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by waps 12y ago
That sounds like a reasonable argument, but it's not the reason economists side with the equilibrium theory. They side with the equilibrium theory because if they didn't there wouldn't be an economics science to speak of (or
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What truly amazes me is that the US actually stopped doing it. > That regime remained in place until March of 1972, when peak oil extraction in the US meant that limits were no longer necessary -- I come from Europe, where tons and tons
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That's kind of the point of a democratic system. The government can change any law it wants.
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It is a big thing for the decision makers inside Microsoft. Windows phone had it's own executive, who are now no longer a threat to the remaining executives. What I've noticed about commercials is that when it comes to non-founder
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by waps 12y ago
Let's say their employees are paid $100k each per year (average). And let's say they cost $50k work workplace/perks/... each. Then let's say they lose 10%-15% of revenue in licencing cost (apple, ms, google, xbox, a
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by waps 12y ago
Because central Banks have been buying up securities to avoid bankrupting the government during the 4st 4 years of their party's president. Then they had to extend this to avoid hitting 15% unemployment by hitting the next recession wh
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by waps 12y ago
Not really this is one of those rules that makes people think they can win court cases that they can't really win. The idea that if you catch the police in a small error you can get off in a criminal case. You have to catch the police
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by waps 12y ago
I prefer the term "pro-democracy" and pro "having a law". Both parties have mastered using presidential appointments to the supreme court to "change" the law. This is very bad, as they're not supposed to b
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by waps 12y ago
> Not really. Germans were mostly thoroughly enthusiastic, and this has been shown in several historical studies of the era. What do you mean Germans ? Austrians were pretty damn enthusiastic. New Yorkers were pretty enthusiastic (until
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Phantom FC40 used in military (recon) capacity by ISIS terrorists(businessinsider.com)
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> What you have to understand is that pythonic Python is largely a matter of invoking C libraries, and that Python only really runs at "interpreted" speed the first time you invoke the code. I do a bit of machine learning for w
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by waps 12y ago
C is like a frag grenade, dipped in glue. It is strangely enticing to use it. It was more popular in the past but for some reason most of those guys aren't around anymore. C++ is like a nuclear weapon, that automatically disables any m
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by waps 12y ago
I feel like I'm repeating myself, but here goes. Germany has made loans to many countries. Loans that come with conditions : you buy mostly from us and make others' life difficult. (say the Japanese and US cars) Then Germany lent
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Belgium
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by waps 12y ago
You need to build in some hyperbole. Python is a scripting language, and even amongst scripting languages, not a particularly fast one. So ... Python, as a weapon, is like a government grant on which you have written "shoot a gun"
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by waps 12y ago
Sadly the article is inaccurate on a few counts : 1) social security taxes The government has carved out a special status for these Phd "employees", which means that social security taxes are not paid for these employees, and of c
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by waps 12y ago
Rooftop solar is pretty fucking bad as well [1]. It is only just shy of fossil fuels, and only if you count several kinds of deaths as fossil fuel deaths that are debatable whether they're part of fossil fuel energy generation. Car-rel
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by waps 12y ago
I don't think this discussion is getting us anywhere. You are simply claiming the opposite of the GP, without any facts. Facts are that electricity in Germany is much more expensive compared to countries without an Energiewende. This i
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by waps 12y ago
> Then the US Congress passed the PATRIOT Act in haste, and broke everything. It took years to sketch out a way to make these incompatible laws work together, sort of. Grey areas were swept under the carpet, in hope that particular circu
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by waps 12y ago
The job of a judge is exactly to NOT see "what is wrong with this". Activist judges are very, very bad. Congress, and to a lesser extent POTUS, are the parties that have voted in these laws and are controlling the agencies doing t
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by waps 12y ago
What I can't believe is that people seem to be seriously suggesting taking power away from the justice system. Are we truly that insane ? Wasn't the whole problem with "spying" that there wasn't judicial oversight ?
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by waps 12y ago
If you believe in evolution, then presumably not, assuming humans really are fit, which our current situation would seem to indicate. On the other hand, generally what happens is that species grow larger and heavier (because that allows for
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by waps 12y ago
I think you're being very optimistic about programmer motivations, to be honest. > From the programmers perspective the company should do things slowly because that leads to more maintainable software, less technical debt, and highe
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by waps 12y ago
Thanks for the link to the document. It is a well-written and almost balanced account of the situation. It does not support the assertion that Iraq did not have WMD's. Instead, it clearly states and illustrates that Iraq was building a
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by waps 12y ago
I'll just say this : your data is not private. Take a divorce proceeding (which is a CIVIL proceeding) from the last 5 years. Press CTRL-F, "facebook", and recoil in horror. Basically all your cloud data will be used against
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by waps 12y ago
> For example, Mega encrypts data client-side before it is archived online. Just like with regular non-free software, you have to trust what it is doing. This is, sadly, not true at all. You have to trust 1) that the actual author of the
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by waps 12y ago
I disagree. The difference being : locally installed non-free web app app: not yours (BUT: communication between author and app is impossible if you want it to be) data: yours (meaning you can delete it) remotely installed non-free app app:
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by waps 12y ago
I don't often agree with Richard Stallman, but ... http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.comp... The TLDR i
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by waps 12y ago
> We remember what they reported in 2003 about wmd:s in Iraq so everything they say today must be read with suspicion. I still don't get why people say that : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Anfal_Campaign htt
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by waps 12y ago
All these things come down to that everyone should give up most of the things they want, and listen to "what's best". I've yet to see someone make the point that there are solutions, such as using electric self-driving c

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