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by erdos4d 6y ago
Cause that's how tribalism works.
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You are assuming that Apple would have a say in the matter. The US is deteriorating socially and becoming much more authoritarian every day. It is not at all outlandish to believe the US could simply compel Apple to store this information a
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by erdos4d 6y ago
> Why is it scary that your computer checks for malware? It isn't just checking for malware, its broadcasting your app opening behavior to apple and anyone else who might be listening. > It’s not like Apple us building a database
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by erdos4d 6y ago
There is endless ketamine in Germany, just go hang out by the bathroom at any techno club and someone will be by to take your order.
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I'm very sorry, but the militia presence in the US has never served to protect against tyranny, but rather to preserve it. You've truly been mislead if you believe that is its purpose. I grew up around lots of these sorts of peopl
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Having been on both sides of that pay discrepancy, I have come to the conclusion that most of our economic theory about the nature of business and competition is bullshit. I now see corporations as social organizations which exist to keep e
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Having visited Peru, I'd bet this was long known about by the locals and got "discovered" for the tourism boost.
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Why should a private insurance company be allowed to skim a profit off this? The government should be on the hook directly, with careers ended when the taxpayer has to compensate these people for their injury.
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Python hands down. Your concerns about speed are not actually relevant unless you are in the high performance computing world, in which case you can choose C or Fortran. For most any practical application, performance is not that important
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That's the point. Nothing good comes from ambiguity in these matters, in fact it could be quite damaging to the careers of those involved if they reported anything that sounded vaguely UFO-ish. Best to have a catch-all like jetpack, dr
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by erdos4d 6y ago
I've often heard arguments like this for infrastructure spending, but I've also often heard that point 2 doesn't ever happen. You get a short term boost in jobs while the project is underway, but you don't get enough eco
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by erdos4d 6y ago
An excellent movie, highly recommend.
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by erdos4d 6y ago
I tutored math in university, had many freshmen who straight up couldn't plug a number into a function and evaluate. They cheated the whole way through and nobody did anything to stop them. I'm sorry to say this, but US high schoo
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by erdos4d 6y ago
>> if your job can be done from home, it can be done from anywhere in the world > I will call anyone's bluff who says this. Do it. Good luck. If you haven't successfully done this already, there is a reason and you know i
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by erdos4d 6y ago
In math we have an proof technique called reductio ad absurdum that deals with this situation. They seem to be doing it wrong though, because they don't reject the faulty hypothesis after the conclusion is logically inconsistent with r
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by erdos4d 6y ago
I just don't get this at all. Could you explain how they refute things like ISS camera footage showing a clearly round earth with the station going around it? Are you saying that they just refute science outright because it conflicts w
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by erdos4d 6y ago
I'm currently living in Ecuador and skipping out of the country with millions and heading to Europe is the preferred route for many politicians here. They get safe haven there with their families and are not extradited, even when the g
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Germany is still very troubled from the Stasi times, I can see how this issue would receive a special place in the hearts and minds of the German people. Also, the US surveillance state is so overwhelming and oppressive, literally intended
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by erdos4d 6y ago
No, I'm US, I moved to Europe for QoL, then went to South America for the same. After Trump got elected, I felt pretty vindicated on the decision and have no plans to go back to the US. Also, I didn't learn Danish, it's reall
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Ecuador. I used to live in Denmark and paid $1500 a month for substantially less space than I have now for $160 (and the bathroom in my Danish place was terrible). My whole family can live on about 300 to 400 a month here. I cannot even beg
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by erdos4d 6y ago
I did the same, but I moved to Latin America, where its so cheap I can live off side hustle money. I can't imagine ever going back to work in the US or EU, that rat race is NOT worth it IMHO. I'd rather stay right here and make 20
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by erdos4d 6y ago
I live with my wife and son in Ecuador and 150 is actually pretty competitive here. Our main competition charges 200 I think. But I agree with you that it is very low for the US/EU market.
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Thank you for your feedback, it is very appreciated. Some answers: 1) I work with my wife at this, so we are a team, though web development is new to us. I got a PhD (math), used to be a backend, and then a data scientist for awhile, but I
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by erdos4d 6y ago
I don't doubt it, we just redid everything last night. Please give it a shot later, I'll go fix it. EDIT: it's redeploying right now. Please send me a email at erdos4d at gmail if you are actually trying to get in touch with
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Wow, I must be a complete idiot with this stuff because I can't get people to give me even 150 bucks for a full website right now. How do you actually get these 150/hr clients? Please don't tell me I need to work in Silicon V
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Please learn how to actually make money off web development and let me know how you do it. I've noticed a huge disconnect between what people think a web dev can/should make and what I've been able to get from it.
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Yeah, I am not sure if octane is the right word here, you are probably right in what you say. I just know that diesel fuel is much more resistant to detonation at high compression ratios, given how a diesel works. In a gas motor, octane giv
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I am not an expert and do not understand it fully, but I know that fuel/air mix does make a phase transition of sorts and becomes a high explosive when the compression ratio is high enough. At low ratios it burns, at high enough ones i
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by erdos4d 6y ago
Diesel engines have a very high compression ratio, like 20:1 or more, but diesel fuel has a very high octane rating in comparison with gasoline, so it still combusts, not detonates, at these high ratios. What makes a diesel different than a
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by erdos4d 6y ago
In a nutshell, high explosives detonate, low explosives combust. The two processes are distinctly different in how they operate at the molecular level. Basically, detonation is when a shock wave goes through the material, causing it to &quo

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