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frockington commented on Large home libraries may have a long-term impact on proficiency: study   smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/devy
austinheap · 7 years ago
When I would get in trouble as a kid my mom would ground me for a certain number of books. As I got older/wiser/in-more-trouble the requirement moved from # of books to # of pages and she'd test me on random sections of the readings. A++ productive way of dealing with a difficult child!
frockington · 7 years ago
I would've loved to see the creativity that went on between you trying to get through as many pages as possible and your mom trying to ensure you read them
frockington commented on Finance makes Apple and Google forced friends   reuters.com/article/us-ap... · Posted by u/petethomas
skybrian · 7 years ago
The US is deeply divided. But in the EU, you can see what government power can do. In the end, even very large companies have to follow the law.
frockington · 7 years ago
The EU is probably even more divided from what I can see over there in Europe. Aren't Italy, Austria, and Spain actively looking into leaving?
frockington commented on Finance makes Apple and Google forced friends   reuters.com/article/us-ap... · Posted by u/petethomas
lovich · 7 years ago
Are many people != Large majority. The large majority publicly backed net neutrality and then the government choice the opposite choice, which only helped a set of large, rich companies.

Yes in a democracy you will frequently deal with votes not going the way you want. Having powerful groups who can get the law changed to benefit them is a different issue and is indicative of a de facto oligarchy

frockington · 7 years ago
I would say the large majority doesn't care about net neutrality in any meaningful way. Personally, I researched it and couldn't find any reason to a have a stance on the issue.
frockington commented on Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are Trying to Go It Alone   nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us... · Posted by u/pm24601
twblalock · 7 years ago
The wealthy paid taxes on their wealth back when it was income. And they pay capital gains tax if their wealth grows.
frockington · 7 years ago
And then sales tax when they buy things and an estate tax when they die.
frockington commented on Climate change and the 75% problem   gatesnotes.com/Energy/My-... · Posted by u/adenadel
sergiotapia · 7 years ago
When did "global warming" become "climate change"? Did the boys in marketing decide its time to update.
frockington · 7 years ago
They also tried "global ice age" in the 70s and 80s to push recycling.
frockington commented on MongoDB switches up its open source license   techcrunch.com/2018/10/16... · Posted by u/zhuxuefeng1994
vmbrasseur · 7 years ago
There's no fee, and no need to submit any code.

The entire approval process is documented on our website: https://opensource.org/approval

frockington · 7 years ago
Is it your companies official stance that they have the sole right to determine what is OPEN SOURCE code? From an outsider who reads this phrase in countless contexts, this feels like an incredibly naive and non-legally binding opinion
frockington commented on The Case for Making Cities Out of Wood   nautil.us/blog/-the-case-... · Posted by u/cjg
awkward · 7 years ago
So if people REALLY believed in global warming they would give up their relatively low impact apartments to take up industrial farming?
frockington · 7 years ago
I think the main point is that there wouldn't be any new development in ocean-side cities if people believed the sensationalism, not that everyone would take up farming.
frockington commented on The Bermuda Triangle of Wealth   conradbastable.com/essays... · Posted by u/hedgew
gbustomtv5 · 7 years ago
Cost of my childrens’ education will much more than $180k. Daycare is 70-80k then private school is 300k+. Public schools are in a very sad state.

Children are a true luxury in this day and age.

frockington · 7 years ago
Out of curiosity where are you living where the public school are so bad the only alternative is 300k+? I live in a larger midwestern city and the public schools are decent. Some students will go to Harvard, most go to a respected state school, some don't go to college
frockington commented on FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals   hackaday.com/2018/10/08/w... · Posted by u/szczys
syshum · 7 years ago
Explain to me how my flying a 4 pound drone at a height of 100 ft to take a photo of my home is putting someones life in danger to the point where the FAA should require me to register my activity and pass a license program?

Edit:

"my kid are playing in our backyard. Do I have the right of privacy?": No you do not have a Right to privacy, I can put a camera on my roof or pole and record your backyard if I wanted and there is nothing legally you could do about it

Drones falling from the sky: General liability laws would apply no different than if I am mowing my lawn and a rock flys out and hits you, or if I am play yard Darts and I toss one over your fence which injures you.

I can not prove it is safe: That is not how a free society works, the burden is not on me to prove my actions are safe, the burden is on YOU to prove that my actions have a more likely than not probability of causing physical harm to others or their property

Other Air Traffic Hitting a Wing: Why are they below 400ft, or the less than 100 ft I would fly but still be under the FAA Regulations, My entire point is that under 100ft should not be under the FAA at all,

frockington · 7 years ago
If that drone falls, it will hit the ground at ~55 mph (ignoring wind resistance etc.). I would rather not have a 4 pound object smack into my head at 55 mph just because some parent thought their child could handle it
frockington commented on The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple   bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/Osiris30
jypepin · 7 years ago
First, wow this is both incredible and crazy! Both the China-side hacks and your side's anti-hack. Mind. Blown.

Second, would have it been cheaper to manufacture somewhere more trustworthy (another country?) instead of spending all this time/money on your anti-hack systems?

frockington · 7 years ago
When I worked in telecom (a while ago) the manufacturing was shifted from China to Thailand/Other SE Asia due to this. The Thai companies weren't as efficient, but were much more open and honest when problems would arise., plus they didn't blatantly steal tech

u/frockington

KarmaCake day246March 22, 2018View Original