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by Lucadg 7y ago
Language is open source. English does not belong to the UK anymore as much as Tiramisu doesn't belong to Italy or http to Tim Berners-Lee. People created these standards, let people use them, improve them and have a better life. [Edit:
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by Lucadg 7y ago
As an entrepreneur I realized most of my choices are wrong. There are just too many I am forced to make every day and there is no time to analyze the relevant data. What keeps the business alive is that one great choice I make once in a whi
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Would it make sense for crypto mining farms to be placed close to the source and pay for the wasted energy thus subsidizing the turbines? I often hear this theory but I wonder wether the economics make sense.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
We've wandered for the largest part of our existence and just recently settled down. We're still hardwired for that and some of us find immense joy in that.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
In the US the rich buy ads to influence enough people to follow their goals. I never really understood how this is a good thing for democracy.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Illicit wealth in corrupt regimes may be a case of justice over law
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by Lucadg 7y ago
All digital money is in theory programmable. The main difference with Bitcoin is that it's an open platform and you don't need the permission of closed platforms (PayPal, Visa, banks) to operate. Permission can be revoked.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
It is but access to hard currency is generally restricted in those countries as their overinflated currencies work only in an artificial vacuum.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Sounds like the "let's do evil" guy
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Also Coinbase is giving away 10 U$ worth of BAT if you look at the videos about Brave and reply to questions in a test correctly.
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by Lucadg 7y ago
Rocket Internet: they copied Airbnb with Wimdu and wasted 90 M in the process.
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Expecting people to read in full before commenting seems too much to ask nowadays. I wonder where this will take us.
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Religious beliefs are a funny thing: both apparently absurd and great metaphors of spiritual life. Much in the same way as a floppy disk icon on your PC is absurd (you are NOT clicking a floppy disk) and incredibly useful. So I think it&#x
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Some will say the booking experience on booking.com is easier but that's not the point. The amazing fact is how they are reaping all the benefits of this growing market while being shielded by Airbnb getting all the bad press. Of cours
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by Lucadg 8y ago
In this Airbnb drama there's a company getting all the business and none of the hate: Booking.com. They list apartments, don't perform any more checks on the legality and are never mentioned. It's amazing to watch.
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Some say Airbnb is diluting their brand. What does it stand for today? It used to be about the sharing economy, belong anywhere and so on. What is it now?
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by Lucadg 8y ago
On business trips I prefer hotels for 1 night. 3 nights or more is always an apartment (Airbnb or Booking.com which is often easier to book with). I hate eating outside alone and prefer cooking some food while enjoying JRE, Netflix or a cal
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by Lucadg 8y ago
In theory disputes, customer care and all the work intensive tasks could be managed by the network itself: instead of paying an employee's you pay users to perform these tasks. There's a few projects proposing this. Not sure wheth
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by Lucadg 8y ago
That's the intranet of money as opposed to the internet of money.
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Which makes a case for outsourcing these calculations to machines. I wonder if when we'll be able to do that through better human-machine interfaces we will become more rational decision makers.
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by Lucadg 8y ago
The reference to education was an example. I don't think parent implied lack of education in Philippinos [Edit: spelling]
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Spot on. Always buy it just cut, when possible. It does make a difference in taste.
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by Lucadg 8y ago
At my first job in Italy we used to stretch the lunch break a bit. The boss put a paper on the wall with a reminder of the official working hours: 8:30 - 12:30 / 13:30 -
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by Lucadg 8y ago
They claim to be able to recognize a terrorist. Seems more like an joke to me.
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Ask HN: NameCheap – Site down. Their mistake. What's a fair compensation?
2 points by Lucadg 8y ago|4 comments
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Cities all over Europe have restricted or banned short rentals and many more are considering it. It will be messy and probably the results difficult to measure. On the other end Airbnb is collecting tourist taxes on behalf of some cities. T
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by Lucadg 8y ago
And no traffic :)
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Maybe we should start thinking about growth. All kind of bad decisions are taken in the name of growth. Maybe some companies could just provide a service, be profitable and grow just to a natural size not focusing on growth itself. That wou
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Love the site and used it often. Recently I realized train is my preferred mean of transportation by far and I'm happy to be able to count on this site. Also a strong reminder of what the internet could be.
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by Lucadg 8y ago
Exactly. The more corporations are involved the worst the food gets.

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