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by kenneth 7y ago
Why is it FEMA's responsibility to help idiots who are doing things they've been warned not to do that'll probably kill them?
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by kenneth 7y ago
Interesting theory via Twitter: > If you look at BCH and BSV you will see the coins also moved - this looks like someone moved to do a split of forks. The good news (if that is the case) is that this likely will mean sale of BCH and BSV
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by kenneth 7y ago
I run a VC fund. We move store money around in large amounts (6-7 figure transfers, 7-8 figure balances). Our bank loves us and doesn't charge us any fees for anything ($0 wires etc). Having millions parked with them allows to lend the
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by kenneth 7y ago
There's an unequal power dynamic. There's been excessive aggression on both sides. There are many example of the police using far excessive force, of shooting tear gas in MTR stations, of terrorizing innocent bystanders when going
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by kenneth 7y ago
Are there any good apps on iOS that help block unwanted calls, and identify callers?
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by kenneth 7y ago
The FBI doesn't have a conviction rate because they do not prosecute cases. The Department of Justice might have a 93% conviction rate, perhaps.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Nice guys finish last is a saying that rings true in multiple fields. It's also entirely within anyone's control to realize that and act accordingly. I'm less of a nice guy these days, and my life is better for it. Though I t
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by kenneth 7y ago
I grew up eating caviar (brought back from trips to Russia where it was dirt cheap in the 90s, not from being rich), and I absolutely love it. It's an incredible flavor, but definitely an acquired taste. Like many things, if you grow u
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by kenneth 7y ago
Uh, if the EU wanted to, it could absolutely go in. The UK has the most valid reason for intervening since it's their treaty that's being violated by a Chinese invasion. EU countries have 2+ million military personnel combined, hu
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by kenneth 7y ago
Absolutely, yes. There are now 5 official demands from the movement, one of which is universal suffrage for elections of the Chief Executive (think of it like a Governor) and the legislature. This will never be granted, so the demands will
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by kenneth 7y ago
I find SCMP about equivalent to the NYT in the US. Not without its issues, but does quality reporting. When I need to follow the action live in HK to figure out what is happening (where protests are, what is happening in those protests, etc
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by kenneth 7y ago
> Can you rely on South China Morning Post (scmp.com) to be unbiased as their current owner is Chinese Alibaba Group ? Apart from mild criticisms, I don't think Alibaba group can afford to publish against Chinese government. Not sur
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by kenneth 7y ago
I think we're still pretty far away from that. China has a lot to lose on the international stage if anything like that were to go down. They would much rather have the local police deal with it (since the local police is aligned with
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by kenneth 7y ago
So… a few thoughts. I live in HK (having semi-recently moved here from the Bay Area, right before this all flared up). First, there's a ton of misinformation out there. Few sources have entirely accurate information, but the best Engli
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by kenneth 7y ago
Great story, thanks for sharing.
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by kenneth 7y ago
The Swiss experiment was a massive disaster. Wish we had never done it, and it certainly took a few decades to clean up its effect on parts of Zürich. It attracted junkies from all over Europe and with it brought crime and violence. I spent
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by kenneth 7y ago
Then you still have 20 years to switch everyone over.
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by kenneth 7y ago
I was stuck in LHR during the last time they had an identical system outage. I was lucky to be the very first person in line to check-in when the systems went down, so I was the first through when they fixed it 90min later. I had however mi
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by kenneth 7y ago
My email is my [first]@[last].com. I constantly have to explain to people that I am indeed saying [first]@[last].com and not [first].[last]@gmail.com. Ughh. Still, worth it. I love my email address!
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by kenneth 7y ago
If you look at the surface area of the world, a tiny percentage of it is taken up by people's heads. Like, probably <.01%. Unless you'r eat a large gathering (where right now it's illegal to fly drones.)
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by kenneth 7y ago
Is there any reason a drone couldn't autorotate like a helicopter does to slow its descent?
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The SEC wants disgraced VC Mike Rothenberg to cough up more than $30M(techcrunch.com)
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by kenneth 7y ago
If you liked this story, I also highly recommend the YouTube Extra History miniseries on the South Sea Bubble, which is a very similar contemporary scheme in the U.K. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1kndKWJKB8
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by kenneth 7y ago
So is Australia… but that's not really relevant to the population density in London or Sydney. Both Islands are country-sized and have plenty of empty land.
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by kenneth 7y ago
The issue in HK is poverty, not space. HK's blue collar workers are still quite poor today, and so live in nasty conditions. Poor people everywhere live in nasty conditions, it just so happens that the problems are different… e.g. Bang
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by kenneth 7y ago
There's plenty of space in rural Japan, it's just people choose to live in Tokyo, the cultural and economic hub of the country. Rural towns are literally paying people to move back. Being an Island has nothing to do with the crowd
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by kenneth 7y ago
The average hotel room is probably around 30m^2. Imagine the last hotel room you stayed in, cut off two thirds of it… and you have the size of this micro-flat. My walk-in closet when I lived in SF was probably about 12m^2.
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by kenneth 7y ago
If you live in San Francisco, the restaurant China Live has Durian ice cream that actually is rather delicious. Only good tasting Durian dish I've ever had. I absolutely hate the smell of the fruit and don't particularly like the
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by kenneth 7y ago
Once I got used to the new keyboards, I actually far prefer them. Ditto with the TouchBar. Yeah, I'm a heretic I suppose. Keyboard: pleasant clicky-ness and little movement required. Thin AF. TouchBar: customized with BetterTouchTools
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by kenneth 7y ago
Mandarin is a spoken language. The characters are "Simplified Chinese" in this case. The characters will sound different read in different languages. e.g. the two Traditional Chinese characters 東京 translate roughly to "Easter

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