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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   Seriously. Programmers making >> $100k hem and haw about upgrading a tool they use 10 hours a day. It's worth it to upgrade for $100 even if you use it for a week, let alone 6 months.
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   For the individual, yes, but for society? Death is nature's term limit. Without it we'd be under a Pharaoh with bronze-age ethics.
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   That's a tradeoff left to the contractual parties. The same human process that infers ill-specified intent can be corrupted to not execute that intent. If you want a human bootstrap, you hire a lawyer as an oracle which decides whether
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   Do you trust Amazon, Google and Microsoft or millions of sysadmins in podunk companies to secure their infrastructure?
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   I'm sure creating the first spreadsheet application was more expensive than hiring an accountant. But not doing it 1 million times. Someone will make "contracts as a service" and competition will drive down the cost, until it
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   There's value in digitizing 90% of the process and relying on as few oracles as possible. Right now your contracts are enforced by fallible, highly paid interpreters (lawyers) executing source code in printed form.
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   Yep. The type of person who gets a high-paying enough job (and has the discipline) to save $1M usually doesn't have trouble getting extra work if they want. But now there's no pressure, they can take "fun" gigs that coul
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   I tried a Oculus DK2 and got motion sick, and that's burned into my memory like a drink that gave you a hangover. I'm only going to try it again in the 5th gen after they've eliminated all issues.
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   by stocknoob 6y ago

   https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16226/perf-trajectory.png
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    +8GB RAM: $200 +256GB SSD: $200 It's $1299 + $200 + $200 = $1699 for both upgrades.
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    I'd say the energy used to charge phones is inconsequential. The iPhone 12 has a 11 Wh battery. Assume it's fully charged daily, that's 11Wh * 365 ~ 4kwh per year. It's about 50 cents of electricity to charge the phone f
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    A message board centered around startup accelerator might be expected to have a median temperament closer to a startup than a 100 year old accounting firm.
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    Look at the premise here: your life is a competition, a fight. People are coming for you and you'd better have a moat if you want to keep your position. Also, solve the ikigai which has 4 simultaneous variables to optimize. Protip: l
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    Comparing newspapers to Facebook is likening a cup of water to the ocean ("just water, scaled up"). People aren't reading an ever-changing, infinite-supply, A/B tested, microtargeted newspaper.
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble...
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    Given the taboo, how likely is the suicide to be reported as such?
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    You need food more than shelter. Why don't food prices rise until everyone is homeless but non-starving? Actually, you need water more than food. Why isn't fresh water $1000/gallon? Why do we have discretionary income at all?
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    by stocknoob 6y ago

    Do you trade? There are many ways to bet against a stock without actually selling it short. Shorting a stock is not even that capital efficient, and is capped at 100% return. Sell a call spread, buy a put spread, do a diagonal calendar...