This comment ignores the problem that parent identified: >> But it has the net effect of pushing the tax burden down onto smaller companies who are competing with the Amazons of the world. I.e., even if we need a…
I agree with parent that this whole thread comes off as extremely hyperbolic. I've known this information about my friends and neighbors for the better part of the last decade. In most states this is public info and you…
Perhaps. But that's not a compelling argument against this bill. Perfect enemy of better and all that.
Companies will have a Chief Privacy Officer whose job is basically to provide oversight and, of course, absorb the risk. That person will probably be paid well. I'm actually OK with that. We're always complaining that…
Startups aren't even covered by this bill until they've gained lots of traction (1 million users and 50MM+ gross receipts). At which point, again again IFF their business is data hoarding, they will need to hire approx.…
It is. Read Sec 5.(d). It's not like people will be thrown in prison because their DB wasn't patched quickly enough. They have to knowingly and intentionally lie to the federal government in an annual report.
Nope. The bill defines covered entities in Sec. 2.(5)(A) and 2.(5)(B). In particular, companies with less than $50,000,000 in gross receipts and information on fewer than 1,000,000 customers are not covered by this…
Open source doesn't ensure quality code. Ideally the code would be part of the peer review process, but code review is really expensive, so who knows how that would play out.
A lot of your news is not just "not-depressing". It's actively uplifting. In fact, most of the stories on the front page are "feel good" stories. It'd be cool/useful if you could provide news on the important issues of…
> As in most descriptions of it are annoyingly ambiguous. My very first interviewer (intentionally) didn't spec fizzbuzz correctly. The real test was whether the candidate listened to the customer's/lead engineer's spec…
Well, no, generally they can't shove it off on their creditor and say "there we're even", if that's what you mean. There's a whole field of law about bankruptcy. In particular, questions about how to value assets are…
That's called an apartment building. Or a large house with many bedrooms. Both happen all the time. In fact, just last weekend I let 20+ people into my house for a party. The notion of privately owned property didn't…
> Patent == monopoly For a very specific definition of monopoly (in particular, monopoly over use of a specific resource, not monopoly in the market sense). In that same sense of the word "monopoly", private property ==…
Steko's comment might be a good place to continue that particular conversation. Such an approach would require careful design of incentive structures so that patents remain accessible without making the status quo of…
Shipping & Transit LLC had not only a prototype, but also a product: Jones developed this into a service called BusCall, which had some modest success. I think the actual solution is simply improved patent review. The…
Your methodological criticisms are spot-on. > The same people that buy organic peas also have a paranoia about screens. How unsurprising. A lot of parents lack sophistication when it comes to "screen time". I have…
> Incredibly, the proportion of households with two earners is LOWER in 2014 than in 1980 because of the large increase in households with one or no earners. Marriage is not nearly as common as it used to be. The data…
Only if GDP remained constant. Inflation-adjusted GDP increase from ~5 trillion in the 70's to ~18 trillion today. Much larger than 2x, and not every household is dual-income.
The most important take-away from this article is the Science paper by Jalal et al., "Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States from 1979 through 2016" [1]. In that paper, the authors…
> These cities may as well be "coastal" relative to their regions. IF KC and Pittsburgh aren't "middle america", then the term ceases to have much of a meaning and we might as well stick with "rural".
The "premature deindustrialisation" phenomenon was the most interesting/novel part of this article. The rest is the normal AI/MOOC/software-eating-everything hand-wringing. However, somewhat ironically, the actual paper…
> The fact that the concerns of rural communities are summarily dismissed when making policy was one of the big contributing factors to the election victories of both Brexit and Trump Do you think that an influx of…
> If you set a quota and give to the highest bidder, you're going to see private sector executives, lawyers, and financial roles being filled in cities with high costs of living and competitive wages. Yes, that's the…
These sorts of "highest salary wins" rules should typically be crafted in an industry/sector-specific way. So schools have to compete with each other on salary but not with tech/finance/med. And then there are caps by…
No, it's not. People cite "informal" sources all the time. This only really matters on the receiving end of the citation. I.e., if lots of people are citing your blog or forum post, then it can be a good idea to take…
This comment ignores the problem that parent identified: >> But it has the net effect of pushing the tax burden down onto smaller companies who are competing with the Amazons of the world. I.e., even if we need a…
I agree with parent that this whole thread comes off as extremely hyperbolic. I've known this information about my friends and neighbors for the better part of the last decade. In most states this is public info and you…
Perhaps. But that's not a compelling argument against this bill. Perfect enemy of better and all that.
