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Sucker Games(toluakinola.substack.com)
4 points by takinola 3y ago|5 comments
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by takinola 3y ago
The buddy pass was for a different flight on a different airline.
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by takinola 3y ago
I'm just thinking of taking up a martial art. I was considering BJJ. My main goal is to build strength, fitness and general physical discipline. Any thoughts on which martial art would be ideal, with minimal likelihood of injuries (
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Ask HN: How to get up to speed on payments industry?
1 points by takinola 3y ago|1 comments
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by takinola 3y ago
I'm a bit skeptical that this article tells the complete story. Who is printing these counterfeits? What are their incentives? Why not just keep printing more and inflate the currency into oblivion?
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by takinola 3y ago
I agree there should be a statute of limitations on criminal records as well.
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by takinola 3y ago
Cisco was started by a husband/wife team who were the heads of IT for the Stanford Electrical Engineering School and Business School respectively. Anecdotally, they first developed the technology trying to connect the networks for bot
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by takinola 3y ago
Legally, the statute of limitations addresses this very problem. You aren’t going to be dragged off to jail in your forties for some shoplifting you did in your twenties. Socially, we probably should adopt something similar. Depending on th
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Ask HN: What to do with digital assets of shutdown organization?
5 points by takinola 3y ago|3 comments
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by takinola 3y ago
My first thought as well was there could be something emitting an intense signal in the vicinity that is interfering with the connection. However, there does not seem to be anything nearby (like I said, it is on a bridge going over a lake)
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by takinola 3y ago
These are great stories but awful experiences to live through. I am currently going through one right now. My wireless CarPlay connection shuts off whenever I drive past a particular highway section. It never happens anywhere else but th
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by takinola 3y ago
From the article, it seems like the distortions were introduced by policy makers. There was a tax benefit from building new homes in certain places. In those places, prices went down. However, the policy allowed the tax benefits to be cl
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by takinola 3y ago
Yes, you are correct. UHC has 15% of the insurance market so my numbers are (roughly) off by an order of magnitude.
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by takinola 3y ago
The US has a population of 300 million people. This works out to just $300 per person per quarter (or $1,200 annually). Given almost 20% of the population is over 65 (old people really put up the healthcare cost numbers) and the sophistic
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by takinola 3y ago
> it’s highly ironic you picked Moneymaker as your example poker pro, since he’s famous in the poker world for being a very bad amateur player who got extremely lucky at the perfect time You may be overly generous in your estimation of M
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by takinola 3y ago
My guess is that it is much easier to get rich from working at a tech company and rising through the ranks. Being a FANG middle manager for a couple of years and managing your money well should put you in a very comfortable position. Howe
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by takinola 3y ago
The thing is you don't start with a 1:100 shot of becoming Google. You, hopefully, level up each shot you get. Your first shot, you'll probably make something no one wants. The second time, you can't figure out how to get
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by takinola 3y ago
Poker is actually a good analogy. It is luck in the short term but skill over the long term. You can't confidently predict that you will win any specific upcoming hand but, given a particular set of opponents, you can reasonably pred
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by takinola 3y ago
This is why I wonder how long it will take to recreate civilization in the event of a global catastrophe that wipes out enough people with the knowledge to make stuff. There will be generations that hear about all these wonders but will ne
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by takinola 3y ago
The American constitution prohibits torture [1] so no one should be getting tortured by the government anywhere in the world. Of course, you could get around this by redefining what constitutes torture and getting a pliant attorney to sign
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Gerald Levin Dead: Media Exec Behind Time Warner-AOL Merger Was 84(variety.com)
1 points by takinola 3y ago|0 comments
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by takinola 3y ago
Foreign nationals in the US have the same rights (but not privileges) as American citizens.
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by takinola 3y ago
I noticed an interesting phenomenon when I was learning my 3rd language. Whenever I was struggling to find a word in the newest language, I was more likely to confuse it with a word in my 2nd language than with my 1st. For some reason, my
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Harsh Truths I know at 40(youtube.com)
2 points by takinola 3y ago|0 comments
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by takinola 3y ago
Is there any explanation for why programmers need to know these numbers? I don't know any of these and I, semi successfully, write some code (admittedly using nodejs).
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by takinola 3y ago
I met a guy whose dogs had been killed by a moose during the Iditarod. My understanding is you generally give them a wide berth if possible as they can be very dangerous.
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by takinola 3y ago
Couldn't you just look at their historical performance and compare against an S&P500 index? It would be trivial to see if their performance justified the fees. It may not be statistically valid but if they can't demonstrate
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by takinola 3y ago
In order for this service to make sense, they would need to deliver returns that are at least 1% in excess of say the S&P 500 index performance. One quick way to verify is to test it. Put some amount of money in their care and see if t
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by takinola 3y ago
Stories like this often have a lot of missing details that would provide more context and explain why things played out the way it did. I have no doubt the founders knew the risks they were taking and signed up for it. However, the big qu
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by takinola 3y ago
It would be hard to get investors though. Non-profits can only take donations and not investment. So you would have to develop your IP using your own funds. Plus, most companies are loss making in the early years so it is actually more t

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