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by trunnell 16y ago
I'm sorry to hear about your friend's son. And you're right, the risk of an ill effect is non-zero. That doesn't mean it's not safe, though. If our definition of safe means absolutely zero risk, then almost nothing is safe. Relative to m
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by trunnell 16y ago
Maybe I wasn't clear: my point was not about mandating vaccination. My point is simply that it matters what we all say about the ethics of vaccination. There has been much muddying of the water by unscientific voices, and to counter that
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by trunnell 16y ago
I'm a little surprised by the upvotes on the parent comment. The categorical imperative is not the only or best rule, but it is a good rule of thumb. It's a good test in this case because it clearly demonstrates the folly of going unvaccin
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by trunnell 16y ago
In reality, for a vaccine to be effective, the portion of the population that needs to receive that vaccination is significantly less than 100%. Irrelevant. In reality, for a vaccine to be effective, public policy must target 100% vaccina
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by trunnell 16y ago
Why?
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Prices are always based on demand, not costs. So the difficulty of creating something is irrelevant to its price in the market. If there is a perfect substitute for a good, competition might drive the price down. In a perfect market, the
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by trunnell 16y ago
I wonder how do you compete with [BitTorrent] Netflix competes by being more convenient than BitTorrent. BT might be free, but it doesn't deliver TV shows and movies directly to your HDTV.
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by trunnell 16y ago
Netflix has a great engineering culture, not just a great stock. Shameless plug: we're hiring good hackers. Check out http://netflix.com/Jobs
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by trunnell 16y ago
Well, it's all theoretical. But in theory, startups are in jeopardy. The #1 threat to ISPs is for their network to be commoditized-- there's little profit in dumb pipes. ISPs see a way out. They see billions of dollars of commerce happeni
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by trunnell 16y ago
The article is referring to the business cycle, a well-established economic phenomenon of unpredictable cycles of expansion and contraction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cycle > This is extrapolating from a pretty small data
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by trunnell 16y ago
The data are from 1932 but the analysis is more recent: here is what a group of Scottish psychologists found in 2002 when they analyzed the results of IQ tests given to nearly all 11-year-olds in Scotland in 1932
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The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace(whitehouse.gov)
8 points by trunnell 16y ago|1 comments
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by trunnell 16y ago
Ha! Remember Filler? http://www.suck.com/filler/archive/ Heather Havrilesky is still writing, now at Salon as well as http://rabbitblog.com/
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by trunnell 17y ago
The author's criticism of Fowler's refactoring: But look at the cost: to understand how rentals are calculated, we now have to read six classes instead of one method... Fowler evidently finds it easier to read many small methods than a few
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by trunnell 17y ago
This kinda reminds me of IGLOO, Actel's 5 µW flash-based FPGA that can run an ARM Cortex-M1. Their product page even has a similar image as the OP with a little chip next to a penny. http://www.actel.com/products/iglooseries/default.aspx
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by trunnell 17y ago
Not religious about technology (or anything really). This is useful at any size company, but at a startup you really don't want to waste time debating the merits of Python versus Java. The take-away should be that start-ups prioritize com
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by trunnell 17y ago
Lawrence Lessig sums it up better than I can: The point is simple, if extraordinarily difficult for those of us proud of our traditions to accept: this democracy no longer works. Its central player has been captured. Corrupted. Controlled
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by trunnell 17y ago
I'm very disappointed with the comments I see on this thread. I think the problem many people have with Citizens United v. FEC is that it opens the door to political activity that seems counter to our long held principal of one man, one
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by trunnell 17y ago
It's not a website, but _Programming Pearls_ by Jon Bentley is still an excellent way of getting into an algorithms frame of mind. Don't be dissuaded just because it's a few years old. I like the way it presents the thought process of sol
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by trunnell 17y ago
I recently switched to the Vibram Fivefingers Trek, which is somewhere between a sock and a sandal. It encourages the barefoot running style while protecting your feet from sharp objects. http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/products
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by trunnell 17y ago
Check out this patent. It appears to be for storing web page state in the web page itself and transmitting that state using HTTP POST. I'm not even kidding. http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=wIEoAAAAEBAJ&dq=5... It's especially
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by trunnell 17y ago
For exactly zero of the twelve users listed, no.
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by trunnell 17y ago
Hmm, autopy looks a bit to much like autopsy to me... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopsy
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by trunnell 17y ago
Only eye candy? I would not underestimate the importance of an application's visual aesthetic. As the author demonstrates, even subtle details (like a 1px drop shadow) can breathe life into an interface. We developers might dismiss 1px dr
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by trunnell 17y ago
If software is the product, I suggest the first engineer should be taken on as a co-founder and/or get the same equity as the non-technical founders. Anything less will undervalue the incredible and unique contribution of that engineer. Ot
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by trunnell 17y ago
I would like to see a comparison of the APIs provided by these companies. My understanding is that Amazon is competing on developer and sysadmin productivity with the depth of their API and focus on manageability-- not on performance. Is t
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by trunnell 17y ago
It's not retarded. You make a false assumption that halogen-free directives are about being green. It's as much about safety as anything else: For some applications there is a concern that halogenated plastic materials will release corros
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PhotoSketch: better than sliced bread, Photoshop(blogs.zdnet.com)
21 points by trunnell 17y ago|1 comments
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by trunnell 17y ago
No, if anything is wrong you do not sign the default contract. Non-compete agreements are not enforceable in California under most circumstances. [1] Surprisingly, most companies I've worked with have not updated their new-hire documents
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by trunnell 17y ago
8. What Memory (RAM) Is For I like to use a desk metaphor when explaining disk vs. RAM to relatives, etc. If the hard disk is the filing cabinet, the amount of RAM is like the size of your desk. You can take a file out of the filing cabi

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