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by mempko 5y ago
It's not a tragedy of the commons but a tragedy of markets. Markets cannot factor in these externalities. It's a known fault with market systems. And carbon taxes simply won't work for many reasons (hence why oil companies ar
902.
by mempko 5y ago
Everyone reading this needs to watch The Gaurdian's short video about government debt with David Graeber. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxJW7hl8oqM It's amazing how little the general public and especially our e
903.
by mempko 5y ago
That's the amount that went into the private sector. It's literally how much money went into the private sector, every penny of it. To put it another way, if the government didn't spend, then the private sector would get less
904.
by mempko 5y ago
Depends on who gets those flows. It's clear right now it's the rich.
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by mempko 5y ago
I just think Big Tech not using scrum is a strange way to make an argument against scrum since there are sectors in tech that ship faster imo. So why not look at the fastest shipping segments and see what they use. I would love to hear from
906.
by mempko 5y ago
Alternative title: "Big Tech's Curious Absence of Innovation". Am I the only one who thinks Big Tech is slow at shipping?
907.
by mempko 5y ago
I thought it was Elop, who tanked Nokia responsible for that?
908.
by mempko 5y ago
It's great to see this spin off. ClickHouse is fast but certain use cases are not ideal and having it spin off the team can focus more on the community and what they need instead of just the use cases Yandex had. Cheers to the team and
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AI Can Write Code Like Humans–Bugs and All(wired.com)
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910.
by mempko 5y ago
Called covid a hoax. Died of covid. Checks out.
911.
by mempko 5y ago
This is a MUST READ for any adult. Money literally runs our lives. We spend most of our waking time trying to get some. This explains where money comes from. And it's completely different than what you are taught in school or by media
912.
by mempko 5y ago
Is wanting your children and grandchildren to survive a good enough incentive?
913.
by mempko 5y ago
There are two forms of money in the US economy. There is hard currency which the US does prints and ends up in banks as reserves (if you print it, you go to jail). There is also interest bearing form of money called the US treasury bond. Th
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by mempko 5y ago
Every dollar the US spends goes into the private sector. Your bank account. US debt is private sector savings. Some of that savings is interest bearing like US treasuries. Think of it like a bathtub. Spending is the spout, and taxes are the
915.
by mempko 5y ago
Yes, this is a risk banks need to manage. They typically do this by not having all the reserves tied to instant access accounts. So deposit accounts where the person cannot take everything out at once like savings and CDO.
916.
by mempko 5y ago
Banks never lend other people's money. They create it. When you give your money to a bank, they add it to their reserves and your bank balance becomes a liability to them. They hold that liability because they need reserves for inter-b
917.
by mempko 5y ago
Having multiple implementations is a sign of a healthy programming language. C++, Rust's primary competitor in this space has multiple implementations and all are used by somebody. In fact, if rust as a language cannot deal with multip
918.
by mempko 5y ago
Sailfish does not run on top of Android. It is a gnu/linux system with a Qt interface. It has an Android layer called AlienDalvik which runs on top of it. But it also has native apps written in C++/Qt. You can also run FlatPack ap
919.
by mempko 5y ago
Do what some do and use a VPN inside europe to buy your license ;-)
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by mempko 5y ago
I've been using Sailfish for years as my daily driver including the the new 4.1 version. Support for Android apps is great. They don't officially sell a license in the US but I am using it in the US. Up until recently it has been
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by mempko 5y ago
Look at the miracle of the covid mRNA vaccines. Moderna was state sponsored years ago to develop the tech.
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by mempko 5y ago
This! Since people have limited time, if HN leads more more often then not on some tech goose chase, then it doesn't matter if some tech trend is mentioned early on HN and has interest. But ultimately what makes something successful is
923.
by mempko 5y ago
It's a lot easier to maintain a terrestrial internet connection since you don't have to know how to build rockets.
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by mempko 5y ago
Exactly. We socialize the costs but unfortunately privatize the profits. Americans should get stock.
925.
by mempko 5y ago
Most projects of his use government funds. I wonder if this will too.
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by mempko 5y ago
Ok but global warming though...
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by mempko 5y ago
Markets don't have anything to do with capitalism/socialism. There are capitalist places without markets, and socialist places with them.
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by mempko 5y ago
Yes, but what if the biggest empire in the world, the USA, is the renegade state?
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by mempko 5y ago
Carbon taxes are pushed by the fossil fuel industry precisely because they are politically untenable. They push for the solution they know isn't going to happen.
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by mempko 5y ago
The nasty thing about global warming is that it's weakening the jet stream. This causes places to one year have crazy amounts of years and the next drought. The rainy years, things grow like crazy! Lots of growth. On drought all that n

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