jesusthatsgreat

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by jesusthatsgreat 2y ago
> If they fold and remove tariffs on the US Part of the problem is that Trumps's definition of tariffs doesn't make any sense. VAT isn't a tariff but according to Trump it is. Does he seriously expect other nations to just
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by jesusthatsgreat 3y ago
Or fiat currency in general. Let's not pretend modern fiat is backed by something solid. The only thing backing it these days is the promise of our grandchildren & their grandchildren being good to pay back debt, eventually.
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by jesusthatsgreat 4y ago
Recording & sharing video footage using on-board cameras. I mean the cameras and stream is already there, it's trivial to store the data and make it accessible. Better yet, clips could be filtered by sensors being triggered - alarm
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by jesusthatsgreat 4y ago
Sounds like classic A type personalities with zero technical chops deciding how long a technical project should take to further their own agenda: > The Migration Programme experienced delays from the outset and fell behind the IMP timing
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by jesusthatsgreat 4y ago
Not your keys, not your coins.
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by jesusthatsgreat 4y ago
The only thing they beat smartphones at is optical zoom. And that's pretty important and one of the few areas where smartphones still lag and can't crack due to their size. Add 10x optical zoom to a new iPhone and watch it crush a
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by jesusthatsgreat 4y ago
This wouldn't be proof that God exists though... proof of God's existence is probably impossible. I mean, hypothetically, if God exists and is willing to do anything to show us he exists, how would you or I verify he exists? If we
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by jesusthatsgreat 4y ago
My car has a feature that will alert you if you exit the car and there's a person in the back seat. Example of it here: https://youtu.be/utEzcyoTk_E I always thought it was such an improbable situation that it didn&#x2
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by jesusthatsgreat 5y ago
Or better yet, just don't answer incoming calls that you're not expecting
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by jesusthatsgreat 5y ago
Absolutely. If cost of goods goes up 7.8%, most companies will round prices up by 10%. Increased costs is a great excuse to not only pass costs on to the consumer, but sneak in some additional "while we're at it" price rises
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by jesusthatsgreat 5y ago
Having kids fixes the problem of feeling old and lost. Your life now has purpose and you have lifelong blood buddies to share experiences & stories with. Having kids also means ideally having a stable relationship with a partner and you
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by jesusthatsgreat 5y ago
If you see an ATM churning out free cash, do you take it and say nothing? You are after all profiting on someone elses mistake... It's the same situation. Taking money that is not yours is a punishable crime. It's that simple.
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by jesusthatsgreat 5y ago
The beauty of it comes when you're working in a team of say 5 other front end devs of varying skill levels. There tends to be a large amount of duplication & overlap, people have different ways of doing things and achieving certain
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by jesusthatsgreat 5y ago
Technical interviews are high pressure situations that don't just check someone's technical proficiency but rather their ability to cope with pressure, communicate effectively while under that pressure and their willingness /
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by jesusthatsgreat 6y ago
It definitely plays a role in driving overall sentiment though. And indirectly plays a role in people taking more risks. There's a view that the economy won't collapse because central banks will just keep printing money... and it&
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by jesusthatsgreat 6y ago
$549 today isn't as much as $549 was 10 years ago or even 5 years ago. The world is getting wealthier. Money is getting cheaper. We've just printed trillions of dollars this year to keep the good times rolling baby. We live in an
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by jesusthatsgreat 6y ago
Same could be said about the stock market. Lots of companies aren't in profit and would die without the ability to dump shares and without speculators (and indeed the government itself - the ultimate speculator) propping it all up. Man
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by jesusthatsgreat 6y ago
You don't, you just sort of exist doing what you're doing but always thinking there's a better way of doing things / better tech stack out there. There usually is. But that's just technology for you. You can't
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by jesusthatsgreat 6y ago
How do you increase supply in densely populated cities with extremely strict planning laws & regulations? The solution is to ban short term leasing in cities, increase taxes on sales of property within a certain timeframe and increase t
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
Not angering parents should be reason enough to go to school. If they don't like school, they can get to like it. That would be my philosophy. Certain decisions parents make for the benefit of their kids even if the kids don't lik
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
I have an M510 and I love it but it needs to be taken apart and cleaned every year or so. It accumulates an insane amount of crap inside it which if left unchecked will eventually lead you to think there's a software issue or wireless
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
You're not alone but you're probably in the less than 1% of people who care about anything other than price when it comes to flying. Low cost airlines dominate because people people want to pay as little as possible for flights.
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
Cut electricity. That puts an end to modern communication.
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
Another hitjob on Bitcoin paid for & promoted by old money. Terrorists using Bitcoin for funding are idiots. They're creating an undeniable, timestamped treasure trove of digital evidence which is far simpler to trace and track tha
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
What makes it worse is that quite a few toilet lids are self closing / soft closing these days. So if you get used to it, you start trusting the lid to close itself and take your hand from underneath the lid while it's still at a
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
And with elected representatives like this, I wouldn't be putting money on this becoming law any time soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2e-gOeN3DM or if it does become law, expect it to become a rolling target tha
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
If it works for you and is easily maintained by whoever is looking after it, great. In my experience, sooner or later you're gonna want modern functionality / user experience and you're in for a world of pain trying to hack i
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by jesusthatsgreat 7y ago
I prefer jQuery syntax than javascript. It's the only thing I miss about jQuery. I also think there's a lot of people still using jQuery simply because they're scared of SPAs, the learning curve involved and how they basicall
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by jesusthatsgreat 8y ago
Ok gang, let's see who's behind this... takes off the mask to reveal Google Buzz
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by jesusthatsgreat 8y ago
Because it blocks ads by default, everywhere across all platforms. Sure you can use Chrome / Firefox / Safari and install extensions and plugins that do something similar but end users don't want to jump through hoops and pla

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