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by dontscale 11y ago
I didn't read the article that way, and it resonated with my sentiments. I tried using docker a while ago, and I never grokked the shipping container analogy -- why it's so much better than some VM's and deployment scripts. I
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by dontscale 11y ago
The tone of the article is objective, but surely Coindesk has an interest in Bitcoin Classic. I read it as nothing more than propaganda. I don't have a side one way or another, and I don't own bitcoin. But, it's ridiculous to
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by dontscale 11y ago
Original value 33, corrected 1.8 The post should be titled: Bill Ackman has a field day
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by dontscale 11y ago
Do a google search for Charlie munger reading list and you'll uncover gems like Influenc, guns germs and steel, poor Charlie's almanac
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by dontscale 11y ago
Very good articulation. I thought I was in the know of how bad it was as a techie, but it sounds like a giant prank the way it's unraveling.
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Groupon Sued by IBM over patents [pdf](docs.dpaq.de)
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by dontscale 11y ago
I think people care about it as much as probably something like bitcoins. The chance of it directly influencing their lives is small.
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by dontscale 11y ago
"While Apple CEO Tim Cook has consistently argued that unlocking one device would set a dangerous precedent, Gates doesn't believe that it would. He argues that Apple has access to the information, but that they are declining to p
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by dontscale 11y ago
Drumbeat 2000
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by dontscale 11y ago
> I think it may be the case that mainframes, or things that look like mainframes, will always be around. It's also easy to imagine a future where compute workloads begin to dramatically trail behind compute power and space requirem
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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Is Going Online(abcnews.go.com)
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EBay Pivots Away from Big Retail, CEO Tells Wall Street(ecommercebytes.com)
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by dontscale 11y ago
No. You'd have to roll your own using nvp TransactionSearch api with BalanceAffecting transaction. Also you'd have to do currency conversions on your own
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by dontscale 11y ago
When bluemix started out on day one, I didn't know what the heck was going on. When I look at that list now, I'm impressed with the cohesion of the services presented. I see bluemix, Twitter insights, weather insights, and a lot o
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by dontscale 11y ago
Regarding some of the Buffett posts, he has been reading the IBM annual report for 50 years. Other major investments he owns, like Wells Fargo and BNSF, are major IBM customers. He once said Wells Fargo's largest expense is paid out to
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by dontscale 11y ago
Bookmark
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by dontscale 11y ago
Oh gosh, I didn't realize how heinous that video was until just now. Uber ego.
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by dontscale 11y ago
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. The only question is: When?
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by dontscale 11y ago
This is OT, but can anyone name the office chair in this photo in the article? http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/12/IMG_3... I'd like to research it because it has high l
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by dontscale 11y ago
this is great advice in general even if you're not feeling particularly burnt. doing the easiest one first gives you the momentum to do the rest.
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by dontscale 11y ago
Nice. Great way to shit on OP and steal his/her thunder under the guise of being helpful with alternatives. "...I was simply (insert BS justification here)." Sure you were.
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by dontscale 11y ago
You don't need to give lexcorvus a hard time. Isn't it evident from his/her personality that he/she has enough of those already?
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by dontscale 11y ago
presumably the way you'd write a table-based report by interpreting some raw data source, but you'd use natural language for the presentation. i could see a.i. coming into play with subjective stories, but earnings reports can be
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by dontscale 11y ago
lol, oh yeah ;)
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by dontscale 11y ago
You're an inspiration. Keep up the great work!
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by dontscale 11y ago
git stash?
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by dontscale 11y ago
It's an interesting exposé. It'd be prudent to release the full document. I'd like to see management discussion (if any) around the "Product" expense line item of 47M.
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by dontscale 11y ago
Thank you Hugh. I thought about pronoun choice when I wrote that. I was deliberating between 'her' or 'him or her'. The problem I had with the former is I always notice when male writers do it--I can tell it's delib
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by dontscale 11y ago
This is really insightful. The psychological factor you mention bears the most weight in terms of getting started. So, people should change the way they think about starting. Building an app by yourself isn't cap intensive like buildin