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by nfnaaron 17y ago
"The system you describe has a huge loophole because lenders hold all the cards and could easily collude on the sly with appraisers to drive prices up at the expense of the individual." That happens here in the US. Appraisers I've talked to
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Even if you never get a single user (doubtful), following an idea through to completion is valuable experience. And as noted in other comments, you gain cred.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
My take is if mysql is important to you as a resource, get together with similar people and settle on a fork, then move on. As for trying to influence the status of any IP owned by Sun and acquired by Oracle ... good luck with that.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
They were hosing the boat down. Were they repelling boarders? Is that legal if not? They seemed to me to make a deliberate right turn. Regardless of who had the right of way, is that legal? Maybe the ocean made them do it, but I don't think
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
"... you're not really sure of who is seeing the scan." Sure you are. Everyone. This is data, like any other, and when you give your data to anyone, you can assume it's going to be seen by someone who shouldn't see it. Actually, I predict a
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Where/when/how will you announce? I'm not in the art world, so I wouldn't naturally see the announcement, but I would like to visit.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
I've never liked "software engineer," since engineer in other disciplines implies licensing. I've never met a software developer with a license or PE-like qualification in software , although I've met many engineers from other disciplines
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
I wasn't very clear in my question or its context. What I meant was, people with average ability have been able to sustain themselves for thousands of years doing subsistence tasks. Until sometime in the 19th century, most Americans dug hol
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Shallow people are also a market.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
To put that another way: The average level of talent in people is average. We've nailed average in the first world, automating or off-shoring much of what the average person can do out of existence. What are we going to do with all of us av
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
But understandable, since seeing the ad in Nature was probably the last straw. I wonder how many manifestos are the result of someone snapping?
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Run it up the flag pole and see who salutes it, as it were.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Arrington takes Steven Frischling to task for "caving." Yet Frischling's own attorney advised him that he had no legal basis for hiding his source. I imagine that Arrington's own attorney would advise him essentially the same way. I assume
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
My son goes to a public middle school in Colorado, and each student only has Physical Education for half the year. They also only study foreign language for half a year. The two halves of the student body trade at mid-year. The academic sch
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
After you've asked this kind of question informally, you may be interested in resources like this: Color Harmony Compendium, A Complete Color Reference for Designers of All Types http://www.amazon.com/Color-Harmony-Compendium-Reference-Ann
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
"AT&T says it's time for POTS to die, and it wants the Federal Communications Commission to schedule its funeral." And then what will I do with my fax and answering machines?
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Wait, the TSA has their own subpoena-serving law enforcement agents? I wonder if they instead used the FBI, if those agents might have been able to get an external hard drive to work?
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
"I like the idea as well but I can imagine that $10/hr employees are not trained/educated/{whatever adjective you pick} enough to do the negotiations. The proof is there: they are working for $10/hr. If they had quality skills like that, th
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Sometimes telling a computer what to do feels like telling these two guards what to do (about one minute in). From Monty Python and the Holy Grail ("the curtains" scene) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVWH01E2weA
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
"A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage." Hear hear.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
totlol's experience may influence your answer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1019360 I guess it depends on a) whether products you build can stand on their own and are just augmented with twitter integration, combined with b) who yo
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
My guess/assumption is that "reasonable instruction" is intended to give the flight attendant flexibility in deciding what you should or shouldn't be doing, and not to give us a basis for refusing instructions.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
I think if you refuse to comply with a flight attendant's directive, or the pilot's, you can be charge with interfering with a flight crew, or something. So whether a regulation is secret or not won't keep you out of jail; the regulation ca
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Schneier says that security worked in this case, because passengers subdued the bomber. But as others point out, that only worked because the bomber screwed up. And it was only an issue because the bomber was allowed on the plane, with a
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
As others point out, what Amazon does is probably legal. It's also probably required; as a publicly held company they're required to pursue the best return possible to investors. Stepping up to pay a tax that's not legally required would vi
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
"For purchases made out-of-state, states already have a mechanism for collection: use tax. I find it a bit disingenuous that he doesn't even mention this." Mention: "In California, the State Board of Equalization estimates annual tax revenu
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
It looks like http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html is step 1. Step 2 might be to visit the nearest US embassy or office. Step 3 is probably determined by steps 1 and 2. Step N might involve one or two visits to a specialist lawyer
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Be bold !
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
Then Christmas is gonna suck this year.
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by nfnaaron 17y ago
"The question was what rich people should be allowed to do with their money." No, the question was, what people should be allowed to do with their money. My answer: rich or poor, it's your money, and you should be allowed to buy anything

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