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by mfoy_ 10y ago
He even mentions "700 years" and "seven centuries" multiple times... Did he actually mix up "not quite 600" with "roughly 700"? Or did the census of 1427 happen... not in 1427?
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
>relatively low 0.2 percent elasticity of income in the Nordic countries and a relatively high 0.5 percent elasticity of income in places like the UK, the US, and Italy. An elasticity of 1 would mean that income status is perfectly inher
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Your issue with the article is half the point of the article. All that emotional trauma with a hurried apology and no explanation. The point is that when "the system" is too uncaring, these are the kinds of consequences. A false p
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
That's the point exactly. What a weirdly unsatisfying ending. All this emotional trauma over a false positive. It also really underscores an extremely critical question with society: When the system is inflexible, and uncaring, what re
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Or even simpler, have the self-driving truck, but keep the "driver" to do all the normal non-driving stuff. Would be a great opportunity to get a lot of reading done, for example.
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
People have whole blogs dedicated to finding workarounds for quirks in Microsoft products. It's always an adventure.
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Perhaps you misunderstand me; it sounds like you think I'm against assisted-dying. I am, however, against ACCIDENTALLY euthanizing loved ones due to a miscommunication.
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Reading this, and other comments, makes me realize there is a secret assisted-dying dance in play in the medical system. If you say the magic words "I think he is in pain" repeatedly, then the medical staff can legally administer
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IBM Announces Magic Bullet to Zap All Kinds of Killer Viruses(fastcompany.com)
8 points by mfoy_ 10y ago|1 comments
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Tablet "mode" isn't too useful if I can't install it on my tablet in the first place.
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Alternatively, Civ 6 for the tablet could be amazing.
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
I'm not surprised at all that people would hold such contradictory views, simultaneously demanding tax cuts and service improvements, but it is surprising that someone could utter them in the same breath and keep a straight face. Maybe
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
Interesting article, and great visuals. The Sankey Diagram of the budget was very nice and of course all the interactive maps bear mentioning. I think that anecdote about the "free" parking structure was really telling. The federa
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by mfoy_ 10y ago
It'd be like if you go to another country and the government there tells you the age of consent is 16 and you meet a girl who claims to be 24. You've seen her government issued ID and it says she is 24. Then it turns out she is ac
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Did you even read the article or are you just jumping on the /r/fatpeoplehate bandwagon? The takeaway is that we need to focus on prevention, don't get obese in the first place. Once you're obese, the deck is really st
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I was speaking generally. You're response to whether or not he was going to get in a little hot water over this blog post was to jump immediately to the "he's legally allowed to!" which is a tenuous argument at best when
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
It's actually more like "Legally I can't seek retribution... but you know that what you did pissed me off." I'd say that if you are relying on the law to protect you from your employer then you have a toxic working
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Hiding behind legalities won't save your career from a pissed off employer... They not may be able to outright dismiss you for that, but they can surely find other ways to make your life uncomfortable.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
It would be more than a bit ironic if that happens.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Interesting... just having a "donate with BitCoin" link visible caused a noticeable drop in donations? Similarly with revenue on a merchant page. That seems bizarre.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Some odd non-specific trends I've noticed across various games: * There are usually 3 currencies. Usually a "f2p" currency, a "p2p" currency and a "social" currency. * There are at least 3 distinct ways to
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I'm 99% sure most mobile games are designed to psychologically drive players to spend as much money on microtransactions as possible. That, and now they are specifically targeting whales, so there's less "a little goes a long
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
There are some game developers striving to do that on the mobile platform, but they are mostly indie and not very well known. On a related note: Here's a shameless plug for the Trese brothers. They make mobile games with no ads, and mi
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Presumably her competition wasn't significantly older...
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Because if the author isn't scrupulous he loses his credibility, then no one will take him seriously.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
The U.S. has a significantly higher GDP per capita than Canada.[1] The U.S. also has a significantly higher average wealth per citizen.[2] But if you look closely at the second source, you'll see that the U.S. actually has a REALLY
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I like Canada. Social Capital is a good balance between capitalism and socialism.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Literally just a man behind a curtain
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
General artificial intelligence with a knack for natural language, that is...
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Screw the treaties.

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