OrlandoHakim

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by OrlandoHakim 3y ago
but as v0idzer0 pointed out in a reply to your similar comment above "it was changed before this piece and before NPR decided to leave. Twitter acknowledged that label was incorrect and changed it. Then NPR had a temper tantrum and lef
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
Happens more often than most are willing to admit, especially lately.
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
In Canada, protestors had their bank accounts frozen for saying mean things about Trudeau. It's not exactly the same as your example but it does rhyme.
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
To elaborate, Linear is probably the best business app I have used for software management ever. For engineers it is fast and fluid and simple with outstanding keyboard shortcuts. For managers it is strongly opinionated with an agile method
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
In other words, taking a board seat would have limited him to holding no more than 14.9% of Twitter shares. Now he can take control if he wants.
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
I think it’s more likely that Elon wants to keep his options open. As a board member he would have a fiduciary duty’s that would prevent him from doing certain things. Most notably, it would keep him from purchasing more shares and orchestr
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
I would like to advocate for Linear.app as an outstanding, fast, polished alternative to Jira for teams looking for an alternative.
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
War crimes committed by democratically elected officials are still war crimes. I don’t see a compelling argument in giving Bush and Blair total control to decide the economic fate of nations who didn’t elect them is justifiable. Crypto is p
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by OrlandoHakim 4y ago
This is a really bad article. It screams from the hilltops that crypto is bad because it doesn’t support the author’s statist/authoritarian worldview. For example one of the article’s first points is that crypto is bad because it makes
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
I am surprised no one has shared these two important documentary videos on money: Money as Debt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nBPN-MKefA Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio: https:/&#
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
The Canadian truckers and their supporters would like to have a word with you. As would the citizens of Cyprus and Sri Lanka who will have or have had funds from their Bank accounts taken because the powers that be decided that the customer
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
It is arguable whether or not Bitcoin counts as part of Web3. I would argue it is the original Web3 technology (blockchain) and so it is an essential component of web3. Also, I understand Bitcoin the best so can make a stronger case for i
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
It is hard to advocate for the value of decentralized systems without sounding like a hand-waving conspiracy theorist. The benefits of decentralization do come at a cost of efficiency and throughput and they are often harder to quantify or
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Paul Graham recently posted a bit of relevant Russian Propaganda on this controversial topic of supporting or fighting hatred and intolerance towards Russian people. I’ll leave it here without comment: https://twitter.com/pa
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
I will admit that this action is less ugly than much of the anti-Russian hate I’ve seen lately. It still makes my stomach churn that they chose to ‘cancel’ the first human in space post-humously because the leader of a country that didn’t e
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Paulg via Twitter: Welcome to the uncanny valley(twitter.com)
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Not sure I would support a fundraiser by an organization so willing to play fast and loose with the truth - especially when their motive is to support fashionable politics of the day. It doesn't lend much credibility to the organizatio
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
While Google has in the past been a formidable competitor, I no longer consider them a serious threat to a customer-obsessed tech company such as Shopify, Amazon or even Walmart. Google can't even compete on search with it's own s
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Whatever your thoughts are about the Ukraine invasion - and I suspect most, including me are against wars of aggression - the idea that we should take this situation as an excuse to re-write history deeply saddens me. Maybe we should re-def
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Fair point. Maybe we start by asking Germany and Western Europe to stop funding Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? I realize that these decisions have consequences and it might be preferable to mine bitcoin with flared gas that we can then sell t
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Google has a choice here. Just as they chose to not to do business in China. I find it disingenuous to claim that one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world has no agency in this situation. Remember how hard Google fought
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Patiently waiting for your proposal for a better solution. Actually the whole industry is and has been waiting for a less wasteful solution since well before Bitcoin existed. In the future maybe we can just switch to nuclear fusion and ever
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
In 2022 some may also care about a truly scarce digital store of value in a time of unprecedented inflation. Speaking about Bitcoin, not altcoins.
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
What is controversial about Brave? Seems like the best alternative at the moment IMHO
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
I switched to Brave - no regrets
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Monetary policy is the elephant in the room that no one in charge dare mention. A quick look at the numbers makes this obvious. Consider that 80% of all dollars that exist were created in the past three years. Now ask why Janet Yellen, Je
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
It's an indirect measure at best and highly gameable [0] [0] https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/owners-equivalent-rent-an...
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
Slightly off-topic, I wish we could have journalists as authentic, insightful and engaging as this former comedian turned advocate of the people. Jon Stewart is an absolute treasure of a human being who obviously cares deeply about the issu
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
It makes me sad that we have de-humanized everyday Russian and now Bellorussian citizens for the crimes of their totalitarian governments. I could see an argument if these were functioning democracies but they are not. Imagine if everyday A
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by OrlandoHakim 5y ago
I suspect we are already way past that point no matter what.

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