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Comment Re: Is it just my Alzheimer's? (Score 1) 66

Inflation is not being treated as noise, if it were then we wouldn't index it away, we would just ignore it. The fact we are indexing it away is due to treating it as a real predictable trend.

However, the purpose of indexing it away is to normalize, due to the recognition that it's not the absolute prices that matter, only their relative relationships

Inflation is a flaw in the measuring instrument we're using (fiat currency), kind of like if you have a metallic ruler and you increase the ambient temperature, then the expansion will make the inch markings on the ruler be longer than an actual inch.

Comment Re:Who thought this service was a good idea? (Score 1) 106

Your Streisand Effect definition is too narrow, imho. The issue isn't disclosure against the company's wishes, it's the increased awareness by the public arising from consequences of the company's initial policy choice of halting operations and service to the Russian public.

Comment The bigger story (Score 3, Interesting) 31

Big endian support is dead. Power was always great for testing code, because you could get an old Mac off e-bay for $100 and make sure stuff worked right. Now the only Power architecture supported is little endian.

I mean, if you see computer programming as just a means to an end, that's fine, but if you see it as an art form (c.f., "The Art of Computer Programming," written by some guy) it's important to write portable code.

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