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by rwj 3d ago
This is misleading. I'm not sure replacing income tax with sales tax is a positive change. The state is still collecting taxes, but the tools are pretty regressive.
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by rwj 7mo ago
Inline reduces round trips.
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by rwj 10mo ago
This analogy is quite misleading, because, in addition to California, there is also Wyoming, with a population of less than <600k.
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by rwj 11mo ago
Lots of experiments show that babies develop import capabilities at roughly the same times. That speaks to inherited abilities.
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by rwj 1y ago
Except that the plural of anecdotes is definitely not data, because without controlling for confounding variables and sampling biases, you will get garbage.
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by rwj 2y ago
Also see wok done on topological optimization. Mechanical designs no human would design, but AI not required either, just numerical optimization.
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by rwj 2y ago
Sorry, but a VAT is paid for by the final consumer. US suppliers paying taxes would be a manufacturer's sales tax (MST), but they went out of style decades ago. If any states are dumb enough to still have an MST, maybe they should st
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by rwj 3y ago
Except that all the people using left-pad weren't paying for left-pad, and didn't have a contractual relationship with the author. IANAL, but I'm doubtful the courts would find there is enough of a relationship for the autho
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by rwj 3y ago
You shouldn't compare the unemployment rates between countries. There are different criteria for "unemployed", so measures in different countries don't measure the same thing. Labor participation rates are more comparab
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You Are a Supplier(stonecode.substack.com)
2 points by rwj 4y ago|0 comments
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by rwj 4y ago
There is nothing wrong with some income inequality. Too much inequality is known to be destabilizing (sorry, don't have a reference on hand).
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by rwj 4y ago
Actually, lots of circuits can be built with components specified to within 20%, perhaps with some key components specified more tightly. Good designs are robust against component variation.
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by rwj 4y ago
If rule #1 is don't break userspace, we might need a rule #0, which would be don't support insecure behaviour. In the end, people might need to balance competing concerns...
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by rwj 4y ago
Go is surprisingly good in this role. Super easy cross compilation, good platform support, and easy distribution means that it's very easy to get the tool where you need it. For a lot of file munging, Go is serviceable.
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by rwj 4y ago
That fact is certainly a stain on history, but sidesteps the observation that European powers were able to militarily overpower so many other regions because they were already richer and technologically advanced compared to other regions.
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by rwj 5y ago
Backwards compatibility is holding the evolution of C and C++ back. Design improvements can't get approved if they affect ABI. Many of those improvements affect performance. The ecosystem needs a way to move forward without breaking
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by rwj 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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by rwj 5y ago
I don't mind if it inconvenience the government, but they have severely impacted residential neighbourhoods as well. Others in the movement have blocked commercial traffic across the border, putting people jobs at risk. Ironically, I
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by rwj 5y ago
Controlling access to "opportunity for authors to get their work in front of a fairly dedicated audience" sounds awfully like gatekeeping.
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by rwj 5y ago
Yes, clearly, because Covid hasn't disrupted anything else. /s I suspect that the causes are more complicated.
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by rwj 5y ago
I agree that this approach is much better for stability. The trade off is that a lot of systems will end up missing their needed security updates. Very few people are consciously balancing their type I and type II errors when considering
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by rwj 5y ago
I don't understand this type of response. "I know my reasoning is faulty, but I believe it anyway..."
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by rwj 5y ago
I've been biking in -20oC, and it wasn't a big deal. You need the right clothing, but otherwise it's fine. Part of the issue is that people who drive never buy decent winter clothing.
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by rwj 5y ago
True, but isn't that the while point of the supply-demand curve? Not enough drivers to cover the work means that prices should go up, and some marginal customers will go away, until the whole thing balances. It's odd the way peop
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by rwj 5y ago
SpaceX is definitely pushing the use of off the shelf components, and good on them, but things will probably be different when they are building rockets that they expect to keep in service for ten years.
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by rwj 5y ago
Perhaps true, but not the main topic of this post. C and C++ are at the foundation of a great deal of software, and that creates a lot of pressure for stability. This is blocking evolution of both languages. Stability is great, but stagn
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by rwj 5y ago
If you are in this type of business, you probably also get regular audits. Checking that you have access to the relevant standards is something that ends up checked from time to time. Pirated copies will do more harm then good when that t
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by rwj 5y ago
The CBC has a viewpoint, but it is definitely not state propaganda.
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Clean the Source (Nix)(stonecode.ca)
2 points by rwj 5y ago|0 comments
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by rwj 5y ago
> In Canada, our freedom of expression is limited by whatever the Government deems appropriate: Is hyperbole constructive?

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