jbpetersen

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by jbpetersen 9y ago
What is it about the US political system that forces things back towards a evenly split equilibrium? I don't agree with the typical "vendors on a beach" (move towards the center until you each grab the half that's closer
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by jbpetersen 9y ago
That sounds like a good one for the EFF to take on if it's true.
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by jbpetersen 9y ago
The political pendulum swings both ways. I look forward to seeing what happens to any businesses that get too greedy and disregard what happens when the pendulum swings left again. I wonder what would be happening now if we had a wave of le
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by jbpetersen 9y ago
Sounds like you may have stumbled into the same ideas behind CBT more or less. It makes sense that they'd crop up in different places and times assuming they work well. I'm certainly no expert on it, but if that's a decent as
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by jbpetersen 9y ago
If you're inclined to detail the structural changes you made or have already done so, it seems like something that could be incredibly useful if it finds its way into the right hands.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
How'd the scones turn out?
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Your solution #2 is one of the major selling points of "blockchain". Unfortunately the hard part is getting everyone along a supply-chain to participate in a new tracking standard that could easily reveal valuable information to c
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Is it possible to participate in YC without selling equity?
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
IMO Go is a spiritual sequel to Java. Both strongly focus on programming for multiple platforms by large teams.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Any advice for using this tactic without ending up with ulcers from an overly heat-tolerant palette? I used to eat some pretty spicy stuff to open my sinuses up but it stopped working for that without going to gut-wrenching levels of heat.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
It's almost like Google is the new Microsoft according to a certain famous parody of corporate hierarchies.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Alternately, you could start up a prediction market on how likely the accused is to commit crimes in the future based on potential sentences, sell shares of their future income in order to incentivize proper rehabilitation, weigh the variou
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
"Blockchain tech is reinventing finance and law" perhaps?
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
We've come full circle, now even the clickbait is fake. /s?
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Fun fact: The SF innovation center of Visa has t-shirts which literally say "The Mark" on them. Though supposedly in reference to [this guy]( https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/innovation-centers/san-...
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
I'm waiting to see something like this turn up. Props to you if you're the one who finally goes ahead and makes it.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
This is the most hilariously HN comment I've ever seen. Thanks for making my day.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Merge it with Square to confuse the investors a while longer and/or take over the social payments space in a one fell swoop.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
If you already know Dvorak I'd personally recommend Workman as a third as someone who was in the same position of already being competent with QWERTY and Dvorak.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
A manually edited file with a JSON-like syntax for different tags and items listed under each. Regularly left open with several other text files used for personal organization.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
For what value of "more than just an ISP"?
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
No, but their pricing looks impressive enough to try. And impressive enough that it leaves me wondering what corners are probably being cut.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Any ideas for ways it could be abused?
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
Nim is one of those things that seems very well put together yet I can't currently see what role it fills in the wider market for programming languages and different types of communities around them. What kind of stuff is particularly
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
To add to that, the escalating hashrate war within Bitcoin between Unlimited and Core is popcorn worthy. And within the wider space of blockchains, improving access to strong anonymization techniques appears to be moving forward quickly: h
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
What was the class like?
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
It's something that has arrived gradually without much fanfare as there don't seem to have been any qualitative leaps forward so far.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
I've got a strong impression that Go is taking a similar spot in programming culture over time as Java has in the past of being an enterprise-friendly language with strong standards built-in.
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
But without fads, how will you signal effectively to employers that you're quick enough to keep up with the latest fads? /s/2
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by jbpetersen 10y ago
A suggestion: html { display: flex; justify-content: center; } http://imgur.com/a/gnul5 Other than that, it's a wonderful site. It has exactly what it should, nothing seems out of place, the name is great, and

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