IMO "seduce" has the negative connotation that you are somehow manipulating a "target", whereas "charisma" is more positive; it means your behavior attracts positive attention -- that people find you compelling and…
Two of those (Italy and Japan) have more conservative gender dynamics than the US does. (Reasonable ones though. We're not talking about Saudi Arabia.) I think a lot of the appeal isn't even about gender per-se. They're…
Fantastic article. And their "light touch" approach seems very correct. Now -- What counts as a cult? One sufficient condition, in my opinion, would be ritualized sexual abuse, especially of children. But this is baked…
Realistically, the compiler is building a DAG called SSA; and then the CPU builds a DAG to do out of order execution, so at a fine grain -- the basic block -- it seems to me that the immutable way of thinking about…
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1. Yes re. first paragraph. There are many examples from the nuclear program. 2. No re. second paragraph(?). How many of the recent high profile "leaks" have been driven by money? Most seemed ideological. That said,…
Chinese civil engineers, and engineering orgs, are good because they get a lot of practice. In the West, and especially in the US, individuals and orgs don't get practice, so when they finally do get a new contract they…
I used to do stuff like this (ok, not half as smart), but stopped around 2013 or so, as the distinction between "implementation defined" behavior (ok) and "undefined" behavior (not ok) started to matter and bite. After…
Amtrak would benefit from a coach-class sleeper, like they have in India or in Eastern Europe. They just need coach benches that convert to beds. If, for a reasonable price, you could lie flat at night behind a little…
I too was so surprised by that Banks quote that I still wonder if maybe he was lying or being deliberately provocative. (I wouldn't call The Culture "leftist" exactly, as it seems to be a space version of liberal…
Nah, he's just describing CalTech. :-)
The numbers are insane to me, relative to other "real" industries. E.g., making some inferences from a recent Economist article, the entire world's nuclear industry "only" generates something like $30bn/year revenue…
I clicked to learn what a "fat factory" is, then realized -- Soup. They were making soup. I would like to know what seasonings they used.
The 4% Rule means everybody with $25M is getting $1M per year for zero hours of work per week. Google tells me Sam has $1.7B.
Are backtests available for these indicators?
The economy is not a static thing in which the same goods and services are offered independent of the wealth distribution. The same work is not done. When wealth is concentrated, prices cease to aggregate information…
If you give up on unit tests and code review then the code is "yours" instead of "ours" and your coworkers will not want to collaborate on it with you. However, this has to be substantive code review by technical peers…
Why do students need to be inside the US in order for Harvard to issue them a degree? Surely there is an international network -- collaborators abroad who could host students, etc, etc. For example , Harvard already has…
The article has absolutely nothing to do with "hashes vs. PRNGs". Literally nothing. It's all about the linear algebra and floating point operations that happen (in this case) to be used to transform those numbers. It…
Really the way to do it, AFAIK (say, per How Asia Works), is to apply selective subsidies, not tariffs, and to subject the subsidized industries to substantial export discipline. That's what gets you South Korean…
> what Britain did was import massive amounts from India and made high value goods at home and provided high value services that couldn't be provided elsewhere Does this story really describe a trade deficit? Trade is…
Can condo or co-op (legal) structures solve this problem?
People are overthinking this. It's about power, and inculcating fear. The CEO who "cuts" people at a company is like the Aztec priest who plunges the knife in atop the pyramid. The bloody spectacle is the point. It's as…
When I go down this chain of thought, I eventually end up at -- Legs. I have legs. They are built in. I can just use them. I can always bring my legs onto the subway. If they don't go fast enough, then I have two…
You have to assume that anyone wearing these things is filming you. It's creepy. People who use them are creepy.
IMO "seduce" has the negative connotation that you are somehow manipulating a "target", whereas "charisma" is more positive; it means your behavior attracts positive attention -- that people find you compelling and…
Two of those (Italy and Japan) have more conservative gender dynamics than the US does. (Reasonable ones though. We're not talking about Saudi Arabia.) I think a lot of the appeal isn't even about gender per-se. They're…
Fantastic article. And their "light touch" approach seems very correct. Now -- What counts as a cult? One sufficient condition, in my opinion, would be ritualized sexual abuse, especially of children. But this is baked…
Realistically, the compiler is building a DAG called SSA; and then the CPU builds a DAG to do out of order execution, so at a fine grain -- the basic block -- it seems to me that the immutable way of thinking about…
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1. Yes re. first paragraph. There are many examples from the nuclear program. 2. No re. second paragraph(?). How many of the recent high profile "leaks" have been driven by money? Most seemed ideological. That said,…
Chinese civil engineers, and engineering orgs, are good because they get a lot of practice. In the West, and especially in the US, individuals and orgs don't get practice, so when they finally do get a new contract they…
I used to do stuff like this (ok, not half as smart), but stopped around 2013 or so, as the distinction between "implementation defined" behavior (ok) and "undefined" behavior (not ok) started to matter and bite. After…
Amtrak would benefit from a coach-class sleeper, like they have in India or in Eastern Europe. They just need coach benches that convert to beds. If, for a reasonable price, you could lie flat at night behind a little…
I too was so surprised by that Banks quote that I still wonder if maybe he was lying or being deliberately provocative. (I wouldn't call The Culture "leftist" exactly, as it seems to be a space version of liberal…
Nah, he's just describing CalTech. :-)
The numbers are insane to me, relative to other "real" industries. E.g., making some inferences from a recent Economist article, the entire world's nuclear industry "only" generates something like $30bn/year revenue…
I clicked to learn what a "fat factory" is, then realized -- Soup. They were making soup. I would like to know what seasonings they used.
The 4% Rule means everybody with $25M is getting $1M per year for zero hours of work per week. Google tells me Sam has $1.7B.
Are backtests available for these indicators?
The economy is not a static thing in which the same goods and services are offered independent of the wealth distribution. The same work is not done. When wealth is concentrated, prices cease to aggregate information…
If you give up on unit tests and code review then the code is "yours" instead of "ours" and your coworkers will not want to collaborate on it with you. However, this has to be substantive code review by technical peers…
Why do students need to be inside the US in order for Harvard to issue them a degree? Surely there is an international network -- collaborators abroad who could host students, etc, etc. For example , Harvard already has…
The article has absolutely nothing to do with "hashes vs. PRNGs". Literally nothing. It's all about the linear algebra and floating point operations that happen (in this case) to be used to transform those numbers. It…
Really the way to do it, AFAIK (say, per How Asia Works), is to apply selective subsidies, not tariffs, and to subject the subsidized industries to substantial export discipline. That's what gets you South Korean…
> what Britain did was import massive amounts from India and made high value goods at home and provided high value services that couldn't be provided elsewhere Does this story really describe a trade deficit? Trade is…
Can condo or co-op (legal) structures solve this problem?
People are overthinking this. It's about power, and inculcating fear. The CEO who "cuts" people at a company is like the Aztec priest who plunges the knife in atop the pyramid. The bloody spectacle is the point. It's as…
When I go down this chain of thought, I eventually end up at -- Legs. I have legs. They are built in. I can just use them. I can always bring my legs onto the subway. If they don't go fast enough, then I have two…
You have to assume that anyone wearing these things is filming you. It's creepy. People who use them are creepy.