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by dstroot 5y ago
Flying is a stretch here. Falling slowly is a better description. Interesting idea though!
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by dstroot 5y ago
58 year old MTB’er here. I was looking forward to getting an eMTB in a few years to keep riding. Feels like the window is closing as many place around me ban eBikes for the same reasons you describe. It’s going to be pretty disappointing if
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by dstroot 5y ago
Anyone else having the site crash on iOS Safari?
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by dstroot 5y ago
In my experience a new unicorn will never architect anything the requires a mainframe. It is the older banks and insurance companies that have workloads designed specifically for mainframes that have 30-40 years of development and maintena
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by dstroot 5y ago
"Guns don't kill people. People kill people." "Spyware doesn't spy on you. [Other] People spy on you." Guns are a much better analogy than cars.
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by dstroot 5y ago
Achieving 100m SQLite inserts in under a minute.
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by dstroot 5y ago
https://xkcd.com/327/ You mean "Bobby Tables"?
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by dstroot 5y ago
As an American I find being accused of being unAmerican is usually something I find humorous: 1) If you don't blow stuff up on 4th of of July you are unAmerican! 2) If you can't eat Hotdogs like Joey Chestnut you are unAmerican! 3
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by dstroot 5y ago
Would anyone like to expound on how productivity is being measured? What metrics are used? What unintended consequences come up from the metrics? Can they be gamed?
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by dstroot 5y ago
Can't upvote this enough.
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by dstroot 5y ago
The source is irrelevant to to the virulence. We were able to measure the virulence from the start. That should be the guide for our response. A natural virus could evolve to be very dangerous and a lab leak could give you a sore throat for
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by dstroot 5y ago
Media’s role is to a) entertain us, or b) inform us. Under a: say whatever gets you clicks. Period. Under b: hypotheses and theories cannot be reported as truths. Hard evidence is needed. There are two ways a virus evolves- naturally or gu
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by dstroot 5y ago
This is the most puzzling part of the story. These guys were evidently pretty skilled. I can see their servers being seized but I am struggling to figure out how they lost their currency. Did the Kremlin put a gun to their head and say “u
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by dstroot 5y ago
> I think it might catch on once we have some mature MySQL, Express.js, etc libraries. This resonates a lot with me. I first wrote nodejs apps not because of nodejs but rather because of Express. I could build a simple app very quickly,
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by dstroot 5y ago
I own two Tesla vehicles with FSD. One misconception by people without experience with Tesla is that it is not Human vs. Machine. Rather it is Human AND machine. In other words we are not at the point where the car drives itself, rather the
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by dstroot 6y ago
I came to say this. Well put. Take my vote. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/abandon...
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by dstroot 6y ago
I don’t believe that paying for your reputation was what the poster meant. Blockchain can be used for basically “write once” non-alterable records that you can prove you “own” without any currency aspects. That is basic blockchain tech. H
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by dstroot 6y ago
Voting up because this is the question we should be exploring. If you believe the thesis that inflation is here or due soon (I do) then what?
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by dstroot 6y ago
1. There is a processing delay whereby sensed data reaches the brain and the brain interprets it and creates “reality”. Thus your brain projects the future and is actually telling you what reality might be x msec in the future. This may re
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by dstroot 6y ago
The social aspect is huge in some organizations and I am glad you described it so well. I continue to see terrible ideas supported by rational people because of social position or social signaling. If they stand to gain from expressing sup
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by dstroot 6y ago
Eventually my brain turned off the zoom effect and switched to the feeling I was flyin/floating down a path. It felt more like forward motion. Weird but cool!
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by dstroot 6y ago
CIO in financial services here. Most security activity is/will be driven be external forces. Auditors, regulators, etc. This tends to drive organizations towards “checklist” security. Real security professionals know that it’s not rea
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by dstroot 6y ago
I loved del.icio.us. It was probably the first really popular non “.com” site and it was such a great concept. I even tried to build a personal clone later called “vizilinkz”. Ah good times...
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by dstroot 6y ago
I ask this as a non-Whatsapp user. I have read the comments and I understand in some countries (Brazil, Netherlands, etc.) that Whatsapp is the main tool for person to person and person to business communications. What I can't figure
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by dstroot 6y ago
In the not too distant past GitHub was hit by some massive DDOS attacks themselves.
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by dstroot 6y ago
Nathan Myhrvold - what an amazing man of many talents. I am amazed at his talents and interests and how he can push the boundaries in so many fields.
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by dstroot 6y ago
I never heard of anyone doing this. I did hear many people, myself included, who bought a Tesla and were delivered a brand new car with immediately noticeable quality issues. You are strongly pushed to “accept delivery” because a) you can a
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by dstroot 6y ago
My first suggestion is include a link in your post: https://opendeck.app/ Cheers!
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by dstroot 6y ago
>Hi guys, I am part of the team working on all things T2. So there is a team working on this? What is the incentive model? Are you paid to do this work? What is the revenue model? I woke up today learning my MacBook Pro is now substantia
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by dstroot 6y ago
This is so spot on. My family tech support goes EXACTLY like this. Once I get them to actually articulate the issue I usually just google it and after I help them I send them the google search.

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