RootKitBeerCat

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1. 31.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   I think the adage goes “Python is the best at being the second best at... almost everything”
2. 32.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   And lastly hackernews: cross the world infinitely by allowing future generations to turn us into data
3. 33.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   You speak the Trough Trough
4. 34.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   Things get overcomplicated when we start using capital “C” words like Communism/Capitalism. The basics are enough: unchecked greed is bad, regardless of the society / system of capital allocation and thought.
5. 35.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   I’d argue that in most societies that have existed, there is at least a caste or class that value and put their resources towards a form of intellectualism. How you measure its degree of new idea / innovative thought production or some
6. 36.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   Here you begin to sound like you’re equating productivity to income. There are many companies that produce little real world value, yet tons of income.
7. 37.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   Or some bitcoin under the bed
8. 38.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   So google’s not evil because they disclose that they’re a wolf??
9. 39.▲
   by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

   The strategy of SoftBank and all long term investments is for the companies and products they invest in to blossom into big money producing engines; they don’t care about short term time horizons, so much as picking 10-20% of their investme
10. 40.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    It’s really not that difficult to be broke in a major USA city, on 100k a year, if you work in certain industries or hang out in certain crowds.
11. 41.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    I love Hacker News
12. 42.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    The way Digital Ocean handled this, I am willing to bet the OP never has trouble with his DO relationship again.
13. 43.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    I was angered by the title (a bit clickbaity, as context is king for a UI), but upon reading agree 100% with the title.
14. 44.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    How do we apply for jobs at this company. I’m sure people would like to contribute to such a good cause! Put the internet to work for you!
15. 45.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    I’d say products like DataBricks do have the model figured out
16. 46.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    I know this tool will be useful for the social worker / mental health community: especially for patients who can’t afford to have a CBT coach
17. 47.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    But the service is free, so it’s definitely worth a try
18. 48.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    I don’t think it gets much simpler than “open camera app” > “press record” > “press ‘send video’”
19. 49.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 7y ago

    There’s also... just sending video files back and forth via SMS, Slack, Email, Facebook, Google Photos, or shared iCloud albums. But this service is free so that’s a big plus to just give it the old “try”!
20. 50.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    Have you tried BitPay?
21. 51.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    So just more simply “red herring”
22. 52.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    Yes, that is essentially my understanding
23. 53.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    Completely a layperson who’s only read science for the masses type physics and astrophysics, but now imagine that there are all sorts of undiscovered phenomena that are actually just the inverse of existing properties of nature we know. Doe
24. 54.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    This is quite possibly one of the most incredible hypotheses I’ve read, and I love that it is so well supported!
25. 55.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    What’s the catch?
26. 56.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    This is a much better story, if only because it’s real, and involves contracts instead of hypothetical fake cult rituals.
27. 57.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    Too long a story for too weak a farfetched made up challenge... if a client ever asked me to have 700 tall glasses of fresh OJ, it would be a 2 second answer “Yes, I’ll order from the local organic market, each gallon of fresh OJ costs X, a
28. 58.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    Poor reading comprehension on my part; I thought “Myth: The Fallen Lords” game programmers were going to share their beliefs about CPU caches.
29. 59.▲
    by RootKitBeerCat 8y ago

    Which password manager is the most secure / robust / potentially long lasting company out of: LastPass, 1Password, Dashlane, Keeper (or others?)?