dkural

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by dkural 6y ago
Oh wow! So a major downside of saving money for the future is, I don't get to spend it now huh? What an eye-opener.
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by dkural 6y ago
They tried it, didn't work as well!
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by dkural 6y ago
The Ito calculus being applicable for solving Black-Scholes might be a better example for the original question :) I am not sure it's better if that was not invented - the question of option pricing doesn't go away, it's a fu
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by dkural 6y ago
Welding actually has many specialized tools and processes, alloys also evolve. Tools have different trade-offs, and a large number of geometric and performance considerations - from environmental concerns (how much oil will spill?) to envir
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by dkural 6y ago
When one guy is hitting another one in the head, a "this is not my concern" stance tends to benefit the guy doing the hitting.
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The $47T Heist(thetyee.ca)
26 points by dkural 6y ago|5 comments
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Bezos Earth Fund has yet to announce a single grant(heated.world)
23 points by dkural 6y ago|4 comments
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by dkural 6y ago
Marc Esserman is an entertaining streamer of chess in twitch, with music, tennis and world class chess.
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Glossary of Leaf Morphology(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by dkural 6y ago|0 comments
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A City Is Not a Tree(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by dkural 6y ago|0 comments
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by dkural 6y ago
They'll have to renounce their US citizenship. And the wealth will get reinvested in wherever it produces the highest returns, like it already is right now.
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by dkural 6y ago
The author has no idea what he's writing about, calling it a "graphene" network, and several awkward phrasings about dark matter etc. Read the papers instead.
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by dkural 6y ago
from the article: "Interestingly, protective variants near FOXO3 are associated with a reduction in metabolic syndrome, but also with a reduction in cognitive ability."
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by dkural 6y ago
Thank you!
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by dkural 6y ago
I see. I think we agree actually!
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by dkural 6y ago
Identity politics simply demands a better future for people belonging to identity X. It doesn't necessarily advocate that people of identity X should have properties A, B, C. This is for a simple reason: You want to attract the maximu
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by dkural 6y ago
I understand what you're trying to say - but that is not what identity politics is, per se (I'm not advocating for identity politics either). The usual criticism of identity politics comes from proponents of class-based politics:
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by dkural 6y ago
All the more reason not to close a perfectly fine nuclear plant.
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by dkural 6y ago
Can you point to any specific and concrete safety issue? (as opposed to, without any evidence, questioning the integrity of the people trying to reduce CO2 emissions by extending the lifetime of existing nuclear plants).
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by dkural 6y ago
There are so many grave misunderstandings of monetary theory, how government functions, or the net value of services provided for government in that article. It's fun to watch them get bent out of shape to justify their actions. In a w
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by dkural 6y ago
Relevant background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrim...
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by dkural 6y ago
CEOs tend to hire sub-par "experienced" replacement who often don't care as much about the company as the in-house manager that they've just replaced. I found many larger-co managers to be far too hands off, and having d
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by dkural 6y ago
If it is not RSUs - and just options, and you have 3 months to decide if to exercise your options with a bunch of $$, when co is years away from IPO... for most, it means walking away from the equity.
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by dkural 6y ago
History can be and often is a narrative. Otherwise, especially for the most recent centuries, we'd get buried in mountains of facts. However, some of these narratives are more true than others, despite whatever flavor of post-modernism
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by dkural 6y ago
It's not. US tried to stay out of both World Wars, and was very cooperative with Stalin at the end of WWII. It was dragged into Vietnam by the French. North Korea attacked first. The wars in the Middle East after 9/11, you're
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by dkural 6y ago
It wasn't banned until 1943. Thank you for reading my comment.
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by dkural 6y ago
I respect your view. I enjoyed reading Hesse when I did; read 3 of his books; SteppenWolf, Glass Bead Game, Siddhartha. There are many nice ideas in them. I simply don't adore his writings the way many do, however. My views changed as
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by dkural 6y ago
I used to like Herman Hesse, and gradually realized the straight line from Hesse to Nazism. His distinct lack of human understanding is what bothers me at core. His female characters barely exist except as mirages in the eyes of men, and hi
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by dkural 6y ago
That's an excellent point, and most likely lost on 99.99% of tech enthusiasts. If I could get people in science and engineering to understand one concept deeply, that'd be it - that grand narratives of progress are often used as t
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by dkural 6y ago
So what's the defense?

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