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by marcell 9y ago
1. Within reason, yea pretty much. If we had sane government, I'd be in favor of, say, 10x increases on all types of immigration over the next 10 years. This means hi tech workers, low tech workers, families of current immigrants, amne
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by marcell 9y ago
If you're American: 1. People contribute to the economy. More people means the economy grows faster. 2. Lots of people would come to USA if it was easier for them to do so. Of course if you are China or other USA competitor, you want l
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by marcell 9y ago
From the article: "To qualify for the rule, entrepreneurs would have to meet high standards. A foreigner must demonstrate that he or she will contribute to economic growth or job creation and show that a reputable investor has put at l
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by marcell 9y ago
I don't think these examples are all that damning, aside from the Susan Fowler and HR failure: - Waymo: the judge has not ruled yet, and there is no evidence revealed to the public which implicates Uber. There is lots of evidence impli
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by marcell 9y ago
More relevant for employees who care about a liquidity event, even if it is at a lower price, vs. investors who are willing to sit for 10 years and write off a loss on 90% of their portfolio.
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by marcell 9y ago
This is a utilitarian-ish argument. I would consider the following questions: - Who owns your organs before death? - Who owns your organs after death? - I assume you are opting-out from a government mechanism for organ donation. What is
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by marcell 9y ago
Keyboard can be a bit slower, but I find that moving to the mouse interrupts my train of thought. I'm not sure why but it seems to engage a different part of my brain that pauses what I'm thinking about.
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by marcell 9y ago
Bitcoin blockchain has a limit of 1MB of transactions in a block. This was set in 2013, when Satoshi put it in place. He didn't give much explanation for it, but it was probably to avoid a spam attack. He said it could be raised later:
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by marcell 9y ago
1. These salaries are for Bootcamp graduates, which means they'll be lower than someone with 5 years experience in programming. 2. These salaries are likely for the Bay Area, where a 1br apartment can cost you $3k+, and your tax rate w
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by marcell 9y ago
The boost in testosterone may be one of a frozen naturally occurring reactions that have some interaction. Conversely, taking a testosterone injection is isolated, so it may have different effects on your body.
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by marcell 9y ago
Can you play tennis with chopsticks? Sure but it will be terrible. Your phone is a terrible way to program...you will type 20x slower and see 10x less than a real screen. And you won't be able to quickly switch tabs, search Google, etc
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by marcell 9y ago
You could mine bitcoins :)
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by marcell 9y ago
I left Google to work on a couple different start ups that did not work out. It's not terrible but you miss out on the salary you would have earned had you stayed at Google. If you want to travel and start a start up then do that. Goog
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by marcell 9y ago
Echoing the negative comments about this company. They interviewed me (two names ago, I believe it was Game Closure) via an engineering quiz. It took two hours and in the phone conversation that followed, it was clear they barely read my (c
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by marcell 9y ago
Often an open letter will be written by a famous person, though that's not always the case. That association gives it an air of exclusivity, like you're seeing a secret correspondence of elites.
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by marcell 9y ago
> Lobbying from O&G companies Exxon Mobil's current and previous CEO were in favor of the Paris Accords. The previous CEO is also Trump's secretary of state. > Or is it just pure ignorance? There are vague claims that th
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by marcell 9y ago
For 5% of humans living in USA, or 10% of humans living in Europe, it's pretty easy if you have a bank account: coinbase.com. I don't know the situation in China as well, but it's doable as some of the price action is driven
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by marcell 9y ago
I own a 1br condo in the Bay Area that I purchased as an investment. I've considered selling but the very high transaction fees are a big deterrent. Consider: 7% typical agent + escrow fee (3% buyer, 3% seller, 1% escrow). May be able
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by marcell 9y ago
I'm struck by China's ability to attempt large, ambitious projects like this, compared to America's inability to do, well, anything really. The largest infrastructure project I'm aware of in the USA is California's
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by marcell 9y ago
LA is low density and poorly planned. It is what it is--you can't rebuild all of LA (or the Bay Area) 50 years after the fact.
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by marcell 9y ago
Because public transit is terrible. I don't know--have you ridden busses in LA? You have to walk to the bus stop, wait, ride the smelly bus, possibly transfer, walk to your final destination, carry your heavy bags. It's terrible,
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by marcell 9y ago
Based on this live tweets ( https://twitter.com/CSaid ) it doesn't sound like Waymo/Google is making much headway. They want to pin this on Uber, but haven't presented evidence of wrongdoing by Uber: Judg
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by marcell 9y ago
Engineering aside, how does this work out legally? How does a company get permission to dig tunnels under Lps Angeles, or any other American city?
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by marcell 10y ago
Most likely this was outsourced to shop that doesn't care at all about anything but checking off "requirements" in a contract.
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by marcell 10y ago
Just saw this--HN doesn't send notifications :) Limited. I'm working through CS231n and looking for something after that. If you want to sync up my emails in my profile!
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by marcell 10y ago
Anyone interested in working through a class like this together?
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by marcell 10y ago
It's $10/mo to borrow up to $2k. The cost to borrow more goes up.
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by marcell 10y ago
Interesting, I had the opposite experience. The prices were competitive with options like DoorDash and Postmates, but the quality wasn't there. A dish from Munchery would be $10-13 typically, and delivery was around $3, which compares
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by marcell 10y ago
Gell-Mann effect? https://seekerblog.com/2006/01/31/the-murray-gell-mann-amnes...
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by marcell 10y ago
That's not a baseline value, that's a baseline cost. It costs money to mine a bitcoin, but that doesn't mean anyone will want to buy it. Gold is a bit different since it has some baseline value from practical uses, but the st

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