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New comment by loldot in "A Note on Essential Complexity"

loldot — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:59:52 +0000

yes, and most people and businesses are "reinventing a wheel" - not sending people to the moon. Some ways of improving on current solutions to a problem is i.e. making it simpler or cheaper, and as mentioned, a complex problem can also have a simple solution.

New comment by loldot in "A Note on Essential Complexity"

loldot — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:23:16 +0000

There's a lot of people that like complexity because it makes them feel like they are doing rocket science, but in fact they are replacing a spreadsheet. Most problems on earth do not have the same complexities as those in space. Sometimes the space solution is really nice and simple though, like velcro or using a pencil instead of a fancy pen.

New comment by loldot in "HTML hacks that shaped the Internet"

loldot — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:37:17 +0000

Aldo worth mentioning; the sliding doors technique for rounded corners; https://alistapart.com/article/slidingdoors/

New comment by loldot in "Europe’s Longest Bicycling Tunnel Opens in Norway"

loldot — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:37:13 +0000

The tunnel in Bergen is also closed at night.

New comment by loldot in "Private Equity Investing Now Allowed in 401(k) Retirement Funds"

loldot — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:44:11 +0000

Yes, but the ones who get rich from PE funds are the PE fund managers. Investors not so much: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3623820