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by rmah 10y ago
I lived in NYC for over a decade. Generally speaking, the train (aka subways) is comprehensive, fast, safe and reliable. While a few parts may be very old, the trains are all relatively new and quite nice. Oh, and fares have increased man
812.
by rmah 10y ago
That would only be reasonable if you think that only poor and middle-income people should pay taxes. Everyone else would be able to opt out via a series of corporate shells.
813.
by rmah 10y ago
Non-hierarchical (or rather non-explicit) models are even more open to corruption.
814.
by rmah 10y ago
I think it's funny that so-called smart people think that only smart people get bored or frustrated with arbitrary rules and decisions which seem to make no sense. Or maybe, just maybe, you're not as smart as you think you are if
815.
by rmah 10y ago
This is less like 32bit to 64bit and more like moving from binary to trinary logic.
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People are intensely loyal to groups which abuse newcomers. Why?(aeon.co)
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817.
by rmah 10y ago
What does this have to do with Excel? It doesn't convert from or to excel files. It converts to/from csv/tsv and json. Talk about false advertising.
818.
by rmah 10y ago
You asked, "When coming up with ideas, how likely is it that an idea is not going to be a good one vs it will do some good?" My guess is about 99.9% of ideas are bad. More to the point, many regulations expire or must be periodica
819.
by rmah 10y ago
It's not that exactly. It's that investors are more interested in making money than "ideas". And they feel that people who have a good track record of delivering results are more likely to make them money than unknown
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by rmah 10y ago
Japan is a different situation. There is very little arable farmland left underutilized in Japan. There are millions of acres of farmland sitting dormant in the USA.
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by rmah 10y ago
First, the whole "tiger mom" thing is not universal. And more to the point, does not mean the sort of constant monitoring like in the US. In Korea and Japan (don't know about Singapore), independence in young children is hi
822.
by rmah 10y ago
Just to clarify, it's not all of NYC trees. The map doesn't include trees in parks or on private land. It is only sidewalk trees. Still a wonderful project.
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by rmah 10y ago
Good thing every election in the USA has a full and public counting of all ballots cast.
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by rmah 10y ago
Gasoline is not subsidized, it is heavily taxed.
825.
by rmah 10y ago
With regard to #1, most definitely yes. Over the last 30 years or so, real wages for factory (inflation adjusted) workers have gone up by about 10x in China. Today, it's about $4,000 to $6,000 per year for unskilled/semi-skilled
826.
by rmah 10y ago
Low energy, high efficiency cooling technologies for home, office, transportation, etc. Security technology (monitoring to riot control) to help governments deal with the social upheaval.
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by rmah 10y ago
Yes, the impression the article wants you to have is that those people are top (or at least important) execs at both google and the government who are able to make decisions that benefit one or the other or themselves. The reality, if you d
828.
by rmah 10y ago
While you are correct, those states are not small. The number of native speakers for top five major languages as of 2001 are: Hindi (and dialects) 422 mil Bengali 83 mil Telugu 74 mil Marathi 72 mil Tamil 61 mi
829.
by rmah 10y ago
All US public company quarterly financial reports (and much more) are available in raw form at the SEC EDGAR site ( https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html ). Those reports income statements, balanc
830.
by rmah 10y ago
"Is anyone using WeChat or Weibo outside mainland China?" I don't know about Weibo, but WeChat is available in 200 nations and 20 languages. Over 70 mil people use WeChat outside of China. They seem strongest in south and s
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by rmah 10y ago
"I don't understand how sending queries/proposals up the chain is unprofessional behavior. Ignoring the dress code and coming in not following it would be unprofessional behavior." I also think that the companies reactio
832.
by rmah 10y ago
A 3mo interbank rate is not an alternative to a 30 yr consumer mortgage.
833.
by rmah 10y ago
By 1915, multiple waves of automation had already put millions of people out of work in industries as diverse as textiles to bookkeeping. But some other jobs radically expanded and new jobs were invented. The pace of advancement was, from
834.
by rmah 10y ago
True, but the show is not mocking intellect or intelligence, it is mocking nerdiness. Which, believe it or not, is not really that highly correlated.
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by rmah 10y ago
Human worth or, as I like to call it "respect" has nothing to do with equality of outcomes. There is a difference between benefiting materially or politically from how society is structured and social respect. There is a differen
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by rmah 10y ago
US agriculture is extremely efficient. Agriculture in underdeveloped nations is, usually, inefficient. The retail price typically only costs less because there are less steps between producer and buyer. For example, in the US, only abou
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by rmah 10y ago
At that point, the price will fall dramatically.
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by rmah 10y ago
It makes even less economic sense to farm indoors.
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by rmah 10y ago
That muslims were members of the KMT and served in the KMT army means nothing. The KMT was not a muslim organization. It had no religious affiliations at all. It was a chinese nationalist political party.
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by rmah 10y ago
Most of Apple's "cash" is in various securities. If they follow the typical pattern, the vast majority will be US Treasuries and other sovereign debt. Apple has "only" $11 bil in cash & short term debt. Of the

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