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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
I couldn’t disagree more with this. A meaningful connection to your output is important, but most jobs are bullshit and won’t satisfy that need. Leaving a cushy job to pursue that is rarely a good idea. The grandparent post is right - get a
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
I’m a developer at Morgan Stanley. The layoffs were largely targeted at technology and operations in New York and London, including a significant chunk of middle management. Word is that there could be more in January/March targeting l
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
Recursive types were added in Typescript 3.7. Hopefully Python takes a page from their book.
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
I thought capitalism was all about rational self-interest. If there’s no government interference, what incentive is there to behave ethically? As far as I can tell the answer is “none” and that’s what we see playing out over and over again.
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
I feel badly for the employees. SoftBank, not so much.
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
Given the extensive market manipulation and liquidation of margin traders in cryptocurrency, probably nothing that can be shared publicly.
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
When’s the ICO?
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
There is a point where the combination of heat and humidity means that humans can’t cool themselves adequately and die, even in the shade. This is happening more and more, and seems likely to start happening in places like eastern China and
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
What do you think happens if we don’t dramatically reduce our carbon emissions in a very short period of time? I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t resemble anything like the “advancement of humankind.”
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
Nearly all trading volume occurs in Tether, compared to dollars or other stablecoins. Tether by their own admission says that they're only 74% backed by "cash and cash equivalents." https://www.bloomberg.com/n
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
Can you explain where I’m going wrong? The evidence of Tether not being backed 1:1 is pretty overwhelming by now and Bitfinex has printed nearly two billion new ones since the start of April.
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
I don’t see how that matters when cryptocurrency exchanges are able to print money and liquidate leveraged positions at will (Bitfinex/Binance/Bitmex + Tether). Couple that with miner fees of over 10 million dollars worth of crypt
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
This type of gambling is already risky on liquid, highly regulated markets. But doing it on heavily manipulated markets that are currently being propped up by billions of fake dollars is just baffling.
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by earthtolazlo 7y ago
I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say that the only thing keeping Russian tanks out of Berlin is the US military/nuclear umbrella.
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by earthtolazlo 8y ago
A nine-figure death toll seems optimistic, unfortunately.
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by earthtolazlo 8y ago
Why not publicly funded R&D?
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by earthtolazlo 8y ago
12% body fat with enough muscle to almost be considered obese by BMI standards is quite a few standard deviations outside of the mean. Anyone with that kind of body is well aware of that BMI shortcoming. For most of the population, it’s sti
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by earthtolazlo 8y ago
It’s a good thing that Bitcoin’s inherent scalability and utility as a currency makes it resistant to such manipulation.
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
Bitcoin mining uses as much energy as the nation of Denmark. Each transaction confirmation uses as much energy as nine American households do in an entire day. What “deep knowledge” am I lacking here?
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
I think this is the gist of it. Most of the arguments I’ve seen against unionization seem to appeal to the inflated egos that a lot of developers possess.
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
"Yes, it is an energy hog. There are a lot of industries that consume more energy than bitcoin mining." So what? That doesn't make its energy use any less unethical. Especially since the only "value" that Bitcoin pr
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
The difference is that you can actually buy things with USD.
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
Social Darwinism was bullshit 100 years ago and it’s bullshit today.
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
Coffins.
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
You are welcome to give up your American citizenship if that income tax becomes too burdensome for you.
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
Innovators == scammers Most law schools lie about their graduate employment prospects as well. If the risk of being caught times the penalty is smaller than the increased revenue, why not fudge the numbers?
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
This company ghosted on me after I spent four hours on a written assignment (following a quick phone screen). I would strongly recommend not giving them the chance to waste your time as well.
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Silicon Valley all in on tax reform(politico.com)
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
No, it's not the end of the world. Just the end of humanity, probably.
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by earthtolazlo 9y ago
That's something addressed by static typing though. I'm pretty sure any dynamic language has that issue, functional or not.

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