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sdfghswe
3y ago
Just don't rebase something that you've shared with others. It's just rude.
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3y ago
"Inefficient"? Depends on what you're optimizing for. If you're optimizing shareholder return, lets ask: do you think Berkshire Hathaway has delivered good shareholder returns for its investors? It has like 50 years of h
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sdfghswe
3y ago
You got everything right, except that he's a left-wing lunatic, not a right-wing lunatic.
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sdfghswe
3y ago
> > Light can transfer momentum > Momentum is mass x velocity; what’s the mass of a photon? Photons have zero mass. What's your point?
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sdfghswe
3y ago
This is not a conceptually new thing. People want to enrich themselves, new tech is just new tools to do that. Has happened since the beginning of time.
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3y ago
Why is it surprising? Light can transfer momentum into the water, which is was matters for the process of evaporation...?
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sdfghswe
3y ago
That's not how probabilities work, Walter.
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sdfghswe
3y ago
I don't think anything's going to be redeemed, because I don't think crypto's problem is one of image.
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sdfghswe
3y ago
How can you call him poor boy? He got people to hand him $8bn, and then did all kinds of illegal stuff with it, including spending it.
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3y ago
Recipe for being mediocre right here.
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3y ago
Premature "premature optimization is the root of all evil" is the root of all evil.
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3y ago
> While most girls my age were content to go to the mall and get mani pedis Condescending from the first phrase.
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sdfghswe
3y ago
What town is that, out of interest?
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sdfghswe
3y ago
I've only had very good experiences interacting with Chase.
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sdfghswe
3y ago
Can you give us an example of things that can't be said anywhere else but twitter?
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3y ago
Don't you know, he's a free speech absolutist.
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3y ago
I Can Hear You Fine. Is It Rude That I'm Still Scrolling My Facebook / texting my friends?
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sdfghswe
3y ago
Totally honest, I find it revolting. Why does this surprise you? It doesn't surprise you that some people hate math.
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3y ago
That's probably true for the vast majority of things, isn't it? I also hate ballet, but I suspect that if I made an effort I would learn to appreciate it. However, I don't make it a point to go around loudly telling everyone
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3y ago
> The way that math is taught to most people is absolutely atrocious, involving rote memorization, following rules for the sake of following rules, very little intuition involved. The older I get the more I realize the importance of memo
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3y ago
Saying you don't like maths is like saying you don't like how the universe works. It's like... fine, but that's not really actionable.
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sdfghswe
3y ago
Oh man that would be awesome .
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3y ago
I think at this point it can only make it better. There is nothing he can say that would make his fraud worse.
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3y ago
partners, family, children, etc
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3y ago
> Aren’t there unintended consequences to raising the reproduction rate of a population that is already incapable of effectively supporting itself? He sounds like he's just one step short of picking up a gun and start shooting the u
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3y ago
No it doesn't. The entire document assumes that their nuclear weapons can actually detonated. Let me know if I've missed otherwise. I searched the document and couldn't find any discussion on this point.
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3y ago
Sorry, which part of that 47 pages document debunkes my assertion? I thought you were gonna link me to a video of a Russia nuclear weapon detonating... oh wait that hasn't happened in 70 years...
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3y ago
Russia is another level compared to India and Pakistan in terms of corruption. China, maybe. The difference is that Chinese nukes are relatively new. How old are Russia's nukes? 40 years old? 60? You do know that nukes are extremely
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3y ago
Russia doesn't have nuclear weapons though, common misconception. Do you know how expensive their maintenance is? Do you know how corrupt Russia is?
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3y ago
It's easy to avoid retaliation, you just have to surrender.
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