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by mertd 4y ago
The unsung hero of the story is YouTube. I'm really blown away by how much cool niches have sprung up. It's awesome to watch people nerd out to stuff like this. We assume social media is destined to degrade over time. YouTube some
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by mertd 4y ago
FWIW, it really isn't tl. 3 minute read tops.
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The quantity of ice cream that is considered a "scoop" is very country dependent. The American scoop is... American.
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by mertd 4y ago
I don't think Patreon's reason to exist is because "sending money p2p is hard". There is a lot of room for competition though. As a supporter, my loyalty is to the creator not to the platform.
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by mertd 4y ago
That's why the parent emphasized "trading stops", as in there is no trading in any direction.
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by mertd 4y ago
I stand to benefit from Prop 13; yet I would vote against Prop 13 without a second thought. It is causing enormous and unjust human suffering. People vote against their self interest all the time, if you convince them that it is for the gre
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by mertd 4y ago
Urban areas don't have to have lots of petty crime and homelessness. Let's not assume they come as a package. Certain sectors clustering together in a geographic region has nice advantages even for non-23yo non-single folk. One ca
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by mertd 4y ago
The US tried the suburban office park model. It's horrible.
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Subscription is not needed. One can just purchase single titles.
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by mertd 4y ago
It's not that niche. I grew up playing games but got relegated to the casual gamer category because life brings other responsibilities and interests. I know that much of my friend circle is in the same boat as well.
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by mertd 4y ago
Isn't that the same for humans? You'd perceive little danger if you saw someone walking in your general direction in a crowded park, but remove all others and make it night time and the perception of that person changes entirely
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by mertd 4y ago
But also your insurance provider collectively bargained the cost of a new windshield down to $20 as long as you go to their mechanic.
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by mertd 4y ago
That's why people with strong enough brand have been moving to Substack.
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by mertd 4y ago
Doesn't the block generation become faster with PoS and thereby increase the supply?
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by mertd 4y ago
Does proof of stake take care of this scalability issue? There are POS based coins. I'm curious why they haven't entertained this use case yet.
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by mertd 4y ago
I'm fixated on the fact that they used a dime. That's a very small coin. I can't say I fully understand the dynamical bias mechanics but u had expected that they use a quarter. It's much larger and easier to toss.
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by mertd 4y ago
Very good point. The reasoning in the post assumes that the rider is responsible for all accidents.
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by mertd 4y ago
Netflix losing subscribers is a false narrative. Had they not pulled out of Russia, they would have posted a net gain.
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by mertd 4y ago
Maybe they are conflating Pixel 5 and 5a. 5a is larger but 5 while still a big phone, is not that bad.
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by mertd 4y ago
It requires a login to use and aside from not showing ads, the FAQ makes no promises about not monetizing the per user search history. That's bit of a red flag for me.
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by mertd 4y ago
Internal systems always have large gaping holes like that because if someone is misusing it, you can simply ask them to stop it. Most adults comply.
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by mertd 4y ago
They are either impossibly incompetent or there is something about the technology that makes mass availability in different form factors not viable and our laymen understanding doesn't see it.
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by mertd 5y ago
> the only non ad involved company in FAANG is Apple A good chunk of Apple's profit is the annual payment from Google.
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by mertd 5y ago
The host is masterful at divulging the right amount of technical detail to keep both casual and tech savvy listeners engaged. He is also very good at finding good topics and getting hackers to talk on the podcast.
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by mertd 5y ago
The post is conflating two separate things as if they are the same. 1) Personal stuff that you created and own. For example photos on Google Photos. If Google decides to remove a random photo from my collection, that would be a big problem
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by mertd 5y ago
Interesting that Google Maps and OSM already have this as a road. Apple Maps doesn't as of right now.
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by mertd 5y ago
No. Dictatorship means someone else holds absolute power over the basic rights of all subjects including their right to live. There is no equivalence with a corporate org structure. I don't know how the two can even be confused.
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by mertd 5y ago
There is a way to pay as the parent mentions: YouTube premium.
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by mertd 5y ago
> Interestingly the ferry which is currently used to transport trucks is only at roughly half capacity. Sometimes the existing solution doesn't need to be bursting at the seams to justify building something better. A better solution
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by mertd 5y ago
and how is the bulkhead removed?

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