J-dawg

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by J-dawg 10y ago
Are you joking? In the UK they can offset rental income against their mortgage payments (EDIT: mortgage interest payments), meaning they only pay income tax on their "profit" while also benefitting from the capital appreciation. (
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by J-dawg 10y ago
When I look at London, I'm amazed this trend isn't happening faster. London is full of young people who are basically just breaking even, spending 50% or more of their monthly income on rent. I think people tell themselves this is
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I wonder how humanity will handle the decline of religion. I identify as an atheist (I think), so I've always greeted stories like this as good news. The sooner we all move past the medieval stuff and start thinking rationally the bett
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by J-dawg 10y ago
If we consider the simulation hypothesis, maybe the Big Bang is just the moment when the great cosmic AWS instance was spun up.
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by J-dawg 10y ago
Could you elaborate on the radical and crazy changes ahead?
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I'm not generally a fan of the Catholic Church, but this sounds wonderfully sensible.
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by J-dawg 10y ago
I agree. I was just making the point that pardoning theft under exceptional circumstances would not necessarily lead to chaos, and could work with the existing legal system.
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by J-dawg 10y ago
It could work without causing chaos. We already accept that some special circumstances can make you innocent of a crime (e.g. killing in self-defence). But if you stab someone in self-defence you can still expect to be arrested and possibly
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by J-dawg 10y ago
This comparison made me smile. In the UK, we are rapidly reaching the point where owning a house === rich
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Is Richard Stallman known to be 'non-neurotypical'? Can anyone be described as neurotypical? Everything quoted in the article seemed perfectly reasonable to me, even if I wouldn't make the same requests myself. I'd love
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Surely this alone should have deterred the non-specialist investors?
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Ask HN: Why do threads disappear?
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by J-dawg 11y ago
This is a great answer. It's amazing how VCs seem just as prone to social proof as the rest of us.
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by J-dawg 11y ago
I remember reading a similar article about Hampton Creek, the food startup. How do VC's end up investing in stuff like this? That's not meant to be a rhetorical question, I know nothing about investing. I'm genuinely interest
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Anyone know why this thread has disappeared from the front page of 'Ask HN'? Right now there are posts on the front page of 'Ask HN' which are both older than this post and have fewer points.
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by J-dawg 11y ago
No wonder the UK has a productivity problem.
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by J-dawg 11y ago
What could be more indicative of a completely dysfunctional economy? When a non-productive asset 'makes' more money than someone going out and doing productive work.
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by J-dawg 11y ago
> And after that, a bathroom. If we can automate driving, I hope we can also automate the chemical toilet emptying process. Seriously though, this is an awesome vision of the future. If you expanded your idea to blog post length I for on
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by J-dawg 11y ago
I've discussed that very thing on HN before. Someone replied with "it's very hard to disrupt something that people don't do often". I think there's a lot of truth in this. Real estate sales seems to be pointl
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by J-dawg 11y ago
This is a very interesting and convincing theory. The same could be said for AirBnB. So the question is, what other locally-regulated industries are ripe for disruption?
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by J-dawg 11y ago
> Doesn't a derailleur have to have a spring in it? Indeed, a lot of them now have batteries and electric motors. I was surprised how easily electronic shifting was allowed into the sport. So yes, many pro-racing bikes already have
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Same boat here as well. I'm quite sceptical of people who claim to have vivid memories almost like videos in their mind. I often think they're just better than us at replaying the narrative they've constructed and filling in
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Do you really think so? I wish I had your optimism. I'm pretty sure that in 5-10 years the tabloid press will do their best to dredge up the old social media photos of anyone in the public eye, and turn it into 'journalism' w
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Oh man, you brought back a few memories of when I tried internet dating. So many posed photos next to world landmarks. Look at me! I'm well travelled! Look how interesting and fun I am!
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by J-dawg 11y ago
I get the impression that LinkedIn is increasingly how people get jobs. A few people joined my team recently with very in-demand skills and it seems they were mostly hired through LinkedIn. One guy in particular has a very long and detailed
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by J-dawg 11y ago
That's a good point! I completely got it the wrong way around and didn't look at the image properly before posting it. The non drive side must be thicker because of the torsional force on the frame when pushing on the pedals. To
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Another fun fact about chain stays is that modern bikes are not symmetrical on either side of the vertical plane. The drive-side chain stay is noticeably thicker on the right hand side (drive side) to deal with the very high stresses in thi
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Thank you sincerely for sharing, this is really great information.
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by J-dawg 11y ago
I drink a lot of sugar-free cola, and to my dismay there seems to be mounting evidence that diet soft drinks actually contribute to weight gain, possibly by altering gut fauna. [0] As with all nutrition advice, I find myself wondering what
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by J-dawg 11y ago
Here's a previous 'Ask HN' question I asked about this. There are some interesting comments about UK management culture. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10987237

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