grobbles

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by grobbles 10y ago
It's years old, but I listened to the advice of- https://dennisforbes.ca/index.php/2013/08/07/ten-reasons-you... -and in re-analysis it all holds completely true. Nginx gives my deploy flexibility,
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by grobbles 10y ago
Marginal? Holy shit, how isn't this completely transparent and dead, like my post will be? Samsung is pulling in about $4B profit per quarter from their smartphones. "Marginal"? In what universe is $16B per year "margina
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by grobbles 11y ago
But this is also true for playing the stock market. Indeed, the stock market and fantasy sites are extremely similar, with the same fundamental issue -- a small number of people with a technical and information advantage are essentially ski
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by grobbles 11y ago
One unique aspect of the United States is that it's a huge country, where more than half of the land is livable/arable[1]. When an area isn't working, the economic forces that would revive it out of raw necessity just don&#x2
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by grobbles 11y ago
Not at all. The previous government was against binding agreements that did not bind China or India or other developing nations (for reasons that we've seen as China has exploded into the most significant polluter), and which actually
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by grobbles 11y ago
I believe their argument is "if you ignore the sources of revenue, it runs at a loss", for what that's worth (which is little). The search engine runs ads, and is enormously profitable.
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by grobbles 11y ago
Gamification is a demand dropped on users, seemingly forcing self-promotion and social reciprocity in an endless circle. And for what? In the end there is absolutely no gain, but many like and favorite and heart primarily to ensure that peo