pyoung

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by pyoung 13y ago
One major oversight that you fail to address in you hypothetical free market scenario is that supply is still constrained. In a truly free market, anyone can set up shop and try to market and sell their services. If I buy a TV that craps o
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by pyoung 13y ago
I am actually interested in hearing what your alternatives are. Opponents of ACA have been extremely tight lipped and/or vague about alternatives which generally suggests that they do not have any. And just because a website rollout d
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by pyoung 13y ago
I think we are starting to dig into the weeds a bit too much. I am well aware of how insurance works, and how single payer systems contrast to the US system. What the OP was trying to point out was that free market economics can break dow
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by pyoung 13y ago
"If it floats or flies..." My guess is that these are not permanent structures. Barges are not particularly suited to harsh open ocean conditions, and as others mentioned, there are some pretty heavy regulations against 'bui
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by pyoung 13y ago
I think you are taking his argument too literally. Using your own examples, someone who chooses a treatment with a $500k/QALY is probably suffering from the same sense of urgency/price insensitivity as the guy bleeding out on the
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by pyoung 13y ago
If you think the ACA should be repealed, and you do not have a suggestion as to what should replace it, then you are essentially in support of the needless deaths of tens of thousands of Americans a year. The ACA isn't perfect, I woul
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by pyoung 13y ago
His logic is a bit off. In a truly efficient market (big if), if taxes were raised so significantly as to have a major impact on the rewards, then you would get a corresponding reduction in risk. I.E. Instead of having a 1 in 10 chance of
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by pyoung 13y ago
> The only thing society should do is ensure everyone has the same rights in regard to the Law no matter how rich, how poor, how different you may be. No, society should seek to maximize widespread improvements in quality of life and fur
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by pyoung 13y ago
So this whole ordeal is pretty confusing. State law says that the public is allowed access to the coast below the median high tide line, but it does not necessarily give you the right to cross through private land. So technically, you cou
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by pyoung 13y ago
No, it means that the NSA can, and has, collected data on just about anyone. What they do with it, my guess is not much unless there is an actual national security threat, is still up for question.
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I wouldn't call it creepy, but for those that value their privacy, I would call it concerning. In the 'post-Snowden' era, it's not far fetched to imagine that the NSA et all would or could get their hands on the data. T
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by pyoung 13y ago
Well, they could start shoveling money over to politicians and lobbyists in order to create regulatory barriers to new entrants. Not exactly 'capitalism' in the truest sense of the definition, but certainly a common practice in o
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I wish more companies realized this. EDIT: To add a little more to the discussion. Instead of looking for the 'rockstar' or 'ninja', look for intelligent and ambitious individuals that might not have all of the necessar
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That's is roughly my take on the situation. Until it is legal nationally, it is much too risky to make big money investments that would produce at scale, which would compensate for the thinner margins. At this point in time, you esse
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Seems like consensus is the tricky part. In the case of the affiliate link example, where all of the business is online, you could host the code under a version control system that allows people to fork and modify the code, but requires ma
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by pyoung 13y ago
Hmm, I am trying to imagine what the system would look like. Seems like you could borrow some of the features of Bitcoin to create a control structure. Maybe require some type of proof-of-work/approval process by a network of shareho
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by pyoung 13y ago
Education may be on the brink of a massive wave of disruption. Websites like Coursera are the more obvious and visible examples of this disruption, but a more subtle but more powerful example are the significant number of tech workers who
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by pyoung 13y ago
The issue is with the ability to issue currency, not with the social safety net. The sentence that you reference is a little misleading. What was implied, was that if the Eurozone had a federal government with the ability to issue currenc
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by pyoung 13y ago
I am a fan of this setup. I call them project logs. As you mentioned they are great for when you are away from the project for a while and need to get up to speed.
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I'm interested. Have been looking for an OSS project to work on and have been wanting to pick up some more JS experience. I will keep an eye out for that repo.
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Well, as an anecdote to why simplicity (at least in it's current form) is bad... All but one of my smoke detectors in my apartment are unplugged because they kept going off when I was cooking (would happen at least once a week). I was
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by pyoung 13y ago
It's an intriguing, albeit risky move. Existing smoke detectors are pretty ugly with bad UI. There is little to no competition for the 'high end' retail market. With that said, current smoke detectors can be had for $10-20
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by pyoung 13y ago
This seems to be what I was looking for. Thanks, will play around with it today.
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by pyoung 13y ago
I am familiar(ish) with ipython. I think what Shiny seems to offer, that ipython doesn't, is a gui like interface to the data (whereas ipython provides the ability to interact directly with the code). I think shiny is a great idea wh
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by pyoung 13y ago
Does anything like this exist for python/numpy/matplotlib?
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I hope not. I would much prefer a future that relies more heavily on a sustainable form of energy.
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I thought it was called "pot stuck". Chasing implies that you still have some hope (i.e. you are waiting for a card to drop to make your hand). "Pot stuck" is when you know you are beat, but you can't get yourself
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by pyoung 13y ago
I am surprised that they let you use your own machine. I am also surprised that they didn't get the code and data from you (or take you to court), as most employment contracts state that all work done by the employee is considered com
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I don't think we should necessarily aim to make "serious tools" easy for people to get into. I am not saying that the UI shouldn't be intuitive, but rather that making something 'too easy' results in low barri
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I just glanced at the FAQ on the services website, and it sounds like the offers pop up from time to time, so you might not be able to watch one video after the other, you have to wait for them to come in. My guess is that the $0.60 day th

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