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by ThomPete 6y ago
I agree and that seems to be the real problem. Like with sugar, carbs and other examples of abundance. I wrote about this 10 years ago: http://000fff.org/slaves-of-the-feed-this-is-not-the-realtim...
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margin calls
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and Tesla
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There is no pump and dump scheme that haven't been allowed by the hedge funds for decades.
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I was talking about the deductions for positive externalities of fossile fuel.
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Yes you can design different experiences on top of the service/system. Customer support, packaging, onboarding process, flows etc.
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The air quality in the west is better than it is in much less developed areas of the world. People live longer because of the use of fossil fuel and can live better lives spending less time on basic things like creating food and managing sh
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If we want to tax combustion engines for negative externalities what deductions are we giving for the positive externalities?
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That started before covid.
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It must be nice to be a mind reader. I don't care about Parler or crazy righ-wingers. I just care about the inconsistency with which these big platforms seems to be acting and so far I haven't seen anything provide a proper explan
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You are missing the point too. Why did someone decide for that specific case and not the numerous others by ex. Twitter that are still there. Picking on the little guy just because they are little seems to be a pretty questionable move.
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Sure, With regards to the non-desktop workforce: 70% of the workforce doesn't sit behind a computer and thus really don't benefit from working from home in most cases and thus we are working on a few projects in that space. We did
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We do a lot of work with SaaS businesses helping them with product design and if needed capital and development. Our primary work is in remote work for non-desktop people and educational/video space plus live ecommerce which seems to b
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You are missing the point. Why Parler? There are lots of other social media platforms out there using AWS with the same kind of rhetoric so that's not a good explanation or reason.
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there are still plenty of tweets that havent been deleted.
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My point was more that the software developer have to not just build with existing material and equipment but have to invent and build those on the fly.
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In his book “Code Complete”, Steven McConnel speaks about metaphors. He reasons that metaphors are necessary to be a good developer as it helps visualize the act of coding. The metaphor he prefers is the “construction” metaphor. This metaph
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A couple of examples to get us going: How to build a nuclear reactor. Magic secrets uncovered. How to program a virus.
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Ask HN: What is the most controversial course you wish someone would provide?
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Having more data opens up for spikes to be shown more clearly, the more you average the more it flattens. So try and put it into a 300 year or higher average span and you will see it flattening. But don't take my word for it. https:&#
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Please note that the last part of the graph have stippled lines that's because they are comparing year of year with averages over 300 years or so. Anything you average over 300 years will tend to flatten. If you averaged the last 100 y
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That's a case for the police then NOT Apple or Google. Twitter still have plenty of calls to violence that are still up. As an example this one shared by tens of thousands of people. https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/
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Editors have publisher responsibility and are thus liable for what is being published. Twitter, facebook are enjoying the protection from the state from being responsible for what individuals say. they cant have their cake and eat it. If th
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The same thing could be said about Twitter yet they aren't being pulled of from the app store. This wont end well.
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#startups (which is a bunch of hacker news readers.
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One I really like in the space industry is gas stations in space. https://www.orbitfab.space/ and in the dating industry Teleport which platform allowing match makers to set up their own dating business. https://
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Ask HN: What are some really interesting startups you heard about?
9 points by ThomPete 6y ago|3 comments
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MicroConf on Air: The SaaS Podcast Awards(youtube.com)
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thats not how i read the OP
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Now that we speak about echo chambers. No the cost is not reflected in the functioning of the grid, quite the contrary. Wind and solar makes the system more complex AND because it's politically preferred and incentivized through ex. wi

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