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   by cujic9 9y ago

   Just switched to Vim after a decade of using Emacs. The switch was one part of a larger life goal to simplify and embrace minimalism. I think this shift in mindset was an essential part of being able to learn Vim. In Emacs, I had dozens of
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   I disagree with his "charisma is bullshit" thesis. All skills have extreme outliers. There was the fastest sprinter in your high school, and then there is Usain Bolt. Similarly, there was the most charismatic guy you've ever
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15413194
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   I feel like this is fairly innocent -- just another tech-illiterate old guy befuddled by all this whizbang technology. And that's worrying. We need to raise our expectations for our leaders, especially those with high security clearanc
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   I expect that establishing an extrinsic reward (ie: money) will be hugely demotivating and actually diminish activity. Social media become a lot less fun when an hour's worth of effort "earns" you $0.07. Also, they should exp
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   Hopefully your last point gets remembered at upcoming elections.
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   I can't decide whether this is a) good marketing by the Ethereum foundation, or b) Bloomberg waving the crypto flag to attract eyeballs. In either case, zero-knowledge proofs, while necessary for putting trades onto the blockchain, are
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   I'm making the point that these two optimizations should be fairly similar, but they are not.
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   by cujic9 9y ago

   I'm not convinced that these "computers in the classroom" programs actually help students learn. Computers are a great lever for amplifying effort when producing something (ie: a "bicycle for the mind"). But techn
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    by cujic9 9y ago

    Probably not a surprise, but this also applies to value investing. If you construct a perfect portfolio using god-like knowledge of a company's performance as measured by future free cashflow then you will also have drawdowns and dow