halpmeh

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by halpmeh 4y ago
And then the Bank of England intervened because they saw trouble in the market. That's not "it is what it is." That's "with proper insight into important market positions, economic catastrophe can be avoided."
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by halpmeh 4y ago
These are FX swaps, so you can't really say that "it is what it is." Currency and interest rate fluctuations can cause massive changes to the market. The pound literally almost collapsed just a few weeks ago due to interest r
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Yes, this one surprising realization I came to during the pandemic. I habitually cleaned my ears before leaving for the office. When I needed to WFH, I stopped cleaning them because the habit had been disrupted. There was a lot of wax at fi
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by halpmeh 4y ago
People should also be punished for gross negligence. Hertz filed hundreds of false police reports. After the first few, they should have updated their system. The fact that they allowed the continual filing of false police reports is a will
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Building things is a lot more fun though, so there is still hope. You run into problems if you create a society where people can’t build. Then they turn to destruction.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Cooking in Teflon cookware been associated with liver cancer. More generally, ingesting anything your body can’t break down doesn’t end well. It typically builds up and causes cancer. E.g. asbestos, silica lung, stomach cancer from chewing
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Wearing a waterproof shell gets you pretty steamy. Apparently this ShakeDry fabric is actually breathable. I wear wool + shell (note, waterproof shells likely contain PFCs), but I hate how humid it gets. I’m very intrigued by ShakeDry after
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by halpmeh 4y ago
You could basically say that about any climate initiative. Cheap carbon-based fuels form the entire foundation of our society. Changing that is going to be a long, hard fight. You have to start somewhere. As a personal anecdote. My family d
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Not suddenly. You're like 14 years late.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Do not fight Chinese sellers on Amazon. If they move into your category, just give up. They understand Amazon's system way better than 99.99% of non-Chinese sellers. The easiest way to identify a Chinese seller is by the name (it will
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by halpmeh 4y ago
You probably need a new position. Not every position is right for every person. If the team or product is in its nascent stages, it's a total waste to spend time of software quality. That's just how it is in small-stage software v
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by halpmeh 4y ago
I'm more shocked that $550 2010 dollars are worth $750 now.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
It's actually quite easy to analyze a story with minimal bias. People simply aren't interested in doing it, however.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
That's amazing.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
If you want it in the style on one book, you can probably prompt it to do so. The current answer does fit the prompt pretty well.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Isn’t radix sort way better for punched cards (and more obvious)?
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by halpmeh 4y ago
I was judging the tx cost from this: https://ycharts.com/indicators/ethereum_average_transaction_...
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Here is Stripe’s pricing in Germany: https://stripe.com/en-de/pricing/local-payment-methods SEPA is fixed rate. Everything else is a percentage. Also, you don’t get any purchase protection from bank transfers, but
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by halpmeh 4y ago
> there's a reason why people aren't telling you problems immediately, perhaps reflect on that. Inertia?
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Transaction fees are currently $0.50. I doubt we’ll see such high gas fees after switching to proof-of-stake.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
I imagine it works just like FFI works in other languages. Compile a c-archive and link against it.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
In the long-term, I can see a very real benefit to this. Credit card transaction fees are insanely expensive as they're typically charged at a percentage of the purchase. For instance, if I pay my rent online with a credit card, I am c
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Ok, then where did the extra $2 come from in the example? Yes, ultimately Charlie pays Bob $22, but there is only $20 in circulation when Charlie takes out the loan. There are a bunch of moving pieces here that are all tied together. 1) The
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by halpmeh 4y ago
The age at which children enter puberty is also decreasing pretty rapidly, especially for girls [0]. 20% of Gen Z identifies as LGBTQ, which is nearly twice that of millennials [1]. Clearly something is going on with our collective hormones
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Kind of late to the party here, but there is a major thing provided by Flash that's missing from today's web: the ability to get artists and hobbyists into creating interactive digital experiences. The current web sucks at that be
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by halpmeh 4y ago
The bank did create the money. There is an element of cash flow to all of this. Charlie takes the loan, uses it to start a business, perhaps by buying something from Bob. Bob uses the money to pay back Alice. Alice then buys something from
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Yes, the money came from Charlie. But at the beginning, there was only $20 in circulation. After the loan is repaid, there is $22. Money was created from the loan.
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by halpmeh 4y ago
In your example, there is still $20 in the economy after Bob lends Charlie $20. Alice has $20. She loans it to Bob. Alice has $20 in assets (the loan), Bob has $20 in assets (the money) and $20 in liabilities (the loan). The net amount is s
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Those numbers are global. In certain markets, like the U.S., that number is likely to be very much skewed towards iOS. Even if you look at the global numbers, iOS was responsible for 75% of app revenue once games are excluded, and 78% of su
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by halpmeh 4y ago
Perhaps, or maybe the revenue generated by Android is so small that it isn’t worth the effort to change app stores.

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