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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
> For more than 40 years the court had allowed some positive discrimination I’m not a fan of the term “positive discrimination” at all. It tries to hide the fact that the “positive” effect to one group is necessarily at the expense of an
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Congratulations to him! That's an amazing accomplishment. There's a lesson in this line > For more than a year and a half, Larsen couldn’t stop thinking about a certain math problem. It's rare to be able to focus on someth
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
the fact that an article taking Warhol’s side omits the actual pictures is telling
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Something I'm still hung up on about the "promotion then bounce" strategy is wouldn't having a history of launches followed by fizzle-outs actually look bad on your resume? Sure, they launched Stadia and then went somewh
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Can someone who knows about US law explain why it's easier to change procedure and introduce case randomization than to simply sack the judge for handling cases in an obviously biased way?
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
What are the negative stereotypes you associate with Rust and Rust programmers?
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Well put. Intentions can start off genuine, where the non builder truly believes the processes and barriers they set up improve building (and early on it's usually true), but it easily morphs into a tool for maintaining power and influ
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French Embassy U.S. tweets “Revolution”(twitter.com)
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Ask HN: Why can't we comment on “X is Hiring” posts?
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Tether will not freeze Tornado Cash addresses(tether.to)
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CbETH White Paper(coinbase.com)
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Porn addiction is already a serious problem for many people. Combine an enhanced version of this model with TikTok style delivery and I’m very fearful of the end result. It’ll be the equivalent of crack in terms of the dopamine rush.
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
For now..
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
How do you replicate water cooler talk in a fully remote environment? Do people do work while tuned in to a meeting where anyone can drop in and talk to them?
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Parallel Identity Token(developer.parallelmarkets.com)
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Amusing Ourselves to Death(en.wikipedia.org)
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
The numbers are mind boggling. Airpods alone does more revenue than Twitter, Spotify, and Square combined [1]. And that was back in 2020.. [1] https://www.acumenfinancial.co.uk/advice/airpods-revenue-vs-...
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
When you say "artificial digital scarcity" are you referring to bitcoin's supply limit, or are you making a general statement about cryptocurrencies?
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Complicating the problem is at least one large validator (Coinbase) has stated that they would shut down their staking business instead of sanctioning at the base layer [1] [1] https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
I once heard (not sure if it's true) that the Islamic rule for not eating pork was mostly a practical one, because at the time the rule was formulated it was easier to get sick from eating pork relative to other meats.
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
It sounds like you're looking for a job where you'll be constantly challenged? A small startup (small enough that you can know every employee well) is good for that. Another suggestion is to befriend people you find interesting an
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
I don't think you're wrong to say that if we keep dumping CO2 into the atmosphere then we're _eventually_ going warm the planet to the point predicted in the article. But > 10 years out, unpredictable technological innovat
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Exactly. It's hard to take any prediction more than 5-10 years into the future seriously. Not because the predictors are being insincere or deceptive, just the inherent inability for prediction models to account for unknown unknowns.
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Finance exists to enable a society made up of Reds to consistently choose Green(twitter.com)
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
Really astounding that a supposed philanthropist can write a letter like this and at the same time allegedly dedicate her life to improving people's welfare (the definition of philanthropy). I get that objecting to the housing developm
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
But this only works as long as the property's price is depreciating. Don't property prices generally trend up over time?
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
After seeing all the DALL-E 2 posts it's pretty clear that interacting with it is an art and not a science. If black box AI continues to improve I predict an emerging profession of "AI Prompters" whom others will pay to get t
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
The discrimination based on accent is obvious to me but the food surprises me.. what kind of food from that region is looked down upon on the coasts?
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The Trouble with Optionality(thecrimson.com)
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by dgs_sgd 4y ago
From personal experience I believe the "runner's high" is very real. It didn't happen often, but sometimes 40-60 minutes in to a long run I would enter a state of flow and euphoria. It felt like I was effortlessly glidin

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