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by jlj 6y ago
Agree, but my point is that when the gas pumps are gone or hard to find it will make owning an ICE vehicle more inconvenient and encourage use of electrics.
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by jlj 6y ago
Increased gas taxes would drive behavior change towards electrics. Similar to tobacco and alcohol taxes to discourage their use. I don't see diesel going away so soon though because of industrial, agriculture, and military use. It wil
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In the US there was a "cash for clunkers" program about 10-15 years ago that tried to clear out ineficient older model cars. It was fairly successful and stimulated purchases of newer cars. The downside was that some perfectly f
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by jlj 6y ago
Gas taxes set a floor for how low prices can go. They'll probably increase as gas motor cars are phased out before the process ever sink too low. In Washington, US, they increased the registration fee for electrics to make up for the s
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by jlj 6y ago
How much of the ad spend is coming from PAC's with unrestrained fundraising abilities, and dark money sources? Cut off that money supply with election reform and a lot of these ad network problems coupled to political polarization bec
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by jlj 6y ago
Both, they have several pricing models. Also cost per like, and cost per conversion (download). Maybe more. https://www.webfx.com/social-media/how-much-does-facebook-ad... .
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by jlj 6y ago
Agree, and will add that this should be backed by LEO's tracking online posts inciting violence to people's doors, arresting them, and letting courts decide if it's a free speech issue.
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by jlj 6y ago
> The western liberal value of free speech has never extended to incitement of violence Here is the court precedence behind this in the US. "Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court i
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by jlj 6y ago
It is common for software development expenses to be capitalized and expensed over time (depreciated). A lot of what shows up as intangibles is from M&A activity. If the acquirer paid more than book value for a company, then all of the
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by jlj 6y ago
I meant something slightly different (and I did not write it very well at all), but to give an example I spent the first 15+ years of my career chasing success, upskilling, focusing on self improvement. And my identity became tightly couple
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by jlj 6y ago
> How do you end up with a network of the good ones? > I have wanted to escape the dreaded cycle of dealing with these terrible recruiters Focus on yourself. When you are in a good place yourself you will find non-terrible recruiters.
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by jlj 6y ago
It's likely a simple case of following the money. Cost per action (CPA) ad pricing becomes a lot harder when you can't track people as easily, and that is likely a very lucrative ad format for FB. Here's a good writup on the
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by jlj 6y ago
I grew up fishing for salmon and live near streams where this issue is happening. Some bright and young researchers worked very hard to identify this root cause. Yes, I felt annoyed by the snark and dismissiveness in your comment. It rings
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by jlj 6y ago
"The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twister pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attem
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by jlj 6y ago
Seems like very low hanging fruit compared to anti-trust. A nice perk of being government funded through in-q-tel. They will settle and write a small check while admitting no wrongdoing.
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by jlj 6y ago
It added another tool to manage on top of an internal wiki and a few collaborative document editing. Wiki was basically markdown and it had its own version control mechanisms built in.
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by jlj 6y ago
I once saw something similar where a co-worker on a newly formed team wanted to keep design documents in a git repo. Those types of documents can have dozens of small changes, or in this case commits, each day. It was also painful to read
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by jlj 6y ago
If a company needs early-career talent H1-B might not be the right avenue. It was intended for highly skilled talent not available in-country. Experienced talent in software engineering should clear 200k no problem. H1-B portability would
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NASA’s Space Launch System rocket software testing concerns(washingtonpost.com)
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by jlj 6y ago
I didn't see the connection between the article and fascism. Maybe if mental health was a priority then individuals wouldn't be as susceptible to fascism or other control systems that prey on peoples' vulnerabilities and ins
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by jlj 6y ago
Recommend reading this [1] and then re-thinking what violence means. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/dp/189200528X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_... Or from the dictionary definition 1.b. [2] "extremely powerful or force
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by jlj 6y ago
I am looking for a small non-smart TV for a workout area in my home. My last TV purchase was around 2010. The options seem very limited. I may end up using a computer monitor with a streaming box and or a tv tumer card on an old computer.
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by jlj 6y ago
Tldr; authenticity vs opportunism
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by jlj 6y ago
I've never not installed software because of the version number. But this made me realize that Oracle skipped from database version 12 to 18, and eBS from 12 to fusion. I would say this is more of a reflection of an organization's
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by jlj 6y ago
This book talks about in mental models in depth, "Deep Survival" by Lawrence Gonzales [1]. Mental models can contribute to death in survival situations because they are biased by past experience. Being adaptable and practicing re
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by jlj 6y ago
Game theory
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How would these work with Spark on EMR? For example when the cluster is utilized enough to keep the it running continuously, but still has some low or no utilization periods throughout the day.
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by jlj 6y ago
Employed engineer here. I use linkedin to network and as a result I get a few inbound recruiting requests a week. Most are contract roles I'm not interested in, but some are for interesting companies that I wouldn't have found on
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by jlj 6y ago
> A mortgage payment is always less than rent for an equivalent property, anyway. Not always, though they often track closely to reach other, they can also diverge. If rent is high and home prices are low that could be a good signal to
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by jlj 6y ago
This is mixing up liquidity with asset vs liability. A house is a depreciable asset. The land beneath the house holds it's value and doesn't depreciate. That's why the assesed value for tax splits them out. Both are less

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