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New comment by mathiasben in "A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?"

mathiasben — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:04:50 +0000

the only teenager interviewed for this story was doing just that.

New comment by mathiasben in "The Computer and the Brain (1958) [pdf]"

mathiasben — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:29:50 +0000

thanks, will read this.

New comment by mathiasben in "Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock"

mathiasben — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:11:20 +0000

the idea of creating a pre-determined program which will be followed is limiting. creating AI will require methods we can't yet conceptualize.

New comment by mathiasben in "Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock"

mathiasben — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:42:58 +0000

As long as software is composed of primitive language derived statements and "functional" logic (IF, WHEN, WHILE, DO, GOTO, etc...) AI will remain a fantasy.

New comment by mathiasben in "Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America"

mathiasben — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:39:07 +0000

It's the concentration of wealth causing this as the economy is being bled dry. the fix is to restore the progressive tax code, income in excess of $5M/yr taxed at 99%. not rocket science, but nearly impossible because politics, so get used to being poor America. currently half of jobs in usa pay less than $18/hr. only going to get worse unless the root cause is addressed.

New comment by mathiasben in "Toys ‘R’ Us Didn’t Have to Die"

mathiasben — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:14:06 +0000

* Things that can't be shipped - gas stations

https://www.trybooster.com/ https://filld.com/ http://www.startyoshi.com/ https://www.gasrevolution.net/ http://www.fuelmeapp.com/

New comment by mathiasben in "Executives Play Down the Possibility of Raises"

mathiasben — Wed, 30 May 2018 16:13:29 +0000

Certainly during the biggest period of US wage growth ushered in by the Internal Revenue Act of 1954. Income in excess of $400K/yr taxed at 90% ensured that businesses invested as management and shareholders weren't permitted to capture earnings.

New comment by mathiasben in "Are There Any Tetris Games for Mac?"

mathiasben — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:11:59 +0000

yeah! here ya go - https://jsnes.org/run/Tetris%20(U)%20[!].nes

New comment by mathiasben in "The Investor Class Hates Pensions"

mathiasben — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:50:56 +0000

I'm convinced it's the changes in the tax laws at the root cause of this. When income over $400k/yr (5 mil in todays money) was taxed at 90% there wasn't the incentive to screw over retirees. The "bizarre just-after-WW2 period" wasn't some fluke it was the result of purposely crafted policies.

New comment by mathiasben in "The Investor Class Hates Pensions"

mathiasben — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 23:05:23 +0000

these failing pensions are largely due to mismanagement, properly managed these retirement vehicles work as intended. unfortunately in the current climate a large company or even a state government can't resist the temptation to use a massive pension fund for something other than it's intended purpose. One lean quarter and they start eyeing up the 7 billion sitting in the pension fund. I read a book a couple years back that changed my thinking on pensions, before I was of the mind that they never worked, were a massive Ponzi scheme, stealing from young workers, etc... no, pensions work provided they are left alone. http://www.retirementheist.com/

New comment by mathiasben in "Gates says billionaires should pay 'significantly' more taxes"

mathiasben — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:15:20 +0000

Income in excess of 5 million a year taxed at 90%.

New comment by mathiasben in "Why Paper Jams Persist"

mathiasben — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:24:27 +0000

What's the make and model?

New comment by mathiasben in "Telegram removed from the App Store for 'inappropriate content'"

mathiasben — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:47:24 +0000

Aren't there PGP clients available through the app store?

New comment by mathiasben in "U.S. military revising its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data"

mathiasben — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:28:50 +0000

I don't know how to explain that still.

New comment by mathiasben in "U.S. military revising its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data"

mathiasben — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:01:02 +0000

there's tracks on the runways at Andrews air force base.

New comment by mathiasben in "U.S. military revising its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data"

mathiasben — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:54:32 +0000

that makes sense.

New comment by mathiasben in "U.S. military revising its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data"

mathiasben — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:53:36 +0000

it's faint, indicating it may only be one or two users who tracked their activity there, but it's there.

New comment by mathiasben in "U.S. military revising its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data"

mathiasben — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:47:34 +0000

this is what I see when I look at the south lawn https://imgur.com/DslRELO

New comment by mathiasben in "U.S. military revising its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data"

mathiasben — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:15:31 +0000

the more I look over the heat map the more I think that there's always on data being tracked out here. there's NO WAY this is just running and cycling routes.

New comment by mathiasben in "U.S. military revising its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data"

mathiasben — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:10:46 +0000

there's tracks from what looks like the Bermuda-Newport yacht race.