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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Shamelessness [1] [2] worked very, very tragically [3] for John MacAfee, for example. Please think three times before you follow these ideas as advice for your life choices. Analyzing implemented shamelessness strategies can easily lead to
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
How do self-driving cars change this equation? I imagine they'll drastically reduce parking needs, opening space for traffic lanes (reduce congestion) and commercial/services areas (make things closer to home).
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> all the reviews are bunched haphazardly together I only read the three-start reviews, they tend to be the most useful for judging whether a product is right for my need/want.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> Here in the UK the government is promising to subsidise this to make it viable. Doesn't make it cheaper, only hides the cost. Subsidies are many times perversive. Prices are communicating something. When Gov messes with it, people
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
It's a kid, my friend.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
This problem is pretty much solved transparently by most, if not all cloud providers.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Probably depends if you're a Portuguese homeowner or not?
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I also think Portugal has a great potential on this front. The climate is relatively good, population is well educated, low crime rates, close to lots of interesting places for tourism. And tax incentives are awesome for remote workers. I t
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
The only reason I use Airbnb is because I like to have a full featured kitchen when I'm traveling to cook my own food a few times. Otherwise, I'd pick hotels without even blinking.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> The reason AirBNB will always have garbage service is because the hosts are their moneymakers, not you. I don't share the same opinion. This is the fault of Airbnb, they chose to operate that way, it's not a market force. T
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> Are you telling me that fraudsters get caught on the blockchain more than other places? I'm sorry, but I did not say "more" and "other places" in my comment. What I said is what I wrote. My point is: blockchain
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> each of which [wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy] carries a maximum sentence of 20 years. So they're looking at maximum 40 years. One of them is charged with two counts on each, so 80 years max. It's not a light deal...
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
About a fraudster that was caught by a random person who could look at his fraud publicly, under the light of the sun. The part after "fraudster..." is what sets apart the blockchain and traditional financial networks, when it com
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> a million acres of peat is owned by just 124 individuals and organisations Probably even more concentrated, since multiple organizations are likely to be controlled by the same individual(s).
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
In layman's terms, wire fraud is committed when one uses a financial transfer in connection with or to defraud others. Nowadays, it's very hard to commit financial fraud without also committing wire fraude.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> Ethereum blockchain wallet “that bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of tokens exclusively featured in the Coinbase Asset Listing post about 24 hours before it was published.” It talks volumes that had they done this in a privately
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
What isn't machine learning is sometimes called "tested code"
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I mean above average of everything you mentioned. Don't have a hard data to reference, it's just my personal, anecdotal observation.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
You may find SE an easy job, but it isn't for most people. It requires above average: - Working memory capacity - Tolerance to extreme frustration, persistence - Ability to learn fast - Capacity to deal with particularly high incidence
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> governments/employers not wanting to guarantee financial security of elders and offload the risk to the individual One can argue for a well-fare state that provides all guarantees one wants. But you're flipping the issue here
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Now logistics have not only a "last mile" problem, but also a "last hour" problem to deal with...
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Look, I don't approve Trump, but comparing Hitler to him might be a disrespect to victims of Hitler. From my perspective, it's lessening what Hitler has done.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
What I miss in this discussion is the level of proficiency and purpose of the reader. > Your zettelkasten should be made up of your ideas about the authors ideas. Linking these notes is what's meant to happen. If the subject is new
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
No idea why you're bringing up Godwin's law here, to be honest...
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I remember Trump saying that "Germany is a captive of Russia" [1] because of the prospect of weaponized gas supply cuts. I also hate to say, but, at that particular moment, the man was right. This is why political extremism is bad
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I bet most humans won't check. See the mindset of the author: > ... I will not delve into the questions of code quality, security, legal & privacy issues, pricing, and others of similar character. ... Let’s just assume all this
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Also can't avoid to see the bug in the reasoning: > Let’s just assume all this (code quality, security, legal & privacy issues, pricing, and others of similar character) is sorted out and see what happens next. What could go wro
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
DynamoDB was already large scale at that time. The point is: the number of services don't need to scale with the level of demand.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
It's basic common sense that by July/2022, some people will have acquired a laptop manufactured in 2022. Especially when you deal with exam takers in the thousands. It shouldn't require a CTO for that, IMHO.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Depending on who you ask, it's actually "war for terror"

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