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by elliekelly 4y ago
This is what I really liked about Paul Hegarty’s iOS dev course. His projects sort of deliberately walk students into the common pitfalls so that you can try to figure out a fix on your own and then he explains what/why/how Swift
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by elliekelly 4y ago
At least the mandatory fees apply across the board which means you can still price shop somewhat accurately. The completely made up corporate fees like “resort fees” are just a way to obscure the actual price. I think that’s probably statin
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by elliekelly 4y ago
I wish we, as a society, could decide whether M is thousand or million and then only use it to represent that one concept. From the headline I initially assumed his bail was only $250,000 and I don’t think I’m the only one in this thread
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by elliekelly 4y ago
What do you mean no prosecution? She’s going to be a convicted felon. Just because there isn’t going to be a trial doesn’t mean she’ll have zero consequences.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
As an adult it’s quite fun to re-read all of the books I “hated” in high school. They’re so much more enjoyable!
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Well she’s agreed to plead guilty so she definitely wasn’t granted immunity...
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by elliekelly 4y ago
That’s part of “the deal” they struck.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
I assumed it was related to campaign finance because that is noticeably absent but it’s possible she/Alameda weren’t involved in that aspect of the grift.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
I think you’re hung up on the number of years thing. The whole reason you cooperate is to get a reduced sentence. So of course that’s part of the deal. That’s the point of it. The formal agreement isn’t going to spell out “we will recom
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by elliekelly 4y ago
> The idea that there is some agreement for say 5 years recommended is not on the table in this type of situation. That is absolutely the situation. That’s why you take the deal. They got her to plead to seven counts! There’s almost
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by elliekelly 4y ago
The paid ads on Twitter and Facebook are hardly the only marketing efforts you see on those sites. In fact I’d say most of the marketing we’re exposed to on Twitter and Facebook isn’t via “ads”.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Dostoevsky is definitely in the library. And if you pay a one-time fee (it’s $3-5, IIRC) you unlock some additional features, one of which is the ability to upload and automatically “serialize” your own .epub files but I haven’t tried this
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by elliekelly 4y ago
I’m so happy to see this on HN! I have nothing to add to the conversation except to say I’m a satisfied and dedicated user! I read a lot but I tend to read books that are “shorter” (~350) and finish them in 3-5 days so the huge classics can
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by elliekelly 4y ago
You might enjoy Kurt Vonnegut’s short story 2BR02B . The Wikipedia article[1] has links to several different places you can read or listen to it for free. (Though I’m a bit confused as to how his work is already in the public domain sinc
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Why should Disney get an infinite copyright? I think copyright should be limited to natural persons. No one involved in the creation of Mickey Mouse is still alive. Imagine if the Brothers Grimm, Inc. had just kept infinitely renewing their
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by elliekelly 4y ago
You might enjoy the book True Biz .
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by elliekelly 4y ago
What about triple entry accounting requires the blockchain? Or how does triple entry accounting benefit from being on the blockchain? Or a distributed ledger in general? The shitty book keeping you encountered will always be cheaper, fast
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Yes I think it’s probably more accurate to say his problems stem from ego & arrogance rather than stupidity.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
This is absolutely true. But I think “smart” leadership avoids repeatedly doubling down on their mistakes. You can, very rarely, double down on what looks like a bad bet and come out ahead. I’m not even sure I’d call that smart but it do
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From Behind Bars, Inmates Award France’s Latest Book Prize(nytimes.com)
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by elliekelly 4y ago
This happens to me, too! If I read a physical book I can easily recall the author and the title months and even years later. But when I read digital books I often struggle to remember a book’s name and have to look it up if I want to recomm
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Typing out an email address, especially on a device that isn’t yours, does seem to feel particularly tedious.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Zero Hedge is not a reliable source of information. They also tend to push a lot of Russian fake news/propaganda. And of course Putin would love to have a major news item showing how the West’s gas sanctions have harmed the West.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
There’s a really great app called Serial Reader that breaks books in the public domain down into ~15 minute chunks and “delivers” the issue to you every day. The app is free (no ads, even!) but you can pay a small fee for a few extra featur
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by elliekelly 4y ago
No one said longer books are better? Good writing is often concise. And the article doesn’t at all conclude “society is in decline”. You seem to be the only one making these leaps and drawing these conclusions.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Their a/k/a names listed in the complaint were so cringe I can’t even imagine the type of person who would think these guys gave solid investment advice.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
I saw one story where Chamath Palihapitiya said his due diligence team made very simple governance recommendations like “have a board” and “formalize your related-party transactions” and the response from FTX was literally “go fuck yourse
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by elliekelly 4y ago
For years I’ve wondered how much SBF’s parents knew about FTX’s operations but I think it’s fair to say they’re either (a) completely uninvolved/ignorant of the details of his situation or (b) giving him some really shit legal advice.
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by elliekelly 4y ago
Some portion of that suffering was thanks to capitalist ideologues who actively worked to undermine the success of alternative systems. We don’t really know how well other systems work in the modern world because we haven’t really given any
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by elliekelly 4y ago
There have been “clawbacks” in cases of major fraud before. Irving Picard is something of a legend for his ability to “recover” stolen funds for Madoff victims: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-amazing-madoff-clawback-1

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