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by nmfisher 5y ago
Didn’t I read recently that Polya attributed Russia’s better performance in high school maths (vs the USA) to its preference for word problems?
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by nmfisher 5y ago
OP said the fringes of China are basically third world ghettos, and having seen it first hand, he/she is not far off. International/military supremacy is a completely different story though.
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by nmfisher 5y ago
While I would support regulation to stop stupid people from losing their money, I also have zero sympathy for anyone who loses their money on something like doge. Anyone who buys into a get-rich-quick scheme is a greedy fool, rich or poor.
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by nmfisher 5y ago
In 2015 or so, I was really surprised to hear that the Australian Stock Exchange was going full-steam ahead with a blockchain-based settlement platform. From memory, they were targeting 2020 or so for a full rollout. Just checked and this h
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by nmfisher 5y ago
patchelf is a lifesaver for handling Android/iOS with libraries compiled outside the regular toolchain (both platforms can be very finicky about soname/rpath). On one occasion, however, I did spend days chasing a crash that turned
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by nmfisher 5y ago
The fact that you think a net worth of a quarter of a million dollars at 25 is unremarkable goes to show how completely out of touch you are.
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by nmfisher 5y ago
I have no clue why an organizer would try and edit (censor?) a speaker's presentation. They were invited for a reason, let them talk! The audience is perfectly capable of coming up with their own conclusion about whether the speaker&#x
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by nmfisher 5y ago
I had to unfollow him for precisely this reason. It’s just a relentless torrent of negativity. Maybe his feed isn’t a great indication, but he seems like a very unhappy person.
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by nmfisher 5y ago
Except startups usually has a couple of people with nothing to fall back on, who will fight tooth and nail to try and succeed. Your average Google VP is far too comfortable - and with nowhere near enough humility - to stoop to that level.
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by nmfisher 5y ago
I agree, I think it's totally insane that we are allowing this to happen (and I'm most the liberal/free-market person I know). Google is literally one of the most profitable companies in the world. It could easily implement a
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by nmfisher 5y ago
That's not a contractual mistake though, is it? It was an auction, meaning anyone could bid, and he put a genuine bid for $200k. Just because the system crashed doesn't mean anyone actually made a representation they didn't i
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by nmfisher 6y ago
You just blew my mind.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I hate the influence of money on sports (EPL in particular), but I mean, relative minnows Leicester City did win the League a few years back. It's not impossible.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
As of 2 years ago (pre-COVID), no. You needed a passport, and that's it. I doubt things have changed materially since then. Some people require permission to leave (e.g. certain party members/SOE managers/etc), and I'm s
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> China doesn't allow its brightest and best to leave, without cause. LOL, this is completely unfounded bollocks.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Americans of Chinese descent are not Chinese. My wife is Beijing born-and-bred and refers to (East) Asians as yellow people, as do many of her friends. If you want a more objective source and can read Chinese, there's a Baidu Baike (th
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I struggle to have any sympathy for "the little guy". Noone's lying to them, noone's defrauding them, noone's stealing anything or embezzling from them. It's just greed, plain and simple. If you pile into a get
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I find MM/DD/YYYY offensive, not because it's American, but because it's so damn illogical.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Chinese people refer to themselves as yellow.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> Call me stupid, but what exists on android that users on iOS are begging for that only exists on android because of the "freedom" of the platform. Right now, Fortnite.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> Else we should abolish the patent office. Where do I sign?
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I’m guessing you’ve never lived in China. Fraud/embezzlement is a much, much bigger problem than in the West.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Because if the surgery/hospital operates at a loss (which they often do), they also get to carry forward those losses to deduct in future years. That's just notionally separate from the salary that the surgeon personally receives
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by nmfisher 6y ago
There’s also a lot of debt finance available outside the Western world of finance if you know where to look (and how to negotiate with...interesting types).
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I don’t know, this exactly mirrors my experience, and I constantly hear the same from many other people. Sure, it’s not every doctor. But throw a dart at a map and you’re bound to hit one who’s like this more often than not.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Sure, that was 100% facetious. And I agree that Joe Schmuck is buying with eyes wide open. But the underlying point is that the markets are disconnected from reality, and - fair play to them - the VCs are capitalizing on it. One day I'
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Well, yes and no. Every disclosure document says something along the lines of "profits aren't guaranteed". But not every disclosure document says "we've lost shitloads of money and haven't made a profit".
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by nmfisher 6y ago
This was, what, 2012? Asana IPO'd last year and still wasn't profitable[0]. In fact, they were bleeding vast amounts of cash and went public with the statement: We do not expect to become profitable in the near future, may neve
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Yep, the 2nd amendment entitles you to shoot tax collectors. Exactly right.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Case in point - I was stopped from entering the supermarket here in Singapore because I measured over 37 degrees Celsius....but 5 seconds later I re-measured at 32 degrees, and was waved in. It is pretty absurd.

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