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> I think within five years or so, functional-first programming will be the norm. I highly, highly doubt this.
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I barely have any direct experience. I visited Occupy Boston when it was still around and saw their small tent city. I've been to India multiple times and have seen how the very poor live, but I haven't spoken to them. I'm m
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The reason there are so many homeless is because they can't build slums for themselves like in developing countries such as India. Living in a slum would be better than being homeless. But in America, the police would tear them down.
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All people really need is food and some basic shelter. The way economics began is the farmers create the food, and non-agricultural workers trade non-essential goods and services with the farmers. Over time, the percentage of people working
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Police drop bomb on radicals' home in Philadelphia (1985)(nytimes.com)
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So do you feel the same about Perl?
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If UPRO (s&p 500 leveraged 3x) had existed since the early 50s, it would've averaged about 20%-25% gains per year up until now. Warren Buffett also used leverage to invest.
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The quickest path is to be born into a rich family with connections.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Why do front-end engineers like to use the word "fuck" so much? Just something I've noticed over time.
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It's very similar to unfocused meditation.
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So people who are bored on airplanes because they forgot to bring reading material are rewiring the universe?
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If the laws of physics are different in the universe that's running the simulation, then all bets are off.
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It's decentralized because you don't have to communicate with a centralized authority in order to make a transaction.
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Printed money is decentralized and anonymous in the cash form.
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But still, people in Europe would be able to get iPhones, even if the cost is higher. They would never be banned like illegal narcotics.
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> Well, where would they go? Any country that would give them large amounts of tax credits. I'm sure some countries would be willing to negotiate. > I doubt they would just stop selling their product on the european market (it w
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
> If you move the population of Somalia to Connecticut, what do you think happens? Cheap Ubers, house cleaning, haircuts, home repair, and yard work
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How about a rule to welcome anyone who isn't a criminal?
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It's good to use lots of NSDictionary's in Objective C, in my opinion. The alternative is to create lots of different object types that takes much more code, and very little benefit for that extra code. If you're just shiftin
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It would only be unlivable because rent is so high in Massachusetts as well. This is due to over-zealous zoning policies and enforcement, which prevents new real estate from being built.
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It's not useless. If something is too expensive in one place (5x-10x in Massachusetts compared to India) then it's evidence of some serious problems. My own theory is that the immigration policies of the US prevent enough unskille
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As a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, color me unsurprised. This is a tangent but I've also spent some time in India, and a $1.50 Uber ride there would be about $10 in Massachusetts. That has to do with other factors though such as
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Server - client architecture, using IP addresses instead of using public/private keys, etc.
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I know I'm probably in the minority here, but what we really need to do is only keep violent offenders in prison, and everyone else can be free.
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Is* Apple
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Blockchains are only useful when you need a decentralized system where nobody trusts anyone else, and where different actors need to be pseudonymous. Otherwise there are far simpler solutions.
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Another is you can reset the iOS App Store by tapping on any of the bottom menu buttons 10 times. It's actually useful sometimes when apps won't download.
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There's definitely a difference. You could be perceived as a good listener, while actually not understanding or remembering what the other person is saying. On the other hand, you could appear to not be listening, but if later quizzed
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
You can be equally happy in any culture. You don't need anything external to be happy. It's just a mentality.
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A lot of people in India can write in Hindi or English, but not the local language. They don't bother to learn how. For example my fiancée is a native Telugu speaker but she can't write a word in it. There's also a very signi

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