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by zubiaur 4y ago
They missed the boat twice. Once with their sale of their ARM XScale branch, in 2006 for 600MM (such bad timing). Later with their blunders with Atom on mobile.
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Absolutely, and it ran a full fledged palm OS.
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Microcenter, BestBuy, BH
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by zubiaur 4y ago
“I love the observation that in Chapter 1 of an economics textbook, they'll say, 'We're just describing people as they are. People are rational, and this is how it goes.' And then, in Chapter 2, they'll say, 'A
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by zubiaur 4y ago
We are doing that. We have a projector. In its case under the table in the living room. Setting it up increases the transaction cost of watching a show/movie. The result is that we only put it up for the few cases when we deem it worth
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Oh, there is less corruption. Way way less.
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Is the honest government employee who wants the server also in charge of the procurement and bidding process?
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by zubiaur 4y ago
As an immigrant from a country where corruption is more common, I'm amazed (and somewhat delighted) by the level of trust in institution and processes in the US. The amazing part, is that, it somehow works most of the time. On educatio
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Usually the bid process is circumvented (say, multiple smaller purchase orders) or the bids are directed. A directed bid is one that makes very specif requests or weights them in such a way that only a "preferred" supplier/co
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Hard to be a non-profit with so much revenue! better hire some more admins, build a new gym...
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by zubiaur 4y ago
A lot of systems are based on trust. The checkpoints are sometimes in place not so much as a thorough verification but rather as a signaling mechanism, a vote of confidence. While I do think that a better aligned system of immediate incenti
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by zubiaur 4y ago
And the oral vaccine, which is not a killed virus, passes through feces.
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by zubiaur 4y ago
People always leave. Isn't people leaving the desired result? Big cuts like that, in my experience, happen when there is an either mismanagement or an external shock that requires action faster than what can be achieved with natural tu
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Garmin
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by zubiaur 4y ago
Related, but why do pre-installed root certificates include certificates issued by governments like, say, Venezuela (Autoridad de Certificacion Raiz del Estado Venezolano)? Who decides who is a trustworthy issuer?, and why can’t we, users,
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Dmitry, the author, is nothing short of a genius. He was fixing many issues with palmos devices back in the day. If you ever used skinui, his sdhc drivers, or any of his palmpowerups it is evident that this guy understood palm PDAs at a fun
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by zubiaur 5y ago
The original pre had issues. The slider mechanism developed play, the screen or plastic cracked close to the charging port, it was underpowered… the pre 2 however was nearly perfect. A bit too late though. A shame.
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Just tar sands.
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Like many things, it depends. I think the pre-drilled thing was an artifact of relatively cheap money coupled to low oil prices. Some sort of underground contango hold. I remember this was a thing around 2015, when oil prices were below 50
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by zubiaur 5y ago
That timeline grossly misrepresents the nature of the sanctions and is nothing more that a hit piece by a propaganda arm of the Venezuelan government. There is no freedom of press in Venezuela. Their take on law 113-278 is blatantly false.
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Absolutely! Venezuela's oil (or any) industry is not viable. And you are absolutely right. Oil markets are incredibly inelastic in the short run. Think about your individual energy consumption. I assume you have to drive and heat your
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Industry sanctions started in 2018. Their production had been declining since 2014. It's not just an issue of equipment. Its also a brain drain, corruption, lack of a functional justice system, legal guarantees, property rights... Comp
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by zubiaur 5y ago
A new major refinery? Give or take, a decade. From planning, basic engineering, to permitting, detailed engineering and construction. The fastest, easiest way to solve the issue is to blend our light crude with heavy crude to have something
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Tech solution: iCloud, which mirrors them across all devices, then automatic backups of a Mac and a PC where those files are stored into a RAID nas. Non tech solution: I just print everything. I refill canon cartridges, making the cost of i
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by zubiaur 5y ago
The recent shift towards philosophy is fascinating. I studied engineering because I thought we made most of the advancements that change the world through the application of technique. It didn’t take me long to realize the importance of eco
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Coffee need here. 100% agree. My first encounter with Nespresso coffee was on a restaurant abroad. Ordered an espresso after dinner and, unlike some espressos from other restaurants, it was very decent. Upon repeat visits, time after time,
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by zubiaur 5y ago
This is completely empirical and based on conversations with people who, like me, immigrated to the US. I think it’s lifestyle: The environment we came from naturally encouraged walking and physical activity. Diets were also healthier. Here
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by zubiaur 5y ago
3.8 series II. That thing will live forever!! For grad school, I got a cousin of it, a 2002 olds. These w body, V6 GMs are so smooth!! So pleasant on the highway! And get 30 mpg? I can’t bring myself to get rid of the thing. In fact I’m a b
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by zubiaur 5y ago
Been there, with a GM with a similar issue. The manual stated something about putting the spare on a rear, then, taking the good rear and putting it in the front. The rotors on the rear were smaller and could accommodate the spare. Obviousl
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by zubiaur 5y ago
They do. I would be surprised if they don't operate in compartmentalized teams. I work with a company that has clients in competing markets. We have "conflict houses", organizations within the organization that compartmentali

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