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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
For those old enough to have heard stories about party line telephone usage, this appears to be the modern version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony) As someone mentioned, the money is in localizing
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You sound like you may fall into the category of having a brood later in life (the 50yo+ untethered sugar daddy demographic). IMO, unless you find a partner that's going the same direction, you're doing the right thing while you&#
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Good points... And I commend you for staying on topic with that last paragraph. Literally all of the warning lights are blinking (due to intentional neglect and corruption across the board), but the micro-lending bastion is safe for now. Us
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It takes an obese person more calories to take 10 steps than an average weight individual. Profit margins (or numbers used to get Gov funding) are just a big, fat lie. We do need healthier Internet, but do you really expect bad math or morb
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
BINGO! After all of the pennies are counted, the cost to pave the way for the future where other companies take market share after the dust settles is astounding. Had they rolled their 1st mover advantage into building and smoothering marke
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Nice write-up! Thats the beauty of scale, explain a part in detail, then go with the 30,000 foot view. IMM, the security orchestration may actually become the "app" as speeds continue to increase, compute costs go even lower and l
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
The karma on this is going up and down today. Dunno what thats all about. Perhaps I'm a little more optimistic about logistics than most, but in all likelyhood, we'll see an exodus from the urban areas that will drive the growth o
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
Chasing yields in the age of efficiency is going to lead to another global hangover that defies common finacial wisdom, guaranteed. Business models that exploit consumers seem to be some of the only plays with any movement or staying power
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
Liberty: the quality or state of being free This is where the Internet blurs international borders, meaning netizens are mingling with a mix of individuals and organizations that do not possess freedom or liberty. Unless we know the source
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
If its the costs that are preventing the consumers from getting the products they desire, the markets should find a way to overcome the obstacles using the new tools and resources available as the come online. I've heard it called a wa
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
We're just a blink away from a new era of autonomous vehicles, which should make most of this a moot point. For all of these small rural communities, it makes sense for each of the local governments to purchase a fleet of vehicles that
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
"You're the product" So if/when these companies get bought out, go out of business or liquidate their assets in a downturn, then what? Until they legislate some sort of data expiration date or "do not track lists
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
>I really, truly, wish I could share your optimism. Lol. If you mix all of the colors, you get black. If you mix all of the data, you get a black hole. I had to come up with that one myself to keep my perspective in line. Hope that helps
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
Those were some very good points! IMO, we're on the cusp of a level of individual freedoms that were not available in the past (in the western world) and are seeing those that are desparate for relevance, those unable to compete/c
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
This makes alot of sense. Our bodies are amazing and unique, but require a little self-exploration to optimize (sometimes it takes extra work to get good sleep). This made the rounds a few years back, but its nice to see they are still at i
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
I'm still digesting this recent finding on how DNA works. https://phys.org/news/2019-09-dna-held-hydrophobic.html I'm using golf theory here, but if you're off a half a degree, the further it goes, the m
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
MTK has similar steps, but I don't think we see many mediatek chips in the states. https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-vibe-p1m/how-to/writ...
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
Are there any terms that cover the different digital native generations? Natives that started with 3.5 and 5 1/4 floppies in the 80's vs starting when Gmail went from MB's to GB's in the mid/late 2k's probably
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
>I don’t anticipate many people will ever buy a driverless car. Unless buying a fleet of vehicles over time produces better gains/results than other retirement/investment options (fossil fuel divestment or 401k replacements, p
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
Just to ask, haven't there been several reports of LTE/5G protocols being compromised, making the worst-case scenario one script-kiddie away from major disruptions? Why would they even contemplate building on a compromised foundat
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
And here I was getting excited about the benefits of async communications with remote working from another article today: https://doist.com/blog/asynchronous-communication/ Solitude, "time alone with ones tho
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Whats the incentive for government to get food, water, energy, education and shelter right? If we're missing any one of the five, we have insecurity and chaos usually ensues. That environment appears to be the soup du jour that allows
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
>Climate change will create the first trillionaire. I was cheering for those canucks a few years back, hoping they'd score an easy trillion with their groundbreaking product. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w
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by aSplash0fDerp 7y ago
Somebody needs a hug. It was not off topic... "Curated by Crazy" may have better explained the current power struggle online and how low they'll go for your attention (hijack your connection). How is packaging data in offline
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"I wonder if we’ll see a day where it’s no longer hip to use the public internet" Replace hip with sane and we can accelerate the transition back to offline content (one way communication) and come to the conclusion that a two-wa
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Agreed
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At what point does it make better economical sense to send a well paid project manager to oversee dozens or hundreds of engineers being paid artificially deflated local rates? Looking at the STEM numbers, there will definitely be a glut of
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The comments were a very informative read! I'm sure they'll explain it to their kids as a ponzi scheme with a paycheck.
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With the number of CS degrees produced from China and India alone each year, the evolution of slave labor is going to make the H-1B horror stories from the 90's to the present sound like fairy tales.