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by hangonhn 7y ago
Not to mention actually very inefficient and polluting.
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by hangonhn 7y ago
If Jim can close shop and start a new company without using any of the original company's assets/IP/trademarks/goodwill then there's nothing you can do about it. He has essentially declared bankruptcy and started a
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by hangonhn 7y ago
They've been doing this for years now. Significant savings that way too.
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by hangonhn 7y ago
The awesome folks at Extra Credit History did a great series on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1kndKWJKB8
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by hangonhn 7y ago
The last sentence really hits the nail on the head. Just to add to that, during the 2008 recession I saw my portfolio swing pretty wildly going negative one day and positive another but the amount was more than I made that day or maybe even
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by hangonhn 7y ago
"Several US soldiers remember they and the South Korean special forces who accompanied them had sneaked heavy weapons into the area under sandbags on the floor of their trucks. Some South Koreans even strapped claymore mines to their c
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by hangonhn 7y ago
A lot of it is mental. There's been studies that shown that if you simply giving someone under exertion something sweet tasting (but with no calories), it will still boost their performance. That study was done on pro level cyclists. I
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by hangonhn 7y ago
It's totally a PR move but it certainly does increase his exposure to the fortunes of GE. His ability to sell his shares are limited by his position as CEO. I also imagine that if the frauds were real and gone on for as long as the rep
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Some of the counter points to the report holds water. The interest of Markopolos isn't neutral. And some long time observers have pointed out mistakes in his report. Accusation of accounting issues with GE isn't entirely new. GE
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by hangonhn 7y ago
It's inaccurate to say that GE outsourced all their engineering. That's not true at all. GE Aviation is a powerhouse and their engineering abilities is still world class. Despite all of China's advancements, creating engines
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Chinese went through a vernacular revolution in the early to mid 20th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese Written Chinese today is a lot easier to understand than classical Chinese.
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There's an additional barrier when it comes to classical Chinese: Written Chinese underwent a vernacular revolution in the early to mid 20th century to make it comprehensible to more people but until then written Chinese is nothing lik
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by hangonhn 7y ago
This is so brilliant! As a runner (most distances in running are measures in meters) and a programmer, this is just perfect! Thanks for sharing!
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Isn't that sort of the premise of China's social score/credit experiment?
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Good will and branding. I tend to trust companies who do that for me because it at least gives the impression that they are kind of trustworthy. I now book a lot of my travel (hotels especially) via Priceline because they took care of me wh
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Good god, if they did that and integrated with Square and Shopify, it would be amazing. I like to think if there are companies out there who knows quite a bit about logistics, it would be UPS and FedEx. Although someone else might need to b
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Pakistan provides a very strategic route to the Persian Gulf for the Chinese. Even without the India-China rivalry (I hate using this term though because the relationship is quite a bit more complex than a simple rivalry), I think Pakistan
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by hangonhn 7y ago
People from the outside has a tendency to over estimate the unity of other groups. For a long time, the first world nations thought all the Communist countries were buddies but China had border wars with both the USSR and Vietnam. In the Is
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by hangonhn 7y ago
AWS ELBs typically terminate the SSL connection for you. If you’re using AWS’ certificates management, you won’t have access to the private keys so you have to terminate at the ELBs.
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by hangonhn 7y ago
> Jira is a disaster of UX. Yes. It's crazy how many times I've made mistake in Jira or was surprised by it. It feels like there is no consistent in Jira and each feature has its own set of rules and logic and all these feature
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by hangonhn 7y ago
I've encountered another scam regarding Amazon returns where the seller would ship from overseas. The item I ordered would be nothing like the description. So I filed for a refund and the seller was like "sure, here's the for
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Agreed. It plays right into China's hands because very, very few nations have the size to deal with China. Smaller countries need to band together to negotiate with China as a group. China's foreign policy has always favored bilat
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Slightly tangentially related, for those of us who are into gardening and coding, there is a plant monitor made by Xiaomi called Xiaomi Flower Care that will monitor moisture, light, temperature, and soil fertility. It works over Bluetooth
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by hangonhn 7y ago
You and the grandparent aren't necessarily in opposition. It's fair to say that we are all influenced by our culture. We are aware of some things and may not be aware of other things. There are some things I reject and there are o
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Things have changed very dramatically since you looked: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-diamonds-debeers-syntheti...
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by hangonhn 7y ago
As a nerd, once I found out that lab grown diamonds and other gems are chemically and physically the same as their natural counterparts for a fraction of the price, it became VERY difficult for me to buy natural gems. It's hard for me
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The demand for diamond was entirely driven by their very successful marketing campaign: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/ho... IIRC the whole 2 months salary "rule" was
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by hangonhn 7y ago
"Designed for at most once, at least once and exactly once message delivery" Exactly once message delivery cannot be guaranteed from a theoretical point of view (if it does exist then the Two Generals Problem can be solved, which
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by hangonhn 7y ago
Because the punishment for such lapses aren't punished financially. The companies aren't generally held liable for damages resulting from such leaks. I'm not agreeing with the status quo but that's how it's been.
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by hangonhn 7y ago
I think I am reasonably good at math compared to the average person and really loved it growing up and I would also agree that coding is not that similar to it. Coding is a lot more "tactile". It feels much closer to the arts than

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