multiplegeorges

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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Because they are tools. If you discovered a new tool that worked great for you, would you not want to tell others so they can realize the same benefit?
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
I would argue that this reaction shows that the exercise was extremely useful for you and should probably be done with the participation of a professional. > "I'm so far gone I'm wasting time doing this because there'
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
> I've seen people propose a linter to enforce consistency - but at that point I might as well chose a language with better design choices - plenty of alternatives these days. You're seriously proposing that adding a linter has
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Northern communities in Canada are a perfect application of this tech. Currently, they mostly burn diesel for power.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
> My beef is that cyclists increase traffic congestion but don’t pay taxes to fund the infrastructure they’re using. Not sure where you are, but where I am my property taxes go to road maintenance and gas taxes don't even come CLOSE
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
So, where in your plan do they make money?
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Is this a new offering released today?
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
How many users generate content and value for Twitter? Maybe 500k/day? It's a lot in terms of value generation.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Think of it like email servers. My emails go through mine, and yours go through yours, but if I know your address I can still send you a message. It doesn't matter that I'm on Gmail and you're on Protonmail. Just like it does
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
He can still pay the $1B to back out, can't he? But that would involve ego damage, so maybe not.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Why? They are a net benefit to society and above board businesses.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Fair enough, payments (credit cards, in particular) is a particularly hard area to decentralize... or at least democratize a bit more. I'd love for an open payment standard for p2p payments and individual-to-business/institution p
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Is there a self-hosted payment gateway that just works? I hear you about cloud dependencies, but this isn't one of those cases.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
When I bought the All-Access pass from Tailwind Labs last night it went through Paddle. Looks like this erroneous holds/deactivations are costing Stripe real business.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
> Any rational person could see the issue with Stripe not approving of that business. I guess I'm not rational. What's the issue with running a job board and charging for posts through Stripe?
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Ontario is consistently the lowest spender per capita on health in the country. Ref: https://www.fao-on.org/en/Blog/Publications/interprovincial-... It's being underfunded by at least 10-15%, which is a
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Much of the current failures are due to conservative provincial governments (looking at you, Ontario...) purposely underfunding before and into the pandemic. We are now reaping what they have sown. This is a classic "underfund to prove
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Your opening line: > Europe made a *major tactical error* Your follow-up: > I'm not going to engage the question of whether or not it was morally or *tactically* correct. I mean, you already have.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
It spreads money, jobs, and expertise around the country. The goal of the program is not to be the most nimble, reusable, most cost-effective way to space. This page illustrates that it is very successful at the true goal: https:/&#x2
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Not voting for the CEO doesn't make something totalitarian.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Peace, order, and good government. There's something to it. More people will be able to express themselves fully and openly if a tiny minority isn't screaming, throwing excrement, and/or threatening violence.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Switch Growth ( https://www.switchgrowth.com/careers ) | Director / Senior Engineer | Toronto, Canada | UTC-3 to UTC-8 ==== I’m the CTO of a startup called Switch Growth and we’re hiring right now to staff up our enginee
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
> Aliens receive a reply, which includes a map of their own world, including where their largest cities are located. I think we'd interpret this as a threat, maybe, like a target map. They might too. Probably best to reply with some
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
> There is too much dogma and not enough pragmatism in this space. And rejecting other viewpoints out of hand isn't dogmatic?
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Yeah, every driver should have to re-do a driving test every 5 years to maintain a license and if they are convicted of a moving violation they should have to re-do the test within a year of that violation, in addition to the 5 year test. D
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
When used for treatment, you don't "trip" in the recreational sense. The medication is taken in a very controlled environment with a highly trained mental health professional. There are also pre- and post-sessions to help peo
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
> And less thinking meant less depression and anxiety. That's a pretty big claim. I know you're just putting out your own personal theory and you're not trying to declare you have the "answer", but I don't s
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Not sure how any of that is relevant in the context of Ontario or the linked article. > pernicious influence of centralized energy overlords, and their wars. My centralized energy overlords are extremely well run and regulated nuclear po
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
I agree, at least turbines have relatively small footprints. Tearing up farmland for solar would be a disaster, imo.
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by multiplegeorges 4y ago
This article is specifically about Canadian provinces installing these reactors. Having a good solution to the waste problem is a large part of that decision. The calculus will surely be different for somewhere else that doesn't have t

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