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by qqqwerty 4y ago
From their own press release in July 2022[1] they mined $6.8M worth of BTC, and "earned" $9.8M in power credits. They are literally making more money by abusing the curtailment incentives then they are from mining itself. And 1k e
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
The problem here is that the bitcoin miners are very likely driving up electricity prices for everyone else while generating very little economic activity and value for the community. The millions of dollars that these miners are getting to
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
FWIW, as much hate as realtors get for their high fees, in theory shenanigans like this are harder to pull off when using them because usually the selling and buying agents share a network and are incentivized to deal with each other somewh
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
That is basically where I am at with my relationship to caffeine/coffee. Sleep much better without it. But life feels a little duller without it as well. And then my first cup back after a long period of abstinence is absolutely magica
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
I occasionally pop a piece of nicotine gum. Been trying to reduce my caffeine consumption (went cold turkey, back to a cup in the early AM, will probably go cold again cause sleep is suffering), and the nicotine gum helps get through the ca
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
Drones aren't going anywhere. They are so cheap, plentiful, and useful that it doesn't really matter how good the counter measures get. And if the counter measures get too good, then those systems will become primary targets thems
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
I don't think there is really a correctable inefficiency here for a number of reasons. In regards to the very first 1-2 employees, from what I have seen is that they are either a) fairly inexperienced (and therefore willing to take low
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
How much air time is Fox News spending on the falling gas prices? How much time did they spend on the subject when prices were rising? Also, his latest tweet on the subject seems pretty balanced: https://twitter.com/RBReich&
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
That is basically what WireCutter is, among many others.
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On one hand, I see where you are coming from. The vast majority of people overestimate the ability of solar to generate power. It requires a lot of surface area with good orientation to generate "meaningful" power, where "mea
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
It seems like a perfectly reasonable assumption. The vast majority of parking spaces in existence are uncovered. And in cases where covered parking exists, there are usually uncovered options (for example in most parking garages that have a
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
There was a post on here about a guy who got his degree in less than a year. He used an online school that allows for self paced courses. Also, you might not really need a degree depending on your body of work. I imagine most startups these
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
How are you so sure? The current iteration of this Fed has never dealt with inflation before. So we don't really know whether they will prioritize tackling inflation or unemployment. I cynically think that high inflation impacts rich p
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
I have a child, and will likely be having another. I love them dearly. But to pretend that the birth process was "wondrous and miraculous" is papering over reality. It was bloody and gruesome. My wife was given an epidural to help
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
No, the framing should be around the women's right to bodily autonomy. In Florida, they have a "stand your ground" law. If someone threatens your life, or even great bodily harm, you are allowed to use lethal force. Giving bi
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
I think "SAAS fatigue" is a thing that needs to be considered. The SAAS model is great for startups and companies seeking recurring revenue. But the modern developer stack now involves dozens of companies gunning for a $5-10/
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
The skills required to be a good capitalist are almost in direct opposition to the skills needed for good governance. Capitalism requires a certain degree of ruthlessness, a lot of risk taking, and maximizing efficiency. Politics (ideally)
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
I was just looking into this. Was trying to get a sense of the number of total US housing units compared to the number of households. And the number of extra units seems to have been fairly constant over the last 20 years (about 9% more hou
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
That is not how rent prices work. It is pretty much supply and demand. No one cares how much your financing costs. If people start losing their jobs because the FED induces a recession, that means less money for rent. Younger folks move ba
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
Agreed 100%. I have spent my entire ~15 year career working in the clean energy space. Salaries in the industry and pretty low. While I would love to one day own an EV and charge it with some solar panels on my roof, buying a home on my sal
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
The hiring market for software engineers went absolutely bonkers during COVID. Salaries shot up. Nearly everyone was hiring. This "70%" advice was getting thrown around by every two-bit "thought leader" back at the start
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
I think 2008 is the wrong analogy. The Dotcom bubble is probably a more instructive comparison. The Dotcom bubble was inflated by a lot of people investing in something they didn't understand. And the crash did not threaten to destabil
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
Imagine if you had invested that cash in Rivian last year. You would be down about 80%. Compared to the ~8% inflation we have seen in the last year, suddenly holding cash seems like a pretty good deal. The Fed is basically trying to control
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by qqqwerty 4y ago
Just as a word of warning, acidic coffee and late night eating are two habits heavily associated with acid reflux/GERD. I had similar habits, was relatively healthy, and rarely if ever suffered from heart burn. But about a year ago, se
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by qqqwerty 5y ago
Agreed. I always click the link expecting some kind of electronics or bio lab, and am instead greeted by a server and some networking equipment. I am not really interested in reading about this kind of stuff[1]. I have a few raspberry pi&#x
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by qqqwerty 5y ago
The CARES Act was signed by Trump and was $2.2 trillion. The American Rescue Plan was signed by Biden and was $1.9 trillion. And yet you blame Biden? Meanwhile the current Fed chair, a Trump nominee, has way more control over inflation and
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by qqqwerty 5y ago
Trump pressuring the Fed to keep interest rates low is exactly why we are in this mess in the first place. Had he done the responsible thing and allowed the Fed to raise rates while the economy was hot, then we would have had more wiggle ro
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by qqqwerty 5y ago
Right, I am not saying it isn't a fair price. I am just letting you know what the typical buyer on CL is likely thinking. Because CL is generally in person transactions, frequently in cash, the buyer has no recourse. On ebay, if someon
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by qqqwerty 5y ago
For what its worth, 20% off of the retail price for a used item on CL seems like such a huge risk to me. I have gotten enough stuff off of CL where I didn't discover some issue with the item until I got home that I now generally won&#x
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by qqqwerty 5y ago
When you do a search on craigslist you pick the section of the site you want to search (i.e. "Furniture", "Computers", "Cars/Trucks", "Free", etc...). Based on my experience, the "Free"

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