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> KubeSail Platform allows you to provision software when your customers signup and pay. Spin up cloud resources on-demand, or physically ship your customers a plug-n-play device. I may have misunderstood, this appears to be B2B? Edit: I
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I went to your homepage. So I can pay for a server to run backups and apps? The problem is that I have heard of exactly 0 of the apps you highlighted. Excluding backups, essentially the pitch is, 'Pay us money to run a server to serve
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5y ago
It is very common for stocks to significantly rise or fall after the release of earnings reports. If stocks always went up after their earnings report, it would make sense to buy the stock beforehand and sell immediately afterwards. Convers
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5y ago
I can't tell if you are serious or joking. If you are a 38 year old man, I apologize for the concern. I wanted a life expectancy that was evenly divisible by ten. A 42 year old woman and a 38 year old man both have a life expectancy of
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If you are a 38 year old man, actuarial tables suggest that this translates to 4 more laptops over 40 years[1]. I believe their point is that this does not make you a particularly valuable customer. I would argue that there is value in a br
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Recording isn't knowing but archiving is better than losing. As an exercise, look back at bookmarks that are 5+ years old. How many of them still load? Look back at your history of liked videos on YouTube. How many of them have been de
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5y ago
> her argument against crypto on moral grounds changed my thinking about cryptocurrencies. It was the first time I'd heard such a strong argument against cryptocurrency on moral grounds that it is a waste of resources. I have heard
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I am seeing a lot of negative reactions in the comments which does match my initial reaction. But I am curious. This article hit the front page so a reasonable number of people found it interesting. Did anyone glean something positive from
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5y ago
> I would take 1 person who can understand problems at a high level and Google the minutia over 10 that try to remember how to re-balance a tree and confidently introduce off by one bugs. How do you plan on screening for that person?
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> The newspeak is so strong in Argentina that even in that thread no one will say the real reasons out loud. What's stopping you from saying what you think are the real reasons?
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> I propose we periodically check, e.g. every 1K years or so...If it doesn't, whoever approved the plan should be shamed and reprimanded very publicly. I reckon that the possibility of public shame in 3022 is not much of a deterrent
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5y ago
McDonald's, 7-Eleven, ...
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I disagree. In an extreme example, Tim Cook made ~$100 Million in 2021 [1]. Regardless of his net worth, I would consider him rich. [1] https://news.yahoo.com/apple-tim-cook-compensation-other-tec... .
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5y ago
For anyone else who is curious, 1000kcal of ground beef is ~1lb or ~ 500g or ~4 burger patties [1]. 1000kcal of gummy worms is 34 gummy worms [2]. [1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/beef [2] https:&#x
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For anyone else who is curious, 1000kcal of ground beef is ~1lb or ~ 500g or ~4 burger patties [1]. 200kcal of gummy worms is 7 gummy worms [2]. [1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/beef [2] https:/
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5y ago
It surprised me how many commenters thought it was serious.
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The point is to replace these six messages with a single message: Hi, I'm working on [project] and ran into [issue].
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I see, I guess I figured that the merchant would detect that the package was never delivered and just ship another product on their end. Maybe I was a bit optimistic.
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> I've had 3 of 3 packages go missing in the last two months Did the packages get replaced?
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In this thread Servo is axed and Servo is finished. It appears that the servo team was fired but the repo is still seeing some development [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/directhex/status/1293352458308198401?s=1...
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In this thread Servo is axed and Servo is finished. It appears that the servo team was fired but the repo is still seeing some development [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/directhex/status/1293352458308198401?s=1...
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I believe the comment was referring to 'a person of Jewish heritage' who do not convert to Islam.
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All my job titles have been of the form Software Engineer plus a modifier. I believe they are referring to what the degree currently known as Computer Science should be called.
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The median household income in the US in 2020 was $67,521 [1]. $4500 * 12 = $54000. I don't have kids so I can't call on personal experience, but Spending the median household income after tax on childcare seems high. [1] https:
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5y ago
> I disagree That's fine. I am not arguing one way or the other. My point is that it is easier to get a response if you focus on the main point of disagreement. In this case, the disagreement is, 'Is it common nowadays to smile
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> you read at least the title right, it's SPY cam, so obviously if someone is taking secret photo of you, you don't smile for camera and we don't know who are these people, if it's complete strangers or his acquintanc
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> I'm pretty sure you don't actually understand the Monty Hall problem What did you disagree with? Their understanding of the problem seems pretty solid to me.
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> Your intuition is wrong and it doesn't matter what the host knows before showing you the door that doesn't have the prize. This is not correct and your source doesn't support your point From your link: > Monty helps u
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> Imagine living in a country where you rely on health insurance to get emergency treatment. Since Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1986, hospitals in the US MUST provide emergency treatment regardless of ability
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5y ago
Is there a specific country you are referencing?
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