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by billmalarky 5y ago
There is no such thing as the "perfect" partner if the definition of "perfect" means "perfect compatibility." Even if there were perfect compatibility (which would really just be extending solipsism to one&#x27
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by billmalarky 6y ago
Serious question, why would you not? It's designed to be incredibly convenient and the trades are zero commission. Why not use Robinhood to buy and hold, if you're just making simple plays (buying ETFs etc) and don't need hig
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by billmalarky 6y ago
From the article: >Reddit Inc. said it averaged 52 million daily active users in October, up 44% from the same month a year earlier The redesign launched in 2018, so I'd say yes, the general public greatly prefers the redesign if th
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by billmalarky 6y ago
Neat idea. I had the same thoughts a while back around a toilet paper tower/holder ("never run out of TP again"). It's a fun concept.
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by billmalarky 6y ago
Nice to see Promise.race() in there. I've used it to emulate timeout logic on I/O functionality. Useful when your JS is operating in an environment where there's a timeout constraint you can't control and you want your J
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by billmalarky 6y ago
FWIW it will be easier to lower your caloric intake to align with the lower activity that is a result of lockdown lifestyle than it will be to boost activity to try to match pre-lockdown lifestyle. Weight control is practically entirely die
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by billmalarky 7y ago
Your last point speaks to me. I've become a bit disillusioned with how negative HN seems to have become. Yes I'm well aware this has long been an issue (see: famous HN post from Drew Houston announcing DropBox), but it feels ampli
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by billmalarky 7y ago
Well, it's the option. Retailers that compete on "experience" like Target etc will reinvest into a better customer experience. Retailers that compete on price like Aldis will focus solely on driving cost down.
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by billmalarky 7y ago
You're forgetting about growth. Is UBI possible today? Probably not. Quick googling (so take my numbers with a grain of salt but my point is to illustrate not be exact) says US economic growth the last 10 years has been ~45%. If that t
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by billmalarky 7y ago
Reminds me of the old phrase John Wanamaker coined in the late 1800s: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half."
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by billmalarky 7y ago
>Photographers get paid $1000+ and keep the copyright. Almost every other work-for-hire intellectual job involves an IP transfer. That probably means the wedding photography business is not actually sustainable at $1,000 per engagement (
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by billmalarky 7y ago
While I agree the US is not close to violent revolution, I would be wary of making that statement flippantly. Hong Kong appears to be at the beginnings of a violent revolution with close to the highest GDP per capita (higher than Japan&#x2F
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by billmalarky 7y ago
You should read up on how the cuban revolution was executed. You don't win revolutionary wars through brute force, you win them by getting public opinion on your side, which makes the current government in place illegitimate.
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by billmalarky 7y ago
If consciousness is a byproduct of advanced organization of organic matter, I imagine we can use technology to create simplified versions that lack the complexity required for consciousness while still being nutritious.
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by billmalarky 7y ago
>That said, that’s absolutely no argument for regulation. People should be free to entirely destroy themselves seeking short-term dopamine hits—if they so choose. It is staunchly immoral to impede them. This ignores the entire premise of
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by billmalarky 7y ago
>I think what people choose to eat is extremely personal to them. I'm glad you made a lifestyle choice that benefitted you, but I would shudder the thought of living in a society where the government tells you exactly what you can a
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by billmalarky 7y ago
"Really terrible" is a bit harsh imo but your comment is very insightful. Perhaps there is a middle ground? Some kind of novel solution that accounts for data coming from "real names" vs pseudonym differently?
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by billmalarky 7y ago
>I'm a sucker for games like Minecraft, Factorio, etc. Raising a garden is like a slow motion version of those things. It's a fusion of creative and scientific/engineering brains. It's great. I can't believe you
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by billmalarky 7y ago
Wikipedia's costs are extremely small relative the service usage. They don't have a lot of active development (relatively), and they don't need a ton of expensive infrastructure (relatively). Twitter's annual operating c
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by billmalarky 8y ago
Platforms like Spotify, YouTube, etc, are a marketing channel - not a revenue channel. They can be used effectively to develop an audience, but not to monetize it. For example see Pusheen the cat. Started off as a tumblr web comic/char
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by billmalarky 8y ago
>And it's been decades since he's been able to match the great returns he had very early in his career which he built his reputation on. Keep in mind it is much easier to get great returns when you are smaller. Put another way,
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by billmalarky 8y ago
This reminds me of Bill Gates comment that went something along the lines of "If they are going to be pirating software, I want them to be pirating _our_ software."
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by billmalarky 8y ago
I'd wager you are not a great representation of the market that 99% of apps serve. Apps abuse those features because it works well for their business.
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by billmalarky 8y ago
Typically a premium is paid on top of the current stock price any time one company acquires another company, which is the scenario you describe. >The target company's stock usually rises because the acquiring company has to pay a pr
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by billmalarky 8y ago
Anyone who claims making changes in healthcare is "trivial" doesn't know what they are talking about. Period. The political forces that oppose change in an industry that is incredibly rigid and risk averse (for obvious, albei
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by billmalarky 8y ago
Curious, are you using Mr. Money Mustache for that estimate? It seemed on point for this post: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-sim... If so you should probably update your comment to
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by billmalarky 8y ago
>like retraining people whose jobs have been automated away In the scenario I am describing, this is not possible. Yes I am aware of the luddites. I also strongly believe that a threshold exists where technology can outperform humans in
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by billmalarky 8y ago
>ask for money from the public I was under the impression ICOs could now only target accredited investors. In that sense it's really no different from raising capital the traditional way.
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by billmalarky 8y ago
>I don't know why anyone should feel entitled to economic growth if they didn't participate in it in any way. Tangentially related point: The problem occurs when advances in technology make it so the vast majority of humans are
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by billmalarky 8y ago
To be fair, they also had $700 MM in FB stock (now worth $4b according to the article), so there was incentive to help instagram succeed at FB.

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