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by nandemo 11y ago
I think calling it "fear" is a bit simplistic. It's about thinking critically about new technology and how it can have unintended, negative effects.
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by nandemo 11y ago
Can you quote the "extravagant claims" made in this paper? This is from the abstract: > We conclude that since modularity is the key to successful programming, functional programming offers important advantages for software de
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by nandemo 11y ago
Much more interesting than the original post, thanks for posting it.
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by nandemo 11y ago
If the share price isn't going up, one would rather get paid in cash.
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by nandemo 12y ago
> When in fact, the guy who put a $50m buy order at $98 will cancel it as soon as the price drops from $100 to $99. He never intends to let that order execute. It's 'fake demand'. He's got some of the product and he&
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by nandemo 12y ago
This is my idea of tiny house : http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/products/cypress
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by nandemo 12y ago
I don't follow. I know many salarypeople who have 1.5h+ commutes, because as you say central Tokyo is expensive. But if you're self-employed or doing a startup, why would you travel that far to a co-working space instead of just w
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by nandemo 12y ago
> It's frustrating and pathetic to see coworkers stream tv shows for hours, read books, take naps Just curious, where do you live? And in what sort of companies is such behaviour common?
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by nandemo 12y ago
Come on. I just want to see a reply from ONE person on HN (presumably working as a programmer or related job) who had to testify against an employer in the US and then faced significant difficulties in getting a job.
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by nandemo 12y ago
I stand corrected.
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by nandemo 12y ago
> annual fees for U.S. equities of about 0.08 percent. So the funds got 99 percent of the returns on their investment, and the managers got 1 percent of those returns. If you round up 0.08%, it should be 99.9% and 0.1% respectively.
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by nandemo 12y ago
> What is an employer to do? Never fire anyone in a protected class? FWIW, in Brazil it's illegal for an employer to fire a pregnant woman.
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by nandemo 12y ago
Hutton's Programming in Haskell covers that. I'm not sure if it works as a good intro to modern Haskell, though.
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by nandemo 12y ago
I'm pretty sure the average Argentinian and Chilean are better off than the average Cuban. At least I haven't heard of many people risking their lives to flee Argentina and Chile.
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by nandemo 12y ago
That's what gp comment is saying. Rewriting it for clarity: "If you have a chattel slave, investing in teaching them new skills is not a waste of money".
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by nandemo 12y ago
To clarify, I believe you could still present an itinerary (cities, hotels, etc) without volunteering that you're attending something that looks like classes at some place that sounds like a school.
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by nandemo 12y ago
Given that 1) consular offices start with the assumption that you're going to overstay and can deny you a visa for no particular, objective reason, 2) similarly, immigration officers can deny you entry even if you have a valid visa,
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by nandemo 12y ago
I agree with you, I don't feel that US border agents are uneducated or stupid. But in my experience, they are often rude/unpleasant/hostile. I've traveled to and transited via Japan, Canada and several European countries
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by nandemo 12y ago
My bad then.
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by nandemo 12y ago
Really? English people are opposed to being research subjects? How quaint...
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by nandemo 12y ago
Right. Some landlords/management companies don't accept guarantor companies.
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by nandemo 12y ago
Unless you're a large operation that can benefit from the float, it's hard to see how that makes a significant difference.
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by nandemo 12y ago
> An immigrants on the other hand is a person in the process of changing their citizenship to their new resident country. Nope. Immigrating usually implies permanent residence in the new country, not necessarily getting citizenship.
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by nandemo 12y ago
ñ is not in the Portuguese alphabet. In Portuguese, the palatal nasal sound is usually represented by "nh", e.g. Spanish "baño" -> Portuguese "banho". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palata
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by nandemo 12y ago
> * Most professionals feel like they're on a work treadmill same as everyone else, except they're doing it to support a more expensive house, more expensive cars, more expensive clothes, more expensive food, more expensive edu
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by nandemo 12y ago
Your comment is very informative but I don't think most of the above applies to this BIT fund, since it's just an over-the-counter listing. It does apply to the upcoming Winklevoss fund, which will be an ETF.
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by nandemo 12y ago
It's in the article. Lower regulatory hurdles compared to launching a proper exchange-traded fund.
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by nandemo 12y ago
You first point is a good point but... > I heart Airbnb but the idea that it doubled in value in less than a year and is worth almost as much as say Marriott, which owns real estate, generated almost $2 billion in EBITDA in the past 12
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by nandemo 12y ago
Perhaps you should consider the Diversity Immigrant Visa a.k.a. green card lottery. Japanese citizens are eligible.
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by nandemo 12y ago
Agreed. Also, am I the only one disturbed by OP's implicating the 3 Russian passengers? It's not backed by any investigation, just speculation. And more likely than not those 3 Russians were simply victims.

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