joubert

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by joubert 6y ago
Missing the tone. :-)
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by joubert 6y ago
Space.
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by joubert 6y ago
there are many paths to Yes.
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Narrative Fallacy(models.substack.com)
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Where Did Brains Come From?(phys.org)
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by joubert 6y ago
> Switzerland is a country that has done very well for its people, but the lessons which have kept it stable and safe over the past two centuries (have a lot of mountains, and don't be worth invading) are not ones which extrapolate
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by joubert 6y ago
> We shall disperse the Swiss Armed Forces. We have signed a treaty with the Russian Federation, in which we pay them $1B a year (less than 20% of our previous defense budget). and they promise to nuke everyone should someone invade us.
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Terminal Phase: building a space shooter that runs in your terminal(dustycloud.org)
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Analyzing JavaScript, JSX/React Systems(gtoolkit.com)
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by joubert 6y ago
Thought travels faster than pen on paper travels faster than code ok editor.
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by joubert 6y ago
Did some research; think I’ve figured it out. See whether this is correct. Occupied palaces, like Buckingham Palace, are owned by the reigning monarch ‘in right of the Crown’ (like you pointed out). Similarly, the Crown Estate belongs to th
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by joubert 6y ago
> A crazy stat for me is that as a percentage of population more people in the Netherlands speak English than do in the US. The US is very diverse. A fun stat is that there are over 600 languages spoken in New York metro, making it one o
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by joubert 6y ago
> This idea that therefore the Netherlands has a zero-tax policy that's screwing other countries is nonsense. There are many other examples and discussions you can have about Dutch taxes creating issues overseas (the Netherlands is
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by joubert 6y ago
Agreed. Double edged: as the new entrant network effects of incumbent(s) can be the wall you hit. Can also be your moat if you innovate the space into a new, different direction.
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by joubert 6y ago
Timing difference, i.e. majority of assets are not held in cash (it is put to work), so if many people try to withdraw lots of money at the same time, it can trigger a downward spiral (“bank run”). I’d you’re curious to understand more: ht
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by joubert 6y ago
> I should clarify what I said about its supply. Although Bitcoin is limited in supply, digital currencies are not limited in supply because new ones have come along and will continue to come along to compete so the supply of Bitcoin-lik
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by joubert 6y ago
it was indeed cool. also generating audio. fun times. I never managed, no tried, to put a jpg on screen though. Not sure how many lines that would require.
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by joubert 6y ago
> I know how much one needs to know in order to have a valuable opinion in the markets, so I wouldn’t bet on my own views. Good to emulate.
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by joubert 6y ago
> There is an old finding in political science that Americans are “symbolically conservative” but “operationally liberal.” Americans talk like conservatives but want to be governed like liberals. In California, the same split political p
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A Cardiac Conundrum(harvardmagazine.com)
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by joubert 6y ago
And Buckingham is part of the Crown Estate, which is not the private property of the monarch.
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by joubert 6y ago
The Crown Estate is not the private property of the monarch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Estate Also see, from https://www.royal.uk/royal-finances-0 > The Crown Estate as a whole dates back
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by joubert 6y ago
You don’t have to plant all the trees in the US. There’s one atmosphere.
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Lain: A Minimal Lisp(github.com)
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Gnoga(gnoga.com)
1 points by joubert 6y ago|1 comments
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Clog – The Common Lisp Omnificent GUI(github.com)
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(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python))(norvig.com)
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Lisp as the Maxwell’s Equations of Software(michaelnielsen.org)
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Mako is a portable stack-based virtual game console(github.com)
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by joubert 6y ago
Still, the slowness feels indicative of unseen rot on the inside of the machine. The slowness is like an off smell. Faith is tested.

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