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by acjacobson 4y ago
Personally I don't mind working remote or onsite, but what I'm noticing is much more competition for remote roles. I live in Munich which has a tech sector, and isn't LCOL, but isn't a hub the way Berlin or Amsterdam is.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
The price doesn't fall because the future purchasing power falls, the price falls because there are better alternatives in the market. No one will pay $1000 for a 2% return when they can pay $1000 for a 5% return. Market participants w
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Yes you owe the depositor in current dollars, and that's why the bank failed. But I was responding to the parent about it not mattering if the bond is held to maturity - it does matter. The problem SVB had is that there was no market b
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by acjacobson 4y ago
This is the most problematic part to me because not only did the VCs exacerbate the run on SVB, they threatened to start runs on other regional banks. Several said that if SVB didn't get 100% depositor coverage that they would assume a
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Only a potential buyer would lose. Not SVB - for them the price and return is locked if they can wait. The problem comes when they are forced to sell (as they were). This is why the bond price falls - an outside party will not buy the SVB b
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Genuine question - why doesn't it matter? If I buy $1000 worth of bonds at 2% interest rate for 10 years, my expected return is 1000 * .02 * 10 or $200, making the bond worth at maturity $1200. This bond is worth $1000 today and will r
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I do this too. I've been locked out of a bank account for a week or so because something in their system flagged a review. A tiny blip like that can be really impactful on handling day to day expenses - it makes sense to have a backup.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I guess it's an unpopular opinion on HN, but I like switching back and forth between daylight saving and standard time twice a year. I live relatively north and I like having very long days in the summer when more daylight is available
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by acjacobson 4y ago
In my opinion and experience it's better to be the younger version who runs lots of experiments. While the older version may feel more wise, and may have taken some lessons from the past that helps him be aware of pitfalls in the futur
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Seems like a cool idea - I guess like a product hunt for games? A nit though - fix the back / forward browser buttons as it's tedious to navigate around right now. I guess these aren't working because it's an SPA?
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by acjacobson 4y ago
This reminds me of the pottery class parable from Art & Fear. At the beginning of a pottery class the teacher divides the class into two groups. One group is to be graded purely on the quantity of pots they create, the other group solel
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by acjacobson 4y ago
This is weird because the behavior you describe is available on the desktop version of Maps, but not in the mobile app. I can't imagine why...
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I love your channel (and podcasts)! I first found you through your alternate vote videos quite some years go. Whenever I have a reason to vote on something with friends or family I insist on ranked choice largely due to your influence.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Thanks for the recommendations - here's a few of mine that are related: For woodworking I am a big fan of Paul Sellers - though he is primarily a hand woodworker. His videos are very accessible. For chess I like John Bartholemew. He&#x
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by acjacobson 4y ago
A lot of products already have both printed on the package.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
You'd think he'd be disabused of that notion when he was forced to buy Twitter after trying to back out of the acquisition agreement.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Since forever. There are a few reasons why - one is cultural the other is risk. On the cultural side industries that are "controversial" tend to be avoided. Payment processors don't like to be associated with porn, gambling,
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by acjacobson 4y ago
If I were Google this is what I would actually be worried about. I ask ChatGPT a typical question and I get a clear short answer. I ask Google the same thing have to wade through a 1000 line blog post talking about 25 other things to finall
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by acjacobson 4y ago
It solved Day 3, Part 1 for me almost instantly. It used the sample strings as opposed to the full input file, which makes sense because I didn't give it the full input. Modifying the generated code to handle the entire problem is low
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I've had it twice. I was double-vaccinated when I caught it the first time, and then later boosted and caught it a second time. Both times sucked and I was useless for about 15 days. The second time was worse.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
My grandfather was like this. Full stint in the Marines and then worked on computers. I remember him telling the story of how exciting it was (and what a big deal it was) when one of their systems got upgraded to 4k of RAM.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
If you're interested learning more about Kanban, I thing Eric Brechner does a great job of describing it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0y-aU1sXo
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I keep a private list because sometimes people ask me for book recommendations and then I have something to refer to. I have found it's easy to forget on the spot all the things I have read.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I would assume he is referring things like the House of Lords and the hereditary title system - not economic class.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Their business models can afford to pay a lot because these companies generate that much cash. They drive that much cash because software can be highly leveraged (whereas plumbing cannot). Having salaries come down to means shifting where t
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I feel like this might be true, but if it is true wouldn't someone else take advantage of the fact? Competitors usually spring up when there is an advantage to be leveraged - and there usually is always an advantage when an incumbent i
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by acjacobson 4y ago
True, but it could still be treated as a crime within the city and punished accordingly. This was the premise of DC vs. Heller which overturned a DC law that banned handguns in the district.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Code word for torrents. Linux ISOs are probably the most common large file legitimate use of torrents and so it's become a code word for pirated content.
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by acjacobson 4y ago
I agree with a lot of the other comments here. I've been using a catch-all for years without significant problems. I think the closest to an awkward moment was when a small web comic artist wrote to me a bit confused. I had used the na
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by acjacobson 4y ago
Are you being paid to take the training? If so then I probably would continue training and being paid while looking for a job. If not - then I would stop the training (as you said they are worthless without the extra experience of working a

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