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by burkemw3 9y ago
Matt Levine at Money Stuff has a recurring comment of (US) securities laws being the best tool currently available for what many people view as social issues. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-01-25&#x2F
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by burkemw3 9y ago
There is also [Detroit-style pizza][]. Buddy's is great. I've enjoyed Emmy Squared in NYC, and I'm looking to make one following the [Serious Eats guide][] sometime this year. [Detroit-style pizza]: https://en.wiki
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I understand part of the scalability concern being about the physical network capabilities ("Today's networking ecosystem evolved for the client-server model, what kind of problems could this create for switching to peer-to-peer m
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I use dryer balls to prevent stiff clothes and static: eg https://www.amazon.com/Dryer-Balls-Count-Assorted-Colors/dp/...
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by burkemw3 9y ago
A few random thoughts: IPFS sounds a lot like what you want. Tahoe LAFS plays in this space a bit The newer distributed file systems I've seen don't like permissions. They like cryptographically-backed capabilities. You have the p
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by burkemw3 9y ago
For me, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I think of Bob as a team communication tool. Hopefully, most people on the team are familiar with Bob. When I'm working with someone else on that critical thinking thing about the end product, I can ask "What about Bob?" and
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by burkemw3 9y ago
In my experience as a Brooklynite, the time trade-offs really depend on the time of day. Outside of commuting hours, taking a car is usually faster than taking a subway for me. There are, of course, other benefits of the subway, including l
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I've never heard of statista. I'm interested in hearing experiences and opinions from anyone that uses it! Why is it useful for you? How does it compare to other sources for you?
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I have read here that the commercial market has competition [0]. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15926613
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by burkemw3 9y ago
There is some related (old) discussion in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7699862 . That posts link is dead, but the wayback machine is awesome: https://web.archive.org/web/20140828011618/http:
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Google Fiber did some variety of this: > Google Fiber works better when communities are connected together. So we’ve divided Kansas City into small communities we call “fiberhoods.” We’ll install only where there’s enough interest, and w
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I viewed sports as a major obstacle for people ceasing their cable television subscription. I think YouTube TV offers a viable option for this now. So, work on that referral from your ISP to YouTube TV!
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by burkemw3 9y ago
It goes the other way too, with military surgeons getting training in US cities: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intense-training-for-military-s...
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by burkemw3 9y ago
ledger-autosync [0] does similar things with more data sources available [0]: https://github.com/egh/ledger-autosync
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I've used ifttt monitoring rss feeds and pushing articles to Pocket for offline reading
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I enjoyed this explanation of crowd-sourcing, especially the featured angel I see that does exercise with this: "I'll bike north in Central Park to an empty station, then run back down the park and repeat a few times."
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How CitiBike (NYC) crowd-sources bike distribution(bikeangels.citibikenyc.com)
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I have heard from people that military strength (including force projection) and intelligence gathering benefits a nation. Releasing the code (and thus methods) related to that strength would decrease some of those benefits. I am not trying
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Looks like this is a new site. The previous 'post' focused on apartments was discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14821478
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I imagined the tea pot spout being longer than the paired tea cup. It isn't clear if this is the case or not. Pouring might still be workable from an edge, but I'd consider it broken if the spout doesn't fit in the cup.
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Some shipping networks may be more amenable to swapping than consumer markets, too. If I were swapping batteries, I would have some concern about the condition that battery was in. In the consumer market, it's hard to manage that in a
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I have heard Eric Schmidt say that he discusses Google's preference for on-site employees in _How Google Works_. I cannot comment on what or how much he discusses. That said, my personal experience at Google has been flexible. Most peo
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by burkemw3 9y ago
In addition to selling purchase history, CC companies may also be (at least partially) funding the rewards with transaction fees. Some cards (e.g. Amazon Store Card) get you relatively high rewards at a specific vendor (Amazon). I predict t
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by burkemw3 9y ago
Google Search, Gmail, Hacker News, Reddit, WSJ, NY Times, Google Play Music
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I hadn't heard of skip locked before, and very much enjoyed this article walking through it for postgres: https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/what-is-select-skip-locked-for-...
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by burkemw3 9y ago
IPFS [0] and it's sibling Filecoin [1] are dealing in a very similar space as your wonderings [0]: https://ipfs.io/ [1]: https://filecoin.io/
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by burkemw3 9y ago
My anecdotal NYC experience has been that private cars are useful for leaving the city (upstate, Long island, Jersey shore, etc) and occasional off-peak trips. The outer parts of the boroughs can also be far from transit, and cars don'
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by burkemw3 9y ago
You (and children) may be interested in ofxclient: https://github.com/captin411/ofxclient
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by burkemw3 9y ago
I notice a big difference based on where I am. NYC, Bay Area: full-timers. Mid-west, PNW: "casual" part-timers

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