Hermel

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by Hermel 9y ago
The problem with the "100%" goal is that it provides a false sense of safety. There can still be plenty of bugs in code that has "100%" test coverage. The 100% are an illusion. To truly get to 100%, it does not suffice t
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by Hermel 9y ago
Also relevant in this context is Jean Calvin, who had an enormous influence on what today is considered "protestant work ethics" and on the well-known related theories by Max Weber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
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by Hermel 9y ago
It's not about the dollar value, it's about having a contract. In a contract, the parties usually agree to do something in return for something else. This NDA is completely one-sided. The author gains nothing. So basically it is a
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by Hermel 9y ago
Bitcoin should be seen as digital gold. It has no value in itself, but its likely that you will be able to use it for payment even if all else fails.
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by Hermel 9y ago
Good ads work on an emotional level. They work regardless of whether you know you can't trust then.
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by Hermel 10y ago
I think Google tried something like that, with mixed success. I think that firms should actually do IPOs in multiple incremental steps.
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by Hermel 10y ago
The manufacturing itself won't be cheaper. But you can save transport costs. It costs about 22000 USD to send 1 kg into space. SpaceX might improve this to 1000 USD per kg, but that's still quite expensive.
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by Hermel 10y ago
You clearly are not a visionary pioneer. That's what it is about. To go where no one else has gone before, just for the sake of it. Remember, there are plenty of people doing things like climbing Mount Everest for fun while you and I a
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by Hermel 10y ago
In financial theory, enterprise value corresponds to the sum of all discounted cash flows (after tax). Thus, it is the market's best estimate for the value of the business. The question of capital structure should not really matter acc
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by Hermel 10y ago
In what country are you paying taxes? And is your tax rate above or below 30%? Based on anecdotal evidence, I think that people paying more than 30% rarely ever "love" paying taxes. Below that, it seems to feel much more ok (I&#x2
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by Hermel 10y ago
If you read the following excellent comment by Matt Levine, you might recognise that there is huge potential in moving dividend payments and other standard transactions to the blockchain: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/
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by Hermel 10y ago
> The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy Systems Engineering envisions spheres with inner diameters of 30m, placed 700m (or about 2,300 ft) underwater. That would be 5600 times more energy, or the 20 MWh from the article. Th
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by Hermel 10y ago
Crazy, the paperwork around the shipping often is more costly than the shipping itself: > Maersk had found that a single container could require stamps and approvals from as many as 30 people, including customs, tax officials and health
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by Hermel 10y ago
> If anything is destroying journalism, it's the fact that half this country does not care for fact vs fiction. If you take a closer look, the established media is not so innocent about that. Most of them find it perfectly ok to lie
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by Hermel 10y ago
> Travel monitoring firm Inrix reported that in 2008, the 3 percent decline in vehicle miles traveled led to a 30 percent decline in traffic congestion. Does that also mean that increasing street capacity by 3% would lead to a 30% reduct
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Economies in reverse(johnhcochrane.blogspot.com)
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by Hermel 10y ago
It depends. In the end, nothing beats experience and a good track record of getting things done. When I was responsible for taking hiring decisions at a startup, formal education was just one indicator of many. If you are talented, your tim
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by Hermel 10y ago
> e.g. heated steering wheels and seats instead of air heating The next step could be microwave heating systems that directly heat your body. But I would probably not feel comfortable with that. https://www.wired.com/2008
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by Hermel 10y ago
That's certainly true for some drivers. But there are still plenty of good reasons to own your own car without sharing it. For one, sharing it won't earn you much anyway, because everyone tends use their cars at about the same tim
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by Hermel 10y ago
One often overlooked factor of obesity is how fast you eat. The feeling of having eaten enough comes with a delay. So the faster you eat (in calories per second), the more likely you are overeating. And calories per second are typically muc
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by Hermel 10y ago
You can't deny that he took a persomal risk for the greater good, namely the free dissemination of public knowledge. And that's basically the definition of heroic.
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by Hermel 10y ago
Also, the following does not work: USB-C to HDMI -> HDMI to VGA -> Monitor This forced me to buy a separate "USB-C to VGA" adapter. But with that, I cannot connect my USD laserpointer any more. It's a mess.
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by Hermel 10y ago
Apple might be able to get away here for now, but laws will continue to be adjusted in order to make it harder and harder to arbitrarily move profits around. This is an ongoing process that has started years ago. These legal adjustments are
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by Hermel 10y ago
Google hangouts?
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by Hermel 10y ago
You have quite a cynical view. In Switzerland, people usually elect a group of people at the same time to a cantonal executive (i.e. a group of ministers from different parties who have too choose the president among themselves). If one of
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by Hermel 10y ago
Any other verdict would be a potential legal risk to Google and everyone else in the ad business for the following reason: if Google can force its users to see ads, this basically means that they are not providing a free service any more, b
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by Hermel 10y ago
You can implement a function that migrates all of the contract's assets and data to the new version. Obviously, you need to be careful about who can call this function, maybe requiring the agreement of all (or at least a majority) of s
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by Hermel 10y ago
> the conflict has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout, killing all life there. Air currents are slowly carrying the fallout south; the only areas still habitable are in the far reaches of th
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by Hermel 10y ago
Also, the wheel is not very helpful without compact, step-free pathes.
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by Hermel 10y ago
Not necessarily, if more new transactions are created than old ones confirmed, some of them will have to wait forever.

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