skapadia

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by skapadia 4y ago
Pretty much everything is still going up, and it'll all be be even more expensive next year. A reduction in inflation doesn't mean things get cheaper... they just get expensive slower than before. Doesn't change the fact that
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by skapadia 4y ago
Chaos Trump
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by skapadia 4y ago
Never hire Accenture to do software development.
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by skapadia 5y ago
The launching of this telescope is FAR more important and beneficial to humanity than an arbitrary holiday that celebrates the winter solstice.
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by skapadia 5y ago
IMO, the cloud is not the overall problem. Our insatiable desire to want things right HERE, right NOW is the core issue. The cloud is just a solution to try to meet that demand.
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by skapadia 5y ago
I'm absolutely terrified by our reliance on cloud providers (and modern technology, networks, satellites, electric grids, etc. in general), but the cloud hasn't been around that long. It is advancing extremely fast, and every prob
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by skapadia 5y ago
There are very few real communities left. Human communities, tribes, clans, whatever you want to call them, knew how to take care of each other. Of course most humans back then didn’t live till the age we do now, but still. We try to distan
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by skapadia 5y ago
America is a terrible place for the elderly.
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by skapadia 5y ago
Sorry no way I’d want to tell my child that their name was determined by a program I wrote. It makes it too impersonal and devoid of affection.
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by skapadia 5y ago
Ah good ol net send… we had a lot of fun in high school with that in the 90s
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by skapadia 5y ago
The breaking point will likely happen in the next decade.
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by skapadia 5y ago
Thank you for those links/references - much appreciated!
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by skapadia 5y ago
> “Think of this as an endless war,” > "Fear and anger have to be a part of this campaign" > "exploit the public’s short attention span for scientific debate, and play on people’s emotions" He just described alm
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by skapadia 5y ago
Oh lord I wouldn't be surprised if recruiting companies pay to get this data.
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by skapadia 5y ago
Maybe PG should include some draft reviewers who are hard working but not rich. Seems like an echo chamber to include the reviewers he does. Unbelievable.
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by skapadia 5y ago
Exactly. There are millions of people that work hard to provide their family a roof over their heads, food on the table, and a chance to go to school. Perhaps PG's article wasn't meant for those people, but it's so incredibly
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by skapadia 5y ago
Exactly.
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by skapadia 5y ago
+1000. You literally said everything I was thinking.
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by skapadia 5y ago
This.
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by skapadia 5y ago
Or evolves the weeds to grow their own lasers.
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by skapadia 5y ago
I've had a similar thought on many occasions, but even then, they will find alternative ways to acquire wealth and power. The clergy of many religions, in aggregate, have a lot of wealth and power, even if the wealth is not directly in
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by skapadia 6y ago
still down for me.
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by skapadia 6y ago
Including our very own DNA...
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by skapadia 6y ago
Great, humans are starting to accumulate trash on Mars before we even step foot. Descent stage, heat shield. Pile it up!
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by skapadia 6y ago
I was expecting transparent aluminum Star Trek jokes in this thread. Disappointed!
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by skapadia 6y ago
> "whatsapp also _is_ basically the Internet" this is the best description I've read so far.
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by skapadia 6y ago
Exactly. Facebook and WhatsApp likely have very little to worry about. Zuck knows that most users will keep using WhatsApp. However it does show that Facebook is not doing so well. The fact they need WhatsApp user data indicates problems i
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by skapadia 6y ago
How long have you been a customer? Do you feel it's changed your habits to the point where you wouldn't need to rely on software to save (other than spreadsheets)? (I totally understand your point about the "zero overhead&quo
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by skapadia 6y ago
I can't get myself to pay for services like YNAB or mvelopes.com I could see someone wanting to pay for a year or two until they've established the habit of disciplined saving. But to perpetually pay a service to present a (usefu
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by skapadia 6y ago
I didn't even know about this bank, but based on the comments, seems to have had a major impact on people's lives. I essentially do what Simple provides on my own, but realize that takes radical discipline. Not everyone has that,

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