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by di456 4y ago
Humans have a soft spot for snake oil. Always have, always will. "If it sounds too good to be true" vs "but everyone else is doing it"
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by di456 4y ago
Banking is basically nationalized now. The government outsourced this responsibility to the Federal Reserve at the same time that a federal income tax began. There are 3 main ways to balance a government budget. Spend less, raise more fund
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by di456 4y ago
It's nice to see this on the white collar side. On the blue collar side, I heard from a friend in a union skilled labor role that the quality bar is very low for some skilled trades in some US regions. Showing up to work on time and s
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by di456 4y ago
An alternative is to give the candidate a choice of a live coding exercise or a take home project. Some people work better one way or the other. It sets them up for success rather than making a take home project an arbitrary filter. And I
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by di456 4y ago
What prevented an IPO?
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by di456 4y ago
What if we can see things on the solar system plane because of some yet to be discovered laws of multidimensional physics that hide other objects from detection that live outside the plane. Maybe an infinite multiverse is all around us and
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by di456 4y ago
What's the tech war?
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by di456 4y ago
Just want to call out that these bank related threads related to SVB fallout are full of disinformation and some scammers. Be careful and check/ask for sources.
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by di456 4y ago
I wish there were more websites like it or an easy way to find them. Maybe there's a business case for it, like an index of web pages. /s But seriously, are there any good search engines of text only or mostly text websites?
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by di456 4y ago
> They get a lot of press and mindshare, especially in SV, but the majority of internet-adjacent companies and engineers are not involved in the search, content, or advertising industries. This is a pretty big divergence from GP's c
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by di456 4y ago
There was some tail wagging the dog. Depositors wanted to be made whole because the bank had to disclose bond sale, bond purchase, and stock sale activities as a package deal. Each activity individually might have snuck under the radar, b
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by di456 4y ago
No, it was because they sold the bonds at a loss, triggering a loss of confidence and a bank run.
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by di456 4y ago
No, this is damage control to stop contagion. This does nothing for SVB, it's depositors, or shareholders. it's to extend credit with backing of certain assets as collateral to avoid forced sale of said assets and more bank failur
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by di456 4y ago
> The commercialisation of the internet was a mistake. The irony off posting this on a VC website that make money off the commercialisation of the internet.
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by di456 4y ago
This is the only way. The moment that the government guarantees or bails out deposits above the FDIC limit, taxpayers assume all risk over the entire banking sector and losses are socialized. That would be the official start of the end of
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by di456 4y ago
The notion of managing "core" inflation ignores huge cost increases for housing, energy, education, and healthcare All of those are to me basic infrastructure to support a healthy economy.
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by di456 4y ago
You will look buffer for sure
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by di456 4y ago
Aka operating cash
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by di456 4y ago
Physical retail had grown on me lately. It's usually faster to go in, get what I need, and make it home. Especially for commodity household items.
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by di456 4y ago
Thanks for this, super insightful perspective
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by di456 4y ago
Is the app required for a return or can you use your credit card to enter? I've always just used my credit card to enter but have never done a return at one.
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by di456 4y ago
Interesting. What kinds of software get this level of audit scrutiny?
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by di456 4y ago
> the features that make Python quite good at prototyping make it rather bad at auditing for safety and security What's an example that makes it bad? Is it a case of the wrong tool for the job? For example I understand that garbage
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by di456 4y ago
Fly.io is also running firecracker vm's
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by di456 4y ago
> Vertical farming makes sense when energy is cheaper than what we get from the sun that's just part of it. Closer to the poles, away from the equator, there isn't enough sun to have a winter growing season. The energy, expens
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by di456 4y ago
Maybe it's not dismissive. Both are evil on a spectrum. One does not negate the plightgs of the other.
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by di456 4y ago
> Customer list with name, monthly revenue, contract termination date and any other fields if relevant. Could you compare and contrast this analysis for companies with a small number of large customers, vs a large number of small custome
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by di456 4y ago
Amazon never cared about profit, only free cash flow. They kept profits low because every penny of earnings got reinvested back into the business.
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by di456 4y ago
It boils at 7.88°F. It sounds like without pressurization or chilling the risk of an explosive release was deemed higher than the risk of burning it.
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by di456 4y ago
Is the salt content low enough? Too much salt can make soil infertile.

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