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Means of production and money existed since the dawn of civilization. The law of Hammurabi discusses contracts, prices, private property, etc.

Also, for example, Rome during the times of Roman Empire had to rely on imports of food from Africa because Appenine agriculture wasn’t self-sufficient. And throughout history in Europe and Middle East trade was a big part of every complex society.

These stories about feudal mode of production is just bad outdated 19th century scholarship.

It also seems completely ridiculous to call modern states hyper capitalistic when in most countries 35-65% of GDP is controlled by the government (yes, even in the US). 100 years ago it was more like 5% of GDP and income taxes didn’t even exist!
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More tax revenue ? Anything's more than 0.
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You can get a handheld that can emulate most 2D consoles (e.g. gb, gba, nes, snes, genesis, DOS, etc)

https://retromimi.com/products/pocketgo-retro-gaming-system
But the viewpoint is one of a country.

What it misses, obviously, is the negative impact on where they have come from.

One areas net immigration is another area's brain drain - hence why you have concentrations in cities and poor rural areas.
You can watch online course videos created by the article author: https://mru.org/

They're very high quality
> like you were supposed to This is exactly how the central bank policy is set up for the wealthy.

The poor have no assets to invest.

> Alas, most Americans (and all the poor ones) do not have the same access to investment opportunities as myself.

Yes they do. If they have money, they have Robinhood. If they don't have money, inflation doesn't matter.
> No, investors only have one goal: total returns.

You’re misinformed. There are 3 considerations: dividend yield, capital gain, and security of principle.

> Both are gains. If you hold 100 shares and a company doesn't issue a dividend you can sell 1 share to obtain a 1% dividend. Or you can wait for them to issue a 1% divided and be left with 99% the value. It's a no-op. Same thing. You've failed at basic math here.

Owning cash isn’t the same as owning a business and almost everyone understands that. I’m not sure if you’re really this clueless or you’re trying to gaslight me, either way you’re wrong.

> No. You are strictly wrong. When a dividend is issued the stock goes down by that amount. [1]

> After a stock goes ex-dividend, the share price typically drops by the amount of the dividend paid to reflect the fact that new shareholders are not entitled to that payment.

> strictly

> typically

You don’t seem to understand the subject based on this exchange. Do you realize that’s not a rebuttal to what I said?

> No dividends are less valuable because they offer no flexibility in recognition date.

So if they are less valuable then you understand that some investors would prefer them less, and this is not the same as only caring about total returns?

> In fact, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, dividends are treated as ordinary income. On the other hand if you sell something you've held for 1 year in lieu you'll get long-term capital gains treatment.

So you do understand that they are different, and investors care about more than total return?
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(1) Introduction to parallel Universe (2) Max Tegmark's 2003 theory on Parallel Universe (the levels) (3) Brian Greene's quantum Physics theory of Parallel Universe (4) Conclusion
Many years ago, I wrote a one-card program to duplicate a card deck – reading from the reader and punching a copy until there were no more cards in the input. I can almost remember it: ,008015,022029……1200 (don’t remember all the opcodes, or special memory locations)
That should have read “I'm not super familiar with the backend”.
That's acutally what I plan to do - offering this as a B2B solution where companies can summarize reviews of their own website/products. Feel free to contact me to talk about this.
wikiwiki seems to be having trouble moving to github. Here's wayback https://web.archive.org/web/20190821162524/https://wiki.c2.c... And the bit you referenced:

"This I now perceived to be wrong, not because it is too radical, but because it is too simplistic. The biggest mistake in the 'Build one to throw away' concept is that it implicitly assumes the classical sequential or waterfall model of software construction."

You don't have to throw everything away. Like reusing libraries, you can reuse your modules, or whatever code you like.

It's the part that is a tangled Gordian Knot that is easier to cut than meticulously unravel.

"Starting with a clean slate" is a common idea in many contexts. One very similar to code is writing. You can hack and edit, but a fresh draft is easier (and safer) for fundamental conceptual and structural changes.

BTW "Waterfall" was a parody of processes, though the conceptual aspects (requirements vs specifications etc) are useful. People then were just as intelligent as today. Maybe more.
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I whipped this little sim up in a few days to help me characterize and simulate the response of my thrust vectored model rocket. I posted about my flight computer a while back:
https://github.com/polishdude20/CygnusX1

This uses a simple PID controller to bring the rocket to any angle you want from an initial angle. There's a lot of settings that can be changed and variables to play around with. Right now, It's configured to do sort of what starlink does during it's flip maneuver.

