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by wgerard 8y ago
Living in a major city myself, I can think of several intersections where one could be traveling the speed limit and paying attention but be completely unable to stop in time for a pedestrian crossing unexpectedly. There are numerous street
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by wgerard 8y ago
Super interesting. I have to admit my bias is to say that it seems difficult to assess when the pedestrian became visible to the driver (which would affect whether they could've stopped in time), but I'm also totally willing to ad
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by wgerard 8y ago
I definitely see your point, and I have mixed feelings on it to be fair (for the very reason you noted). I think it's more about establishing right-of-way for me, more than punishing pedestrians for jaywalking. I don't think it&#x
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by wgerard 8y ago
Interesting! I didn't know that. Also curious as with the other poster: What happens when a driver hits a pedestrian? Do they do an investigation into whether the driver could've stopped in time/was traveling the speed limit&
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Cars don't suddenly become visible unexpectedly unlike pedestrians, so that seems like a strange argument to me--with the notable exception perhaps of right-on-red, which isn't universal for sure (presumably for this very reason).
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> UK has never had jaywalking laws. Most countries don't... A pedestrian crosses when they feel it is safe to do so, and anywhere along the road they choose. Having started to cross they have priority over traffic. That's reall
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by wgerard 8y ago
> Things we pay $0.99 today for used to cost $50. It's interesting because I imagine that'll be Apple's argument, and the natural counter-argument is that the $0.99 price is deceptive because of the "freemium" mo
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by wgerard 8y ago
> In the case of jaywalking, the answer is simple. You just make it legal. Cars can slow down. Mmmm I dunno about that. Drivers have minimum reaction times and cars have stopping distances. Giving pedestrians the right-of-way in every si
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by wgerard 8y ago
> If the qualifications on their resume fit your requirements, just bring them in! It's not uncommon for there to be a huge mismatch between what the resume says and how the candidate interviews. Especially since it's well-know
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I actually feel like what'll get much more expensive is Nassau county. LIC is right off the LIRR, and commuting from LI -> LIC is very doable. LIC is already basically full of luxury high-rises, so it's unclear to me that it&#x
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by wgerard 8y ago
> Science and psychology, for example, are not political. Science is extremely political. Ask any PI who's written a grant or published a paper before whether they think science is apolitical.
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by wgerard 8y ago
Likely answer: People like reading Matt Levine's column and he usually links to Bloomberg articles (as you might expect). The two Bloomberg links I see on the front page were directly referenced in his column today.
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Wait, isn't that basically the basis for civil forfeiture? "We don't know why you would have this much cash, so prove it isn't related to drugs/laundering"?
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I can say from the sender side, it was fairly straight-forward and great to use. Sorry to hear about it being a pain from the recipient side.
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I mean, I agree with you. Honestly? Because companies view those kinds of questions as proxies for IQ tests (which are mostly illegal to use as a hiring method). Notice the defense of them largely revolves around "seeing how you solve
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by wgerard 8y ago
Personally, and by no means am I a bitcoin-enthusiast, there's a lot of value to be had by something that allows relatively frictionless international money transfer. I realize that's not necessarily a feature of blockchains, thou
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> Why not just ask applicants to bring in some code they have written to discuss? That can be really difficult for a lot of candidates. It's predicated on the idea that they've written code they: a) Feel comfortable sharing (no
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by wgerard 8y ago
Having done the sales grind for a bit now, I'll give my 2c: Phone calls (or any form of live communication, really) are extremely efficient in comparison to email. Email is pretty much the worst form of communication for most people. A
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by wgerard 8y ago
> What reason do we have to believe that Agile is so great, if (as you point out) most business aren't actually doing Agile? Read the anecdotes on the other end. People who have reached the shining city the article describes. It&#
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by wgerard 8y ago
The problem, obviously, is not Agile. This will, naturally, cause hairs on necks to rise waiting to scream back "What are you talking about? Of course Agile is the problem!" But really, the problem is that any business trend/
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by wgerard 8y ago
I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of "streaming aggregators" that bundle together Netflix/Hulu/Disney+/etc. subscriptions into a single thing so you don't have to manage several individual subscriptions. I&
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by wgerard 8y ago
Really cool! I'm also big into playing around with budget apps and seeing what works. Few suggestions I have from playing around with it: 1. It's not clear when I click the "add a budget" what it's for. There's
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by wgerard 8y ago
Posted this below, but: While anything's possible, it would be pretty shocking and a big blow to Apple if Facebook figured out how to, on iOS (I can't speak for Android): * Record audio if the app's killed completely * Record
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by wgerard 8y ago
> I suspect they have much more information than what we tell them, and I mean raw data, not what's derived from collaborative filtering or other techniques. I wonder if our ISPs, streaming services, banks, visa, etc, share data. Ma
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by wgerard 8y ago
While anything's possible, it would be pretty shocking if Facebook figured out how to, on iOS (I can't speak for Android): * Record audio if the app's killed completely * Record audio with microphone permission disabled * etc
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by wgerard 8y ago
Anecdotal obviously, but I'm surprised at how pervasive the "Facebook listens to your conversations through the app" rumors are, even among the more technically literate. I'm curious how much of an effect that rumor had
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by wgerard 8y ago
Pretty interesting! Although a bit easier than one might expect. For example, the author notes that they figured out the author owns a dog and is lactose-intolerant. Seems impressive, but the author has dog treats and Lactaid milk in their
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by wgerard 8y ago
Twitter : Gab :: Reddit : Voat
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I'm curious how much of this is because of demographic trends in America--Lactose intolerance for adults is relatively common among everyone except northern europeans. Would especially explain the decline in liquid milk consumption (an
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All of the things you mentioned have become far more expensive relative to wage growth in the last 3 decades (cars not as much as the other 2, admittedly).

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