Companies will have a Chief Privacy Officer whose job is basically to provide oversight and, of course, absorb the risk. That person will probably be paid well. I'm actually OK with that. We're always complaining that…
Startups aren't even covered by this bill until they've gained lots of traction (1 million users and 50MM+ gross receipts). At which point, again again IFF their business is data hoarding, they will need to hire approx.…
It is. Read Sec 5.(d). It's not like people will be thrown in prison because their DB wasn't patched quickly enough. They have to knowingly and intentionally lie to the federal government in an annual report.
Nope. The bill defines covered entities in Sec. 2.(5)(A) and 2.(5)(B). In particular, companies with less than $50,000,000 in gross receipts and information on fewer than 1,000,000 customers are not covered by this…
Open source doesn't ensure quality code. Ideally the code would be part of the peer review process, but code review is really expensive, so who knows how that would play out.
A lot of your news is not just "not-depressing". It's actively uplifting. In fact, most of the stories on the front page are "feel good" stories. It'd be cool/useful if you could provide news on the important issues of…
> As in most descriptions of it are annoyingly ambiguous. My very first interviewer (intentionally) didn't spec fizzbuzz correctly. The real test was whether the candidate listened to the customer's/lead engineer's spec…
Well, no, generally they can't shove it off on their creditor and say "there we're even", if that's what you mean. There's a whole field of law about bankruptcy. In particular, questions about how to value assets are…
That's called an apartment building. Or a large house with many bedrooms. Both happen all the time. In fact, just last weekend I let 20+ people into my house for a party. The notion of privately owned property didn't…
> Patent == monopoly For a very specific definition of monopoly (in particular, monopoly over use of a specific resource, not monopoly in the market sense). In that same sense of the word "monopoly", private property ==…
Steko's comment might be a good place to continue that particular conversation. Such an approach would require careful design of incentive structures so that patents remain accessible without making the status quo of…
Shipping & Transit LLC had not only a prototype, but also a product: Jones developed this into a service called BusCall, which had some modest success. I think the actual solution is simply improved patent review. The…
Your methodological criticisms are spot-on. > The same people that buy organic peas also have a paranoia about screens. How unsurprising. A lot of parents lack sophistication when it comes to "screen time". I have…
> Incredibly, the proportion of households with two earners is LOWER in 2014 than in 1980 because of the large increase in households with one or no earners. Marriage is not nearly as common as it used to be. The data…
Only if GDP remained constant. Inflation-adjusted GDP increase from ~5 trillion in the 70's to ~18 trillion today. Much larger than 2x, and not every household is dual-income.
The most important take-away from this article is the Science paper by Jalal et al., "Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States from 1979 through 2016" [1]. In that paper, the authors…
> These cities may as well be "coastal" relative to their regions. IF KC and Pittsburgh aren't "middle america", then the term ceases to have much of a meaning and we might as well stick with "rural".
The "premature deindustrialisation" phenomenon was the most interesting/novel part of this article. The rest is the normal AI/MOOC/software-eating-everything hand-wringing. However, somewhat ironically, the actual paper…
> The fact that the concerns of rural communities are summarily dismissed when making policy was one of the big contributing factors to the election victories of both Brexit and Trump Do you think that an influx of…
> If you set a quota and give to the highest bidder, you're going to see private sector executives, lawyers, and financial roles being filled in cities with high costs of living and competitive wages. Yes, that's the…
These sorts of "highest salary wins" rules should typically be crafted in an industry/sector-specific way. So schools have to compete with each other on salary but not with tech/finance/med. And then there are caps by…
No, it's not. People cite "informal" sources all the time. This only really matters on the receiving end of the citation. I.e., if lots of people are citing your blog or forum post, then it can be a good idea to take…