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751.
by nly 4y ago
Cash is fungible so the difference is not important. A bank has to balance its books eventually.
752.
by nly 4y ago
Its presumably not that market rates increased that fucked them up, it's that they couldn't hold to maturity due to short term redemptions?
753.
by nly 4y ago
You're literally describing business. That's how all businesses work. The gardeners get the market rate for being a gardener regardless of whether they're working on a residential masterpiece or somewhere mundane
754.
by nly 4y ago
Can you explain why it can't be both? If I owned a property outright, and rented it out at market rates at a decent yield, is it not both? The problem is property exists in a debt market. Mortgage pricing basically determines property
755.
by nly 4y ago
I moved in to a newly renovated Victorian house here in England in December, which we bought from a property developer. It was completely rewired, with everything signed off and certified by a qualified electrician, as per legal requirement
756.
by nly 4y ago
Developers time isnt that valuable. It's a nice myth, but it isn't.
757.
by nly 4y ago
I really like this analogy
758.
by nly 4y ago
Doing a string prefix search in an ordered map is actually not maximally efficient since you end up comparing the shared prefix over and over again during the binary search. You'd definitely don't want to be doing this with long p
759.
by nly 4y ago
It's less that it's got cheaper and more that people spend a smaller % of their income on food these days. In terms of personal budgeting it's Amdahl's law at play.
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by nly 4y ago
TV has ruined the aurora. Seen them 3 times in Scandinavia and it's never been as vivid as on TV. Sitting out in the wilderness roasting things on a fire waiting for them is a great experience though.
761.
by nly 4y ago
Not necessarily. Coroutines are invisible at the ABI level (that is coroutines are just functions). It's pretty easy to write a library with them (using your own executor) and not reveal their use to the user. Obviously sharing an exec
762.
by nly 4y ago
Don't worry, our highly efficient, world class, over-provisioned National Health Service will deal with the consequences in short order.
763.
by nly 4y ago
Then why blog? Comments are what distinguish a blog from an online magazine.
764.
by nly 4y ago
Bonds have a have huge amount of risk though Read this: https://monevator.com/bond-market-crash/
765.
by nly 4y ago
Or maybe we just need to be less fucking prissy about it? As long as they are lice free, bug free, stain free and smell ok, are you that worried?
766.
by nly 4y ago
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." -- The Dude
767.
by nly 4y ago
What's wrong with JW? Sure, they're mindless fun action flicks, but that's ok? Most of the population is crying out for escapism most of the time.
768.
by nly 4y ago
Decades of binary compatibility without concern for emulation bugs?
769.
by nly 4y ago
Hetzner cloud anyone?
770.
by nly 4y ago
One day somebody, somewhere will install it by accident and let us know.
771.
by nly 4y ago
There's an idea. Then your user can't copy and paste anything or print the PDF
772.
by nly 4y ago
Tether is a USD pegged stablecoin. It needs to be backed by reserves, and someone needs to manage those reserves. There is no alternative.
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by nly 4y ago
- Better than resistive electric heating for the grid. Gas is going away so this is a problem that has to be solved anyway. - Economies or scale will solve the repair and maintenance burden... hell, it's not like a gas boiler is mainte
774.
by nly 4y ago
I'm looking for the fastest possible switch for 6-8 cat6 lines. Anyone know of any affordable options (preferably in the UK)?
775.
by nly 4y ago
What's the % of total employee taxation at the 3x median salary level in say, SF or NYC?
776.
by nly 4y ago
Depends where he is. £90K for a remote gig is a pretty damn good dev salary by national standards. If you live somewhere cheap (outside of London and the London commuter belt, the South East, and perhaps away from a few other major city cen
777.
by nly 4y ago
And what if the alternative is spending 25% of your take home salary on day care?
778.
by nly 4y ago
Our employer is moving offices soon (just down the road) and my manager recently gleefully announced that he had "good news" and that we "would remain a hybrid team after the move" Everyone on the team looked at one anot
779.
by nly 4y ago
All countries devs are poorly paid compared to their US counterparts.
780.
by nly 4y ago
There should never be a need for this and the fact that they exist is sad.

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