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by o_nate 9y ago
I think it was more just a matter of replicating their home country economic model in the New World, and being part of developments towards a market economy that were happening around the world, predominantly in the British sphere of influe
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by o_nate 9y ago
This article is good on the future, not so good on the past. The characterization of the transition from feudalism to a market economy as being led by North America seems highly suspect. It seems to me that the New World colonies that came
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IT is the cause of rising income and wealth inequality since the 1970s [pdf](economistsview.typepad.com)
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by o_nate 9y ago
He makes some good points, but the "few airlines are profitable" claim seems a bit dated. Pretty much all the big US airlines (Delta, American, United, etc.) are enjoying healthy profits these past couple of years. Falling oil pri
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by o_nate 9y ago
The general rule of thumb is that falcons prey on other birds and hawks prey on land animals.
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The Robot Takeover Is Greatly Exaggerated(bloomberg.com)
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by o_nate 9y ago
I guess I haven't tried enough earbuds to find ones that fit my ear canal well. I don't like the feeling of them inside my ears, so I stick to over-the-ear models.
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by o_nate 9y ago
I thought it was weird that they found that inner-ear had better bass response than over-the-ear headphones, but they did mention that could be an anomaly because the artificial head they use for testing forms a tighter seal with inner-ear
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Introducing “77” an Online Communication Platform(scoopsnoodle.com)
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by o_nate 11y ago
I use greaterthanzero.com to calculate returns of my portfolio over different time periods and compare against a few simple benchmarks.
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by o_nate 11y ago
"Social engineering"? Does he realize the guy whose phone it was is dead?
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by o_nate 11y ago
I agree. Every article like this just makes me hate the current patent system more. What a waste of human resources to document every little business process and generate tons of paperwork just to build up a portfolio to fight off patent t
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by o_nate 11y ago
Is it possible that when John Smith moved from Apple to Microsoft, this raised the average IQ of both companies? Ouch... I guess Minsky was a Mac guy.
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by o_nate 11y ago
Agreed. It's impressive that she can make it sound like an adventure to bum around Macon, Georgia, peering into a condemned building and drinking by yourself in a local watering hole.
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Powerball Winners, Beware: Good Fortune Can Trigger a Downfall(nytimes.com)
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by o_nate 11y ago
Typical Daily Mail dreck. Embarrassing.
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by o_nate 11y ago
I know as certainly as I know anything that I'm conscious. You know the same fact with the same certainty about yourself. The problem of whether I can know that about you is a different problem altogether. Edit: Or to put it another w
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by o_nate 11y ago
It's pretty funny. So if I understand correctly, in the first stage 7 out of 8 squares are red? Edit: I played it a bit more and I think I understand the first stage, but I haven't made it past it yet. If all 7 stages were ident
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by o_nate 11y ago
That's a good argument for playing the numbers that have won more frequently than average in the past, which is exactly the opposite of what the OP had tried. Of course, this is assuming they use the same mechanical system, balls and
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by o_nate 11y ago
Don't waste your time. This article is deeply confused. Even if consciousness is just a brain-created illusion, who is experiencing the illusion? That experience is what we mean by consciousness in the first place, so this explains
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by o_nate 11y ago
Just in terms of geology, you could search HN links from the past year and find lots of areas of ongoing research and disagreement, for instance about the make-up and structure of the earth's core. And if you broaden the idea of "
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by o_nate 11y ago
A patent for a long left-click to show a context menu when the right mouse button for some reason isn't available? Sheesh. Some of these are enough to turn anyone into an anti-software-patent crusader.
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by o_nate 11y ago
There's some dark stuff in there about her working through her feelings about the death of her father. Probably not suitable for kids.
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by o_nate 11y ago
Agreed. Judging from the price action in emerging market currencies, which have been particularly sensitive to the Fed lately, it seems the statement was interpreted as being slightly more on the dovish end of expectations.
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by o_nate 11y ago
Yes, they're using reverse repos to enforce the lower end of the range (0.25%) and the interest on reserves to enforce the upper end (0.5%). More detail here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-16&
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by o_nate 11y ago
In the full text of their announcement, they said they will not be selling any for the time being. They will continue to reinvest the principal as well. They will be using other mechanisms to achieve their target.
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A man who raises the world's oldest cats(atlasobscura.com)
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by o_nate 11y ago
Seems like "pay them more" should be at least mentioned as a possibility here.
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by o_nate 11y ago
I use a one-cup Finum brewing basket which fits into a standard-size mug and leaves plenty of room for the leaves to circulate while they steep. Works great.
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by o_nate 11y ago
It doesn't seem credible to me that the real Satoshi would have to gin up some fake evidence that he was Satoshi. If he wanted to leave a trail of bread crumbs, presumably he could have found some real evidence to leave behind. The w

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