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by bagacrap 4y ago
this comment is so over the top I'm assuming you forgot the /s Also a bicycle beats nature's best solutions for carrying large masses long distances and the phone I'm using has all sorts of supernatural powers.
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by bagacrap 4y ago
yeah it's nothing at all like a normal (ny times) crossword which is full of fun and amazingly clever word play and cultural references. There's no sense of "aha!" or awe at the puzzle's design, no chance to learn i
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by bagacrap 4y ago
travel demand went up and the much-forecasted recession basically never happened
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by bagacrap 4y ago
they're even cheaper to pay right now given the exchange rate (or I dunno, do they pay them in local profits anyway?)
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by bagacrap 4y ago
yeah the EU (governing bodies) doesn't seem to like or understand tech too much
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by bagacrap 4y ago
using a Roomba to track inventory seems strange but the idea of automatically shipping me what I need instead of a time based subscription sounds wonderful
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I think the analogy to natural selection is apt. So is it really Google's fault? Seems like a consequence of a fitness function. And even if there were 4 competitive search engines in the world, each spammy site would optimize for one
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by bagacrap 4y ago
huh? visa pays me 2%, not the other way around. I don't pay 2% more when I use my cc instead of cash, rather, I receive rewards. You could claim that the grocery store has to increase prices due to the fees that visa charges them, but
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by bagacrap 4y ago
btc volatility has been going down? is this a joke? it's worth a third of what it was less than a year ago. plus every time I sell or transfer, it's a taxable event, which makes use as a currency incredibly onerous
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by bagacrap 4y ago
or just, you know, make it illegal, immediately shutting down Coinbase and cutting off the law abiding 99% of the population from using it. What is the value of a Bitcoin after it's banned by one or more major countries?
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by bagacrap 4y ago
visa and Mastercard can unilaterally reverse transactions whereas the entire point of crypto is that there's no centralized authority that can rewrite history
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by bagacrap 4y ago
pretty sure authorities have plenty of visibility into Bitcoin. It's pretty hard to turn it into fiat after you steal it, and turn it into fiat you must if you wish to spend it
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by bagacrap 4y ago
if you've been doing it for more than a decade, hopefully that is the advice you will share
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by bagacrap 4y ago
Intel also outsources certain components to TSMC. The only apples to apples comparison would be to isolate revenue for chip sales. Also TSMC has reportedly surpassed Intel in quarterly revenue, so all these numbers are changing quickly.
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I pay Google for phones, home devices, a YouTube subscription, extra cloud storage... if you are made uncomfortable by the deal of getting an amazing suite of products without paying for any of it then perhaps you can quell your unease by b
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by bagacrap 4y ago
jump off mid air
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I see more dumpsters than rivers
708.
by bagacrap 4y ago
yes, although the subsidies supply to anyone who builds fabs in the US, including TSMC.
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I'm guessing "the rest of my life" is more accurate given the stock chart
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by bagacrap 4y ago
sure, so is Powerball
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I mean Tesla investors are up far more and for what? they did nothing but buy the right stock at the right time. How did that action make the world a better place?
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by bagacrap 4y ago
Aren't most of those examples famously unprofitable?
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by bagacrap 4y ago
This entire comment chain surely must be satire.
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by bagacrap 4y ago
what is "uncommon but normal"? I don't know how supervision would prevent playground injuries. I broke my arm in a soccer game when I was 9, surrounded by adults. Life went on?
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by bagacrap 4y ago
"time and again"? We've only had two tech booms and one was a lot more speculative than the other. Yes, Google makes money from ads. Then again, advertising is to "describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or ev
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by bagacrap 4y ago
what's the complaint with msg? have never heard anyone complain about that, although as a kid with all the "no msg" signs at Chinese restaurants and no other context I thought of it as something similar to MDMA or LSD.
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I think there's ample evidence supporting the "already obese" part.
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I hope one of the ingredients in your pb is salt
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by bagacrap 4y ago
I find this to be true of smart people in general. They have strong opinions about things they know little about, maybe because they're used to being right more often than not.
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by bagacrap 4y ago
with covid it was a lot of people who conspired to upend lives

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