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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"it's a safe bet that hiring managers would be aware that Harvard graduates were not necessarily selected for merit," Isn't this true of just about every school?
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"and that the education itself is middling" If this were true, wouldn't we already know this?
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Well, the second that admissions process gets out, an entire industry will move to game the metrics it uses. That will make those metrics largely useless, as only the rich will be able to afford private coaching to make sure they hit the me
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"or the incredible bureaucracy that de facto prohibits small businesses from participating in the finance or medical industries. " This is a good thing . These areas are not places where you want to "move fast and break thin
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I fail to see how that's unscrupulous, as that's a new version of the app, and that's how software was sold for decades.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Yawn isn't the half of it. The most popular football teams in LA are: 1. The Raiders (like, it's not even close) 2. The Rams (probably a little more popular after their good season last year) 3. The LA Galaxy (that's right, a
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Based on what? And if people aren't getting value from using the blockchain, why are they using it?" You're assuming rationality. You're also assuming they're actually paying for the electricity. And you'
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Except this stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum. Them deciding to waste a whole bunch of energy on something like cryptocurrency has very real effects on everyone else.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Really though, he was able to privately finance this one because he screwed St. Louis with the costs of another stadium.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"As the activity it is certainly valuable to ensure the validity of the blockchain." Not at the cost that it currently takes. Personally, I ascribe far, far, far less value (if any) to any cryptocurrency mining compared to using t
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"In addition I hate staring at a grey wall the whole day. It feels like prison." You can cover that up with stuff. One of the benefits of a fabric covered cube wall is that you can use pins to stick things up. I went to a fabric s
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Heh, I remember one gig where they had cubes, and one guy was right next to the window. But they still had to put the back of the cube up, so he couldn't enjoy the window.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Why? Do you like having everyone see everything you do?
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
When they have the tall walls, I like them a lot better than open plans.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I wonder if this isn't a side effect of our moving to be a "less violent" society. Back in the day, that person would at least get punched for doing such a thing, and would not do it again. As it is, there's really no ne
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"They’re also more scalable and agile." Considering everyone is wearing noise cancelling headphones, and everyone is on Slack anyway, I don't believe this claim.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"They’re probably incorporated businesses paying taxes and injecting wealth into local economy through payroll and other expenses." What evidence do you have of this? In other areas where this happens, like up by the hydroelectric
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Doing anything of value requires expending of energy and producing heat, this is unavoidable." I think the point is that cryptocurrency mining is not valuable, at least not compared to the amount of resources required for it. &qu
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
It is the second biggest city in the country. And technically, many of them are not in the City of LA, but the LA Metro Area.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I am saying the part where the Republican government of Wisconsin gave away a waiver for environmental regulations to a large company is partisan.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That sounds insanely difficult to implement, potentially gameable by elected officials, and really difficult to do in a place that, say, is split somewhat evenly between Democrats and Republicans.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Yeah, but if we then vote out someone who made a bad deal, we're still stuck with that deal.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Then that organization doesn't need the tax break. If you're not going to be able to bring something of value to the area, then my tax dollars should not be subsidizing you beyond what anyone else gets.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I mean, that's not wrong. That is kinda how it is.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But contracts aren't supposed to have provisions in them that are against the law.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But it is partisan. I can understand wanting to escape from politics from time to time, but unfortunately it is and continues to be a major force in our lives.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Don't romanticize the past. The average professional in Silicon Valley enjoys a standard of living much, much higher than the average factory worker in Shenzhen, or in Cleveland for that matter. The average tech professional. Teacher
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
San Diego did just that, and said no to the stadium the Chargers wanted, next to downtown (they were willing to build a different stadium elsewhere). So they left for LA.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I guess the question would be, what compelling reason would there be to do so? To me, the article's advantages are kinda meh, and I much prefer the tools provided in code review packages.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
State Attorney General's office?

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