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by jpmattia 4y ago
It's also interesting that we don't see the state affiliated label on SpaceX yet.
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by jpmattia 4y ago
It wasn't like Twitter's business had a large technical barrier-to-entry. And Musk seems to be pissing away his non-technical barrier-to-entry just about as hard as he can. Good luck to Substack on eating twitter's lunch! Edi
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by jpmattia 4y ago
That's an amazing story, and TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetron Any pointers to the origin of "repeaters"? And thanks for making this old person from Bell Labs feel positively like a young noob. (
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> Tube amps used in creating music usually have a distinctive sound. Fender Twin Reverb and Ampeg SVT are but two of the many tube amps with a distinctive sound. Solid state amps typically have a very different sound. It's worth n
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> If he took say 25% of the shares, he could become one day soon the next Bill Gates/Elon Musk And perhaps that's exactly why he didn't take shares.
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> The buck stops at the government, as we are seeing with changing laws... Not to mention the majority party in the US House is threatening default.
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by jpmattia 4y ago
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by jpmattia 4y ago
Edits on my original comment are locked, but worth noting: Apparently the banks also thought there was no incentive to buy before the FDIC stepped in as well. > At the very least, FDIC should issue a statement guaranteeing beyond the $2
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by jpmattia 4y ago
I don't doubt it. The classic time for FDIC to invade a corp headquarters is Friday afternoon (the cliché is that they show up with lots of pizza) so they have max time to resolve it before opening of biz on Monday. I think odds are go
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> Did they even have that power in 2008? I don't remember tbh, but IndyMac (in July 08) was before Lehman (in Sept) so I think the answer is yes.
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by jpmattia 4y ago
I meant as opposed to a solvency problem (edited above.)
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> why should the taxpayers be put on the hook for that? One reason that it was done in the past was because it saves the taxpayers money by bailing out a single meltdown rather than something systemic. But you should recognize: The tax
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> This is a liquidity problem (so far). How is that known currently? Edit: As opposed to a solvency problem?
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by jpmattia 4y ago
They went beyond it for several banks: To my knowledge, nobody lost money in the dozens of banks that the FDIC closed in the 2008 meltdown, despite several depositors being beyond the FDIC limits.
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> is there precedent for that? Again, it would be better to have a comment from someone who banks for a living, but back in 2008 when the FDIC limit was $100K, ISTR Sheila Bair making a statement to that effect (IndyMac?). One large i
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by jpmattia 4y ago
I don't understand the incentive for a bank to buy them at this point, because any potential buyer might as well wait until the FDIC steps in to resolve the bank. Any banking wizards at HN who can explain the dynamics? edit: At the ver
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by jpmattia 4y ago
Like many here, I have a sysadmin side gig for my aging dad: uBlock is essentially required as anti-virus software. While it's great that google figured out how to monetize search by inserting ads, it was a lot more ethical back when t
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by jpmattia 4y ago
FYI: vtwm is a terrific virtual twm, and I still use it daily as my wm for linux w/ X windows. http://www.vtwm.org/
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> Indeed, the only thing that remains “circuit switched” about the PSTN today is the per-minute billing model — based on telcos mutually pretending to one another that they're still operating a circuit switched network that justifi
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> eg. are the fonts all correct, does the checksum on the MRZ add up, ... Is that hard? A quick googling shows websites that will generate a California driver's license for virtually no money, so I'd assume with decent progra
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by jpmattia 4y ago
My edit above is a lie, after checking the config. (Re-editing that comment has timed out.) I'm in the TV business, and yes there is a decent amount of valid traffic from .tv After checking, there wasn't a whitelist, but it was a
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> P.S. Also looking for a good alternative to gmail if anybody has some suggestions. We've been self-hosting. The first few weeks cost some extra time as you add items to the spam filters, but it works pretty well. Our system kill
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by jpmattia 4y ago
Let's face it: Customer support is viewed as a cost center. Until there is some negative financial consequence associated with inadequate customer support, there will be no improvement, so plan accordingly.
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> Too bad that it's only available for Windows as a Chrome extension Looks like it's available under msys2 on windows: https://packages.msys2.org/base/mosh As an aside: msys2 mingw64 and friends are >
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by jpmattia 4y ago
Alas, it looks like I'll have to use my Maxwellian knowledge for good rather than evil after all.
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> The human brain, impressive as it is, grinds to a halt when parsing with double negatives. Things like this sound like: "I have this characteristic, therefore everyone has this characteristic." Some of us ain't got no
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by jpmattia 4y ago
Of course, but the fact that they redundantly spell out "radio" and "television" (as though they aren't the same) makes me think we have a good chance of convincing a jury that "light" is something complet
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by jpmattia 4y ago
Curses! Foiled again! Does it help that I've now removed the fiber?
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by jpmattia 4y ago
> "did transmit and cause to be transmitted by wire, radio, and television communication" Note to self: Remember to use only free-space lightwave communications to avoid committing wire fraud. Edit: Removed "fiber" be
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by jpmattia 4y ago
These days, most of my time is spent on video encoding and distribution for fun and profit: https://www.centaurdelivery.com

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