Paddywack

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by Paddywack 4y ago
I read a detailed interview with the person who does the enhancements a couple of days ago (can’t recall where a grrr). He said: A) there are two of them in the team doing the imaging B) it doesn’t start with an image - it’s literally heaps
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by Paddywack 5y ago
Oddly, if I buy an expensive pen I seem to look after it a lot more than a generic cheep one…
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by Paddywack 5y ago
I once heard a quote by Anthony Robbins that there are 6 human needs that drive all behaviours: 1) certainty, 2) variety, 3) significance, 4) love and connection, 5) growth and 6) contribution Interesting to match to the 4 desires…
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by Paddywack 5y ago
I feel an NFT debate coming on...
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by Paddywack 5y ago
What surprises me is why this "giant capacitor" phenomena did not occur elsewhere? Surely it docked previously in wet/damp conditions? Would the effect have been visible? Or was it that there has never been any leak across th
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by Paddywack 5y ago
> It can destroy those sites easily enough if it needs to. Is it as simple as that? (1) There is a continuum from dirty bombs to full Nukes that makes it a bit more messy. (2) Are Nukes not more "hideable" than this? For examp
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by Paddywack 6y ago
Note the Dunning Kruger effect too!
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by Paddywack 6y ago
I would frame this on two axis: 1) outsider vs establishment 2) expert vs layperson My opinion (see below for how I have defined these) Outsider expert > establishment expert for public ally challenging and overturning norms Any expert &
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by Paddywack 6y ago
Wow. I read this at around 16 in 1983 and it made a huge impression on me then. It helped me really understand a few things about myself, as I always felt very socially out of it... Time to re-read!!
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by Paddywack 6y ago
I worked in mobile financial services in many countries. Step 1: find the "Regulortunities"
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by Paddywack 6y ago
This thread reminds me of a lecturer I once met who had a theory based on a Machiavellian scale: Entrepreneurs typically rate low. They rely on goodwill and reciprocity and great relationships to get things done as they have zero power. Ear
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by Paddywack 6y ago
> I write aphorisms (Nietzsche/Debord/Wittgenstein style) I had a quick google on this and loved what I saw. But I couldn’t find anything on how to do this in a life/business sense. Do you have any further tips or referenc
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by Paddywack 6y ago
Also - home solar penetration in QLD is the highest in Australia. Is that not factored in to the equation? It doesn't look that way given 0% renewables shown.
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by Paddywack 6y ago
"Use it or Lose it rule..." Spend your annual budget quickly by writing Purchase orders and Hiring people before you really know what the customer wants, because (1) When the company is looking for any spare budget as the financi
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by Paddywack 6y ago
“There is nothing as necessary as the unnecessary” - from the movie Life is Beautiful.
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by Paddywack 6y ago
Thanks! I also saw research where the optimum I think was drinking a cup of coffee in the early afternoon 30 minutes or so before a powernap. This beat (1) No coffee (2) straight coffee, no nap (3) nap, no coffee. I think it tested alertnes
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by Paddywack 6y ago
The Illy I have is below 0.1% Caffeine. I understand that normal coffee is at around 1.1 to 1.2%.
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by Paddywack 6y ago
Lets talk about Decaffeinated coffee (asking for a friend...) (a) what benefits of coffee are not attributable to the caffeine, and (b) does the decaffeination process introduce any "side effects" in terms of harmful chemicals et
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by Paddywack 7y ago
I did this by mistake today using XSplit broadcaster + Xsplit VCam. I was playing around last night, and when I logged in this morning my work video conferences (Hangouts, Teams) all had an extra (virtual) cam with funny stuff going on in t
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by Paddywack 7y ago
I believe we make our own "luck", and I think the above quote is elegant! WRT finding interesting ideas... We used to talk about "increasing your surface area of luck" by meeting more people, getting exposed to more idea
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by Paddywack 7y ago
Would I be correct in the following examples of Meta-game: US Politics: - Stacking the supreme court Vs the court case strategy itself - Gerrymandering Vs Winning votes on merit - How you play the Caucus nominations Vs policy Business (inte
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by Paddywack 7y ago
What if SpaceX attached a small outward (away from earth) facing camera to each satellite? Could he not then create the largest array of orbiting “telescopes” for crowdsourced astronomy? They already have power and comms?
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by Paddywack 7y ago
> Learn a new physically engaging skill. Most importantly, breathe. I learned diving. It was great - taught me how to slow down entirely - you need to be 100% "immersed" in what you are doing - you have to breathe consistently
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by Paddywack 11y ago
This is a post from a friend and collaborator, Jack Hurley - probably one of the most Australian people who you have ever met. He lives on the borderline of the outback, his garage is filled with inventions and hacks, and he has recently op
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“Sheep hacking” for Australia Day(facebook.com)
1 points by Paddywack 11y ago|1 comments
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by Paddywack 11y ago
I had a similar experience in Australia. I took a prototype of a new app to one of Sydney's top real estate people. He told me to sit down for a frank chat: "Good real estate agents focus their energy on selling houses. Great ones
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by Paddywack 11y ago
I forget which beach. I am glad that it is relatively safe now. My first visit was 2006. On my return visits in 2008/9 I was accompanied by security who were probably over-protective as well. As far as my wife is concerned, we travelle
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by Paddywack 11y ago
I was fortunate to have spent a year or so in Pakistan helping launch Easypaisa - one of the biggest mobile banking deployments globally at the time. I was told I was lucky to survive my first day without getting shot - I hung out on Karach
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by Paddywack 12y ago
I co-founded a company that grew to around $200Mil valuation in three years (not big by your guys terms, but exciting for all involved). We realised our own limitations, so we brought in the big guns to take it to the next level. One year o
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by Paddywack 12y ago
I had something like this happen to me (on a larger scale) - I folded, and regretted it for years. Firstly - go straight to see a lawyer. Do not consider anything else before you have done this. Play hard, don't blink! Secondly. If thi

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