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by prepend 10mo ago
In 1998 I worked for a small nasdaq company that had a successful software as a service product that was growing quickly. We used Clarion and MSSQL7 on windows because it was cheap. Since we started making real money, some figured we could
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by prepend 10mo ago
Now imagine you risk breaking $100M in order to save $10M.
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by prepend 10mo ago
That’s not insider trading. It’s using nonpublic information, legally. The example that my business school professor gave was that if you’re riding in an elevator with two executives and they talk about how they’re going to miss numbers and
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by prepend 10mo ago
I like to think I design my programs to handle many situations and to be able to function with many parts that still fail.
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by prepend 10mo ago
The article gave examples for why the fuse blows - it falsely thinks the vehicle was in an accident and trips. Hitting a pothole or a rabbit. It is unlikely to blow again under normal use.
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by prepend 10mo ago
They have no stats because the entire platform is new and different. I would guess they have a very poor prediction model.
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by prepend 10mo ago
It’s funny how I extrapolate car design sessions in my head based on software design sessions. I sold my bmw after 15 years of multiple bmws because their design is so poor for maintenance. I had cooling system problems that required hours
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by prepend 10mo ago
Everyone is on the spectrum, but only some are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. So there’s a tipping point or dividing frequency in the spectrum that moves people into disorder.
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by prepend 10mo ago
This is key and what makes something a disorder. Everyone experiences some obsession or compulsion. But only some experience it to the degree of a disorder. Just like everyone has some “autistic” tendencies. But it is only a disorder in som
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I’ve been using “autism that I care about” because a large number of people I encounter are on the spectrum / neurodivergent (hobbies and work I suppose) that require very different interventions and accommodations that people with wha
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by prepend 11mo ago
Doesn’t need to be great, just needs to be good enough.
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by prepend 11mo ago
I think most OSS projects are started by unemployed people as hobbies. Or ego projects to get jobs.
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by prepend 11mo ago
Wouldn’t designers consent to designing for free? This seems like a self selection problem. It’s not about forcing people to work for free. It’s about finding designers willing to work for free (just like everyone else on the project).
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by prepend 11mo ago
Programming is a big deal too. It’s not like graphic design is harder than programming. I’d rather have crappy graphics than pay designers instead of programmers for free oss.
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by prepend 11mo ago
80% of people only use 20% of the functionality. But it’s a different 20%.
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by prepend 1y ago
This is how John Wick did it. He buried his gold and weapons in his garage and poured concrete over it.
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by prepend 1y ago
Seems like a stable investment with returns locked in through 2049 unless Facebook defaults.
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by prepend 1y ago
Under would just mark up the price to $13.33 so after they take their 25% the restaurant would get $10.
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by prepend 1y ago
Optimally delivered directly into my mouth. I can’t wait to get a push alert and then go over, open the window, and open my mouth. This is the true long term.
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by prepend 1y ago
Middlemen are good when they add value. Like offering delivery when restaurants don’t normally deliver.
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by prepend 1y ago
Would they know the mission? I think the best way for these 100 or 10000 generation voyages is just to bake the motive into something boring like procreation or farming or religion or something. I think there’s some sci-fi books where human
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by prepend 1y ago
I find catharsis is better in private. If GP’s point is to be cathartic, then do so on your own time, etc etc I kind of figured the point here was discussion, learning, development.
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by prepend 1y ago
What about them? Include them in cost comparisons. The answer to this problem is more precise and complete comparisons, not fewer.
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by prepend 1y ago
That’s true, but GP was talking about land and other direct costs, not externalities. Comparing solar cells without other direct costs is not sufficient for decision making.
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by prepend 1y ago
Land and exploration costs are definitely included in fossil fuel costs. I think most major solar projects include land and infrastructure so only comparing the costs of the panels is like comparing hydro only based on operating the dam, no
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by prepend 1y ago
Author here, I’m not sure if “organizational lock-in” is the right term for this kind of insane behavior that people get up to in organizations. I wish there was a site for more of these old company folklore stories. I used to really enjoy
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by prepend 1y ago
Clever how you figured out the pattern in ticket numbers and how they relate to individual officers.
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by prepend 1y ago
I just manually checked the references it collected. In this case there were only 10-15 countries I was interested in so could just see for myself (eg, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Brazil, etc )
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How is his code? I guess I’m so old that I remember not paying much attention to personal lives and looking at code contributions and collaboration behavior. I think that being a sensitive collaborator who builds changes was more relevant t
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I didn’t know what other countries recommended for the Covid vaccination so I asked perplexity what the other g10 countries do for their policy. It seems like all g10 nations have risk-based recommendations and none for everyone in the gene

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