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1081.
by loumf 18y ago
I don't watch it, but if it's a game show with prizes, then it's regulated. Celebrity game shows usually give money to charity, but my guess is that those are regulated too.
1082.
by loumf 18y ago
Does anyone else remember this from the pilot episode of "Head of the Class"?
1083.
by loumf 18y ago
Where does this 1% come from? As a back of the envelope calculation, I would guess that almost all senior citizens are unprofitable to insure -- that's way more than 1%. Even if I'm off by a lot, it's still way more than 1% -- and I haven'
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by loumf 18y ago
The point of the anecdote was to show how anecdotes aren't a good way to argue. The anecdote doesn't show anything -- not my point, and not yours either. Their specific story is not the point -- my point was that if you want to cherry-pick
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by loumf 18y ago
I gave a counter-example to show how ridiculous it is to talk about this through anecdotes. Yes, it's selection bias -- the entire top-rated comment on this thread is full of anecdotes are data arguments. Thanks for the pointers on avoidin
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by loumf 18y ago
Aside from anecdotes, do you have access to any data that substantiates the claim that "The rent controlled units went to people with high incomes and political power" -- can you put a figure on it (50%, 60%, higher?). My grandparents lived
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by loumf 18y ago
Great points. I love how people think that because they heard of someone abusing rent control, that that's the norm. There is no system that isn't gamed in some way -- sure it's unfair, but is the net effect better? Since CATO can obvious
1088.
by loumf 18y ago
Isn't that against the Scribd TOS?
1089.
by loumf 18y ago
Atalasoft is hiring: http://www.atalasoft.com/company/careers/#aspnetarchitect
1090.
by loumf 18y ago
Wouldn't it be pretty odd to see a Lisp framework implemented in some other way?
1091.
by loumf 18y ago
Could someone here (who likes it) give a pitch for it?
1092.
by loumf 18y ago
The easiest thing browsers can fix is to tie into Windows Authentication so that when I go to my intranet, they just log in for me with my OS credentials.
1093.
by loumf 18y ago
Agreed. There is no other way to possibly interpret his site's look as a statement on how he thinks you should present content sites that aim to have free content lead to paid content sales. His audience is probably older, and therefore hi
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by loumf 18y ago
The page is designed to sell the full version of the article, not get you to play with Wufoo. This page is meant to funnel you to his paid content (or other articles which will funnel you to other paid content).
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Free Scan to Scribd tool (scans, OCR's, then uploads doc to Scribd)(atalasoft.com)
1 points by loumf 19y ago|0 comments
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by loumf 19y ago
Not everything I do with a computer is programming. For everything else I do, a Mac is perfect. And it's a pretty good dev machine.
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Clojure Presentation in Northampton, MA(atalasoft.com)
1 points by loumf 19y ago|0 comments
1098.
by loumf 19y ago
Usually, yes. But donna is the OP, so I think it's ok for her to acknowledge helpful comments rather than anonymously upmoddng.
1099.
by loumf 19y ago
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/fog0000000249.html It's a book, too. But it is in pre-book form.
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by loumf 19y ago
http://seologs.com
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by loumf 19y ago
After a few iterations, Rule 30 draws a picture of Paul Graham