lucbocahut

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by lucbocahut 1y ago
The main argument builds on the assumption that the economy is a zero sum game when it clearly is not. Just because we invest these ressources in AI does not mean we could mobilize the same capital for other pursuits. Precisely AI is being
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by lucbocahut 1y ago
Or it could simply be associating controversial topics with Elon Musk which sounds about right.
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by lucbocahut 5y ago
I am rereading a novel from French author René Barjavel: “the ice people” on this exact theme. Scientists in the South Pole discover an ancient civilization 900k years old. Its also fun because he anticipates the near future quite accuratel
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by lucbocahut 5y ago
I wonder if the fresh water used in such a way wouldn’t eventually be released back into the ocean thus somewhat mitigating the effect.
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by lucbocahut 6y ago
I use macfan control to force a lower fan rate which throttles the cpu. Battery is significantly better (feels like 2x at least) for mundane tasks. I can still watch videos, browse and do light work without feeling any slowdown.
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by lucbocahut 6y ago
Great point. It seems to me the mechanics of competition are at play to some extent in open source: ideas compete against each other, the better ones prevail, and contribute to a better whole.
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by lucbocahut 6y ago
Abstractions have other purpose than deduplication. They make it easier to reason about your code as well. It might be the smartest thing sometimes to abstract away the first occurrence in a method imho.
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by lucbocahut 6y ago
Actually if it’s simply a put the profits on the hedge stand independently of what they actually produce. They could lift the hedge at any moment or take the opposite bet to offset it regardless of their actual production. It seems to me it
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by lucbocahut 7y ago
It is perfectly legal in France to have several passports at the same time. It is encouraged in fact for frequent travelers.
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by lucbocahut 8y ago
I second this. I freelance as a part time CTO and this has been my favorite appproach to hiring devs. A paid project goes a long way to establishing a good work relationship and gives both sides most of what they need to decide if it’s a go
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by lucbocahut 8y ago
I could not agree more. Iteration time is shortened and I usually get better results faster with a designer that can write HTML + CSS. It's really hard to work differently now.
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by lucbocahut 8y ago
it could simply be looking at https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments :)
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by lucbocahut 8y ago
One UI to rule them all? This would be a really interesting tool for web developers. Thankfully, modern UI development is blessed with some really professional UI toolkits: elements UI for vue or Semantic React for instance do a great job o
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by lucbocahut 8y ago
Sounds like we can achieve this with a browser plugin, not sure we need a whole new web just yet:)
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by lucbocahut 9y ago
Mining rights, proper registration and certification of the gold nugget, etc., etc. It’s fairly common in the financial industry to check where funds come from (“know your customer”). It’s done to prevent money laundering and make illicit a
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by lucbocahut 9y ago
Ethics: if the money comes from theft, child pornography or selling crack cocaine (extreme examples, not saying this is the case here), you can hardly say you are making the world a better place.
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by lucbocahut 9y ago
The source of the funds should be a concern for the charities involved in my opinion. I find the recipients a little quick to praise the donor with little being said about how the bitcoins were obtained. Maybe this information was simply no
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by lucbocahut 9y ago
I think the perception that social security and retirement deductions are taxes stems from the fact these are obligatory. Insofar as we have no choice in the matter these have all the properties of taxes. With the caveat it is difficult to