Anyways just thought I'd share!
Anyone with a mortgage is actively benefiting from inflation.
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If I give you a fresh $100 bill and you put it in a drawer (ie save it), how does that affect inflation?

What mainstream economics can't handle is financial saving. Quite literally it is abstracted away from their models, yet it exists in the real world.

And that's why they keep getting things wrong. It's the savings, stupid.
Not an engineer but I used to sell generators. I believe constant rpm eng/alternator is pretty common practice. From memory and a quick Google search, 1800 rpm produces 60hz and 1500 produces 50hz in newer alternators. I'm unfamiliar with these engine/alternator combos so they likely operate slightly differently.

Most power generating units operate at a relatively fixed rpm for longevity and will ramp a little during heavy load.

Source:
https://www.generatorsource.com/Generator_Frequency_Conversi...

Also pulled up an old spec sheet for a Cummins and it had the same rpm/Hz specs.

Link to PDF:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...

Edit: added link to spec sheet
Are Software Low level design documents still relevant
Are detailed software LLD ( low level design ) documents still relevant? In a company i work for, i see low LLD documents being used. If LLD is close to code, why not code, instead of using LLD. A high level design is really useful, have no problems with that.
I’ve yet to lose them! The case had fallen off my nightstand and they clattered out under the bed. AppleCare comes in handy, too. I actually had to use some wired ones today because the pods were dead — by the third time the cord caught on something I was homicidal. I can’t recommend AirPods Pro enough! (Despite the price)
A $24bn public valuation without a product for sale has to be off the charts as "going public early", though, right? Amazon raised, what, $50M or $100M in its IPO (and is what I'd consider an early one)?
Trademarks have 40+ categories. Look up how many trademarks with the word "acme" in them can happily coexist.
It is a minefield, but we all walk it all the time.

A new mime type doesn’t really help because the parser doesn’t check the mime type, it assumes the programmer did that. I’m not against making a new mime type or specification, but there are already so many and making more doesn’t seem to help. Yes it would be nice if PHP and Python implement the logic for ignoring trailing commas the same way, but 99% of the time that isn’t all that important. Yes there will be cases where it matters and bugs are introduced, but since there already significant differences between JSON parsers I don’t see these kinds of things as making it much worse.
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> Owning cash isn’t the same as owning a business and almost everyone understands that. I’m not sure if you’re really this clueless or you’re trying to gaslight me, either way you’re wrong.

So sell 1% of your holdings, now you have cash, same as if you'd been issued a 1% dividend. Either you have 100 shares worth 99% as much, or you have 99 shares each worth 100%. Same thing. The difference is whether the cash remains in the coffers of the company or not. And that only matters depending on what the company plans to do with the cash.

> So if they are less valuable then you understand that some investors would prefer them less, and this is not the same as only caring about total returns?

They're less valuable because they offer less flexibility in terms of recognition date. If I made $100K in a year, I'd be very inclined to sell some shares and recognize capital gains. Much more so than if I'd made $1M. Because I'd get to keep more of them. Flexibility is worth money, but of course, more or less depending on the financial situation of the person you're talking to.

> So you do understand that they are different, and investors care about more than total return?

What on earth are you talking about. There's 1 pot of money, and the government treats the distribution methods differently. It's still a total return from the perspective of the company and the investor.

When you evaluate an investment you should take into account your tax situation. If this is in an IRA, then there's no distinction between a 1% dividend and selling 1% of your holdings. None. Same if you happened to live in Belgium. However for the purposes of this conversation the tax authority is an unrelated third party, whose created a system to incentivize a certain type of behavior.

> Inflation creates a margin rate of profit that must be met or a business loses money.

Yes, a benchmark rate as I've said about 5 times now. It's useful because it establishes the minimum total return a company must have before its worth investing in. If interest rates a 0% the company doesn't have to be too successful. If it's 12% they better know what they're doing.

Look here's the thing. Someone who tells you they want a dividend instead of a stock appreciating has no idea what they're talking about. It's the same thing. The difference is a dividend is predictable... sort of (see last year)... and taxed different. Nobody is going to turn down a 10% total return in exchange for a 2% dividend. Nobody.
No reason was given, "epilogue" could be wrapping up one part of their story, and the date of the announcement was 2/22/21. Makes me think it's a marketing stunt.

They're a duo. Keep an eye on 2/22/22.
In what way do SPACs indicate we're in a bubble to you?

