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by mhuffman 7y ago
Wouldn't a perfect score be perfect regardless of the scale?
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by mhuffman 7y ago
That depends on the product being taxed. I learned this in econ101 that the price elasticity of demand determines who bears the bulk of a tax. I don’t have references in my old textbooks handy, but here is exactly the same concept as I lear
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by mhuffman 7y ago
I suspect this is the case. One’s person’s “joking” or playful banter can be another person’s triggering misogyny!
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by mhuffman 7y ago
> won’t pay market prices for them “Market Prices” are what the market pays (ie. what the customer thinks it is worth). I think you might be confusing it with “suggested retail price” which is what companies think their product is worth.
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by mhuffman 7y ago
> Those languages are also not very popular at all today. Perhaps "small and beautiful" are not the right metrics to optimize programming languages for. Perhaps popularity isn't.
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by mhuffman 7y ago
> How would it? Prosecutors decide who to prosecute based on available evidence. You answered your own question! > we already have statistics on which groups get sent to jail over minor crimes, and which ones get slaps on wrists I thi
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by mhuffman 7y ago
I agree with arguments #2 and #3 However, just as a thought experiment, wouldn't total surveillance actually help stop #1? If there existed video proof of illegal bias, it could be targeted and stopped, vs now, where you just have to i
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by mhuffman 7y ago
> Common sense is what is needed Common sense has no place in outrage culture!
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by mhuffman 7y ago
Read what book?
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by mhuffman 7y ago
This is literally being pumped up by algorithmic traders and no oversight. This rally is designed, as will the next downcycle and the next rally.
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by mhuffman 7y ago
> trying to send mixed messages that they can just filter out. How does this work? Remove clicks from people that click many ads? Doubtful! It is noteworthy that Google doesn't bitch too much about AdBlocking in the past, but lost t
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by mhuffman 7y ago
... sure, but not a test you pay for yourself.
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by mhuffman 7y ago
Google Fi has a max data cost too. I think is around $60 for an individual.
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by mhuffman 7y ago
I mean, what do you think the Java VM is written in?
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by mhuffman 7y ago
I made a complaint on an officer once and the next day his supervisor (who is Chief of Police now) called me up and said, "... are you suuure you want to go through with this? Because if we investigate and can't prove any wrong-do
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by mhuffman 7y ago
Well done! This is something that can be fraught with edge-case issues. However, it looks like you pulled it off in a slick package. Good job!
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by mhuffman 7y ago
> I find this quote just a tad disingenuous. Everything about Cloudflare is disingenuous! Remember the bullshit they pulled with Tor and then tried to blame it on Tor being a DDOS vector (defying all logic). I have more than once got int
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by mhuffman 8y ago
Come on, like Nasa isn't going to use the Jet color scheme ...
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by mhuffman 8y ago
A lot of your privacy goes away as an employee! You will notice here[1] for example, that cameras can be put in workplace bathrooms in many states. All of your work accounts and work hardware belong to the company and it is your problem if
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by mhuffman 8y ago
> wildly unrealistic for people that are not billionaires. >> Bullshit. Ok, "wildly unrealistic for people that are not double-digit millionaires!". My intent was that it was a small amount of people in that group.
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by mhuffman 8y ago
There is a sense it this new socio-political climate that we live in, that people should not invest to actually make money, but only use what money they have to make other people's lives easier or better. I am not saying that this is a
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by mhuffman 8y ago
This exactly! Also upkeep. Replacing a cheap shingle roof vs a metal or Spanish tile roof are night and day in costs. Plumbing is cheaper in a cheap small house with simple layout vs. Sprawling multi-level house. Size of grounds (and expect
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by mhuffman 8y ago
There are plenty of items that pop up on HN that get the almonds activated. Basically anything that has non-conclusive scientific proof and also some component of ideology gets drama churned up. Here is a short list of examples: - IQ, and h
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by mhuffman 8y ago
This entire document [0] is about exactly what you are trying to piece together. And it talks about a criminal justice algorithm that was "discovered" to be racist. And it explains that these types of things "being fixed&quot
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by mhuffman 8y ago
An interesting thought experiment is what if it turns out that the "golden feature" of f527 -- f528 is race or gender? Here is a talk about times when that happens exactly: https://www.chrisstucchio.com/pubs/s
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by mhuffman 8y ago
... yet they are still perfectly willing to allow content from children to generate revenue off of them!
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by mhuffman 8y ago
This might work. I vaguely remember Google actually panic-pulling a chrome extension that invisibly hid and clicked on every ad of every page visited. So I think they identify this as a tough to protect weakness as well.
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by mhuffman 8y ago
Should anything have a name? It seems that people are just running out of shit to write about at this point. And from Scientific American! I trusted you as a kid!
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by mhuffman 8y ago
Outrage culture is a cancer. You can find offense in literally any statement. Try to think of any statement that can't be twisted into offense. The fact that it can now (thanks to both SJWs and Alt-Right) be weaponized is perhaps only
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by mhuffman 8y ago
Tell about them!

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