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by seibelj 5y ago
Reproducible builds are a thing, I don't know how widespread they are. I know the monero project has that built in so everyone compiles the exact same executable regardless of environment, and can verify the hash against the official v
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by seibelj 5y ago
I don't remember every single detail, but I have clear memories from before I could walk, like watching Wizard of Oz on VHS and not being able to walk away even though I was tired of watching it. My wife says she doesn't remember
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by seibelj 5y ago
I would say it’s physically impossible to restrict what an individual can do, regarding basically anything, without severe restrictions in freedom. However you can make fierce penalties for entities and organizations that promote, advertise
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by seibelj 5y ago
You can still win the game playing on hard mode. Most prefer easier difficulties.
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by seibelj 5y ago
Maybe related - voting rings are definitely a thing on HN. An acquaintance pinged me to upvote their blogspam once as it would help their startup, and it got enough from people they messaged to make the front page. Not sure how much anti fr
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Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs(economist.com)
3 points by seibelj 5y ago|0 comments
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by seibelj 5y ago
A friend of mine wanted to show off his Tesla by making it come to the front of the restaurant from where he parked it. Like he hit a button and it was to drive up. It got stuck somehow and was diagonal in the row. He was like “ehh sometime
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by seibelj 5y ago
My point is that before people go crazy about a judge not letting people quit, a judge also won’t let you work in this industry simply because you want to. It’s a highly regulated, government-interfered business so nurses being disallowed f
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by seibelj 5y ago
Before everyone loses their minds that somehow this is the free market run amok, keep in mind that healthcare is one of the most regulated and government-involved industries not only in the USA but on earth. For example, you can't even
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by seibelj 5y ago
But how will venmo know what is commercial vs. paying rent? If you can mark it as rent and they won’t report, then merchants will just mark everything in such ways. In practice Venmo will just report everything for safety.
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by seibelj 5y ago
The inflation issue - “it’s the economy, stupid” - is causing food and housing to spike. Shelves are often empty where I live for random things. This week it was chicken, next week it’s cream cheese, and so on. Very abnormal for the US and
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by seibelj 5y ago
In the sci-fi novel Dune there is the Space Guild that became so advanced with shipbuilding that no other entity can possibly compete with them, and they internalized all the knowledge. This made all the noble houses have to deal with them.
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by seibelj 5y ago
It’s called Florida - no one wears masks anywhere there. Death rates are middle of the pack.
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by seibelj 5y ago
We need roofs fixed and structures to be made safe to live in. We are still in a pandemic - should we keep paying people not to work? Eventually nature ruins our structures and people are homeless. I just don’t see how your logic is sound.
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by seibelj 5y ago
We did a type of UBI experiment in the United States with the universal Covid payments. Low income workers got 80% of the salary. Many chose not to work. Why work 40 hours to make 20% more money than the dole? I’m acquaintances with two loc
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by seibelj 5y ago
Plus no one pays taxes on cash tips regardless of what the tax authorities say.
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Ask HN: AWS Issues?
2 points by seibelj 5y ago|1 comments
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by seibelj 5y ago
I disagree - more people would see and use the park. The building is for a rarified group.
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by seibelj 5y ago
I get it - and I agree with the reasoning - but I want to leave a shiny new park with my name on the plaque, not a building in an overpriced university.
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by seibelj 5y ago
On a related note - who in their right mind thinks donating to their college is a good decision? I don't understand why rich people keep donating buildings rather than donating parks to their communities. When I begin to donate money f
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by seibelj 5y ago
There are many anon teams in the crypto space. More likely to rug but it is a legit strategy. Lyra.finance is a recent one, some off the top of my head are Tornado, Grin, and Whiteheart / Hegic.
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by seibelj 5y ago
The job market is insanely competitive for hiring managers. I agree with the other stuff but being able to land a job is not an issue.
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by seibelj 5y ago
But why is my grocery bill 40% higher than it was 2 years ago? We have bought the same basket for years.
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by seibelj 5y ago
John is one of the richest people on earth! True story
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by seibelj 5y ago
Leonid Levin (of the Cook Levin Theorem) was my undergraduate advisor. A very peculiar man, someone who became academic famous, and seemingly only cared about research which made his teaching an after thought. A true character.
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by seibelj 5y ago
I did this at Boston University (night school at MET) over 4 years. 10 total classes, they do 3 semesters a year, and I took 2 semesters off. Overall I liked it, solid program, assisted me later when the credential helped validate me to hir
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by seibelj 5y ago
They ran routes rather than pay not to. Completely useless make-work is classic government.
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by seibelj 5y ago
Hold on - you’re saying that by using paper straws, you damage the earth even more than plastic ones? Plus they don’t even work? Why is this not all over the news!?
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by seibelj 5y ago
The airline and airport industries are some of the most regulated industries on the planet. A free market would not cause this.
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by seibelj 5y ago
I wonder how many millennia of using paper straws a single day of this fiasco wiped out from carbon savings.

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