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by jarek 12y ago
Can you briefly discuss some of the projects that built a 27 km tunnel, packed it full of cutting-edge technology, and didn't incur a cost overrun?
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by jarek 12y ago
> Imagine buying something on a website, but instead of entering your credit card number, you are redirected to your credit card company's website. You "sign-in-with Visa" by entering your account password. "Verified
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> I didn't say they don't exist, I said I have never seen them. Point conceded, possible if you don't watch news. > Like I said, I have asked people. That's the point. Anecdotes. Your original claim, "Most peo
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by jarek 12y ago
> I have literally never seen a story on "stuff is more expensive in Canada" in the media, ever. https://www.google.com/search?q=cbc+canada+retail+prices stories from 2014, 2013, 2011... If CBC isn't your
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by jarek 12y ago
> He didn't say it was what people care about the most How do you interpret the quote "People's ability to buy things at will is what regular people care about the most"? > Most people don't know the issue exi
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by jarek 12y ago
> Whether you like it or not, for vast majority of people, consumption power is THE most important indicator of quality of life, NOT healthcare, NOT social welfare system and NOT even democratic political system. People's ability to
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by jarek 12y ago
Would you call it an Indian (builder) and a Tipi (structure)?
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by jarek 12y ago
Aw, I hoped they got a camera on a glacier walk. That would be really neat. It's not quite glacier, but as far as remote places on Street View go, Iqaluit is pretty neat: http://goo.gl/maps/JxEQw
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by jarek 12y ago
Ah, for an art or research project, sure.
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by jarek 12y ago
What would be the advantage of using Twitter as compared to IRC? In either case you need to code in the initial meeting spot.
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by jarek 12y ago
HR: "That is higher than our range and we would not be interested in proceeding." It's a junior dev. Most companies don't expect them to estimate anything. As far as most recruiters are concerned junior devs are perfectl
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by jarek 12y ago
HR: "I am required to get a number before proceeding. What is your salary expectation?" I got that once. There's not much you can do about a situation like that unless you're willing to bypass HR and cold-mail tech manag
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by jarek 12y ago
In practice, getting the other party to name their number first is very difficult to achieve for a junior developer talking to an experienced HR/recruiter, so this isn't great advice.
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by jarek 12y ago
Caused by the CSS rule word-break: break-all "Word breaks may be inserted between any character"
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by jarek 12y ago
Rats Are The Solution
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by jarek 12y ago
To add: it's also a lot easier to just tap the 1% card as you would normally. There's no change to what people do normally except you get free money (not strictly, but close enough for most people). It requires a lot more commitme
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by jarek 12y ago
> Would you make fun of the Burundian Franc because I'd have to convert them into USD to pay my US suppliers? No, if it's a bona fide currency, if you can walk around in Burundi and buy bread or a goat or a gun with it, then o
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by jarek 12y ago
Yes but putting $1000+ on a 1% cashback card every month adds up a lot faster than 5% on a once-every-two-years $2000 purchase.
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by jarek 12y ago
> Fiat currency is printed on the whim of governments, effectively defrauding the citizens of every country in the world through value dilution. Bitcoin is a technological innovation which allows for a constant and known rate of currency
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> How do you know? It's currently small because it's currently impossible. I think the reason for my belief about iPhones-in-Nigeria being a small market is self-evident. As for other examples: people tend to buy things locally
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by jarek 12y ago
That's a nice list of things most consumers won't be doing. That's not to say there's no value for people who do need it, but it does not suggest Bitcoin will become hugely valuable like Visa. > - Buying things that p
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by jarek 12y ago
Cool, that only leaves people who provide supplies to Soylent, people who ship the Soylent to you, and your water utility :)
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by jarek 12y ago
Is context undesirable in honest discussions about Bitcoin then?
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by jarek 12y ago
Because people who sell you food believe in FDIC
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> BitCoin is rocketing on this news it seems: For values of "rocketing" approaching "down 6% on the week, 13% on the month"
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by jarek 12y ago
> Norway is not footing the bill as it has no money. It had to take $150M from its citizens pockets. There is no difference in English. When someone says "Manchester United scored three goals", it is understood that individual
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by jarek 12y ago
J2EE+CSS company was in Turkey, he quit and got a different job in Barcelona
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I saw an idea of writing about rejections and failures in science earlier this year, e.g. http://composition.al/blog/2014/04/29/rejections/ I think there's still risk of others reading a list l
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> Also, the battery was increased beyond the power needed for the extra display. Yes but that makes sense. Horizontal phone size 5S->6+ increased by ~69%, screen size increased by say 65%. Overall phone volume increased by ~58%. If ba
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> FYI, the new iPhone 6 plus is thinner and has longer battery life than the 5S. Could it have something to do with the two of three dimensions expanding considerably?

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