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by kenneth 7y ago
How does that affect your romantic relationships? I imagine you're single since you don't mention a co-living situation which would otherwise be relevant. I imagine taking a girl home you without a bed might not be ideal. Also, do
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by kenneth 7y ago
In my experience, the SEC is one of the most reasonable and competent government agency.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Don't knock flying first class. There's nothing wrong with getting to a point where you value less torture in the air more than the amount of money it costs. This isn't a class warfare issue.
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by kenneth 7y ago
If the data exists for the underlying stocks in the market, a far better indicator would be to do an IRR calculation on every stock in the market, or every stock above a certain market cap threshold (inflation-adjusted). Easy enough.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Well yeah, 500 fatalities were not saved because this was not built. Nor have 100 people died building this hypothetical project. The example is an illustration, the absolute numbers are irrelevant. The points is, even if people die buildin
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by kenneth 7y ago
6 million passengers a year. 3.5M flights is about as many as the whole world has.
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by kenneth 7y ago
The speed of the line isn't the tricky part in these Swiss tunnel projects. Switzerland's trains aren't as fast simply because Switzerland is too small and too dense to require it. The fastest Swiss trains are still pretty fa
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by kenneth 7y ago
I never quite understood the idea that any amount of loss of life is unacceptable in projects such a these. I think we put far too high a value on human life, and fail to measure distinct numbers relative to their greater effects. If we bui
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by kenneth 7y ago
An Uber to the train station is still far better than having to drive the whole way.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Nothing quite embodies the utter failure of the US and CA in particular as this embarrassing high-speed rail project. This is something that has been pioneered, developed, and commoditized in other countries, both in Europe and Asia. The CA
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by kenneth 7y ago
In the case of Miss A, he had reluctant consent. In the case of Miss W, he had consent for sex, but not explicit consent to initiate sex while sleeping. The thing that both of these women reportedly felt violated by was his disregard for th
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by kenneth 7y ago
I think the issue had more to do with not using a condom (with the explicit non-consent of the two women) than with the sex (for which he mostly had consent)
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by kenneth 7y ago
> The new findings, based on a computer model that simulated the speed of traffic with Uber and Lyft vehicles removed Not sure if that's actually what's going on, but if it is, it's a ridiculous conclusion. Let me rephrase
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by kenneth 7y ago
It was not an IPO as there was no public offering . Instead, the company filled an S-1 and was listed on an exchange allowing for secondary trading.
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by kenneth 7y ago
So much hyperbole in this comment… Yes, CA is one of the better states in the United States, but it is by no means half of the things you say. No, it is not the #1 economy in the world (hello, the rest of the US exists, as does China and Ja
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by kenneth 7y ago
San Francisco is one of the most mismanaged major cities in the world and it's on such a negative trajectory. It's blessed with an incredibly successful homegrown tech industry, but there's only so much that can do to hide th
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by kenneth 7y ago
Hiring a known whistleblower is a risk not worth taking, even if you are not doing anything wrong. The risk vs. reward ratio is just too high.
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by kenneth 7y ago
I see this criticism about Lyft and Uber all the time, but I don't understand how both companies could not at some point simply raise their prices to make the unit economics work. Sure, they'd lose some business… but given there i
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by kenneth 7y ago
I've been thinking about this. Gasoline is a much better form of energy storage than lithium-ion. Perhaps if we mandated that gasoline (or a similar fuel) be synthesized from carbon extracted from the air instead of dug out of the grou
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by kenneth 7y ago
I've experienced that exact bad trip, at it was horrible enough that I have never done psychedelics since. The one time in my life I thought I was dead. Not worth the risk to try again. Plenty of other drugs that have real benefits wit
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by kenneth 7y ago
I think the best solution to that is to have a "honeypot" account, at least on your laptop. Have a random account with some photos / random documents that you login to by username. Hide the main account's home folder and
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by kenneth 7y ago
UFOs aren't all the same. Each sighting could be something different. A UFO just means "unidentified" — what might be flying unidentified today is very different from 50 years ago, given the technological advancement since.
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by kenneth 8y ago
You read the headlines all the time about the EU fining whatever tech company some insane amount. I'm curious, though, if Google, Facebook, etc. actually pay the amount. I would expect them to fight these judgement tooth and nail, and
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by kenneth 8y ago
My interpretation of this article: The UAE is laundering dirty gold, cleaning it, and reselling it to China and India. Western buyers tend to stay away from UAE gold because Emirati refineries aren't accredited, but the Chinese and Ind
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by kenneth 8y ago
That's not my interpretation at all. EDIT: moved explanation it to a top level comment because I thought it more broadly interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19743663
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by kenneth 8y ago
I've caught, killed, and eaten fish before. It was certainly an interesting experience and teaches you a lot about yourself and the world to experience killing the animal you're willing to eat. I haven't done it with any bird
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by kenneth 8y ago
This is HUGE! Ruby's pace of development continues to impress. It's always been an impressively practical language and keeps getting better.
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by kenneth 8y ago
If you're trying to say China, just say it. No point trying to be politically correct when everyone knows the controversial thing you're saying. And yeah, generally Paris and its touristy sights are way overrated. Crowded with ann
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by kenneth 8y ago
The 10,000 year clock is a relevant contemporary example. Not exactly the same situation, but similarly it's a project that won't be seen to completion by anyone involved in it (if completion means the clock working as intended fo
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by kenneth 8y ago
I bought a pair of shoes off of a Facebook ad that I absolutely love. I was expecting them to suck because they came through an ad but was pleasantly surprised. Vessi shoes. Fully waterproof shoe (I've literally walked into a pool with

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