I don't disagree that we're in a bubble, but I don't understand much about SPACs and wonder what they indicate more precisely.
Maybe not, but they are clearly doing much more than just that, as a cursory google search (and the article) tells us.
So they should band together and hire a PR firm, it's possible for something to be your responsibility without having to do the work yourself.
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> The poor have no assets to invest.

They (or their households) have an income, which is paid in units that are constantly depreciating while the investments are increasing in nominal terms. Of course they have no assets, because central bank policies have priced all of the assets out of their reach.

> Yes they do. If they have money, they have Robinhood. If they don't have money, inflation doesn't matter.

They don’t have enough time after working and chores to investigate which assets to purchase on the stock market, which is why banks existed before the central bank destroyed the savings market.
The buyer is willing to wait. The buyer is waiting because he likes the pen and don't mind the wait.

btw, why is this dangerous?
With increasing automation/machine made everything i think "artisanal" ways of production is how we can carve out our niche and make a good and stress free at-our-own-pace living like the old Artists/Sculptors/Artisans of yore. This is a good way to live.

How can one do this in the Computer HW/SW business ?
Yeah, I miss the quirky cars of the past, especially 1940s-1960s. Even cars for the common man like the Fiat 1100 were more interesting (in terms of body design) than the luxury cars of today.

https://myntransportblog.wordpress.com/page/9/?iframe=true&p...
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Tried Dash lately and was pleasantly surprised. We didn't leave much time at all for the dashboard section, but we were able to pick it up and hack something together in the little bit of time we had left.
What does “secular” mean in this context?
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How does a SPAC indicate a bubble? They're an alternative to an IPO with very clear pros and cons relative to an IPO itself.

Or do you mean to say the number of companies going public indicates a bubble?
Blame consumers. That's what they want and that's also what is aerodynamic while maintaining what consumers like. Things like the Prius, Bolt, Volt, etc. are not popular car designs. Electric car makers know that - so they don't do weird shit like those are. America really loves its basic sedan shape. If you constrict yourself to sedan mentality then you eventually get cars that all look pretty similar because they need to be very aero and practical... while also being safe.
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Back with your "money under the mattress" red herring as usual, I see. This is not about inflation, it's about monetary debasement. Completely different concepts.
I would take a chance and apply if you have a fair amount of experience. I hadn't taken a class in CS ever before but talked about my experience on the data science team at work. It ended up being good enough for me to get in to OMSCS.
To add to what you said, US population growth from 2010-20 was the slowest it has been since the 1930s. Without some seriously increased immigration over the next 10-20 years, the US demographics will go the direction of Europe and Japan soon.
I can say that I do. I (before COVID) travel a lot, and played games while on the road. I would love to have a capable handheld system like this, especially if it can also be plugged in to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor and do dual duty as my personal computer when I am traveling for work.
This is cool.

Though now you've got me wondering if there's a way to get video screens and positional audio in minecraft.
It also provides an opportunity for competitors that don't do that sort of thing. People love free shipping.
They can, but you need iPhone-level cachet to get that kind of money from them, and Nokia is not that.
"anyone who relies on fixed payments denominated in dollars (retirees, pensioners, disabled persons, those on public assistance, etc.).

All those people are, or should be, index-linked. But they are a convenient human shield for the real culprits.

The people who actually rely on fixed incomes are those holding the debt assets that rot by inflation - ie bankers and rich people.

Inflation helps debt payers by transfers from debt holders. However it is the latter that have the political power.

Nobody else is affected by inflation. They are affected by the systemic lack of jobs induced by a central bank system that is overly tight to avoid inflation that never happens.
Would you prefer to get rid of billions of humans so that the remainder can continue to eat meat?
Cars these days are shaped more by a wind tunnel than a designer. This is especially true for EVs where range is an important number.
This is dizzying. Over the summer Ford Motor Company had a valuation of <$24B (currently $46B), and yet in comparison to valuations across tech and especially the EV industry, doesn't seem far off what the market will accept for promises of tech-driven progress and growth. SPACs in theory seem like a great escape from the horrors of IPOs, but in the current manic climate it's all but inevitable that millions of retail investors are going to get fleeced when the SPACs collectively fall short of generating the necessary free cash-flow to justify their collective valuation. This could be years out, though, still, so hopefully there'll be some growing into valuations and a gradual come-off instead of a complete meltdown, but history shows we tend to make markets go boom and bust, so don't count on it.
So what exactly is wrong with this answer that it deserves to be downvoted?
So to defeat this it appears that browsers simply need to always request a favicon in private browsing mode?

