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by pacofvf 13y ago
It's funny, In Spanish we don't have an equivalent of "beef", we use the word for meat "carne", but we have the anglicism "bife" (from beef) mostly used in South America, or "bistec" (from b
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by pacofvf 13y ago
Yes I'm agree, if you switch too often you are not only learning how to code, you also learning a new language, is like going to duolingo and try to learn french in english and you don't even know english.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
> Why on earth is the article comparing RedHat to Amazon? I don't understand that and not because: > One is a Linux distribution vendor, the other is a global internet shopping mall. I don't understand that because Red Hat a
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by pacofvf 13y ago
> Why in the world would you do that? Languages are the biggest timesuck in the history of humanity. A language not only express the ideas of the speaker, it also carries a lot of historical and cultural data, I love learning new languag
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by pacofvf 13y ago
What does left-wing have to do with this?, stupidity doesn't requires a political affiliation. Actually all governements in the world are left-wing by American standards.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
> GDP per capita is misleading that's why is better to use Purchasing Power Parity indexes, for example Mexico is 14th in Nominal GDP with 1,183B USD, but in PPP terms it is the 11th with 1,758B USD. The country as a whole has a GD
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by pacofvf 13y ago
decimals doesn't have commas, if you want to add 12 digits of precision then you should have to write: $3,200,000,000.000000000000 , also when writing down a money amount, those two extra digits are for the cents(exactly 2 digits of pr
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by pacofvf 13y ago
Yes the point of Twitter is to shout out stuff, but if NSA wanted to, it could shut you up permanently, that's why Twister is fighting against censorship, not for your privacy.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
who much time did you spend doing these games? I actually worked doing some physics stuff in C for a game, never got to see the finished product but I've always wanted to do a whole game.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
mining BTC without an ASIC is just pointless, you should have tried litecoin (LTC), with 100 CPUs you would made a lot of profit, someone recently posted how he mined LTC in AWS and actually generated a profit (it's not possible anymor
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by pacofvf 13y ago
well the whole Madoff thing is quite interesting and informative. You should start with Harry Markopolos "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller", here's the article quoted in this post (which quotes the book itself)
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by pacofvf 13y ago
The blockchain in twister is used as a distributed user registration database: > How does it work? > For the complete description you should refer to the white paper. But in short: twister is comprised of three mostly independent over
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by pacofvf 13y ago
In discussions I've read about bitcoin in HN, I've seen how some people call "leftie" to those who think like this, mainly by right leaning Americans, the funny thing is that they use that word as an insult, when in othe
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by pacofvf 13y ago
Ok, It's good that you are working in an opt out, but how about of an opt in?, many developers don't have a public profile to scrape their abilities..
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Relive the first tech bubble with Monopoly: The .com Edition(qz.com)
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by pacofvf 13y ago
especially since it was posted yesterday with the exact same title : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6936040
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by pacofvf 13y ago
wait until you get out of college, and start looking for a job, LinkedIn will have the last laugh.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
yes, that's the way I would do it, use pictures of people that looks like you, start tagging yourself in such pics, also change your online behavior gradually, create several online alter egos, and try to erase your old online presence
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by pacofvf 13y ago
I wonder how hard it is to get a TN visa (NAFTA)...
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http://hn-filter.appspot.com/#preset=Filter%20HN
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by pacofvf 13y ago
because of the condescending tone of "We are talking about México?", Mexico is the 2nd destination of US exports and the 3rd source of US imports, also is the 10th economy in the world by PPP GDP, also Mexico has facilities for en
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by pacofvf 13y ago
I disagree with you, I think that it means that a chinese Coinbase can't also be a bank, and since they just ruled that bitcoin is not a currency, it will be sold and bought freely as a commodity in this case a virtual commodity
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by pacofvf 13y ago
I read sometime ago about how supposedly the KERS was used as Traction Control System by Red Bull, so this new "ERS", which is not even activated by the driver, seems more suited to be modified to act as a TCS.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
no, money printing is not inflation, money printing may cause inflation, income redistribution on the other hand is what is proposed and actually it is already happening(welfare programs, etc.), this basic income thing just wants to make it
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by pacofvf 13y ago
> Kim Dotcom, described by Crispin Hunt as a 'chubby Che Guevara'.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
what is the solution? I have dropbox blocked at my work.
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by pacofvf 13y ago
It's an excellent price for Latin America, I don't know other parts of the world, at $200 USD it will kill other smartphone vendors (Samsung and other Android mostly http://qz.com/145704/slides-mobile-is-eati
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by pacofvf 13y ago
Well, look at the Happy Planet Index, the top choices are not countries that are known for having great development ratings. 1. Costa Rica 2. Vietnam 3. Colombia 4. Belize 5. El Salvador I have to admit that I don't believe people
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by pacofvf 13y ago
If you are looking for recipes look at this list: http://www.gustausted.com/2010/07/34-salsas-mexicanas-receta... it's in Spanish though. My favorites: 'Salsa Borracha', and 'Salsa de ajonjolí&
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by pacofvf 13y ago
As others have pointed out, the moral hazard is limited because you would never be able to get a loan again. > Limiting moral hazard is what keeps our insurance/finance/debt system churnin I kind of agree with that but I think

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