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by rz2k 13y ago
So people who work in retail stores open on the weekends work 56 hour weeks rather than 40 hour weeks? I feel really bad for the people working in the drugstore now! Just to be clear, the idea that weekly cyclicality in demand for labor, or
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by rz2k 13y ago
Assertions that 'economics is not a science' are almost certain to be followed by some confident conclusion specifically related to economics that sounds like common sense, but contradicts anything that makes sense after applying
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by rz2k 13y ago
This discussion has a pretty amazing number of references to fantasy or science fiction worlds. I count eight so far. * WoW - Zangermarsh * Elder Scrolls - Vvardenfell * StarCraft - Mutalisks * Smurfs * Mario Brothers * Jules Verne - Journ
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by rz2k 13y ago
With real estate property taxes encourage an efficient distribution of resources. The domain fees could increase, however it would be difficult to assess the value of a domain for a property that is so nonfungible that it is only valuable t
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by rz2k 13y ago
It might make more sense if compared to the size of the Exploratorium rather than something like a showroom, and the visible, water location could be important if people are otherwise likely to ignore a large warehouse showcasing a technolo
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by rz2k 13y ago
Confidentiality sounds like one of the more reasonable explanations, but it looks like the Coast Guard has its own set of approvals http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg521/
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by rz2k 13y ago
Clearly meant as a rhetorical question, what do you really mean by it? How many auditors caught the problems with Worldcom, Enron or Tyco? Extremely small minorities did, and yet people don't question whether 'accounting works, bu
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by rz2k 13y ago
From a game theory perspective, if an adversary has an effective tool, defeating that tool and creating enough doubt that the adversary no longer uses the tool are equivalent. The major vulnerabilities sound like details of implementation a
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by rz2k 13y ago
Yes, unlike with iron, the process does not continue and the result is harder and more durable than the original, but, my point was that the surface probably is not just painted over, but has dye incorporated in the surface.
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by rz2k 13y ago
I think someone posted this[1] here yesterday, but from the description: >Electrical current is run through aluminum in an acid bath, causing oxygen molecules to bond to aluminum producing a thin, uniform layer of aluminum oxide (basical
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by rz2k 13y ago
I don't think expressions of awe and reverence for one's good fortune or the system that created that good fortune is productive at all. And, I think it becomes counter productive when that awe goes so far as to suppress one'
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by rz2k 13y ago
The CFAA[1] is a powerful tool for all sorts of strong arming. Even if it can also be used for good, it would be far better if it were reformed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
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by rz2k 13y ago
Look up 'Talkatone' in the App Store. It does let you place and receive Google Talk calls on your iOS device without having to use a PSTN phone of any sort.
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by rz2k 13y ago
The scrolling ball needs to be regularly cleaned by turning the mouse upside down and rolling it on a clean piece of paper. When it is dirty it will seem like it is broken and only track in one direction.
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by rz2k 13y ago
You don't have to have economics taking a back seat to recognize that per capita income levels are not the only economic statistic. Most likely at a very localized level the issues of nationalism and ethnicity manifest themselves in th
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by rz2k 13y ago
I too used Chrome because it was simple enough to seem to get out of the way, but Firefox has gotten so much faster that I can't remember how there was an advantage. Now, I can't stand that there is never a sidebar in Chrome for t
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by rz2k 13y ago
However, you have to keep some perspective. How would a one day stop compare to a large winter storm's effect on aviation? How would it compare to the days after 9/11, or the early August 1981 air traffic controller strike? It&#x2
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by rz2k 13y ago
Closing air traffic would be sufficient to make it a very big deal without all of the pain being focused on people who have little political voice. The economic fallout would be terrible for everyone, but once upon a time that would prevent
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by rz2k 13y ago
As I understand it, which admittedly isn't well, it made surveillance jobs easier when its users mistook anonymity and privacy. That is, sending something through the tor network means that it's more likely that your traffic is go
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by rz2k 13y ago
I read the book only a year or two after it came out, so I don't remember much of the details other than the importance of fuel. However, I don't think there's a way to create an interesting war simulation that is based on cu
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by rz2k 13y ago
Everything that is fundamental has changed, though. While the focus of the book was Moscow's panic in the face of geopolitical decline, the Warsaw Pact was still on approximate equal footing with NATO in the early 1980s. So, in addit
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by rz2k 13y ago
I suppose it isn't exactly Blue Hippo, but they'd have to be pretty obtuse not to know that it is misleading, regardless of whether it is the old or new version of the page.[1][2] Take for example item number three shared by both
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by rz2k 13y ago
And, perhaps, versions of the 4K display with and without a GPU would fit into their m.o. of making pretty high end stuff requiring low effort on the part of users. and then if the monitors could also run iOS on their own when the computer
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by rz2k 13y ago
It did sound very promising for the couple years that it was in development, but the reviews don't make it sound like it is really worth it. - The USB 3.0 connection operates at half speed - The Thunderbolt Display also includes most o
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by rz2k 13y ago
Another problem standing in the way of it being an obvious dock for newer MacBooks is that it doesn't yet support USB 3.0.
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by rz2k 13y ago
I think they used to be on books.google.com, but here are some issues of Popular Mechanics that can be browsed: http://books.google.com/books?id=xNwDAAAAMBAJ
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by rz2k 13y ago
> The “standard” of one space is maybe 60 years old at the most, with some publishers retaining wider spaces as a house style well into the 1950s and even a few in the 1960s. This article starts off sounding like it is making an argument
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by rz2k 13y ago
There should probably better documentation for all of the data, since it isn't uncommon to see headlines that use the wrong time series for a particular concept. That said their phone support is pretty excellent, and you'll likely
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by rz2k 13y ago
You can view the old videos here: http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse.html It is worth watching a few to see how well it is taught. It is more mathematically rigorous with an emphasis on the theoretical fundamentals, especia
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by rz2k 13y ago
If people are increasingly likely to trade in their phones, rather than just putting their old ones in a box, then the difference in value becomes an even more relevant concern. It's difficult to imagine the 5c having within $100 of th

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