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by dharma1 8y ago
I’m surprised central banks haven’t become involved in digital currency before. I guess software isn’t their core competence. I guess if anyone can pull it off the swedes will. And I don’t think they are offering a replacement to physical c
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by dharma1 8y ago
Touche. I think perf is becoming less of an issue, it's more about design challenges around touch/pointer UI density, screen real estate (depending on what the range of supported screen sizes should be)
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by dharma1 8y ago
I worked on Ubuntu Touch (specifically convergence) for a few years. I think it's really interesting what Apple are trying to do (with Marzipan, pro apps for iPad, desktop level SoC's) but I think they still have a couple of years
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by dharma1 8y ago
When playing software instruments with latency, most people say the threshold for percieving the latency is between 10-30ms
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by dharma1 8y ago
https://www.recode.net/2018/2/5/16974032/this-is-where-chart...
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by dharma1 8y ago
Just yesterday I was watching his interview from a couple of years ago (in Finnish, sadly he doesn't do many of those any more). He credited having a fair amount of free time during his 8 years of studying at University of Helsinki bei
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by dharma1 8y ago
It is curious how carbon based life that existed in the past (dead plants and animals in the form of oil) is the catalyst for carbon based life wiping itself out in the future. I wonder if this ultimately also happens on other planets with
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by dharma1 8y ago
I guess in the case of humans we have partly outpaced natural selection - nature hasn't had time to optimise for the reality we are creating, it's too slow. Short term impulses which have worked great (until now) still govern our
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by dharma1 8y ago
Could not agree more with this. Evolution on Earth has had a very long time to develop super advanced nanotechnology, which we understand and utilise very poorly and are destroying forever - for what? More beef on the plate, palm oil for pr
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by dharma1 8y ago
As far a noise sound quality for cancelling wireless closed headphones go, the Sony's are the best along with Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 on-ear. There are of course much better headphones, and I wouldn't call them audiophile headphon
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by dharma1 8y ago
I like it but not enough to change my current account
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by dharma1 8y ago
Like others have said, US is big market. For revenue I think Monzo's plan has been to become a financial hub/broker for anything from consumer loans to mortgages to utilities, without offering the services themselves. If you have
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by dharma1 8y ago
What are you using now for business banking? I would like 1) and 2) also.
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by dharma1 8y ago
Bank transfers are pretty painful, especially when you need the top-up right away. I would happily pay for the card transaction for the convenience, if it's an unsustainable cost for them.
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by dharma1 8y ago
I've pretty much stopped using Monzo after they removed the card topups. I used to use it all the time while traveling, and usually top up on the spot when the funds on the account run out and I needed to pay for something. Bank transf
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by dharma1 8y ago
Nice hack, thanks!
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by dharma1 8y ago
Hammers don't have unexpected, wide reaching consequences generations down the line, by which time it's too late to do anything about it. Hammers don't also fundamentally change the course of evolution. It's like compari
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by dharma1 8y ago
It's curious such a simple thing (a heart or like button) causes addiction. Social acceptance must be deeply wired in to our reward system
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by dharma1 8y ago
I also wonder if AGI (if we get that far) will use money
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by dharma1 8y ago
I did this recently when I was renovating our new house and we hadn't moved our furniture in. Yoga mat and thin duvet as a mattress. Had a bit of pain (but good kind of pain) first night, but noticed my back pain which I've had fo
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Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere(bbc.co.uk)
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by dharma1 8y ago
That's right, and you won't have the carbon emissions that happen right now with annual grains from tillage/erosion/too much fertiliser. Soil has a carbon budget but I'm not sure saturation is an issue - that's
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by dharma1 8y ago
What do you think about perennial grains that sequester carbon underground, like Kernza? https://www.greenbiz.com/article/could-perennial-grains-be-n...
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by dharma1 8y ago
I don't think you need fart bags, cows fed seaweed emit significantly less methane - https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-eating-seaweed-can-help-c... . Cattle is one main reason, second one is clearing forest for ind
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by dharma1 8y ago
If Carbon Engineering can really scale (and they can reduce costs to below $100 / tonne of CO2) - why not just pour money into them?
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by dharma1 8y ago
p2p trades
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by dharma1 8y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/HMDprogramming Doesn't really compete with a regular keyboard+monitor in terms of ergonomics/eye health/fatigue/input methods right now. Maybe in 5 years
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by dharma1 8y ago
Will biodegradable plastics solve plastic waste eventually? What are the main blockers stopping this from happening sooner rather than later?
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by dharma1 8y ago
999999%
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by dharma1 8y ago
I thought the same. I mean it's terrible what happened, and it's obvious SA isn't exactly a moral beacon, far from it - but China, Russia and many other countries do this type of thing all the time without the world blinking

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