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811.
by Kinnard 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11009729
812.
by Kinnard 11y ago
So much of the high education system is vestigial from the Middle Ages(Why are the degrees in Latin?). I wonder how much of all that has been done away with.
813.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Well, isn't it really their data that are going up against each other and not the people themselves or their credentials? The guy from the video has a PhD in Medicine and an MD but people without degrees are making the same arguments.
814.
by Kinnard 11y ago
When will it be time to officially dethrone New York and coronate San Francisco as the capital of the US Economy?
815.
Alphabet is within a hair of dethroning Apple as world's most valuable company(qz.com)
15 points by Kinnard 11y ago|12 comments
816.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Hmmm. So you don't believe in polymathy?
817.
Digital Transformation Requires Total Organizational Commitment(techcrunch.com)
1 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments
818.
Lurianic Kabbalah(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments
819.
Atbash – Ancient Hebrew Cryptography(en.wikipedia.org)
43 points by Kinnard 11y ago|7 comments
820.
by Kinnard 11y ago
I noticed that too. Myself included. I really wonder why? Some form of anarcho-primitivism that comes from working so closely with the most advanced tech?
821.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Can I say: people seem surprisingly emotionaly invested in arguments for or against certain diets. I expected more presentation of data and less ad hominen from HN on a subject that as far as I knew wasn't the most contentious our soci
822.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Is laughter the right response? Perhaps they have several decades of counter-evidence or question the soundness of the research done supporting the lipid hypothesis? I feel like curiosity is always appropriate.
823.
by Kinnard 11y ago
I don't think it forgot to mention them. I think it's arguing against them. I think the presenter who has an MD and a PhD from the WashU School of Medicine and a BA in Biology from Princeton (Of course I don’t think that having a
824.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Money Laundering is Financial Thoughtcrime: http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/money-laundering-is-... . . . By Former Chief Foreign Exchange Dealer; Director of Credit Card Interchange @ Visa & Founding Direc
825.
Effects of a Year in Ketosis [video](quantifiedself.com)
44 points by Kinnard 11y ago|78 comments
826.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Issuance and printing are distinct operations. Federal Reserve Notes are in fact issued by the Federal Reserve, and printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which is a part of the Treasury[1]. [1] http://economics.stackex
827.
The Breakfast Experiment – Quantified Mind(quantified-mind.com)
4 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments
828.
Cognitive Optimization – Quantified Self(quantifiedself.com)
3 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments
829.
Quantified-Mind: Discover the Keys to Peak Mental Performance(quantified-mind.com)
2 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments
830.
by Kinnard 11y ago
What exactly qualifies as "creative" is not well defined . . .
831.
by Kinnard 11y ago
It is hard to imagine something more egregious . . . short of murders which have been consistently happening. The thing is, there hasn't been any uptick in police abuses, we just are now able to check out collective cognitive bias with
832.
by Kinnard 11y ago
You know, this might be the year when microtransactions for content actually take off.
833.
by Kinnard 11y ago
I don't know if SF public transportation is awful . . . try living in Detroit.
834.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Yes, we're still on the same page. The Banking system is rapacious and it should be done away with. Its capital allocative functions have been subverted by extraction. It's an emergent system so that isn't to imply that the
835.
Legislature Says No to Bitcoin Tax Payments(forbes.com)
2 points by Kinnard 11y ago|0 comments
836.
by Kinnard 11y ago
No, the balance in the bank is not the loan. You need some understanding of double-entry bookkeeping to understand fractional reserve banking. The loan(promissory note), is on the banks balance sheet as an asset. Your balance which you can
837.
by Kinnard 11y ago
That's actually not quite correct. The loan itself is an asset to the bank. When you sign the promissory note, they then give you a balance at the bank in the amount of the principal of the note, THAT is the liability. The loan is the
838.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Could you cite some sources?
839.
by Kinnard 11y ago
I'm not sure, maybe if US workers changed their perspective toward the globe, they'd be better suited for a free trade environment.
840.
by Kinnard 11y ago
What exactly is the risk to the Bank in lending out money they just created?

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