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Comment · 8 years ago
For humans, elephants are write-only memory.
Comment · 8 years ago
You don't need to undo the abstraction, just opt out: Fork the shared artifact and modify or rewrite the copy (prune useless parts) as you need.
Comment · 8 years ago
People often forget "copy-on-write". Coupling doesn't have to be permanent. If refactor to create a sahred component, and then you want to modify a shared component to help one client, you can fork it -- it's not worse than simply not having created the shared component in the first place.
Comment · 8 years ago
The sun is radioactive. Sunlight is not radioactive, it's radiation.
Comment · 8 years ago
How would you feel if your body temperature increased 3%? Barely visible in a 0-based graph.
Comment · 8 years ago
0 is only relevant for linear utility/impact functions The effect of an isotope isn't necessarily linear in its magnitude from 0. The baseline should be something that matters, like maximum safe dose.
Comment · 8 years ago
That doesn't help people who are getting paid less for doing useful work with the skills they already have.
Comment · 8 years ago
Businesses don't have to sell stock. They can finance via debt, and many do.

Annual reporting has nothing to do with how people response to the value of a company.

Comment · 8 years ago
Tyranny of minority isn't better than tyranny of the majority.
Comment · 8 years ago
housing, food, clothing, and energy must be paid for before the rest of income is invested. 20% annual growth of 0 is 0.
Comment · 8 years ago
If you don't have high wages you can't buy stock.
Comment · 8 years ago
The average American has no particular reason to stick with a "savings account". They could buy equities and ETFs that are as simple as savings accounts.
Comment · 8 years ago
To be charitable, the Fed runs the money supply, but they don't control who gets the money. It's the job of Congress to regulate corporations and unions and minimum-wage and all that jazz.
Comment · 8 years ago
Please don't toss around stereotyping caricatures.
Comment · 8 years ago
I will as soon as I get some wages for my work, but unfortunately that's unlikely, per the OP article.

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