milfot

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by milfot 13y ago
The idea of 'primitive cultures' historically was used to intimate that certain groups were closer to animals, hence sub-human, and usurp them out of their land. Wiki says "The term is generally no longer used in mainstream w
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by milfot 13y ago
..and one hand makes no sound, obviously.
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by milfot 13y ago
is it just me or does this actually sound like a good idea?
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by milfot 13y ago
History may now be being written by different people than in previous eras. In oz, 100 years or so of pro British army brainwashing was undone with one line in one movie.. shoot straight, ya bastards. its not about karma. what is right reso
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by milfot 13y ago
that doesn't make it right..
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by milfot 13y ago
ah, i totally agree.. my anecdote was meant in support of your experience.
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by milfot 13y ago
Particularly bad.. incentivisation schemes create proxies for success and inevitably get gamed. Why bother with all the hard stuff when you can shortcut your way to success? Good incentives are life really.. look at Maslow's hierarchy
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by milfot 13y ago
France would ask air force one to divert?
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by milfot 13y ago
i consciously draw letters. and my old man was forced to write right handed.. i am not sure what they called the method where the teacher would crack your knuckles with a yard stick if you messed up, but that is how he was taught. most perf
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by milfot 13y ago
It is taken on faith by the media because these statements ARE TRUE until proven otherwise in the courts! You think these sorts of attitudes are confined to management? If the guy on the ground thinks it is true, it is true. And especially
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by milfot 13y ago
that is the really amazing thing about wikipedia.. it is still getting better! (i keep trying to find some way to contribute, but apparently i know less about everything that i know about than someone else.. so i just donate)
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by milfot 13y ago
i object to the characterisation of such opinions as strong. they are not strong, they are weak. weak for their justification, weak for their referencing and weak for the world view which informs them. (but i totally agree with you)
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by milfot 13y ago
good point but maybe this is a different thing conceptually i think i would call that a stamp or a seal ..sort of like a wax imprint of a key
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by milfot 13y ago
maybe the public key should be called a lock.. lock and key makes sense to me
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by milfot 13y ago
appreciate your points, software is a very different beast and it is probably true that the incentive structure is incidental to saas.. i just happen to think this is the reason for its success also for a while i used, and loved, zipcar in
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by milfot 13y ago
Yeah, all good points. I don't think this should stop tesla trying, or rather, it would be a shame if they were prevented from trying. i believe it is a matter of restructuring both risks and incentives to make the downstream match the
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by milfot 13y ago
I did say saas for cars, i wasn't totally clear, hence the extra note.. not trying to be antagonistic. a couple of big reasons saas took off so quickly.. 1.major cost of delivering a big product with little or no involvement / fee
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by milfot 13y ago
btilly mentioned the effect incentives have on the dealership model, I was trying to suggest if the car manufacturing business had a vested (client based) interest in the full lifetime of the car they may design for longevity and upgradeabi
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by milfot 13y ago
so a manufacturer which is providing lifetime service and updates would be ok? this actually sounds like a fantastic way to break the new car incentive model.. saas style car-as-a-service.. or aaas for the yanks
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by milfot 13y ago
as a non-american - fuck you obama.. but I guess you know that already
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by milfot 13y ago
i have no faith in our leader.. (rupert)
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by milfot 13y ago
http://johnquiggin.com/2013/06/16/urbanization-in-china/ clarification by a guy who does numbers for a living..
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by milfot 13y ago
ha, beat me to it, was just writing this! my own take is each person asks individually (through a service) and the company is then forced to respond via an automated method (or set up an api) to deal with the deluge of requests (sound famil
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by milfot 13y ago
sure, wasn't saying it was.. and you just committed the same indiscretion. a hack is only a hack if it does something. let's say it is a potentially very effective idea for CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.. emphasis due to you kind of missing
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by milfot 13y ago
maybe, maybe not point is, it is a very effective idea for civil disobedience
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by milfot 13y ago
Good points. Just as an aside, I often hear people repeat the mantra that government needs secrecy, but have yet to hear a justification which is worth the many rampant abuses covered by its cloak. My own government has of late been justify
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by milfot 13y ago
The British committed acts of genocide in virtually every colony. Just because they were not as efficient as the Germans, don't think they were not every bit as depraved. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Ba
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by milfot 13y ago
First off, the generator is awesome! Second, (and i cannot remember who famously said this, sorry) the best description of any system is its results... What does it matter whether they knew or did not know? The end result is the same, they
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by milfot 13y ago
We frequently exceed this level of spec for an average size house.. by a long way. However, simple commercial work can often get away with lesser levels of specification as they are generally dealing with typical construction methods and 'v
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by milfot 13y ago
I still end up having to explain eom half the time.. kind of kills the intended brevity. I wonder if we could also request a RAQE without being rude.. (response to all questions expected). My pet email hate.

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