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by russell 10y ago
I have often wondered what happens when large scale technological unemployment occurs, or even the threat of it. I think we have seen the result in the 2016 Presidential election with the election of Donald Trump, probably the least qualif
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10 Mph Moving Sidewalks Could Make Crosstown Buses Obsolete(nymag.com)
38 points by russell 10y ago|61 comments
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by russell 10y ago
Ah, Cryptonomicon by Neal Stepehson updated for the internet age. Worth reading if you havent.
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by russell 10y ago
I say the girl should be congratulated for her ingenuity. The amount of effort she put into tweaking the teacher's tail is commendable. The real "solution" here is for her to find a mentor who will channel her efforts into
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by russell 10y ago
It's a history of presidential nomination conventions ffrom their appearance in the early 1800s. The takeaway is they can never get it right.
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by russell 10y ago
I'm not sure where you got your numbers. The 10 largest cities in the US have a population of 26M (2015 estimates, Wikipedia). Generally population estimates are given for the metropolitan area. The 10 largest have a population of 73
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by russell 10y ago
According to the review, DeLong and Cohen have written a historical analysis of what has worked as economic engines in America's economic history. Their observation is that it is big concrete advancements like Hamilton's banking
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by russell 10y ago
The Eternal September all over again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
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by russell 10y ago
All well and good if your kids are from a school known to the admissions department at the colleges they are applying to, otherwise the AP courses, with all their flaws, are a reasonable compromise that gets them college credit. My kids too
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by russell 10y ago
From your second link: >>>The junction provides access to and from the A38 (Tyburn Road), A38(M) (Aston Expressway), the A5127 (Lichfield Road/Gravelly Hill), and several unclassified local roads. It covers 30 acres (12 ha), s
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by russell 10y ago
California is quite peculiar. California has 482 municipalities. Whether they call themselves cities or towns is local preference, although fewer than two dozen call themselves towns. The largest municipality is Los Angeles with 3.7 mill
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by russell 10y ago
Hah! The army is the only service not getting one, unless there is a helicopter variant in there somewhere.
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by russell 10y ago
Indeed. There was a paper done in the 70s or 80s that found that operating system size doubled with each new feature. Picture going from single tasking to multitasking or to virtual memory. Sorry, I cant dredge up the reference.
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by russell 10y ago
The lack of interlocks really surprised me, although the name said so. The CDC 6600 had them two decades earlier. We always carefully scheduled our instructions flows, but it was nice to know that the hardware would catch our goofs.
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by russell 10y ago
Historical nit: I always considered the CDC 6600 to be the first commercial RISC machine, although given its strange architecture, I can see that others might disagree. It had multiple floating point and integer processors. An assembly p
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by russell 10y ago
The Koutnik links to this article, which inspired his essay. http://thecodist.com/article/my-biggest-regret-as-a-programm... . It was very painful to read, because I made exactly the same decision. I was VP/chief
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by russell 10y ago
Nah, the aliens are bound to have tons of post-doc archaeologists looking for faculty positions.
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by russell 10y ago
From the RFS entry on Surinam, position 22: "“public expression of hatred” towards the government is punishable by up to seven years in prison under a draconian defamation law. The controversial Dési Bouterse, who became president agai
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by russell 10y ago
Wow! FDR at the bottom, below Buchanan, Harding, Fillmore, Pierce, and GW Bush. I shudder to think what your political views are.
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by russell 10y ago
This article seemed rather inane to me, complaining about Cook's standing up for privacy and Zuckerberg's anti-Trump speech or his new foundation, while ignoring the $900 million that the Koch brothers are pouring into down-ticket
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by russell 10y ago
The tyrant in question was Cylon of Athens who staged a failed coup in 632 BCE leaving him only a would be tyrant.
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What We Can Learn About Drone Strikes from 10M Yemeni Cell Phones(fivethirtyeight.com)
1 points by russell 11y ago|0 comments
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by russell 11y ago
Simple kits for testing both water and painted surfaces go for $10 and up at Home Depot. The less expensive ones have two tests. You should test at least a couple of fixtures because older fixtures often contain lead. Getting a positive
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by russell 11y ago
When it comes to mind boggling longevity, nothing can compare to the B-52. The first prototype flew in 1952 and the last one was built in 1962 and the final plane is still in active service. There is an upgrade program that plans to keep
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by russell 11y ago
Ordinarily I would agree with itbeho and advise you to move on with minimum fuss. However, given that you are paying the hosting bills, you probably have the right and obligation to shut the thing down gracefully, perhaps with a month&#x27
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What's Eating Silicon Valley(huffingtonpost.com)
4 points by russell 11y ago|0 comments
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Lockheed Martin Compact Fusion Reactor Update(nextbigfuture.com)
1 points by russell 11y ago|0 comments
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by russell 11y ago
I think the degree of fault tolerance depends on the age of the reader. My first computers used discrete transistors. My high school English teacher was a strict grammarian. I paid close attention because I was dating her daughter, also
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by russell 11y ago
$165 for a passport plus card is a pretty steep price just to fly domestically, not to mention additional fees if you need to travel on short notice. In CA a State identity card is $28, or $8 if you are poor, or $0 if elderly.
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by russell 11y ago
The first paragraph reminds me that when I was in my 30s several decades ago, Rick James, several friends, and I decided that we were going to found an old programmers home reminiscent of the old sailors homes of a century ago. I envisione

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