Re: [FRIAM] the arc of socioeconomics, personal and public: was VPN server

2017-04-18 Thread Vladimyr
Glen, impute? or impune I had a reputation once... for building complex structures. No matter what the object it started with much simpler components and complex emerged from many iterations. In my mind iterations only baffle the audience. Evolution is operating like a skinflint or miser

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] Two Headed ES6 Classes! – Owen Densmore – Medium

2017-04-18 Thread Stephen Guerin
very nicely written, Owen! On Apr 17, 2017 9:29 PM, "Owen Densmore" wrote: > Feeling burnt out on agentscript, I thought I'd, on my 75th birthday, to > insert something new in my live, so thought of writing. > ​ ​ >

Re: [FRIAM] New York may require Uber to provide an option to leave a tip | The Economist

2017-04-18 Thread Marcus Daniels
Owen writes: “I haven't used Uber yet so not sure how problematic this is. Tipping is often awkward due to ATM's giving out $20s, more than a tip would be. OTOH, drivers might prefer cash to a digital tip to avoid taxes.” Bitcoin? Marcus

[FRIAM] New York may require Uber to provide an option to leave a tip | The Economist

2017-04-18 Thread Owen Densmore
​Currently, Uber’s smartphone app, which charges users automatically at the end of a journey, does not give the option of adding a tip. But Uber drivers in New York are petitioning officials to force the firm to change this. The chance to add a tip is already standard among many of the firm's

Re: [FRIAM] the arc of socioeconomics, personal and public: was VPN server

2017-04-18 Thread glen ☣
OK. Sorry. I mistook your message as suggesting an additional mechanism, rather than a plea for simpler models. In general, I agree that simpler models should be falsified before adding mechanisms like the modal one you suggested. But, as is obvious with the special sciences like biology,