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by utexaspunk 9y ago
That's a separate issue, but I imagine there's probably a way to collect the demand while keeping the individual anonymous. Besides, in the world of capitalism we have the same concern- Amazon, Google, my bank, and Verizon could a
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I think it would pretty much require taking humans out of the decision-making process as much as possible, and maximal transparency where they are involved. Humans provide input as far as what they want and what they are willing to pay for
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
Maybe I'm dense, but I don't see how central planning makes money superfluous. Central planning doesn't mean you're beyond scarcity. Money quantifies the worker's share of the production and their spending communic
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
Or, like, I order the quail dish with my phone, or use my phone to let it be known that I would be interested in quail dishes costing less than $15 or something, and you'd do the same for oysters. That demand and potential demand would
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
It wasn't my intent to imply this didn't involve money. You can have central planning and still have money, no? I would not disagree that it's nigh impossible to have a functional economy without money...
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
Eh, people have lots of friends that hold different beliefs than them. The problem with Facebook is it offers no way of registering your disagreement beyond commenting and starting a conversation which will have no depth because the lack of
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
I think Facebook could actually be really great for democracy, but for a couple of huge flaws: First, the lack of a real threaded comment system. When replies below the first level all appear at the same depth, it becomes extremely difficul
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
>The calculation problem with central planning isn't really a calculation problem, it's a missing input problem. You can't optimize utility without a good input on utility. Historically that has been true, but couldn&#x27
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
>but demands are easy to underestimate Certainly during the USSR's time. But now you could issue every citizen a smartphone through which they could register their demand. >the optimization then will lead to planning only for the
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
>A very brief summary of its conclusions is: central planning can only perform as well as or better than the market when the economy is completely stagnant. I'd hardly say that was either proven or agreed upon >"centrally pl
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by utexaspunk 9y ago
>Custom desktops are relatively easy to build, even for customers. An ordinary desktop, perhaps, but a truly innovative product not so much. Consider something like Microsoft's Surface Studio and Surface Dial: https://www
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
It's funny I remember this magazine cover as a kid: http://s7.computerhistory.org/is/image/CHM/500004286-03-01?$... The machine pictured (Intel Touchstone Delta) performed 30GFLOPs and cost upward of $10
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
I dunno- Houston is notorious for its lack of zoning, yet it still grew the same sprawling manner. The fact is most of our cities did most of their growth after WWII. A baby boom, affordable automobiles, the interstate highway system, adver
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
Well, the humans could be tools...
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
I have to say this reminds me of my 1st generation Scion xB- it's a 1.7L engine, the only car of its size that I (6'4") can sit in the back seat comfortably, and its vertical sides and fold-down seats make it capable of carry
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
I don't know if I'd call the output of that a music "video". I was expecting something that perhaps splices together video segments from youtube in tempo with the music.
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
Support for Israel isn't just about pandering to Jews. There are a lot of fundamentalist Christians who believe Israel's existence is necessary for Christ's return, that allying ourselves with Israel is being on God's si
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
I have to say Microsoft really nailed it with the Surface Studio ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-stud... ). It's what Apple would have made already if they were "committed to
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
I still say Windows 7 is the best OS they've put out. The whole Metro UI is a disaster.
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
Could it be air? Like, they physically structured the sugar granules to have tiny air pockets inside them? It doesn't necessarily have to be restructured at the molecular level...
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
Arduinos do not have HDMI ports. You're thinking of a Raspberry Pi
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
Good question... I'd imagine your standard QUERTY makes up a sizeable majority of programmers, but then I have no data to back that up... :)
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
True- levenshtein isn't the best algorithm for the purpose. Is there an algorithm that takes key proximity into account? Like, 'libm' and 'libc' are sufficiently different to preclude typos, but 'lib[n/j&#
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
Might it work to mandate that the name of an uploaded package have a minimum levenshtein distance (or similar calculation) from the names of all the existing packages? Then you wouldn't have to worry about maintaining a blacklist.
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
I never realized Qaddafi was in that!
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
That's how my grandfather went, at the end of years of steadily worsening Alzheimer's. We kept suggesting to my parents that they suggest to the staff that he was "in pain", but they wouldn't. It took him over 2 wee
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
My grandfather had Alzheimer's and after several years of accelerating decline, he fell and broke his hip and over the course of another year slowly deteriorated into him being wheelchair-bound and basically catatonic, until he develop
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
Reminded me of this Chris Burden installation I once saw: http://www.feldmangallery.com/pages/exhsolo/exhbur79.html
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
While cronyism and nepotism are probably significant factors, beyond those I don't know if what your parents earn matters as much as it may be an indicator of your manners, knowledge of social customs, proper grammar, etc.. Perhaps tho
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by utexaspunk 10y ago
I think you're all missing the biggest flaw in Digg- lack of true conversation threading. When your comments have a max depth of 2, any sort of meaningful back-and-forth becomes impossible. For that reason, the comment sections on Digg

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