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by ptero 2y ago
That's what companies already do, charging the government a pretty penny for being in theater.
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by ptero 2y ago
HOMAM3 was my favorite game during grad school times (sharing top spot with Civilizations 1-3) 30 years ago. Those computers and disks were long gone, but 3 years ago I found it on GOG, looked up some online maps, found HotA expansion and w
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by ptero 2y ago
For fans of the heroes of might and magic I highly recommend trying "The horn of the abyss". It is a community developed HOMAM3 extension pack, that is being enhanced and has, IMO, many new features while being fully compatible wi
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by ptero 2y ago
"Do not obsess over tax and legal until you are at least marginally successful" is a perfectly reasonable approach for a traditional US startup that borrows (usually more than once) to build the product, get users and eventually r
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by ptero 2y ago
Yen jumped because Japanese central bank raised interest rate from abt 0 to 0.25% and this caused unraveling of pretty massive carry trade. Carry trade is borrowing money at low interest rate (yen) and converting it into safe money yielding
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by ptero 2y ago
In 2008 democrats crushed it, getting the White House and both chambers of the Congress. They could have done as much as they wanted to.
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by ptero 2y ago
> COBRA costs are a couple thousand dollars for families, and even that’s not available to employees who choose to voluntarily quit. COBRA is available in the US regardless of the reason for quitting a job. I quit a large company job t
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by ptero 2y ago
Interesting. I do not think I personally know a single Republican who would be against international observers at US elections; and we did discuss the topic with a few. No offense intended, but are you actually going off your friends'
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by ptero 2y ago
I don't have this feeling. As a single data point, the vast majority of my friends, both democratic and republican, are concerned about the other party pulling some tricks and would welcome as much independent transparency as possible;
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by ptero 2y ago
If the vote numbers were not provided, this would not have been an issue. But in this case they did announce the vote numbers.
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by ptero 2y ago
Thank you! I'm another engineer who uses python (and C, Matlab and a few others) and whenever I want a web app I end up with some Rube Goldberg style contraption. Looking forward to trying your software.
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by ptero 2y ago
But what is the reason for no longer selling those lottery tickets? Some employees really want them and they are a very good deal for the employers -- cash strapped early startups. What drives the drying up?
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by ptero 2y ago
I understand the attack (I heard some high visibility telegram channels were recently compromised by a similar technique). My point was that most bank transactions are actually reversible for a while after the money supposedly left the acco
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by ptero 2y ago
Was this in the US or elsewhere, what was the amount and how long did it take to notice? Just curious. In the US the bar to pull money out of an account is pretty low. Most banks would allow reasonably-sized transfers out with just routing
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by ptero 2y ago
Of course, but a small portion of the employees, disproportionately concentrated at startups, are willing to take a bet on an eventual exit. They accept a 90+% chance of a company going belly up and a 7-digit payday if it becomes a roaring
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by ptero 2y ago
Most employees expect an IPO exit if a business is successful. I suspect that "if we hit it, we will share profit with you" would be a lot less attractive for an employee.
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by ptero 2y ago
I ski mostly in the Northeast and my old, unsharpened skis work just fine for me. I don't ski double blacks now (for the knees that feel it much more than 30 years ago) but I am doing just fine on single blacks and below. Do I ever wis
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by ptero 2y ago
>> For research, the librarian does not need to be co-located with the library. > Schemes to do this sort of thing repeatedly fall [fail?] across time and industries. The first problem is that people overestimate the amount of effi
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by ptero 2y ago
I see libraries as very useful and like to hang around books. A few times I had to ask for a librarian's help with research I was blown away by the speed and quality of the response. For example I needed a list of FM transmitters in Eu
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by ptero 2y ago
I am not a German and while I have been in the country many times things look different from the outside, so take my impressions with a grain of salt. First, the Germany indeed has significantly reduced its reliance on fossil fuels. But thi
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by ptero 2y ago
> Coal is providing a very different form of energy, used with very different applications. What are those? Nuclear and renewables uses are indeed very different. Nuclear and coal for base load -- not so much. At least this is what I hea
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by ptero 2y ago
Scary Kazatomprom as a fuel source is an invented problem. Nuclear fuel market is global with many producers. Fuel price is a tiny fraction of the nuclear electricity cost. Agree to a long-term contract at double today's price and ther
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by ptero 2y ago
My 2c: there isn't really a lot of math underneath practicing many ML jobs. But I would read up on basics. Get a basic understanding of optimization and gradient descent. If you are not math inclined, do not bother with untangling chai
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by ptero 2y ago
Why do you think those 13% found the experience very bad? They might have moved to an area where there are no superchargers, they may want to try something different (which people do, even if they like what they have today), they might want
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by ptero 2y ago
If you look carefully, the numbers are not nearly as convincing. The article (the real one, from Automotive, from which the numbers are quoted) is behind the paywall, but even the visible portion indicates that the pickup in sales is in res
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by ptero 2y ago
Yes, and also require publishing the full methodology for any article funded by public money. This should make verification easier and cheaper. Not necessarily published as part of the paper, a link to the separate document is fine.
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by ptero 2y ago
NIH (as many other grant giving sources) is a government agency, they will do this if told by the government.
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by ptero 2y ago
I think linking source is a general preference, not a hard rule. In this case (convenient full view vs clicking on chunks) it is easy to justify ignoring this preference.
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by ptero 2y ago
Mullvad will even let you pay with cash (stuff dollars into an envelope).
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by ptero 2y ago
That is a perfectly reasonable approach. On the other side, working in the tech on the US salary, if not blown on luxurious lifestyle, gives one a good chance of quickly reaching financial semi-independence (say, 3 years of full living expe

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