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by laughfactory 9y ago
Somehow all 25 million books need to be freed. It seems like it would be a great thing for society if this somehow just ended up online. It's the orphan works that need to be freed the most. Many good books have been orphaned and will
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Uh, that's kind of the point here: basically they find that so called introverts and extroverts have the same desire for solitary restful activities. Other research has found that there's no basis to the idea that introverts recha
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Well this is crappy, Apple. Don't you know that reuse is way better for the environment than recycling? Maybe we should point this out to them the next time they claim to care about the environment. Uh, nope, folks, you just care about
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Not so. In your theoretical world the market dynamics would simply be different. Companies in the real world can choose to make products vastly more reliable and long lasting and not go belly up (as you put it). Indeed, they used to. Now th
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Number of jobs, by itself, is a worthless statistic. What's the median wage? If it's $10/hr then it's like reporting on how many people are employed in fast food. Reality is that most jobs, in most sectors, pay crap. Win
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by laughfactory 9y ago
I disagree. I have three kids, five and under, who are often at home while I'm also working from home. The key is credible boundaries. I actually have my workspace in the walk-in closet attached to the master bath. I lock the door, sti
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by laughfactory 9y ago
You're spot on. It's a weird response to missing that feeling of community, having something bigger than yourself, being with others (in real life) who share your perspectives and speak the same language. I think this will be the
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Well, as an economist, you're close, but not quite there. In truth, in the US, what we've had for a long time is NOT capitalism. It is what you get when you start with capitalism and then add in centuries of rent seeking behavior.
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by laughfactory 9y ago
My childhood experience was similar to yours: lots of discipline, authority, and dogma. I have turned out to have issues with authority, and dislike working for others (even good bosses). Someday I suspect this will lead me to do my own &qu
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Any kind of headphone bothers me, even the ones which are large enough to not touch the ear itself. The only thing I can comfortably wear for longer periods of time is earbuds, but even so I don't like listening to music for long stret
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by laughfactory 9y ago
This is what I've observed in my open office workspace. It's really counterproductive, and a big reason (I believe), why so many employees work from home much of the time. Then again, for most places the alternative is a cubicle f
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Yeah, it's not an issue for me either. I've set clear boundaries with my family (wife and three kids five and under), and they leave me alone in my workspace. I shut and lock the door and that's it until I come out. Works rea
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by laughfactory 9y ago
I completely agree. I'm actually very much an extrovert, but I also do deep focused work (data science stuff) and really like being at home, in my locked "office" (walk-in closet with an attached bathroom) working on stuff. I
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by laughfactory 9y ago
You've just got to dream bigger. Figure out how to do it better than the traditional model of either 1) doing it all yourself, or 2) hiring cheap labor to do it for you. And got God's sake, hire some analytics help so you understa
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by laughfactory 9y ago
To me this sounds like a list of where the money will be in the future. Be the people who figure out how to solve for the supply issue and you'll be rich. Figure out how to construct houses with less labor, build automated mowers and l
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Well, IT and software and engineering are all _hard_ domains where it's well known that it'll be 1) hard work, and 2) hard work, and 3) how likely is it that they'd be able to create the next Google or Facebook. I think betwe
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by laughfactory 9y ago
This looks almost good enough. I love the form factor, and the interface looks good. The remaining issue which needs to be solved for something like this to take off is the responsiveness issue. Just because I'm using e-ink doesn'
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by laughfactory 9y ago
I just wish our devices were designed with the recognition that we users of them, yes, even adults, may want some help limiting our usage of them. Something like granular parental controls, but for the average adult user. I'd love to b
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by laughfactory 9y ago
Yep. And we all have different levels of sensitivity to blue light. I'm super sensitive, so if I'm doing anything on screens at night it pretty much completely shuts down my melatonin production. If I'm coding, working, readi
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by laughfactory 9y ago
So funny, and so true. And it'll really wear you out... You'll dream of the day you get a decent night's sleep again.
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by laughfactory 10y ago
Pluralsight | Data Scientist | Salt Lake City, UT | Full-time | ONSITE preferred Do you like working with big data and using it to drive decisions and the direction of products that impact the lives of people every day? As a Data Scientist
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by laughfactory 10y ago
Uh, as recent as six years ago, the common refrain around the state school I went to was "C's get degrees," and various statements about how all you need is the piece of paper. Hah. Plus, most people in college believe that j
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by laughfactory 10y ago
IMHO, yes, as would any other city within a few hours. You just need to be close enough to pound the pavement and take meetings. Of course it is marginally better to be able to list a Los Angeles phone number and address on your contact inf
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by laughfactory 10y ago
His criticism is that The Blacklist is built on the idea that their are shit loads (hundreds of thousands, millions?) of really crappy scripts written every year by people with a dream. These dreamers are a lucrative business for many servi
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by laughfactory 10y ago
What advice do you have for striking out on your own? I.e., where did you find clients? I've toyed with the idea, mostly because I enjoy the mercenary lifestyle and I want to be able to choose when I work and where I live (geography un
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by laughfactory 10y ago
This is true. And also because there's nothing quite like working on a movie. Some of my fondest memories are of working on various film and TV shows in a wide variety of capacities.
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by laughfactory 10y ago
But I still think the articles conclusions are meaningful: namely that, in our overly hurried world, we need to make space to breathe, to think, and to rest. If we're constantly racing off to the next thing, or sitting at our desks try
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by laughfactory 10y ago
He would be wise to cash out now while the getting is good. Amazon has an enormous problem with counterfeit goods in many categories. Unfortunately, when the implosion happens it will likely be incredibly fast and catastrophic. How might th
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by laughfactory 10y ago
They WERE a symptom, but now they actively work to protect their existence via lobbying against any simplifications and common sense changes to tax code. So I don't personally have any issue with how and why they came to exist in the f
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by laughfactory 10y ago
I get your point, and I agree nothing short of something really catastrophic will drive any change. And then there will be pressures to corrupt it all over again. But imagine if it was a constitutional amendment. It wouldn't be impossi

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