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by tcbawo 3y ago
I haven’t see this mentioned here, but I found Lars Brownworth’s “12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of the Byzantine Empire“ ( https://12byzantinerulers.com ) particularly entertaining and informative back in the day.
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by tcbawo 3y ago
What makes you think that a person 30 years into a career hasn’t been learning? The peril of specializing is that some day your field might be rendered obsolete. On the flip side, if you avoid depth of knowledge, you will also be replacea
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by tcbawo 3y ago
It seems that bad patents would hurt less if they didn’t persist for so long. Why can’t we come up with some sort of earlier phase-out, where patents must be re-litigated or justified to remain in effect?
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by tcbawo 3y ago
AA as in Alcoholics Anonymous? I don’t think that those are meetups like you are describing.
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by tcbawo 3y ago
It’s only a matter of time until someone starts screening for mental state and suggesting advertisements or soliciting based on receptiveness. As a parent, I’m hoping technology like this would be better at flagging abusive behavior, depr
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by tcbawo 3y ago
His larger point was having a focus on memory management. He mentioned new and delete in reference to ensuring they match up to avoid memory leaks. He also mentioned smart pointers. If you wanted every drop of CPU performance, you probab
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by tcbawo 3y ago
The term over which to maximize profit can be subjective. The present value of future profits is also subjective. I think the answer appears to be “follow then industry trends set by Serious People” and “pay consulting firms to justify th
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by tcbawo 3y ago
I reluctantly switched from Android to iOS last year. I wanted to stay with Android. I miss many features of my Android like web-based messages integration, and a Message app that doesn’t eat messages (send or cancel… are you kidding me?)
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by tcbawo 3y ago
The middle of both parties are getting older and older. Newly elected politicians tend to be populistic culture warriors. Consequently, we’re not able to elect anyone that gets anything done. Gone are the days of electing the most seriou
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by tcbawo 3y ago
I read somewhere recently that the purpose of prestige/Ivy League schools is to provide the very wealthy and the very talented/ambitious the opportunity to mix, where you won’t be able to tell the difference.
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by tcbawo 3y ago
I would prefer wearing a lightweight band overnight. I wish Garmin still made the Vivo* models
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by tcbawo 3y ago
I used to buy Garmin fitness bands, but they seem to have been discontinued. Among other things, I wore them overnight and use them as an alarm clock. Having a charge that lasts 7+ days is such a huge benefit imho. Does anyone have any o
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Liability of a hospital for actions of an independent contractor physician in a medical malpractice trial depended (at least partially…) on whether an uninformed person would confuse that individual as an agent/employee of the hospital
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Given the political climate in the US — with accusations of socialism flying left and right — it is fascinating that they were able to conceive and execute literal redistribution of farmland and that is has been held up as a exemplary examp
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Generative AI might be able to create compelling characters to interact with in Facebook/Metaverse. That would be a weird, but possibly therapeutic?
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by tcbawo 4y ago
When you have enough time and the same rock chord progressions, there are going to be similarities. I would be surprised if that song had anything other than a subconscious effect on Harrison’s song writing. Lawsuits over this type of thi
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Or have a password that you set up for this circumstance. If you forget your password, your password reset information is mailed to your billing address.
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by tcbawo 4y ago
It’s unfortunate for anyone to lose such a sum of money. It’s a precautionary tale. Hearing these types of stories, if I were in a situation where I held a lot of equity in one stock, I might purchase put options to hedge my risk.
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Buzz Aldrin (93), although he might outlive all of us
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Did you ever get an answer to how he did this?
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Maybe this isn’t what happened. But I was specifically referring to the ability to pair a computer with your Android device to send/receive messages without your phone: https://messages.google.com/web/authenticati
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Have you ever logged into messages.google.com?
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by tcbawo 4y ago
I can’t imagine the richest of the rich were parking any significant chunk of their money as a depositor in SVB. These people have access to far greater diversity of investments than whatever SVB was offering. I can understand the anger an
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by tcbawo 4y ago
The seeds of Lehman’s collapse were planted years before its eventual collapse. Pushing the envelope as far as one can get away with (literally) seems to be the key to success as a banking executive.
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Yes, the details of the arrangement is the part I’m interested in. If the parking enforcement officials work for the city, what is their incentive for diligence? Does the city need company approval to add a loading zone or driveway, or do
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by tcbawo 4y ago
Who employs the parking enforcement officials? Does this company have a say in zoning and permitting changes and decisions? Do they have easement rights on both preexisting meters and future meters?
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by tcbawo 4y ago
I agree with your general point regarding the durability of older cars. But any 1970 Mustang still running and in good shape has required a lot of maintenance and work. Part of me wonders whether the move to electric vehicles from ICE wil
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by tcbawo 4y ago
As a technologist, I’ve started to compare my career to that of a professional athlete. My utility and pay multiplier is defined by WAR (wins added vs generic replacement player), to use baseball terminology. Also, my WAR will decline wit
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by tcbawo 4y ago
I can think of a person in my family that needs to be needed in this way. Since I am somewhat independent, she is put off, probably subconsciously. Trying to find ways to be needed feels artificial. It’s hard to reconcile this. Maybe th
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by tcbawo 4y ago
I suppose inferior depends on what purposes they are used for. Was it worth discarding a very large potential market? Even in 1987, IBM PCs (and compatibles) had ~66% of market share, with Apple ~10%. By 1990, PCs had >80% of the mark

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