softcactus

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by softcactus 4y ago
Firstly, don't get discouraged just because the questions are hard. A lot of these concepts were cracked by dudes like Von Neumann who spent years trying to figure out stuff like graph theory and backtracking. Calculus seems hard at fi
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by softcactus 4y ago
I haven't heard of half of these or been to Europe for that matter, but it's cool insight. What was your path as an entrepreneur to be able to afford to go to these events?
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by softcactus 4y ago
Wow it seems like back then there was a much higher concentration of founders/vc people on here. Just goes to show how big tech has gotten over the last 14 years.
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by softcactus 4y ago
What life choices did you make to be able to have access to private equity markets but also go to month-long festivals? Also what festivals are a month long? I have a feeling we may be in different tax brackets haha.
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by softcactus 4y ago
I don't have anything to contribute, but the fact that you are in a senior position of an important project is good news to hear. I have been anxious for some time that my horrible working memory and executive function are going to stu
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by softcactus 4y ago
Every industry murders people. Car companies have risk analysts determine how many people have to die before it's worth it to issue a recall. Food companies cause diabetes and heart disease in an effort to make food more addictive to i
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by softcactus 4y ago
Expats? You mean immigrants?
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by softcactus 4y ago
I agree, population stability should be the end goal if we want to survive as a species.
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by softcactus 4y ago
I think you are conflating two different ideas. The first being that automation destroys jobs, that has been disproven. But automation does increase productivity to the point of one person being able to do the work of ten or a hundred. Mean
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by softcactus 4y ago
Exactly. If you actually want people to reproduce then the economy should be organized to maximize the fulfillment, comfort, and security of individuals. The real issue is they (our leaders and corporations) need an ever-increasing pool of
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by softcactus 4y ago
I don't think the way the issue is currently framed is concerned about long-term extinction. All of the low-birthrate articles I read are from the POV of "how do we artificially prop up birth-rates to continue the infinite growth
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by softcactus 4y ago
I fail to see why this is an issue. What did we expect, for the human population to grow exponentially on a planet of finite resources? The question should not be "how to get birthrates back up" but how to ensure a decent quality
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by softcactus 4y ago
I personally really like Martin Shkreli's advice on investing which is the same as Buffett and Graham's investing principles: 0. Don't try to make your money investing, learn a skill and develop it to get paid. 1. Find an und
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by softcactus 4y ago
As someone fairly new to software, I was brought up on React, Node.js, Flask, Typescript, and AWS Lambda as my tech stack. Is there a definitive resource where I can learn about the older methods of web dev that are talked about in this art
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by softcactus 4y ago
I have had a similar experience. My current strategy is to find a place where I am the least useful person in the room, over time my competency will expand until I stop being challenged. Once that happens move on to another place where I am
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by softcactus 4y ago
I dont see how slower speeds or lower altitudes invalidates the point that doing dangerous stunts in planes isnt some recent development caused by "idiocracy". Thrillseekers have always existed and Red Bull is just capitalizing on
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by softcactus 4y ago
This has been going on since the beginning of aviation. Look up "Barnstorming"
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by softcactus 4y ago
He called that cave rescuer a pedo
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by softcactus 4y ago
"Reallocate Police Budgets" doesn't have the same staying power.
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by softcactus 4y ago
This article puts the blame of macro-level societal trends on individuals and takes zero material factors into account. "Norms were loosened around being an absentee father. So more men took the option." No source is provided. Jus
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by softcactus 4y ago
That's what most people mean when they say "defund". The problem is that America has an issue with being reactive instead of proactive. Instead of treating drugs and crime as an economics issue and getting ahead of it with so
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by softcactus 4y ago
I have heard this cited numerous times, but have never seen an actual source.
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by softcactus 4y ago
My problem with takes like this is that they are based off of a really sanitized historical worldview, and they don't take into account any materialist factors. To say that Trump is a canary of our social change ignores all of the equa
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by softcactus 4y ago
Pay people without exploiting them. You can pay people decent wages and avoid putting them in unnecessary danger while still making a significant profit. If that truly cant be done, then that industry needs to be nationalized to cover the d
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by softcactus 5y ago
Everyone was calling it "Shard 3" which gave me a good laugh
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by softcactus 5y ago
That's very easy for you to say in your current situation. I think you would not find it acceptable if you were one of the sweatshop workers. This is the exact logic that has been used to justify slavery/exploitation throughout hi
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by softcactus 5y ago
Curious why you think this. Do you not believe there is some value in automation of certain tasks?
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by softcactus 5y ago
As someone from Oklahoma, just use grass. Lots of overflow lots already have grass. It's literally a prairie with wildgrass that has deep roots. If continuous high-traffic isn't a concern then grass is a perfect alternative.