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by jaawn 8y ago
That isn't a "new" model with all of the uncertainty that goes along with it though. Rav4 and CR-V have established reputations, entrenched supply chains, etc... A better comparison would be brand new models, not refreshed ol
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by jaawn 8y ago
I guess that is fair, but according to this carsalesbase.com site, it isn't even remotely close. Tesla has built/sold more Model 3s in its first year of production than anything else I can find...by a lot. They built/sold mor
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by jaawn 8y ago
Which models did you look at? I don't remember a lot of models that are new to the market recently. I checked the Mazda CX-3 and the Nissan Leaf, and the Model 3 does appear to have crushed both of those based on first year numbers.
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by jaawn 8y ago
Obviously we don't know yet, but I would be absolutely shocked if they don't basically flag everything about well-known politicians as "political", and paying to boost something like that should fall under the new rest
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by jaawn 9y ago
"Zero cost abstraction" is like a sarcastic joke at this point in web development. If you pull up performance comparisons for web backends, a lot of the popular ones based on interpreted languages are absolutely abysmal when com
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by jaawn 9y ago
Oh absolutely. I have been noticing this is starting to happen with SSDs as well. A lot of modern games run awful on mechanical drives.
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by jaawn 9y ago
I have thought for awhile, and continue to think, that developers avoid "premature" optimization too fiercely. Yes, there are diminishing returns with optimization effort, but too often people interpret "avoid premature optim
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by jaawn 9y ago
This is a really good point, I hadn't thought of this before. Because of how many other options there are, the "scarcity" of Bitcoin is only real if there is something that is going to prevent other cryptocurrencies from bein
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by jaawn 9y ago
To piggy back on something you said: a big issue I noticed recently is that it seems a lot of the websites people use to track this stuff have charts in <other coin> vs. BTC rather than <other coin> vs. USD (or some other establ
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by jaawn 9y ago
within roughly 5 years or so (very rough guess on my part), all of the available Bitcoin will have been mined. At that point, the mining part of the equation will be moot, leaving only the blockchain infrastructure to consider. Note that th
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by jaawn 9y ago
The Java performance was the most interesting part of the results for me. I'm glad it got some attention. I have been developing the opinion for awhile that, as an industry, we've become far too avoidant of "pre-mature"
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by jaawn 10y ago
This is a fair point, but most vocational programs last years not months, so that is where the analogy breaks down here. I think "vocational" code schools offering 2-year degrees would be very, very attractive as an alternative
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by jaawn 10y ago
Also to be fair, learning how to select elements by CSS class is so trivial that it doesn't effectively separate levels of developers. Whether you choose the basic JavaScript version or one from a popular framework, it should take les
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by jaawn 10y ago
This is exactly what I was thinking. Put into words that are easier on my brain: If the things taxes are being spent on (social programs, shared services, and shared spaces like parks) are significantly better, one might still have a "
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by jaawn 10y ago
Whoah, I did not know they had a free plan for personal use. Thanks for the tip!
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by jaawn 10y ago
I imagine that if the service call to verify mock data fails, it should retroactively invalidate all tests based on that mock data, or at least this should be understood to be the case by the people reviewing test reports.
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by jaawn 10y ago
I have been cringing every time I see/hear the word "disrupt" (in its various forms) for a couple years now. In pretty much all cases, the more often a given person uses that word, the more vapid I come to think they are.
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by jaawn 11y ago
"Except digital signing makes the compromised OS totally and utterly useless for other phones." This carries with it the assumption that the digital signing and verification mechanisms are infallible and impervious to attack. That
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by jaawn 11y ago
Yes, it is. I can observe innocent tourists and citizens taking photos and avoid them if I want to. The key part you missed was "without my knowledge." I'm not going to obsess over being in the background of the occasional
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by jaawn 11y ago
It is unreasonable to expect to not be observed in a public place, but it is reasonable to expect to not be recorded artificially without your knowledge. This goes for all locations, including public ones.
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by jaawn 11y ago
> If someone doesn't want to be captured, too bad, they shouldn't be throwing photons at you (read: if they want privacy, they shouldn't be in a public location). That is true when it comes to merely being seen, but not be
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by jaawn 11y ago
That is a much better approach. It incorporates the humility you need to have with this type of data. That system works because it does not assume and expect accuracy, it works around the problem in a different way. So, I guess my origi
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by jaawn 11y ago
This is entirely possible. However, when the data being measured is about complex human behavior (i.e. time allocation, productivity, work habits, etc...), I don't think we are even a little bit close to accurately representing realit
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by jaawn 11y ago
Not all technology has an equal ability to displace human workers. I'd argue that the most displacing technology is just now being developed. Sure, some technology has a neutral impact on the job market, but some!=all
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by jaawn 11y ago
Hurray Capitalism?
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by jaawn 11y ago
Then, depending on structure, people could assist on the delayed dependency, or devote time to a lower-priority project until they are able to work on the more important one. If neither of these are possible, then it probably is okay for
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by jaawn 11y ago
I agree, but what I mean is managers trying to govern how employees work rather than how they are managed. There are cases where these are related, but I think most of the time they are separate.
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by jaawn 11y ago
You should have clear, stated goals for deliverables, each deliverable should have a group of people who is responsible for it. Anyone who is is responsible for any deliverables which are delayed should not be working 5 hour days.
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by jaawn 11y ago
I think this is something that varies a lot based on the nature of the work. Creative software development/design/engineering is more taxing in a way that precludes almost anyone from being productive at an 80+ hour/week lev
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by jaawn 11y ago
Mr. Bezos' response strikes me as the all-too-familiar case of upper management not keeping tabs on middle and lower management. If he is truly sincere that he does not recognize the version of Amazon depicted in the article, and does

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