"It is a lot easier for firms to make the decision not to lay someone off than it is actually to decide to take someone on,"

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If I decide there's a better way to get input, and there is, then I can make it to change what I don't have to change the code that uses the input.

如果我觉得有更好的获取输入的方法，我可以直接改去用这种方式,而不用更改使用了,输入处的代码。

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They said, it's not going to work because you have to decide how much the house is insured for and then anybody--If you ever make a mistake and you insure it for too much, then the people who realize they've got one on the insurance company-- they've insured the house for more than it's worth-- they'll burn down their house and collect the money.

他们说，火险根本无法实施,因为你必须判断,这房子的保价是多少,一旦你出现了一些失误,保价评估得过高，那些意识到他们可能会从,保险公司赚利的人们-,即保险公司的保价高于房子的实际价值-,他们就会烧掉自己的房子来赚钱。

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