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by erikig 7y ago
I don't understand finance and economics as well as I'd like but it is always refreshing to read Ray Dalio's views mostly because of his focus on the long term but also because of his proven track record on these things.
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The bigger risk is probably a huge deflationary spiral given the huge decline in demand caused by consumers not engaging in the economy.
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Haha! Some pet owners have been recommending getting one as a way to get rid of pet hair if/when I got a puppy. This is one of the best examples of the unintended consequences. I guess house-training is a must.
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Ask HN: Are Viruses Alive?
5 points by erikig 7y ago|5 comments
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The New Fifth Ocean (2019)(thoughtco.com)
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This is useful but it would also be helpful to have a similar database of the opposite cases too. Having a list of the times when a warrant was served and a phone unlocked with details of which OS+version, which jurisdiction and which unloc
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How does one do an end-to-end test on a system that ends up in space?
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What’s the Big Deal? Experts Unpack the Coronavirus Outbreak [Feb 20, 2020](alumni.berkeley.edu)
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For all his faults, and he had many - from infidelity, focus on manager/corporate rankings instead of absolute performance, allowing accounting shenanigans that still haunt GE etc, wasn't Jack Welch was a product of the period in
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by erikig 7y ago
Same - until I started using a 40inch 4K screen. Having more desktop real estate makes you think differently.
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I wish there was an app that allowed me to charge all these data companies for use of my data directly. The app would pop up when I was signing up for any service and let me know which of my data the service be using and give me a price per
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I remember seeing this earlier, looking forward to the passportjs authentication integration.
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It is definitely car theft. But...if he claimed that he parked the car in this neighborhood and came back to find it stripped he could conceivably get away with it. That's an interview I would like to listen to
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by erikig 7y ago
Anyone that is fascinated by gears owes themselves a visit to This Old Tony's video on YouTube titled "Gears! - But Were Afraid To Ask" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-XOM4E4RZQ He goes into the nerdy depth
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Triangular Arbitrage Tracker for BTC, ETH and XRP(mushino.com)
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Why are Apple’s chips faster than Qualcomm’s? [2017, Video](youtube.com)
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"There’s no proof that the meat [from animals fed from fraudulently marked "organic" produce] is any better for you, but some people believe it is and others have philosophical or environmental reasons for preferring it.&quot
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by erikig 7y ago
I've been using Google Chrome's bookmarks and I'm pretty happy with the cross device capabilities. I ended up creating folders to manage my workflow GTD-style. It turns out everything in my life has a URL. - START (Workspace,
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by erikig 7y ago
How does this work? The name and the promise is great but I'm skeptical.
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Whale research using the 'SnotBot' drone(science.howstuffworks.com)
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Could you share some of the most interesting and unexpected uses of Nototo that you have encountered thus far?
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One cannot build a 3d world without first building a 2d map
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I kinda like how these Arrival Vans look - https://www.google.com/search?q=arrival+electric+truck
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I guess this is part of why they would welcome an acquisition by VISA. They instantly have a generous benefactor to open all the doors to the various banks.
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Out of curiousity, why would this acquisition be a reason to quit?
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It seems like their investment might have been a way to dip their toes into the water. It probably allowed VISA the ability to do their due diligence and assess whether the Plaid team would execute on the stated vision.
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On the contrary - Banks are falling over themselves to embrace Plaid, Finicity, Decisionlogic, Yodlee and all their ilk because failure to do so will result in the departure of their customers to a bank that supports all the new fintech app
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by erikig 7y ago
“Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you” - Paulo Coelho
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And down the rabbit hole we go...
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For anyone that’s interested - skip to the last 30s of the video for the best before/after examples.

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