safeignorance

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by safeignorance 10y ago
> We're already to the point where if your commute is less than 8 miles or so, using Uber daily is cheaper than the cost of ownership on a $30k vehicle. Just imagine what self-driving cars will do to that equation. Which brings up
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by safeignorance 10y ago
Going for C=0 is an impressively ambitious goal. There is one thing I really like about this proposal. Gates believes our future depends upon scientific advances and resulting technological innovation, supported by modest and easy-to-justif
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by safeignorance 10y ago
That doesn't necessarily mean they aren't going to solicit ideas -- either from public calls or (especially) from recognized experts. Most grant-giving organizations don't accept unsolicited requests for money, but then regul
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by safeignorance 10y ago
An American without a high school diploma or GED convinced a seriously good German university to admit him. That's pretty impressive. If I were in his situation, there's no way I would have had the gull to try that route. Probably
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by safeignorance 10y ago
Exactly. It's not just that he was home-schooled. It's that he was apparently home-schooled by people who were apparently particularly incompetent at home-schooling.
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by safeignorance 10y ago
Of course, the guy's life story is still an inspirational tale of creating opportunities for yourself where none seem to exist. And his discovery -- although probably not rocking the foundation of the (sub)field -- is still impressive
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by safeignorance 10y ago
It's also misleading -- although he did grow up in a trailer park, he also attended an world-renown university of both undergraduate and doctoral studies prior to making the discovery. And he wasn't working alone in the middle of
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by safeignorance 10y ago
Taking on Pearson and other companies that use similarly predatory tactics to extract value from society's most disadvantaged is exactly the sort of "disruption" that the world needs more of. That said, I doubt one could go a
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by safeignorance 10y ago
It's not terribly uncommon for colleges to require some form of physical education like in high school. The motivations are varied -- from legal mandate (for state schools) all the way to subsidizing the athletic staff with tuition dol
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by safeignorance 10y ago
In almost all cases, there's a significant difference in the sort of risk that comes from B/FaaS dependencies and the sort of risk that comes from PL lock-in. The former leads to technology lock-in and vendor lock-in , while the
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by safeignorance 10y ago
Israel is a relatively rich middle-eastern democracy. Jordan should probably count too (it has its problems, yes, but so do most of the tiger states). Qatar too, to a much lesser extent and esp. if you prioritize wealth/stability over
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by safeignorance 10y ago
Failing to coalesce and maintain political support from the host government is just about the most predictable failure mode imaginable.... no true scotsman, indeed.
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by safeignorance 10y ago
I'd guess very few of libertarianism's opponents believe in socialist utopias, and what the article suggests is about as far from an incremental step and one can possibly get...
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by safeignorance 10y ago
You're correct to point out that the coding style isn't to blame for the software fault. And IMO The last paragraph of the article hints at the most probable fundamental cause. But I just don't buy that this was not a softwar