tway_GdBRwW

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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
because we are not seeing a high level of hospitalization or deaths.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Michael, I disagree with your point but I recognize your integrity. You just posted your name and city, and your HN profile shares more personal information. I respect that you are willing to stand behind your claim. Best of success with yo
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
> nothing bad has happened ummm, WTF? 10x increase in teen suicide doesn't qualify as "bad"? or repeated DOJ lawsuits against Facebook because their advertising practices result in highly effective racial discrimination?
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Oh, man, you had great parents. Hopefully in other aspects as well.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Used to work at a payments company. Yes, you need to be *very* explicit in how you model currency amounts and precision. See also earlier post about Canadian rounding rules. Some of the "logic" is regulatory/compliance driven
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
I guess that might depend on how much you trust Musk.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Yes, because tidyverse should be called tidycurse. It's designed to be easy to teach, under the assumption that ALL you learn is tidycurse. Just don't use it! Use datatable instead.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
US citizen and long-time expat calling bullshit on this. That's not the purpose of taxes and that's not how citizenship works in any other country except North Korea. Looking at the list of "benefits" another person post
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
I love this unique insight: "Fire control computers ... solve ... fire control problems." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwf5mAlI7Ug U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRU
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Clever! with the challenge being getting a 100K credit limit and assuming your student debt is < 100K.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
> But why don’t market forces correct these issues? Another theory: The value creation is not linked to the value capture. So market forces make a bad feedback loop. Look, I'm totally pro business, but business is only "good&qu
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
> Universities will have to start focusing on ROI. In Europe, they have a simpler system. Education is paid for from taxes. If a student does well, they pay for it via taxes. If they don't, then they aren't crippled by debt. Th
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
I don't see why it wouldn't be. Conscious thought is only the tip of the iceberg; even Western thought has a long tradition of noting that Eureka moments come during periods when you are not rationally engaging with the topic. Se
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Maybe it was a joint project?
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
I think the full acronym would be Keep It Simple Stupid, Active Sanity Saver
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Hmm, lots to dig into here. The expectation that government provides certain services... The nature of fiat currencies and what actually makes the USD worth anything or even usable as a medium of exchange... Basic economics. Government spen
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Why do you assume that well being is the same as economic progress? Look, I like indoor plumbing as much as the next guy, but it isn't the only contributor to my well-being.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
A great deal of the innovation I've seen or read about has been pushing costs onto the public or other thefts of the commons. I see how this is a necessary feature of innovation (by definition "innovation" implies a new socia
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
The team and/or org may have more impact than you think. I've seen people who were stars in one company totally bomb in another.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
I have failed simple coding interviews because of stress. Been coding for 2 decades or more, know I'm good at it, and have had multiple other people confirm this. But sometimes under interview stress, I can lock up. Especially if somet
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
As you point out, the problem is that the rate of change is crazy higher than what almost all multi-celled life is used to. I'm on board with your view that we are a part of nature, not separate, but when I think of previous speed-ups
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
And in further support of what you are saying, when I'm in the flow state, either for programming or for workout or for other hobbies, I am not conscious. That's kind-of the definition of flow. or people who describe an expert as
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
> starships to mars for colonization in mid to late stages ?? Did I miss a news article?? I know we've successfully landed on the moon, but we don't have reliable ways of commuting there let alone setting up a colony. I even he
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
I agree that boycotting Amazon is not the answer, but government action might be. And government action only happens if the politicians think enough of their constituency thinks something is a problem.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
You're making a lot of assumptions about the availability of other work. I'm glad you've been able move between jobs, but it isn't always easy or available. You are probably also taking for granted a lot of the labor rig
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
You are correct that even if the US stock market flatlines for the next 20 years, there will be individual companies which do extremely well, and others which die. That's not what this article is about. The article is about average cor
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
The exclusion of financial firms is standard in economics literature. The usual reason is that their financials are inverted. The money YOU hold in a bank is an asset to you, the money the BANK holds in the bank is a debt to you.
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Passing peak globalization might contribute to declining corporate profits from say 2020 onward; not sure that 2020 is peak globalization, but it is in the ballpark. Under standard assumptions of a capitalist economy, a new factor such as &
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
Heinlien, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, 1966 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress The moon colony uses this to win its freedom. However, The Expanse is also a great book
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by tway_GdBRwW 2y ago
I've heard even some programmers like 0-based indexing. Crazy!

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