FredPret

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by FredPret 2y ago
Non-bitcoin transactions are just a couple of entries in various databases. Mining bitcoin is intense number crunching. HFT makes the financial markets a tiny bit more accurate by resolving inconsistencies (for example three pairs of curren
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by FredPret 2y ago
How is it at the expense of the public? We get a free search engine, map, office suite, email, the best browser, and video platform. And while some here will say it’s enshittified beyond hope, it’s just not. Their products are great, I use
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by FredPret 2y ago
No users = no clicks = no Google. Their incentive is to strike a balance between profiting off users and driving all the users away. I'm not commenting on whether they're getting it right.
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by FredPret 2y ago
The M1 is seriously good. I have a base model M1 with 16GB of RAM, and I've spent approximately zero time waiting while it processes or opens things. Granted, no gaming or number-crunching (that goes on a server!), just coding, browser
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by FredPret 2y ago
Apple sells expensive solutions to cash-rich consumers (some of whom are also time-poor) who are willing to throw money at a technical problem (setting up a device with an OS) to make it go away (ie, buying an iPhone, iPad, and Mac). Why wo
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by FredPret 2y ago
The A380 is a lovely plane (airship?) to fly on but there’s just too few of them
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by FredPret 2y ago
Do they? They have the biggest browser, an online office suite, a cloud, and a giant ad network. They want to maximize internet use, or they should want to.
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by FredPret 2y ago
You don't seem open to being persuaded by facts contrary to your current framework so I'll stop here. But if you study the economic history of the richest places on your own time, you'll see that private capital formation alw
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by FredPret 2y ago
They are both excellent and work on Mac via Steam
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by FredPret 2y ago
You’re right about Vienna - it’s clean and wonderful. Some governments do offer much better value for money than others. But I think high taxes are a very risky bet on the idea that the government will stay competent long-term: bureaucrac
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by FredPret 2y ago
Money is more like mercury and less like gold: dynamic and quick rather than solid and permanent. It doesn’t “land” anywhere. Landlords spend it and invest it. When they invest it it goes to some business who then spends it. If the landlord
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by FredPret 2y ago
I agree with you but I will also add that the “new world” is much more geared towards turning those immigrants into actual Americans, Canadians, and Australians than the EU is turning the nomads into Europeans. But that’s just one more cont
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by FredPret 2y ago
They can’t exactly trumpet their victories though. You only hear about some of their failures
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by FredPret 2y ago
Maybe understanding is simply having memorized a handy instantiation of the relevant concept
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by FredPret 2y ago
Consciousness: the ultimate yak shave
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by FredPret 2y ago
It might not have great power density but boy does that thing keep going for decades
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by FredPret 2y ago
Knapsack problems, some simple scheduling problems, even the travelling salesman problem. Many problems in business and manufacturing fit this bill. Optimal product mix, optimal routing, choosing the best spot for a warehouse, scheduling em
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by FredPret 2y ago
For nginx and WebDAV: https://gist.github.com/jirutka/5380770
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by FredPret 2y ago
I was thinking parent commenter might be stuck with a widely-dispersed Protonmail address. Your solution is the one to go for though.
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by FredPret 2y ago
I first thought you might be able to get Proton Bridge installed on Android and then link that to the mail app you like, but turns out that's desktop-only. There is a ridiculous workaround involving a home server with Bridge and Wiregu
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by FredPret 2y ago
Meanwhile, the iPhone app is still so unreliable, I wouldn't sign up for Protonmail again today if I wasn't already in it. Pity, because on desktop - and, when it works, on mobile, it works great. I really like the company. Switch
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by FredPret 2y ago
Unsubstantiated sensationalism. Violent deaths per capita is trending down both inside states and between states, and has been for nearly a century despite increases in tension and extreme improvements in weaponry.
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by FredPret 2y ago
In the movies, the good guy casually fires a shot - one handed. He experiences almost no kickback. But then the bullet hits the villain’s 300lb henchman, who is lifted off his feet and goes flying. This is why people think bullets are magic
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by FredPret 2y ago
That guy has unbelievable infographic pages on all sorts of subjects: https://ciechanow.ski/archives/
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by FredPret 2y ago
I agree this is a problem. I found a table with the density of various flours and many other things: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/learn/ingredient-weight-cha...
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by FredPret 2y ago
That's not the fault of the poor cup, it simply means flour should be measured by weight instead
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by FredPret 2y ago
When you’re measuring milk or frozen peas, “cup” is more than precise enough. Unless you’re doing rocket science in your kitchen!
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by FredPret 2y ago
I once concocted a perfectly balanced diet on eatthismuch.com. It was really hard to get every mineral and some vitamins in a regular calorie budget. And then to balance omega 3:6, get lots of protein, etc. It can be done but I wonder if th
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by FredPret 2y ago
Sugar is indeed ubiquitous but there’s an increasing number of people who regard it as poison, so it’s actually becoming more and more feasible (depending on what circles you’re in).
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by FredPret 2y ago
Well, add one grateful reader to your tally

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