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Consumers are like water seeking the path of least resistance. It takes lots of engineers to reduce the resistance. Someone pays these engineers. That money comes from the users. U…

I like the way Richard Hamming stated a similar sentiment: " I claim that luck will not cover everything. And I will cite Pasteur who said, ``Luck favors the prepared mind.'' And I…

You identified a separate problem from the parent post rather than refuting it. #1: Big corporations can push small guys out of business by tying up their products in patent disput…

Your comment made me think about how Waze could direct many people on slightly sub-optimal routes to clear the main routes for some class of premium users.

I wanted it originally because Amazon didn't have a Kindle app for Linux. I could read in browser, but I thought this would be the easiest way to download and read.

I think the organic material idea is good, but not at a distant collection point. If you throw organic material away --> transport to site --> sort it --> delay --> transport to st…

True, but then they are the all-time greats for a reason.

I consider a progressive tax code to be justified by supporting the system which permits large gains. There is also an argument about holding onto large amounts of wealth being dif…

I think haircuts are a buyer beware situation. I trust the average person to give safe haircuts 100/100 times. If the hairdresser is noticeably disturbed or drugged, I'll be moving…

I think your decisions were reasonable. Would you consider a part time teaching job now? If so, how many days per week and at what salary?

I disagree. I like the analogy of a magazine or newspaper publishing letters to the editor. There is a two way aspect, but clearly the editors choose what to publish.

>For the autodidact it is a time to begin choosing modules that make sense for their own career trajectory. I think the end of his part 2 courses is a good point to pick a set of c…

I think a sunset on all laws would be helpful. It would probably require a change to other parliamentary procedures or the representatives wouldn't have enough time to vote on ever…

I've been wanting to buy a Digital Paper from Sony since it came out for technical articles / textbooks. Overall, I think the product is worth the price (around $1000 last time I c…

Author is not Scott Adams. I double checked.

The idea of ads indistinguishable from content is troubling. I agree this is a probable outcome. It sounds like food for conspiracy theories. I see two paths. First, ads so good yo…

How do you encourage full employment with fiscal policy? Does the concept of full employment imply large corporations hire most of the people or do the fiscal policies also encoura…

You raise a good point. Economies are the collection of individual decisions. Perhaps what people are getting after is the short term vs. long term incentives or the potential for …

I communicated poorly. Paying your employees more and giving them a discount is harmless. Lots of employees receive a discount. I meant you run into problems when you end up effect…

Obviously, you would have to avoid the "Company Store" problem. I think it could be a terrible PR move. If you effectively pay your employees less and justify by giving them discou…

That's an interesting problem. I have a few ideas 1) Replace tuition with taking x% of income for y years following graduation. I'm not sure how this would work in regards to low-i…

"Overall, 62% say the government doesn’t do enough to help the middle class, while 29% say it does about the right amount and 6% say it does too much. Roughly the same share (59%) …

I disagree, at least at the undergraduate level. There is no shortage of problems and solutions to check your knowledge for much of undergraduate mathematics. As to the value of tu…

I think there is a trend in this direction. The Art of Problem Solving series is a good example. As I understand it, the Every Child Succeeds Act gives more control to the states, …

There may be a problem. Computer science may be a solution. The author establishes neither. My opinion, is that it would be good if we could find a way to reduce the requirement fo…