GhostVII

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by GhostVII 6y ago
Personally I prefer to just have two levels, blocking and non-blocking. Outside of that I should be able to trust the code author to appropriately respond to comments, I don't see why I as the reviewer should be the one deciding on the
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by GhostVII 6y ago
GTA V has made 6 billion in revenue, it's probably the most profitable video game in history by a large margin.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
The problem here isn't a lack of optimization, it's a lack of profiling. Premature optimization is a problem because you will waste time and create more complex code optimizing in places that don't actually need it, since it&
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by GhostVII 6y ago
For people in the US though it is also super easy if you don't have investments or deductions. A 1040 is 40 lines of basic math, or if that is too much work there is tonnes of free tax software that does it for you.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
The new Model S has no more stalks for turn signals and wipers and shifting. So at least some of that is being moved to the touch screen, or touch buttons on the wheel.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Also we saw the post-christmas drop in multiple countries and pretty much every state, so it would have to be a pretty crazy coincidence for everyone to have gotten herd immunity at the same time.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Can you really call someone an influencer if they aren't promoting something? It's in the name, they are influencing people. Just making content people enjoy without trying to change how they behave isn't influencing.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
I don't think anybody said the market solves all problems. It's completely possible to have a free market with some regulations, you just say that to participate in the market you must meet certain reliability standards, like bein
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by GhostVII 6y ago
The other big question with UBI is whether it is better to give people cash, or give them the things they need to live (food, housing, etc.). Personally, I think there is a significant portion of the population who is unable to manage their
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Kind of misleading, as each transaction doesn't cost much energy. The energy usage is a product of the price of Bitcoin, not the number of transactions.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Sounds like it might be easier to just switch to a new bank, but it's an interesting strategy
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by GhostVII 6y ago
How is an autonomous car any different from taking an Uber? I think most people who currently own a car rather than taking an Uber or taxi everywhere will continue to own a car after self driving cars are a thing - there is a lot of value i
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by GhostVII 6y ago
You need to be within 15 feet of the owners key fob at some point for this to work, so it doesn't seem like a super realistic attack. I think it's pretty rare for a car thief to target a particular person, rather than just stealin
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Cut it up and sell the parts? Or tear out the computer and replace it with one from a legit car, or just disable the wireless connection entirely. I think a lot of stolen cars are also shipped overseas where no one is going to be able to re
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by GhostVII 6y ago
If Google is required to pay publishers for the value they provide to Google, then those publishers should also be required to pay Google for the value they get from being ranked highly in search results.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
I don't get why people with unlimited resources have such massive houses. I mean it's impressive and all, but I'd much rather have 4000 square feet (still huge) and a nice lot, all that empty space in those mansions is depres
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by GhostVII 6y ago
The violent crime rate for black men is roughly equal to the portion of police shooting victims which are black. Violent crime rate (excluding murder) is roughly 2x the average, and so is the death rate to police. That's why I think we
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Yea that makes sense, surprising to me that it works out
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by GhostVII 6y ago
> 1 in 1000 young black men is killed by a cop Given that ~300 black men are killed by police each year, I don't think that math checks out. Agree with police reform, although we probably need more funding in many places, not less.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Tough situation for Twitter to be in, since they are now effectively making a judgement that every other world leaders tweets are OK. IMO they should have banned him on Wednesday, and justified it by saying he incited the riot. Banning him
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by GhostVII 6y ago
There is a class action lawsuit against Tesla because the model S and X suspension can prematurely break. They issued a recall in China, but not in the US.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Based on my interactions with Patrick it seems to be genuine. When I interned at Stripe he randomly sat down with me at lunch and we talked about taxes for half an hour.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
It's interesting how in manufacturing (and other industries with lots of automation) we are trying to move away from humans as much as possible, while Boston Dynamics is trying to replicate humans as much as possible. Of course there w
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by GhostVII 6y ago
A predator drone can fire a hellfire missile from kilometers away and hit a car windshield, killing the passengers with a set of pop-out blades. I don't think humanoid robots are going to be a tipping point.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Ah yea I had that flipped. Not all 6k deaths are from jaywalking, and not all 1k police deaths are unjustified so probably a poor comparison regardless
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by GhostVII 6y ago
> Seeing as encounters with law enforcement are probably more deadly on average than jaywalking There are far more instances of jaywalking than police interactions, and yet pedestrian deaths are 6x higher than deaths from police. So no t
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by GhostVII 6y ago
The price of an equivalent iPhone to last gen has gone down by more than the cost of the missing charger, so it is effectively free.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Wouldn't wealth tax also create bureaucratic burden? I would imagine that it is much harder to determine the value of the assets of all Americans than it is to determine their income.
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by GhostVII 6y ago
Personally I disagree with the whole idea of wealth taxes, you should be taxed when you do things, not taxed just because you own something worth money. I should be able to go live in the woods alone and not have the government take some pe
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by GhostVII 6y ago
I think we would have fewer deaths from a second black death than COVID. If the death rate is that high, people will be willing to go to drastic measures to contain it, and it is much easier to tell if someone is infected. For example, look

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