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by hvb2 2mo ago
The tax code is also really powerful in sending money to certain products
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by hvb2 2mo ago
Arizona... https://floodlightnews.org/saudi-owned-corporate-farms-are-d...
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by hvb2 2mo ago
I'm waiting for the next headline that's about a codebase that existed for 10+ years and then the agents came. Now, the codebase is managed by agents and, while the company has the source, it's as if they bought it from a ven
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by hvb2 2mo ago
Over 10% of interest is still a lot... And the fact that you get to that rate through settlements and bankruptcies is a good indicator of how much of a stranglehold debt has over a typical American household. And it's fine if you don&#
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by hvb2 2mo ago
There's a lot of places in the world where there's room for wind but the grid can't transport it to a user. In that case consuming it locally would make sense, and especially fertilizer is a very energy heavy product. So it m
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by hvb2 2mo ago
> I mean, how is it now suddenly only good for the "easy" stuff? Because your expectations have changed.
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by hvb2 3mo ago
> buy debt from big tech companies because you believe it's too risky, then you believe that bonds are just too risky in general Uh, no? Ignoring the rating, I think there are plenty of other bonds to be found that are less risky. D
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by hvb2 3mo ago
Not even that, the company happens to be Dutch but it's employees are from everywhere. A company doesn't make anything, the employees do, especially in a sector like this. The companies job is to hire well and create strong teams
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by hvb2 3mo ago
You have to start somewhere? Google maps didn't start with a full dataset either...
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by hvb2 3mo ago
I've always been a bit suspicious of the waterproof claims and their use. My phone is IP68 rated, meaning prolonged submersion (at least 30 minutes) in water of up to 3 meters deep. Why? What's the practical use here. It surely wi
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by hvb2 3mo ago
> Now connect the dots. That is how things work in EU. Uh sure. If you've been paying attention the last year and a half it's the US putting up trade barriers to every other country. Like how the EU is under investigation for f
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by hvb2 3mo ago
A good tool, in the hands of a skilled craftsman gets great results. The same tool, in the hands of someone that doesn't know how to handle it? I'll let you finish that Basically, a good developer can handle the tool better by ask
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by hvb2 3mo ago
The tech bros are the ones that control the companies, not the field of software engineering.
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by hvb2 3mo ago
But that's not relevant? What would be relevant if, depending on where your bits are stored, acces time is significantly slower. If, regardless of where my data goes, my access time is constant then I do not care as a dev? That's
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by hvb2 3mo ago
> I don't get the preoccupation with hosting your own server The field of software engineering is dominated by the smart people that do something not because they have to but out of curiosity. I've hired a bunch of people and I
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by hvb2 3mo ago
> I can see a real rationale for creating sanity checks using AI to more quickly/proactively catch pathological billing issues before they become HN nightmare stories Right, so invoicing is still a deterministic problem. You can bo
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by hvb2 3mo ago
That could be every tech exec/marketeer/sales person now... We've had text to speech for a while for example but everything is now AI. Does it use any AI features? Not at all ...
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by hvb2 3mo ago
But you do realize that the entire 2008 financial crisis was also just financial 'wizards' increasing leverage more an more. The real economy didn't change at all, but confidence was gone and so was lending.
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by hvb2 3mo ago
I don't think you understand the issue. That ruling has nothing to do with prosecuting a sitting president. There's been longstanding policy that that doesn't happen. The fact that an executive order is incompatible with the
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by hvb2 3mo ago
The research is supposed to establish the facts that politicians then interpret? I think, especially in the US, there's no shared starting point anymore. Which makes it very hard for people with different opinions to have a conversatio
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by hvb2 3mo ago
> Your desire for a higher oversight authority beyond the chief executive suggests you may have concerns about the efficacy of democracy. No that's not what I said. The courts can hold someone in the executive branch accountable. Th
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by hvb2 3mo ago
That's easy to do. No one has expectations of this one. As soon as a government website is down, it's an outrage. I'm sure money could've been saved. But the cost of this site really isn't the hosting, it's the
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by hvb2 3mo ago
This is the American way. The end result? Judges being elected that nobody knows. Some even running unopposed. Yet, they all are 'elected'. No. I don't think Americans can elect more people. I would be shocked if over 10% for
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by hvb2 3mo ago
Ignoring the guy who's there now. How accountable is the president really, especially in their second term. And do consider that the supreme court has ruled that they're immune for anything that's an 'official act'.
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by hvb2 3mo ago
So, research that you pay for with tax dollars, it's results should be published through a private entity? That makes no sense to me. But we can agree to disagree. And no, having all research be privately funded is a bad idea. No one w
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by hvb2 3mo ago
Asking the wolves to look after the sheep
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by hvb2 3mo ago
That's a very recent addition though. And a heavily subsidized one at that. I think this would be more for people that are doing a many week (3 or more) trip. At that point I think most people would want to see more than 1 country in E
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by hvb2 3mo ago
You don't see as much though, and your options are more limited still. And the options you do have are likely more touristy as a result. As always, the most easy to reach places will have the most people. I would say that's not wh
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by hvb2 3mo ago
> Many people don't read their email anymore. I don't see how that would work as in many jurisdictions, email is an accepted legal way to communicate between a company and a customer. So when you don't year your email that
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by hvb2 3mo ago
> This is supported by the fact that they won't let you use your sub on a different coding agent I mean, that's a very weak argument? Isn't a much more plausible explanation that with your tooling you'll have more of

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