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by schneems 3y ago
That’s…not true. Anyone can sue anyone for anything. Patent trolls often go after individuals and small firms specifically because they can get them to settle as they cannot afford a legal fight. Most make the bulk of their money by without
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by schneems 3y ago
I think they were asking for something like Creative Commons for patents. Prior to CC anyone could write a note that says “free to use” but then you would need a lawyer to do due diligence and scan each with a fine toothed comb. The value o
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by schneems 3y ago
I work at Heroku and see a lot of different apps.
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by schneems 3y ago
Possibly if you mention them, likely not even then. Most accounts are run by staffers. Getting media attention is a long shot. I asked the original question. I was hoping for a “here’s a list of people you can email or call or write to” res
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by schneems 3y ago
It takes two seconds to add a “validated uniqueness” and now for every save or update instead of one SQL command to commit the data you’ve got 2 (multiplied by the number of validations). Plus this validation is weak in that it cannot prote
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by schneems 3y ago
> But it seems the communities as a whole cares a lot about memory usage. Matz very much sees Ruby as still a general purpose language that still supports scripting as a first tier concern. From that vantage bootup and memory are hugely
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by schneems 3y ago
I highly recommend the book “One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon”. It focuses on the logistics, coordination, and innovation by the other 400,000 people involved in getting us to the moon. It makes a compelling a
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by schneems 3y ago
What’s the best way to send signals to regulators?
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by schneems 3y ago
Thanks for clarifying. I read it as a general question rather than a specific one.
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by schneems 3y ago
> you’re begging to be exploited A “yes, and” pivot: you’re going to be exploited, you should be begging for a union. I’ve been musing on what an open source (users/creators) union would look like. The best of us write software in
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by schneems 3y ago
This question makes me think that you believe the problem is an efficiency that can be solved rather than an intentional choice. Ive worked at several restaurants as a waiter and food prep staff. The businesses have very thin margins and mo
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by schneems 3y ago
The problem with “always wear a p100” is that they’re not comfortable in an unventilated uncooled house which is where a lot of construction happens. If everyone is wearing one you also need to take more breaks which eats into time to do th
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by schneems 3y ago
If you slice the numbers differently you get a different result. But the fact that Houston is even in the list in the first place is the interesting part. Whether it beats NYC or not is sorta not the most important part of my comment. It se
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by schneems 3y ago
https://abc13.com/houston-diversity-wallethub-most-diverse-c... New York was famously segregated by Robert Moses. It’s up there on the list due to being a welcoming and diverse destination today, but those policies of the p
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by schneems 3y ago
> is just not as affordable as before. Add in quality of life things like longer commute times, Home prices are dropping like a rock. And commute times were hell a decade ago. I think the bigger issue is that these firms bet big on real
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by schneems 3y ago
> If this is a growing trend, it begs the question. What will Austin have to do to remain the darling of the tech world? I moved to Austin in 2008. The locals had a “go home, we are full” ethos at the time. Looking back in history, that
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by schneems 3y ago
Films exist without motive, plot, climax, or story. Some people love these films. If that’s the kind of story that you seek, then the teacher doesn’t need to lift a finger. Good for you. For the rest of us, we need to want a hole before we
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by schneems 3y ago
There’s always a reason. “I want to learn something just to learn something” isn’t the best reason, but it is A reason. I mention in another post that even if the reason doesn’t interest you personally, the teacher still should make a stron
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by schneems 3y ago
> It's not like cooking. Everyone has to eat. Not everyone likes cake (believe it or not). But everyone understands why someone else might want a cake. It’s a storytellers job to make the connection or to provide a surrogate. Most p
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by schneems 3y ago
I completely agree. A problem is probably the most classic storytelling device. “A heroes journey” gives the hero a problem to solve and then the climax is when they solve it.
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by schneems 3y ago
Maybe link to a resource for people to download a good implementation of that data structure. Maybe link to an article describing hot so implement this data structure correctly in depth. Maybe try finding some other way to add to the conver
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by schneems 3y ago
> Now we ready for the exciting part" or "This next bit is what I like best about this topic", etc. Personal excitement for the material is one piece, but it’s not enough. The most important thing a teacher should do is he
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by schneems 3y ago
“The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire, discuss” - Linda Richman
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by schneems 3y ago
This is amazing. Thanks for the link! If someone else reads this comment please upvote this person.
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by schneems 3y ago
I would love to know about the economics of theme parks. They require huge amounts of land, a massive upfront capital investment in the rides, and require a ton of logistics to coordinate the many workers required to run a place that often
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by schneems 3y ago
I’m not in the Java world so I don’t know if it’s still a thing but the play framework was trying to be rails for Java. Elixr has phoenix. Its more modular but the language itself was created by Jose a Rails core alum who at the time of lea
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by schneems 3y ago
I have a mechanical engineering degree, but IDK why that’s relevant. I demographically live in a state with a LOT of trucks and it sticks out, not in a good way. I say this as someone who loves weird car designs. I’m on /r/weirdwh
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by schneems 3y ago
The first time I saw a cyber truck on the road in Austin I literally laughed out loud. It was that startling. I’m sure that will fade, but it’s a very comical first impression.
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Yet
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I understood they wanted a comparison to the M2, the most recent version. Most people care about “what changed since last version” it’s disingenuous to say “X faster!! (Than an model out date by a year)”

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