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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
The costs in mining Bitcoin are not really per transaction. They are per block, and a block can include many transactions. The technology is also changing. It is wrong to assume more transactions imply more energy usage.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
NYT tries to frame it as if the rules of science were unfairly changed. Not so - people had just been overly lax for a while. And sorry, NYT, but scientific knowledge is not a matter of opinions and goodwill. We can not simply decide her th
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
Completely unrealistic, sorry, but I don't want to have to bother laying cables everywhere in my home.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
No, the rents are high because Munich has a lot of successful industries, like BMW. People in Munich have good incomes. Also, the region is very attractive to live in.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
The "poverty line" in Germany is defined as "earning less than 60% of the average national income". It does not imply being starved for food. Everybody in Germany is eligible for social benefits, which includes material
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
I understand the reasoning behind such regulation. On the other hand, for example doing a startup is also highly risky. Should it therefore also be regulated, only people with enough savings (and perhaps education) should be allowed to do s
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
The comparison to the music industry omits that other than music, science tends to be funded by governments.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
Google puts lots of effort into hiring and promoting women, and attracting them into tech.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
It's always pretty obvious that those are idealized abstractions, though. I don't understand the criticism of the rational actor model. In the same vein, many people criticize economics for seemingly being obsessed with money. It
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
" In his highly popular “Principles of Economics,” Harvard’s N. Gregory Mankiw begins by listing a set of ten basic principles, which include “Rational people think at the margin,” “Trade can make everybody better off,” and “Markets ar
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
From the article: “It took me a lot longer than it’s supposed to to reach equity partner,” Campbell says. “Part of that was due to choices I made, putting a priority on raising my kids, for a lot of years as a single mom.” So the usual fuss
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
I recently tried to deploy a python flask application, and it was quite a mess. It relied on some services I had never heard of, and the documentation was a mess (not the documentation of Flask but of how to deploy it properly). If Nginx Un
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
citation?
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
Completely unrelated issues, it seems to me. Even unintegrated Muslims and persecuted Jews benefit from a cooler city. Prices could probably rise even more, though, if the sponge approach makes the city more attractive.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
It bothers me more if somebody claims to be all-knowing and owner of universal truths.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
But is the js version sanctioned by the original creator?
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
Could even have been Hacker News, when the same question was asked. Or maybe Twitter. I must admit I don't remember exactly. It is just what I said: "I heard" - no more, no less. If I don't provide sources, and the accus
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
I've heard he refused to use gender neutral pronouns.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
Develop methods for turning people into atheists.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
Thanks
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
The irony is that the kids seem to focus on the screen for a very long time, while we worry about their attention span. I think a lot also depends on the content.
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by fgjjgutjvnu 9y ago
What where his really bad actions? Can't find much info.