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by ojbyrne 6y ago
The Supreme court declined to hear that case yesterday. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/529334-supreme-...
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
Eventually they won't: https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2019/building-next-inf...
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Apropros of nothing, I had a conversation with a taxi driver in Boston circa 2014, he said he drove Ken Olsen (CEO of DEC) to the airport a few times. In his words, "he was very intelligent, but not very smart." In a much earlier
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
I really enjoyed and would recommend the Third Reich Trilogy [1], especially to anyone who thinks Hitler was “popular because he actually fixed a lot of problems in Germany at the time.” Hitler was never popular, he just appeared that way b
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
I believe a significant number of people would answer “yes” to your final question, or at least complain that your leadership shows authoritarian tendencies, much like Victor Orban, Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte, etc. On your first paragrap
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
Much of the article talks about Coinbase, whose mission is to create “an open financial system for the world.” That’s inherently political, and if the CEO says not to engage with broader political and economic issues, he’s basically asking
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
You have a typo ($1) and the income requirement isn't really expressed clearly - It's $200k for individuals or $300k joint income with a spouse. Also it's that limit for 2 previous years, with a "reasonable expectation&q
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
I think that the right has moved the Overton Window so much to the right that they see things that most of the world would see as mainstream (Black Lives Matter, Abortion, Medicare for All, Defund the Police, Anti-Fascism etc) as extreme.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
You should probably read about Serbia circa 1914.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
That seems incredibly optimistic. It seems to me that one of the possible, even likely, outcomes is a nuclear exchange starting with an NK thermonuclear weapon obliterating a major US city (LA instead of a naval base in Hawaii), followed by
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_...
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
In my opinion the next step is going to be what network TV did. Single episodes available for a week, then available in reruns a year later. You can see the beginnings of this in shows like “The Boys” that have a weekly release cycle.
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150 years ago there were no cars, and no roads to speak of. Now I’m pretty sure every country on the planet has cars and roads. Try and find a pay phone in 2020. In 1980 they were everywhere. The human race cooperates via market mechanisms.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
Important to realize that that lifetime income is spread over a shorter lifetime: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_ex... Also citations?
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
Once upon a time people said that about Apple and Microsoft. https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Bill-Gates-help-out-Apple-back...
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
Also if you're married, joint income of $300k. For 2 people working in Silicon Valley, that's easily achievable.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
The Dems had a trifecta in 2008. Very significant shifts in power during presidential elections are not uncommon.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
40% is a high estimate. Because voter turnout in 2016 was about 60%, only 27% of eligible voters voted for Trump. And probably a significant portion of those are not unquestioning supporters.
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State balanced budget provisions have largely been pushed by one party.
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I think it would be reasonable to make big property tax increases in the areas encroaching on forests.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
Seems like you should have included the next section for a broader context: “ While Democrats lose support as income increases, there seems to be a tipping point where the ultra-wealthy begin leaning Democratic. The most famous example woul
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
I dunno how this fits in here, but Covid/WFH makes me feel like last Christmas was 2 decades ago. And I’m OLD.
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It's in a suburb of San Jose. I don't think it can be classified as "remote."
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Most of the areas where the fires are typically get a lot of moisture in the summer from the "marine layer" i.e. fog. Not sure if that was the case this year.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
The Right Stuff is non-fiction, not a novel.
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Neither Lyft nor Uber has ever made a profit. Drivers aren't the only ones being fleeced.
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by ojbyrne 6y ago
Nobody ever seems to model what I think would be the best way to fix the US government - what would happen if we reduced military spending by 90%?
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To encourage investment. In order to incur capital gains, you have to invest, which is entirely voluntary.
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My wife (dual Canadian/US) got her US citizenship 2 years ago. Nothing like what you describe happened.

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