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by runnerup 3y ago
I don’t follow the connection between bison and carbon credits. Can you expand on this?
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by runnerup 3y ago
So you’re asserting that it’s your belief that less than 2% of Silicon Valley VC money is invested in scams or invested to perpetuate a scam? Besides A16Z, what are the other investment firms that you feel comprises the core of Silicon Vall
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by runnerup 3y ago
Where did you get 98% from?
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by runnerup 3y ago
It's extremely rare that anyone gets "roid rage" or addiction. Rage is induced far more often by people not being able to vape/smoke in airports. Any kind of rage associated with steroids is usually caused by too little
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by runnerup 3y ago
Is this an appeal to authority? I don't see any insightful commentary in that link. So while I agree, I can't figure out what this adds to the discussion on HN.
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by runnerup 3y ago
> SV does reject con artists The incredible amount of money Andreesen Horowitz poured into so many different crypto scams contradicts this. Not to mention the incredible amount of terrible companies which had business plans that were pri
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by runnerup 3y ago
And anabolic steroids.
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by runnerup 3y ago
Feel free to check my post history for signs of authenticity. And while you're at it, consider re-reading the HN commenting guidelines[0]. I understand that the glowing reccomendation is unusual and out of place. But we're in a wo
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by runnerup 3y ago
Ah. It does look a bit like a swastika.[0] Apparently it's on cans of Apple Sidra though, which I buy frequently. I think most Americans would love Apple Sidra, I serve it to most of my friends as the default "welcome beverage&quo
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by runnerup 3y ago
FWIW Yun Hai has super amazing offerings. It's been one of my favorite retailers for a couple years now (along with Rancho Gordo, Mila brand frozen xiao long bao, and Carmina/Meermin shoes+belts). My guess is the author of this pi
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by runnerup 3y ago
Thank you for the clarification. I think it’s super important that these facts are presented accurately and I love the correction. If we switched H-1B to a salary auction system I would additionally love if it came with a streamlined 2-year
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by runnerup 3y ago
Personally I always felt H1B visas should be awarded on a monthly auction. Decide how much immigration we want, then let whichever companies will pay the highest salaries get the slots. This guarantees that we get the most valuable immigran
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by runnerup 3y ago
Absolutely. Though IIRC this leak is 6 years old and has already been reasonably well-studied by a lot of very smart people. I don't think any of these were technically even "zero-days", and I'd expect windows/linux
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by runnerup 3y ago
NSA, part of USA government[0] 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group
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by runnerup 3y ago
Yeah the only thing I don’t like about GPT-4 powered CoPilot is that its context window is too small. Same feelings here. I’m a product engineer at heart. I love getting products off the ground and love tackling the “hard science” kernels o
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by runnerup 3y ago
How does a senator get promoted?
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by runnerup 3y ago
DA has a bully pulpit they could use to petition for building more jail space, but no direct control of that. Also it takes years to build more jail space. Prisons/jails are incredibly expensive to build and operate.
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by runnerup 3y ago
That sounds right. I also appreciate how much you regularly add to discussion about the CFAA. I personally think it's a horrible law, but for the most part my understanding of it matches yours. Too many people mix up what "should
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by runnerup 3y ago
> You can be convicted of breaking & entering through an open door. This definitely must vary by state. At least in Michigan that would just be trespassing. I know, because I had some very in-depth conversations with my lawyer about
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by runnerup 3y ago
Zero execution risk, rather than zero effort. There’s always a 10% chance that implementation goes on forever and spending some money eliminates that risk.
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by runnerup 3y ago
I think if you used ChatGPT-4 to write in your native language and ask it to translate it to English you might get good results. There are some minor tweaks I like to use when translating with ChatGPT: From another language: “Translate this
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by runnerup 3y ago
This response style is deeply unsettling to me. It fails to convey thoughtfulness or sincerity, at least in the cultures that I was raised in. I have major concerns about the scope of what is fed to ChatGPT vs. GPT-4 API. I am also concerne
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by runnerup 3y ago
It would be interesting to see a breakdown of heavy industry vs. commercial vs. residential for tradespeople. Despite that I've worked extensively in manufacturing facilities for oil and gas / chemicals industries throughout the s
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by runnerup 3y ago
In this hypothetical, communities would see the same effects as if Walmart chose not to exit. They would just shop and work at "Not-Walmart", same as the old Walmart. Some might argue prices might increase due to an additional cor
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by runnerup 3y ago
Meanwhile the average rent in Germany is roughly $900/month while it's over $1,000/month in Mississippi. Personally I thought that Purchasing Power Parity attempted to adjust for regional differences in costs - obviously it h
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by runnerup 3y ago
Walmart is the largest employer in 21 states[0]. How would they exit operations in a state and still earn income from their brick and mortar stores in that state? Sure, they could move some centralized distribution centers if they're a
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by runnerup 3y ago
> GDP/capita (PPP) is what economists use to compare wealth. I agree this makes sense if you're comparing "What could a nation do with its wealth?", which is a question that economists are often tasked with. But it ma
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by runnerup 3y ago
> GDP/capita typically measures economic wealth and is typically used to compared economies. I believed that the top level comment of 'mustafa_pasi was more focused on the effects of unions on employee outcomes, rather than on
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by runnerup 3y ago
This seems like a reasonable take on the situation. I've personally always wondered about the relative cost of "under-employment" (allowing wages to go much lower) vs. "partial re-employment" (time and effort needed
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by runnerup 3y ago
Median income in Germany was $32,133 the most recent year for which OECD has data (2019)[0]. Median income in Mississippi was $24,509 in 2019[1]. Mississippi uses an unusual amount of slave labor (legally, of course) to generate that GDP wi

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