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by rrjjww 4y ago
A small part of me wants to unironically say “this is good for crypto”, in the “any press is good press” sense. It’s recognition of a uniquely “crypto” concept (blending to obscure blockchain transactions) by a very “high” power.
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Cybercriminals Trick Victims into Transferring Funds to Reverse Instant Payments(ic3.gov)
3 points by rrjjww 4y ago|0 comments
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by rrjjww 5y ago
Shameless self plug - I'm an Actuary, and as a way to learn React I put together a website that teaches you the basic concepts and math behind these actuarial table. https://www.lifecontingencies.com
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by rrjjww 5y ago
There is some discussion about this above, but I'm curious - does the $2M reward count as ordinary income? Would persons on work visas (i.e. H1B) be able to collect without jeopardizing their immigration status? Could you employer cons
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by rrjjww 5y ago
Hmm. I got an email yesterday saying my Heroku database was automatically upgrading, something I’ve never seen before. Maybe related?
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by rrjjww 5y ago
It’s not just HN. It’s all over the web. There are some novel and interesting products being developed (reading about the theory behind Uniswap liquidity pools blew my mind) that people totally ignore because it’s easier to hate on the late
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by rrjjww 5y ago
I find this line of thinking frustrating and dismissive of new(er) technology. Is "blockchain" necessary for anything? Probably not. Is it potentially the best solution when compared to the alternatives and weighed on its pros and
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The Problems the Insurance Industry Faces in a DeFi World, Part 1: Oracles(cryptoactuary.medium.com)
1 points by rrjjww 5y ago|0 comments
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by rrjjww 5y ago
My most lucrative "side project" was building a personal portfolio of $0 earning side projects that I could point to in interviews, and landed me a higher paying position.
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by rrjjww 6y ago
Before clicking on this I thought it was going to be about Cuomo's order in this summer that all restaurants offering drinks had to be served with food. I went to at least a couple outside bars that were serving half a piece of white b
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by rrjjww 6y ago
I appreciate you checking it out and for the comment!
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by rrjjww 6y ago
So far yes! I have to seek out the tables from each country's respective statistics aggregator. Hoping to add a few more in the coming weeks.
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by rrjjww 6y ago
Hi all, this project is my first foray into learning ReactJS - a goal of mine in quarantine this year was to learn as much about software development as I could. When people find out I'm an Actuary (despite actually being a non-life Ac
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Show HN: When Will You Die?(lifecontingencies.com)
3 points by rrjjww 6y ago|5 comments
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by rrjjww 6y ago
Thanks for the starting point. I find one of the biggest challenges is figuring out what I should learn to be efficient (the unknown unknowns), so even just a point in the right direction is very helpful!
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by rrjjww 6y ago
As someone who sends .xlsx files back and forth with clients often, I’m most concerned about compatibility if I start integrating this into my worksheets. It sounds like those clients that haven’t updated to the latest Excel will receive a
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by rrjjww 6y ago
I’m in the process of learning React to build Webapps and this sounds like something I’d need to know eventually, any resource recommendations?
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by rrjjww 6y ago
Hi HN! Long time listener, first time caller... poster. I've been working hard on learning web development and programming in general this year, and this is the result. It's been an incredibly rewarding experience and I wanted to
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Every Language, Framework and Tool I Learned in 2020 to Build a Website(rjwilkins.com)
2 points by rrjjww 6y ago|1 comments
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by rrjjww 6y ago
Ha! This is the exact post I want to see as I take a 15 minute break from developing a new personal blog to read HackerNews... Luckily for me the learning experience has been worth it regardless if not a single person reads anything I post.
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by rrjjww 6y ago
I was just about to post the same thing. I'm a statistician in my day job and the raw math is only one part of building a model. Human judgement (while often flawed) can be key to improving actual model performance.