kobeya

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721.
by kobeya 9y ago
That's motivated reasoning. I'm not denying climate change. I'm just saying we should be very careful to not ascribe anything and everything to climate change unless there is clear evidence.
722.
by kobeya 9y ago
You must not be familiar with how unions work, which is understandable. A union employer can ONLY hire union employees to do the class of job the union provides. The employer does not have the option to hire non-union workers for those role
723.
by kobeya 9y ago
TFA doesn't offer dimensions, but it does say the total area of the berg is 2,200 mi^2, which if square (overestimation given the picture) would give a depth of about 75km to this calving. The grandparent says that the ice shelf moves
724.
by kobeya 9y ago
That's because of federal tax laws regarding benefits, sadly.
725.
by kobeya 9y ago
Yes. Unions protect workers in commodity markets. Software development is _not_ a commodity. Anyone with valuable skills should be able to negotiate a better deal with potential employers than the industry average that the union represents.
726.
by kobeya 9y ago
Which is about 4x less than what you could get working remotely for a US-based firm. It's less than my starting salary out of college, for a senior position.
727.
by kobeya 9y ago
Maybe you should try traveling.
728.
by kobeya 9y ago
Seems like a very good argument for autopilot landings.
729.
by kobeya 9y ago
When did that happen?
730.
by kobeya 9y ago
What if the airport was fogged out and the Air Canada pilot was doing a instrument landing?
731.
by kobeya 9y ago
So.. how do you explain darknet markets?
732.
by kobeya 9y ago
That would be the best possible outcome.
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by kobeya 9y ago
From your link: > During the launch of a space shuttle, the roll program was simultaneously accompanied by a pitch maneuver and yaw maneuver. It's the STS-specific pitch and yaw I'm talking about. And specifically that it happe
734.
by kobeya 9y ago
It's a bit more than similarity. Watch the launch video of the Buran and you'll see it executes a roll shortly after take-off. Why does it do that? The American space shuttle performs that exact roll at that exact height because t
735.
by kobeya 9y ago
Then apply negative interest to holding money.
736.
by kobeya 9y ago
So New Wembley units vs Old Wimbleys?
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by kobeya 9y ago
> Ironically Intel's lack of innovation in the 21st century is a direct result of its 20th century policy of being a monopolist. That's not ironic at all. Monopolies are bad for innovation.
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by kobeya 9y ago
Testing and review.
739.
by kobeya 9y ago
How much of this is a result of the predatory music industry where musicians typically never see anything from album sales anyway?
740.
by kobeya 9y ago
A US citizen cannot be denied entry. Your stuff can be, you can be stripped naked and cavity searched, ruthlessly interrogated, humiliated, temporarily detained, and generally treated without even a hint of human dignity. But they can'
741.
by kobeya 9y ago
Well for example I know someone that was able to get an O-1 visa on the basis of being the expert on a piece of technology because he had for years been a major contributor to a business critical open source project. It's not enough to
742.
by kobeya 9y ago
Not saying it was unfounded fear (I'm very pro space nuclear power), just pointing out what the actual contention is. People have an adverse reaction to anything with the word "nuclear" on it, even more so when it is put on t
743.
by kobeya 9y ago
Pretty much anyone with a Ph.D, core contributor to a major open source project, inventor of record on multiple patents, speaker at conferences, OR otherwise able to demonstrate that s/he is an expert in their field can get admitted on
744.
by kobeya 9y ago
I am a US citizen and I feel unwelcome and uncomfortable when I interact with border guards. I know you all have it worse and I have rights that you do not, but I just want to let you know that it is a systemic problem not limited to immigr
745.
by kobeya 9y ago
The concern was never about a nuclear reactor having a failure mode on Mars. It was about the rocket carrying the nuke having a failure mode and spewing radioactive fuel over central Florida.
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by kobeya 9y ago
The vast majority of which is trucks, ships and planes.
747.
by kobeya 9y ago
Cars are only a small portion of oil use...
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by kobeya 9y ago
IRC is federated. It's just a closed federation of fully trusted servers, whereas you probably took me to mean an open federation which it is not.
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by kobeya 9y ago
Does Gitter have federated servers using a standard protocol and a vast array of programmable extensions? None of these hosted solutions are even in the same league as IRC, and we are worse off for it.
750.
by kobeya 9y ago
For what purpose? There are many trade offs to consider. Do you want repudiation? Do you need group messaging? Synchronous or asynchronous? Etc.

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