damoe's comments

You are actually incorrect here as far as the US goes.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the US constitution states:

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.

The whole constitutional purpose of IP law is to spur creative activity. The interests of the creator are only a means to this end. This has, unfortunately, been perverted by regulatory capture.

Because there is a good chance reality is not rational.

Perhaps, but that would be one reason why mathematics is not physics.

> Do I think hate speech in private should be restricted? I think _probably_ not, but I think this is for the elected legislature to decide, not an idea that is edict from several hundred years ago.

So you _probably_ agree with me? This is the exact point. Many people that might agree that some public speech should be outlawed would recoil at the idea of private speech being similarly restricted. Yet this has been the case in Norway for 40 years. Now you might reply that it has caused no harm yet. And I admit I don't know the number of convictions for this type of private speech, but this is the very definition of chilling effect. Criminalization of private speech has been normalized. When the ratchet is tightened there will be no room to complain.

From yesterdays news, Norway has now criminalized "hate speech" in a private context: https://www.out.com/news/2020/11/11/norway-has-made-biphobic...

If you don't think this is negative, I guess we aren't talking about the same thing.

I think you need to get your eyes checked, that is Simpson’s skin tone.

I love the top comment on the video, "External combustion engine."

I hear you, and even in the US it is a problem in Hawaii and Alaska. I live in the former and just yesterday was look at a part that was 8oz total and the site added a $100 HI, AK surcharge on shipping!!! This is mostly a UPS problem as for many suppliers they give great 48 state rates but anything else is horrible.

Now I wouldn't mind this nearly as much if I could get the shipping rate upfront but it seems 80%+ of sites won't give you a real rate until you have almost completed check out which takes a lot of time. The funny thing is if they have a phone number you sometimes can get them to ship it more reasonably if their system has the flexibility to do that.

This is where ebay is a godsend as a lot of sellers will have the odd part around and work at having cheap shipping. But it is caveat emptor.

I was a kid in Oregon in the early 70's when they implemented a bottle deposit. It was $.05 then which would be $.30 today. To bad they haven't increased the deposit amount.

You also could return older, non-deposit containers at the beginning. This spurred me and my friends to clean every roadside and field within reach of our bikes. For a month we made more money than we had known in our entire lives. Then it was over and a valuable lesson was learned.

They have been rewarded for their work. Perhaps there should be limits on these rewards?

I live on the big island and pay over $.40/KWH so a $700 bill would be more like $200 on the mainland.

That is one reason why my new house is off grid solar - cheap (compared to $.40/KWH), clean electricity.

The other is that the grid here is unreliable. I had 87 outage events last year for a total of 37 hours and that is not including the nine days with out power post hurricane.

Now don't get me started on internet quality!!!

Chess enthusiasts recently enjoyed two humans play in the World Chess Championship even though the machine has conquered chess. I see no reason that coffee lovers need give up the barista.

I have a Nespresso and have made my own Sous Vide cooker, but I'll throw stakes on the BBQ at most dinner parties because of the social aspects.

I note that the original InfoWorld article is 3 months old. In the comments here one person has said that they still see the deletion and two say that they don't.

So, does anyone else have test results to report?

I see a company called Euroconsult publishes estimates of governmental space expenditures. Unfortunately it costs over 4000 euro! But a summery is available here:

http://www.geospatialworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&...

Thanks for the info, but shouldn't we be comparing civilian space budgets? Obviously dual use projects like GPS should be included but most of that 40B+ is purely military in nature.

NASA's budget is about 18B, not all of which is space related. Where does your other 42B come from?

As usual, lisp from the win! But you'd want to use nsubstitute for the in place manipulation.

The problem is, there already is a simple to raise the transaction cost of initial communication. You write on your web site "please snail mail my agent/representative at xxx." If I really want to talk to the person I'll do that. What types of communication beneficial to the recipient would this leave out?

Of course other buildings simply don't let you leave without your key, but here at the JS Arms we feel that would be way too complicated.