cynicalbastard

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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
> I was told once by a proficient pistol shooter that he ignored where the front sight was on the target, and paid attention only to the alignment of the two sights relative to each other. Since he did in fact hit the target, is the &q
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
it's relevant because the people who write the billion dollar checks don't want to bother with the risk.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
> That's not the case with encryption. sure it isn't.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
yeah, we're in agreement. there will be no overthrow, instead the government (and all governments) will simply take away more and more of your rights, until they're all gone. both the ones you like, and the ones you don't l
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
> If we could restrict the use of encryption by the bad guys without compromising it's use by the good guys oh, don't you worry, the politicians will do it anyway, with much public support, and then you will sound like the cr
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
> So if I go crazy armed with military grade encryption, how many school kids can I kill before the cops get me? don't worry, i suspect your government will be ramming this answer down your throat by year's end.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
building the actual application is like 10% of starting a business, and businesses that need applications built are probably only 10% of businesses in general. let's be generous, and say it's 25% each. i know this is impossible f
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
it isn't that. my dad worked in biochemistry and that's what i'm talking about. my shitty screwdrivers have the smell you're talking about.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
is that the nasty sour smelling chemical? sort of like sulfur, vinegar, burnt gunpowder, and vodka, mixed together? i used to get a whiff of it at my dad's bench at his workplace.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
it runs the local contents of ./my-setup-script.sh on the remote server in a way that escapes all the special characters so they don't do unexpected things.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
i learned this the hard way, after doing what the coin said, and having to reverse course a couple of times. on minor stuff only, of course. on anything important i'll sleep on it and the answer will usually come to me the next day o
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
for many, the san jose part comes on monday morning.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
don't forget about the irish coffees and overpriced mediocre croissants. or pretending not to be alcoholics at brunch the next morning, with 5 of your closest enablers, slamming bottomless mimosas and bloody marys. do this while talk
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
he was tolerable even five years ago!
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
> That means everybody gets diluted including the founders, the angels, the VCs, and yes the employees too. founders, angels, and early round VCs can simply issue themselves more stock from the pool of unissued shares to counteract dil
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
> Journalists definitely like to hear themselves talk, even when formulating questions while moderating a discussion. slightly off topic, but with the rise of ubiquitous audio/video and the interview/discussion/panel for
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
i used to think that, but now i'm not so sure. his free climbs are basically choreographed down to the inch, well ahead of time. that is a completely different thing than just going up because he's in a good mood and thinks he ca
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
consider getting the cable that connects iphone to camera. it's $30 but pretty useful. you can transfer/edit on phone, and upload directly to its permanent home in cloud storage. probably won't work for a professional but i
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
i hope you've looked into minimizing the property tax liabilities for when that house gets transferred to you.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
his youtube lectures and interviews are also good. i wouldn't advise sharing his findings with most other people though, especially those who are prone to get swept up with the prevailing beliefs on things like low-fat eating and/
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
> You're arguing that the price of the car going up or down makes a difference for the decision if you should use a loan or not to buy it. no i'm not. i said condition B is often present in condition A, and that given A, you&#
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
so, i have to ask: do you like the taste of peanuts/peanut butter now?
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
california isn't a country.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
robocalls are made by war dialers.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
uh, no, the bank will loan you the money no matter what, as long as they think you can pay it back or you can put up collateral to forfeit in case of default. they're not in the speculation game, they're in the loan making game.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
yes they are. rich people get loans to buy expensive things instead of giving up the cash, often collateralized by their other toys/stock/trust fund/whatever. rich people also overspend, over-leverage, and overindulge just
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
i think everyone knows poison is bad, but the question is, how much is proven to cause problems? chlorinated pools are also full of poison but that isn't really an issue.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
almost certainly not.
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by cynicalbastard 9y ago
yeah sorry, not everyone's a liquid millionaire and can eat buffalo mozzarella whenever they please. we'll try to work harder and make more money, to be more like you, so we can have excellent gourmand-level taste 24/7.