It will be interesting to see how Google will reconcile the contention between Google Search's reliance on tracking and Google Chrome's need to protect users.
You can use proper data structures in mmaped files. The problem is that you will need offset-based pointers (Like position independent code, but data) and fixed strict layouts, which has very little support in programming languages.
>>> Big business, after all, should be expected to put its interests first, no matter the cost to the public, be that a delayed train or weeks-long power outages in the dead of winter.

Why is it that every article in the world feels like it needs to take a crap on 'big business' these days. Obviously the U.S. could do with a bit of trust busting and regulation that serves the little guy. But the world is different that in was in the 50's and 60's. Corporations compete on a multinational stage, and the big players are absolutely huge. The U.S. can either serve their interests and the U.S. population can reap the rewards of big business existing in the U.S., or we can force big corps to shut down. The latter would place the U.S. in a terrible position for many reasons.

It would be nice to see the U.S. government incentivize heavily small businesses. Perhaps they could do a 'reverse graduation incentive structure' or something where the smaller the businesses the more you get tax breaks (or some other scheme - I can think of several). But we just can't 'shut big business down' and then expect to remain competitive on a world stage.
yeah, whether we are in a bubble or not is a question of valuation, not specific instruments.
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There are substantial constraints imposed by crash-safety/roadworthiness laws and aerodynamics; I believe those are the largest reasons that most cars look quite similar these days.
So not true.

The Ami from Citroen is going to be quite the thing in Europe:
https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/citroen/ami

Review from UK perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUEKtOGmpVI
That's amazing! Were you friends with him?
Well, if I have remembered correctly, train power equipment is not that fundamentally different from dedicated electrical power generating equipment.

In fact, I believe for a lot of engines, the mechanical energy rarely is used directly to power wheels -- it usually (for diesel-electric, for example) is powering a generator that then is feeding electricity to motors + wheels.

So, maybe not such a stretch to take the power/electricity off to other purposes?
I’ve gone on one too many angry rants about inaccurate & deceptive ‘bees are dying’ articles at this point so I will try to be nice :) Also, I’ll give National Geographic credit here for presenting a more ‘balanced’ depiction of the situation than most news outlets offer.

I still have some nitpicks, but this article is a bit more balanced & honest than most, for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, because they admit up front, that the majority of pollination in farms comes from ‘managed’ bee hives, offered up as a service by commercial bee keepers. Many articles never mention this, and present the subject as if all crops are pollinated by wild bees.

Secondly, despite the title, the article clearly states that the science and observations on the subject are not well understood. Obviously wild pollinators supplement the managed honey bee hives, but I’ve never heard of any study that tries to measure the impact of wild pollinators have, compared to managed hives.

I think it’s safe to say the large majority of pollination comes from commercial honey bee keepers. For a point of reference, in the US according to the ‘National Honey Board’, ”The USDA has estimated that 80 percent of insect crop pollination is accomplished by honey bees”.

https://honey.com/newsroom/presskit/honey-industry-facts

Also, it is important to remember many crops do not need pollinators. When this article states right off the bat that bees ”pollinate 85 percent of food crops and fruits around the world”, this is slightly misleading.

They really mean bees pollinate 85% of crops and fruits that require pollination. The statement that 85% of all crops require pollination to grow would be incorrect.

With all that said, let me be clear. I’m not trying to be an apologist, or say any of this news is ‘okay’, it’s not. We see these articles all the time now for good reason, because it is super important to protect bees and other pollinators.

But commercial honey bee keepers need to be given credit for the invaluable and important work that they do by providing their hives to increase production in agriculture. They are the true champions. It’s not the best system, but it is the reality of large scale agriculture these days.

As the article mentions, depending too much on a single species can be risky. If there is a disease or pest outbreak in the hives, or in the fields, or problems from chemical application, that could have dramatic impacts of yearly yields.

The article also rightly says ”There’s no long-term, very accurate, precise sampling of bees all over the world,” , and ” Nevertheless, he cautions, the records that underpin the study don’t give us enough information to determine if certain species have gone extinct.”

Even with my nitpicks, I applaud National Geographic here. This is one of the more balanced articles I’ve seen on the topic of bee populations. Many of them are either purposely or ignorantly disingenuous.
Just checked in with a coworker/friend who was there with me. He also wouldn’t be surprised if Len was satoshi
Cost of food at home <<<< outside. You pay for convenience more than anything else at a movie theater.
> Really now, this is rich. If you think my perspective is that outlandish then you truly have not studied this to any great extent.

You may have a bunch of other acolytes but that doesn't make you right.