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by lovecg 7y ago
And then even if you do, you now own a lot of the currency and are in theory incentivized to keep the value from crashing.
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by lovecg 7y ago
> Do you really think this makes sense from a public policy perspective, to pit the retirement needs of the old against, e.g., the environmental health of the young? But couldn’t you argue in exactly the same way for disenfranchisement?
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by lovecg 7y ago
Another linguistics enthusiast checking in. To expand on this, a “plosive” is a sound made with the tongue stopping the airflow and then releasing it (think “t”, “p”, “k” sounds), while a fricative involves continuous airflow (think “s”, “f
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by lovecg 7y ago
At its best, advertising is a form of search technology. If I have a need A and there’s a company out there providing exactly A, it’s awesome if I find out about it - both sides benefit from the transaction. To me this sort of advertising s
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by lovecg 8y ago
> So if you are a young engineer, you might not have access to a good mentor at a small start-up. More onus will be on you to develop skills and learn things by researching and ingesting material outside. Necessity is the mother of inven
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by lovecg 8y ago
Yes (technically the lower bound would be the small-o(n log n)). The conjecture is that it’s possible to do in O(n log n) time, which this paper proves, and that it’s not possible to do any faster (which is still an open problem).
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by lovecg 8y ago
Really? Suferring during, say, World War II was just as bad as immediately before or after?
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by lovecg 8y ago
Reminds me of “Cool Hand Luke”. Boss Paul: That ditch is Boss Kean's ditch. And I told him that dirt in it's your dirt. What's your dirt doin' in his ditch? Luke: I don't know, Boss. Boss Paul: You better get in t
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by lovecg 8y ago
To expand on this, many people who make this much as employees have a great deal of anxiety about the future of tech, and a reasonable doubt that this level of income cannot continue indefinitely. From that point of view it seems foolish to
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by lovecg 8y ago
Go start a company. Hire people without doing any sort of coding interviews. Report back in a year. The reality is that these are extremely desirable positions with a staggering number of applicants who _do not know how to code_. Not as in
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by lovecg 8y ago
Even if the city gets back much more in tax revenue?
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by lovecg 8y ago
Wow, how have I never heard of this podcast before? Looks amazing, thanks!