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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Just for reference, M1 of the US Federal Reserve is $3 trillion. Compare this to the US national debt of $14 trillion or the GDP of $19 trillion.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
At least for Bitcoin, it’s going to be cheaper and easier just to go to a traditional bank or money transfer company. Unless you somehow have a notion that using it will hide the money from the taxman...
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Its probably a fair bit warmer where you live though. This city is in Siberia which although the same latitude as Northern Europe, is a lot colder. Right now it is -20C/-5F there, and it’s not even the cold part of the year yet :-)
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
I also have gigabit, and in my research it seems that the APU2 tops out around 600mbit. Newer hardware like the Celeron 3855U should handle gigabit fine though.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Over the summer I upgraded to gigabit symmetric fibre and wanted something a bit more 'enterprise' at home that wouldn't have any issues keeping up (compared to consumer wifi router running OpenWRT I'd used before). I bo
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Without seeing how many failed investments they’ve made that’s not really a fair assumption.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Take a look at machines like the HyperCube which are attempts at a generic CNC machine with swappable tools/print heads. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1752766
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
There is a third major independent option: Microsoft Edge. I assume (like me) a lot web of developers aren’t using Windows, but we can at least help people out by making sure our applications work fine on those browsers. Since IE 9, with a
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
IKEA are one of the outliers in this space unfortunately. Last year I bought some Osram Lightify bulbs, as here in Europe they are compatible with the Hue hub (which like Tradfri also works offline). I also got their own hub to update the b
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
In Italy it’s common for people to take their entire kitchen (including cabinets and fitted appliances) when they move.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Three minutes to change all the bulbs?
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Here is the UK’s HMRC equivalent for anyone wondering: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-custo...
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Premium phone numbers are a lot of work to get setup, and payout rates are often no more than 1/3 of the call cost.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
> A big part of the explanation is a United Nations body called the Universal Postal Union. The UPU helps coordinate rates and standards between nearly every national postal system, and has been a crucial piece of global infrastructure s
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
> especially for a developing country I’m not sure ‘developing country’ is the right term here, however I agree compared to Western European countries, most Eastern European countries aren’t quiet as ‘developed’ (disclaimer: I live in on
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
I'd also like to see a photo of this setup, and I'd like to understand how you work on this. I have a 27" 4K monitor at 150% scaling and it feels 'big enough', I was considering getting a second but then I'd ha
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
> If you’re running a statically linked binary produced by go [...] In a way you are answering your own question. Sure you can give up Docker and use something else, but you are giving up benefits of using the Docker infrastructure and e
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
It should be noted that Sonoff devices are not UL Listed, unlike the device the article discusses. Given that and how Chinese product companies like to cut corners with these type of devices (see bigclivedotcom on YouTube), I’m not sure I’d
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
I was in a similar situation until my mid-late 20s. I managed to get out of it by getting new friends who weren't interested in alcohol. A lot of my drinking was because of peer pressure, and any kind of social event was usually at a b
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
I’d argue that these trucks would be a much better fit in Europe than the US. Here truckers can drive a maximum of 9.5 hours a day with a 45 minute break. These are mandated by law and the pentalties are severe for going over these limits.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Here in Europe the same deals happen, but it just happens behind the scenes, so you don’t know what’s going on. In the US PACs are required to disclose their donors, so you at least have some idea who is trying to push their agenda.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
Do you have a blog or something with more details? I have a dream of doing something similar, although growing vegetables, and would like to know more. My email address is in my profile if you don’t want to make it public.
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if evidence comes out that changes alcohol consumption drastically. Yes people have been drinking alcohol for centuries, but it was originally as a way to preserve calories, avoid drinking unsafe water, and as a
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
The problem is it starts breaking down at around 250C, and if you leave a pan on a stove it can easily get above that temperature. The chemicals it breaks down into are known neurotoxins, and are especially lethal to birds. In Europe (espec
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
That’s not true anymore. Since iOS 10 you’ve been able to remove most of the built in Apple apps. https://www.imore.com/how-delete-apple-apps-ios-10
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
I have a LG 27UD68-P (and just ordered a second one) and have found it pretty good for programming. Here in Europe they come with a swivel stand. The only real disadvantage compared to the Dell is they don't have DisplayPort daisy-chai
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
In Europe it’s pretty common for phone providers to offer a package that includes access to a popular service that won’t count towards your data limit. Here’s another example from O2 UK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
What helped me a lot was being rigorous in changing notifications so I only get alerts for important things. The defaults are really stupid, I really don’t care that “X posted a video” - why is it important and why does it need my attention
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by lucaspiller 9y ago
How can you guaranteee the objectivity of a private, for-profit, media agency? If a company like Monsanto wanted to bury a story, I’m sure they wouldn’t have any issues knowing the right people in CNN and Fox to take out for dinner.
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We did this recently with a small app that needs to be fast. The relatively simple page that you see when you first visit the site is rendered with plain old Rails, then when the user interacts with the page (based on DOM addEventListener h

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