SeoxyS

62 ms·

241.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
If it was wildly successful, how did we end up with tons of private competitors with a large market share (FedEx, UPS, DHL, OnTrac, etc). The U.S. Is one of the only countries where the state run postal service isn't sufficient. In Swi
242.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
> LOGGING FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUND THREADS AT ONCE Or, you could just make a logging serial queue that you send all log messages to; that way there's no risk of activity on the main thread slowing down your logging. In (Obj-)C:
243.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
In fact, a $15 Casio is much more accurate than a $7000 Omega. I say this as an owner of the latter, which must be worn every second day to not run out of power (after which its time must be reset), and whose accuracy is measured in second
244.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
How's the plugin situation these days? Will an existing (pathogen-powered) configuration work pretty well with neovim these days?
245.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
Why not hybrid? Have an onboard gas generator to recharge the batteries. As soon as the gas runs out, the drone has X min of battery flight time left to get back to solid ground. No need for mechanical complexity.
246.
Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed [video](ted.com)
1 points by SeoxyS 11y ago|0 comments
247.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
It's not crazy, though. I was just looking at SFO-TXL round-trips in business. 115k miles… instead of $8k. Values the miles at around 7c/mile. I made a calculator to answer the question: should I pay cash or spend miles. I set the
248.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
I think you're misunderstanding how fees & carry works. The carry is not paid out until the fund returns its investment, much later, so its $2M in your example isn't paid out until years down the line. The only way that the fi
249.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
I'm not. 2% of X * 10 years = 20% of X. The GP contribution is 5% of X. Net contribution is -15%, regardless of fund performance.
250.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
> Partners usually also invest some of their own money. It's rare to see funds where the principals don't have capital invested (it tends to align incentives) Yes, though in my opinion, this is one of the dirty secret of the VC
251.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
VCs raise large funds from institutional investors (pensions funds, university endowments, etc.) called Limited Partners (LP). Typically, the VC (also known as General Partner, GP) contributes 1-5% of the fund out of their own pocket, with
252.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
Warning: clicking on the 3rd link in your comment repeatably crashes Chrome (the entire browser, not just the tab) for me.
253.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
AngelList Daily Transaction Digest (seed stage deals happening in real time): https://angel.co iOS Dev Weekly: https://iosdevweekly.com/ Product Hunt Daily Digest: https://producthunt.com Quora Weekl
254.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
"Powerwall comes in 10 kWh weekly cycle and 7 kWh daily cycle models." Can somebody explain what "weekly cycle" vs. "daily cycle" means in this context?
255.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
3kW is the power, 10kWh is the energy. Your 10kWh battery would discharge in 3h20min at peak power. Or, you could listen to music on your 250W sound system for 40h.
256.
by SeoxyS 11y ago
She was seeking $16M in lost wages, and potentially much more in punitive damages. I think, had she won, she could be looking at a ridiculous check close to $100M.
257.
Do the work, skip the party(calacanis.com)
3 points by SeoxyS 12y ago|0 comments
258.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
Dams are one of the best kind of battery there is. They store gargantuan amounts of energy with very little complexity. Basically: pump water up into the dam to "charge," and let water flow and run the turbines to "release&qu
259.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
I like both JSON & YAML for different reasons. YAML is a great configuration format; it's fantastic for being read and written by humans. JSON is much better as a serialization format. Write config files in YAML. Write APIs in JSON
260.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
Your argument is similar to the argument for teaching only abstinence. Regardless of whether it's truly better to abstain until marriage - it's been shown that teaching abstinence as the only option leads to more high-risk behavio
261.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
Sounds to me like Alcohol has more potential to be abused and cause damage in the short term (bad decision making, drunk driving, risk of addiction), while Marijuana has has less high risk outcomes but more long-term negative effects when u
262.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
Foreign banks. Unfortunately, if you're a US citizen, the ability to use Swiss banks went away in 2009. There's always the Cayman Islands and other tax havens with banking secrecy laws. Another options is to buy illiquid assets. I
263.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
Hey, I'm the Kenneth quoted. The quote was taken out of context, but what I was referring to is that in this scenario, you're trading a derivative and not the actual share. You're entering into a private contract with the buy
264.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
I think you misunderstand what a secondary market and a derivative is. They're orthogonal concepts. A secondary market is any market where securities are traded not with the company, but with a third party. The big stock exchanges (NYS
265.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
I'm Kenneth Ballenegger -- mentioned in the article. I have some personal experience with secondary transactions. Happy to answer any questions on the topic, here or via email (address is on my profile).
266.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
Hey - I'm "Mr. Ballenegger." (Coincidentally, that reporter found me through an HN comment where I explained how secondaries worked.) Derivatives like this are typically structured as a sale of the economic interest, not a lo
267.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
I'm actually very curious what startups gives you a $1M offer, and in what position. The most I've seen is grants that are worth up to $500k at day 1 valuation.
268.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
The attackers typically have a botnet at their disposal. The victim has to pay their own costs.
269.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
This is awesome. Future feature ideas: Would love a daily email of new tracks & a way to add them to a Spotify playlist.
270.
by SeoxyS 12y ago
Tar files have a decent amount of overhead. Source: I wrote a streaming untarring library in C for a streaming video product. You would definitely add WAY more than 1 byte of overhead per file, which is what is required for this trick to wo

More ›