taylodl

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   by taylodl 4y ago

   Your last point is very illuminating - If we didn't create a society that required stormtroopers to keep order, we wouldn't have this kind of crime or need stormtroopers.
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   Wall St doesn't tend to see a 27% drop in profitability as a non-story. The 6% YoY growth was probably expected, but that's a dramatic rise in expenses.
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   Maybe you and the other commenter were talking about the so-called "jumbo" loans or interest-only loans that had become popular at the time. This was at the height of "flipping" and the idea was you'd make into your
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   I think the laundering is a bit overstated. Yes, there were "risky" loans being made but those risks were being mitigated by bundling those loans with "safe" loans into a new securities product. No one was really surpris
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   That's not what happened in 2008. This exact scenario was the primary cause of the financial meltdown at the time. The prevailing wisdom was people would always pay their mortgage, so the securitization of real estate mortgages were
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   Yes, lots of people are monetizing their hobbies. TikTok and YouTube are full of such people. Pick your hobby - any hobby, and you'll find dozens of popular channels for that hobby. Here's the thing to keep in mind though, there a
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   My personal machine is a 2012 Macbook Pro, my work-issued machine is a 2014 Macbook Pro. Both are likely to get updated next year. For my personal machine I've looked at alternatives to Apple but I haven't found anything that&#x27
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   The world has been going to shit for the past 2,500 years. The ancient Greeks were the first ones to notice it. That seems like a long time ago to us because we're human and have short lifespans but in the larger scheme of things it wa
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   by taylodl 4y ago

   These crowds are being controlled by those benefitting from the status quo and the status quo, practically by definition, has its own momentum - "this is the way we've always done it." Many people legitimately don't unde
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    I came here to say just this! Gen X is the generation that brought modern computing and the internet. Seems uninformed to call those accomplishments "failures."
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    I thought the vaunted "free market" was supposed to sort out these kinds of issues and not require legislative intervention? One nice thing about this model is what it does for the used car market. Maybe the original owner didn&#x
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Yawn. Apple retired the 30 pin connector 10 years ago to much user griping. Apple said then they'd keep the new connector for 10 years. Guess what? It's 10 years later. Meanwhile, Apple has been employing USB-C in more and more of
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    That’s why you want a single service of truth. Abstract the consumer from the source and allow yourself to scale the physical source of truth without impacting the consumer.
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    The guy hates macOS so much he's buying another Mac? Seems strange to me. If macOS is so awful then why not leave it today? Why wait another five or more years? As far as Apple's strategy is concerned it makes sense to me. There&#
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Maybe the Economist should try staying in their lane? From some of their recent articles I'd say they struggle enough with finance and the economy.
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    No. I don't believe Russia is a credible nuclear threat. Nuclear warheads aren't "set it and forget it" devices, they require continual maintenance, maintenance Russia has demonstrated they're not doing with any of
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    You might want to consider how the U.S. manages waterways to ensure the viability of shipping. The fact this is a surprise is the news here - it's not like we don't have decades of experience planning for these events and puttin
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    I missed the news for when there was a house building boom. Oh, there wasn't? Then the law of supply and demand will keep housing prices high. People don't like being homeless and now the Boomer's children are having children
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Then maybe you should explain what you're actually doing because I'm an urban rider, my friends are urban riders, and the general consensus in our local motorcycling community is the horn is useless. Because like I said, if the dr
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    What? You honk your horn every time you enter an intersection where a driver is present and could cross your path? Because if they're already crossing your path then honking your horn is the last thing you should be concerned with.
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    It's not misleading. First off, 75% of all motorcycle crashes are single vehicle crashes - i.e. rider error, usually going wide in a corner. 50% of all motorcycle crashes involve the rider having a blood alcohol level above the legal l
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Now you've learned your lesson to not cruise through yellow lights. Also, mind your lane position. I'm always in the left-most position to maximize driver's opportunity to see me.
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Loud horns don't overcome even louder sound systems and then there's the issue with deaf people (yeah, that's something that's happened to me before - why didn't they hear my horn? Oh, they were literally deaf!) Mos
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    I have my doubts. It's not like we haven't added more lights to motorcycles before. The problem is it confuses drivers into believing the motorcycle is another type of vehicle and is much further away than it actually is. That&#x2
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    I got a sodastream and earplugs for musicians depending on which account I used.
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Good things happen when developers are involved in Ops. Most developers would prefer to develop and not focus so much on Ops, and so they take the steps to automate the Ops as much as possible and essentially make the problem go away. Dedic
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    I disagree. DevOps was intended to break the organizational mindset of having this group of people here doing this set of activities and this other group of people over there doing that set of activities when in reality both groups of peopl
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Hasn't everybody configured two spaces to be replaced by a period and a space? Who is typing periods any more?!
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Good point! Didn't think of that.
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    by taylodl 4y ago

    Millions of people are being served by three grocers? The metro area for my city is just shy of two million. We have Walmart, Kroger, Meijer, Giant Eagle, Target, Aldi, Trader Joe, Whole Foods, Marc's, IGA, Sam's Club, Costco, and