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by sanp 6y ago
Agreed. Store of value with as much "intrinsic" value (i.e., no one knows and determined by supply / demand) as any other asset.
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by sanp 6y ago
I think there will be greater interest from Shell here because for a while now the margins from operating gas stations largely comes from the associated convenience stores. With the longer charging times (relative to filling up a tank of pe
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by sanp 6y ago
Wonder how much he paid for it?
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by sanp 6y ago
Yeah, but no one is making a new oppressive law. Parler violated their ToS and Google, Apples, Amazon are within their rights to do this. If a court finds otherwise (and see a contractual breach) and they have to backtrack we will know the
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by sanp 6y ago
There is an element of _how_ as well. You could create simple monoliths or overengineered microservices. Or, complex monoliths with heavy coupling vs cleanly designed microservices with clear separations of concern.
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by sanp 6y ago
I think the author is implying that T transforms the data (implicitly) to a target schema. So, if T comes at the end (at query time) you are in effect schematics (or using the schema implied in the query). If T comes before L you are mappin
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by sanp 6y ago
I think you can still believe in free speech as defined by the 1st amendment and still conclude that these companies acted ethically. Trump and his troglodytes have other ways to reachbtheir audience. They have not bee prevented by the for
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by sanp 6y ago
Or, depending on how you implement it l, imposing the will of the minority (red state populations) on a majority
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by sanp 6y ago
Or, man up and recognize that Twitter can ban whomever they want. They are not bound by the 1st amendment (at least in the American context).
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by sanp 6y ago
Ah. Read the details. Most were committed by "patriotic Trump supporters"...
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by sanp 6y ago
Ok. Can u tell me the death till associated with BLM (not attributed to police)? I can - 0.
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by sanp 6y ago
Yes. If you believe in a libertarian "absolute free speech" principle you should also let private companies decide who they let on their platform. You cannot have it both ways.
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by sanp 6y ago
Governments is several countries have been toppled with exactly this kind of violence.
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by sanp 6y ago
If you are going with what the founding fathers wanted then you should be comfortable with PRIVATE (as in not the government) companies doing whatever the hell they want within their terms of service. No contract has been breached when Appl
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by sanp 6y ago
Ok. What is your idea of terrorism?
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by sanp 6y ago
Ok. Do you think the Capitol Police would have been as accommodating if a largely black crowd had tried to take over the Capitol?
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by sanp 6y ago
So, try getting into a missile silo. That's paid for with tax dollars as well. Maybe we should allow anyone in there. Why not the allow people to walk into the oval office?
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by sanp 6y ago
With the new administration, perhaps. Not sure this would have been true with the current admin.
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by sanp 6y ago
The 80/20 "rule" is not indicative what should be the right distribution. Also, wealth concentration has worsened over time. So, there was a time when it wasn't this concentrated and without a somewhat more equitable dis
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by sanp 6y ago
Leaseholders / Owners should be the on the hook for bringing their buildings up to the right safety standards. This is a risk they should bear. Who gets the upside when lease / property values go up in general? This is their respo
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by sanp 6y ago
Can you point me to a reputable source that definitively claims (or ever claimed) that the Big Bang happened beyond doubt? I don't think the problem is with any hubris in science. It is the general population that is the problem. Most
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by sanp 6y ago
This is missing the point of the article. The main reason for the current state of affairs is the petro-dollar system and the need for US to run deficits. Changing regulations for domestic manufacturing has very little to do with it. There
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by sanp 6y ago
And Twitter is free to block him as it pleases
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by sanp 6y ago
YouTube is not the US government. It is free to restrict speech as it pleases. If you think otherwise then you are limiting YouTube freedom as a private enterprise.
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by sanp 6y ago
For me, the main reason is kids. It is a LOT easier to get kids in and out of an SUV. A minivan would have been even better (only convenience wise) but that is a bridge too far for me.
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Sweden's herd immunity strategy has failed(nzherald.co.nz)
20 points by sanp 6y ago|25 comments
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by sanp 6y ago
I don't know why this was down voted. This is pretty much it - white non-college educated males went crazy because someone beneath them was President..
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by sanp 6y ago
So, if passing off Trump passes off Republican voters then they (political figures) are beholden to Trump...
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by sanp 6y ago
So, we are supposed to listen to a group of voters who do not know what is good for them? A union would have definitely helped and these voters chose to vote for the party that decimated unions. Are we supposed to pay attention to a group t
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by sanp 6y ago
Yup. But we do need the government to step in and do this (contact tracing etc.). Hopefully, with the new administration...

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