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sosborn
13y ago
Just for fun, apply that logic to your work.
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sosborn
13y ago
That question is as appropriate as "So, you go around randomly trespassing on other people's property?"
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sosborn
13y ago
What I mean is that when the value keeps going up there is psychological barrier to cashing out. The thought is that it will keep going up so if I cash out now I'm missing out.
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sosborn
13y ago
> liquidating to USD/other fiat in small pieces when you need to? Just a hunch, but the meteoric rise in value probably prevents most people from simply cashing out.
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sosborn
13y ago
If you ban Bitcoin you might as well ban all forms of bartering and declare that transactions can only be done via nationalized currencies.
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sosborn
13y ago
I love how some people believe that this is a USA-only phenomenon.
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sosborn
13y ago
It will be interesting to see if/how this evolves. It popularity is being driven (at least partly) by the "not controlled by a bank" aspect of it, but we are seeing that it is a double-edged sword. Is it possible to find a ha
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sosborn
13y ago
I personally feel like Chrome is getting worse by the day, at least on OS X.
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sosborn
13y ago
Once you get something for free it becomes hard to associate a monetary value to it.
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sosborn
13y ago
Never?
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sosborn
13y ago
I'm in total agreement, but that doesn't change the reality of hiring practices.
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sosborn
13y ago
> spend my free time programming Sounds like you enjoy programming. Assuming this is a correct assumption, go all in on it and start contributing to open source projects. If you have the talent then you might be able to get a good job ou
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sosborn
13y ago
Did you just argue that a degree is worthless? If you think it is tough getting a job with a degree try getting one without.
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13y ago
> NSA is not my most serious threat I wish more people understood this. Not to let NSA off the hook (what they are doing is awful), but the threat posed by the NSA is a higher-level down the road/slippery slope threat. There are oth
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sosborn
13y ago
What's interesting to me is that even in that state, it is not difficult to understand what the menu item does, so why even bother with the icons?
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sosborn
13y ago
>Can you imagine all of the Java/C developers telling Ruby developers that they are idiots and don't know anything about programming ? Unfortunately this seems to happen all the time.
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sosborn
13y ago
> we are also way above it already Are you sure about that?
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sosborn
13y ago
You misunderstood me. You can lose weight focusing solely on calories. It is easier to keep your calories in check while eating wholesome foods for numerous reasons, but at the end of the day, the gain/loss is governed by calories.
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sosborn
13y ago
>that's not proof that "it's all just calories", it proves the exact opposite At this point we are just arguing semantics. If you eat fewer calories, regardless of how you accomplish it, you will lose weight. Yes, it
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sosborn
13y ago
> It would be like having ash trays in every public space and cigarette ads on tv, with "enjoy responsibly" as the tag line Like they do with alcohol? Seriously, what's wrong with enjoying sugar responsibly?
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sosborn
13y ago
Eating too much.
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sosborn
13y ago
> I didn't restrict my calorie intake >On a ketogenic diet I rarely even think about food - I am rarely hungry. You probably did lower your caloric intake. The trick is that you did it in a way that it did not bother you. In othe
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sosborn
13y ago
Water can certainly affect weight, but only temporarily. You will not get fat drinking water.
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sosborn
13y ago
It was never argued that 12 cans of Coke a day is healthy. It was simply argued that body weight gain/loss is governed by calories in vs calories out. These are two entirely separate statements.
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sosborn
13y ago
>I think a lot of time is wasted on perfecting spelling/grammar Are you sure about that? Scour any comments section for 10 minutes and it should be clear that not enough time is being used to perfect spelling/grammar. >Are y
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sosborn
13y ago
>In the end what matters in business is sustainable profit not marketshare. It never ceases to amaze me how many people don't get this. They are so concerned with "winning" that they lose sight of what's important.
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sosborn
13y ago
The F-150 might be the best selling vehicle, but are trucks the largest selling segment?
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sosborn
13y ago
This might help: http://nshipster.com/xcode-snippets/
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sosborn
13y ago
If you are going to look at revenue you need to look at expenses as well. Revenue by itself means nothing.
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sosborn
13y ago
>Apple frequently gives "official" specs that claim a feature isn't supported when really it is. "Supported" is not the same thing as "it works".
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