pstuart

6 ms·

61.
by pstuart 1mo ago
My overly simplistic take: it's all about incentives. Usually they are structured in ways that can be gamed and the structure is defined by those that benefit most from them being gamed. But then again, this is a view from the underbel
62.
by pstuart 1mo ago
I effectively agree with you, but your last comment is interesting in the usage of the word "courage". My understanding of D. Richard Hipp's state of being is that he feels fairly financially compensated (via support contract
63.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Silent and ostensibly failure free to boot.
64.
by pstuart 1mo ago
I was lucky enough to be compelled to read the book before the movie came out, and I quite recommend it. The movie did a pretty good job of hewing to it IIRC.
65.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Sorry, but no. That's a key reason why the religious folk hate public education at the college level: that exposure tends to help previously indoctrinated kids recognize that they have been in a cult and they leave it. As for K-12,
66.
by pstuart 1mo ago
> That’s because it’s easier to recruit kids into cults or whatever That's what Sunday School is for. I lived in SF at the time of the original burns on Baker Beach and heard about them but I was too lame and isolated to ever partic
67.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Your comment would be better served without a snarky "luckily" leading off. The recommendations don't include my suggestion about co-ops, which is a valid addition to the commentary about the OP.
68.
by pstuart 1mo ago
But were they load-bearing?
69.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Prior administrations were not full-throated nativists. Having a presidential campaign promise of mass deportation (happily consumed by The Base) is proof positive of the mindset of this administration.
70.
by pstuart 1mo ago
I hope so. J6 was effectively a practice run. The midterms will be a key predictor, as there's a realistic forecast that there will be a "national emergency" or some other mechanism to fuck with voting. This would be paranoid
71.
by pstuart 1mo ago
I can "see" them but can't visualize them. It's like I know what they look like but if I closed my eyes and trying to visualize the Mona Lisa on a wall I'd just see the variations of darkness that are there. Interes
72.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Money is not speech. Money is power. Speech is speech, and what people forget about the First Amendment is that it prevents the government censoring their speech.
73.
by pstuart 1mo ago
It will take generations -- if we even get the chance.
74.
by pstuart 1mo ago
They've made no secret of the desire to purge the country of "others". This is part of that plan.
75.
by pstuart 1mo ago
There's aspects to admire in the ability to provide consistent product to its customers, but it comes at a serious cost. With regulations continuously eroding this will only get worse. My armchair assessment is the best way to push bac
76.
by pstuart 1mo ago
I'd agree with that sentiment but that number would be more like $5M (which is nothing in the context of this acquisition). Inflation is not going to relent and having enough to actually enjoy some of that payout to have pseudo FU mone
77.
by pstuart 1mo ago
> but has allowed corporations to get away with almost anything without paying their fair share of taxes No doubt one of the more compelling reasons for SpaceX to do it there (along with their given reasoning).
78.
by pstuart 1mo ago
This has been aided by the fact that energy has been heavily politicized. Fossil fuels are 'murican and renewables are woke. It's horrifying.
79.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Doesn't redbean do this in a more portable way (not ELF dependent)?
80.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Check this out: https://github.com/osquery/osquery
81.
by pstuart 1mo ago
So far it seems to be the least-worst option. I wish there was a way to enable a citizen to vote their choice but do so in at least a reasonably informed way.
82.
by pstuart 1mo ago
That article is spot on: we learn by doing and experience, not being told the high level outcomes (which is not without value as a guide).
83.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Absolutely. But many others are, and they can have an impact on your life even if you never logged in.
84.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Would you prefer gRPC, thrift, avro, etc... ?
85.
by pstuart 1mo ago
Yes. It's a textbook case of trying to force your favorite language in rather than embrace the idiomatic use of the language.
86.
by pstuart 2mo ago
Cool that he's here. Thanks! That quote is completely spot on, so any objection to it is worthy of asking why so. The problem with that is that it's not likely to have a satisfactory answer.
87.
by pstuart 2mo ago
Or your family gets the payout because the cops killed you.
88.
by pstuart 2mo ago
I did some cursory digging on that before I shared it. There's fundamental differences of thought for what government is supposed to be, and it's obviously mutated over time. At its core, government is power over people, and the e
89.
by pstuart 2mo ago
"There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
90.
by pstuart 2mo ago
An amazing distillation of the craft.

More ›