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751.
by rdl 8y ago
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2013/04/15/...
752.
by rdl 8y ago
This is the Streisand Effect in action. (I am sure there are going to be people in a few years who learn of the Streisand Effect first and then learn about some random washed-up musician responsible for it second.)
753.
by rdl 8y ago
Maybe natural light is a perk because it is nice to have (sometimes), but a door/actual office with a lock and soundproofing would then be a minimum baseline requirement. (I’d honestly prefer windowless to a window I couldn’t control,
754.
by rdl 8y ago
Yeah, robots might dramatically reduce the cost, making it viable.
755.
by rdl 8y ago
Yes, but sending a human scuba diver down 3h/day to catch max 20kg of lionfish for $50-100 on loaded cost per dive, or $150-300/day is...not an efficient solution for that. If the fish could be sold at enough of a premium it migh
756.
by rdl 8y ago
We tried this with lionfish in the Caribbean; it is just really challenging to catch them in a non-destructive way so they are economically viable. And IMO they don’t taste very good unless fried, at which point everything tastes the same.
757.
by rdl 8y ago
Fuck BlackRock. Aside from their weird anti-2A politics (maybe driven by their fund managers, maybe driven by LPs), now they are trying to kill Tesla? (Driving Musk out as chairman might not itself cause serious problems, but it could also
758.
by rdl 8y ago
I’m kind of surprised post-sales tax nexus Amazon hasn’t bought a coffee chain yet. Starbucks might be too big to do comfortably, but a combination of some higher end local brands (Intelligentsia, Philz, etc) aggregated into some overarchin
759.
by rdl 8y ago
I'm happy enough to be indifferent on good-airline (JL, NH, SQ, CX, QR, EY, EK, etc.) in newer lie-flat all-aisle business class, and usually happier-than-on-ground in F (esp on something like JL). Premium Economy or economy-with-empt
760.
by rdl 8y ago
Norway’s oil is inherently difficult compared to Saudi oil, but they already have a lot of infrastructure and skill and are incredibly competent. It would be different if we had just discovered the North Sea oil and had to decide between t
761.
by rdl 8y ago
Cheap and safe to recover oil (like Saudi, Norway, etc) is way better for the environment than expensive (tar sands) or dangerous (badly run deep water operations.). Also, I would sure rather have the government and people of Norway get mon
762.
by rdl 8y ago
Personally, I’d change the name and either not respond to them or send a “8====>~~~~” in response and continue. (Maybe change the name to “somewhat less abjectly shitty 90s chat monolith”)
763.
by rdl 8y ago
Pre-trial/pre-conviction, you're presumed innocent. The harm caused by arresting/detaining an ultimately-innocent person wrongly is so great that we should be doing everything we can to make conditions as good as possible for
764.
by rdl 8y ago
Mostly, getting people to show up for trial. It might not be the best system, but it does work to some degree. For the same person, setting increased bail due to more serious allegations or greater flight risk does seem to make sense. That
765.
by rdl 8y ago
I'm not sure if I agree with this change (there are positives and negatives to the bail system), but I love that in a federal system individual states are free to experiment like this. Maybe it will work, and then other states can adop
766.
by rdl 8y ago
> No sane govt will allow a foreign power to literally be able to shutdown one of their cities on a whim. Doesn’t Europe, and in particular Germany, already do this with Russian natural gas?
767.
by rdl 8y ago
I assume it works much better in a live presentation, where he is talking while running the slides. A 10-20 page deck or 3 page paper would have communicated this more readily as a stand-alone.
768.
by rdl 8y ago
Thanks — that was definitely what I saw, probably on HN
769.
by rdl 8y ago
I wonder if this would make any sense in a tech company. I would generally think a CEO (who is on the board) is going to be more aligned with an engineer's interests than the CEO and a walmart cashier, but they still have some distinct
770.
by rdl 8y ago
Haha I did a startup based on SGX. I will never trust Intel again.
771.
by rdl 8y ago
I'd settle for "do you at least send a rejection email of any kind to the candidate?" vs. the "dropping someone on the floor and not responding for weeks/months/ever". Even without detailed or personalize
772.
by rdl 8y ago
What I would love more than really any other tech improvement would be a “trusted” mirageos hardware/software environment which would remotely attest to its integrity and the degree of hardware protection it gave running programs. Ie
773.
by rdl 8y ago
I think what I originally read was someone else’s post or tweet or something inspired by this specifically in the context of cofounders. It is pretty widely held advice in investing, at least.
774.
by rdl 8y ago
Much better put by whoever did the “fuck yes or no” blog post of a few years ago, IMO. (Mark Manson?) This should be how you treat new things. OTOH, while economists say “sunk costs are sunk” and should thus be disregarded, in real life swi
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Reality Winner pleads guilty, sentenced to 63 months(foxnews.com)
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776.
by rdl 8y ago
Stuxnet by 1000x. Stuxnet basically averted WW3.
777.
by rdl 8y ago
The truck has been announced for about 18 months and shown repeatedly. NYC has a lot of press, and one of their target markets for the truck is utilities.
778.
by rdl 8y ago
I’ve had a deposit in for this since CES, so I think I’m one of the first non fleet customers. Seems like a perfect vehicle for Puerto Rico, my only concern being maintenance of the custom components. (It gets around the 40% import duty..)
779.
by rdl 8y ago
The Free plan is amazing. 25GB roaming outside of France, too.
780.
by rdl 8y ago
"Is this form complete?" "Do you X, Y, Z?" when it is known that those things are what are required, etc.

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