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by pmiller2 6y ago
In the case of Beowulf, that is very not true. We have an excellent idea of what the Anglo Saxon language would have sounded like, in part because it has close living relatives. Anglo Saxon and Old Norse were mutually intelligible. Conven
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I like that a lot! I obviously didn't read the whole thing, but the couple of pages I did read sound incredibly faithful to the original. For those who may not know, Anglo Saxon poetry didn't rhyme in the same way modern Englis
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That's true, but, if you venture into page 2, the #22 story of this year was about the death of John Conway.
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I know that. 35mm equivalent focal length tells you about the image area and effective aperture.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
For those who didn't know this off-hand, as I didn't, "VCSE" in this context appears to stand for "voluntary community social enterprise," which appears to be UK-speak for, roughly, the non-profit sector.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
So, wait... are you telling me that my Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens is really acting like a ... uses 35mm equivalent calculator ... 160.65mm f/4.28 on my D3400? Edit: updated to clarify exactly what calculation I was doing.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That’s kinda misleading. DSLR lenses have been quoted at 35mm equivalent focal lengths forever because that’s what makes sense to photographers.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
This is the first year I’ll be saying “holy shit, I made it!” when the metaphorical ball drops. May 2021 be better.
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Yes, very "exciting." I thought we were done with the snark? Nonetheless, financial difficulties are not relevant. What is relevant is reducing the world's carbon footprint, and that needs to happen ASAP. I, personally, th
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Au contraire, I appreciate your "educated" opinion here. I just want to make sure I'm sufficiently "educated," so I can believe the exact same thing you do, with a straight face. If you didn't want it that wa
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Yeah, I get that. It's ironic that not knowing all the answers is the key to managing well. More specifically, not believing that you have to know all the answers. That's part of why you have people on a team.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
You see, we have these things called power lines, and, along with the substations, transformers, and other transmission equipment, those make up power grids. We have 3 of them in the US alone. Now, when electricity is generated, you can tr
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by pmiller2 6y ago
The fact that it is primarily renewable is actually the reason why BTC's energy costs are exorbitant. That energy could be directed toward replacing fossil fuels, thus reducing carbon emissions. Is that "educated" enough for
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Does that mean I shouldn't trust the credit union I go to because my favorite branch is in a shopping center?
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Except that those guys later went on to be on another team? I don't know. It does seem weird, no matter how you slice it.
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TL;DR: New team lead learns that "leadership" isn't about giving orders? I agree with the other commenter who says "Sounds like he did it right." Leadership isn't ordering people around. It's more like s
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Then what prevents me from coming and making a "private exchange" of your life for your stuff? I dig a deep hole somewhere. I incurred significant costs to do so. Is that hole now valuable?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I'll take "ominous" for 1000, Alex.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Capitalism needs a puissant state to enforce property rights, at the very minimum. Without private property, you don't have capitalism. However, small scale barter is not the problem. Capitalism at scale is the problem, and that can
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by pmiller2 6y ago
What employers can I ethically support without damaging exploited workers? Do I need to only patronize worker co-ops, partnerships without non-partner employees, and sole proprietorships?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Regulation won't get rid of the exploitation. Capitalism is the source of it.
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You're really telling me there's someplace anyone can live a halfway reasonable life for $13K/year? MIT's living wage calculator tells me the lowest living wage in any state is in Kentucky, and that clocks in at around
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Right, but the numbers are artificially low. I don't see how that exaggerates the problems of low COL areas, as I wrote in my initial comment. How does any of this apply to my actual question?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I must be dense. I don't understand what you're saying. Why does the distribution matter? If anything, yes, I agree the thresholds should be set much higher than they are now, and should be dependent on local CoL, but $13K/
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by pmiller2 6y ago
"exaggerates the problems of low-cost/low income places"? You know, the federal poverty level for a single individual is under $13K per year. In which low income / low cost area do you think that's not a problem?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Previous discussion from earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25570438
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by pmiller2 6y ago
> we're acknowledging the reality that these workers are exploited So, we're acknowledging... capitalism? Getting rid of tipping isn't the answer. Getting rid of capitalism is.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That is absolutely not true. I've eaten at and will continue to return to several restaurants that pay their workers (all of them, not just the servers) a fair wage, where tipping is not at all encouraged. I imagine my server might n
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How am I punishing anyone as a consumer when their employer isn't paying them enough?
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What you say may be true, but it's time we all faced up to a fact in these discussions in which "the trades" always comes up: not everybody can be a plumber. That is, there is a finite demand for every sort of tradesperson,

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