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by lsd5you 17y ago
It's perhaps more a matter for regulation, but the current disparity between the value of the service and the cost should go. The customer should pay small, reasonable fees for everything. It is highly distortionary and is symptomatic of a
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by lsd5you 17y ago
So you are not an intentionalist? I'm not equiped to argue this authoratively, but from what i gather the words taken literally are out of character, so are at least disingenious at some level. Unless he really believed in the message, how
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by lsd5you 17y ago
It should be noted that in the original latin work, 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori ...' the phrase is also spoken with irony/satire, but then subsequently taken out of context and used to rally the troops. Or at least that is my unde
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Effect is a noun, affect is a verb? What rubbish is this?!
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by lsd5you 17y ago
I'm not an expert, but I think that that is an oversimplification. Communism, as a theory predicted a transitionary period before the ultimate stateless utopia. A communist state could also be defined as 'any state with the long term objec
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Wouldn't this mean that you're part of the problem? Just kidding :p
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Napoleon Bonaparte was also known for breaking the rules of engagement, but i guess in his case his enemies caught up in the end.
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Is this part of the descent to that place where reddit ended up? Or am I being a total killjoy?.
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Downvoting? Is there not a valid argument to be had, or a valid position to take. There is nothing wrong with being humanitarian, (its a bit species-centric), but we need to take a long term view.
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Actually I've heard a quite compelling case that the emancipation of women is the single biggest factor in reduced fertility rates in the developed world. Obviously it is a corelate of democracy and development, but the former without the l
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by lsd5you 17y ago
I don't mean to be an idiot, but at this point all life saving charity should aim to secure a reduction in population growth to offset the lives saved. Being merely a humanitarian is a moral luxury with an environmental cost.
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Elements of Style, is well written and thoughtful, but it should not be taken as an prescriptive authority - as it commonly is - on grammatical minutiae. Or in other words Strunk & White, a.k.a Drunken Shite (only when discussing gramma
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by lsd5you 17y ago
I found the black swan to be unfinishable. It started very (even extremely) well, but then got a lot worse quite rapidly. His attempt to create a structure around anecdotes from his life (and of his acquaintances) does not really work and a
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Education isn't a panacea. Most people who get into debt do understand the system, but choose to ignore their indebtedness. I cannot remember where I read it, but the evo-psych explanation for this behaviour is that prehistorically most pro
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by lsd5you 17y ago
... of the people foolish enough to give their passwords away.
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by lsd5you 17y ago
It was just a light-hearted comment, that no one else had made, not a summary of all my thoughts. How can you know that is the only thing i got from this article? Relevance, well its subjective, but i agree its not the main thrust of the ar
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by lsd5you 17y ago
I don't want to be argumentative - its only a light hearted comment - but i did of course read the article. I just interpreted something differently to yourself. I read it again, and the analogy is still there. Car is to dynamic typing as b
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Dynamically typed languages are automobiles and statically typed are bicyles?? Not exactly a neutral comparison and hypocracy in light of his complaints against the strong vs. weak labels. Isn't it fair to say statically typed languages are
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Sorry, this is also wrong. Why is it equally likely? A high spike will be when they buy and a low when they sell. As a low freq trader you'll get worse prices buying/selling on average as a result. Your notion of the existence of a precise
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Your reasoning is wrong. Limiting the frequency of trades (by some mechanism) does not imply more money going to brokers or higher spreads. (It may effect clearing times, certainty over being able to buy quantities in short times & exac
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Do you really consider that a useful analogy? Cheap cars are useful. A super liquid stockmarket is a zero sum game in which everyone is encouraged to participate but a few sharks basically have extra cards. Its really not obvious why such a
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Ping. Ping. 3/4 flank. Steady as she goes. Ahem. Excuse me, I was just trying to imagine what it is like to work aboard the PR submarine.
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by lsd5you 17y ago
I don't really disagree, though it is a bit of a simplification. There is a lot to this argument, but without going into details (another time maybe) is it not a testament to the base of the language that they've managed to build so much cr
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by lsd5you 17y ago
<i>(McDonald's being the equivalent of Java)</i> Is this true, or is it something you want to be true. I would say its a disservice to the language which in many ways was better than its peers and has since been imitated a l
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by lsd5you 17y ago
He could make a stronger case, by posting an example. Even then he would be trying to prove a negative - i.e. that there is no design pattern that isn't overcoming a language flaw. What about the much maligned factory pattern. It boils down
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Assuming parents adopt at random...?
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Neah. Generics are useful. Not perfect, but useful. They also happen to be optional. The language evolution has been good, but too slow. Even the platform evolution has been good, they have (and perhaps still) set the standard for many type
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by lsd5you 17y ago
Ok, so i genuinely clicked on this expecting his take on http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html . (I guess this supports the premise of the article).
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by lsd5you 17y ago
What exactly are 'crumbles'. Googled it and no easy joy there. Are they the same as what goes in apple crumble? Actually it seems to be a feature of american recipes to list branded ingredients, they don't translate easily (and its kinda wr
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by lsd5you 17y ago
I guess my point is, that its probably about time we had different pricing models. I am not trying to be obtuse, and i do get what you are saying, but regularly purchasing items is (in my estimation) a bigger problem than the one it solves.

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