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by sailfast 6y ago
Came here to post this quote. I don't understand how you would base your decisions on ratings agencies after what happened in 2008 and the fact that the incentives are still totally misaligned. The person quoted seems to indicate &quot
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by sailfast 6y ago
You're not alone. And yes, cleaning up counts as a side project. Deep focus is really difficult. Without a checklist it's hard to get anything done, and there are a number of interruptions. As for learning / focus - typically
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by sailfast 6y ago
Yeah - this was clearly audible on my phone speakers, especially during more muddy / multi-note sequences. While it may not be able to emulate a real pedal to create one’s own sound, it would be interesting / fun for amateurs when
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by sailfast 6y ago
That makes sense and is well argued. I want to agree with you with 100%, but something is nagging at me a bit. Just like free software that ends up in a paid product and then winning or settling in court because the company has more resourc
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by sailfast 6y ago
The point is not about the money - the point is using data contributed by users without the proper license to create something that might yield revenue which will then not be shared or payed forward in any way to the contributors. We have a
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by sailfast 6y ago
That's interesting! Did Facebook ask permission to create derivative works (the bot) from Reddit posts, I wonder, or does this fall under web-scraping law? If I recall Reddit users still retain rights to their posts unless Reddit the c
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by sailfast 6y ago
If it’s anything like the British aristocracy then “wealthy” people are deeply in debt all the time anyway and leveraged to the hilt and one crisis away from bankruptcy (bad credit) but keep getting loans because of their status. Is that wh
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by sailfast 6y ago
Generally depends on the context of the "War" being fought, and (generally) I'd say the criteria would be those with the least agency in the situation that are therefore the most convenient to lose without impacting higher le
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by sailfast 6y ago
This is a small part of the article but the whole "wartime leader" trope is starting to wear thin. Can we please acknowledge it for the euphemism that it is: Total control by the executive to enable a narrow set of goals while tol
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by sailfast 6y ago
Sure, but billionaire money can often also be the result of other things being forcibly taken from society. You're not looking for gifts, you're looking for them to pay the actual cost for what they've obtained. Examples incl
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by sailfast 6y ago
This doesn't work for a young child on their own (think grade school) but it might (intriguing model that I haven't seen yet) work with smaller groups of kids learning together - say, all the first graders on your block at somebod
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by sailfast 6y ago
This is super interesting - I had no idea you could do this kind of thing with R. Very cool and a great step-by-step guide. I also second the "rite of passage to fight with GDAL" sentiment :) I'd also recommend Robert Simmon&
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by sailfast 7y ago
If you make money laundering easy it becomes much easier to commit crimes and keep your gains, while the volume of the payoff gets much higher. If drug dealers in the 80s could have started hedge funds (or even deposit funds legally) with t
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by sailfast 7y ago
I’m guessing you’ll end up re-inventing the banking system if you follow this down enough of the complex rabbit holes required here. What do you think a lender is? Why do you think they can lend money?
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by sailfast 7y ago
The bank is taking all of the AML / KYC risk for all of these loans by law, which is costlier / riskier than you’d expect. Further, they’re taking a giant risk that they did paperwork in line with a massive government program that
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by sailfast 7y ago
DHS is one thing, but make no mistake most government agencies outside DoD have seen resources cut and leadership with explicit tasks to water down, remove, and erode the performance of duties. See: DoE, the EPA (where leaders wanted the ag
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by sailfast 7y ago
Those are great but you still have to replace the filters quite often, right? Doesn’t solve the problem as the P100 filters are also sold out, and were in shortages back in January from what I saw.
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by sailfast 7y ago
The freight costs makes sense and that's a great counterpoint. Thanks! That said, the government has the ability to cap mask costs per unit and then only charge for shipping or, you know, bring a bunch of C5s and do the freight themsel
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by sailfast 7y ago
This is insane. 5x markup and federal seizure of privately procured masks that will then get given to private companies to give to hospitals. Instead, the government could institute price controls and distribute directly to those in need or
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by sailfast 7y ago
First off - I don't know that it's normal for a competing company in a protest to post a press release like this. I know things have gotten nuts recently and people protest for giggles these days, but this seems... weird. I also w
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by sailfast 7y ago
One thing I haven’t seen listed yet that is important to personal happiness: “What does your change process look like?” Do they have boards and paperwork? Pull requests and code? Engineer just executes? Do they make technical decisions at t
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by sailfast 7y ago
Yes. In fact, I was wondering if I could "just" run the REPL from the MarkMap website locally. Would make things a lot easier.
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by sailfast 7y ago
Right - this is obviously what I would do. However, if face shields were helpful for reducing risks for general interaction (no idea if they are) then I’d also want one. The fastest path to leaving the house is reducing the risk of leaving,
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by sailfast 7y ago
Of course I put on a mask, and I rarely leave the house. I was not aware they were not helpful when generally interacting with others - obviously then I wouldn’t want to wear one.
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by sailfast 7y ago
Many of my reps have stopped providing phone numbers on their websites. Kinda cowardly, but it allows them to validate emails with addresses that come via their website from actual constituents.
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by sailfast 7y ago
I’d like to leave my house in a month or two. You?
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by sailfast 7y ago
At some point, I want to leave my house. Like, maybe in June? A face shield sounds like a prudent way to reduce one’s risk while also being able to interact with others. Why not let citizens buy them after shortages end?
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by sailfast 7y ago
> Do any of these companies? I'd argue yes, to a certain extent. The government has ordered suspension of businesses for the good of public safety and welfare. Yes, they deserve some sort of compensation for that, I would suggest. I
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by sailfast 7y ago
The military offers a number of different pay scales for this, but I'm reading an extra $225 per paycheck tax free. https://militarybenefits.info/military-allowance-incentive-b... As for "who typically offers this
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by sailfast 7y ago
It would've been nice if the thing the Government _did_ do before this had worked out. Instead, a large company bought the awardee and they requested the government cancel the contract, which resulted in a re-award and... no ventilator

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