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by throwaway98434 7y ago
Criticizing a religion is not the same thing as dehumanizing its followers. Dehumanization is a defense mechanism which helps us avoid feeling the pain of realizing that humans sometimes do (subjectively) abhorrent things. It's seducti
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by throwaway98434 7y ago
There are multiple points where averaging is employed. FMR is a close to median value. From the linked definition: "The FMR is the 40th percentile of gross rents for typical, non-substandard rental units occupied by recent movers in a
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by throwaway98434 7y ago
FMR is a close to median value. From the linked definition: "The FMR is the 40th percentile of gross rents for typical, non-substandard rental units occupied by recent movers in a local housing market" Minimum wage is not a 40th p
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by throwaway98434 7y ago
Yes, it's what they're saying. They quote $377/mo as the maximum affordable rent for a minimum wage earner. There are many counties across America where a low-end two bedroom can be found for substantially less than that $377
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by throwaway98434 7y ago
This article like so many others makes a critical mistake in using a median price for minimum earners. A minimum wage earner is not and should not be in the market for a median priced home. A median wage earner would pursue a median priced
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by throwaway98434 7y ago
The unix filesystem api doesn't provide a way to interact with sectors. The primitives are files and the methods available are writing more data, or truncating. There is no function provided for shifting the byte offset of data in a fi
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
Michael Crichton calls these "wet streets cause rain" stories in his piece "Why Speculate." http://larvatus.com/michael-crichton-why-speculate/ From his article: Media carries with it a credibility
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
Generally speaking theft requires an intent to deprive an owner of property. It's a crime to take my bike intending to deprive me of it, but it's not a crime to take my bike while attempting to return it to me. Property owners do
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
At scale, rare errors will occur on a semi-regular basis. Multi-day outages tend to be indicative of a dysfunctional internal organization.
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
I'm discussing the problem of collections of python scripts using /usr/bin/python and I included the state of RHEL7 as an example. The actual subject is CoolGuySteve's build system, which is likely to look like my e
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
Right, someone working in ubuntu distro development has done this work for those packages specifically. Above, we're discussing some build system where someone hasn't done this work. Most collections of python code in the world (I
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
Trespass to chattels. This is an intentional tort: The stated goal is to impair the property of the neighbor.
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
CoolGuySteve complained that things will break because existing scripts assume /usr/bin/python. CoolGuySteve is correct. There is an enormous amount of work involved in changing or removing the function of /usr/bin&
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
You say "you" as if you're talking to the person you're replying to. Most scripts in the world aren't authored by the person you're replying to. They're powerless to change the ocean of python out in the w
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
They hurt their reputation and they look like idiots, sure. Above, people are suggesting that we need regulatory and/or criminal charges. There isn't any harm to customers and there isn't any evidence of fraud or criminal wro
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
Had they launched a product, sure. But this was mere talk about a future product which they've decided "to retool" after scrutiny. No one was harmed here. This is fine.
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
I'm glad you agree that debt isn't necessarily bad. The anecdote about secured mortgage debt might apply equally well to government debt. Most debt is serviceable.
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
This article isn't about net value. "The world" does not have $86k of net debt per person. That would be a mathematical impossibility.
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
Exactly. Most people have significantly more than $86k debt in the form of a mortgage. I owe a lot more than $86k on the mortgage for my home. I have more assets than debt and I could pay off my mortgage but it's simply not the best
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
I would go in that direction if I needed to but so far I simply haven't needed any google services that require a login. I've read some horror stories about google pulling the plug on all accounts due to a billing conflict somewhe
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
My employer uses gsuite and managing google cookies in a multi-login scenario is sufficiently annoying that I simply avoid using google services altogether.
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by throwaway98434 8y ago
No. SLAPP statutes protect against frivolous lawsuits. If someone is sued over sharing an opinion, SLAPP might provide a quick way to demonstrate that the opinion is protected speech and that the suit is unwinnable. Generally, SLAPP aims to