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by dataker 11y ago
"One" can buy a doctorate degree, but most can't test out of a simple 4-years bachelor's degree. Isn't it hypocritical?
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Why Programmers Thrive(sumof.xyz)
5 points by dataker 11y ago|3 comments
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by dataker 11y ago
I do find this to be disgusting, but I'd like to point out Wikipedia articles have become quite biased in the past years. If content was based on purely factual information and opinions were contrasted/highlighted, Russia would ha
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by dataker 11y ago
QE is 'over'(for now), but it has shaped today's economy. There may have QE4. Artificially low interest rates is the main cause of most malinvestment and inflating assets. Usually ends with a pretty rough recession. For debt,
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by dataker 11y ago
Regardless of your ideological background, you cannot possibly assert the U.S economy is healthy. 0% interest rate for several years is not healthy. QE is not healthy. 100+ % debt:GDP ration is not healthy. Inflating assets is not healthy.
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by dataker 11y ago
I'm assuming the Fed will not raise interest rates now.
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by dataker 11y ago
It's not so uncommon to see something like that. Although somewhat different, Berkshire Hathaway has its own stock and holdings in other companies such as Kraft or Coca-Cola.
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by dataker 11y ago
I wonder if 'leaked' could've been replaced by 'announced'
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by dataker 11y ago
Work never ends. If we 'developed' the world, why not develop other planets and so on and so forth. Your utopia is close to North Korea's.
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by dataker 11y ago
All of this discussion brings me to the Stanford Prison Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment In such hierarchical systems, the issue goes beyond abuse itself, bringing deinvidualization a
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by dataker 11y ago
Just as bad, I see many developers leaving their Rails app with production secret key. It just takes more time.
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by dataker 11y ago
True. Also, many parts of North Bay are fairly affordable, but commuting time may be as much as ~1h with no public transportation.
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by dataker 11y ago
Both Olympics and World Cup antidemocratic means for corruption, but are justified with a phony belief in nationalism and keynesianism. Brazil was the perfect example of how these events can hurt citizens and the economy: http://
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by dataker 11y ago
Reference to contrast arguments http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_3/colleg... http://i.huffpost.com/gen/926781/thumbs/s-COLLEGE-TEXTBOOKS-...
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by dataker 11y ago
Ad hominem. One could argue the same about Paul Krugman.
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by dataker 11y ago
This is a very simplistic view of capitalism and ignores larger issues. One ignored issue is inflation itself. Although it had a profound impact in the middle class, it has nothing to do with 'evil business owners' trying to make
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by dataker 11y ago
The only jobs you need a college education are the ones that are highly technical, leaning towards Academia. Most engineers and analysts could learn on the job or with specializations(no longer than a few months).
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by dataker 11y ago
Might be a rare experience, but as a South American in an U.S university, I couldn't relate to many American Latinos for their neurotic concern with micro aggressions. Jokes that would be seen as amusing in my country were taken as a p
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Hackers broadcast porn on TV screens at Brazil bus depot(news.yahoo.com)
2 points by dataker 11y ago|0 comments
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by dataker 11y ago
When most women think " Ew, a dadbod" ,it's expected they will encounter the most "despicable" kind of men. Such paradigm is not a consequence of a misogyny; quite the other way around. Downvoting me won't chan
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by dataker 11y ago
Simple explanation by quoting Nick Szabo: "Smart contracts go beyond the vending machine in proposing to embed contracts in all sorts of property that is valuable and controlled by digital means." http://szabo.best.vwh.
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by dataker 11y ago
Did you use/abuse caffeine/ritalin/..?
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by dataker 11y ago
I just can't see it as something positive. This is signaling that monopolies have massive power in their industry horizontals. 'To compete', they must take over another industry horizontal.
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by dataker 11y ago
There's a difference between natural monopolies and government-backed/tied monopolies.
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Show HN: Install Fonts in one command(github.com)
1 points by dataker 11y ago|0 comments
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by dataker 11y ago
I'd criticize the methodology of such survey. Asking 'Is FB the internet?' has different meaning in these countries.
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by dataker 11y ago
A major problem while discussing inequality is that many lose objectivity and start blaming X/Y party. Whether right or left, I can think of a dozen issues both could work on: end lobbying; lower taxes for, at least, the middle class;
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by dataker 11y ago
While in SV, I couldn't understand the hate towards East Bay: it's fairly priced, close to the 'hub' and not as violent as otherwise portrayed. Could anyone elaborate?
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by dataker 11y ago
A large reason for that is a leveraged economy. I still remember how hard it was to build up enough credit to move beyond prepaid cellphones.
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Ask HN: Do remote workers need a H1-B visa?
1 points by dataker 11y ago|2 comments

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