sammycdubs

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by sammycdubs 8y ago
One of the most insidious aspects of depression is thinking that you can solve it easily on your own. Holding the idea of "if I just do x, y, and z then I'll be ok" in front of you, then consistently failing cements the feeli
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
> Also, if you want to build automated systems for money management, the barrier of entry will be significant in the legacy banking system. There are a lot of good reasons why there's a high barrier of entry to set up shop in the fi
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Smart Glasses Maker North Lays Off 150 Employees(theverge.com)
3 points by sammycdubs 8y ago|0 comments
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
You can absolutely get lower risk investments through Robinhood, but they actively market things like margin trading under the "Robinhood Gold" banner. I don't think most investment banks would let you do things that risky, a
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
I think that companies like Robinhood gamifying highly risky trading strategies are super irresponsible. There should definitely be a higher burden to educate end users, and to more tightly limit crazy shit like leveraged positions.
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
This really highlights an advantage of centralisation. If those hundreds of thousands were stored in a bank account and a mistake was made transferring them, the bank would be obligated to fix it. Decentralisation is cool, but it's not
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
Most New Yorkers don't live in LIC and won't be directly impacted. If you asked me about a proposal in a borough I never go to I'd probably say "yeah sure no problem"!
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
It's New York City, we don't need to give the largest company in the world a huge discount to do business here. It's not like the economic development of NYC is dependent on Amazon. It's a central hub to so many industri
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
I live in LIC and I've not met anyone who supported it, especially the $3BN of incentives. No wonder Gianaris, who represents our district in the NY Senate, was such a strong opponent.
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
This is super cool, but I always get nervous about people messing around with lasers. This person seems to be somewhat safety conscious, but I worry they get treated as toys.
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
I was completely blown away by the Fully Jarvis ( https://www.fully.com/ ). Mine worked out to ~$500, took all of 5 minutes to set up and has been completely rock solid. It's super customizable, and the quality has been
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Show HN: Paperboy – Your Daily Reading List(paperboy.cloud)
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
This is a fantastic way to completely destroy your business. What a naive way to try and cover for a lack of investment in safety. My heart breaks for that dog and her family. Absolutely unbelievable.
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Progress Bars in Python(samwilkinson.io)
4 points by sammycdubs 8y ago|0 comments
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
FWIW re: cell carriers in the US, I've found prepaid has worked really well for me at a much lower price than even something like Google Fi. I've been using Mint, and I pay $25 a month for a 10GB plan and it's worked great so
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
The wheel
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Progress Bars in Python(towardsdatascience.com)
5 points by sammycdubs 8y ago|0 comments
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Progress Bars in Python(towardsdatascience.com)
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
I wonder if typography can exist within a writing system like this?
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Progress Bars in Python(samwilkinson.io)
17 points by sammycdubs 8y ago|8 comments
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by sammycdubs 8y ago
That privacy popup in NY really worked!
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How Smart Luggage Startup Raden Went Bust(vox.com)
4 points by sammycdubs 8y ago|0 comments
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Visualising the Scale of Storm Surge(theverge.com)
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Keeping Data Science Simple(samwilkinson.io)
4 points by sammycdubs 8y ago|0 comments