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by yarou 12y ago
I'm actually glad they did what they did to Netscape. Without Netscape dying, we would never have Firefox. I would argue that OSS as it is today would not exist without Netscape dying.
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by yarou 12y ago
>This is not about Microsoft just doing 'stupid stuff sometimes' it is about institutionalized criminal behavior sanctioned at the highest level of one of the largest software companies in the world. Welcome to American corpora
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by yarou 12y ago
I just wanna say: awesome job on the UX. That alone makes me want to sign up.
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by yarou 12y ago
Well, you could say that proving the existence of this evil cabal is a lot like the devil's proof. Is it so far fetched to believe that a group of old, white males has an incentive to maintain the status quo?
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by yarou 12y ago
Columbus sailing westward hit land, thinking he had reached India. The evidence supported his assumption at the time, in fact drawing any other conclusion would have been erroneous. My point is that a handful of studies decades ago may have
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by yarou 12y ago
Or, the labor market in both tech and law is working perfectly rationally. Tech labor market barrier to entry > law industry labor market barrier to entry.
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by yarou 12y ago
Interesting. Those studies are quite dated, however, and I'm not sure how valid the conclusions are anymore. Gender mores have changed quite significantly from the 80s, as have societal norms including societal expectations of a partic
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by yarou 12y ago
So you've never made small talk with a co-worker that you didn't know yet but see on a daily basis?
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by yarou 12y ago
Retention is directly correlated with promotion, but I'd argue it's pretty weak. The counter-examples here are people who have been pigeonholed into a position for decades, and I could see that happening to a woman not only in tec
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by yarou 12y ago
The problem itself isn't very hard, at least not in the mathematical sense of the word. It's just that it's a human process, and is thus prone to the failings of human beings, including the various biases that human beings ar
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by yarou 12y ago
I think the reality is much more complicated than that. Globalization, the speed with which capital moves in an abstract way, and the Internet have caused negative externalities in developing countries. I'm not sure if legalization of
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by yarou 12y ago
It's interesting how many parallels the US government shares with other governments around the world, like Turkey. There is an existence of a "deep state", or "state within a state". I often wonder if a sufficiently
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by yarou 12y ago
Hmm, it's interesting how diverse and varied the responses to Startup School are. I had never attended Startup School before, and found it to be a worthwhile experience. I met a great group of people (including you Colin!) and got to h
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by yarou 12y ago
He forgot to mention the Colombian paramilitaries that break up Coke bottling plant unions by kidnapping their children. Funny how "globalization" is presented in a saran-wrapped, sanitized version.
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by yarou 12y ago
PHP is fine, if written properly and consciously. It's like blaming your chainsaw for maiming your limbs with improper use.
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by yarou 12y ago
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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by yarou 12y ago
I think it speaks volumes to the downward trend of Apple these days.
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by yarou 12y ago
Drawing conclusions from data is "dangerous" because it doesn't fit into your world view? I'm seriously done with this site.
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by yarou 12y ago
I think this points to the inherent weaknesses in the concept of "username/password". Why do we still have this paradigm? It worked in the 80s, but I think there needs to be a new paradigm in place today. Ideally you'd w
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by yarou 12y ago
Well, I can infer it has two meanings. The intended meaning (I suppose) is "hiding" the existence of another partner. The second meaning...well, I think you can guess that one on your own.
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by yarou 12y ago
Why would an expert have to "guess" when they have piles and piles of data? I think it's 100 years too early for you to reply to me.
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by yarou 12y ago
I think it's important to note that every individual is different. I'm surprised that gene therapy has not made any inroads into weight loss management and diabetes/hypertension prevention. In an ideal world, diet and exercis
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by yarou 12y ago
Why is it that "professional" spyware seems to be written by a middle school student with access to Visual Basic? I mean if you're going to spy on other people, at least make it look good. These guys need a new design departm
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by yarou 12y ago
I believe it is known as a buzzword
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by yarou 12y ago
The design choices really look interesting. But shouldn't Mozilla focus more on eliminating the ever persistent memory leak bug that has plagued it since forever? I can't even use Firefox on a netbook. I end up installing Midori.
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by yarou 12y ago
Not sure why you were downvoted, but apparently, it is too much to ask.
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by yarou 12y ago
The irony in your post is that the vast majority of adults are also trapped with basically no money or independence. You're given just enough as a wage slave. Perhaps the problem isn't in schools, but how we structure society toda
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by yarou 12y ago
Rather than redistribution, why not have a basic universal income for all?
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by yarou 12y ago
Manifold learning and generalized SVM is one component.
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by yarou 12y ago
Nothing is impossible, but it comes down to probability. The probability that you will become a billionaire is quite slim. However, the probability that you can retire early or make close to a million or so is exponentially higher.

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