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901.
by asah 4y ago
lol, there are crappy companies, crappy business models and crappy industries - any of these can make it hard or impossible to attract non-crappy staff/teams...
902.
by asah 4y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=columnar+database
903.
by asah 4y ago
Sure in theory. In practice, the kinds of people attracted to Bitcoin strongly correlate with this message, and attempts to dilute BTC would likely result in a fork instead. Besides, what's the point? Satoshis (sats) are 100 millionth
904.
by asah 4y ago
I've been using a RazorPit sharpener for years - the thing really works!! And I consume a couple of blades a year, if that.
905.
by asah 4y ago
easy solution: expensive gas.
906.
by asah 4y ago
[ferrari] got me pictures of ferrets. then it got HN hug.
907.
by asah 4y ago
...and portability.
908.
by asah 4y ago
Answer: because competition
909.
by asah 4y ago
LoL, does that include his (early) stock package?
910.
by asah 4y ago
best podcast ever: https://www.google.com/search?q=this+american+life+129+cars
911.
by asah 4y ago
lol, roundabouts in Tokyo or Manhattan... imagine... a skyscraper in the middle... underground entrances to it... mechanicals on the ground floor because nobody wants to have cars coming straight at them...
912.
by asah 4y ago
Plus, fiat is too new to tell - it's only been 5,000 years! /s
913.
by asah 4y ago
tl;dr: you can have big positive impact but 'fail' financially. The inverse is also true: you can have little impact but attain big wealth/success. Moreover, due to competitive pressures this lack of correlation happens is qu
914.
by asah 4y ago
Just wait until the NFT sells for more!
915.
by asah 4y ago
Lol. So many flaws... but nobody knew in 1997... For one thing, life imprisonment (LiP) is a pretty big deterrent, and among the few willing to risk it, defense tech and the surveillance state are generally winning the arms race against ind
916.
by asah 4y ago
Curious: was this tested on users with various kinds of vision deficiencies? That study would be super interesting !
917.
by asah 4y ago
It is impossible to assign a prior probability of 1 to just about anything in this world. Perhaps death and taxes, but definitely not telecommunication !
918.
by asah 4y ago
After 39 years of EMACS maintenance, having ONLY 3000 bugs is AMAZING. --- FTFY: most commercial software projects get 3,000 bugs in 3-5 years (if they're successful and grow), and you quickly need a serious database (e.g. jira) to cur
919.
by asah 4y ago
well... I don't want to get downvoted, but it's worth reading about COBRA and the extensions offered by California, New York and other states. And of course, the ACA. It all costs money, but it's not like you "lose your
920.
by asah 4y ago
Actually... My wife just found an amazing set in Thailand that not only look unique and cool, but in fact have important new features. The dinner knives are sharp enough to cut steak. The handles weigh enough that you can satisfied suspend
921.
by asah 4y ago
There was a better choice - do what they did, AND THEN JUSTIFY IT - show the court of public opinion redacted samples about why they took this action.
922.
by asah 4y ago
We can't know, because Cloudflare provided no evidence (e.g. redacted examples) to justify their decision.
923.
by asah 4y ago
I'd like to have seen some transparency, e.g. post redacted examples of the content that caused this conclusion.
924.
by asah 4y ago
totally agree. But sigh, policymakers aren't dummies, and there's gotta be a reason they chose moratorium... my guess is that rental agreements are private contracts not directly reported to the government and therefore impossible
925.
by asah 4y ago
"optimal amount of fraud in society is 0" - are you sure? why? Bad Things(tm) are useful for testing and improving safety/security, and when I see people/institutions with no experience reacting to Bad Things(tm), I kno
926.
by asah 4y ago
HNW folks who are wondering: old school retail wealth managers attached to large institutions can be good human contacts when you have urgent needs and exceptional situations. To optimize the cost, just give them a small portion of your por
927.
by asah 4y ago
um, breeders are morally questionable... https://www.google.com/search?q=dog+breeders+bad
928.
by asah 4y ago
naive q: does that still help if the aquifer gets saturated?
929.
by asah 4y ago
lol Lisbon is crowded. Lisbon: 6,452/km2 Barcelona: 16,000/km2 NYC: 25,000+/km2 (depends on the source) Lower East Side NYC: 33,600/km2 - due to zoning regs, there are very few buildings over 9 stories... but every bui
930.
by asah 4y ago
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