raleighm

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by raleighm 10y ago
These pens are amazing.
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by raleighm 10y ago
Fortunately not my Tuesdays in Japan. I've been here seven years and never seen behavior like that. Sorry you've had such bad experiences.
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by raleighm 10y ago
Yes. You can get some things done in Tokyo using only English. You can get nothing done in NYC using only Japanese.
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by raleighm 10y ago
Sounds like you need a new lawyer.
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by raleighm 10y ago
Yes, exactly. The increased cost can also let Japanese lawyers avoid doing the work - by pricing the client out - without saying no. Providing services in English is a lot of work for a Japanese lawyer. Can't easily use off-the-shelf m
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by raleighm 10y ago
I live in Tokyo. Will treat you to beer and yakitori if you make it. Good luck with Japanese. People often describe it as one of the hardest languages in the world, and you can understand why: three written systems and grammar and vocabular
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by raleighm 10y ago
Impressive! Congrats
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Legal Liability for Machine Learning(papers.ssrn.com)
2 points by raleighm 10y ago|0 comments
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Inventors killed by their own inventions(en.wikipedia.org)
67 points by raleighm 10y ago|27 comments
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by raleighm 10y ago
Seeking in advance the idea that is right (or left) on the political spectrum is a bad approach, and anyway gets you nowhere in the face of an issue like basic income where heroes of the right and of the left disagree adamantly amongst them
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by raleighm 10y ago
Friedman himself would disagree with you. He supported a related idea - a negative income tax. Hear him describe it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpgkX588nM . This is not a capitalism vs socialism or left vs right iss
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by raleighm 10y ago
Sad that so many people spend working lives in institutions whose values are unintelligible or not theirs. I worked at a company whose values were clearly articulated and formed a shared vocabulary amongst employees. It can be done. The val
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by raleighm 10y ago
I’m a few months into a mid-career break. I’m exercising, playing with kids, writing, studying, and sleeping (8 hours/night!). I’m also depleting savings, but not as quickly as I projected. Now that I have time, I fix broken things rat