alephnan

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   by alephnan 4y ago

   > they prefer to feel bad Kinda the premise of The Matrix
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   by alephnan 4y ago

   Is there a reason a Markdown file, Notion generated page or Google Docs/Sheets would not have sufficed?
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   by alephnan 4y ago

   The left nav and menu is reminiscent of VSCode. I'm not accusing the project of plagiarism. I think more standardization, especially with menus, instead of reinventing the UX wheel for every project is a good thing. Is the code for the
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   Ask HN: Rectangles vs. multi-cursor text editor?

   2 points by alephnan 4y ago|3 comments
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   by alephnan 4y ago

   First, you're assuming all employment is unilaterally contributing to society. Second, you're assuming people whose income isn't from employment aren't subject to taxes. Third, you're assuming consumption is not con
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   by alephnan 4y ago

   How about art?
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   by alephnan 4y ago

   > There is something profoundly sad about people who spend time buying stuff It's their time and money.
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   by alephnan 4y ago

   Please link.
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   by alephnan 4y ago

   Or just hold CASH if you don't want risk. No one holds the sentiment that Coinbase or growth stocks is a risk-free investment. Google on the other hand was held to the esteem of being cash / better cash equivalent. It's not.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    > There were certainly some serious winners over the past few years, but only if you got out and my guess is that most of those folks in meme stocks can't give up the ghost and over estimate their abilities. You might be reading Wal
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Google is in the S&P500.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Yup. AirBNB's darling beat expectations but also lost 50% from ATH. Just this week it went down 30%.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    A broken clock is right at least twice a day. I hope you made out like a bandit shorting the stock.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Why is Coinbase specifically being singled out? Google went down from $3000 to $2270 in recent months. Affirm is down 27% ... today. Is this because HN was cynical and hating on Coinbase that it would go no where and then it did?
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    Ask HN: How do you minify JavaScript in 2022?

    3 points by alephnan 4y ago|2 comments
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Ah yes, sorry. Thank you for the correction.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku > And with no roadmap to reopen for the rest of the year at least The PM just indicated otherwise this week. > don't want foreigners at all and not because of health co
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelfari
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    > haven't achieved anything in life, but i want to, i want to own things Funny this is actually when you’ve “achieved” financial* success you kind of don’t want to own things.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    I found sites specializing in islands and castles in the U.K. They have low price tags, but they likely are liabilities rather than assets.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Sway tower is 218 feet tall. This wooden pagoda is 220 feet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagoda_of_Fogong_Temple
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    You mean like Tokyo or pretty much anywhere in Japan?
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Appreciate using basic HTML. I hope there is more of this on the web. > get job offers without stalking, discrimination and distractions Is this a real problem with LinkedIn? I feel the real value add of a job posting site will be filter
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Interested. Can you list some ?
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    It feels a by developers for developers platform should have be competent with these matters. Hobbyists and Developers who are looking such a platform should expect they are least technical to solving harder software problems then they are,
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    > Polaroid This is fine if there is stabilization and sufficient lighting. The best camera is the one you’ll use.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    So people who ask "What about Hillary?" are extremists, but people who ask “What about Trump” aren’t ? ( it’s very obvious what your leanings are ) You’re projecting a strong sense of community, superiority and being enlightened.
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    > Let's return to life as normal And people in Asia aren’t telling the West how to live their life, so why is the West dictating how Asian countries should do theirs? When China didn’t tame the virus initially, they rightfully get b
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    Also, most of the cases in Taiwan were imported from Taiwanese Americans who returned from overseas schools. Then ofcourse the famous pilot from China. Taiwanese people have always been comfortable with face masks because of being on scoote
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    by alephnan 4y ago

    So you cherry pick an article about Shanghai, and generalize it to Asia? The West conveniently omits Taiwan’s and Japan’s continued success with Covid for 2 years while the West sacrificed millions. I’m living my life and commuting as norma