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by trunnell 15y ago
> Why doesn't the Fed just lend this money to ordinary people and businesses directly at 0% interest? Good question. Two questions, actually: why doesn't the central bank lend to individuals, and why can't individuals get the same in
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by trunnell 15y ago
Almost. > [programs are] designed to provide the banks with greater profit and allowing them to offload risk Yes, the Fed is essentially paying the banks to loan money. It's not because the Fed is corrupt, though. It's because that
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by trunnell 15y ago
This misses the point of the article, which is that many in the top 0.1% got there from some form of self-dealing. His argument is that they are profiting from their position in the economy rather than from the value they add. And by p
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by trunnell 16y ago
Intelligence is real but very difficult to quantify. The last time I was familiar with the literature (~10 years ago), intelligence was best defined as having many dimensions. It's a collection of weakly related gifts. Spatial reasoning,
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by trunnell 16y ago
there is almost no barrier to entry Yes, anyone can stream videos. But not everyone can buy the rights, which are sold in exclusive windows. Every title is only licensed to one entity in each window. This system was designed for pay-TV
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by trunnell 16y ago
I expect that no matter what I'm doing in the OS, the clock, battery indicator, and my connection status ought to be visible. I like the auto-hide nature of the status bar. It contributes to the clean look of the UI.
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by trunnell 16y ago
I have a much lower opinion of the Bing team after reading this non-denial denial. It's disingenuous to act surprised that using clickstream data from your main competitor might be called copying.
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by trunnell 16y ago
All engineering positions are senior level. Unlike most companies in the valley, Netflix doesn't hire junior or mid level engineers.
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by trunnell 16y ago
Netflix has many open positions in Los Gatos, CA. http://www.netflix.com/Jobs HTML5, javascript, iOS, Android, Silverlight, Security Architect, J2EE, QA and more. See the jobs page for the full list and hit the link to apply. There is a
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by trunnell 16y ago
interaction design. I agree this is super important. I also still think the founders should be doing it. One could argue that for many products, traction starts with interaction design. Good interaction design involves finding out how yo
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by trunnell 16y ago
Same here, I didn't feel it in Los Gatos.
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by trunnell 16y ago
governing organisations may wish... to take steps... to retain control of their information flows I think the point of the parent is that this attitude is defeatist and will therefore be somewhat self-fulfilling. Instead, we hackers nee
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by trunnell 16y ago
My employer, Netflix, has a much simpler policy: whatever I create that relates to Netflix's business belongs to Netflix, and whatever else I create belongs to me. That's literally how the contract is worded. We have very few written polici
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by trunnell 16y ago
upset because of the honey, not because of the bees TFA: "He and Ms. Mayo also fear that the bees' feasting on the stuff could have unforeseeable health effects on the hives."
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by trunnell 16y ago
Is my cookie robot really more dangerous than my [...] Jeep? I think so. This cookie robot would have to fly at least 500 ft AGL, and other aircraft do fly at that altitude-- crop dusters, traffic helicopters, aircraft landing or taking
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by trunnell 16y ago
I don't think it's the cost of the plane that is the limiting factor here. You might be underestimating the difference between this type of R/C plane and a military-class drone like a Predator. One of the more difficult challenges to ove
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by trunnell 16y ago
what this guy did at the TSA security checkpoint seems far more effective than voting I would agree that's effective, but civil disobedience is just different than voting. I was not denigrating the OP's effort in any way; in fact I find
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by trunnell 16y ago
This is what elections are for. Did you know you can be stopped and searched without a warrant within 100 miles of the physical border? [1] Between that and this new screening policy for re-entry at international airports, I think we've cr
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by trunnell 16y ago
Novell Netware was once the king of enterprise networks. It's a great case study of how a technology leader went from invincible to invisible in under a decade.
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by trunnell 16y ago
TSA will not allow staff to wear film badge dosimeters Do you have a link for that?
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by trunnell 16y ago
would rather not trade their dignity for convenience I wonder if that idea is still as powerful today.
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by trunnell 16y ago
This protest might not slow down security lines. These new scanners are pretty slow to begin with. When I went through SFO recently it took 1-2 minutes to go through the scanner. The slowness seemed to be a combination of the instructions
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by trunnell 16y ago
At the risk of going off-topic... ...the new [1099] tax law... There's a lot of noise being made about this but I think it's mostly FUD. I ran a small business for about six years and had to file 1099s. Filing 1099s was really easy. If
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by trunnell 16y ago
Steve McConnell, in his book "Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art" [1] gives this advice (paraphrased): Never give off-the-cuff estimates, no matter who is asking. Bosses and project managers tend to hold you to those estimate
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by trunnell 16y ago
On the contrary, googlers lined the street when the street-view-mobile came by: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=charleston+road+mountain+view&... Amusingly, their faces are blurred out even though they clearly wanted to be in the shot. Th
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by trunnell 16y ago
Check out GlassDoor.com - they are actively trying to fix problem of lack of data about compensation. People post actual salary data as well as detailed company reviews. Note that they do require a free registration after your first few se
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by trunnell 16y ago
It would better to present the data in this article alongside data about upward mobility. For example: Children from low-income families have only a 1 percent chance of reaching the top 5 percent of the income distribution, versus children
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by trunnell 16y ago
how do you effectively commiserate with someone? I think people want their suffering to be understood. All that's necessary is to let them know you identify with their problem. Just validate their complaint. For example, saying "oh man!
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by trunnell 16y ago
When the Vent begins, you might confuse this for a conversation. It's not. It's a Vent. It's a mental release valve and your job is to listen for as long as it takes. Don’t problem solve. This is one of the most important things about co
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by trunnell 16y ago
Self-awareness in general is a positive trait. Surely you'd agree that it's especially helpful to those who, unlike your grandfather, are wondering why they have not yet achieved what they want.

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