mikeg8

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by mikeg8 7y ago
Thanks for this thoughtful comment, it’s the most insightful one to me so far.
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by mikeg8 7y ago
I’ve never understood this point of view. Shouldn’t every investor, regardless of scale, bear responsibility for their investments? If by small investors you mean regular employee 401Ks, controlled by the wealth management division of a b
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by mikeg8 7y ago
I don’t see any way to actually achieve this at scale let alone any reason to add an opening for more pointless lawsuits. Let’s say they’re liable and you choose to act on incorrect information recieved for free. Do you really try to take t
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by mikeg8 7y ago
>... in needing to attract both drivers and riders. The are not trying to attract drivers at all, they are trying to eliminate them. The drivers portion of the fair is the largest cost so removing drivers increases margins overall. Sel
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by mikeg8 7y ago
Natural. Each year a forest may produce hundreds of millions of seeds but only a few thousand saplings survive.
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by mikeg8 7y ago
Definitely a scattergun approach but that’s similar to how nature does it, I’ve heard the survival rate for seedlings in north American confirer forests to be about 1:1,000,000.
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by mikeg8 7y ago
They do not care about visual/aesthetic presentation such as gradients, shadows, textures etc, aruagbly the most common and appropriate use of background image. They care about structural presentation.
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by mikeg8 7y ago
I think the article makes some great points regarding SEO and accessibility benefits that should be followed. My sole gripe is against the title’s use of “anti-pattern” which 1) they fail to define 2) I associate with dark patterns (this is
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by mikeg8 7y ago
> They not investments; they're depreciating assets. How is a house a depreciating asset when home values continually rise over the long term, especially in CA? You may want them to be a depreciating asset but they are not. Real-e
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by mikeg8 7y ago
First step in convincing others would be to eliminate the elitist sentiment here. Implying that “we”, a tiny group of under-represented software engineers, are the new democracy?? Gimme a break.
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by mikeg8 7y ago
Good question and a difficult one for me to answer as I am no expert here. I believe it was the discovery that trees were using pheromones during an acute external event, with or without "intent" as we understand it, to alter neig
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by mikeg8 7y ago
You are confusing natural selection with kin selection. Natural selection is by the environment, kin selection is by the organism.
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by mikeg8 7y ago
My brief Wikipedia look-up on kin selection makes it seem like it is an evolutionary strategy exclusive to animals. Do you have examples of non animal species or "trivial organisms" that have used this strategy? Edit: just saw
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by mikeg8 7y ago
In The Hidden Life of Trees , one cool fact that stuck with me in support of tree consciousness was how trees that are under attack from certain insect species will release pheromones to warn neighboring trees. The neighboring trees will t
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by mikeg8 7y ago
I don't think so. Being turned on/powered up is not equivalent to being awake. "Awake", at minimum, implies a living subject.
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by mikeg8 7y ago
I love my two nubians, they have great personalities and are very sweet but they are also known for being very vocal/loud. There have been a few Saturday mornings where I wanted to strangle them, but if loud goats isn't an issue f
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by mikeg8 7y ago
Referring to goats as the "ultimate individuals" is very opposite my experience. I currently own 2 alpines and 2 Nubians. Not a big herd but I spend a lot of time with them. They are a cohesive group. They never separate, doing ev
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by mikeg8 7y ago
Thanks for that suggestion. I’ve been kind of wanting to try this for a while and really need to see what groups are available to me, locally.
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by mikeg8 8y ago
Just checked out your site and wanted to say I really like the visual design. Not sure if you do all your own CSS but it has a great feel/balance on desktop. Well done
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by mikeg8 8y ago
The article is referring to the entire state which is geographically diverse. Cities like San Francisco, L.A., San Diego, and even Sacramento have some taller housing options. Also, CA has major earthquakes so high-rises are generally not a
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by mikeg8 8y ago
There are going to be many, many more ways we utilize software and connected devices to optimize existing industures (construction, healthcare, logistics etc). Some of them will seem so obvious in retrospect, others will be exceptionally cr
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by mikeg8 8y ago
I agree and use it sometimes too but hearing "bootstrapped" applied to companies outside of tech doesn't feel right. Example: my dad owns a 20 person small business selling commercial doors and hardware - we are in the constr
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by mikeg8 8y ago
This is a totally inaccurate answer. The intricasies of healcare inflation are way more complex than simple supply and demand economics and I’d suggest you read the book I mentioned in the my original comment to be more educated on this sub
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by mikeg8 8y ago
Same here. I believe this is due to will power depletion (plenty of studies conclude that will power is finite resource) and after our normal 9-5 drains away our will power, people have a heard time being self-motivated - very true for me a
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by mikeg8 8y ago
And I agree with those two sentences - never was arguing that we pay less (compared to other models) in our public markets. But you are not strengthening a counter-point to the conclusion I presented from the book regarding zero price contr
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by mikeg8 8y ago
Kaiser
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by mikeg8 8y ago
I did mean providers, I worded that poorly. US government does not set max prices for procedures, checkups, test, drugs etc as other counties have wisely chosen to do. The reason we spend so much on Medicare and Medicare is because people a
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by mikeg8 8y ago
Thanks for your great comment and I agree especially with your last paragraph. While reading the book, I was so frustrated with how poorly my county has handled such an important issue, probably the most important.
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by mikeg8 8y ago
The book The Healing of America by T.R. Reid, 2010 was a phenomenal look at this subject and the conclusion was this: we are the only developed nation whose government allows for-profit health insurance companies to exist with ZERO regula
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by mikeg8 8y ago
> Like what specifically? Owning an electric vehicle. I'm currently starting a house remodel, if I could afford the solar roof, I would get one. I still may get the power wall as an energy backup. The price points of these are all h

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