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by enoch_r 12y ago
Yes! This is almost exactly what I do, except s/command/control/, and I'm using Alfred instead of Quicksilver. Not sure if Quicksilver has this, but one nice feature is that if, say, Chrome is currently active, and I hit
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by enoch_r 12y ago
I haven't used it, but I remember hearing about "Fog of World"[1], which seems like it might be what you're looking for. [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fog-of-world/id505367096?mt=...
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by enoch_r 12y ago
I'm not defending no-knock raids, over-utilization of SWAT teams, flash grenades, police militarization, shooting dogs, the drug war, etc. All I'm saying is that spoofing a call to the cops that says "I just killed my family,
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by enoch_r 12y ago
Most of the swatting incidents I've heard about have not involved drugs at all. The spoofed script I've always heard is: "I just shot my family and am planning to shoot any cops who try to get me." I'm no supporter
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by enoch_r 12y ago
This is completely unrelated to the point of the article, but this struck me: > To fight malaria, the lab has invented a “photonic fence” device that identifies, tracks and zaps female mosquitoes (only females bite humans). Can anyone ex
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by enoch_r 12y ago
> happens to be to temporarily replace the patient's blood with a saline fluid Which, according to the article, has the effect of stopping the heart as well as brain activity. This seems pretty close to "death." If someo
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by enoch_r 12y ago
A consumption tax is a wealth tax. Imagine I make $100 in two possible worlds: In one, you tax my income at 10%, leaving me with $90. I save this remainder for one year, earning 8% interest, and end up with $97.20 to spend. In the other, yo
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by enoch_r 12y ago
It's worth keeping this[1] in mind while reading. Someone in the bottom quartile who goes to college has an 11.4% chance of finishing, vastly reducing the expected return of the decision to go to college--even ignoring the fact that pe
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by enoch_r 12y ago
Everyone is not the same. I am definitely in the 8-hours-a-night camp, but a small percentage of the population seems to have a genetic variation that allows them to sleep much less.[1] [1] http://online.wsj.com/news/ar
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by enoch_r 12y ago
Say it takes 12 hours to apply for basic income each year... $1,000 an hour is still an absurdly good rate for all but the highest earners.
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by enoch_r 12y ago
The measure of a programming language isn't whether it becomes "mainstream." It's whether it can be used to make useful programs. Others have already provided many examples of useful Haskell programs (none of which are &
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by enoch_r 13y ago
An alternative view: if BTC as a major currency is worth $100,000, and BTC that isn't a major currency is worth $0, the market price will be roughly $1,000 if BTC has a 99% chance of failure (ignoring the risk premium). As in reality t
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Lots of recommendations already, but I'll throw in a vote for Pass[0]. It's simple, cross-platform, and doesn't require trust in any service--although you do need to trust yourself not to lose your gnupg private key. [0] htt
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by enoch_r 13y ago
The GP's claim was that: > The rich are simply not smart enough to intelligently allocate their capital. [...] You don't see big investments in new technology, science, infrastructure, or other complex and difficult areas becau
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by enoch_r 13y ago
If the market is "stupid", what testable results do we expect? Here's one: smart people who figure out better ways to allocate money should be able to consistently beat the market performance. Great--now let's test tha
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by enoch_r 13y ago
By doing so, you'll beat the post-fee, ex ante performance of actively managed mutual funds[0]. You're doing exactly the right thing--investing in broad-based indices rather than trying to beat the market. As your time horizons ge
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Shorting the S&P500 in the hopes that a MarketWatch article will have a significant effect on the price despite the $14T market cap and high liquidity would be an absurdly risky and low-return way to make money. That's why people w
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by enoch_r 13y ago
On benefits and worker's comp: almost single UberX driver I've talked to has raved about Uber. Spontaneously. Why? Because the main way Uber saves money, compared to traditional taxi companies, isn't "avoiding paying tho
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by enoch_r 13y ago
I don't disagree with your overall point, but "We know that's not what the 1st amendment means for the simple reason that the U.S.G. has performed internal counter-insurgency from the very beginning, and those practices were
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Citation needed for the "frequently accidentally" bit--I've found that this is essentially an urban legend. Dig a bit deeper and things probably weren't so "accidental." http://en.wikipedia.org/
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by enoch_r 13y ago
If there's a 5% chance that BTC will become a major world currency, and a 95% chance that it will fail miserably, and the equilibrium price of a BTC as a major world currency is $40,000 and the equilibrium price of BTC as a miserable f
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by enoch_r 13y ago
> Walking everywhere is nice as long as you know exactly where you want to live, you don't care about space, and can afford high rent. Taking this piece by piece: > can afford high rent From the article: "The average working
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by enoch_r 13y ago
I think the answer is "neither," exactly like the gambler on a hot streak is neither good at roulette or due for a loss.
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I'm pretty sure that is an artifact of the fact that this is a blog post--it's easy to think of a hypothetical example of an innovative product in the MIT mold ("existing production process, but much better/cheaper!&quot
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Circle ( https://circleci.com/ ) is also using Clojure. I usually ctrl-f through "Who's Hiring?" posts for Clojure out of curiosity and there are generally 3-6 companies each month. Most seem to be using Clojur
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by enoch_r 13y ago
1. Figure out your risk profile--if you're young and won't need to use your savings for a while, you can take a lot more risks. 2. Your risk profile determines the ratio of stocks to bonds that you want to invest in. Stocks are hi
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Economics is not about predicting the movements of asset prices . In fact, the unpredictability of asset prices is one of the more fundamental findings of economics. Criticizing economics for not identifying a bubble is a little like com
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Absolutely no discussion of inflation is complete without recognition of the fact that inflation and inflation expectations are at historically low levels [1] right now. Economists aren't arguing that we should inflate our way out of
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Commenting on comments about a blog post, on the other hand, is the highest form of human expression.
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by enoch_r 13y ago
Personally, as someone who has a strong aversion to drinking to excess and has never been to a conference--the fact that I hear so much about drunken partying at these events is the single biggest reason I have never attended one. I keep he

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