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by sedeki 7y ago
Can someone explain why SV tech workers are more left-wing to me as an outsider? I always thought these tech workers were more libertarian.
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by sedeki 7y ago
Wow. I understand that you are a layperson, but that’s a very strong statement in my view. What do you base it on? Or did you just pull it ”out of a hat”?
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by sedeki 7y ago
Definitiely much harder as a remote worker. Perhaps try a remote-first firm instead?
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by sedeki 7y ago
Maybe because "someone else pays for it" implies more than one person involved, which usually means an enterprise? Do you consider the G Suite to be enterprise software?
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by sedeki 7y ago
Is the effective tax rate is _primarily_ a function of income, or rather on how much you pay on tax professionals?
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by sedeki 7y ago
Thank you - this comment was helpful.
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by sedeki 7y ago
To sit as long as long as I feel like is not very informative as I don’t know what I am looking for when meditating. On another note, I have spent a good deal self-reflecting more or less alone in the dark with me and my thoughts. From what
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by sedeki 7y ago
While meditating, when did you choose to stop? I am guessing that having a timer is a big no-no, hehe.
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by sedeki 7y ago
I think what you say kinda makes sense. To someone that is not practicing mindfulness, do you mind elaborating on "you're not _the voices_ in your head?". Are you talking about becoming an independent person that, while being
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by sedeki 7y ago
Taken to the extreme, yes. If enough banks do it, the reason for bailout is called "too big to fail".
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by sedeki 7y ago
I mean that given that the Fed will act if the banks do nothing, and that doing something will make the banks loose money, it is inevitable that the banks will "drag their feet". As you understand, I am not commenting on the moral
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by sedeki 7y ago
I think it makes sense for the banks to wait for the Fed to do something. Banks are acting in the interest of their shareholders; the Fed for the population as a whole.
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by sedeki 7y ago
Disproportinate representation of US culture? Which culture do you think should be represented in Hollywood ?
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by sedeki 7y ago
I think it is worth noting that the creator of VK (Russia’s Facebook equivalent; overtaken by the Russian state), is actually a known libertarian dissident.
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by sedeki 7y ago
The main thing you offer is order book replay, am I understanding that correctly? I have been interested in something similar, but I am not sure how to justify the extra data actually. Could you give a scenario where order book data at this
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by sedeki 7y ago
Jesus Christ... The part that makes me the most angry is that this seem to be one of those hipster adventures and all about "making the world a better place". How much narcissism can a single person have? /s
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by sedeki 7y ago
I believe I am one of the devs that complain a lot about frontend devs, generally speaking... Don’t get me wrong — being a skilled developer (in the traditional sense) with significant competence in frontend development is extremely attract
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by sedeki 7y ago
I think it is genuinely her too, and I honestly feel a bit scared... Society is so damn polarized today. Does there exist two different demographic groups that actually are in harmony today?
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by sedeki 7y ago
How does the situation in Zimbabwe or Venezuela fit into your argument? Seriously.
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by sedeki 7y ago
If you had 51% of the CPU power within the Bitcoin network, would you a) choose to cheat with a rather high chance of crashing the exchange rate, or b) use the CPU power to collect rewards while leaving the exchange rate ”unaffected” with p
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by sedeki 7y ago
By that reasoning the Zimbabwe dollar had value, because it was ”””backed by the government””” according to your own definition! Of course it did not! Money or money supply should not be determined by government, it should be a result of ma
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by sedeki 7y ago
I was referring to government force. "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com&#x2
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by sedeki 7y ago
The Zimbabwe government forced everyone to use their currency (Zimbabwe dollar, up until 2008 iirc, pretty sure they still have problems today...). Of course forcing everyone to use this currency created artificial demand for it. However, I
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by sedeki 7y ago
Bitcoin is not modeled to be a currency (= stability in prices denominated in it), it is modeled to be a commodity (= gold).
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by sedeki 7y ago
I have never thought of bitcoin as a currency -- it is clearly some kind of commodity given that it is modeled after gold. Yes, we do want stability in prices denominated in currencies.
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by sedeki 7y ago
What exactly does it mean when people say that a currency is backed by a government? ”Backed” to me implies, e.g., redeemable for gold which is clearly not the case for the US dollar. Is it that the government issue bonds denominated in tha
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by sedeki 7y ago
What exactly does it mean when people say that a currency is backed by a government? ”Backed” to me implies, e.g., redeemable for gold which is clearly not the case for the US dollar. Is it that the government issue bonds denominated in tha
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by sedeki 7y ago
I believe smart contracts could solve this. (I am not endorsing Ethereum.)
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by sedeki 7y ago
Given that Libra is not a real cryptocurrency (it requires trust), is this a way for them to plant FUD around bitcoin?
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by sedeki 7y ago
Can someone explain to me why the general public has ”turned” on Assange in the last few years? Is it because Wikileaks revealed those Hillary Clinton emails? And that’s the ”protagonist” party? Or is it the rape accusations initiated in Sw

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