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   The Bicycle Thief(chicagomag.com)

   4 points by jc_811 5y ago|0 comments
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   Wall Street’s cooked books fueled the last financial crisis:it’s happening again(theintercept.com)

   4 points by jc_811 5y ago|0 comments
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   by jc_811 5y ago

   I mentioned it in another comment, but if this is the case it feels like calling the movement a “great resignation” is a bit misleading, as a more appropriate label would be a “great company switching”
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   by jc_811 5y ago

   So in this case, instead of a "great resignation" it would be more accurate imply a "great company switching". However, doesn't this scenario assume that there are an abundant supply of "better" jobs just
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   by jc_811 5y ago

   That I can totally understand. However, if we're looking at the labor market as a whole, people making comfortable tech salaries are definitely outliers. Coupled with the fact that (anecdotally) it seems many of the people who don&#x27
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   by jc_811 5y ago

   I feel like I keep seeing articles on this topic, but nobody is addressing the (obvious) elephant in the room: If there is a great resignation, and people are quitting jobs they are not happy with - how are they going to pay their bills and
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   by jc_811 5y ago

   So the president of a country: - Whose minimum wage is between $113-$242 dollars per month [1] - Where 26% of the population is living on less than $5.50 per day [2] Wants to use a digital store of value, as a means of exchange, whose tran
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   by jc_811 5y ago

   This article perfectly encapsulates the state of crypto and blockchain. Long story short, the mayor of Reno is using buzzwords and a lack of knowledge to fix issues that don’t exist. She is also very publicly pushing the coins she has inves
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   The Mayor of Reno Is Betting Big on the Blockchain(wired.com)

   4 points by jc_811 5y ago|2 comments
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    by jc_811 5y ago

    I've always thought that the stablecoins could/would be the downfall of crypto. Seems that people have swept these issues under the rug due to some inconvenient truths. With the reliance on stablecoins, crypto seems to just be rep
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    Bitcoin’s Reliance on Stablecoins Harks Back to the Wild West of Finance(wsj.com)

    2 points by jc_811 5y ago|2 comments
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    by jc_811 5y ago

    I think the biggest issue is that they were paying employees for login credentials to sensitive systems. Imagine you’re an IT manager and you find out that an employee is giving the company’s* usernames and passwords - to a 3rd party at the
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    Salesforce and Microsoft have an uphill battle to own collaboration(protocol.com)

    2 points by jc_811 5y ago|0 comments
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    Ask HN: How is a company like Comcast able to get away with spam?

    111 points by jc_811 6y ago|44 comments
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    Monkey MindPong (Neuralink)(m.youtube.com)

    1 points by jc_811 6y ago|0 comments
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    by jc_811 6y ago

    I don't think you need a smartphone and social media to do any of the above listed tasks. The author's qualm isn't with having an online presence, or being tapped into modern society, it's having that modern society cons
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    Ask HN: Would you fly on a Boeing 737 Max?

    3 points by jc_811 6y ago|8 comments
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    New type of supply-chain attack hit Apple, Microsoft and 33 other companies(arstechnica.com)

    2 points by jc_811 6y ago|0 comments
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    by jc_811 6y ago

    Do you have a valid source for any of the information you just claimed?
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    Rapid7 acquires Kubernetes security startup Alcide for $50M(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by jc_811 6y ago|0 comments
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    by jc_811 6y ago

    The author is tying section 230 to the rise of monopolies on the internet since it allowed them to achieve scale much more easily. I think we are in dire need of some sort of change regarding the internet landscape, although to be totally f
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    The 1996 Law [Section 230] That Ruined the Internet(theatlantic.com)

    3 points by jc_811 6y ago|5 comments
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    Microsoft breached in suspected Russian hack using SolarWinds(reuters.com)

    2 points by jc_811 6y ago|0 comments
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    by jc_811 6y ago

    Wow, Looks like the head of Global Security for Apple was caught bribing local officials with Apple merchandise to get them to issue concealed carry weapons permits to Apple employees.
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    Concealed Weapons Permit Scandal;Grand Jury Indicts Apple Security Executive(sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com)

    2 points by jc_811 6y ago|1 comments
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    by jc_811 6y ago

    Reposted on wired with permission. Original from Quanta Magazine here: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-renormalization-saved-par...
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    From Big to Small: Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics(wired.com)

    4 points by jc_811 6y ago|1 comments
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    The Inside Story Of Robinhood’s Billionaire Founders(forbes.com)

    3 points by jc_811 6y ago|0 comments
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    by jc_811 6y ago

    Have you ever spent serious time actually living in a developing country? Do you truly believe California, the richest state in the US, is on par with a developing country because of their high DMV fees? Please think of those living in trul
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    by jc_811 6y ago

    Is that totally guaranteed though? It’s important to remember that the landlords as well will be getting the 1000$ UBI. So yes, there will be landlords starting their rent at $1000, but there will also be landlords who start lower because t