on the job, lawyers would be happy to do the lawsuit on a contingency basis. It would be a foregone conclusion.
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by kbutler 8y ago
How much of their cash compensation should come in the form of stock instead?
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by kbutler 8y ago
Sluggish?
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by kbutler 8y ago
I believe he's saying P(bad if signed) < P(bad if not signed) - "I trust signed apps more than unsigned apps". I'm saying, maybe, but I'm not sure, and Cost * P(bad if signed) may be much worse than Cost * P(bad
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by kbutler 8y ago
Ars Technica has a non-paywalled article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/sorry-amazon-phi... And notes that Massachusetts has banned cashless stores since 1978
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by kbutler 8y ago
> I trust a developer who drops some $$$ on a code-signing certificate more than I trust a developer who doesn't. This is a misapplication of Bayes theorem. P(bad) is the probability any app is bad P(signed) is the probability
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by kbutler 8y ago
Pros: super easy Cons: It's a global namespace and easily cluttered, and the clutter is visible as the default background of your display. It's like "saving things" on my physical desk - a bad habit I tell myself not to
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by kbutler 8y ago
You can actually see purple-air monitors at the school: https://www.purpleair.com/map?#15.8/45.538164/-122.667271 Note that the black-circled spots are monitors inside the building. Here's the report with det
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by kbutler 8y ago
This lacks several points from being conclusive: - it describes only "peak hour, drive alone commuters" without apportioning the fraction of total pollution caused by that group. - How much does evening peak rush-hour pollution af
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by kbutler 8y ago
Sounds like a succession of "almost bad" names: "Robertson" (robber), "Griffith" (grifter/grifteth?), "Forgeron" (forger)
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by kbutler 8y ago
That's an interesting, but unusual perspective. It's commonly understood that not all prices change in lock step, but "inflation" is the general or aggregate change in prices, usually based on the change in the purchasin
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by kbutler 8y ago
A lot longer than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrimage And a lot longer than that: http://ieg-ego.eu/en/threads/europe-on-the-road/the-history-...
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by kbutler 8y ago
Inflation does not change the real cost of goods and services, only the nominal cost.
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by kbutler 8y ago
I agree that training requirements affect salary primarily by limiting supply. But I think the description of supply and demand above is inaccurate because of the many distortions in these markets, including teachers unions, monopsony provi
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by kbutler 8y ago
I often share somewhat technical articles with less-technical friends and family. And I appreciate useful comparisons or metaphors to explain concepts. And I know a lot of people interested in welding that wouldn't know what a picosec
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by kbutler 8y ago
Does any state require a Masters for elementary ed? Generally only specialized teaching areas require a master's degree. A Bachelors and a teacher training program w/ possible test is generally sufficient - and you can usually beg
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by kbutler 8y ago
> (I have the personal opinion this comes from some sort of religious ideology) This is probably incorrect - the religious "tithe" (meaning "tenth") is more of a flat tax, and generally voluntary. Progressive taxes ha
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by kbutler 8y ago
Remember that the federal government doesn't tax states, or give (most of) the transfers to states - they mostly go to individuals. The state aggregates are a convenient number for people trying to make a political point, but it doesn&
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by kbutler 8y ago
Correlation vs causation. I'd assert that it's much more the "urban vs rural" difference that accounts for the income disparity, with the network effects of cities providing more economic benefit. This economic advantag
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by kbutler 8y ago
Successful software engineers have a lot of knowledge & skill that is often acquired informally, so it may not be reflected in university history. Because of the demand for developers and the apparent difficulty of acquiring the skills
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by kbutler 8y ago
Amount of training required. I'd be fine with a random anesthesiologist teaching my grade schooler, but I'd hesitate to have a random elementary school teacher giving him anesthesia. Elementary school teaching: a teaching certific
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by kbutler 8y ago
> Funny that it is the red states that tend to get more federal dollars returned/pumped into their states than they contribute. Isn't that just because there are higher incomes in the blue states, and isn't it a democratic
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by kbutler 8y ago
...and war seems to be the most effective source of national will.
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by kbutler 8y ago
By that definition, the Apollo program had reusable rockets. (Able to climb back out of a gravity well, leave orbit of a large mass, and return to earth). Escape velocity of Mars is less than half Earth's or about double the moon'

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