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by jcfrei 4y ago
Granted, it's pretty wild that they fixed some film cameras to a rocket and sent it to space. But neither the delivery vehicle (Titan 3) nor the film cameras attached to parachutes was some super secretive ground-breaking tech.
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by jcfrei 4y ago
Why is this such a persistent meme that governments always have some crazy tech up their sleeves? Highly advanced military tech is mostly about intimidation so there's little benefit in keeping stuff secret for decades (actual war is m
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by jcfrei 4y ago
You can short it using CME futures. Collateral is in USD and insured by various safeguards in case counter parties cant meet margin requirements. You can short it as reliably as any other asset.
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by jcfrei 4y ago
That would result in an economy with huge deflation: People consuming the bare minimum of apples needed for survival because their gold savings would appreciate each year in value.
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by jcfrei 4y ago
Cool idea! But how do you make sure that I didn't just pretend to cut the note? If I could fool you into believing I've cut it then I could pay someone with a worthless note.
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by jcfrei 4y ago
This is a possible outcome of increased regulation but not a necessary one. It can also lead to a redistribution of economic rents, in this case from Uber shareholders to drivers, while the market equilibrium (number of people offering car
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Google Authenticator Updated: Slower, Mandatory Click to Reveal
30 points by jcfrei 4y ago|26 comments
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by jcfrei 4y ago
When asked why he does it Bertrand replied: Ça plane pour moi.
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by jcfrei 4y ago
The DAI algorithmic stablecoin has been around for over 2 years now and hasn't broken its peg (though it has fluctuated around $1 a lot in the beginning). All these stablecoins breaking their pegs usually promise some crazy yield one w
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by jcfrei 4y ago
Tether isn't backed by cash but by a combination of short and long term loans and potentially even crypto. Fiat deposits are likely a small allocation. Calling it a scam is still disingenuous, it is backed by reserves (the more pertine
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by jcfrei 5y ago
It's not just the green parties. There's a sizeable part of the population in the German speaking world (and I'm sure elsewhere too) that just views nuclear power as something unnatural and perverted. Something that's al
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I’ve studied the possible trajectories of the Russia-Ukraine war. None are good(theguardian.com)
9 points by jcfrei 5y ago|3 comments
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by jcfrei 5y ago
Independent countries are one way to go. A mostly independent region within a federalized republic could be another.
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by jcfrei 5y ago
Lots of countries are obviously positioning themselves to (re-)integrate some territory just in case. Some missing pieces: South Ossetia and Abkhazia which would probably be reintegrated into Georgia and pave the way for potential NATO or E
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by jcfrei 5y ago
Don't know about the Baltics but Japan for example pays $1.8B per year for US troops.
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With war at its doors, Europe discovers a capacity for action(economist.com)
40 points by jcfrei 5y ago|39 comments
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This is how journalists figure out if all those Ukraine videos are real(washingtonpost.com)
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How the Coronavirus Steals the Sense of Smell(nytimes.com)
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Russia pulls out of European spaceport, abandoning a planned launch(arstechnica.com)
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by jcfrei 5y ago
How does blocking javascript in this case prevent tracking? It's done via the same cookies the website uses, as I understand it. Do you disable cookies too?
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by jcfrei 5y ago
It was clear this was going to happen for more than a decade now. I'm surprised it took them so long to really push for this. I'm just reiterating what I said back then: There's no point in wasting any time and resources into
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by jcfrei 5y ago
It's politically tough to do but you really need to ensure that federal subsidies for flood insurance in coastal areas are gradually reduced to zero. Some people will fight this tooth and nail while denying the effects of climate chang
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A Blistering Pace(avc.com)
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by jcfrei 5y ago
In the current economy the funding of these types of projects is usually not the bottleneck. It's finding the people and achieving the actual scientific / engineering breakthroughs. The marginal return on more money is pretty insi
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How the Russian Government Has Prepared for Economic Sanctions(nytimes.com)
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by jcfrei 5y ago
I doubt they'll add much value - they don't want to cannibalize their core business even more. They'll probably just add a button that says "talk to a UBS wealth manager" when your portfolio value crosses a certain
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A game developers take on blockchain gaming and play-to-earn(youtube.com)
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Reddit Blocking Firefox Users(twitter.com)
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by jcfrei 5y ago
I think you are forgetting about the environmental impact of hydro damns. It floods entire valleys, displaces lots of flora and fauna and it uses much more concrete than wind farms.
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by jcfrei 5y ago
I think the reason is that the original intention behind HTML was to be a quickly written markup language to present and share research. With minimal styling like text size, paragraphs, some bold or italics for emphasis and images. Anything

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