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jesterman81 | 4 years ago | on: Unit Testing is Overrated (2020)

This!

jesterman81 | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Would a universal basic income lead to inflation?

Depends on implementation and what your definition of inflation means. If inflation means increase of money supply (printing and giving) and UBI uses that mechanism than Yes, I think inflation goes up. If UBI is implemented by a Tax than giving, then No because it is not an increase in the money supply. This does not mean prices will not fluctuate. Its a complex system after all and the altering flows will affect it.

If I save a dollar and tomorrow you print 10 more dollars out of thin air is my dollar worth the same amount?

jesterman81 | 4 years ago | on: How did so much of the media get the Steele dossier so wrong?

There is ample evidence that shows the Dossier was faked and paid for by the Clinton campaign. It's just not presented with all the hysteria like the collusion story was. If they did they would show how much egg on the face actually exists.

jesterman81 | 4 years ago | on: How did so much of the media get the Steele dossier so wrong?

If its unconfirmed/unproven, as a journalist, shouldn't you not publish it. So I disagree that it is not an indictment. If you label yourself as news, then you should be reporting factual information. Right now NYT, WaPo, Fox, all look like propaganda from the left or right arm of the US of A. The talking heads did this for 4 years . How that is not an indictment I fail to understand. Open to having my mind changed.

jesterman81 | 5 years ago | on: Is it worth getting a CS degree in 2021?

Depends what you plan on doing. Also all that knowledge is available for free. Guess it depends what you think the piece of paper is worth.

jesterman81 | 6 years ago | on: Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and Others

Finally somebody gets it!!!! This is refreshing!

jesterman81 | 7 years ago | on: Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Happier and More Secure

This sums up all the comments perfectly. Ideas have consequences and most times human predictions are far from right for complex things.

jesterman81 | 9 years ago | on: Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech

100%. I value her work because its well done. Not because she is a women.