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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I think it's better to compare VR to Ham Radio in that there's a hobbyist or niche interest but not enough to spawn a mainstream adoption of the technology. Even AR I think has a similar problem since it's all about making a
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I'm not surprised. It seems to me that they lost their way when they thought their competition was Spotify when it really was Bandcamp. At least Bandcamp is still growing especially when it comes to independent musicians and niche genr
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I think there's a huge difference between an owner of a small company and a majority owner in a major corporation or that a CEO of said major corporation. The former has little, if any, support beyond a small circle of friends, associa
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I think the problem is that we have one network doing many things that need to have builtin redundancy both in terms of messaging and data storage. So putting a bank's entire database into Azure or AWS isn't wise in my opinion. Ra
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I think this and Twitter's attempts to police the language of its users is quite flawed since context is hard to read into a sentence if you're doing the most naive analysis as it seems both are doing right now. I doubt throwing M
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
Depends. As I use to bicycle all over my hometown during my college days rim brakes could be a problem when it rained or snowed. Mostly because the obvious problem of getting a solid grip on the rim is impeded by the moisture. I'm not
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
The harsh reality is the US govt doesn't want a strong NATO. If France and Germany decided tomorrow to spend similarly to the US on defense there would be a collective gum swallowing moment in DC on both wings. It would mean that the E
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
Or we create bullshit jobs for folks like David Graeber talks about in his essays. It seems to me that half of the private sector is busy work kind of work in the fashion that public institutions have. I'll never understand the fascina
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
Well, I don't mind an 8 hour shift myself since often I just use some or most of the time doing research on the particular technology I'm going to use in the software I maintain or enhance. Or even just looking over code to see if
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
Even an online life without facebook and twitter is still fun. I think we're at a point where social networks are kind of pointless. At best, they're an easier to use alternative to the rolodex/black-book and email client. At
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I wonder how long before some left leaning NGOs build their own zero-rated Basics-clone which then the GOP will collectively clutch pearls in horror. It'll be amusing to see them try to make a law that's patently dumb that even co
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I must be in the minority but I think the design looks too empty. I really don't understand why so many UI designs fear putting in some depth or color to demarcate where certain elements begin/end. Mind you, I prefer subjectively
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
What concerns me regarding Amazon becoming a retail monopoly is what happens when Amazon can't sustain itself with respect to persistent economic downturns? Like just one bad year I suspect could wipe them out if they're not caref
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I don't know if the writer understands the fundamental problem in the discussion of Silicon Valley centers on the fact that it's the peak of capitalism gone awry. So for every little research project he listed there's ten or
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
There's GNU Radio which can work with the same RTL-SDR dongles as at least as I know it.
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I'm not sure if I hate self-checkout or not. But I do think they're abused too often by stores who don't have adequate staff. I know it's all about a cost saving measure but I have to wonder how much are they saving when
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
It would be all well and good if either better jobs came to replace he drudgery of old (honestly, worked in light industrial and plastics so I can't imagine anyone doing the work if they could get a better paying job with fewer hours)
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
>I am sorry but that's like the opposite of economic logic. Ceritus paribus, more competition means lower prices. It doesn't hold under empirical study of firms of any industry. Competition can be offset by jacking up prices or
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
There's cheaper places like Wichita, KS but they don't have many good paying jobs which keeps many of the nicer townhomes and larger apartments in good neighborhoods out of reach unless you work aircraft. It's a weird situati
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I don't think the collapse of advertising is necessarily a collapse of Google. Google (Alphabet, really) has so much IP and many other possible ways to grow that if crap hits the fan they can change course. Not to mention they do seem
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
Then it seems to me that more nurses and less dependence on fragile technology is a better option. Costs can be economized by many other methods. Labor is something that should be the last thing to pare down.
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
It's kind of heartening to see programming languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Ada still are chugging along helping folks solve their problems. I think instead of trying to replace the language how about we design modern hardware and so
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
Okay but why does a dialysis machine need to be on the internet? Even if it's done to forward reports regarding the usage of the machine that can be done in a daily dump when you swap it out I'm guessing, right? So, it doesn'
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
It doesn't account for the majority of wages since the wage dampening done by immigration is oddly done by legal immigration (H1b). The regular manufacturing or service industry job is more affected by outsourcing than immigration.
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I would suggest some of the essays regarding Mutualism and Georgism at C4SS. They tend to do a decent job breaking down the problems of capitalism without smothering you with thick language.
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
I'm not sure if my professor was being nice or not as savvy as you describe because the course was taught with a printed out book by him and another professor but all he charged for the entire book (plus homework problems) was 40 bucks
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
It's just interesting to see how quickly the flip happened. I think it's in part due to the fact the Democrats have tried, and failed, to capture the business interests the Republicans have largely accumulated over the decades. I
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
Honestly, I'd rather be led by a "dinosaur" programmer than some marketing or MBA geek any day. At least then I know that my boss would go to bat for me when it's clear something is achievable within the capacities of th
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
That's creepy TBH. Even though I have some respect for those who made things like a smart phone possible I don't see my iPhone as indispensable beyond its utility. I won't cry when my iPhone finally stops working, so I can&#x
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by norea-armozel 9y ago
It's more about what makes us human is being lost. The ability to socialize, even if you're bad at it like me, is a big part of the human condition. If we let capitalists continue to alienate us from each other all we'll beco

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