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by rmah 10y ago
Even hunter-gatherers have HUGE impact on the environment. They often set fires to clear underbrush in forests (making hunting easier) or wildfires in grasslands to drive herds of animals (again for hunting). They move around and introduc
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by rmah 10y ago
Regarding performance, I can only say that julia's primary use case doesn't really seem to be for small scripts that take a few msec to run. The last set of programs I wrote in julia had run times of hours to days. A few extra se
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by rmah 10y ago
You want exposed plumbing and wiring. That makes them easily accessible, easier to see what's broken and easier to fix. This is why military ships do not hide plumbing and wiring behind wall panels.
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by rmah 11y ago
Regarding the "huge following"... Yes, lots of people read it, send links to friends, etc. But, most of the time those links are sent for comedy or shock value, not because people think it's serious news. To use an analo
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by rmah 11y ago
30 years ago, when I started working as a professional software developer, I encountered people in their 40's who had been professional software developers for 20 years. So no, software development is NOT young. FORTRAN was released
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by rmah 11y ago
When I was a little kid, I walked or rode my bike. Everyone did. And back then, crime was multiple times higher than today.
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by rmah 11y ago
Yes, among other locations (Hong Kong, Canton, Amoy, Shanghai, etc.). I was describing the various "treaty ports" that were established following the Opium Wars, which were essentially a series of wars fought by the west to allow
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by rmah 11y ago
Um, that is essentially what happened about 100 years ago. A few differences though... The europeans brought along lots of armed guards and demanded China's laws didn't apply to them. Obviously, there was some friction.
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by rmah 11y ago
Banks making mortgages did not pay for appraisals, sellers did. So prosecute the appraisers and sellers. Banks did not falsify borrower income, borrowers did. So prosecute the borrowers. Why blame banks for other people's lies? Or d
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by rmah 11y ago
What the author fails to understand is that IoT is not a consumer thing, it's an industrial thing. And silicon valley has (mostly) missed the boat. They're behind the curve. There are already 100's of millions, if not billi
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by rmah 11y ago
You're kidding, right?
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by rmah 11y ago
I used to think this 20 years go. I was also wrong. The state of the art of software development does NOT move fast, it moves glacially slowly. The fundamental technologies of 20 years ago are very similar to what is in use today. The
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by rmah 11y ago
What economic benefits? Seriously, I don't see any. I mean, I see some for the producers of said cars, but not for a city that mandates only self-driving taxis.
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by rmah 11y ago
"probationary period" has no real legal meaning in almost all US states.
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by rmah 11y ago
Say $3mil in net income means a company doing between $20mil to $40mil in revenues. Which typically means between 100 to 200 employees. This is not "stay small".
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by rmah 11y ago
Yes, remember Sun. Once a strong company, now a shadow of its former self and a "brand" in Oracle's portfolio. I'm sure giving yet more things away would have saved them (that was sarcasm).
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by rmah 11y ago
Perhaps not "world class"? But you can teach people to play guitar or write songs at a reasonably competent level.
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by rmah 11y ago
You can get an engineering degree from most Ivy's :-)
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by rmah 11y ago
Have you tried adjusting it for inflation and GDP growth? Even after that, the S&P 500 should be doing better. Why? Because the S&P500 represents the winners not the overall economy.
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by rmah 11y ago
Jeez, you're talking about something designed and built in 1982-1983 (over 30 years ago) and meant to run on something with 128KB of RAM with no hard drive and a 400KB floppy disk. You try fitting all that plus a GUI those constraints.
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by rmah 11y ago
The same thing that every other nation that used to have armies of low paid workers (e.g. USA, England, Germany, etc, etc) did.
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by rmah 11y ago
hahaha, talk about missing the point
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by rmah 11y ago
That would be because GDP is not a measure of collective well-being.
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Companies Jump on IT ‘Insourcing’ Bandwagon(simplicity.laserfiche.com)
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by rmah 11y ago
I'm pretty sure that was found to be caused by people accidentally hitting the accelerator.
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by rmah 11y ago
Hah, 90% of all legal work IS done by paralegals.
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by rmah 11y ago
Perhaps, but it's not like you have to pay 2x or 3x more to hire a programmer in their 50's. More like 20% or 30% more. For 200% to 300% more experience. That's a deal, in my book.
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by rmah 11y ago
Exactly right. The key is to leverage the exposure that being a YouTube "star" gives you into various other ventures. A prime example is Michelle Phan. Forbes lists her youtube earnings at $3mil, but her company, Ipsy, reputedl
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by rmah 11y ago
All that travelling is pointless, they will simply track your car.
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by rmah 11y ago
Before the industrial revolution, 90%+ of people lived in "extreme poverty" (as we would describe it today). Note, "extreme poverty" does not mean "extreme misery" nor does it necessarily mean "hungry&quo

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