purplelobster

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by purplelobster 8y ago
Not a huge loss for the US, but I will probably never go back due to this. Even if you have insurace, your life will be hell for a while due to having to fight your insurance company over a tremendous bill. I don't want to have to thin
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by purplelobster 9y ago
Perhaps people with addictive tendencies are less likely to become, and stay rich.
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by purplelobster 10y ago
That's a very good analogy. Just don't underestimate how quickly the tech can progress in this day and age, I did that mistake myself. Less than two years ago I was very excited about the Rift and bought a dev kit. As someone who
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Wii and Kinect sucked because they tried translating predefined motions to button-presses, with no added benefit over pressing that button on a controller. And they weren't particularly good at it. You don't see how VR is differen
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by purplelobster 10y ago
They have a powerful authoritarian regime run by engineers. In cases where there is a need to act quickly and decisively, that is an advantage. No need to convince the public (which in this case is already on board).
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by purplelobster 10y ago
I'm not sure those number take into account all the stuff that China is manufacturing for the US, that is not consumed locally. Yes, that CO2 is released in China but it's paid for by USD.
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Exactly. services -> art, entertainment, pewdiepie, e-sports? Of course there might be new occupations around the corner, but given that most of every material and cultural need is already satisfied, except for eternal life, I don't
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Maybe because the average American pollutes 10 times more than a Chinese
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Keep moving the goal posts huh? This is literally science fiction (HAL9000).
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by purplelobster 10y ago
The fact that we're even talking about "Discover Weekly" means it's a huge success. That it doesn't work for everybody is another matter.
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by purplelobster 10y ago
I'd say Google was hard tech
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Wouldn't a better formula be the expected value of the outcome: utility delta * #people * probability of success?
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Another view is: I could definitely invest especially the forced pension better myself. The problem is most people would use that money for consumption if they had a choice, and then at old age they would blame society for having to live on
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Personally I think 12-24h is perfect for busy people. Will try to convince my friends to try this out with me ;)
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by purplelobster 10y ago
> How do you motivate a kid who knows he has a guaranteed job at his parent's investment firm, that has trust portfolios that will support him forever? You don't. And that's why (among other factors) most families squander
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Spot on. I would also say that one of the most important traits you inherit from your parents is your propensity for taking risks. For example, my parents are very risk-averse which also means they understand next to nothing about investing
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Can anyone recommend a good book on teaching?
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Or better, convert it to the opportunity cost of spending it, which is the base price plus all the gains over X years had it been invested instead of spent.
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by purplelobster 10y ago
That's because most people (perhaps subconsciously) view the market as zero sum. What goes up must come down.
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Spot on. I'm so surprised so see so many close minded tech geeks here on HN. Is it really so difficult to extrapolate from the current of VR tech to a few years out? My guess is most negative people on here hasn't actually tried t
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Have you completely missed the HTC Vive?
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by purplelobster 10y ago
As a late 20s millennial, what if having a quarter life crisis is actually the sanest thing? Why shouldn't we have a crisis? We live on this earth for some 80 years, most of it which we have to spend commuting, in cubicles or doing oth
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by purplelobster 10y ago
> 50% credit for 30min of work. That speaks more for the simplicity of the courses of your university more than against my position. Are you really Swedish? I'm going to assume not. Engineering classes at Swedish universities typica
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by purplelobster 10y ago
American undergraduate classes are typically easier in my experience,. At the universities I went to (University of Washington and KTH) the Swedish undergraduate classes were more like the graduate classes in my experience. When I say 60+ h
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Some doing easier course work might. Engineering though? Mutually exclusive at 60+ hours a week workload
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by purplelobster 10y ago
> Personally I do not want any machine learning consensus algorithm with control over a surgical procedure in my body Isn't the surgeon's brain a machine learning algorithm in physical form? Humans are more versatile today and
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Try to keep an open mind. Take any chance to try the HTC Vive and judge for yourself. IMO it's not a gimmick this time around, like smart watches, Google Glass or 3D TV, this is the next big thing in computing. I think VR will change h
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by purplelobster 10y ago
Long working hours and wealth is not as strong of a status symbol in European countries. Being there for your kids as a father, being well-rounded with many interesting hobbies and having lots of spare time / vacation is relatively mor
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by purplelobster 10y ago
I love it when people make doom and gloom predictions. If you are so convinced, put your money where your mouth is. Short the S&P500 with everything you've got and post a screen shot here.
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by purplelobster 10y ago
>> “An adult mentor opens up these new worlds that wouldn’t be open to them,” she adds. Of course, critics might worry about kids interacting with adults online in this way, but as Ito notes, when there’s a productive task at hand, it

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