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Technical Possibilities for a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency(whitehouse.gov)
6 points by mariojv 4y ago|4 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
I've noticed slowness on HN and a few other websites from a Google Fiber connection in San Antonio, TX. It seems like it takes a few seconds to establish a connection then downloads all the content just fine. Google's speed test s
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DVD Bouncing Logo(google.com)
335 points by mariojv 4y ago|99 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
Yeah, I used to work there, initially out of the SATX office. They did have daily buses between the two locations for a time as well, if I remember correctly. Never got around to seeing the Austin office.
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Covid-19 Is Still Killing Hundreds of Americans Daily(wsj.com)
23 points by mariojv 4y ago|7 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
As a resident of San Antonio, I was happy to see one of the projects here featured in the article. I've been happy living here, with among other things, the low cost of living, great parks, unique culture, nearby beaches and wine count
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by mariojv 4y ago
https://archive.ph/Jalu3 For context, Tesla has a huge operation just outside of Austin. I didn't really understand the magnitude of the facility until I drove by it a few weeks ago. It's massive.
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Tesla seeks tax breaks for ‘first of its kind’ lithium refinery in Texas(expressnews.com)
6 points by mariojv 4y ago|2 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
What did the philosophers do on a day to day basis? I am curious, sounds like an interesting role.
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by mariojv 4y ago
An enjoyable read, I had no idea telegrams were still used. This makes me want to send someone a telegram for their next birthday as a little surprise.
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How Do Japanese Show They Care? By Sending a Telegram(nytimes.com)
1 points by mariojv 4y ago|1 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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by mariojv 4y ago
Do you think this is likely to happen? I don't know enough about the politics of the region to know if this is something they would do.
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by mariojv 4y ago
Related article in the WSJ today about Americans buying European homes due to the favorable exchange rate: https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-the-u-s-dollar-surges-americ... I wonder how this will impact "golden visa
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by mariojv 4y ago
Thank you for posting this! I had no idea that surprise out of network billing and surprise emergency billing were no longer allowed. Among many, many other things, that was one of my biggest gripes with the US healthcare system. Walking do
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Over 2M Americans Aren't Working Due to Long Covid(wsj.com)
8 points by mariojv 4y ago|2 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
Putting aside the ethics of this at the moment which other comments cover, I wonder if at this stage the lower sales have anything to do with the continued restrictions on tourism, or if tourists make up a negligible amount of alcohol sales
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Home Building Dropped Sharply in July(wsj.com)
3 points by mariojv 4y ago|0 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
I think I remember reading somewhere that the US government hired firms during the Cold War - maybe RAND - to do game theoretic analyses of strategic nuclear defense. I'd be curious if there are any summaries of this historical researc
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by mariojv 4y ago
How's Las Cruces? We were looking at possibly relocating to a friendlier state than Texas if gay marriage were to be overturned. Thankfully, that's looking less likely, but it's still on the back of my mind a bit. We have som
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by mariojv 4y ago
Asking for a raise or a promotion. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. There may be toxic environments where there is a large downside - losing your job - but I hope that is not the case for most who are reading this comment.
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by mariojv 4y ago
This gives me two thoughts. 1. Do folks think they are extending it because they are still working on a long term plan, or do they already have a plan but need more time to organize to execute layoffs or other cost saving measures? The warn
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by mariojv 4y ago
Interesting. They just rolled out in both my neighborhood and my parents' neighborhood. From my experience it seems like more single family homes are getting fiber installed than apartment complexes. I think some complexes may have a d
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by mariojv 4y ago
I'm very happy with Google Fiber here in San Antonio, even though I had AT&T gigabit fiber before. I've never had an outage, we have IPv6, and the internet's so fast that the bottleneck is my home router rather than the a
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Think You've Never Had Covid-19? Think Again(wsj.com)
4 points by mariojv 4y ago|1 comments
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by mariojv 4y ago
Two things about this article stand out to me: 1. Amazon is seemingly losing 100k employees in a quarter to attrition, and not via layoffs? First Google result for "number of Amazon employees" turns up 1.6M globally, so that would
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by mariojv 4y ago
I like Bogleheads: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Getting_started The wiki and forums are great resources.
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by mariojv 4y ago
Does anyone know if it's actually common for these vulns to be exploited by thieves? I've heard of people using amplification attacks where they simply amplify the key fob from a distance ( https://cbsaustin.com/new
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by mariojv 4y ago
maybe not... https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/reddit-aurora-...
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by mariojv 4y ago
I would pay a good premium for an iPhone with a distress code that unlocks the phone into an environment with some fake but plausible contents. Bonus points if it optionally wipes the real user partition upon entering the code.

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