When you talk about "increase in beehives", are you referring to hives that are managed by a beekeeper, or hives created by wild bees, and not managed by a human? When you talk about "fewer live bees", are you referring…
Active hives have increased because beekeepers have reacted to the increase in bee die-offs by splitting hives and otherwise increasing the number of hives they have. This causes an increase in demand for queens, and…
Yes. Beazley's essential reference is the way to go. The docs at the Python website are still essential for some things, though, since newer 2.X versions of Python often have minor changes/additions from previous…
That apple collects "non-personal" location data isn't a secret. Look at their privacy policy: http://www.apple.com/privacy/ Some details as to what and why they collect data was provided by Apple to Congress last year:…
Good "dictionaries" for doing on-line brute-force attacks don't just contain words, they contain likely passwords. Guidelines for choosing good passwords should point this out. For example, something like "J4fS!2" is a…
I think that the overall causes of obesity are fairly complex --- there's not some simple cause one can point to that is "the problem". But, threads like this one and the recent HN thread about Western diets remind me…
Maybe one reason to encourage comments in source code is not to waste the time of good programmers who write clear code, but to help everyone who has to deal with unclear code written by not-so-good programmers.
An opinion on those conclusions from someone who is not Steve Sailer: http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh122410.shtml#MINION If you would like to verify his data, the source is here: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011004.pdf
To a large extent, the focus on Social Security budget shortfalls in these pieces is like the punchline in the joke about why the drunk guy is looking under the lamp post for his keys when he lost them in the alley:…
Somehow, I'm not comforted by reassurances that an AGI is likely to have a human-like value system, given how humans have often treated other humans who are 1) Different from themselves in some way and 2)…
Your scenarios, while technically accurate, leave something out. Here's another version: D) Your child spends his/her high-school years mowing lawns, doing part-time jobs, etc, in order to save some money to help pay…
The problem with tax evasion in a democracy is that, when combined with a government's ability to borrow money, it removes the one of the main reasons why voters should care about how much the government spends. If you…
One reason this is unlikely to pass is that Congress likes renewable tax breaks because 1) It gives Congress an "accomplishment" they can brag about. 2) Members of Congress like being lobbied for tax breaks for…
This sounds like the same idea as: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1463751
Whether or not you are correct, your post would be greatly improved if it gave reasons why many of the comments are ignorant, or at least provided a specific critique of one of the more representative ones.
This sounds very much like some of the theories that one hears when talking about the causes of procrastination when faced with an overwhelming task. For example, the quoted section here:…
Bookwise, some places to start for general overviews of economics are: "New Ideas from Dead Economists" by Todd Buchholtz "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan Blogwise: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ is entertaining…
Since, as the blogger put it, "The former communists running Russia apparently understand tax policy better than the buffoons in charge of U.S. tax policy.", he must be in favor of the US having a VAT, like Russia does.
There are a few components involved in this disaster: 1) The "system" which, in the article, refers to the standard procedures and best practices one should follow when monitoring and running an oil well of this type.…
It's strange how people don't notice problems when making huge amounts of money depends on things remaining the way they are. When it hits the fan, let the finger pointing begin. The villain in this piece doesn't seem…
When you talk about "increase in beehives", are you referring to hives that are managed by a beekeeper, or hives created by wild bees, and not managed by a human? When you talk about "fewer live bees", are you referring…
Active hives have increased because beekeepers have reacted to the increase in bee die-offs by splitting hives and otherwise increasing the number of hives they have. This causes an increase in demand for queens, and…
Yes. Beazley's essential reference is the way to go. The docs at the Python website are still essential for some things, though, since newer 2.X versions of Python often have minor changes/additions from previous…
That apple collects "non-personal" location data isn't a secret. Look at their privacy policy: http://www.apple.com/privacy/ Some details as to what and why they collect data was provided by Apple to Congress last year:…
Good "dictionaries" for doing on-line brute-force attacks don't just contain words, they contain likely passwords. Guidelines for choosing good passwords should point this out. For example, something like "J4fS!2" is a…
I think that the overall causes of obesity are fairly complex --- there's not some simple cause one can point to that is "the problem". But, threads like this one and the recent HN thread about Western diets remind me…
Maybe one reason to encourage comments in source code is not to waste the time of good programmers who write clear code, but to help everyone who has to deal with unclear code written by not-so-good programmers.
An opinion on those conclusions from someone who is not Steve Sailer: http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh122410.shtml#MINION If you would like to verify his data, the source is here: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011004.pdf
To a large extent, the focus on Social Security budget shortfalls in these pieces is like the punchline in the joke about why the drunk guy is looking under the lamp post for his keys when he lost them in the alley:…
Somehow, I'm not comforted by reassurances that an AGI is likely to have a human-like value system, given how humans have often treated other humans who are 1) Different from themselves in some way and 2)…
Your scenarios, while technically accurate, leave something out. Here's another version: D) Your child spends his/her high-school years mowing lawns, doing part-time jobs, etc, in order to save some money to help pay…
The problem with tax evasion in a democracy is that, when combined with a government's ability to borrow money, it removes the one of the main reasons why voters should care about how much the government spends. If you…
One reason this is unlikely to pass is that Congress likes renewable tax breaks because 1) It gives Congress an "accomplishment" they can brag about. 2) Members of Congress like being lobbied for tax breaks for…
This sounds like the same idea as: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1463751
Whether or not you are correct, your post would be greatly improved if it gave reasons why many of the comments are ignorant, or at least provided a specific critique of one of the more representative ones.
This sounds very much like some of the theories that one hears when talking about the causes of procrastination when faced with an overwhelming task. For example, the quoted section here:…
Bookwise, some places to start for general overviews of economics are: "New Ideas from Dead Economists" by Todd Buchholtz "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan Blogwise: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ is entertaining…
Since, as the blogger put it, "The former communists running Russia apparently understand tax policy better than the buffoons in charge of U.S. tax policy.", he must be in favor of the US having a VAT, like Russia does.
There are a few components involved in this disaster: 1) The "system" which, in the article, refers to the standard procedures and best practices one should follow when monitoring and running an oil well of this type.…
It's strange how people don't notice problems when making huge amounts of money depends on things remaining the way they are. When it hits the fan, let the finger pointing begin. The villain in this piece doesn't seem…