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721.
by panzagl 8y ago
The US does all of those things.
722.
by panzagl 8y ago
The medieval Arab world was the inheritor of a Greco-roman culture that they initially ruled with a light hand as a aristocratic minority. As the Arab and eventually Turkish culture asserted itself and turned inward those remnant disappear.
723.
by panzagl 8y ago
With a different company that Google bought
724.
by panzagl 8y ago
The former- before the regulations in the 1800's there wasn't even really a concept of 'third-world levels of corruption' as it was universal to every government.
725.
by panzagl 8y ago
Not really in terms of just listings of code, but there are plenty of 'Learn Language X Through Games' type of books like 'Land of Lisp' or 'Automate the Boring Stuff in Python' that have the same feel.
726.
by panzagl 8y ago
Well, yeah, there are no absolutes, but it's usually something like the book has just been remaindered and not a permanent situation or is a textbook. In general if you're picking up something current the ebook is a few dollars le
727.
by panzagl 8y ago
No, you pirate because you're selfish and self-entitled.
728.
by panzagl 8y ago
How are you taken for a ride? The kindle version is almost always cheaper than the retail price of the physical version, and usually cheaper than the discounted price as well.
729.
by panzagl 8y ago
In many ways the Church was the old institution of moral power- an attack on reputation could be mitigated through confession and repentance, with the confessor acting as a judge would for the State. Of course once the Church had its own re
730.
by panzagl 8y ago
They took Kickstarter money too.
731.
by panzagl 8y ago
This has changed with Common Core and the pushing of standardized testing to the lower levels (elementary and middle school), though high schools still tend to have more variation.
732.
by panzagl 8y ago
Part of the distinguished engineer's role in the company should allow them the time to do such things- attend conferences and meetups, participate in research, meet with vendors, etc. If a company needs someone focused internally on p
733.
by panzagl 8y ago
Oracle has burned a lot of bridges in DoD- they have their enterprise DoD agreements for DB and milk those for far more than they're worth. Lots of individual programs would love to get off Oracle, but find themselves tied because in t
734.
by panzagl 8y ago
Just because one parent is raising does not mean only one parent is contributing financially.
735.
by panzagl 8y ago
US munitions being lower quality is debatable- US munitions and equipment were more generally more reliable than German equivalents. There were some doctrinal differences that led to some unfortunate design decisions, but what was made was
736.
by panzagl 8y ago
If you think the military is mostly composed of those 'who didn't have anything better to do' then you don't really have any idea about the composition of the US military.
737.
by panzagl 8y ago
It pays for stuff Californians rely on but can't stand the sight of.
738.
by panzagl 8y ago
He doesn't live in California so would see no benefit from the CA tax, while he theoretically would from a Fed increase.
739.
by panzagl 8y ago
That link shows that the US took in twice as many immigrants as the entire EU. Per capita doesn't mean much at this scale- the 5 million the US took the year before don't magically become middle class taxpayers just because a yea
740.
by panzagl 8y ago
Yeah, they didn't mean to restrict supply to their kids, just to 'those' people...
741.
by panzagl 8y ago
I think they mean the houses are 5x cheaper, but tax is 5x higher, therefore they wouldn't want to buy a 'mansion' in Texas
742.
by panzagl 8y ago
I haven't had a work provided laptop with with a decent screen in at least 10 years- 4:3 1600x1200 became 16:9, matte became glossy, and of course real keyboard keys became buttons.. so I get where this guy is coming from. Laptops now
743.
by panzagl 8y ago
Various other western countries have slashed their military spending, but the resources don't seem to be allocated to positive endeavors of a similar magnitude.
744.
by panzagl 8y ago
Maybe focus on making the less competent more competent?
745.
by panzagl 8y ago
Don't know why this was dead, it's a rule of thumb for a wide variety of industries.
746.
by panzagl 8y ago
Amazing how many people think they know better than the author on print and distribution- like a guy who spends years researching and writing a work like this is some sort of rube taken by the first huckster he runs across. There are sever
747.
by panzagl 8y ago
If the reviewer normally reviews free games, and it was sent to the reviewer with a stated MSRP of $0, then it is misleading to try to charge everyone else after they read the review.
748.
by panzagl 8y ago
So maybe it should be more like the UL model? Let the insurance companies fund the proof of safety/efficacy, but it's not mandatory.
749.
by panzagl 8y ago
You could subscribe to them in iTunes at least as far back as 2004, they'd sync automatically when you attached your iPod. Hardly any extra effort as you'd probably plug in every couple days or so anyway.
750.
by panzagl 8y ago
There is something liberating about letting MS make most of the choices for you- never worrying about a new language or what is the best logging library, or how best to chain three logging libraries together or what not. You just deal with

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