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by codinghorror 8mo ago
The largest chunk of federal "cash transfers" is not welfare; it is retirement and disability spending. The rural population is significantly older than the urban population. Bear in mind that rural poverty rates (~17%) remain per
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
I'd like to add that I feel quite strongly "Universal" and "Basic" are hugely probematic words. You end up with massive digressions immediately.. case in point.. look at this AMA for proof: https://www.re
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
The EIC connection is covered in the history pages, which are fascinating in my opinion: https://rgmii.org/history-of-gmi/ As for a "does this person actually live in this area" criteria, I have a hard time s
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
with GMI the conditions are very simple math: what percent of the poverty line are you within? I agree that adding a lot of conditions is part of the problem, but "help those who most need it first" seems like a very logical prima
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
Yes, within 8 months we went from "how do we make systemic change" to actually doing it. This is proof. And the GMI topics are on that dedicated site, not Coding Horror.
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
"Why rural Americans? The same amount of cash will go a lot further and likely be more effective in rural areas of other countries." Again, the data goes into an open global repository that DOES help the entire world. We will all
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
What's bad about this idea? I'd like to know.
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
I strongly recommend you check out the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America". People -- in this country, not in the third world -- are regularly selling their blood so they can afford to eat. https://w
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
it's "yes, and". Help those people who are selling their blood to buy happy meals first. I am not exaggerating. I wish I was. Check out the book "$2.00 a day: Living On Almost Nothing in America" for so much evidenc
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
100% do things locally. If there is a food bank in your area, support it heavily. That's the absolute base of the hierarchy of needs. For example, in that blog post, expand the immediate donations. Note $100k to Alameda Food Bank, wher
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by codinghorror 8mo ago
well, none of the study data actually supports these claims, for one thing. Take a look. https://rgmii.org/gmi-study-analysis/
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by codinghorror 2y ago
"The whole reason he's a public figure is from his blog posts that include a bunch of deliberately placed attitude and bombast of the sort that turns a lot of people away but is selected for anyway because it gets just as many (or
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by codinghorror 2y ago
I suggest you look at closely at DHH for an example of what you're really talking about.
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by codinghorror 2y ago
Thank you! We did it together. More news will be coming soon ;)
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by codinghorror 2y ago
Thank you for the kind words! A project should never be about me, personally, anyhow -- it's always joint decisions between the team and the communities actually using the software. Please email me at jatwood@codinghorror.com if you&#x
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by codinghorror 3y ago
"hired" is a bit of a stretch! Joel had some design input, and the original "let's replace this terrible thing with something better" idea for sure, and Expert-sex-change was the mimeograph, but it was me, Jarrod Di
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by codinghorror 3y ago
I dunno, I'm with Joel on this one. Not a Java fan.
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by codinghorror 3y ago
Hi Ben! We'll always have London..
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by codinghorror 5y ago
It's not though; all topics are permanent and searchable. So it's the best of both worlds. Have you ever tried searching chatrooms and 100+ channels? Excruciating.
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by codinghorror 5y ago
Well, in Discourse press the pound key to jump to any date or specific post. Press ? to see the full set of keyboard shortcuts.
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by codinghorror 5y ago
Try pressing CTRL+F twice and see what happens
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by codinghorror 5y ago
The software didn't change; the people did. Starting in 2014, everyone went online.
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by codinghorror 5y ago
errr. in Discourse conversations are strictly chronological, 100% of the time.
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by codinghorror 5y ago
bravo! the carnegie book is a classic for good reason.
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by codinghorror 5y ago
You are thinking of Nim with the white page; Discourse serves up a page with JS disabled. Try it! And of course everything is searchable. We would literally go out of business if we sold a web product that didn't index in Google. As fo
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by codinghorror 5y ago
correct!
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by codinghorror 5y ago
yes, this is true! We try to avoid the whole "comments on pages" model as it has not been sustainable, except in rare circumstances under heavy human moderation. https://blog.codinghorror.com/please-read-the-commen
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by codinghorror 6y ago
"I remember though, what impressed me about Rachel the most that day. She told me during my OS/2 demo that she knew how to tweak her WIN.INI file. I knew right then and there she was a keeper." I love this!!
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by codinghorror 6y ago
thank you for that link -- just donated $50!
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by codinghorror 7y ago
Even on today’s hardware? That seems unlikely to me?

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