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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Why is that a non-sequitur? Suppose no car had a driver's license and therefore little to no accountability - is that a better world?
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
40,000 people die in America every year from car collisions. Accountability is necessary.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Well the interview process is more or less "are you good at probability puzzles and games somewhat related to trading." A plausible story to me is that they were good at whatever they screen for in the interview and then at Jane S
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
What does the expression "smoke the whole pack" mean? I Googled but there are no real results. Thanks!
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
I swear Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is one of the worst managed funds I've seen. Every time I see buzzy company with little fundamentals, their latest rounds always includes this pension plan. Can someone explain their position
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Can you cite?
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Even economically, it seems unlikely they would. The data is their moat and it's what they can use to target people with ads. Selling it seems counterproductive.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Interesting. My impression of American anti-intellectualism is that it more often takes the opposite form: "X person is by all measures more educated than me on this topic, but I did own research! (on Youtube and Facebook)"
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
I wrote a neat solution to the 3rd Q in the coding challenge. Except I brainfarted and skimmed a StackOverflow answer that made me think `dict.update` added dict values together and not replaced them. Realized it too late, immediately after
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
The HackerNews classic
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Actually California's state school system at the UC level is 1st in the country. And 1st in the world.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
They are approaching monopoly by ... competing with each other and taking down Netflix's near 100% streaming market share?
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
That is a positive statement, not a normative one.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
err, most other parts of the world were still recovering from a lil war?
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Ok but US money markets are not backed by Evergrande debt
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
I agree. The whole point of a free market is that it should lead to a competitive market, in which profits shrink and consumer surplus expands. He literally says that Figma is threatening Adobe's margins. Stopping mergers of companies
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Come on man, this is a bad faith argument. Show me a smart contract that can issue an undercollateralized loan. Turns out that takes manpower, time, and energy to underwrite this stuff.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
> It won't move, but the utilization will change to be minimize the cost. Yes people will build more medium density housing instead of having zucchini gardens in one of the most expensive regions of the world. Higher density would
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
That's the beauty of it. Land can't move.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Why punish value creation when you can punish rent-seeking? It is a strictly better substitute.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
The only issue with wealth/income inequality in countries like America is that some goods are artificially constrained or positional (mostly housing). A mediocre salary of $40,000 is enough to buy so many goods from competitive markets
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
In some cities, these departments are the legacies of the mob.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
> Also, USA, wtf, why are you flying the flag at half staff? Did you forget what you fought about in 1776? Because one half of the Special Relationship had their head of state die? If the Canadian PM were assassinated, would you be up in
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Autonomous vehicles can communicate too. Why not just an LED screen in the front that displays its intentions? "Your turn". "My turn".
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
I would be far more comfortable cycling if the majority of cars on the road were self driving instead of distracted and angry drivers. Even in probably a top 5 city for cycling in America (SF), I weigh how poor the drivers will be along the
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
It's not dense because the same people opposing pedestrianization also oppose density. If we let people build a couple Amsterdams or Londons in America, we could just self select and those that want to cycle and walk can do so, and tho
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
I know some US startups that hire Argentinians (Scale AI, etc) and pay them in USD-T or USD-C. Not sure if they pay any taxes in the US, but they certainly don't pay the income tax or take the currency conversion haircut in Argentina.
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Also, "although cognitive ability was related to more affective prejudice toward relatively conservative groups and less affective prejudice toward relatively liberal groups" You can also use this study to write "Cognitive ab
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Perhaps instead I can suggest to you airline travel or an exercise regimen?
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by hahaxdxd123 4y ago
Can confirm like 80% of my Google friends are 3 hour/day types. But then again, it was only 5-6 hours/day before COVID anyway.

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