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   The Space Force wants more ‘indigenous software experts’ that can write code(breakingdefense.com)

   16 points by michaelwww 4y ago|2 comments
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   needs a [2020] because obviously a lot has changed
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   > the price will go down without new demand There isn't a fixed pool of demand that miners are slowing bleeding away. I starting rejecting the article while reading it as an unrealistic thought experiment. I guess my point is there
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   To be cancelled you have to first be part of acceptable society and want to remain there, which Crumb never was and never wanted to be. He's a creep who likes to make interesting cartoons, even if they are filled with misogyny and bitt
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   Yes, I got that, but I don't think it has much to do with Bitcoin being a good store of value. The price of Bitcoin isn't set by the price of electricity.
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   I had no idea "grit" was a thing these days. There's even a Ted Talk! Grit is Stamina. Grit is not about being the smartest person in the room – it’s about having more passion and perseverance to stay the course. When the g
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   The horror of freezing to death explored in literature and real life settings
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   Fear of Cold [video](youtube.com)

   2 points by michaelwww 4y ago|1 comments
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   by michaelwww 4y ago

   I did read the article. Your dismissive comment is typically what I get in these threads > Some people actually believe that Bitcoin is “thermodynamically backed”. This is utter nonsense. There's no such thing. BTC is backed by dema
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Saying "Bitcoin is not a Store of Value" is not the same as saying "Bitcoin has no value," because of course it does as long as people think it does. I translate the original title to "Bitcoin is a terrible store of
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    There's always East Palo Alto but kids there face a different set of challenges
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I drove Uber in Menlo Park/Atherton/Palo Alto while I was undergoing some treatments at the VA in Palo Alto and it is indeed a rarified atmosphere. It's not all peaches and cream however. People talked to me about the teen su
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Yea, I've heard that. I've been to Kurt Cobain park by the river twice and sat under the bridge where Kurt composed Something In The Way. Aberdeen Washington is one of the most depressing towns in the North West because it's
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    The hook for me in "Smells Like Team Spirit" beside the musical goodness were the lines Here we are now Entertain us! It's a primal scream asking "Why was I born? For this crappy life?" Kobain studied p
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    My favorites are the New Yorker and Harper's. I read both at the local library to save money (I like reading paper copies) https://harpers.org/
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    So why does the right, which claims to stand up for virtue, morality, and the American way of life, love this immoral, anti-American film so much? It's news to me that the right loves this movie more than the left. That's not my
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I'm setting up a savings account that they can't get at online
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I've written C++ and understand it's appeal: high level abstractions with very little runtime penalty, but I also understand it's legacy issues that make it complicated. Instead of adding to C++ maybe we should subtracting fr
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    > We go on to look at ETH 2.0 and explain why Flashbots or a similar system needs to be constructed again from scratch. I read it as what was and now what is needed
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Yes they have a picture of my ID. They have quite a big of info about me since did a background check
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I don't but they're pretty easy to explain. Create a new bookmark. Give it a name. In the url field instead of a standard url in the form " https://website.com " you put JavaScript in the form "javascript:
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I drove for Uber a couple of years ago. They have my DL and bank routing number. Should I be worried?
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Bookmarklets are an under appreciated part of web browsing. Here's one to tell you if the current article you are reading is posted on HN so you can read the comments: javascript:(function(){window.location.href = "https:&#x
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32829827 2 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32730869 9 days ago
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Or king size refrigerators and secondary home freezer a lot of people feel the need to have
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    Sep 14, 2022 at 11:43 p.m. PDT Updated Sep 15, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. PDT The Ethereum Merge Is Done, Opening a New Era for the Second-Biggest Blockchain https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/09/15/the-ethereum-
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    These guys seem to think so: Ethereum Mainnet Merge Viewing Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx-jYgI0QVI
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    You could say he gave it away or more accurately say he took steps to ensure the survival of Patagonia and it's values after he's gone
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    I'm a programmer yes, but I've also driven trucks and buses for a living. I've also done road trips across America and seen how empty most of it is. Being all by yourself in the middle of nowhere in a blizzard and having to w
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    by michaelwww 4y ago

    In case you don't see my edit: https://www.newsweek.com/why-railroad-workers-like-me-are-pl... I'm imaging a scenario where you're crossing the Great Basin in Utah going West, then across the vast empty areas