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by fovc 9y ago
Check out Blendle.com. I haven't used them much recently, but I enjoyed paying for quality journalism per article. There is (or was) an HN sign up promo somewhere
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You Think Google Search Is Free? Austria Seeks to Tax It Anyway(bloomberg.com)
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by fovc 10y ago
I whole-heartedly disagree with your conclusion and tone, but am up voting because it is an interesting question I've wondered about. At what point did these people say "screw everything I was taught, I'm going to spread disi
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Amazon finds there's nothing foolish in fuel-cells(bloomberg.com)
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Ask HN: When to stop testing?
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by fovc 10y ago
Would love to see how much Utah residents end up spending on poverty efforts, including donations and taxes and volunteer time. I believe there are inefficiencies in the current system, but by and large poverty reduction costs money. Social
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by fovc 10y ago
calfw can integrate with org. I mostly use the integration as a way point for gcal sync, but even if the integration isn't exactly what you want, adding a new source to calfw is very easy
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Climate Progress with or Without Trump(mobile.nytimes.com)
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by fovc 10y ago
I was discussing something like this with an economist friend recently. His view was that most economists (rightly I think) focus on consumption not production. In theory, you can run a trade deficit forever to keep consuming more than you
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by fovc 10y ago
Long time emacs user here. I had an aha moment yesterday, when after several months of using God mode I said "I should rebind C-t to generic transpose and use a follow-up key to specify char, word, sexp, etc." If I understand corr
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by fovc 10y ago
It's not that need an RFC standardized solution for everything, but I'd rather not roll my own anything related to crypto. Would something like crypto_auth(json(bag)) be better here? (crypto_auth from libsodium, json being sorted
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by fovc 10y ago
Knuth: "I get into the meanest, nastiest frame of mind that I can manage, and I write the cruelest test code I can think of; then I turn around and embed that in even nastier constructions that are almost obscene." [1] http:&#x2F
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by fovc 10y ago
Does anyone know why it is that their insurance businesses post underwriting profits? Is there anything structural? Why does GEICO have such a cost-driven moat?
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by fovc 10y ago
I've implemented something similar, but am by no means an expert. Here's my take, experts please correct me! Argon2 was the winner of a password hashing competition. An effective password hasher "stretches" the entropy o
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by fovc 10y ago
I've asked this before on similar articles, but I just can't wrap my head around why suburbs are intrinsically cheaper than cities. My gut still thinks that density should be cheaper One reasonable argument I've seen is tha
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by fovc 10y ago
I posted this somewhere else on this thread, but I've seen a lot of the "I just want to pay 25c per article" comments. Try https://blendle.com
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by fovc 10y ago
Can't reply to taek, but https://blendle.com/ lets you pay per article. There's an HN sign up code somewhere but couldn't find it on my phone
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by fovc 10y ago
Worth noting that San Marzano is an Italian DOC, distinct from the US brand SMT, which has previously called their tomatoes San Marzano, despite not actually being that. They engage(d) in various shady practices so I personally avoid them a
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by fovc 10y ago
The 33% includes utilities and furniture. 20% is the actual building
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by fovc 10y ago
NYC is quite challenging to develop. For the story of some of those units in Brooklyn you're talking about, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Park,_Brooklyn
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by fovc 10y ago
But it it's also deductible on urban condos
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by fovc 10y ago
Well, sure, but supply of what and demand of what? Housing? Like I said, that's only about 20% of the average American's spending. But why does demand outpace supply so much in cities? Is it that building apartments and condos is
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by fovc 10y ago
Why is it that suburban living is so much cheaper? It's never been clear to me why that should be the case (from first principles). With the greater density (3x according to [1]), you'd expect lower utilities, transportation, etc.
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by fovc 10y ago
My current (rental) place has the router and AP in one corner of the apartment, so signal strength at the other end is terrible. Is there a better (cheap but effective) option than this?
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by fovc 10y ago
Not from WY, but have tried looking. The best source I've been able to find is: https://boingboing.net/2017/01/22/wyoming-bill-prohibits-pow... , Which states it's not expected to pass
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by fovc 10y ago
And yet for all their magic, they were just as wrong about the outcome of the election: You might think from a casual reading of the Cambridge Analytica press release that they predicted the outcome of the election. They did not. A company
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by fovc 10y ago
Thanks. That led me to: > The Attorney General may, except as provided in subparagraph (B) or in section 1184(f) of this title, in his discretion parole into the United States temporarily under such conditions as he may prescribe only on
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by fovc 10y ago
What exactly does parole mean in an immigration context? Would it threaten future visa/immigration options if you fail to renew?
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by fovc 10y ago
My high school English teacher met Tim O'Brian once and had a discussion about Going After Cacciato . They disagreed on whether Cacciato had been killed and ended with "George, I wrote the book; I know what happened." To whi
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by fovc 10y ago
Hedge fund math = regular math. When you charge 2 and 20 but have slim or negative returns, the 2% dominates the 20%. Investors don't like the fixed part of fees, and want to be able to claw back some of the variable fees when later ye

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