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Ok so we have a state actor with unlimited resources attempting to manipulate our elections. Our defense consists of programmers and sysadmins working for the local county making s…

To be honest, Voter ID addresses a made up problem. Search for wikipedia for 'Voter ID laws in the United States'. Regardless of your political persuasion, I suggest you read a bit…

I believe this is why Stubb's - BBQ restaurant and popular concert venue in Austin is changing it's name in the near future.

The book 'Cod' by same author is also a really good, if not better book. I'm always impressed when someone can make a good story out of a seemingly boring topic. http://a.co/0tknqb…

It's important to remember what drives this - employers often like to think their problems are 'big data' and by god, they need the over-engineered solution. Your peers who intervi…

I solved my problem by getting serious massage therapy. For a long time I thought I had carpal tunnel, but the real problem was super tight muscles in my back and shoulder. After o…

You are right. It is a solid DB. I was more pointing out that if you have to move off Mysql, there are excellent options other than adopting a new columnar datastore.

You're right. I started using mysql in 2000 when it was still a toy. It's an outdated bias :) I was more flabergastered they would choose 'InifiniDB' when there are so many other g…

I've come to the conclusion that the problem in tech is that all the people doing the work are in their early twenties and have no idea what they are doing. Once they get some expe…

What technology do the team members know best? What have they built something with in the past? That's the technology you should use.

This should be the top comment. You can tell from the article that the WSJ is trying really, really hard to push the 'intolerant liberals' angle. From what I can tell, the only per…

The question is how will power be distributed between the owners of the automated plants and the 'subsistence' class? Will there be a true meritocracy, or will the children of the …

Well no. I pay for it all out of pocket. My deductible is high enough that I pay for all that medication. It's about $6000/year. My insurance premiums are $1400 per month by the wa…

Well yeah that's the problem. They dont pass the discount on to me. I pay full retail price, and they keep the discount. This is why Express Scripts is a $100 BILLION company. And …

Actually the PBMs are a big villain here. They pocket the difference between the retail price of a drug and the discounts they negotiate with the drug makers. They choose the drugs…

If you feel that the tone of this post overstates how bad Trump's order is, I suggest you read the article linked to in the original author's post. It goes into much more detail an…

If you read the article linked by the AVC author you will think otherwise. https://lawfareblog.com/malevolence-tempered-incompetence-tr...

On paper, none of the Star Wars movies ever made a cent of profit. On paper, Google and Facebook had not profits in America. ACA insurance profit are loss are similar. With enough …

I think you may be wrong on the pre-existing conditions. My understanding is that previously someone like myself (Type 1 Diabetic) could not buy insurance on the individual market …

I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I am self-employed. Without ACA I could NOT have bought insurance for myself and my family.

I have a family of six, 2 adults and 4 kids. I pay $1400 per month for a plan with a deductible high enough that I will pay for all of my expenses.

I worked on top of my full time job doing web dev for Ad agencies, usually php, asp.net or CMS work. Billed at $80/hr, probably netting 40-60k per year on the side. I had always ho…

Before we had reasonable espresso in Austin, I had my own PID'd Silvia. I had had good coffee Vivace in Seattle and wanted to replicate it. But boy was it a lot of work, your home-…