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by maehwasu 9y ago
Where Rappler falls in relation to its peers is not relevant. OP was making the point that Rappler is a real entity, headed by real people, who have real interests. Those interests are often less than saintly, and also have strong explanato
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Most white collar professionals don't have obvious things they could invest money in that would quickly improve their bottom line. Farmers have that option constantly, so their situation is qualitatively different in a way that the whi
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Yeah, I did a lot of upgradeable stuff early, but have since moved to more hardcoded stuff for that exact reason.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
> You can break up your code into multiple contracts, but the tradeoff is an increased attack area. This is the way to get programs over 500 lines, and it doesn't increase the attack area as much as you'd think, since you can
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Ah yes, the Arab Spring, that beacon of hope and light for the world.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Jerk is often just a paraphrase for "mildly autistic." I've had really good results hiring "jerks" and actually taking the time to understand them as people, and then put them into positions to succeed. Calling out
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by maehwasu 9y ago
It's quite difficult and time-consuming to acquire an alternate passport, absent family ties or similar. The US has very strong lock-in with regard to taxes, and they don't hesitate to exploit it.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Email me at stestodrud@hvzoi.com (throwaway email address to avoid spam), and I'll throw a couple concepts at you that our group wants to support, but doesn't fully have time for because of an overabundance of opportunities.
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What Parts of Blockchain Apps Should Be Centralized?(announcements.blockmason.io)
4 points by maehwasu 9y ago|0 comments
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Replying to myself; the last line of the article explains why celebrity ICOs are flopping now: > “What’s important is Centra is being endorsed and they have a product,” a Reddit user named islandsurf wrote back to the critics, explaini
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by maehwasu 9y ago
The ICO market is already adjusting to celebrity endorsements: Mark Cuban's Mercury ICO has completely flopped.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
There are tons of solutions that aren't hunting, but animal rights activists are just as shrill about those.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
BlockMason | React Native Developer, Android/iOS Engineer, Remote or Cayman Islands, Full Time BlockMason is a blockchain protocol and application development company, focused on producing Ethereum-based consumer products that are usea
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Well, that and the fact that IQ is significantly hereditable, tends to correlate with high income, and also correlates with high standardized test scores.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
As soon as you become a theater major, you lose the right to the "I just was trying to make more money and have a better life" narrative.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Not sure why downvoted--OP is pointing out clear, obvious lies from organizations with a vested interest in the topic. Is the assertion here that lies from gay people should be ignored?
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by maehwasu 9y ago
> Surely Silicon Valley's politics are nowhere near Marxist or anarchist. Replace Marxist "bourgeoisie" rhetoric with "white males" and you have the ideology of Silicon Valley.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
His point is that the government not only doesn't ban many forms of stupid decisions, but actively encourages ones that provide significant revenue, particularly in the gambling and consumer spending spheres. "Tu quoque" is
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by maehwasu 9y ago
I had to double-check that this wasn't satire.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
To what degree do those rankings simply correspond to average population IQ? Genuinely curious.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
So one obvious solution, consistent with your ethics/social goals, is to engineer society such that no one knows how badly they're getting fucked.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Yes, it's acceptable almost by definition. If people don't accept it, it means I'm not talented enough, and I need to find a new place to work. Or be more "professional", but that's boring af.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
> In tech people get away with wildly unprofessional behavior as long as "they get stuff done", and personally I never felt that was acceptable. As a decent software developer, if my less talented co-workers, or, god forbid, so
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by maehwasu 9y ago
They're mainly scarier because they, you know, kill more people. I say this as someone who strongly prefers Latin America and Hispanic culture to Thailand and Thai culture.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Alternatively, up your people-reading and manipulation skills. I've made a ton more money having partners than I would have without. I suspect that many developers haven't REALLY had to deal with Machiavellian people before, and i
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by maehwasu 9y ago
I agree with you for economy, but when I fly biz/1st class I'd rather get settled in my nice seat than wait in the gate area.
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by maehwasu 9y ago
> When programming is lucrative and viewed as high status, it becomes a target for feminists and they push for more female coders. When it's not high status anymore (when the funding environment contracts again), girls will stop enr
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Company Announces First SEC-Compliant Public American Ethereum ICO(medium.com)
6 points by maehwasu 9y ago|4 comments
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by maehwasu 9y ago
By that logic, you are never allowed to notice the unbalanced application of a rule or principle. Slightly off-topic, most "logical fallacies" actually have very important heuristic uses. Just to get the ball rolling, "ad hom
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by maehwasu 9y ago
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Those two statements are not obviously true in any sense other than "they sound good and only BAD people dispute them."

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