kharms

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by kharms 9y ago
Loved it a few years ago, stopped using it when I started using conda and it didn’t support switching into those environments. I’ll try again hopefully that’s fixed.
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by kharms 9y ago
Under his tenure the endowment raised an additional $800,000,000. Assuming a conservative 2% spend-down, that's an additional $16,000,000 per year, forever. If he gets paid $3,00,000 per year, forever that's still $13,000,000 in n
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by kharms 9y ago
The gameplay reminds me a bit of an old favorite of mine - Starport: Galactic Empires. I wonder of games of that nature could undergo a revival as browser games.
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by kharms 9y ago
Smile molds are now considered Protozoa, partially due to behavioral differences in how they eat, but mostly due to genetic testing.
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by kharms 9y ago
>basically that fee, is directly inline with credit card process fees, its even structured the same. (1) At Patreon's scale you pay <2% per transaction, so there is at least 1% extra overhead. (2) That fee is present even with de
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by kharms 9y ago
>Title is incorrect, the $0.35 is for every pledge, not for every (monthly) transaction. They are switching away from the monthly batch billing to a transaction-per-pledge model, so I'm not sure why you don't like the title.
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by kharms 9y ago
Wow, thanks for sharing that link to Fermat’s library. What an amazing resource.
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by kharms 9y ago
You should include the free plan on the pricing page.
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Patreon adding a 2.9% and $.35 fee to every patron transaction(patreon.zendesk.com)
11 points by kharms 9y ago|10 comments
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by kharms 9y ago
My favorite part: [2001] Bill Gates note: see data base for add'l entries [2007] Gerald Ford note: See Rolodex Card Maybe they tried using a CRM but Rockefeller wasn't it to it.
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by kharms 9y ago
According to this[0] MIT study, the excess emissions will cause 60 premature deaths. If you commit 60 violent offenses you can expect well over 7 years in jail. Edit: 60 in the US, many more globally. [0] http://news.mit.edu&#x2F
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Double blind study shows that vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
6 points by kharms 9y ago|0 comments
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by kharms 9y ago
>If traders lose faith in Tether, they would sell Tether and buy Bitcoin in a flight to safety. Bitcoin prices would rise as traders try to get out of Tether. The Tether:Bitcoin rate would rise, but I’m not sure that the Bitcoin:USD pric
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by kharms 9y ago
Since we’re giving credit where it’s due, let’s not mix the USSR and Russia. Ukraine and Belarus suffered proportionately greater losses.
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by kharms 9y ago
I agree with the gist of your post but your consensus advice is a bit off: >And graduated Stanford. You've even managed to save around $10K in cash from various summer jobs and gifts from relatives. The consensus advice investment m
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by kharms 9y ago
Iraq was invaded shortly after Saddam attempted to switch from USD to Euro for their oil exports. I’ve heard various theories for the ultimate reason for the war and of them this one seems pretty convincing.
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by kharms 9y ago
Looking past the financing question, all (major) telecommunications networks are built via eminent domain, and as such must necessarily serve the public good.
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by kharms 9y ago
As a counterpoint, I intend to purchase one. The only smart features I want are the easy ones - "play X, pause, dim lights, remind me of Y." Alexa & Co. are better at the expense of privacy. The combination of respecting priva
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by kharms 9y ago
I've never seen a political post last more than a few hours on this site before some mod kills it. If it mentions Russia it happens even more quickly. Just ignore this post, it'll be gone soon enough.
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by kharms 9y ago
A datapoint: there was a startup in Boston named Bridj that folded because it turned out to not be a viable model.
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by kharms 9y ago
>Student loans are originated without regard to credit risk, at the same interest rate for all borrowers. That's not entirely true. For undergraduate students, no more than $57,500 can be loaned from the government at a fixed 4.45%
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by kharms 9y ago
I cancelled my prime account after a string of issues, the worst of which I’ll summarize. I bought a $1300 camera, received a $500 camera. Easy error, easy fix. I wish. I had to call twice to initiate the return, call twice more to find out
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by kharms 9y ago
Doesn't work in Safari. Very disappointed.
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by kharms 9y ago
This argument falls apart when you extend it a little bit further. Suppose that same public defender got his client off, and in their last conversation his client tells him "thanks! I'm going to go rob a bank." Now that publi
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by kharms 9y ago
"Security via obscurity" is the popular phrase.
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by kharms 9y ago
In my opinion this author produces the best math videos on youtube. If you can afford it and enjoyed this video, consider supporting him on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/3blue1brown
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by kharms 9y ago
Here is one example, where they refused to publish leaks from/about Russia: http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/17/wikileaks-turned-down-le... I recall another case when Wikileaks itself advertised a Russia
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by kharms 9y ago
What's the best framework for a personal/learning project? My only recent .js experience has been with d3.js.
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by kharms 9y ago
Wikileaks leaks are selective. "Public" only describes the things they release. The hostility is in the choice of releases.
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by kharms 9y ago
A government would need to produce ASICs, but would only need to commandeer GPUs. There are massive GPU farms used by various industries, including ones available for rent (aws, etc.)

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