lucozade

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by lucozade 9y ago
> Excel is a phenomenal accomplishment Couldn't agree more. It's also a huge, latent liability. In my experience, mostly because it's an opaque data store. To use the parent's example. Turn's out the $100mm busin
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by lucozade 9y ago
How is Bitcoin replacing Goldman? They're an investment bank. If anything, it'll be net positive for Goldman if Bitcoin settles down as a sensible investment vehicle as they can then make fees flogging it.
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by lucozade 9y ago
When the CEO is making a public statement, as the CEO, then they most definitely are representing the view of the company. An employee may or may not be depending on their role and the circumstances. For example, if they are the company&#x2
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by lucozade 9y ago
Sponsored by the same company through university. We went out as a part of a group to the pub. She insulted me a lot then put her foot through a wall. What’s not to love? Still together 30 years on. Wouldn’t say it’s hard work. Thinking abo
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by lucozade 9y ago
> It doesn't make much sense to 'buy' cash instruments when you can just get the real thing It does if you only want to be exposed to price movements. With futures you can get that exposure with a much lower initial outlay
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by lucozade 9y ago
Strikes. The only thing more expensive than expensive printers is no printers. Printers' unions were very powerful. Maybe not as infamously as teamsters in the US or miners in the UK but definitely up there. Automation broke them in th
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by lucozade 9y ago
> What gets printed in them doesn’t change with how you print them This isn't true. More specifically, if you substantially reduce the cost of printing, you also reduce the bar to competition. Similarly, if you substantially reduce
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by lucozade 9y ago
Is there anything specific about Rust that you don’t think a commercial organisation would do? Obviously, commercial organisations have a long track record of developing and supporting programming languages.
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by lucozade 9y ago
> BTC isn't an asset Sure it is. But that's not what makes this analysis a bit silly. The problem is he's comparing Bitcoin to shares on regulated exchanges. And it's not subject to the same constraints as shares on r
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by lucozade 9y ago
If I could go back to the start I would mine a few thousand Bitcoin on my home PC and put the wallet in a vault. No, I wouldn't consider investing right now, at least not anywhere near market price.
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by lucozade 9y ago
If you think that scarcity is sufficient to prove that something is a good store of wealth, I have some paintings, that my children did, that I'm happy to sell you. Hint, you probably don't want them. > Yes literally this is wh
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by lucozade 9y ago
> Was the collapse of the German Deutsche Mark... I think you may have this backwards. Your example currencies all tanked against USD. BTC is appreciating, heavily, against USD. > so they’re clearly exiting the USD ecosystem Sorry, ar
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by lucozade 9y ago
I'm not sure I follow. It may well be that the north had ulterior motives beyond humanitarianism but that doesn't take away from the fact that the explicit reason that a number of states gave for seceding was to preserve slavery.
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by lucozade 9y ago
The Guardian is the only British newspaper that genuinely makes me laugh. Every now and then it gets so tied up in knots with its internal contradictions that it intellectually implodes. Corbyn's been the main cause of that recently. E
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by lucozade 9y ago
> when people are at a subsistence level they can't invest in improving their situation in a meaningful way You are, of course, correct. Why? Because the investment usually needs some form of capital outlay and folk don't have
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by lucozade 9y ago
I just don't get the logic. If, today, the trailer park owner is not required to provide adequate sanitation (which strikes me as heinous btw), why would UBI change that? Either the state couldn't care less or their are laws that
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by lucozade 9y ago
What may be more helpful that a definitive list of arguments is a definitive list of valid responses to those arguments. As a random example, mining does use more energy than some nations. Why this may be a good thing in a medium of excha
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by lucozade 9y ago
> but it could convert a lot of other morons I think you may be underestimating the sheer tenacity of these beliefs. I mean, what makes you think that super flat earther wasn't an Illuminati stooge all along? BTW if you do decide to
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by lucozade 9y ago
In this particular case, there's probably no need to argue. If she mentions the targeting, I'd go for something like "yeah, creepy isn't it?" then briefly explain how FB, or whoever, are doing it. Follow this up b
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by lucozade 9y ago
> How do we account for the fact that the human body and mind seem to need a certain amount/kind of stimulation to not entirely fall apart? By giving them it. There's vastly more access to mental stimulation than there was a ge
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by lucozade 9y ago
I think your point about cultural dominance, and specifically youth culture, is the key one. I travel a fair bit and it still surprises me how often I hear English, usually lyrics, regardless of the local language. English isn't partic
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by lucozade 9y ago
I found it very worthwhile. My manager at the time recommended someone who had helped him. The main, direct improvement she made was with my communication style. I had a tendency to explain things. OK, waffle. She helped me make it more pun
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by lucozade 9y ago
I'm not saying all ICOs are scams. I doubt that they are. But I don't know. Nor do you. Nor does anyone. And I'd like the ICO industry to die. Quietly. In its sleep if possible, not with all guns blazing. Why? Because the Sat
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by lucozade 9y ago
That’s an interesting position. What you’re effectively saying is, if you’re stupid enough to invest in a scam then you should be allowed to. The establishment shouldn’t put barriers in your way if you want to give your money to a hoax. The
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by lucozade 9y ago
I'm only really familiar with Abu Dhabi but there, idleness is a concern. It's directly evident in schemes such as paying school children to exercise. However, it is masked somewhat in the adult population as foreign companies are
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by lucozade 9y ago
Not to belabour the metaphor or anything but if your footartillery doesn't fire, you still have feet. This is probably the point that simias is making and I tend to agree. It's straightforward to get a simple C++ program working w
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by lucozade 9y ago
I won't pretend to know the details of Venezuela but this doesn't necessarily follow. What they've done is default on a bond payment. That doesn't mean that they have no money. The article has a graphic that says they ha
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by lucozade 9y ago
ok. Your view isn’t unusual for folk in large organisations who have never held responsible positions so I’ll leave it there. But, for what it’s worth, you’re almost definitely wrong in your analysis. Senior people at large organisations do
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by lucozade 9y ago
> why am I wrong ? I'll bite. Does it work? Is your approach effective? In your engagement with the senior folk, do you just complain? Or do you suggest changes that you know are affordable and achievable? Are you arguing so you fee
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by lucozade 9y ago
> It shouldn't have been a vote without requiring a Supermajority Works well on the internet. Bad idea in practice. You have to remember that the government didn't want a referendum. They wanted UKIP neutered and the issue put

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