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The issue is moreso that they exclusively control their brand, and by letting someone else - who doesn't work for them and need not listen to them - control part of that, they are …

This is exactly what "small government" and "big business" means

I think that, on the contrary, government contracts will increase. There will be increased privatization of government services. These services cannot cease, but they will cease to…

I have reflected on a good definition of causality and would be curious if anyone has thoughts or critiques of it. I am repasting part of my essay below. ( https://alexpetralia.com…

I find this nicely captures the difference between "rationality" and "reasonableness". A system can be rational but rest on unreasonable assumptions; a system may not be entirely r…

Aha, Chekhov's coffee as well it seems!

Technical debt is a former technical asset without its owner.

Also called the fabula and syzuhet!

Actually Matt Gaetz, who will likely be her boss, calls himself a "Khanservative" in support of her

What used to be the "Oracle Effect" has now become the "Salesforce Effect".

iCapital | Analytics Engineering Manager | Full-Time | NYC (on-site) | 150k-190k+ iCapital is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. Our financial technology plat…

Bingo.

If you have a doubt about the right thing to do insofar as the company is concerned, you should ask the company. The fact that you asked HN first suggests that you already know the…

"End-to-end data engineering and analytics" is quite a bold claim from a single service provider. Here is the link for anyone interested: https://www.palantir.com/platforms/foundry…

Perhaps due to inflation?

Interestingly this is exactly how I've come to define truth/correctness: https://alexpetralia.com/2023/01/25/how-do-we-know-if-data-i...

Focus on the data centers, and the inputs into them (the really boring ones).

Get involved in local politics, Jerry! It's a satisfying way to impact your local community, and they almost always can use some help.

If you want to learn more about this amazing process, I recommend "Material World" by Ed Conway!

I ordered mine over eBay. They only ship from resellers in Japan.

1. It may (as I do know it has OCR) but I am not sure for handwritten notes 2. Yes 3. I download all PDFs onto my phone, then NFC "tap" them onto my device. Similar vice versa

I use it "off and on" (say 1-2 hours each day) for several days.. I probably charge it once every 3 to 4 days (and by then maybe it's 30-40%)? I haven't noticed a battery issue at …

I use the Fujitsu Quaderno A4 as my daily reader and notetaker (PDFs only).. it is absolutely fantastic. Simple but extremely thoughtful design. Extraordinarily light, durable, lon…