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by deltree7 4y ago
If cryptoland is an island of it's own, it produces nothing that an outside consumer or corporation would pay money for. So, Revenue is $0 (sure there are intra-island transfers where some crypto-corp buys services from some other cryp
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by deltree7 4y ago
The second stimulus was a disaster. It has led to an unprecedented sticky-inflation that can only be brought down by inducing a recession. It's not that there were warned by prominent economists https://nymag.com/intell
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by deltree7 4y ago
tl;dr -- All trading strategies work, until they don't. And most people blow up their account, because their trading strategies worked for a long time.
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by deltree7 4y ago
In a digital world, with no financial penalties, it's easy to build reputation with 'spurious' transactions and exhaust that reputation for one "Large Evil Event" and rinse and repeat.
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Peter Schiff is charlatan and he is a grade A pessimist
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If Technological advances lead us to a world of abundance, then $2T doesn't matter. Also, military provides plenty of people to a) have a purpose b) be physically fit Military spending also provides stable economies for a lot of countr
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by deltree7 5y ago
This could have never happened if Jeff and Sanjay were 'working from home' https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/the-friendship... Who knows Google would have been an also-ran Search En
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by deltree7 5y ago
Except, you completely made up that probability
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by deltree7 5y ago
your worth to any innovative firm is definitely based on where you are located. On an average, Long Run, By collaborating with Silicon Valley minds, in-person, you'll generate more value than sitting Remote or hanging out in North Caro
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by deltree7 5y ago
Here's what ZERO of the doomer-preppers (including smart analysts and economists) don't get about inflation. When a US citizen earns an EXTRA dollar, they pay MARGINAL Tax on it (not average tax, but MARGINAL). The left (or right)
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by deltree7 5y ago
words have meaning and it also has context. Every time PG tweets, he can't give the entire context for everyone's benefits. You either get PG, Naval, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Tim Ferris, Musk, Bezos ... and understand where th
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by deltree7 5y ago
It's the opposite. Here's one of the tech influential thinkers literally opening his mind. But, no, we have to hate him and cancel him and pitchfork him.
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Nobody is preventing you from owning AMZN and be rich yourself.
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Remember there is also a supply-chain inefficiency that is eating away at your margins.
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by deltree7 5y ago
The most efficient way to solve climate change is to provide every user in the planet the exact amount of goods/services that solves a user's need at the exact time. This eliminates all the redundant transportation, housing, waste
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by deltree7 5y ago
It's not that simple. Every rack that is sitting there is an opportunity cost for another efficient or more profitable rack. So, there has to be smart calculation to make the keep/upgrade decision
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It's like you completely missed the point of Joel's blog
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Sure, people want simple, but simple is very subjective. I want simple, +Bluetooth Audio I want simple, +rear Camera I want simple, +Cruise Control I want simple, .... https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/03/23&#x2F
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by deltree7 5y ago
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/03/23/strategy-letter-iv...
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by deltree7 5y ago
ITT, Most HNers completely missing the nuance of Dan's post.
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even hello world needs feature improvements
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If your software is too perfect, almost always it needs new features. If it's too perfect and becomes popular then every user requests a new feature. So, there is no such thing as a perfect software/library being done.
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Nuance is, you don't even know what the end goal of the communication is. It's as dumb as mocking a scam email/phone call telling "You are so wrong about me". The end goal of the scammer is to make money for the tot
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by deltree7 5y ago
Exactly, everything is a Search problem. Most organizations (recruiters, sales) have their own efficient Search algorithms. Unless you know the intricacies of that, you deserve to be mocked for displaying ignorance. It's as dumb as moc
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by deltree7 5y ago
No, they get the paycheck to be effective in their process. And "Ha Ha Ha You, for not knowing that"
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and I mock you for being clueless about how mass outreach communications work
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If you are dealing with 1000s of cases, you can't apply nuances to every single of them. You are all are supposed to be smart software engineers. Probably know about pre-mature optimization and efficient path. Here's a secret abou
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by deltree7 5y ago
OK, a large corporation legal team doesn't understand the nuance of ownership of open-source software. Do we mock every single open source guy who displays the same amount of cluelessness about the inner workings of a business because
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It's just another hit piece to stay in relevance.
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by deltree7 5y ago
There are multiple philosophical points. For someone who lives/interacts with David Cox everyday, the loss is immense. But OP was referring to 'loss to the society'. When you bring in 'loss to the society', then it

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