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by tbirrell 9y ago
I think this is a result of never truly leaving a wartime economy. We had WWII, then the Korean War, then the Cold War (with Vietnam in the middle) all on top of each other and justifying the expense for almost 50 years. I don't think
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Because the money we put into Defense, Europe puts into the comunal programs that boost said quality-of-life indicators. Perks of being a superpower I guess. Love it or hate it, the argument could be made that without America choosing that
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by tbirrell 9y ago
It feels like this article just kinda left off the end.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
$7.25 is not meant to be enough to live on. People were not meant to make a living flipping burgers. Its an entry level job. Minimum wage is where you start, not where you end.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
One time fee: IDK. Probably nothing. Thats a hell of a lot of money. I only own two things worth more than that. A car and a computer. Monthly: Definitely nothing. The only thing even remotely worth that amount that I absolutely need is hou
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This sounds like the Joe Kennedy Shoe Shine story.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Fiat currencies are still reasonably stable compared to actual goods right now. I know that can and has changed in the past (pre/post WWII germany), but at the moment, they are not in a bubble. Not at the same level that bitcoin is, an
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by tbirrell 9y ago
> I read a great article years ago where a Disney executive argued that they had to view pirating as a competing business model, and provide a better experience instead of just trying to shut it down. This is exactly how Spotify get my m
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by tbirrell 9y ago
IDK about that. Perhaps its not a ponzi scheme, but it is still a remarkably bad idea (right now at least). From my perspective, it is not fiat currency that is massively devalued suddenly, its bitcoin being absurdly expensive. How do I kno
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I found IRC through an online game many years ago in my teens. There are times I am amazed how much could be done with none of the bell and whistles chat platforms have today. I'd agree with most of the rules, though I wonder how many
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by tbirrell 9y ago
CSS-Mastery FTW. I did refresh the page, which was how I found the the input field again. Yep. Given the comments here on HN, it is fairly evident not many do.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
That blur is clever. Kudous. One suggestion I have is to have another email submission field since I just got rid of the last one. I don't want to have to go looking for it. It actually took me a moment to remember where it was, since
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Er... Yes. Its fairly easy. Granted I've never done anything on the scale of FB or Netflix, but SPAs are not as difficult as everyone likes to think they are.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
> Furthermore, many people already eat far too much meat, seriously damaging their health and incurring huge costs. What? I'm getting fat on pasta and breads. I need to actively eat more meat. And given the cost of meat compared to
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Ask HN: How do we know Bitcoin is not in a bubble?
28 points by tbirrell 9y ago|49 comments
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When a Developer Says, “We Can’t Do That…”(hackernoon.com)
1 points by tbirrell 9y ago|0 comments
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Can someone explain what a spot market is in this context?
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by tbirrell 9y ago
What do you do for variety? If anything.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I tried to switch, but FF does not allow local files to be loaded. Since I use a bunch of Tampermonkey scripts (which I save and edit locally), it was a non-starter for me. Perhaps if they ever fix this issue, I might try again.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
The first paragraph is a reference to this gem from the 80's called "Safety Dance" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs
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by tbirrell 9y ago
A mix. I don't have an office/remote choice anymore, so flexibility manifests more along the lines of I chose which 40 hours I spend working. 4 long days and a half day are not uncommon.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
In no particular order... Flexibility. It is a hard 8-5? Or can I swing it either way an hour or two if need be? Commute. It needs to be a reasonable drive in the morning. Work already takes enough of my day, I don't want to sacrifice
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Thats a lot of text... Also https://xkcd.com/927/
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I agree with much of this article, but at this point I'm dangerously close to falling into the camp of, "is it even worth it?" I have been using google accounts for almost 10 years, I'm very much locked into that ecosyst
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Yeah but see, the tabs share the browser environment. Each electron tries to run its own chromium instance. One of these is a memory hog and the other is a literal fire under your desk.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
This webpage is physically painful to read.
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Google Cache Link to avoid paywall: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-cyHPK...
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by tbirrell 9y ago
I'll check this out when I get home, but what I'm wondering is if this supports rewatching a show. My current grievance with trakt.tv is that it'll track a show for you once, but the second time through, you either lose the h
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Yes and no. If you gave me a single number, I'd see it and everything around it. So it has its own space and orientation, and if anything else is nearby in space I'll kind see that in my periphery. For example, 76 is directly abov
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by tbirrell 9y ago
Spatial synesthesia is the weirdest thing because it does not conform to physics. In my head at least. Technically speaking, 1-5 and 20-23 or so should be on top of each other, but they never are. I am something like this 5 6 7

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