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by tcbawo 8y ago
I recall playing a monochrome version as well. Maybe there was an edition with cheaper hardware?
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by tcbawo 8y ago
A true tragedy of the commons. I'm pessimistic that we would be capable of an international ban without rogue states and loopholes. We'll probably end up developing quasi-peacetime technology that could be co-opted for military
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by tcbawo 8y ago
I definitely have sympathy and empathy for people in this condition. No employee is immune. Think about whether your job will exist and afford you a comfortable lifestyle in 20 or 30 years. There doesn't appear to be an easy answer.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Any job that pays you enough to live, but not enough to get to a better place in the long run, is a dead end. When technology takes these jobs, lives will be ruined. Many people would be better off finding something new now rather than la
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Perhaps to combat drug resistance to human-facing bacteria, we should be promoting resistance in bacteria that infect fungi. Eventually, nature may lead us to the next step in the arms race.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
If the fear of being publicly proven wrong or held liable causes people to hedge/water down their advice, maybe this creates a space that allows frauds, charlatans, and confident fools to thrive.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Other (less fair) ways of doing it include requiring a co-signer or allocating some assets as escrow. Although, like healthcare, the problem is probably the cost not the financing.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
I've found that the Pimsleur method is very good (at least at the beginning/intermediate levels), but is mostly auditory. I think this leveraged the creator's research on timed reinforcement learning. I imagine something li
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by tcbawo 8y ago
When you quit, you lose leverage. It's not unethical to use personal and vacation days as you see fit.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Lincoln was in favor of maintaining the status quo in order to keep the country intact. However, the Southern states were planning secession prior to his election. What were the Northern states planning to do to the South? What was the So
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by tcbawo 8y ago
For hundreds of years, after every leap in productivity, people have proclaimed the 'end of work'. But that never happens. One theory is that cost of living rises to offset generated wealth (historically, see real estate).
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by tcbawo 8y ago
The immune system is so complex, we can't even solve food allergies. We're only scratching the surface, although I am hopeful for the future.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Owning your product (ie. reaping the rewards of your labor) is an enormous motivator. It takes a skillful manager/salesperson to keep people motivated as a company grows and they have less skin in the game.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Is SAP in the business of selling solutions or technical stack/platform? From what I understand, there is a large ecosystem of private SAP consultants.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Now there's a reality TV show!
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Someone I know had a father-in-law with brain cancer that destroyed his ability to speak -- but he could still sing. So, that's how he communicated up until the end.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
60 years ago we were scaling down from the largest scale military action in human history and in the process of repurposing industrial capacity from military to peacetime.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Bad code is bad code, no matter which language. Languages won't save you from poor design choices. OOP is popular in large enterprise systems because it (purports to) promote encapsulation and abstraction, which allows many teams&#x2F
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by tcbawo 8y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted. Ageism is real and depends on where you are. It can be scary if you live in a smaller market.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Looks great. The interface and markup macros looks very similar to MessagePack's C++ interface (which is a great and useful library BTW).
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by tcbawo 8y ago
The derivatives markets are also enormous. Those often involve margin which requires allocating huge amounts of capital.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
I scanned through that list. Granted, I don't buy much coffee, candy, bottled water, cookies, yogurt, cosmetics, or processed foods in general. But I think I could avoid their brands quite easily. Maybe I'm and outlier.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
It's not always about jumping ship either. In many companies, you will move between areas/needs or get promoted to other work after a couple years. Also, companies will outsource maintenance to lower-cost teams. It seems there i
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Lots of people found charities or start businesses once they've created a wealth base. If this person makes millions in finance, he/she just might found a lab or create a medical lense startup in the future. It might eventually
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by tcbawo 8y ago
It's not that I don't expect the codebase to age or design it with long-term thinking, I just don't expect to be working on it for that long. Someone will replace me, and I'd like to leave them with well-designed, reada
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Regardless of whether Kotlin is considered a better world than Java, I'm skeptical that this sort of automatic translation adds significant value.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
I try to design and name interfaces clearly and comment code for myself. If it's been a few weeks since I've looked at something it helps me snap back. Also, I would never approach a codebase as if I will be working on it for 30
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by tcbawo 8y ago
A sizable portion of US culture idolizes self-reliance and independence. So, prioritizing gun ownership is consistent with that. The other side of this ethos is looking down on those who must be given services rather than "earn"
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by tcbawo 8y ago
Many people are choosing where to live based on income/expense differential instead of just income. Talent is choosing not to relocate to high cost of living areas, so many companies are opening up offices in these middle-tier cities.
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by tcbawo 8y ago
I wouldn't expect prices to rise significantly as automation kicks in. We will see a lot of competition and wage stagnation for those middle class jobs as efficiency eats away the margins they live on. Hopefully we find a solution bef

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