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Eh. If one wanted to do charity for the less fortunate, it might be better to just work for or give to bona fide charitable causes - rather than operating a marginal, possibly unpr…

Imagine $FOOTBALL_TEAM fans vs $OTHER_FOOTBALL_TEAM fans, except instead of their fervor being a minor factor setting the general mood in the arena, it’s the actual competition

I’m not sure how any program to recycle plastic bags (etc) is supposed to show 60% recycling-compliance without labeling instructing consumers to recycle the bags. Wouldn’t it just…

Amazon is kind enough to include unit pricing on many UI elements. It does seem to be less than consistent about the units, though. $/count, $/oz, $/g, $/lb, all on the same search…

Don’t be ridiculous. Plea deals were created by prosecutors so they could eliminate the right to a jury trial by overcharging and making it far too risky to exercise.

It’s also a pressure tactic to extract a guilty plea because there’s no negotiation and a one week deadline.

I don’t look forward to taking them and choose other drivers, mostly because the price and wait time dynamics are a little funny, but I am glad I did take a ride or two. They’re mu…

I assume all regular customers will be paying a fare of $3.25 or less per ride on the reusable Opus card (fare purchased in a 10-ride pack). Essentially you’re paying for the chip …

How big a trend is that, though? Most companies are all too happy to do a capitalism and move office expenses into OpEx, to improve their return on capital by being a pure-play wid…

The pundits say the economy is fine, and that the labor market is still really tight (but slackening gradually). They do note that economic sentiment is really, really bad, and it …

With respect, 2/3 of the carbon dioxide out there is purely natural such that “icky” isn’t an appropriate foundation for the relevant public policy

“Free coffee”? Look, if you’re going to allege corruption and votes for sale here, I think it’s a little more potent when you suggest he’s gotten better compensation than some “fre…

An exception? Like how the CFPB was created independently such that it didn’t answer to the president? (Actual exceptions like this would violate separation-of-powers principles an…

Some particularly weird parts of that have come when the protection of the union actively conflicts with other employer mandates, like hostile working environments — e.g. from 2015…

Maybe you could train it explicitly on modus ponens et alia.

There’s a lot to say about the structure of health care, but the classic “Now” lecture isn’t it. Most people make key decisions about provisioning and paying for their health insur…

The Romans also used the March-based year; that’s why February has fewer days and why October is literally the eighth month

Decibels are logarithmic; a 1 dB reduction in sound is ~26%.

A key benefit is that it might be able to perform follow up screenings that make sense for that type of cancer, rather than expecting absolutely everyone to take all the tests ever…

Look, the other elephants start out the stork delivery scene declaring they’re part of “a proud race” and end it gossiping about “what would Mr. Jumbo think?!?” and “Jumbo? More li…

Do me a favor. Go back and rewatch Dumbo (1941) and prepare a few thoughts regarding its treatment of hot-button issues like miscegenation (hint: what kind of elephant has big ears…

No. It’s only efficient when property rights are enforced, barriers to entry are low, and transaction costs are minimal. Wheelchairs are regulated (barriers to entry), pollution is…

Okay, I’ll eat it. I am sure it will be all flavorful and delicious. But how do I get it, to eat?

To say nothing of mod_gzip

Infiniband is a network too… But even if we set that aside you’ll get access to your data over a network connection because these are expensive nodes running batch jobs with finite…