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901.
by metaphor 8y ago
$3.84mil over 20 months + $150k donation to a local non-profit. Hard to see how this isn't an easy exit for Google. Glad it isn't my city. Two years of eye sores and random road construction to patch up neighborhood streets sounds
902.
by metaphor 8y ago
It's quite apparent that you've completely missed the overarching point of this discussion. > It matters to your statement, which is wrong as you made it. What part exactly? You speak from narrow anecdote in your limited enco
903.
by metaphor 8y ago
There're at least 12 private companies listed by the IRS who offer some form of free filing service[1]. Direct from the horse's mouth[2] (my emphasis added): > When self-preparing your taxes and filing electronically, you must
904.
by metaphor 8y ago
Bottom end of 22% tax bracket is ~$43k/annum based on 2019 Notice 1036...that's a $23k margin before hitting the $66k AGI threshold for free file offerings. That number is more like ~25mil, or just over 18% in 2017; +4.6% over pre
905.
by metaphor 8y ago
> The bigger the refund, the happier the customer and the more likely they are to come back next year and give you more money. Doubt it. We're talking 1040EZ filings by people in the 22% and lower tax brackets, not complex itemizati
906.
by metaphor 8y ago
Couldn't tell you what the philosophy or justification behind MA's stair riser requirement is. Have you considered that perhaps the engineers who contributed that change to the MA residential code have done their homework, identif
907.
by metaphor 8y ago
And who will fix that price tag? Do you think ICC will sell their product even a penny short "for the greater benefit of the public"?
908.
by metaphor 8y ago
That an organization is a recognized 501(c)(3)/(6) doesn't mean it isn't a business .
909.
by metaphor 8y ago
> There are some particular scenarios... Building considerations are waaaaaay more involved and complicated than you can even begin to imagine.
910.
by metaphor 8y ago
> My understanding is that buildings in developing countries are more prone to disaster because of the way they're financed. You clearly haven't seen the kind of half-baked crap that comes out of unregulated construction. Even
911.
by metaphor 8y ago
> Then they make their money by charging people for access to those codes. The entirety of ICC's building code as it applies to my state is both freely accessible by the general public on their website, and unlike other complete d
912.
by metaphor 8y ago
> I can’t say for sure that I have ever seen an example of a capacitor failure utterly destroying a system. I suspect the author has never encountered the imbalance failure mode of matched-pair capacitors used in high-power weapon syst
913.
by metaphor 8y ago
How pervasive is said base-10 round memory on the market? And why would a golden rule be necessary? Base-2 is the natural order of digital computer organization. Deviations introduce unnecessary complexity. Unnecessary complexity is a form
914.
by metaphor 8y ago
> Networking rates are all discussed in base ten and nobody complains about those. Modern networking rates pay hommage to the days of analog communication systems whose rates were measured in units baud, which adheres to SI rules; the
915.
by metaphor 8y ago
Thanks for sharing. Didn't know they existed. Raphael's monthly reports[1] were very insightful and explains why equivalent billing rate seems anecdotally low. [1] https://raphaelhertzog.com/tag/Freexian+LTS&#
916.
by metaphor 8y ago
I did, and I do, but to be sure, the organization I work for isn't a non-profit. Our branch's projects manifest when: 1) data rights are on lockdown and can't legally be distributed; 2) data is limited, making acquisition ris
917.
by metaphor 8y ago
Thanks for the clarification. My estimate was based on 2080 hrs/yr; indirect costs such as insurance coverage, paid annual/sick leave, 401(k) matching, and operating costs that one might associate with a large software distributio
918.
by metaphor 8y ago
Yes, exactly. When I first learned what my employer charges for 1 hour of my time, I was shocked and had to completely retool how I thought about these things...and that was knowing beforehand that, by law, we're not allowed to profit,
919.
by metaphor 8y ago
Might I ask how you came to that conclusion? My remarks assumed a rough US national average. The enterprise billing rate for top SV talent certainly exceeds ~$144/hr.
920.
by metaphor 8y ago
Supposing there was such a thing, what would a Debian developer's hypothetical "billing rate" be? US$300k seems like it'll fund roughly 1 proper man-year while covering indirect costs and effectively zero profit margin.
921.
by metaphor 8y ago
It's strange to think that with all the research that has gone into 2D weave patterns, I have yet to see any real application of it come out of the PCB dielectric industry.
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Defense Innovation Board: Software Acquisition and Practices (Swap) Study(innovation.defense.gov)
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923.
by metaphor 8y ago
Apparently, the full movie can be found on YouTube[1]...for the time being. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0FAa8P2MU
924.
by metaphor 8y ago
What makes you think they do? IANAL, but Truth in Advertising[1] enforcement is a FTC affair, not FCC. On the other hand, rayiner is, so there a benefit-of-the-doubt element that I'm inclined to respect. EDIT: ...and I humbly stand cor
925.
by metaphor 8y ago
> ...a complicit FCC? What role do you think the FCC has here? If anything, this is a Truth in Advertising[1] issue--enforced by the FTC, not FCC. [1] https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consume
926.
by metaphor 8y ago
Article didn't link or cite a relevant paper[1]. It's from 2018...anything newer? [1] https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2018-86906
927.
by metaphor 8y ago
The JEDI RFP history can be found here[1], including Oracle's protest[2] circa Aug 2018--essentially 40 pages of legal whining about prejudice because they can't possibly deliver on a single award IDIQ but still want a "fair
928.
by metaphor 8y ago
Forgive me for perhaps being naively optimistic, but I'd probably give industrial robot design engineers applying optimal control methods to solve performance robustness issues the benefit of the doubt that their error budget would pro
929.
by metaphor 8y ago
> The optimizer isn't required to eliminate code paths encountering dynamic UB; it is allowed to. If I understood correctly, Linus had some colorful thoughts[1] on that: If you know something is undefined, you warn about it. You
930.
by metaphor 8y ago
> Cost will come down as volume goes up. I have no doubt overall cost will go down, but I'm curious by how much can we reasonably expect, and if said difference is actually meaningful. Consider Type-C qualification testing[1] as i

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