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121.
by pbreit 2y ago
Seems strange that iMacs remain ~20% more expensive than MacBooks.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Premature by 17+ years? He was and remains completely wrong.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Could someone suggest a good CRUD starter kit?
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by pbreit 2y ago
Are integers still a preferred method for working with and storing monetary amounts or can we go back to decimals now that most languages handle decimals decently? Monetary amounts pretty much always need to eventually be presented to human
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by pbreit 2y ago
Even if I agreed in general I would not be sure about this case.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Seems strange the government can enforce such a thing on private organizations. How would they even determine? Would need to prove that a legacy is clearly underwhelming. If I ran an organization, I'd probably prefer the ability to acc
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by pbreit 2y ago
Is Apple TV+ at all necessary? Always seemed to me a lousy idea for Apple to pursue. There are plenty of good options that have already watered down all the efforts. The great unbundling has resulted in the great re-bundling. Apple should f
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by pbreit 2y ago
Bills that could kill major new industries need to be reactive, if at all. This was a terrible bill. Thank you, Governor.
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by pbreit 2y ago
The parties who need fast money movement the most are criminals.
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by pbreit 2y ago
I would say peer review is guaranteed to have major problems either with researchers writing what their peers will approve and reviewers being afraid to diverge from the party lines.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Well, then there’s the beaming back to Earth. Maybe that’s easy…I wasn’t sure. Thx for the snark, tho.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Sending humans to mars is difficult.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Maybe he did, but not recently. He posted this several days ago: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1837908705683059166
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by pbreit 2y ago
Seems like solar could easily supply?
135.
by pbreit 2y ago
Could SpaceX make a Starlink that revolves around the moon and could transmit imagery back to Earth?
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by pbreit 2y ago
We are in progress of putting a basketball hoop at the end of our dead-end street and are unfortunately concerned that there are a handful of residents who probably don't want it. I swing back and forth on who I think "the bad guy
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by pbreit 2y ago
I'm wondering if this would be fairly easy to do with AI?
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by pbreit 2y ago
As long as it's all peer reviewed!!
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by pbreit 2y ago
Is there a viable way to limit the amounts but still make it enjoyable? I guess the issue is that $10, $100, $1,000 or $10,000 would be different for everyone. I myself only need $10 or $100 on something to "make it interesting".
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by pbreit 2y ago
Is the issue the stealing or the laundering?
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by pbreit 2y ago
Being blocked by like "pmarca" forever is kind of silly.
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by pbreit 2y ago
There's a lot of unnecessary blocking. An example of blockers losing value: Tesla bears were chronic blockers, even passing around blocklists. Nowadays Tesla bears seem to have lost all relevance.
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by pbreit 2y ago
I'm speaking from 25 years of first-hand experience. The money doesn't need to move instantly at 99% of POS scenarios, just the understanding that the money will eventually move.
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by pbreit 2y ago
I cannot believe that Dave Winer is still at it after 30 years: http://scripting.com
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by pbreit 2y ago
No one cars about the speed in most payments. FedNow is as complicated as ACH and has even fewer protections.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Except that US commerce dwarfs pretty much all other countries. Visa & Mastercard arguably play a major role in such dominance.
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by pbreit 2y ago
FedNow will not become an alternative to consumer payment cards anytime soon, if ever. Visa & Mastercard work very well for payments between strangers.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Mostly the blockee. Although I think it also devalues the service for some/many blockers.
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by pbreit 2y ago
Unless they allow the reply but hide it from others (ie, shadowban).
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by pbreit 2y ago
Nope, Twitter blocking is a poorly designed feature that permanently degrades the user experience.

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